Pam Laslett, Phil Evans
Doris Goodwin
Pat Dowell and Madeleine Townend (25th), Jonathan Hodgson (27th) Jack Wadelin and Una Lodge (28th), and Richard Thompson (1st)
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.
New edition of Chimes available today
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John Dowell, our Churchwarden at St Mary’s is retiring after five years of dedicated service. Caroline Phillips, our Ordinand is also leaving us after three years in preparation for her ordination at Southwell Minster in July. To mark both their ministries with us, a collection is being taken for a presentation on Sunday 23 May at the 10:00 a.m. Service. If you would like to contribute please give your donation to Jan Miller at St Mary’s, Graham Hindley or John Gray at St Anne’s or via the Benefice Office.
| Service | First Reading | Second Reading |
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| Morning | Acts 9:36-43 | John 10:22-30 |
| Time | St Mary’s | St Anne’s |
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| 8:00 a.m. | Holy Communion Celebrant & Preacher: Revd Jeremy Dussek |
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| 10:00 a.m. | Sung Eucharist Celebrant: Revd Frank Berry Preacher: Revd Jeremy Dussek Hymns: 26,327,220,362 Anthem: The Lord is my Shepherd (Goodall) |
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| 11:00 a.m. | Sung Eucharist Celebrant: Revd Rosemary Donovan Preacher: Revd Jeremy Dussek Hymns: 26(omit v 2),484,461, |
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| 5:00 p.m. | Alternative Worship Officiant: Revd Rosemary Donovan |
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| 6:30 p.m. | Service of Music and Readings for Easter Officiant: Revd Jeremy Dussek Special printed Order of Service |
| Day | Time | St Mary’s | St Anne’s |
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| Mon-26-Apr | 9:00 a.m. | Morning Prayer | |
| 12:15 p.m. | Lunch Club | ||
| Tue-27-Apr | 9:00 a.m. | Holy Communion | |
| Wed-28-Apr | 9:00 a.m. | Morning Prayer | |
| Thu-29-Apr | 9:00 a.m. | Morning Prayer | |
| 3:45 p.m. | M*A*S*S at Moseley School | ||
| Fri-30-Apr | 9:00 a.m. | Morning Prayer | |
| Time | St Mary’s | St Anne’s |
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| Next Sunday 2 May, 5th Sunday of Easter | ||
| 8:00 a.m. | Holy Communion | |
| 10:00 a.m. | Sung Eucharist Shorter 40 minutes service followed by General Election Hustings |
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| 11:00 a.m. | General Election Hustings. Come and meet the Parliamentary Candidates | |
| 11:00 a.m. | Sung Eucharist | |
| 6:30 p.m. | Evensong | |
| Date | Time | Details |
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| Mon-26-Apr | 7:30 p.m. | St Mary’s PCC in St Anne’s hall |
| Tue-27-Apr | 7:30 p.m. | Social Committee meet at 17,Hayfield Rd |
| Wed-28-Apr | 7:30 p.m. | Youth Group at St Mary’s |
| Thu-29-Apr | 7:30 p.m. | St Anne’s PCC meet at St Anne’s |
| Sun-2-May | 11:00 a.m. | General Election Hustings What is truth? Share the truth, Hear the truth! in St Mary’s Church. Completing our series, here is your opportunity to hear the truth about what our prospective parliamentary candidates are standing for. This event is open to all. If you would like to ask a question, please send it in advance in a sealed envelope or email (marked General Election Hustings) to the Benefice Office by Thursday 30 April. Please encourage all to come to worship at 10:00 a.m. which will be followed by the Hustings at 11:00 a.m. |
| 12 noon – 4:00 p.m. | Family May Day in Canon Hill Park. An interesting programme. | |
| Sat-8-May | 8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. | Catalyst! Free Youth Event at Birmingham Cathedral. Rosemary is going. Any youngsters wishing to go meet at St Mary’s at 7:30 p.m. to get the bus into town |
| Sun-9-May | 10:00 a.m. | Confirmation Group 2010 Preparation during the service in St Mary’s and every 2nd Sunday, there will be confirmation sessions using Emmaus material and all are welcome to join this. We’ll also be holding a children’s course later in the year. If you’re interested in joining either group, please let Jeremy or Rosemary know. |
| 4:00 p.m. | Blessed Rising! Workshop at St Mary’s and Service at 6:30 p.m. We will be welcoming Fr Simon Rundell, Fresh Expressions Associate Minister to help us look at how we can develop our ‘Alternative. Worship’. This seminar and workshop will explore the possibilities and mission opportunities offered by creative worship. This is a hands on approach with advice about how to create liturgies, obtaining images and video clips. Everyone welcome. The afternoon finishes with a service called Blessed Rising (for Ascension) at 6:30 p.m. Please note that the Blessed Rising Service replaces Evensong that day. Download workshop and service details (PDF – 1100 KB). See also www.blessed.org.uk. | |
| Sat-8-May, Sun-9-May & Sat-15-May |
2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Christian Aid Week 2010 Plant Sale, Open garden and Teas, at 4 Paradise Lane, Hall Green, B28 ODS. By kind invitation of Katherine and Chris Aldridge. Border and patio plants, cottage garden favourites. All proceeds for Christian Aid. |
| Sun-9-May, Thanksgiving Sunday |
The St Mary’s Stewardship Group will be giving a presentation on our progress to an improved financial position. | |
| Sun-16-May | 12 noon | St Anne’s Bring and Share Lunch Parish hall – all welcome. |
This narrative, from the Acts of the Apostles, reads like an interesting one act play, which can be transferred to our own times. There are two named characters and a group of believers from Joppa, unnamed but crucial to the plot.
There is the dead Dorcas, a woman whose life was characterised by good works, sewing endlessly to provide much needed clothing, or may be raising funds for the poor through their sale. Perhaps like people in our own day, who diligently knit, sew, bake, make soup and hold bazaars? Then, there is Peter. Not so long ago, he had denied his master and run away in fear. Now, empowered by the Holy Spirit, he was sought after. He responded to the call of the believers, and praying over the dead Dorcas, brought her back to life. How wonderful, that one who had failed so miserably, should go on to perform miracles through faith.
But the story would not have progressed at all, had it not been for the group of believers whose love for Dorcas prompted them into action. Individually, they remain nameless and unknown, but as a group, they made all the difference between life and death for Dorcas.
Where do we see ourselves today?
Almighty God, whose Son Jesus Christ is the resurrection and the life: raise us, who trust in him, from the death of sin to the life of righteousness, that we may seek those things which are above, where he reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.