Lucy, Miralee Askew, Iris Pope, Leonard Lloyd, Johanna Sarathay, May Corbett, Daniel, Christopher Brown, Richard Black, Audrey Samuel, Pam Daly, Paul Daly
Yvonne Millar, Cathy Yarwood, Martin Brown
Cynthia Kirkham (13th), Elizabeth Way and Dawn Martin (14th), Martin Miller (15th), Mark Simons and Adrian Ball (17th)
Special greetings to Martin Miller on his 60th birthday!
If you are here for the first time, please do introduce yourself to a sidesperson or minister and take a welcome card.
Baptised members of any Church are welcome to receive Communion. If you do not wish to take communion but would like a blessing please come forward, holding your service leaflet.
A collection for the work of the church is usually taken during each service. Please use the Gift Aid envelope if you are a UK taxpayer.
We have loop systems for the hard of hearing. At St Mary’s it is available in the main nave. At St Anne’s it can be used in any part of the church.
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.
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.
From 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. 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.
These will be on sale from now until Christmas at the back of St Anne’s church price £5.
Please pick up a copy of the Advent Prayer Calendar from the back of either church.
Between now and Christmas, the clergy and reader are working hard to prepare for Christmas Services both in Church and across Moseley. We therefore ask that from today until Epiphany, all matters other than relating to worship and pastoral care wait until next year. If you know of someone who would like a visit or Holy Communion over the next 2 weeks please contact us. Many Thanks. Jeremy
The new bumper edition for December and January is available on Sunday 6 December. Essential reading for only 60p! Please pick up your copy. Diaries also available for a minimum donation 50p.
The Advent Installations produced by local artists Leya Tutt and Clare Harrison, on display at St Anne’s, provide an opportunity to focus and reflect on what God is saying to you at this Advent season. Why not take time to visit and view? The church is open during service times on Sundays or by appointment with Revd Rosemary Donovan.
| Service | First Reading | Second Reading |
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| St Mary’s 10:00 a.m. & St Anne’s 11:00 a.m. | Zephaniah 3:14-20 | Gospel: Luke 3:7-18 |
| St Anne’s 10:00 a.m. | Isaiah 25:1-9 | 1 Corinthians 4:1-5 |
| St Mary’s 6:00 p.m. | Isaiah 35 | Luke 1:57-66 |
| Time | St Mary’s | St Anne’s |
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| 8:00 a.m. | Holy Communion Celebrant: Revd Jeremy Dussek Preacher: Jonathan Hodgson |
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| 10:00 a.m. | Sung Eucharist Celebrant: Revd Jeremy Dussek Preacher: Revd Rosemary Donovan Hymns: 401,I Lift Up,209,193 Anthem: Jesus Christ the Apple Tree |
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| 10:00 a.m. | Matins Officiant: Revd Frank Berry Psalm: 62 |
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| 11:00 a.m. | Informal Eucharist Celebrant & Preacher: Revd Rosemary Donovan Hymns: 329,215,328,590,252 |
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| 6:30 p.m. | Evensong Officiant & Preacher: Jonathan Hodgson Hymns: 196,519,491 Psalm: 68:1-19 Anthem: In The Bleak Midwinter |
| Day | Time | St Mary’s | St Anne’s |
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| Mon-14-Dec | 9:00 a.m. | Morning Prayer | |
| Tue-15-Dec | 9:00 a.m. | Holy Communion | |
| Wed-16-Dec | 9:00 a.m. | Morning Prayer | |
| Thu-17-Dec | 9:00 a.m. | Morning Prayer | |
| Fri-18-Dec | 9:00 a.m. | Morning Prayer | |
| St Anne’s Christmas Services in Sheltered Housing and Rest Homes. If you are available to sing carols and give approximately half an hour, please do come and support the pastoral team in this ministry. | |||
| Wed-16-Dec | 11:00 a.m. | Barnfield, Alcester Road | |
| 2:00 p.m. | Amberley Court, Salisbury Road | ||
| Thu-17-Dec | 11:00 a.m. | Karitos, Chantry Road | |
| 2:30 p.m. | Wilson Lodge Park Road | ||
| Tue-22-Dec | 11:00 a.m. | Alexander Court, Park Hill | |
| Time | St Mary’s | St Anne’s |
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| Next Sunday 20 December, 4th Sunday of Advent | ||
| 8:00 a.m. | Holy Communion | |
| 10:00 a.m. | Sung Eucharist with Nativity | |
| 11:00 a.m. | Crib Service | |
