St Faith`s Church Great Crosby
Centenary Year
Diary of Events
(September - December)




A Message from Lord Runcie of Cuddesdon

St Faith’s is a very special place for me and for many others. It was the church that first nurtured my faith and it has always held a very particular place in my affections. Thanks to the most readable of church magazines and the letters of friends I have been able to follow its fortunes over the years and was pleased to share in the memorable worship that marked the beginning of your centenary celebrations in May 1998. I rejoice at the faithful witness of so many over the past hundred years, not least the many vocations to the priesthood that have been born and dedicated in this household of faith.

The Centenary Year provides us with a unique opportunity to reflect, to celebrate and to give thanks for many blessings which God has bestowed on us. The programme and planning for the year is impressive. They offer an exciting variety of events, with acts of worship, great and small, much fine music, preaching and meditation and events for people of all ages. I hope the whole family of St. Faith’s will make use of all the opportunities this programme offers to enrich their lives in this Christian community.

However, these are not times for spiritual self-indulgence. The coincidence of St. Faith’s centenary and the millennium year forces us to consider the place of the church in the twenty-first century. I have no doubt, that a sense of the sacred is part of our humanity. We may neglect it or mock it but we are impoverished without it. Yet if this sense lacks a focus it can drift off into sentimentality or mass hysteria. It is the genius of St. Faith’s to have provided a disciplined focus for faith and the inspiration for its expression in the realities of the society in which we find ourselves. We pray that under God’s guidance the year 2000 will be one to consider afresh how we can continue that great tradition and in doing so meets the needs of the new age.

I send this message with my gratitude, affection and prayers for God’s blessing on St. Faith’s and this centenary year.



 Young People’s Activities
 

Saturday 9th December
10.00 am  12.30 pm Activity and Craft Day

Sunday 10th December
2.00 pm Sunday School Party in St. Mary’s Hall



 


 Diary of Events 2000

The events listed below are in addition to the regular pattern of services. All events are in Saint Faith’s Church unless stated otherwise.
Key:      SMW St. Mary’s, Waterloo Park
             SFH St. Faith’s Church Hall
             MTS Merchant Taylors` School
 
 

SEPTEMBER

F 8             THE BIRTHDAY OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
                  7.30 pm  Patronal Festival Eucharist (SMW)
                  Preacher: The Reverend Trevor Latham (St. Mary’s Walton)

Su 17         STEWARDSHIP SUNDAY

Th 21         8.00 pm  PCC meeting (SFH)

Su 24         10.30 am  Sung Eucharist
                  Preacher: The Reverend Myles Davies (St. Anne’s, Stanley and DDO)



OCTOBER

Su 1         HARVEST THANKSGIVING
               10.30 am  Sung Eucharist and Parade Service

Th 5         1.45 pm  Waterloo Primary School Harvest Service
 

            CENTENARY PATRONAL FESTIVAL
              7.30 pm  Vigil Service: So let us celebrate the Feast
               Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, silent prayer and meditation,  concluding with Benediction in preparation
               for St. Faith’s Day.
              Preacher: The Reverend Michael St. John-Channell  (St John the Baptist, Cirencester)

F 6          SAINT FAITH`S DAY
              7.30 am  Holy Eucharist
              7.30 pm  PROCESSION, PONTIFICAL HIGH MASS and SOLEMN TE DEUM
              Celebrant and Preacher: The Right Reverend James Jones (Lord Bishop of Liverpool)
              Music: Mozart, Coronation Mass  with the Crosby Symphony Orchestra
              Followed by Buffet Supper in the Hall
              At this mass we also welcome Bishop Emmanuel Gbonigi from Akure,  Nigeria, who is visiting
              the Diocese of  Liverpool as part of the Diocesan exchange programme

Sa 7     10.00 am  - 3.00 pm  FESTIVAL FOR YOUTH
              10.00 am  Jazz Mass
              10.45 am Coffee
              11.15 am Workshops
              1.00 pm  Lunch
              1.30 pm  Games, sport, competitions, bouncy castle and fun!
              2.45 pm  Concluding Worship
              3.30 pm  Tea

              7.30 pm  GALA CONCERT  A Night at the Opera
                               Shelley Everell  Soprano
                               Siovhan Mooney  Mezzo Soprano
                               Allan Adams   Tenor
                               Paul Keohone  Bass
                               Neil Kelley  Piano
         Arias and ensembles from the operas of Bizet (Carmen), Puccini (La Boheme) and
         Mozart (The Marriage of Figaro, Cosi Fan Tutti).
         Also songs from the shows (Les Miserables, Cats, South Pacific, Showboat, Carousel).

Su 8         PATRONAL FESTIVAL SUNDAY (Dedication Festival)
               8.00 am  Holy Eucharist
              10.30 am  HIGH MASS followed by Parish Lunch (MTS)
              Celebrant and Preacher: The Right Reverend Nigel McCulloch,  Bishop of Wakefield
               6.00 pm  Festal Evensong, Procession and Solemn Te Deum
               Preacher: The Right Reverend Rupert Hoare (Dean of Liverpool)

F 13     Parish Pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham



NOVEMBER

Th 2          ALL SOULS` DAY
                 7.30 am  Holy Eucharist
                  8.00 pm  SOLEMN MASS OF REQUIEM by Candlelight
   During this mass we will give thanks for all the faithful departed who have worshipped in St. Faith’s during the past 100 years. The names of those whose funerals have taken place in St. Faith’s will be published.

