Notices

Weekly news sheets are now available to view from https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/19565/page/40990/view/

The Christmas services for St Paul's Church are now available on the Services - Christmas Services 2023 page - http://www.stpaulswarton.co.uk/page/services/christmas-services-2023. You can also download a PDF copy of this year's Christmas Card containing all of our Christmas services from https://media.acny.uk/media/venues/page/attachment/2023/11/St_Pauls_Church_Warton_Christmas_Card_2023_AcN98V0.pdf

"The parish of Warton: St Paul is committed to the safeguarding of children, young people and adults. We follow the House of Bishops guidance and policies and have our own Parish Safeguarding Officer(s), PSOs. The Diocese of Blackburn’s safeguarding pages contain vital links and information including contacts for the Diocesan Safeguarding Advisor (DSA) who advise our PSOs. If you are concerned that a child or adult has been harmed or may be at risk of harm please contact the DSA. If you have immediate concerns about the safety of someone, please contact the police and your local authority Children or Adults Services." Telephone number: 07711485170 Email address: [email protected]

Copies of the latest editions of the St Paul's Parish Magazine are available to download or view at https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/19565/page/55052/view/. A link is also available from the Forms page.

The PCC of St Paul's Church, Warton are pleased to make the following announcement: Rev'd Tracy Swindells has been appointed as the new Vicar for Warton and Freckleton. Currently Vicar of Langho in the Ribble Valley, Rev'd Tracy is expected to join us formally in the early summer. This is great news and I hope you can all help in welcoming Rev'd Tracy when she arrives. **************** Update *********************** Following her installation service on Sunday 4th June we are pleased to announce that Rev. Tracy Swindells is now in post as the Vicar of the Joint Benefice of St Paul's Warton and Holy Trinity Freckleton.

The list of this year's Christmas services is available from the Services link above or at http://www.stpaulswarton.co.uk/page/services/christmas-services-2022

The Churchwardens and PCC have made the decision to re-open St Paul’s Church for public worship on Good Friday, 2nd April and Sunday morning eucharist services will resume from Easter Sunday, 4th April. For the time being the ‘All Aboard’ services (usually on the second Sunday of the month) will be replaced by the normal eucharist service.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Temporary Suspension of Services Owing to the recent Government instruction to ‘Stay at Home’ there will be no public worship services at St Paul's until further notice. The churchwardens and PCC will be reviewing this decision at the beginning of March.

********* Please note that all services will now be suspended from 5th November to 2nd December due to the re-imposition of a national lockdown ************

The details of this year's Christmas services is now available here - http://www.stpaulswarton.co.uk/page/services/christmas-services

In line with Government guidance, St Paul's Church re-opened for Sunday Worship on 5th July 2020. The service is a little bit different from before Coronavirus struck in that there is no singing allowed and that no wine is taken at Communion. No hugs or handshakes are allowed during the Peace which instead consists of verbal responses said to each other and waves across the pews. From 8th August, face coverings are now compulsory inside church. The Wednesday morning service has now also restarted in church.

ST PAUL'S IS OPENING FOR PRIVATE PRAYER From Thursday 18 June St Paul's will be open for Individual Private Prayer at the following times... Mondays - 2-4pm Thursdays - 5-7pm This may be subject to change so please keep an eye on FB and the noticeboard. Please be aware that social distancing and hygiene measures are in place in church as elsewhere.

As some of you may have noticed work has now started on the repairs to the church roof. Scaffolding has gone up and the start of the actual repairs is imminent so please stay safe when in the churchyard by following the signs that have been placed near the entrances and any directions given by the workmen on site. During this period service locations have been changed as follows: The Sunday 0945 service will take place at the usual time but in The Village Hall. Other Sunday services will be held at Holy Trinity Church in Freckleton which is our sister church. The Wednesday morning 0930 service will take place at the usual time but in The Vicarage on Church Road (opposite the entrance by Church Gardens). Please keep checking the Church Noticeboard for any further updates.

The details of the Easter Services at St. Paul's, Warton can be found at http://www.stpaulswarton.co.uk/page/services/easter-services (or click on Services, Easter Services from the menu bar).

The latest news sheet is available from the Forms page or type in https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/19565/page/40990/view/. Please note that news sheets stopped during the pandemic and have not yet started up again.

Check out the Christmas services to be held at St Paul's, Warton over the festive period - go to Services, Christmas Services for the details.

John-Paul is going to say Morning Prayer in Church at 9am on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday of this week. If you would like to join him he would be glad of the company and it could be a good Advent discipline.