Jacqui Percy, Pam Williams, Sheila Perks, Sarah Whitling Pam Daley, Elizabeth Way, Jean Mowlam, Marie Cooper, Pat Ward, Phyllis Waterman, Bernice Daubon, Joy Abbott, Andy Cartmell
Shirley Smith, Margaret Smith, Hazel Palmer
Doreen Redfearn (28th), Jennifer Johnson (30th), Trish Everett, Pam Rhodes and Noah Isaacs (31st), Cheryl Reid and Jessica Livings (1st), and Suzanne Smith (2nd).
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.
The Electoral Roll is the list of names and address of a church’s membership. Everyone listed on the roll is eligible to attend the Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM). A new roll was created in 2007 and is renewed every six years. This year and subsequent years up to 2013, the electoral roll will only be amended with any new names that have been added or names of those who are no longer members taken off.
Please check the list to see if the information relating to you (and your family) is current and correct. Please make amendments on the sheet if there is room or on a separate piece of paper, for the attention of Jenny Livermore (please use pigeon hole letter box). To join St Mary’s electoral roll please complete a form and return it to the Parish Office, Warden’s office or Jenny Livermore, by Sunday 4 April;
Please check the list to make sure your details are correct (if not please see Eric Dwyer). If you wish to add your name to the roll please fill out a form and hand it to Eric.
Thank you to everyone for cards, gifts and best wishes from everyone over the last fortnight celebrating my 40th birthday. I have been overwhelmed with the love and kindness people have shown. Last Sunday’s party raised in excess of £350 for our link church of St Mark’s Dzoanti in Ho Diocese and we thank God for the Palm Crosses that have been sent from another church in the Diocese for us today.
| Service | First Reading | Second Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Morning | Philippians 2:5-11 | Luke 19:28-40 |
| Time | St Mary’s | St Anne’s |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 a.m. | Holy Communion Celebrant & Preacher: Revd Jeremy Dussek |
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| 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. | Taizé Worship Officiant: Revd Rosemary Donovan |
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| 6:30 p.m. | Music and Readings for Palm Sunday Officiant: Revd Jeremy Dussek |
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| Day | Time | St Mary’s | St Anne’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Week | |||
| Mon-29-Mar – Wed-31-Mar |
8:00 p.m. | Holy Communion | |
| Maundy Thursday | 10:00 a.m. | Moseley School Easter Service | |
| 11:45 a.m. | Funeral | ||
| 8:00 p.m. | Sung Eucharist followed by … | ||
| Until 11:00 p.m. | … Watch Vigil Service | ||
| Good Friday | 10:00 a.m. | Family Service led by M*A*S*S (and followed by Hot Cross Buns!) | |
| 12 noon – 3:00 p.m. |
The Three Hours Service | ||
| Easter Eve | 7:00 p.m. | First part of the First Mass of Easter | |
| 7:45 p.m. | The congregation processes through Moseley village with the Easter Candle stopping at the Cross on the Green | ||
| 8:00 p.m. | Conclusion of the First Mass of Easter | ||
| Time | St Mary’s | St Anne’s |
|---|---|---|
| Next Sunday 4 April, Easter Day | ||
| 8:00 a.m. | Holy Communion | |
| 10:00 a.m. | Sung Eucharist with Baptism | |
| 11:00 a.m. | Sung Eucharist | |
| Please Note: there will be no Evensong on Easter Day | ||
See also Events during Lent
| Date | Time | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Sat-3-Apr | 9:15 a.m. | Easter Flower Arranging at St Mary’s. Any offers of help or donations of greenery would be welcome . |
| 10:00 a.m. | Easter Garden Children and families please come and help create a garden in front of the high altar at St Mary’s. Please bring suitable flowers to help. | |
| Sat-17-Apr | 9:30 a.m. — 5:00 p.m. |
Youth Group Day Trip to Rosliston Forestry Centre, Derbyshire. Cost £10. There are letters in pigeon holes. Please see Rosemary for more information. Replies please by Sunday 4 April. |
| Sat-24-Apr | 10:30 a.m. — 3:30 p.m. |
Benefice Quiet Day 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. |
| Sun-25-Apr | 11:45 a.m. | Annual General Meeting The Parishes of St Anne and St Mary in St Anne’s Hall. Elections for Church Wardens and the PCC will take place. Nominations are invited. Please see the wardens for a nomination form if you are interested in positively helping to develop the future of the Benefice. |
One of my favourite hymns is ‘At the name of Jesus, every knee should bow’, particularly to the more modern tune. The words obviously come from Chapter 2 of Paul’s letter to the Philippians, which is one of the readings for today. The chapter starts with Paul encouraging the Philippians to consider others better than ourselves, looking to help others rather than ourselves and thus imitate Christ’s humility. The passage goes on to explore the concept of Jesus taking on the role of a servant, humbling himself and becoming obedient to death, even death on a cross but his reward was to be exalted to the highest place in heaven, where everyone kneels before him and everyone confesses that Jesus Christ is Lord.
It is amazing how a passage written two thousand years ago can resonate so clearly with life in our Church today. Do we consider others better than ourselves? Do we look to help others rather than ourselves? Do we gladly take on the role of a servant, offering to do the more menial tasks, such as church cleaning, or do we think there are always others who can do it? In this Holy Week, let us all consider whether, if Paul’s letter had been written to the Moseleyians, instead of the Philippians, he would be exhorting us in a similar fashion, and let’s do something about it.
Almighty and everlasting God, who in your tender love towards the human race sent your Son our Saviour Jesus Christ to take upon him our flesh and to suffer death upon the cross: grant that we may follow the example of his patience and humility, and also be made partakers of his resurrection; through Jesus Christ your Son our who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.