Lucy, Miralee Askew, Jean Wall, Iris Pope, Angelina lrechukwu, Kay Harrison, Leonard Lloyd, Frank and Petra Rarko, Magdalena Sagvari, Malcolm McDonald, Bernice Daubon and Joyce Rimmer.
Amy Busby and Joyce Stew.
Lavinia Morris, Lorna Wilson and Saul Greenburgh (6th), Glyn Samuel (8th), Moyra Connolly, Guy Macliver, Sarah Teversham and Sally Cope (9th).
The Benefice Office is open on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. St Mary’s Church open on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday between 10:00 a.m. — 12 noon.
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.
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 aged 3 to 11 meet on the 2nd 3rd and 4th Sundays during the 10:00 a.m. service. They continue worship in their groups and meet their leaders at the back of the church after the collect for the day. All children are welcome. There is a crèche facility at all 10:00 a.m. services.
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 meets on Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. at St Mary’s.
M*A*S*S meets on Thursday at 3:45 p.m. at Moseley School.
Proposals about renewing these zones are being prepared by the children’s sub committee to present to the PCC in November. They would welcome comments from any member of the congregation to include in this report. Please send your comments, thoughts and ideas to Debbie Barwell by Sunday 18 October. Telephone: 449 7690, email debbie.barwell@virgin.net or write a letter and leave in the ‘B’ pigeon hole or hand it in at the benefice office.
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).
The new Confirmation course starting this week on Thursday for six weeks to be held at Lis and Julian Wards’ home, 89 Park Hill. Sessions will cover topics such as:
Dates: 17 & 24 September, 1, 8, 15, 22 October. 8:00 p.m. — 9:30 p.m. Open to all who have done the monthly Confirmation sessions if you want to extend knowledge or fill in missed sessions and any others for whom this six week course appeals. Confirmation itself is planned for Sunday 18 October at 10:00 a.m. at St Mary’s. For further information please see Rosemary.
Free, half hour music session on Tuesdays at 4:30 p.m. for children aged 0+ years old. We aim to sing nursery rhymes, Christian songs, play simple musical instruments, hear stories from the Bible, learn basic musical concepts and move to music. Parents or care-givers help their child through each activity or song. No previous musical experience is required. Squash and bikkies after each session!
For more information please Contact Mick Perrier on: 07967 595 881, or via mick@mperrier.freeserve.co.uk.
| Service | First Reading | Second Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Morning | Joel 2:21-27 | Gospel: Matthew 6:25-33 |
| Evening | Joshua 3:7-end | Matthew 10:1-22 |
| Time | St Mary’s | St Anne’s |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 a.m. | Holy Communion Celebrant & Preacher: Revd Jeremy Dussek Followed by a reflection forum on the new proposals |
|
| 10:00 a.m. | Pet Service With staff from the Fivelands Veterinary Centre Officiant & Preacher: Revd Jeremy Dussek Printed order of Service |
|
| 10:15 a.m. | Sung Eucharist Celebrant & Preacher: Revd Rosemary Donovan Hymns: 101,557,33,179,505 |
|
| 11:15 a.m. | Sung Eucharist Celebrant & Preacher: Revd Frank Berry |
|
| 12:30 p.m. | Harvest Lunch today in the Parish Hall at St Anne’s. There will be a Traidcraft stall at the lunch so please bring some money! | |
| 6:30 p.m. | Evensong Officiant & Preacher: Jonathan Hodgson |
Evensong Officiant & Preacher: Revd Frank Berry Psalm: 125 |
| Day | Time | St Mary’s | St Anne’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tue-6-Oct | 9:00 a.m. | No Holy Communion | |
| 11:00 a.m. | Funeral of Joyce Stew | ||
| Thu-8-Oct | 3:45 p.m. | M*A*S*S at Moseley School | |
| Fri-9-Oct | 9:00 a.m. | Morning Prayer | |
| 10:00 a.m. | Moseley School Harvest Festival | ||
| Time | St Mary’s | St Anne’s |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 a.m. | Holy Communion | |
| 10:00 a.m. | Sung Eucharist Followed by a reflection forum on the new proposals |
|
| 10:15 a.m. | Community Worship Followed by a reflection forum on the new proposals |
|
| 6:30 p.m. | Evensong Followed by a reflection forum on the new proposals |
Holy Communion |
| Sunday 18 October 2009 | ||
| 8:00 a.m. | Holy Communion | |
| 10:00 a.m. | Confirmation service with Bishop David at St Mary’s | |
| 6:30 p.m. | Evensong | Evensong |
See also: Calendar of Future Events
| Date | Time | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Tue-6-Oct | 10:00 a.m. — 12noon | 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. |
| Sat-17-Oct | ||
| Tue-6-Oct | 7:30 p.m. | Prayer Circle Theme-Harvest personae gifts and prayers for the Benefice. All are welcome |
| Sun-18-Oct | 10:00 a.m. | Confirmation at St Mary’s |
| Sat-24-Oct | Benefice Quiet Day at Manresa House, 10, Albert Road, Harborne B17 OAN. Please see Elizabeth Leicester, Liz Blakey or Helen McNicoll for further details. | |
| Sun-1-Nov | 6:30 p.m. | All Souls Remembering those who have died. |
| Sun-8-Nov | 6:30 p.m. | Remembrance Day with Music and Readings |
| Sat-28-Nov | Christmas Fayre | |
| Sun-29-Nov | 6:30 p.m. | Festival of Lessons and Carols for Advent |
| Thu-17-Dec | Moseley Christmas Tree Celebration and Concert Following last years’ success, we will be repeating this with a shorter event and our Charity this year is for the National Institute for Conductive Education here in Moseley. |
|
| Sun-20-Dec | 4:00 p.m. | Children’s Nativity Service |
| 6:30 p.m. | Festival of Lessons and Carols for Christmas | |
| There is much to celebrate and give thanks for in the Benefice. Come and share God’s Glory with others. | ||
Time was when families faced the yearly uncertainty of a calamitous harvest, and a bounteous harvest would bring profound rejoicing and deep thankfulness to God that they could feed themselves and survive another year.
Fortunately for most of us here at St Mary’s, fear for the harvest is no longer our immediate reality. Indeed we can be so removed from the sowing and are so taken for granted that they have reaping of our food that we can forget what it means to take daily responsibility on the land to ensure the survival of our families and our neighbours. In today’s passage from Matthew, Jesus’ warnings speak to our reality, where food and clothing become the focus for fashion and gourmet articles in the Sunday papers. From Jesus’ words we can recognise ourselves as those who worry about such inessential things, and are in danger of forgetting how it is enough to know ‘each day has enough trouble of its own.’
Considering Jesus’ message in the light of harvest time, I begin to see how distracting myself from the essentials of daily life inevitably distracts me from a deep faith in God’s promise that all will be well. When I find myself caught up in unimportant diversions, I experience the poor harvest such preoccupations produce. Then I am in as much danger of starvation as my ancestors, only it is the danger of experiencing the fear that knows it has failed to sow the seeds, and to tend the shoots of faith which lead to a harvest that will truly feed the spirit.
Eternal God, you crown the year with your goodness and you give us the fruits of the earth in their season: grant that we may use them to your glory, for the relief of those in need and for our own wellbeing; 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.