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We remember those with birthdays this week, especially Caroline Stocks and Julia Griffin (19th), Simon Blakey and Thomas Barber (20th), Cathie Carey and Christopher Ball (21st), Chris Pearce (22nd), and belated good wishes to Jeremy Dussek for the 16th and Oliver Maclean for the 11th.
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.
Members of the Birmingham-based Kindle Theatre Company will be rehearsing at St Mary’s from 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. on Thursdays for eight weeks beginning Thursday 15 March. The church will be open to the public as usual from 10:00 a.m. - 12 noon. Their production In My Father’s House will be presented in church on Saturday 26 May following a two week tour.
Members please collect your copy of draft APCM report from pigeon holes, read, & bring to the meeting on 26th March
The Deadline for the next issue covering the months of April and May, is Sunday 25 March 2007. Send articles to mark1427uk@aol.com or the ‘S’ pigeon hole at the back of the church. Many thanks to those who continually contribute towards the issue and thanks for your comments on the issue. If anyone knows someone who may like to contribute an article or puzzle, then please feel free to pass on my details
Reminder: can I have monies and booking forms in for the 24/7 prayer event in Holy Week and Greenbelt ASAP?
Thanks, RosemaryAs we journey through Lent, on Passion Sunday we mark a change in our pilgrimage heading towards Good Friday. To express this in St Mary’s we will be removing the hangings from behind the high altar to signify the desolation of our Lord as he prepared to be stripped for the Cross. (During this time, the curtains will be cleaned and prepared for Easter).
| Time | Old Testament | New Testament |
|---|---|---|
| Morning | 2 Corinthians 5: 16-end | Luke 15: 1-3, 11b-end |
| Evening | Isaiah 40: 27-41: 13 | 2 Timothy 4: 1-18 |
| Time | Service | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 a.m. | Holy Communion Order One Traditional Language | Preacher: The Revd Jeremy Dussek |
| 10:00 a.m. | Parish Communion | Preacher: The Revd Jeremy Dussek |
| 6:30 p.m. | Evensong | Preacher The Revd Peter Hansell |
| Time | Service | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 10:15 a.m. | Parish Communion | Preacher: The Revd Peter Hansell |
| 6:30 p.m. | Evensong | Preacher: The Revd Jeremy Dussek |
| Day | Morning Prayer | Holy Communion | Evening Prayer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday St Mary’s |
9:15 a.m. | 4:45 p.m. | |
| Tuesday St Mary’s |
9:15 a.m. | 4:45 p.m. | |
| Wednesday | 9:15 a.m. St Anne’s |
8:00 p.m. St Mary’s |
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| Thursday St Anne’s |
9:15 a.m. | 4:00 p.m. Children’s service |
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| Friday | 9:15 p.m. St Anne’s |
4:45 p.m. St Mary’s |
Midweek Holy Communions in Lent on Wednesdays at 8:00 p.m. in St Mary’s Lady Chapel
| Date | Service |
|---|---|
| Wed-28-Feb | ‘Spirituality and Mission’ preacher Revd. Georgina Byrne |
| Wed-7-Mar | ‘Scripture and Mission’ preacher Revd. Dr. Peter Hansell |
| Wed-14-Mar | ‘Holy People and Mission’ preacher Brother Anselm |
| Wed-21-Mar | ‘Cuthbert and worship’ preacher Mrs. Lizzie McWhirter |
| Wed-28-Mar | ‘Reformation and Music’ preacher Revd. Jeremy Dussek This is also a special feast day for Thomas Crammer so this service will begin at 7:00 p.m. and will have a youth focus with the feast afterward being in Rose Cottage. |
There will be a shortened Holy Communion service at 7:00 p.m. with open invitation to food afterwards
| Date | Saint | Service | Feast |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tue-27-Feb | George Herbert | St Anne’s | 15 Park Hill |
| Thu-1-Mar | St David | St Anne’s Children’s service | Picnic start 3:45 p.m. |
| Fri-2-Mar | St Chad | St Mary’s | 64 Oxford Rd |
| Sat-17-Mar | St Patrick | St Anne’s | Parish Hall bring & share |
| Wed-28-Mar | Thomas Cranmer | St Mary’s | Rose Cottage |
| Fri-30-Mar | John Donne | St Mary’s | 18 Oxford Rd |
| Day | Time | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | 12:45 p.m. | Lunch Club at St Anne’s, Contact Hilda Johnston on 604 5643 |
| 5:00 p.m. | Time to talk at St Mary’s | |
| 7:30 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 |
| 5:00 p.m. | Time to talk at St Anne’s | |
| 7:00 p.m. | Youth Group (NB this week the Youth Group will begin at 7:00 p.m. in the Lady Chapel, followed by feast in Rose Cottage) | |
| 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 language. We welcome as our Preacher Canon Dr Peter Sills |
| 10:00 a.m. | Parish Communion Preacher : Canon Dr Peter Sills |
| 6:30 p.m. | Evensong |
| Time | Service |
|---|---|
| 10:15 a.m. | Matins |
| 6:30 p.m. | Taizé Service The Revd. Richard Wharton will share his experiences of taking young people from the diocese to Taizé; all welcome |
See also: Calendar of Future Events
| Date | Time | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Tue-20-Mar | 8:15 p.m. | Churches Together in Moseley meeting at Riverside House |
| Wed-21-Mar | leaving at 8:15 a.m. | Inter Faith Coach trip to Manchester |
| 12:30 p.m. | Deanery Lunch | |
| 7:00 p.m. | Cuthbert && Worship Youth Focus Rose Cottage | |
| Thu-22-Mar | 12:30 p.m. | Friends of Christmas Day Together Lunch (names to Betty Clarke or Janet Thorne please) |
| Sun-25-Mar | 11:30 a.m. | St Anne’s APCM Parish Hall |
| Tue-27-Mar | 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. | Evening meeting at MCDT on the theme Working on the Inside. Prison chaplains from different faiths speak about their collaborative work. |
The parables of The Lost Sheep, The Lost Coin and The Lost Son seem to me to be all illustrations of how much God appeals to us all to be glad when we discover that we can be reconciled to God through the love of Jesus. Sometimes I feel we are too ready to criticise those Preachers and their congregations who visibly express their joy in worshipping together, by calling them “Happy Clappies” in a disparaging way. Such people are usually very willing to share how they felt a change had taken place in their lives and a true thankfulness for reconciliation with God. Perhaps sometimes they have felt rejected and let down by the more orthodox style of worship which can often seem sterile and false. I believe in Paul’s letter to the Corinthians he is asking us to remember that because Jesus was truly human, but resisted all the temptations that we are subjected to, we can trust him to be our saviour and through him to achieve reconciliation with God. There is no place where his message cannot be heard providing I am truly willing to change and place my heart in his hands. The key surely is that we must in humility welcome the chance to worship together with other Christians in thanking God for his Son and the wonderful world we live in. How joyful it would be this Easter if, as a nation we could all find the courage to say, “No!” to the refurbishment of Trident. Without a useable weapon system we could then truly place our trust in Jesus to save us from ourselves in our desire to destroy our home, God’s gift to mankind. Such an act would surely reconcile us to the Father of all.
Merciful Lord, absolve your people from their offences, that through your bountiful goodness we may all be delivered from the chains of those sins which by our frailty we have committed; grant this, heavenly Father, for Jesus Christ’s sake, our blessed Lord and Saviour, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.