BULLETIN                                      19 FEBRUARY 2006                    

SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME OF YEAR 2


CHURCH SERVICES

Saturday 18 February
Confession on request from 4.45 to 5.15 pm
Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm for Jessie Brown
Sunday 19 February
Sunday Mass at 10.00 am
Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon
Monday 20 February
Mass at 10.00 am for a special intention
Tuesday 21 February
Mass at 10.00 am for Rene Baca
Wednesday 22 February
Mass at 10.00 am for Rose Walker
Thursday 23 February
Mass at 7.00 pm for Ellen Murphy
Friday 24 February
Mass at 10.00 am for Elizabeth Walsh
Saturday 25 February
Mass at 10.00 am for Joe Gillies


PARISH CENTRE EVENTS

Sunday 19 February
10.00 am
11.00 am
Sacramental Preparation
Tea and Coffee after Mass
Monday 20 February
8.00 to 5.30 pm
9.00 to 11.30 am
9.30 to 11.30
12.30 to 2.30 pm
1.30 to 3.00 pm
5.30 to 6.30 pm
6.30 to 8.00 pm
7.00 pm
7.00 to 8.00 pm
Wrap-around Care for 3 to 5 year olds
Nursery
Parents and Toddlers
Kindergarten
Cardiac Rehabilitation
Rainbows
Brownies
Saint Vincent de Paul Society
Weight Watchers
Tuesday 21 February

8.00 to 5.30 pm
9.00 to 11.30 am
12.30 to 2.30 pm
1.30 pm
7.00 pm
7.30 pm

Wrap-around Care for 3 to 5 year olds
Nursery
Kindergarten
Country Dancing
Saint Anne's Guild
Keep Fit
Wednesday 22 February

8.00 to 5.30 pm
9.00 to 11.30 am

12.30 to 2.30 pm
5.00 to 6.00 pm
6.00 to 7.00 pm
7.00 pm
7.00 pm

Wrap-around Care for 3 to 5 year olds
Nursery
Kindergarten
Street Dance for 13 to 18 year olds
Burakudo Karate Club
SPRED
Primary 4 Parents Meeting
Thursday 23 February

8.00 to 5.30 pm
9.00 to 11.30 am

12.30 to 2.30 pm
1.00 to 3 00 pm
1.30 to 3.30 pm
6.00 to 7.00 pm
6.00 to 7.30 pm
7.30 to 9.00 pm

Wrap-around Care for 3 to 5 year olds
Nursery
Kindergarten
Thursday Club
Cardiac Rehabilitation
Rainbows
Brownies
Girl Guides

Friday 24 February

8.00 to 5.30 am
9.00 to 11.30 am
9.00 to 11.30 am
12.30 to 2.30 pm

Wrap-around Care for 3 to 5 year olds
Nursery
Parents and Toddlers
Kindergarten

PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
   Chrissie Welsh, Joe Davey, Johnny Rooney,
   Mary Marron and Patrick Leonard who died recently;
   Nathan Murray-Collier 2005, George Monaghan 2004, Patsy McDonald 1993,
   Justine McAllister 2000, Guilia Marchetti 1998, Mary McCluskey 1980,
   Margaret Mary Adamson 2005, Brian Griffin 1980, Maureen McIlhatton 1993,
   Canon Michael O'Connor 1966, Father James Coyle 1975, James Smith 1986
   whose anniversaries occur at this time;
   Erin Isabella McHugh who was baptised recently;
   and those who are sick.

SUNDAY COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection amounted to £627.07 - many thanks.
Banker's Orders amount to an average of £4000 per month. Each month £4000 is repaid to the Diocese for the building loan and levy.

PARISH CENTRE COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection for the Parish Centre amounted to £325.47 - many thanks.

BANKER'S ORDERS
Paying your collection by monthly or quarterly banker's order makes money handling much safer. Banker's Order forms are available in the porch.

