Jacqui Percy, Pam Williams, Sheila Perks, Sarah Whitling, Pam Daley, Elizabeth Way, Jean Mowlam
Daphne Baker (2nd), Samuel Ball and Andrew Cartmell (4th), Betty Clarke and Amanda Kaye (5th), and Pam Daly (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.
Meets on Wednesday evenings at 7:30 p.m. in Rose Cottage at St Mary’s. All young people are welcome to participate in an interesting and varied programme. For more details see the YG notice board in both churches.
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.
Fairtrade Stall following 11:00 a.m. service. Afternoon Tea with stall and information display commencing at 4:00 p.m. Please support these important events
During the Building Works, the current Lady Chapel is being used for storage. A new area at the East of the North Aisle has been refurbished; it’s much more accessible and there are now boards for people to leave prayers on as well as candles to light before, during and after the service. There are also a couple of Prayer Stations to help us on our journey in Lent. Please do come and use this area and enjoy the icons to help us be drawn to God
The social committee would like to hear your views on social events within the Benefice. Please take a questionnaire, fill it in and return it to the box at the back of either church TODAY please.
The proposal by the PCC to install Photovoltaic Solar Panels on the upper roof of St Mary's has been rejected by the City Planning Committee by a majority of one vote. There were 53 letters of support and one against (Victorian Society). The panels would have generated about 10% of the church's energy requirement and are part of a community project by SusMo (Sustainable Moseley) that includes the Hamza Mosque and Moseley C of E School. A grant of £30,000 had been allocated to St Mary's by British Gas. We are disappointed that our attempt to show the community that we care about the planet has been stifled.
More Contributors urgently required! Can you help to make this monthly publication even more interesting? The editorial team would like to hear from you. There is no need to be a literary genius simply a desire to share interesting stories or articles or to retell your experiences. For further information talk to Mark Simons or any member of the team. See Chimes for contact details. March edition of Chimes available today.
Helper at St Anne’s Lunch club and a member of St Mary’s congregation has fallen and broken her ankle; She is at home and will not be able to be with us for the next 6 – 8 weeks. Our prayers go out to her for a speedy recovery.
| Service | First Reading | Second Reading |
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| Morning | Philippians 3:17-4:1 | Mark 7:24-30 |
| Evening | Jeremiah 22:1-9;13-17 | Luke 14:27-33 |
| Time | St Mary’s | St Anne’s |
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| 8:00 a.m. | Holy Communion Celebrant & Preacher: ? |
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| 10:00 a.m. | Teaching Eucharist Celebrant: Revd Jeremy Dussek Preacher: Toby Howarth See the Lent Series |
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| 11:00 a.m. | Teaching Eucharist Celebrant: Revd Rosemary Donovan Preacher: Toby Howarth Hymns 78,139,15,244,172 See the Lent Series |
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| 5:00 p.m. | Alternative Worship Officiant: Revd Jeremy Dussek Printed Order of service |
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| 6:30 p.m. | Evensong Officiant: Jonathan Hodgson Psalm: 135:1-14 |
| Day | Time | St Mary’s | St Anne’s |
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| Mon-1-Mar | 9:00 a.m. | Morning Prayer | |
| Tue-2-Mar | 9:00 a.m. | Morning Prayer | |
| 7:30 p.m. | Lent discussion group followed by … | ||
| 8:30 p.m. | Holy Communion | ||
| Wed-3-Mar | 9:00 a.m. | Morning Prayer | |
| Thur-4-Mar | 9:00 a.m. | Morning Prayer | |
| 3:45 p.m. | M*A*S*S at Moseley School | ||
| Fri-5-Mar | 9:00 a.m. | Morning Prayer | |
| Time | St Mary’s | St Anne’s |
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| Sunday 7 March, 3rd Sunday of Lent | ||
| 8:00 a.m. | Holy Communion | |
| 10:00 a.m. | Sung Eucharist with visiting preacher John Hull on War and Peace |
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| 11:00 a.m. | Sung Eucharist with visiting preacher John Hull on War and Peace |
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| 6:30 p.m. | Evensong | |
| Date | Time | Details |
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| Sun-7-Mar | 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Jubilee Debt Campaign Multifaith Conference West Midlands Fire Service HQ,99,Vauxhall Road, B7 4HW. Guests speakers: Joel Edwards, Director of Micah Challenge and Jehangir Malik, UK Manager of Islamic Relief. The aim is to bring people of all faiths together to share their commitment to action on global poverty issues, including the cancellation of unpayable debts. Book online www.jubileedebtcampaign.orq.uk/faith. More details from Ruth Tetlow (Sec. Birminghamham JDC) 0121 449 4892 ruthtetlow@btinternet.com. |
| following the 10:00 a.m. service | St Mary’s Pastoral Committee | |
| There is much to celebrate and give thanks for in the Benefice. Come and share God’s Glory with others. | ||
Reading through today’s Gospel, I was a little surprised to come across the name of Herod, still wanting to kill Jesus, it seemed. Was this the very same Herod I wondered? A little research informed me that Herod was the name of a Dynasty reigning at the time of Jesus. Herod the Great, the ‘worst’ Herod by all accounts, was the one ruling at the time of Jesus’s birth. He had a particularly bad reputation, having ordered the execution of one of his reputedly ten wives and three of his sons, plus the horrendous Massacre of the Innocents. In Luke 13, we have Herod popping up again thirty years later. A little further research revealed that this Herod, the son of Herod the Great, was Herod Antipas. Considering that he had been responsible for the death of Jesus’s cousin, John the Baptist, Jesus labelling him ‘that fox’ is moderately polite!
So, having answered the Herod question, let us consider the last part of Luke 13 in which Jesus is again proclaiming his love for Jerusalem and again predicting the downfall of the city and the destruction of its Temple. Luke’s eloquent words as Jesus compares His love of the people, ‘When I wanted to put my arms round all’… to … ‘a hen gathering her chicks under her wings’ sums up again Jesus’s strong affection for the Holy City. Suddenly my mind flew back to Autumn ’99 and the St Mary’s Pilgrimage to the Holy Land. I think everyone in the group had a favourite location on the tour and mine was undoubtedly the Church of Dominus Flevit. This relatively new Church, built on the Mount of Olives, looks down over Jerusalem. In the 19th chapter of Luke he tells us that Jesus, while walking towards the Old City was mesmerized by the beauty of the Second Temple and, visualizing its destiny, could not hold back His tears, hence ‘Dominus Flevit’. I shall never forget it!
So some research findings and, for me, a beautiful memory. There seems to be no ‘message’ in this homily, but I’ve enjoyed working on it and hope that at least some of you will enjoy reading it!
Almighty God, you show to those who are in error the light of your truth, that they may return to the way of righteousness: grant to all those who are admitted into the fellowship of Christ’s religion, that they may reject those things that are contrary to their profession, and follow all such things as are agreeable to the same; through our Lord Jesus Christ, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.