Jacqui Percy, Pam Williams, Pam Daley, Elizabeth Way, Jean Mowlam, Marie Cooper, Pat Ward, Phyllis Waterman, Vera Harley, Pam Laslett
Shirley Smith, Hazel Palmer, Margaret Smith, Sarah Whitling
Denis Carter, 12 April 2009
Laura Dowell, Peter Magson (4th), Jan Miller 5th, Matthew Bates and Rebecca Isaacs (6th), Melanie Hillman and Ruth Tetlow (8th), Steve Lodge (9th), Lynne Rawlings and Timothy Hodgson (10th), Amanda Doyle (11th), Sheila Cochrane, Paul Lindley, Michael Hell and Malcolm McDonald (12th), and Jean Mowlam and Jess Mackie (16th)
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.
Elisabeth Leicester would like to thank everyone who supported this recent event. £139 was raised for Christian Aid.
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/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 (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) If you wish to add your name to the roll please fill out a form and hand it to Eric Dwyer,
| Service | First Reading | Second Reading |
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| Morning | Acts 10:34-43 | John 20:1-18 |
| Time | St Mary’s | St Anne’s |
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| 8:00 a.m. | Holy Communion Celebrant & Preacher: Revd Rosemary Donovan |
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| 10:00 a.m. | Sung Eucharist Celebrant & Preacher: Revd Jeremy Dussek Anthem: How Glorious (Harwood) Special Printed order of Service |
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| 11:00 a.m. | Sung Eucharist Celebrant: Revd Rosemary Donovan Hymns: 267,24,324,294,503 |
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| No Evening Worship Today | ||
| Day | Time | St Mary’s | St Anne’s |
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| Mon-5-Apr | Easter Monday | ||
| Wed-7-Apr | 9:00 a.m. | Morning Prayer | |
| Thu-8-Apr | 9:00 a.m. | Morning Prayer | |
| Tue-13-Apr | 9:00 a.m. | Holy Communion | |
| Thu-15-Apr | 9:00 a.m. | Morning Prayer | |
| Fri-16-Apr | 9:00 a.m. | Morning Prayer | |
| Time | St Mary’s | St Anne’s |
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| Next Sunday 11 April, 2nd Sunday of Easter | ||
| 8:00 a.m. | Holy Communion | |
| 10:00 a.m. | Sung Eucharist | |
| 10:00 a.m. | Matins | |
| 11:00 a.m. | Sung Eucharist | |
| 6:30 p.m. | Said Evensong | |
| Sunday 18 April, 3rd Sunday of Easter | ||
| 8:00 a.m. | Holy Communion | |
| 10:00 a.m. | Teaching Eucharist | |
| 11:00 a.m. | Teaching Eucharist | |
| 6:30 p.m. | Sung Evensong | |
| Date | Time | Details |
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| Wed-7-Apr | 7:00 p.m. | The Global Poverty Project 1.4 Billion Reasons Birmingham Midland Institute. More details from Ellis 0797 605 3707. |
| 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 TODAY .Thanks |
| 7:00 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. | St Mary’s Bell Appeal Quiz Night St Anne’s Hall Come and form a team for this great evening to win a whole host of prizes and have lots of fun. Tickets cost £5 per person and include Quiz entry plus a meal. Beer, wine and soft drinks can be purchased on the night. | |
| 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. Closing date Sunday April 4th |
| 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. |
Before Lent had started, several shops already had their Easter displays in place, with scenes of Easter eggs, newly-hatched chicks and young lambs. What does the secular world’s symbolism say to us? Many see these as merely representing ‘the promise of Springtime’, ignoring the essential Christian message of ‘new life and new hope’. Different people see the same thing differently. Today, in church, we apply our own symbolism. The horror of the ‘crown of thorns’ is replaced by the joy of ‘the empty tomb’. Do such symbols have any greater meaning than fluffy chicks and bunnies? Sceptics will ask us how ‘death has been defeated’ when we all know that we are going to have to die someday. They’ll tell us that, in itself, the empty tomb proves nothing, and they’re right. ‘In itself’, it doesn’t. But when Christians look at these events through the eyes of faith, they discover some wonderful things. We’re told that at the same time as Peter stood in that empty cave and stared around in amazement, John ‘looked and saw and believed’. Already ,for him, the ‘seeds’ of new life and hope were beginning to grow. Mary Magdalene, with tears in her eyes, looks at the grave clothes which had covered Christ’s body and, instead of two pieces of white cloth, sees two angels who say to her,.‘He is not here; He is risen!’ And now its our turn. What do you and I ‘see’ as we look around this morning?
Lord of all life and power, who through the mighty resurrection of your Son overcame the old order of sin and death to make all things new in him: grant that we, being dead to sin and alive to you in Jesus Christ, may reign with him in glory; to whom with you and the Holy Spirit be praise and honour, glory and might, now and in all eternity.