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We remember those with birthdays this week, especially Chris and Ann Andrew, and Isaac Samuel (5th), David Morris and Miriam Samuel (7th), Ada Price and Maeve Mills (8th), Georgia Greenburgh and David Baker (9th), Richard Brown, Rebecca Doyle, Graham Pratt and Debbie Barwell (11th).
Flowers in the Lady Chapel at St Mary’s are given by Madeleine Chapman in memory of Philip Fowler.
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.
Jeremy, Rosemary and the Churchwardens are delighted to announce the appointment of The Revd Professor Frank Berry as Self Supporting Minister to the United Benefice. Frank is currently SSM at St Martin in the Bullring in the City Centre and before that was curate at St Stephen’s Rednal. He is Head of Chemistry at the Open University which means he will be working with us on 3 Sundays a month And one further session a week. He is one of two SSM’s we will be appointing in the next year to replace Adam Dunning and Alison Joyce. Frank is 60 and married to Gill, a counsellor at St Mary’s Hospice; they have two grown up children and have just become grandparents. He will be licensed here in Moseley on Sunday 11 November. Please keep them in your prayers as he prepares to leave St Martin’s in late September.
Following the recent Communications Audit the full results will be displayed on our websites and notice boards. Anyone wishing to feed in ideas about pewsheet, magazine, website, notice boards should keep an eye out for meetings and contact people involved As a result of a meeting of those delegated to look at communications at St Mary’s both the entrance and some internal notice boards have been changed. This is a temporary measure, Please bear with us over the next few months as we carefully develop this. Any comments or suggestions should be sent to the Communications Audit team c/o the Parish Office.
These have now finished for the summer. We thank the leaders and helpers for all their work over the last year and hope they have a refreshing break. At St Mary’s, for younger children with parental supervision, the créche room is available. Please leave this room tidy and ensure that any toys etc. are replaced afterwards. Thank you.
This will be starting in September; brochures with more information are now available; if you think you might be interested please speak to Jeremy, Rosemary or another member of the Ministry Team.
| Time | First Reading | Second Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Morning | Colossians 3:1-11 | Luke 12:13-21 |
| Family Service | Matthew 6:25-34 | |
| Evening | Genesis 50:4-end | I Corinthians 14:119 |
| Time | Service | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 a.m. | Holy Communion followed by Parish Breakfast | Preacher: The Revd Joan Griffin |
| l0:00 a.m. | Community Worship | Led by Revd Rosemary Donovan and Elizabeth Leicester |
| 11:15 a.m. | Sung Eucharist | Preacher Revd Joan Griffin |
| 6:30 p.m. | Evensong | Preacher: Revd Peter Hansell |
| Time | Service | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 10:15 a.m. | Sung Eucharist | Preacher: Revd Peter Hansell |
| 6:30 p.m. | Evensong | Preacher: Eric Dwyer |
| Day | Morning Prayer | Holy Communion | Evening Prayer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | 9:00 a.m. St Mary’s |
5:00 p.m. St Mary’s |
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| Tuesday | 9:00 a.m. St Mary’s |
5:00 p.m. St Anne’s |
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| Wednesday | 9:00 a.m. St Anne’s |
5:00 p.m. St Mary’s |
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| Thursday | 9:00 a.m. St Mary’s |
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| Friday | 9:00 a.m. St Anne’s |
| Day | Time | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday | 10:30 a.m. – 12 noon | Coffee & Co at St Mary’s |
| Friday | 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 |
| 10:00 a.m. | Sung Eucharist |
| 6:30 p.m. | Evensong |
| Time | Service |
|---|---|
| 10:15 a.m. | Community Worship |
| 6:30 p.m. | Evensong |
See also: Calendar of Future Events
| Date | Time | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Tue-21-Aug | 10:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. | St Anne’s lunch club outing to Weston. Spare seats available, no charge. Facilities for disabled including tailgate for wheelchairs. Contact Hilda Johnson, 604 5643. Leave a message if no reply. |
| Sat-29-Sep | Parish Study Day. The Faith We See with Dr Janet Hodgson, USPG Missioner & Lecturer at University of Western Cape, South Africa. As part of our plan to discern God’s vision for our parishes, Janet Hodgson will be helping us to use images & Icons to enable us to discover ‘Who is Christ for us and our Church’. Please put this date in your diary now, this will replace the normal Quiet Day this year. |
As I write this homily my thoughts stray to many of my fellow countrymen who are currently cut off from normal life by the floods which have engulfed many parts of the UK including the Midlands. Most are facing a devastating change form everyday routine. The rain came not “soft and refreshing”, but falling like spears thrown from the sky. Turning mild flowing rivers into raging torrents of water. Towns and villages cut off from one another. Whilst most were saved, many are coping with no clean water for drinking, washing etc. I, like many who live in the British Isles, have never faced what it must be like to face life threatening situations or to lose all one’s possessions in such dire circumstances. Such events can bring out the worst and the best in the human spirit.
In the second reading Jesus reminds us that careful conservation of goods, reliance on services like piped water, or even life itself should never be taken for granted. St Paul in his letter to the Colossians asks the new converts to Christianity to remain focussed on the triumphs of the spirit and disregard earthly concerns. One news story I thought was a shining example of someone who valued her life more than her property was that of the elderly woman clutching her dog, and having been rescued declared, “I am just so thankful that we are both still alive”, whilst another story told of a man who refused to be rescued because his elderly neighbour did not want to leave her house, so he stayed and was looking after her, also keeping an eye on his neighbour’s property and pets left behind. Both of the above are just two examples of many similar accounts which seem to illustrate our Lord’s declaration to, “give thanks for life and to love thy neighbour as thyself”.
Almighty God, who sent your Holy Spirit to be the life and light of your church: open our hearts to the riches of your grace, that we may bring forth the fruit of the spirit in love and joy and peace; 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.