Lucy, Miralee Askew, Iris Pope, Kay Harrison, Leonard Lloyd , Joyce Rimmer, Johanna Sarathay and Christopher Brown.
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.
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.
There will be a collection of foodstuffs on 22nd and 29th November at both churches.
Please place contributions in the back of either church by TODAY. For further info please see flyer.
Thanks RosemaryThere will be a warehouse in Kings Norton for checking shoe boxes. Help is requested on Mondays and Tuesdays in November beginning on Monday 9 November. Further details from Mike Newbold Tel 443 3037
From Sunday 1 November until the end of Epiphany, St Mary’s Church is beginning a ‘kaleidoscope’ project both following and portraying the Church’s liturgical journey in colour from All Saints to Candlemas. To mark the stages on the journey, each bay in the Church is going to be hung with symbols and colours made by our Children’s Groups. Today Angels appear to mark All Saints. Watch and wait for further signs to come. Generations have learnt from the symbolism and our pilgrimage will provide us figures and signs to reflect on. Come with us over the next two months to find Christ being with us on our journey to Bethlehem this year and beyond.
Congratulations to Bethany Everett for gaining her Dean’s Chorister award from the Royal School of Church Music which was presented to her by Bishop Andrew at a special service at Birmingham Cathedral.
Please make sure you take your letter from the Clergy regarding changes to Worship and forthcoming events.
| Service | First Reading | Second Reading |
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| Morning | Hebrews 10:11-14 | Gospel: Mark 13:1-8 |
| Evening | Daniel 3 | Matthew 13:24-30;36-43 |
| Time | St Mary’s | St Anne’s |
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| 8:00 a.m. | Holy Communion Celebrant & Preacher: Revd Frank Berry |
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| 10:00 a.m. | Sung Eucharist We welcome Maddison Taylor Callaghan-Rutter for Holy Baptism Celebrant: Revd Rosemary Donovan Preacher: Revd Jeremy Dussek |
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| 10.15am | Sung Eucharist Celebrant & Preacher: Revd Frank Berry Hymns: 516,472,15,500,172 |
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| 6:30 p.m. | Evensong Officiant & Preacher: Jonathan Hodgson |
Evensong Officiant & Preacher: Revd Rosemary Donovan Psalm: 103 Hymns: 188,429,120,475 |
| Day | Time | St Mary’s | St Anne’s |
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| Mon-16-Nov | 9:00 a.m. | Morning Prayer | |
| Tue-17-Nov | 9:00 a.m. | Holy Communion | |
| Wed-18-Nov | 9:00 a.m. | Morning Prayer | |
| Thu-19-Nov | 9:00 a.m. | Morning Prayer | |
| 3:45 p.m. | MASS at Moseley school | ||
| Fri-20-Nov | 9:00 a.m. | Morning Prayer | |
| Time | St Mary’s | St Anne’s |
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| Next Sunday 22 November, Christ The King | ||
| 8:00 a.m. | Holy Communion | |
| 10:00 a.m. | Sung Eucharist | |
| 10:15 a.m. | Matins | |
| 6:30 p.m. | Evensong | Healing Service |
See also: Calendar of Future Events
| Date | Time | Details |
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| 15—22 Nov | National Interfaith Week There are many events taking place to mark this important new Week to which all are welcome. |
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| Wed-18-Nov | 7:30 p.m.—9:30 p.m. | Global Poverty, Seeking Justice, People of Faith in Action Launch of the Jubilee Debt Campaign Multi Faith Project at the Bordesley Centre, Stratford Road, B11 1AR. Details from Ruth Tetlow, 0121 449 4892. |
| Thu-19-Nov | 7:00 p.m.—9:00 p.m. | Moseley Interfaith Meeting ‘What my faith means to me’. Three Speakers of different faiths (Muslim, Hindu and Christian) Hamza Mosque, St Alban’s Rd. Moseley. Details from Richard Tetlow 0121 449 4892 |
| Tue-24-Nov | 7:30 p.m. | Prayer Circle At St Mary’s Church. Subject: ‘Remembrances’. |
| Sat-28-Nov | The Benefice Christmas Fair will be held in and outside St Mary’s Church this year to coincide with the Farmer’s Market. If it is to be a success we need your help in the following ways:
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| Sun-29-Nov | 6:30 p.m. | Advent Procession: A Festival of Lessons and Readings In St Mary’s, The Advent Procession will take the form of a journey from darkness to light, please do come early and bring a torch if you find it difficult to read under lower conditions. |
| 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. |
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| 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. | ||
Just ten years ago I had the good fortune to go with a group from St Mary’s to the Holy Land, and stand on the Mount of Olives where Jesus had stood. We visited the beautiful little church called Dominus Flevit, and like Him, we could see Jerusalem with its Temple spread out before us. It was a magical sight. He wept because he knew that the buildings would be destroyed. Solomon had built a great Temple for his people because they wanted to be like other great nations around them, Egypt, Persia and Greece had all built wonderful temples to their Gods yet those nations had passed away. Jesus knew that there would always be strife and war, already the Temple had been destroyed twice and Palestine is still the scene of bitter conflict today. Even worse his whole people have been dispersed. Yet the Jewish religion has survived, while those of the great Empires have faded. Strangely though, it is heartening that through the might and power of the Roman Empire, Christianity has been propagated throughout the world too. Sadly, war and strife still continue in spite of this, but perhaps we should take heart that while some glorious buildings do still survive to mark our faith, the power of the word is still mightier and God exists without our efforts. We can spread Christ’s word by so many more means today.
Heavenly Father, whose blessed Son was revealed to destroy the works of the devil and to make us the children of God and heirs of eternal life: grant that we, having this hope, may purify ourselves even as he is pure; that when he shall appear in power and great glory we may be made like him in his eternal and glorious kingdom; where he is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.