See also Advent Calendar
| Date | Time | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Sun-21-Dec | 10:00 a.m., 10:15 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. | Christmas Nativity, Crib and Carol Services The Sunday before Christmas gives us a chance to enjoy worship in our decorated churches for the season. At St Mary’s at 10:00 a.m. and St Anne’s at 10:15 a.m. there are the Children’s Play (as part of the main service) and Crib Service respectively. Later in the evening at 6:30 p.m. there are more traditional Carol Services with readings. Mulled wine and mince pies are served at St Anne’s afterwards. |
| Tue-23-Dec | 8:00 p.m. | Carol Singing at the Fighting Cocks Christmas is a time for everyone and Emily at the Fighting Cocks has invited us to sing carols this year — do come along and continue the celebrations amongst the community which begin at 8:00 p.m. |
| Wed-24-Dec | 9:00 a.m. | Preparations for Christmas Day Together at the Parish Hall Park Hill |
| 10:00 a.m. | Making Christingles in the Piggott Room at St Mary’s | |
| Wed-24-Dec | 5:00 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. | Christingle and Midnight Mass Once more the ever popular service of Christingle takes place at 5:00 p.m. at St Mary’s. It’s always very popular so please arrive early and by 4:50 p.m. at the latest. As with last year there will be a collection taken before the service to help people use the gift aid envelopes. Midnight Mass begins at both churches at 11:30 p.m. It will be a little darker than normal at St Mary’s, so if you find it hard to see with dimmed lights, please bring a torch. |
| Thu-25-Dec | 11:00 a.m. — 4:00 p.m. | Christmas Day Together at St Anne’s. Thanks in advance to the many people who have agreed to volunteer and all those who have generously donated money or gifts to make Christmas possible for those who would otherwise be alone. If you know of anyone who may be alone and would like to come please contact Janet Thome on 449 2243. |
| Sun-28-Dec | 10:00 a.m. & 6:30 p.m. | Sunday after Christmas Services Please note that there is no 8:00 a.m. service and that the services in the Benefice are the Sung Eucharist at St Mary’s at 10:00 a.m. and Prayers for New Year at St Anne’s at 6:30 p.m. |
| 1st Sunday of January and February | There will be the traditional Festival of Lessons and Carols for Epiphany and Candlemas respectively (as last year). | |
| 2nd and 3rd Sundays | There will be normal Evensong. | |
| 4th Sunday | There will be a Taizé Service in January and a Celtic Service in February. | |
| Sat-10-Jan & Sun-11-Jan | The choirs at St Mary’s and St Anne’s will be taking part in BBC Songs of Praise recordings from the beautifully restored Town Hall. This includes Handel’s Messiah for the Easter programme and favourite hymns for Pentecost. The service on Sunday 11th, therefore, will be a simple Evensong without the choir but with a homily and hymns. | |
| Tue-13-Jan | 8:00 p.m. — 9:00 p.m. | Start ! - Enquirers Course at St Mary’s At St Mary’s we’re beginning Start! which is a six session course designed to help people discover the basics of the Christian faith. Each session involves watching a couple of short DVD programmes, followed by time to talk, listen and ask questions. These begins with What does life mean for you?, What are you looking for?, What does it mean to follow Jesus Christ and what difference can that make for you? If you’d like to come or know someone who’s interested or wanting to explore the Christian Faith, then please let us know by Tuesday 6 January. After the course in February we will begin preparing groups for those considering confirmation later in the year — again, please let us know whether you’d be interested in that. |
| Sun-18-Jan | 10:15 a.m. | Churches Together Service at St Anne’s Once a year, Churches Together in Moseley has a joint service which helps us to remember that despite our different traditions and denominations we are one body in Christ. This year the service is at St Anne’s Church at 10:15 a.m. THERE WILL BE NO SERVICE AT ST MARY’S AT 10:00 a.m. |
| Sun-18-Jan | 2:00 p.m. | Children’s Christmas Party Thanks to all our Children’s Groups’ helpers who have been working so hard for our Christmas Plays and their work over the last term. The Children’s Christmas Party this year is on Sunday 18 January in the Parish Hall at St Anne’s. Please do sign up on the noticeboards if you would like your children to come. It’s only fair that this is done in advance to help the organisers know how to prepare. |
| 14-22 Feb | Love Fest: I am looking for wedding dresses of the last century, one for each decade, especially old ones. Has any one got their’s in a cupboard and wouldn’t mind it being displayed? I will also need dress makers’ dummies to display them. Please see Rosemary: 449 1071. |