| 5:00 p.m. | Candlelit Carol Service All are welcome. Re live the Moseley Mysteries as God and the Devil turn up for a final showdown! Followed by mulled wine and mince pies |
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| 6:30 p.m. | Festival of Readings and Music | |
| Thursday 24 December, Christmas Eve | ||
| 5:00 p.m. | Christingle Service for all the family | |
| 11:30 p.m. | Midnight Mass | Midnight Mass |
| Friday 25 December, Christmas Day | ||
| 8:00 a.m. | Holy Communion | |
| 10:00 a.m. | Sung Eucharist | |
| 11:00 a.m. | Sung Eucharist | |
| Date | Time | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Mon/Thurs/Sat | 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Nativity Trail Birmingham Museum and Art gallery. Admission free. Open to 6 January. |
| Fri | 10:30 – 5:00 p.m. | |
| Sun | 12:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | |
| Thu-17-Dec | 7:30 p.m. | Cracking Carols and Christmas Cheer Moseley Christmas Tree Celebration and Concert in the presence of the Lord Mayor. Help Wanted: To enable both sponsors/decorators of the Christmas Trees access into the Church and also visitors to look around and see the spectacle during daylight hours, we need people to be in the church to welcome them. Would you be able to do a two hour slot on Tuesday 15 December, Wednesday 16 December, Friday 18 December, Saturday 19 December, Monday 21 December or Tuesday 22 December? If you could help out, please let Jan Miller (449 0970) or Jonathan Hodgson (449 2307) know. |
| Sun-20-Dec | 4:00 p.m. | Children’s Nativity Service |
| 6:30 p.m. | Festival of Lessons and Carols for Christmas | |
| Fri-25-Dec | 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Christmas Day Together! At St Anne’s. Help urgently required to make this community outreach event successful. Please sign up at the back of both churches if you can provide transport, be involved with preparations or come on the day. Donations of sherry, wine or soft drinks would be welcome. |
| Sat-16-Jan | During the evening | Bowling for children age 9 or 10 and above. Please sign up on the sheet at the back of both churches. Any queries, please see Chris Abbott, Chris Hirsch, Gillian Light, Fran Rowley or Becky Greenhill |
| Sun-17-Jan | 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Benefice Children’s Party St Anne’s church hall. There will be a sign-up sheet available at the back of both churches from Sunday 6 December. Volunteers to help with the party (before, during or after) would be most welcome. |
| There is much to celebrate and give thanks for in the Benefice. Come and share God’s Glory with others. | ||
Zephaniah’s Song of Joy probably dates from the latter part of the seventh century BC. The message was that the Lord was greatly displeased with the people of Jerusalem, largely because of the pagan ways they had adopted. By means of this message to Zephaniah, He threatened to destroy them and everything on earth, ‘The Day of the Lord’ as it had been known since the time of Amos. Then, in an apparent contradiction, He tells them that those who remain will obey only Him and will never again rebel. This Song of Joy tells them that there will be a new beginning, a new life of joy and prosperity. Perhaps the Lord is really saying that if you don’t mend your ways there will be death and destruction, but if you do the future will be good. His chosen people are the victors, their enemies are vanquished and they will prosper.
Looking at the region now, or possibly at any time during the 2,700 years since then, we might be forgiven for wondering what went wrong. Was neither of these prophecies fulfilled? Did the people not change their ways? If not, why are we still here? If they did, why are they not now living in peace with everyone else? These are probably not the right questions to ask, and if they are there may not be an answer. They will no doubt occupy the minds of scholars, politicians, theologians and others until ‘The Day of the Lord’. The rest of us can only hope and pray for guidance and for a lasting peace to be achieved in the region as soon as possible.
O Lord Jesus Christ, who at your first coming sent your messenger to prepare your way before you: grant that the ministers and stewards of your mysteries may likewise so prepare and make ready your way by turning the hearts of the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, that at your second coming to judge the world we may be found an acceptable people in your sight; for you are alive and reign with the Father in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.