Lucy, Kevin Saddler, Ann Andrew, John Wilkinson, Paul Daly and Harry Walkley.
Hugh Pope and Phyllis Talbot
Jennifer Johnson (30th), Trish Everett, Pam Rhodes and Noah Samuel (31st), Cheryl Reid, Malcolm McDonald and Jessica Livings (1st), Suzanne Smith (2nd), Edward Barber (3rd), Laura Dowell, Peter Magson and Jennifer Wilson (4th).
Gift Aid: If you are a taxpayer, please maximise your giving in the Offertory Plate by using the Gift Aid envelopes provided.
St Mary’s notices can be sent to the Parish Office at info@stmarysmoseley.co.uk, or by phone: 0121 449 2243 (mornings) by 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday. Voicemail messages can be left at any time. Also see http://www.stmarysmoseley.co.uk.
St Anne’s notices can be sent to Revd Rosemary Donovan at info@st-annes-moseley.org.uk, or by phone: 0121 449 1071 by Thursday. Also see http://www.st-annes-moseley.org.uk.
St Mary’s has a loop system for the hard of hearing, in the centre block of seats. Turn your hearing aid to the ‘T’ setting.
Children aged 3-11 meet on the second, third and fourth Sundays during the 10:00 a.m. service. Children’s groups recommence after the Easter break on Sunday 26 April. The leaders have decided to make some changes to the organisation of the groups for this term, to even out the numbers in the groups. The changes are as follows:
These changes will be an experiment for the summer term, and I would welcome any feedback from parents or children on the new arrangement.
Chris Abbott, Children’s Groups Co-ordinatorChildren meet on the first, third and fourth Sundays during the 10:15 a.m. service. They leave with their leaders after the first hymn. All children are welcome.
The Youth Group meets on Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. in the Piggott Room at St Mary’s.
As part of our Mothering Sunday giving to Moseley Hall hospital, we would like you to donate slippers to boost the stock of charitable footwear for patients. All donations, all adult sizes, women’s, men’s, new, second hand and sensible styles (no heels or slip-ons) are welcome and will be collected next week. See Jo Cartmell at St Mary’s for more details.
Today is the last date for responses for Giving Sunday. This week a volunteer Visitor will call on you to collect your response, if it hasn’t been received already.
Please make sure that you return the green form with your responses to the recommendations of the Vision Group as soon as possible please.
| Service | First Reading | Second Reading |
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| Morning | Jeremiah 31:31-34 | Gospel: John 12:20-33 |
| Evening | Exodus 7:8-24 | Romans 5:12-end |
| Time | St Mary’s | St Anne’s |
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| 8:00 a.m. | Holy Communion Celebrant & Preacher: Revd Rosemary Donovan |
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| 10:00 a.m. | Sung Eucharist Celebrant: Revd Jeremy Dussek Preacher: Cathie Carey Hymns: 346,148,461,492 Anthem: You are my friend and View me Lord (Wood) |
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| 10:15 a.m. | Sung Eucharist Celebrant & Preacher: Revd Rosemary Donovan Hymns: 293,570,15,72,303 |
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| 6:30 p.m. | Evensong Officiant & Preacher: Revd Peter Hansell Hymns: 549,231,158 Psalm: 34 Anthem: Ave Verum (Mozart) |
Evensong Officiants & Preacher: Jonathan Hodgson Psalm: 34:1-10 |
| Day | Time | St Mary’s | St Anne’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon-30-Mar | 9:00 a.m. | Morning Prayer | |
| Tue-31-Mar | 7:00 p.m. | Lent Course | |
| 8:30 p.m. | Holy Communion | ||
| Wed-1-Apr | 9:00 a.m. | Morning Prayer | |
| Thu-2-Apr | 9:00 a.m. | Morning Prayer | |
| 4:00 p.m. | M*A*S*S at Moseley C of E School | ||
| Fri-3-Apr | 9:00 a.m. | Morning Prayer | |
| Holy Week and Easter Services | |||
| Mon-6-Apr | 12 noon | Holy Communion | |
| Mon-6, Tue-7 & Wed-8 | 8:00 p.m. | Holy Communion | |
| Thu-9-Apr Maundy Thursday |
8:00 p.m. | Supper and Sung Eucharist – Followed by a watch | |
| Fri-10-Apr Good Friday |
10:15 a.m. | Community Worship | |
| 12 noon – 3:00 p.m. | Service of Readings & Music for Good Friday | ||
| Sat-11-Apr Easter Eve |
7:00 p.m. | Processional Easter Vigil starting at St Anne’s and Continuing at St Mary’s | |
| 8:00 p.m. | First Festive Eucharist for Easter followed by Champagne Party | ||
| Sun-12-Apr Easter Day |
8:00 a.m. | Holy Communion | |
| 10:00 a.m. | Festival Eucharist | ||
| 10:15 a.m. | Festival Eucharist | ||
| 6:30 p.m. | Said Evensong | ||
| Time | St Mary’s | St Anne’s |
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| 8:00 a.m. | Holy Communion | |
| 10:00 a.m. | Processional Palm Sunday Eucharist Starting at St Mary’s |
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| 11:15 a.m. | Processional Palm Sunday Eucharist Continuing at St Anne’s |
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| 6:30 p.m. | Stainer’s Crucifixion for Holy Week | No Evensong |
See also: Calendar of Future Events and Lent 2009
| Date | Time | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 6-Apr – 10-Apr | Youth Group Retreat at Beaudesert Camp Booking Forms available from Rosemary | |
| Wed-1-Apr | 12 noon – 1:30 p.m. | Last Lent Lunch at 17, Hayfield Road. Please support this important event. Your donation will help to raise funds for Christian Aid. |
‘There’s no Gain without Pain’ has long been the slogan of the dieting and fitness fanatics and it may be familiar to anyone in these New Year months who regrets how well they dined at Christmas. To obtain something of value at little or no cost is an all too human trait, and we have seen its consequences writ large in the world financial catastrophe. The lust for gain has left us all in pain.
When Philip and Andrew introduce a clutch of eager and receptive Greeks to their master, they doubtless hope that He will greet them with something uplifting. Instead he gives them all a hurdle to clear before they can grasp in full what he has to say. Before God’s ultimate purpose can be fulfilled, like the ear of wheat, the sin of man must be utterly destroyed. Only then can what lies within be released and find full fruition. Through the Cross alone lies the path to New Heaven and New Earth.
In all the crucifixions of body and soul that we fare in our life. this can be a saving source of hope. After darkness and suffocation the shoot pushes up to a new world of sunlight, rain and air. The sign that we are about to make, our most valuable gains, may be in the pain in which they lie hidden.
Most merciful God, who by the death and resurrection of your Son Jesus Christ delivered and saved the world: grant that by faith in him who suffered on the cross we may triumph in the power of his victory; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you. in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now aria for ever.