S 5          ALL SAINTS` SUNDAY
               10.30 am  HIGH MASS and Parade Service followed by wine
               Preacher: The Reverend Gregor Cuff (Christ Church and St. John’s, Waterloo)

Su 12      Remembrance Sunday

Sa 18       Dinner Merry-go-Round

Su 26       CHRIST THE KING
                 10.30 am  HIGH MASS
                  Preacher: The Reverend Peter Winn (St. Thomas`, Seaforth)
                  7.30 pm  Crosby Symphony Orchestra Concert



DECEMBER

Sa 2         10.00 am  Pre-Advent Quiet Day led by Sister Elizabeth, SSM
                Theme: Waiting for God
                6.00 pm  Advent Service of Meditation and Light

Su 3         ADVENT SUNDAY
                 10.30 am  Sung Eucharist, Parade and Toy Service
                  Preacher: Sister Elizabeth, SSM (St. Mary’s Convent, Chiswick, London)
                  6.00 pm  ADVENT CAROL SERVICE  from Darkness to Light

Th 7           8.00 pm  PCC meeting (SFH)

Sa  9          10.00 am  12.30 pm  Young People’s activity and Craft Day
                  6.00 pm  Advent Service of Meditation and Light

Su 10         ADVENT 2
                  2.00 pm Sunday School Christmas Party (SMW)
                  7.30 pm Christmas Concert with the Crosby Symphony Orchestra

Tu 12         7.00 pm  Waterloo Primary School Christmas Service

W 13         7.00 pm  Waterloo Primary School Christmas Service

Sa  16        6.00 pm  Advent Service of Meditation and Light

Su 17         ADVENT 3
                  10.30 am  Sung Eucharist
                  Preacher: The Reverend Paul Robinson (St. Thomas`, Upholland)
                  1.00 pm  Christmas Lunch

W 20         2.30 pm  Merchant Taylors` Junior School Christmas Service
                 8.00 pm Christingle making (SFH)

Th 21        9.30 am  Merchant Taylors` School Christmas Service
                 Sa  23 6.00 pm  Advent Service of Meditation and Light

Su 24         ADVENT 4
                  8.00 am  Holy Eucharist
                  10.30 am  Sung Eucharist

                 CHRISTMAS EVE
                 6.00 pm    CHRISTINGLE SERVICE and Blessing of the Crib
                 11.00 pm  Vigil of Carols and Readings
                 11.30 pm  PROCESSION AND SOLEMN MASS OF MIDNIGHT

M             25 CHRISTMAS DAY
                 8.00 am  Holy Eucharist
                 10.30 am  HIGH MASS
                 6.00 pm  Evening Prayer at the Crib

Tu 26        ST. STEPHEN
                 10.30 am  HIGH MASS
                 followed by mulled wine and mince pies in the Vicarage

During Christmas Week the Eucharist will be celebrated each day at 10.30 am

Su 31         THE HOLY FAMILY
                  8.00 am  Holy Eucharist
                  10.30 am  HIGH MASS





 Saint Faith’s Patronal Festival 2000

Thursday 5th 7.30 pm      Vigil Service: So let us celebrate the Feast
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, silent prayer and meditation, concluding with Benediction in preparation
for St. Faith’s Day.
  Preacher: The Reverend Michael St. John-Channell  (St John the Baptist, Cirencester)

Friday 6th      SAINT FAITH`S DAY
                      7.30 am   Holy Eucharist
                      7.30 pm  PROCESSION, PONTIFICAL HIGH MASS and SOLEMN TE DEUM
                      Celebrant and Preacher: The Right Reverend James Jones (Lord Bishop of Liverpool)
                      Music: Mozart’s Coronation Mass with the Crosby Symphony Orchestra
                      followed by Buffet Supper in the Hall
  At this mass we also welcome Bishop Emmanuel Gbonigi from Akure, Nigeria who is visiting the Diocese of Liverpool as part of  theDiocesan exchange programme

Saturday 7th, 7.30 pm  GALA CONCERT  A Night at the Opera
                                      Shelley Everell  Soprano
                                      Siovhan Mooney  Mezzo Soprano
                                      Allan Adams  Tenor
                                      Paul Keohone  Bass
                                      Neil Kelley  Piano
                   Arias and ensembles from the operas of Bizet (Carmen), Puccini (La Boheme) and Mozart
                    (TheMarriage of Figaro, Cosi Fan Tutti).
                    Also songs from the shows (Les Miserables, Cats, South Pacific, Showboat, Carousel).

        Sunday 8th        PATRONAL FESTIVAL SUNDAY  (Dedication Festival)
                                  8.00 am Holy Eucharist
                                  10.30 am HIGH MASS followed by Parish Lunch (MTS)
                                  Celebrant and Preacher: The Right Reverend Nigel McCulloch, Bishop of Wakefield
                                  6.00 pm   Festal Evensong, Procession and Solemn Te Deum
                                  Preacher: The Right Reverend Rupert Hoare (Dean of Liverpool Cathedral)



Worship at St Faith’s

SUNDAYS
                       7.30 am   Morning Prayer
                       8.00 am   Holy Eucharist
                     10.30 am   SUNG EUCHARIST and CHILDREN`S CHURCH
                      6.00 pm   Evening Service  (2nd, 4th  5th Sundays)

WEEKDAYS
                     Morning Prayer
                     10.00 am    Monday  Saturday
                       9.00 am    Tuesday to Friday

                     Evening Prayer
                     6.00  pm   Monday to Saturday

                     Holy Eucharist
                     10.30 am    Monday
                      9.30  am   Tuesday (followed by coffee in Vicarage)
                     10.30 am    Wednesday (at St. Mary’s, Waterloo)
                       7.30 pm    Thursday
                       6.30 pm   Friday
                     10.30 am   Saturday



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