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We remember those with birthdays this week, especially Cheryl Reid and Malcolm McDonald (1st), Suzanne Smith (2nd), Edward Barber (3rd), Laura Dowell, Peter Magson and Jennifer Wilson (4th), Jan Miller (5th), and Matthew Bates and Rebecca Isaacs (6th).
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.
The Garden will be set up on Good Friday from 3:30 p.m. On Saturday from 10:00 a.m. the Garden will be decorated. Please bring small pot plants or small flowers, also small pots and containers.
The Flower Guild will be decorating the church for Easter beginning with a short service in the Lady Chapel at 9.00am; gifts of greenery will be welcome.
We will be holding a cake sale immediately following the 10:00 a.m. service on Easter Sunday in St. Mary’s Church, with the proceeds going to the Bishop’s Lent Appeal. Please bring any cakes you may wish to donate to St. Mary’s before the service on Easter Sunday morning (from 9:00 a.m.) and/or come prepared to buy something special for Easter Sunday tea or to accompany your coffee after the service. All cakes, be they large, individual, Easter themed or otherwise will be most gratefully received. If your cake contains nuts and/or is made with any fair trade or organic ingredients, please label accordingly. If you have any queries, please contact Debbie Barwell on 449 7690. Thank you in anticipation of your generous support for this worthy cause.
Please see list in the current edition of Spire and St Mary’s News, also out today.
Sign up sheets are available at the back of each church. Please feed suggestions to Rosemary or members of the social committee for planning meeting on Thursday 19 April.
Just a reminder all forms must be returned by today.
Please remember to keep saving these for Lis Sparrow.
Please could you spare an hour (or more) to help make the churchyard beautiful for Easter? We are hoping to have another working party on Saturday 7 April from 10:00 a.m. If you can help please ring Parish Office.
As we enter Holy Week we continue the journey from triumph to tragedy on Good Friday. To express this in St. Mary’s the hangings from behind the high altar have been removed 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). On Thursday night, the altar frontal and other images will be taken as we prepare for the scene of desolation on Good Friday. Prepare then for the Visual Contrast at Easter!
Holy Saturday: This most ancient of Holy Day services is probably one of the most joyous and beautiful liturgies of the Church Year and is the principal celebration of the resurrection of our Lord. In the service, rich in symbolism, we move from the darkness of the tomb to the glorious light of Christ. Practically at St Anne’s we will listen to the mighty acts of God in the scriptures and then with the Easter Paschal Candle, take the New Light of Easter through Moseley to celebrate the resurrection with the first Communion of Easter. Fizz will follow afterwards! Come and celebrate this journey!
On Good Friday we build the bare garden to represent Golgotha, (the place where they crucified Christ). On the Saturday (Easter Eve/Holy Saturday) we decorate the area with spring flowers to represent the risen Christ. Finally on Low Sunday (the Sunday after Easter when, traditionally the congregation numbers were low) the garden will be dismantled.
During Lent we are again asked as a Parish to donate to the Church Urban Fund. Contributions may be gift-aided using the challenging poverty envelopes. Please hand them in at the back of the church today. Thank you for your help.
…to, the Staff and Pupils of Moseley Church of England School for achieving the NACE (National Association for Able Children in Education) Challenge Award recognising outstanding achievement for Talented and Gifted Pupils. This is the only primary school in Birmingham and amongst a handful in the whole country to have received this award.
| Time | Old Testament | New Testament |
|---|---|---|
| Morning | Philippians 2: 5-11 | Luke 23: 1-49 |
| Time | Service | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 a.m. | Holy Communion Order One Traditional Language followed by Parish breakfast | Gospel Reading: The Revd Joan Griffin |
| 10:00 a.m. | First half af Palm Sunday Joint Parish Communion with dramatic reading of the Passion story | |
| 10:45 a.m. | Raising of the Cross on the Green and procession to St Anne’s | |
| 6:30 p.m. | Fauré’s Requiem with liturgical readings | |
| Time | Service | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 10:45 a.m. | Raising of the Cross on the Green and procession to St Anne’s | |
| 11:15 a.m. | Second half of Palm Sunday Joint Parish Communion, Order One | |
| 6:30 p.m. | Evensong with meditations | |
| Day | Time | Service | Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Please join us as we mark the death and resurrection of our Lord in Holy Week leading to Easter. *Please feel free to attend part or all of these services. | |||
| Monday | 8:00 p.m. | Holy Communion | St Anne’s |
| 9:00 p.m. | Compline | St Anne’s | |
| Tuesday | 9:15 a.m. | Holy Communion | St Mary’s |
| 9:00 p.m. | Compline | St Anne’s | |
| 24/7 Youth Prayer Event | 12 noon Midday Office | St Anne’s | |
| 6:30 p.m. Evening Prayer | St Anne’s | ||
| 8:00 p.m. Holy Communion | St Anne’s | ||
| 8:00 a.m. (Wed) Morning Prayer | St Anne’s | ||
| Wednesday | 8:00 p.m. | Holy Communion | St Anne’s |
| 9:00 p.m. | Compline | St Anne’s | |
| Maundy Thursday | 8:00 p.m. | Sung Eucharist | St Mary’s |
| 9:15 p.m. | Watch until Midnight* | St Mary’s | |
| 8:00 p.m. | Holy Communion with footwashing | St Anne’s | |
| Good Friday | 10:15 a.m. | Family Service | St Anne’s |
| 12 noon - 3:00 p.m. | Liturgy of Three Hours* with devotions and hymns Preacher: Canon Peter Howell Jones (Birmingham Cathedral) |
St Mary’s | |
| Easter Eve | 7:00 p.m. | Easter Vigil with renewal of baptism promises Procession continuing to St Mary’s |
St Anne’s |
| 8:00 p.m. | The First Eucharist of Easter | St Mary’s | |
| 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 | |
| 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 Two |
| 10:00 a.m. | Parish Communion, no Children’s Groups |
| 6:30 p.m. | Evensong |
| Time | Service |
|---|---|
| 10:15 a.m. | Parish Communion, Order One |
| 6:30 p.m. | Evensong |
It does not seem a year ago that I wrote the homily for Palm Sunday, 2006. Here I am again.
A few weeks ago, I took a flight to a funeral in Ireland. As I was boarding, I noticed the plane was called Butterfly Baby. On an early, cold, wet morning on the way to my favourite aunt's funeral I was not impressed. During the service, the minister reflected on the significance of the butterfly in Christian symbolism. I had been looking around the church and had noted butterflies in the stained glass. She told us that caterpillars crawl across leaves, die and wake up as resplendent butterflies. The joke she told was: Two caterpillars look up and see a butterfly. One says to the other, “You'll never get me up in one of those”.
Jesus knew as he rode into town, his path strewn with leaves, that he was going to his death. He knew also he would wake as if from sleep and belief in Him would also save us. He rode through a celebration knowing what was approaching. Nescitis Horam — “You know not the hour” — Jesus knew His.
As Easter approaches, my thoughts turn to mortality and rebirth. We should celebrate each day and make each day special. We may crawl along but we can contribute so much if we are positive and rejoice in every day we are given. There is a song of my childhood by Burl Ives, Perry Como or whoever — You've Got High Hopes. As I flew back to my family I reflected differently on Butterfly Baby. God moves in mysterious ways…
Almighty and everlasting God, who in your tender love towards the human race sent your Son our Saviour Jesus Christ to take upon him our flesh and to suffer death upon the cross: grant that we may follow the example of his patience and humility, and also be made partakers of his resurrection; 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.