Ray Hall

On Tuesday we said farewell to Ray Hall, a member of the St Paul's congregation. Ray spent his early years in the Navy, hence the Rum! A much loved friend to many Ray will be sadly missed. Our prayers are with his family at this time.

Principal Services — January - March

Happy New Year! Welcome to the start of 2019.

2019 is going to be a year for us to focus on the whole area of Discipleship. As we meet week by week my hope is that we will grow in our discipleship and be equipped to live our lives as Every Day Disciples of Jesus.
The meeting place is the training place for the market place. In other words what we learn together in church on Sunday should equip us to live our lives for Jesus in our Monday to Saturday.
Each month we will focus on a different topic to give us opportunity to explore it in detail and also cover some practical application.
My prayer for each one of us is that we might grow in our own discipleship in order that we might grow new disciples as we reach out in loving service to our community.
Every blessing,
Steve

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Archbishop of York's Prayer for Parliament

God of eternal love and power,

Save our Parliamentary Democracy;

Protect the High Court of Parliament and all its members

From partiality and prejudice;

That they may walk humbly the path of kindness, justice and mercy.

Give them wisdom, insight and a concern for the common good.

The weight of their calling is too much to bear in their own strength,

Therefore we pray earnestly, Father,

send them help from your Holy Place, and be their tower of strength.

Lord, graciously hear us. Amen.

Discipleship

We have been thinking in church about being disciples of Jesus and living out and growing in our Every Day Faith. This morning one of our congregation, Mark, preached about the importance of guarding against complacency. As followers of Jesus we are all called to be bearing fruit in our lives. Through this year we will focus on different aspects of our discipleship and encourage one another in our faith. Our most recent sermons are available to listen to here.

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

Today marks the start of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2019. The theme this year is Only Justice and the resource is produced by the church in Indonesia.
There are opportunities through the week in Oadby for us to meet together and pray. St Paul's is hosting a Prayer Breakfast on Saturday 19th January at 9.30am.
This Sunday Hugh is preaching at Oadby URC and on the 27th there will be other pulpit swaps locally and a joint service at Trinity Methodist church at 6.30pm.
Do join us for any of these events.

The Courage and the Cost - World Watch List 2019 Top 5

Community Film Night tonight!