Pam Daley, Wendy Everett, Kath Jones, James Round, Ted Turner
Buck Chinn, Phil Evans, Julia Swankie
Dave Lloyd, William Wright, David Brown, Lily Clay and Ijeoma Omenma (23rd), Mei Ling Rhodes (25th), Amy Watson (26th), Elizabeth Lawson (27th), Isabelle Brown (28th), Dylan Webb, Pat Sack and Julia Burton (29th)
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.
During June could anyone collect and take back a member of the congregation who attends the 10:00 a.m. service at St Mary’s and who lives close to Cocks. Moors Woods? If you are able to help please see Jan Miller.
A Creative Resource for Seasonal Worship, Retreats and Quiet Days (Canterbury Press, London, May 2010). It is good to welcome Janet Hodgson from South Africa back with us here today. Her new book is available to buy today; if you’d like a copy please see her, Jeremy or Rosemary.
| Service | First Reading | Second Reading |
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| Morning St Mary’s |
Acts 2:1-21 | John 14:8-17;25-27 |
| Morning St Anne’s |
Acts 2:1-21 | John 14:8-17;20-end |
| Evening | Exodus 33:7-20 | 2 Corinthians 3:4-end |
| Time | St Mary’s | St Anne’s |
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| 8:00 a.m. | Holy Communion Celebrant & Preacher: Revd Frank Berry |
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| 10:00 a.m. | Sung Eucharist Celebran: Revd Jeremy Dussek Preacher: Caroline Philips Hymns: 90,356,392,317 Anthem: I will sing with the Spirit (Rutter) |
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| 11:00 a.m. | Sung Eucharist Celebrant: Revd Rosemary Donovan Preacher: Caroline Phillips Hymns: 356,215,392,53,494 |
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| 4:00 p.m. | Global Day of Prayer in Victoria Square. Please support this Ecumenical City Wide Event. If you would like to be part of the group representing the benefice then please meet outside Shared Earth at 3:50 p.m. This is the alternative service for this month. | |
| 6:30 p.m. | Evensong
Officiant: Revd Richard Tetlow Psalm: 33:1-12 Hymns: 214,410,91 Anthem: Gaelic Blessing (Rutter) |
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| Day | Time | St Mary’s | St Anne’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon-24-May | 9:00 a.m. | Morning Prayer | |
| Tue-25-May | 9:00 a.m. | Holy Communion | |
| Wed-26-May | 9:00 a.m. | Morning Prayer | |
| Thu-27-May | 9:00 a.m. | Morning Prayer | |
| 3:45 p.m. | M*A*S*S at Moseley School | ||
| Fri-28-May | 9:00 a.m. | Morning Prayer | |
| Time | St Mary’s | St Anne’s |
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| Next Sunday 30 May, Trinity Sunday | ||
| 8:00 a.m. | Holy Communion | |
| 10:00 a.m. | Sung Eucharist | |
| 11:00 a.m. | Sung Eucharist | |
| 6:30 p.m. | BCP Sung Eucharist | |
| Date | Time | Details |
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| 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. |
| Wed-26-May | 7:30 p.m. | Youth Group at St Mary’s |
| Thu-27-May | 7:30 p.m. | Sidesperson training at St Anne’s |
| 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. |
| Sun-30-May | After the 10:00 a.m. service | St Mary’s Pastoral Team |
| Mon-31-May | 10:30 a.m. | Plant Sale and Lunch at 17, Hayfield Road, Moseley. Bedding plants, fuchsias and shrubs. Stay for a delicious lunch between 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. (Please ring Pat on 449 3762 to book your lunch). Cost £5. All proceeds for St Anne’s Church |
| Thu-3-Jun | 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Vigil at St Philips Cathedral to mark the Week For Peace in Palestine and Israel. Your support would be greatly appreciated. |
| Sun-20-Jun | 1:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. | Open gardens at St Anne’s In association with Moseley In Bloom . This will be a great community outreach opportunity. St Anne’s, the grounds and gardens will be open serving teas, selling cakes and plants and there will also be a tombola. Help will be required on the day so please look out for sign up sheets from next week. Also required will be plants and cakes to sell and tombola prizes. Please support this wonderful event. Put the date in your diaries now! |
Pentecost was originally a Jewish harvest feast, taking place fifty days after Passover. It commemorated Moses receiving God’s Commandments on Mount Sinai. This explains why Jews from ‘every nation under heaven’ were gathered in Jerusalem at that time. Pentecost is hugely significant to Christians because it is the birthday of the Christian Church, the day when the Apostles received the Holy Spirit and began to preach the Gospel.
Jesus had promised that God would send the Holy Spirit to guide the Apostles and remind them of all that He had taught them. When the promised Holy Spirit came to the Apostles at Pentecost they were inspired to speak in a multitude of other languages. This clearly came as quite a shock to all those who had gathered in Jerusalem for the feast. Each one heard humble Galileans speaking his own language. The Holy Spirit bestowed seven special gifts, which would empower and inspire the Apostles to continue the work that Jesus had started in His ministry. They were given the knowledge, wisdom and understanding to proclaim the Gospel fervently. The Holy Spirit, whom Jesus also called Counsellor, would guide the Apostles in their decision-making. They also received the courage they would need to proclaim the Gospel to a hostile and suspicious world and the necessary piety to inspire people to love God and worship Him. Finally, they received an insight into the awe-inspiring nature of God, creating a lasting and profound respect and love for Him.
God, who as at this time taught the hearts of your faithful people by sending to them the light of your Holy Spirit: grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgement in all things and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort; through the merits of Christ Jesus our Saviour, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.