SAINT PATRICK'S PARISH SOCIAL
On Saturday, 11 March at 8.00 pm, there will be a Parish Social to recognise Saint Patrick's Day
. There will be music from Jim on the keyboard, a quiz, a raffle, stand-up bingo and pie and peas. Tickets costing £4 each are available from Kate on 464063 and Donna.

DISCLOSURE SCOTLAND
Would all volunteers please notify Kate on 464063 as soon as clearance from Disclosure Scotland is received? This will allow the rotas for the Children's Liturgy to be made up. If you are a Eucharistic Minister who has still to return your Disclosure Scotland form, please hand it in as soon as possible.

WORLD DAY OF PRAYER
World Day of Prayer will be marked by a service in Saint Andrew's Scottish Episcopal Church, South Crescent Road on Friday 3 March at 2.00 pm. The service has been prepared by the Christian Women of South Africa. All are very welcome.

STEVENSTON MUSICAL SOCIETY
Stevenston Musical Society will present Karl Jenkins - The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace in Saint Andrew's Church, West Kilbride on Saturday 4 March at 7.30 pm. The concert will include a performance by the Fullarton Youth Vocal Ensemble. Tickets are priced at £5 and £4 concession and are available now from Stephen Cowan.

SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION
Parents of children preparing for the Sacraments of First Communion and Confirmation are invited to a meeting in the Parish Centre on Wednesday, 22 February at 7.00 pm.

LOST PROPERTY
Any articles found in the Church, for example, gloves, glasses, toys and so on will be put in a lost property box at the right hand side in the porch.

50/50 CLUB
There are about thirty outstanding subscriptions for the 50/50 Club at the present time and this has held up the January draw. Please renew as soon as possible so that future can draws can take place on time. New members are welcome at any time during the year. To join, telephone Myriame or pick up a membership form at the stall.


There is only one way to be happy
and that is to make somebody else so.


Never look down on anybody unless you're helping them.


Forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forth
unto those things which are before - this is wisdom.



READINGS
The readings for this weekend's Masses are shown below in English. They are available in eleven other languages
including French, German, Italian, Polish and Spanish by clicking on this link.


First
Reading           1 Samuel 26:2.7-9.12-13.22-23
Thus says the Lord: No need to recall the past, no need to think about what was done before. See, I am doing a new deed, even now it comes to light; can you not see it? Yes, I am making a road in the wilderness, paths in the wilds. The people I have formed for myself will sing my praises. Jacob, you have not invoked me, you have not troubled yourself, Israel, on my behalf. Instead you have burdened me with your sins, troubled me with your iniquities. I it is, I it is, who must blot out everything and not remember your sins.

Second Reading           2 Corinthians 1:18-22
I swear by God's truth, there is no Yes and No about what we say to you. The Son of God, the Christ Jesus that we proclaimed among you - I mean Silvanus and Timothy and I - was never Yes and No: with him it was always Yes, and however many the promises God made, the Yes to them all is in him. That is why it is 'through him' that we answer Amen to the praise of God. Remember it is God himself who assures us all, and you, of our standing in Christ, and has anointed us, marking us with his seal and giving us the pledge, the Spirit, that we carry in our hearts.

Gospel           Mark 2:1-12
When Jesus returned to Capernaum, word went round that he was back; and so many people collected that there was no room left, even in front of the door. He was preaching the word to them when some people came bringing him a paralytic carried by four men, but as the crowd made it impossible to get the man to him, they stripped the roof over the place where Jesus was; and when they had made an opening, they lowered the stretcher on which the paralytic lay. Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralytic, "My child, your sins are forgiven.". Now some scribes were sitting there, and they thought to themselves, "How can this man talk like that? He is blaspheming. Who can forgive sins but God?". Jesus, inwardly aware that this was what they were thinking, said to them, "Why do you have these thoughts in your hearts? Which of these is easier: to say to the paralytic, "Your sins are forgiven" or to say, "Get up, pick up your stretcher and walk"? But to prove to you that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins," - he said to the paralytic - "I order you: get up, pick up your stretcher, and go off home.". And the man got up, picked up his stretcher at once and walked out in front of everyone, so that they were all astounded and praised God saying, "We have never seen anything like this.".