Jacqui Percy, Pam Williams, Sheila Perks, Sarah Whitling, Pam Daley, Elizabeth Way, Jean Mowlam, Marie Cooper, Pat Ward, Phyllis Waterman, Vera Harley and Graham Hindley
Alfred John Reid
Cathie Carey (21st), Chris Pearce (23rd), Madeleine Chapman and Annie Matthews (25th)
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.
Today, following the 10:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. services. Please make your way to the vicarage in Oxford Road. Everyone is welcome.
Important details of forthcoming services.
Suzanne Smith at St Anne’s will be pleased to receive your Easter gifts TODAY please. Mini eggs, Haribos, mints or other non melting items will be gratefully received.
During March we will be asking everyone at St Mary’s to fill in the new birthday list. Name and date are all that is required! Your name will automatically appear in the pew leaflet on the appropriate date and them we can celebrate your birthday with you! (age not required).
Sheila would like to thank everyone for their prayers and good wishes, she is making good progress and hopes to be back with us soon. Benefice Quiet Day
| Service | First Reading | Second Reading |
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| Morning | Philippians 3:4b-14 | John 12:1-8 |
| Evening | 2 Chronicles 35:1-6;10-16 | Luke 22:1-13 |
| Time | St Mary’s | St Anne’s |
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| Please note that ALL services will be at St Anne’s due to electricity works in the centre of Moseley | ||
| 8:00 a.m. | Holy Communion Celebrant & Preacher: Revd Rosemary Donovan |
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| 10:00 a.m. | Teaching Eucharist Celebrant: Revd Jeremy Dussek Preacher: Richard Wharton See Lent Series |
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| 11:00 a.m. | Teaching Eucharist Celebrant: Revd Rosemary Donovan Preacher: Richard Wharton See Lent Series |
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| 6:30 p.m. | Evensong Officiant & Preacher: Caroline Phillips Psalm: 69:1-20 Hymns: 549,159,492 |
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| Day | Time | St Mary’s | St Anne’s |
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| Mon-22-Mar | 9:00 a.m. | Morning Prayer | |
| Tue-23-Mar | 9:00 a.m. | Morning Prayer | |
| 7:30 p.m. | Lent discussion group followed by … | ||
| 8:30 p.m. | Holy Communion | ||
| Wed-24-Mar | 9:00 a.m. | Morning Prayer | |
| Thu-25-Mar | 9:00 a.m. | Morning Prayer | |
| 3:45 p.m. | M*A*S*S at Moseley School | ||
| Fri-26-Mar | 9:00 a.m. | Morning Prayer | |
| Holy Week | |||
| Mon-29-Mar – Wed-31-Mar |
8:00 p.m. | Holy Communion | |
| Maundy Thursday | 10:00 a.m. | Moseley School Easter Service | |
| 8:00 p.m. | Re-enactment of the Last Supper. Sung Eucharist followed by … | ||
| Until 11:00 p.m. | … Watch Vigil Service | ||
| Good Friday | 10:00 a.m. | All Age Family Service led by M*A*S*S (and followed by Hot Cross Buns!) | |
| 12 noon – 3:00 p.m. |
Three Hours at the Cross – Meditations and silence Please feel free to join in for some of the time. There will be a pause every half hour |
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| Easter Eve | 7:00 p.m. | Part 1 Easter Vigil with renewal of Baptism promises | |
| 7:45 p.m. | Part 2 Procession of Light through Moseley village with the Easter Candle stopping at the Cross on the Green | ||
| 8:00 p.m. | Part 3 Conclusion of the First Mass of Easter | ||
| Time | St Mary’s | St Anne’s |
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| Next Sunday 28 March, Palm Sunday | ||
| 8:00 a.m. | Holy Communion | |
| 10:00 a.m. | Part 1 Service of the Word. The main morning act of worship begins at St Mary’s with the reading and celebration of the passion story. | |
| 10:40 a.m. | Part 2 March of Witness. Procession to place the cross at the centre of the Village Green | |
| 11:00 a.m. | Part 3 Finally we walk to St Anne’s to complete our journey for the Eucharist. This year we will be following a real donkey who will lead us through Moseley from St Mary’s to St Anne’s! | |
| 5:00 p.m. | Alternative Worship | |
| 6:30 p.m. | Evensong | |
See also Events during Lent
| Date | Time | Details |
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| Sun-21-Mar | After the 10:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. services | Birthday Celebrations Everyone is invited to celebrate Jeremy’s 40th birthday at the Vicarage. ALL are welcome. Jeremy says, ‘no presents please,’ but there will be a collection for the Diocese of Ho in Ghana to help the growth of the parish of St Mark’s Dzoanti. |
| Fri-26-Mar | 12 noon – 2:00 p.m. | Super Soup Lunches To support this national event organized by Christian Aid, Elisabeth Leicester is hosting a Mini Soup Lunch at 14 Sinclair Court, 39 Park Road, B13 8A. Everyone is invited. Please support this event. |
| Sat-27-Mar | 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. | St Anne’s Spring Cleaning Morning All hands to the deck to assist with sprucing up both inside and out. Can you spare an hour for vacing, dusting, weeding, clearing out pond in peace garden? Please come along many hands make light work. |
| St Mary’s Spring Cleaning Morning All hands to the deck to assist with sprucing up both inside and out. Can you spare an hour for vacing and dusting to make the church look really good for Holy week? | ||
| Sat-24-Apr | 10:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. | Benefice Quiet Day at Woodbrooke Quaker Centre, Selly Oak. The Tree of Life led by Joyce Sullivan. Cost for the day £10. Further Details from Elisabeth Leicester at St Anne’s, Liz Blakey (449 3927) or Helen McNicoll (449 2898). Closing date Sunday 4 April. |
Passion Sunday rings a bell with us. The word passion has been taken into current terminology. It is used to describe strong love, intense anger and, even more light-heartedly, a penchant for a thing as trivial as bananas. The phrase ‘passion of our Lord’ is even more powerful. It describes the soaring levels of suffering and hope that Jesus experienced in the last weeks of his life. It is meaningful to today’s audience brought up in the turmoil of the daily news.
Fundamental to Jesus’ situation is the fact that his suffering is imposed from without. He never runs, hands up, wanting to be a martyr. His trials are thrown upon him and he has to come to terms with them. In the historical Church there was the Judica tradition that from Passion Sunday the icons and altar hangings in churches were veiled in black or crimson to represent the uncertainty and travail of these last weeks of Lent. These were only taken down on Good Friday when uncertainties were over and Jesus was due to be crucified. Our lectionary this year concentrates on passion of Christ as endured by other players. We hear about Mary Magdalene and St Paul. Both respond to their situation with complete faith. They take on Jesus’ mantle and undergo his suffering. Mary commits her huge extravagance with the ointment because there is nothing else she can do. Paul acts contrary to all his high class Pharisaic upbringing and becomes a slave for Christ. He says he is crucified with Jesus. Like Jesus he is humiliated and set at nought for his faith.
Most merciful God, who by the death and resurrection of your Son Jesus Christ delivered and saved the world: grant that by faith in him who suffered on the cross we may triumph in the power of his victory; 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.