Jacqui Percy, Pam Williams, Sheila Perks, Sarah Whitling, Pam Daley and Elizabeth Way
George Morgan, Arthur Hembury, Dennis Rawlings and Bill Halliday
Mike Stocks (2nd), Chloe Everett (4th), Jacob Rowley and Angela Green (6th)
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’s groups and crèche will now meet on the first, second, fourth and fifth Sundays during term time. The third Sunday will be our new Teaching Eucharist lasting 40 minutes with children taking part in the worship. Where possible a quiet supervised area will also be available in the Crèche room for parents and children during this service. During school holidays the Crèche area (unsupervised) will be available for parents to be with their children during the service if needed.
Children meet on the first, second, fourth and fifth Sundays during the 11:00 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.
Music Time will re-commence in February.
Over the next two months, parts of the building are being refurbished. Please bear with us during this time. The Lady Chapel is temporarily closed and has relocated to the East End of the North Aisle. This area will be developed for prayers and devotion. Work has now started refurbishing the choir vestry which will be followed by the installation of new toilets and kitchen in the Piggott Room. If you have any questions, please contact the clergy or wardens or see the display board in the north aisle which has details of the work to be carried out.
To all members of St Mary’s and St Anne’s church, the clergy and members of the prayer circle, I want to express my sincere thanks for your prayers and your emails whilst I have been in Palestine. I have felt greatly supported by these and appreciate the cards and messages sent to me to welcome me home. The experience has been rich and deep and also painful at times. I hope to be able to share this with you before long.
There will be a collection to mark Cathie’s ministry in the Benefice. If you would like to contribute to a gift to be presented at Candlemas, then please give it to any of the Clergy and Wardens before Thursday 4 February.
Cleaners are still urgently required for the main nave and side aisles of the church. Please sign up on the sheet at the back of church. Cleaning materials are kept in the cupboard in the crèche and keys for access can be arranged via the Parish Office, 449 2243.
We have two spare copies of New Daylight (Bible Reading Notes). If you would like to have one at the reduced price of £3 please contact Ann Andrew at the Parish Office ASAP.
Rotas for 8:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. readers are now ready for February and March. Please look in pigeon holes.
Its great to have so many birthdays recorded in the weekly leaflet but there are still lots who have not signed up. Please put your name and birth day and month on the list at the back of both churches. You do not have to reveal your age. The benefice can then celebrate with you.
| Service | First Reading | Second Reading |
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| Morning | 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 | Luke 8:22-25 |
| Evening | 1 Chronicles 29:6-19 | John 4:19-29a |
| 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: Lis Sparrow Hymns: 321,4,343,158 Anthem: Cantique de Jean Racine (Fauré) |
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| 11:00 a.m. | Sung Eucharist Celebrant: Revd Rosemary Donovan Preacher: Lis Sparrow Hymns: 17,31,394,525,451 |
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| 6:30 p.m. | Sung Eucharist Celebrant & Preacher: Revd Jeremy Dussek Hymns: 33,231,265,354 Anthem: Behold, the Tabernacle of God (Harris) |
| Day | Time | St Mary’s | St Anne’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon-1-Feb | 9:00 a.m. | Morning Prayer | |
| Tue-2-Feb | 9:00 a.m. | Holy Communion | |
| Wed-3-Feb | 9:00 a.m. | Morning Prayer | |
| Thu-4-Feb | 9:00 a.m. | Morning Prayer | |
| 3:45 p.m. | M*A*S*S at Moseley School | ||
| Fri-5-Feb | 9:00 a.m. | Morning Prayer |
| Time | St Mary’s | St Anne’s |
|---|---|---|
| Next Sunday 7 February, Candlemas | ||
| 8:00 a.m. | Holy Communion | |
| 10:00 a.m. | Sung Eucharist | |
| 11:00 a.m. | Sung Eucharist | |
| 6:30 p.m. | Festival of Readings and Music for Candlemas | |
| Date | Time | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Tue-12-Jan | 8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. |
Third Start Course in Rose Cottage at St Mary’s. Discovering Christianity in six small-group sessions. Please do come along to all or as many sessions as you can. This course is free and open to everyone to come and learn about and/or renew the meaning and relevance of the Christian faith today. Contact Jeremy or Rosemary for further details. Pick up a flyer and give it to someone else. |
| Tue-19-Jan | ||
| Tue-26-Jan | ||
| Tue-2-Feb | ||
| Tue-9-Feb | ||
| Tue-16-Feb | ||
| Mon-1-Feb | 7:30 p.m. | Deanery Synod at All Saints Kings Heath |
| 7:30 p.m. | Social Committee at Hayfield Road | |
| Wed-3-Feb | 7:30 p.m. | Youth Group in the Piggott Room | Fri-5-Feb | 7:30 p.m. | Visit of Bishop Brighton from Malawi to Birmingham at St Anne’s hall. Open meeting for all churches with link parishes. |
| There is much to celebrate and give thanks for in the Benefice. Come and share God’s Glory with others. | ||
The usually peaceful waters of the Sea of Galilee form a vast fishing lake and natural reservoir. Water can be diverted to the Negev, so that the desert can ‘blossom as a rose’. Much of Jesus’ life was spent either on the shores or on the waters of the lake with his disciples, a number of whom were experienced sailors. In today’s reading from Luke 8:22-25, we learn of the disciples reactions to a wind storm that threatened to capsize their boat. They woke the sleeping Jesus, who stilled the storm. They were amazed and, perhaps, somewhat frightened at this demonstration of the power of God over nature. Neither they nor we can match this strength. Our misuse of natural resources is perhaps being shown in global changes, but we still have much to marvel at and enjoy.
We can go on a Seven Wonders of the World Walk right here in the Dingles section of the Shire Country Park. We won’t find huge vistas or canyons, but will certainly find the subtle and beautiful changes in nature at any time of the year, and especially now, at the end of Epiphany and the days leading to spring. Along with the disciples, enjoy all this, and stand in awe at all that God can do for us.
God our creator, who in the beginning commanded the light to shine out of darkness: we pray that the light of the glorious gospel of Christ may dispel the darkness of ignorance and unbelief, shine into the hearts of all your people, and reveal the knowledge of your glory in the face of 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.