Lucy, Hannah Blakey, Amy Busby, Shirley Smith, Irene Pitman, David Learmont.
Florence Lloyd
Kate McIntyre (19th), Jenny Bealt (22nd).
If you would like your birthday announced in this space then please hand the details to one of the wardens, or send it to the benefice office.
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.
Benefice Office: open on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
St Mary’s Church: open on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday between 10:00 a.m. — 12 noon.
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 has a loop system for the hard of hearing, in the centre block of seats. Turn your hearing aid to the ‘T’ setting.
Children’s groups meet for the last time today and resume on Sunday 13 September. During the summer when there are no children’s groups, families are welcome to use the family worship zones so that they can take part in the services together. Alternatively for little children the crèche room can be used, but children must be supervised at all times by their parents or guardians. Happy summer holidays to all our children and their leaders and helpers!
Children meet on the 1st 3rd and 4th Sundays during the 10:15 a.m. service. They leave with their leaders after the first hymn. All children are welcome.
The Youth Group, which meets on Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. at St Mary’s, will not meet again until September.
Once a month from April to October we will be holding a group during the 10:00 a.m. service at St Mary’s (the same time as the Children’s Sunday Groups) and hope that you may be able to join us.
The dates and titles of the sessions are:
| Date | Subject |
|---|---|
| Sun-26-Apr | What do we believe? |
| Sun-May-17 | Knowing Jesus Christ |
| Sun-14-June | Come Holy Spirit |
| Sun-12-Jul | Knowing the Bible and praying |
| Sun-9-Aug | Holy Communion |
| Sun-13-Sep | Belonging to a Church Community |
| Sun-11-Oct | Getting ready for Confirmation |
| Sun-18-Oct | Confirmation led by Bishop David |
We’ve also creating a group to look at the above subjects. Dates and times to be announced.
If you would like to join the groups to consider confirmation or know more about the Christian Faith, then let us know: info@stmarysmoseley.co.uk or contact Jeremy (449 1459) or Rosemary (449 1071).
Many congratulations to Chloe Everett and David Hewett who got engaged on Tuesday!
Over 50 responses have been received, but we need many more to build up teams in Developing Discipleship, Sharing Faith and Growing Leaders. If you haven’t filled in your form, please can you consider offering help and returning the Green Forms to the Vision Box. Teams will be announced towards the end of the month.
With both Peter and Eric moving on in their faith journeys, we need more people to help with the Care Homes Ministry. Please do speak to any of the Ministry team if you might be interested, and can be available in the week.
I would like to thank the wardens, ministry team and congregation of St Mary’s and St Anne’s for their generosity and kindness towards Anupama, Nathanael, and me last Sunday. I will always treasure the beautiful home communion set which you kindly gave me, an item which I am sure will play an important part in my future pastoral ministry. I will miss you all and will keep you in my thoughts and prayers for what I am sure God will give you: an exciting and blessed future. Contact details: The Vicarage, 56 Wyken Croft, Coventry CV2 3AD.
PeterOpen on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. St Mary’s Church open on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday between 10:00 a.m. — 12 noon.
| Service | First Reading | Second Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Morning | Ephesians 2: 11-end | Gospel: Mark 6: 30-34, 53-56 |
| Evening | Job 13:13-14:6 | Hebrews 2:5-end |
| Time | St Mary’s | St Anne’s |
|---|---|---|
| 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: Caroline Phillips Hymns: 77,55,243,490,522 Anthem: 0 Salutarus (Dupre) |
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| 10:15 a.m. | Matins Officiant & Preacher: Revd Rosemary Donovan Psalm: 89:20-37 Hymns: 522,484,244,78 |
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| 6:30 p.m. | Evensong Officiant & Preacher: Jonathan Hodgson Hymns: 81,39,351 Psalm: 73 Anthem: Cantique de Jean Racine(Fauré) |
Evensong Officiant & Preacher: Revd Jeremy Dussek Psalm: 73:21-end Hymns: 393,67,368,174 |
| Day | Time | St Mary’s | St Anne’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon-20-Jul | 9:00 a.m. | Morning Prayer | |
| Tue-21-Jul | 9:00 a.m. | Holy Communion | |
| Wed-22-Jul | 9:00 a.m. | Morning Prayer | |
| Thu-23-Jul | 9:00 a.m. | Morning Prayer | |
| Fri-24-Jul | 9:00 a.m. | Morning Prayer |
| Time | St Mary’s | St Anne’s |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 a.m. | Holy Communion | |
| 10:15 a.m. | Celebration Sung Eucharist With Bishop Andrew | |
| 6:30 p.m. | Songs of Praise |
See also: Calendar of Future Events
| Date | Time | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Wed-19-Aug | 11:00 a.m. | Outing to Hop Pocket Craft Centre, Worcester. Departing from St Anne’s. Cost dependant on numbers. Names to Hilda: 604 5643 |
| Tue-6-Oct Sat-17-Oct |
Advance Notice For All Working with Children and Young People Child Protection training courses will be taking place in the benefice at St Mary’s. These will be lead by Jennifer Holloway. Child protection Training is mandatory for all who work with or have contact with children and young people because of their position within the benefice. If you have not undertaken one of these courses before, then it is essential that you attend on one of these days. It is open to all and you are invited to attend to renew and confirm your understanding of the benefice child protection policy. |
We went to a gig at the O2 Academy last week to see The Cat Empire, an Australian band. Their music is described as ‘a fusion of jazz, ska, rock and soul with latin influences’, but interestingly we had been introduced to the band’s music by our daughter a couple of years ago. It’s quite a while since I’ve been to a gig, certainly at a venue like the Academy, and despite taking advice from the younger members of the household on dress code, I was still a little apprehensive. However all fears were allayed; although not the youngest, we were certainly not the oldest in the crowd. The music was fabulously invigorating and everyone danced and sang along with band for the whole set, plus encores. The words ‘Music is the language of us all’ forms the chorus line of one of the songs, and seemed to gain in significance as the week progressed. A few evenings later we experienced a beautiful and haunting melody. A Muslim wedding ceremony took place under canvas in a neighbour’s garden and we drifted off to sleep to the sound of the sung prayers floating out across the green leafy suburbs of Moseley in the summer dusk. The congregation at the 10 o’clock service last Sunday were treated to a ring of hand bells in church to mark the start of the bell appeal for St Mary’s church, a sound that will send out a message and touch all in the Moseley area, whatever their background or native tongue. Music conveys and evokes a myriad of feelings and memories and stories to tell, but the language needs no translation. To me, this week, music has reflected the message of hope, oneness and joining together expressed in today’s reading from Paul’s letter to the Ephesians.
Merciful God, you have prepared for those who love you such good things as pass our understanding: pour into our hearts such love toward you that we, loving you in all things and above all things, may obtain your promises, which exceed all that we can desire; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.