Pam Laslett, Wendy Everett, Kath Jones and James Round
Doris Goodwin, Marjorie Smith, Buck Chinn and, Phil Evans
John Brocklesby (9th), James Round (10th), James Barwell (11th), Penny Batsford, Margaret Gosney, Diane Hirst and Finley Gaynor (14th), and Ruby Thompson (15th)
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 during the 10:00 a.m. service in St Mary’s and every 2nd Sunday, All are welcome to join. If you’re interested in joining please let Jeremy or Rosemary know.
To all who helped make the Swishing Evening a success. £150 was raised for Anawim.
Charities supported during the year have been the multiple sclerosis centre and the British Kidney Patient Association. The next charity will be Oxfam. Thank you for your contributions and please keep placing them in the stamp box which is kept at the back of St Anne’s Church
| Service | First Reading | Second Reading |
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| 8:00 a.m. & 10:00 a.m., St Mary’s | Acts 16:9-15 | John 14:23-29 |
| 10:00 a.m., St Anne’s | Genesis 1:26-28 | Colossians 3:1-11 |
| 11:00 a.m., St Anne’s | Zepheniah 3:14-end | Matthew 28:1-10,16 |
| Time | St Mary’s | St Anne’s |
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| 8:00 a.m. | Holy Communion Celebrant: Revd Rosemary Donovan With stewardship group presentation |
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| 10:00 a.m. | Sung Eucharist Celebrant & Preacher: Revd Jeremy Dussek With stewardship group presentation and confirmation group |
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| 10:00 a.m. | Matins Officiant: Revd Rosemary Donovan |
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| 11:00 a.m. | Sung Eucharist Celebrant: Revd Rosemary Donovan Preacher: Jonathan Hodgson Hymns: 56,185,414,486,500 |
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| 4:00 p.m. | Blessed Rising Workshop. Download workshop and service details (PDF – 1100 KB). See also www.blessed.org.uk. |
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| 6:30 p.m. | Blessed Rising Service |
| Day | Time | St Mary’s | St Anne’s |
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| Mon-10-May | 12:15 p.m. | Holy Communion at the Lunch Club | |
| Tue-11-May | 9:00 a.m. | Holy Communion | |
| Wed-12-May | 9:00 a.m. | Morning Prayer | |
| Thu-13-May | 9:00 a.m. | Morning Prayer | |
| 3:45 p.m. | M*A*S*S at Moseley School | ||
| 8:00 p.m. | Holy Communion | ||
| Fri-14-May | 9:00 a.m. | Morning Prayer | |
| Sat-15-May | 11:00 a.m. | Wedding of Florand and Norah | |
| 2:30 p.m. | Wedding of David and Karen | ||
| Time | St Mary’s | St Anne’s |
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| Thursday 13 May, Ascension Day. | ||
| 8:00 p.m. | Holy Communion | |
| Sunday-16-May, Sunday after Ascension | ||
| 8:00 a.m. | Holy Communion | |
| 10:00 a.m. | Teaching Eucharist | |
| 11:00 a.m. | Teaching Eucharist Followed by Bring and Share Lunch |
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| 6:30 p.m. | Evensong | |
| Sunday 23 May, Pentecost | ||
| 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. | Birmingham Churches Together and Council of Black Led Churches invite Christians of all traditions, denominations and cultural backgrounds to come together in Victoria square to join with millions world wide on this global day of prayer to worship, pray and praise God together as one family. This will be the alternate worship service for this month. | |
| Date | Time | Details |
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| Tue-11-May | 3:00 p.m. | St Anne’s Pastoral Team meeting at 15, Park Hill |
| 7:45 p.m. | Renewing Worship meeting in the benefice office | |
| Wed-12-May | 7:30 p.m. | Youth Group at St Mary’s |
| 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 At the Parish hall. All are welcome! Please bring a main course (which can be reheated or cold salad foods, nibbles or a dessert enough to feed a family of four and there will be a scrumptious feast! Please support this event. |
| New For 16+, at 15 Park Hill, Marley and Me!. Meet Strider, watch video and eat hot dogs! | ||
| Tue-18-May | Prayer Circle At St Mary’s Church. Lead by Revd Richard Tetlow. Please bring one question on prayer. | |
| Sat-22-May | 9:30 - 1:00 p.m. | Living the Cross with Janet Hodgson. Advanced notice for this half day workshop. Further details to follow shortly. Please put this date into your diary. During the half day workshop she will be helping us discover stories of people who have lived the cross and ways of using it as an aid to prayer and meditation. The workshop will be taking place at St Mary’s Church. To reserve a place contact The Benefice Office: e-mail info@stmarysmoseley.co.uk or telephone 0121 449 2243. Cost £5. |
| 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. | Family Games Evening Holders Lane Gardens Allotments Social Club. Organised by FSMCM. Tickets available from Mandy Doyle, Giles Osborne or Kevin Edwards. Cost £3. | |
| Sun-23-May | 10:00 a.m. | Presentation to John Dowell and Caroline Phillips If you would like to contribute to a presentation for John Dowell, retiring Churchwarden at St Mary’s and Caroline Phillips Ordinand, leaving after three years in the benefice, then 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. |
| Sat-29-May | 10:00 – 12 noon | Peacing it Together At St Anne’s. All hands to the deck to tidy up peace garden from winter debris and plant new pots for summer. Bring Tools! Refreshments provided. If anyone would like to make a contribution for new plants please see Rosemary. |
The reading from St John chapter 14 focuses on love, the love between God and Christ and between Christ and the disciples. His love for them leads Him to try to prepare them for a time when He is no longer with them. He promises that they will, in the future, receive the power of the Holy Spirit, so that they will not feel abandoned or bereaved. In Acts chapter 16 we see how the Holy Spirit guides Paul and Silas and empowers them to preach eloquently and make conversions.
In our own day the love of God is reflected in every act, large or small, reaching out to help other people and situations. However, there are situations where any possible action may only be marginal, and the results apparently negligible. Those attempting improvement may feel utterly discouraged and demotivated. The Holy Spirit can blow through these mental deserts like a sharp spring wind, dispersing the negativity, renewing hearts and courage, and returning minds to clarity. Jesus says that the Holy Spirit will revive in the disciples’ minds a memory of all the wisdom He had taught them. It so often seems to be possible for truths, previously fully grasped, to slip away from the memory over time, and need to be re-learnt. Perhaps it was the same for the disciples?
God our redeemer, you have delivered us from the power of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of your Son: grant, that as by his death he has recalled us to life, so by his continual presence in us he may raise us to eternal joy; 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.