We remember those with birthdays this week, especially Jean Lindley (12th), Victoria Holland, Jacob Austin, Dorothy Scott, Catherine Newcombe and Olive Preston (15th), and Charlotte Hyde and Sheila Perks (16).
We send our Congratulations and Best Wishes to Mr Frank Yeomans from Tennessee, for a very happy 100th birthday on 14 June.
The church is open every morning between 10:00 a.m. and 12 noon, but to enable us to keep the church open in this way, we need more people to offer an hour one morning a week to be available in church. If you can help, please have a word with Jonathan Hodgson.
Gift Aid: If you are a taxpayer, please maximise your giving in the Offertory Plate by using the Gift Aid envelopes provided.
St Mary's notices can be sent to the Parish Office at (info@stmarysmoseley.co.uk), or by phone: 0121 449 2243 (mornings) by 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday. Voicemail messages can be left at any time. Also see http://www.stmarysmoseley.co.uk.
St Anne's notices can be sent to Revd Rosemary Donovan at info@st-annes-moseley.org.uk, or by phone: 0121 449 1071 by Thursday. Also see http://www.st-annes-moseley.org.uk.
St Mary's has a loop system for the hard of hearing, in the centre block of seats. Turn your hearing aid to the "T" setting.
Young people are invited to join All Saints Freespirit for open-air service on the Lickey Hills Sunday 18 June, 3:00 p.m.—5:00 p.m. Kites, worship and a picnic. Tell Rosemary by Saturday 17 June if you wish to go, or see her for more details and to arrange transport.
On the Rocks is an exciting mix of new writing by BIG script-writersat MAC. Vera Harley and John Gray from St Anne's will be having scripts performed. Performances in Hexagon Theatre on Wednesday 21 and Thursday 22 June at 7:45 p.m. Different material each evening. Tickets £6 (£10 for two evenings) available from MAC office 0121 440 3838.
The street fair will be held on Saturday 24th June and it is planned to sell cream teas in St Mary's on that day. If you can help either by providing scones, or by helping on the day, then please contact Jan Miller on 449 0970. The Friends of St Mary's choir will also have a cake stall on that day in aid of the Choir's Washington Cathedral residency.
Concerts in church 24 and 27 June (see publicity in church).
For summer holidays by female Russian postgraduate with good English. Personally known by us. Contact Jokhim Meikle 449 4276.
Required for Moseley C of E School. If you are interested in filling this very important role then please speak to Bob Meikle.
| Time | Service | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 a.m. | Holy Communion Order Two | Isaiah 6; 1-8 (read by Anne Bold) John 3:1-17 Preacher: Cathie Carey |
| 10:00 a.m. | No Service at St Mary's | Ordination of The Revd Peter Hansell at the Cathedral at 11:00 a.m. |
| 6:30 p.m. | Joint Holy Communion at St Mary's | The Revd Peter Hansell will be presiding for the first time |
| Time | Service | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 10:15 a.m. | Family Worship | Led by The Revd Rosemary Reynolds |
| Day | Morning Prayer | Holy Communion | Evening Prayer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday St Mary’s |
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| Tuesday St Mary’s |
9:15 a.m. | 4:45 p.m. | |
| Wednesday St Anne’s |
9:15 a.m. | 4:45 p.m. | |
| Thursday St Anne’s |
9:15 a.m. | 4:45 p.m. | |
| Friday St Mary’s |
7:30 p.m. | 4:45 p.m. |
| Day | Time | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | 12:45 p.m. | Lunch Club St Anne's Contact Hilda Johnston 604 5643 |
| 8:00 p.m. | St Mary's Bell ringers | |
| Tuesday | 5:15 p.m. | St Mary's Junior Choir |
| Wednesday | 10:30 a.m. - 12 noon | Coffee & Co at St Mary's |
| 7:30 p.m. | Youth Group Rose Cottage at St. Mary's | |
| 8:00 p.m. | Wednesday Group meets at 16 Paton Grove | |
| Thursday | 7:30 p.m. | St Mary's Singers |
| Friday | 6:45 p.m. | St Mary's robed choir |
| 7:30 p.m. | St Anne's Choir | |
| Saturday | 10:30 a.m. - 12 noon | Coffee & Co at St Mary's |
| Time | Service |
|---|---|
| 8:00 a.m. | Holy Communion Order One (traditional) |
| 10:00 a.m. | Parish Communion |
| 6:30 p.m. | Evensong |
| Time | Service |
|---|---|
| 10:15 a.m. | Parish Communion |
| 6:30 p.m. | Evensong |
| Date | Time | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday 13 June | 7:30 p.m. | St Mary's Pastoral Team meet at 389 Wake Green Rd |
| Thursday 15 June | Friends of CDT lunch hosted by Rosemary and Peter in St Anne's Vicarage garden if fine. Names to Betty 449 1189 or Janet 449 4927 ASAP. Cost £5. | |
| 8:00 p.m. | St Anne's PCC in the Committee Room | |
| Sunday 18 June | Youth Steering Committee, Piggott Room | |
The Trinity is, without doubt, the most important teaching about God in the Christian tradition and is the touchstone for Christian orthodoxy. However, when we think of what the teaching of the Trinity means for our lives, we can easily feel that it is a dry, distant, academic doctrine that has no relevance to our day to day struggles. The philosopher Immanuel Kant even said that the doctrine of the Trinity has absolutely no practical relevance for anyone's lives.
Recently, though, there have been many studies from the Church which affirms the importance of the Trinity as a model for our lives. When we think of the Trinity there are three persons who live in perfect unity, a wondrous relationship of co-equality, perfectly flowing in and out of each other. There is no hierarchy, subordination or oppression in this relationship, and therefore it is like a creative, dynamic circle which reaches out to each one of us and the whole world.
We in the Church who worship the Trinity are also imbibing a perfect model for our own relationships on the world. If we are all made in the image of God, then we are made in the image of the Trinity, and as such there should be no subordination or oppression when relating to each other. Instead, we are inspired to live in peace and love in full relationality with our neighbours. The Trinity teaches us that we are a team, a community called to live and work with each other.
This is why Trinity Sunday is often chosen as a day when ordinations take place. Today, when I will be ordained, I realise more and more the importance of the model of the Trinity, as it shows that priesthood itself is a relational sacrament, where we are all called to follow God as a community, living and working together for a common purpose.
Almighty and everlasting God, you have given us your servants grace, by the confession of a true faith, to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity and in the power of the divine majesty to worship the Unity: keep us steadfast in this faith, that we may evermore be defended from all adversities; 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.