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Our thoughts and prayers are asked for Shirley Smith, Mary Jenkins, Peggy Langdale-Smith and Birdie Hutchinson
We pray for the family and friends of Irene Jones and Harry Sutton, and comfort them in their bereavement.
We celebrate the birthdays of Rebecca Simon and Katherine Barwell (15th), Heather Lindley Philip Simons and Gerald McEvoy (18th), and Sarah Lindley, James Hyde and Kay Burton (20th).
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.
Children meet on 2nd, 3rd and 4th Sundays. They continue worship in their groups and meet their leaders at the back of Church after the Collect for the day; all children are welcome.
Children meet on 1st, 3rd and 4th Sundays. They leave with their leaders after the first hymn and all children are welcome.
The Youth Group meets on Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. at St Mary’s. NB: Please note: the meeting on 17 October is at St Anne’s.
Thank you for all who worked so hard to decorate our Churches for the Harvest Festival. Thanks also to Peter Hansell, Janet Thorne and all the helpers for organising a superb Harvest Supper last Saturday. It was good to have nearly 100 people to celebrate the occasion. Thank you for all who have given gifts to the Harvest Help Appeal; with collections from Moseley C of E School and the National Institute for Conductive Education we have raised in excess of £1,000. A final total will be made available. Retiring collection in both churches today.
As last year we are collecting small presents for children’s Christmas shoeboxes. There will be a carton at the back of both churches today and next Sunday 21 October to receive items. Thank You.
| Time | First Reading | Second Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Morning | Jeremiah 29:1,4-7, St Mary’s Isaiah 61:1-4,8-11, St Anne’s |
Gospel: Luke 17:11-19, St Mary’s |
| Evening | Nehemiah 6:1-16, St Mary’s Jeremiah 29:1,4-7, St Anne’s |
John 15:12-end, St Mary’s Luke 17:11-19, St Anne’s |
| Time | Service | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 a.m. | Holy Communion | Celebrant: Revd Jeremy Dussek Preacher: Jonathan Hodgson |
| 10:00 a.m. | Sung Eucharist | Celebrant: Revd Jeremy Dussek Preacher: Jonathan Hodgson Hymns: 76,220,362,500,522 Anthem: Lord I Trust Thee (Handel) |
| 6:30 p.m. | Evensong | Officiant: Cathie Carey Preacher: Revd Rosemary Donovan Hymns 517,38,457 Psalm: 25 Anthem: 0 Thou the Central Orb (Wood) |
| Time | Service | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 10:15 a.m. | Community Worship | Officiants: Revd Rosemary Donovan and Mick Perrier |
| 6:30 p.m. | Holy Communion | Officiant: Revd Jeremy Dussek Preacher Jonathan: Hodgson Hymns: 201,367,264 Psalm: 144 |
| Day | Morning Prayer | Holy Communion | Evening Prayer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | 9:00 a.m. St Mary’s |
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| Tuesday | 9:00 a.m. St Mary’s |
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| Wednesday | |||
| Thursday | 7:30 a.m. St Mary’s |
4:00 p.m. After-school Service St Anne’s |
| Time | Service |
|---|---|
| 8:00 a.m. | Holy Community |
| 10:00 a.m. | Sung Eucharist |
| 6:30 p.m. | Evensong |
| Time | Service |
|---|---|
| 10:15 a.m. | Sung Eucharist with Holy Baptism |
| 6:30 p.m. | Evensong |
See also: Calendar of Future Events
| Date | Time | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Monday 15 October | 8:00 p.m. | Joint PCC’s Meeting at St Anne’s Church. The Archdeacon of Birmingham will be visiting Moseley to outline the practical implications of the United Benefice. All are welcome (This meeting will be preceded by St Mary’s Standing Committee at 7:00 p.m. in St Anne’s Vestry). |
| Saturday 27 October | 7:30 p.m. | The Valaam Singers at St Mary’s Church. Astounding versatility in orthodox church music and Russian folk song. Admission free, retiring collection. |
| Sunday 4 November | 6:30 p.m. | All Soul’s Requiem Service at St Mary’s Church. A service to remember all those who have died in the last year. There will be a sheet at the back of both churches for people to write the names of those to be remembered. |
| Sunday 11 November | Licensing of Revd Frank Berry and also Clergy and Readers in the United Benefice St Mary’s and St Anne’s Churches. Frank Berry will be licensed as an Assistant Priest by the Bishop of Birmingham. Jeremy and Rosemary will formally become Vicar and Associate Vicar. | |
| Saturday 25 November | Christmas Fair 2007 at St Mary’s Church. Do you have any Fancy Goods or Tombola items lurking in your attic? If so we are collecting items for the Christmas Fair stalls from now onwards. There will be a box at the back of each church for donated items. Look out for more news on the Fair in the upcoming magazines! Thank you. |
All of us, I hope, often perform acts of kindness and do not think “I hope that person is grateful”. In acts of kindness I try to be anonymous but if it is helping some one cross the road, carrying their shopping or telephoning some one who is lonely then it is difficult unless I am like “The Lone Ranger”, that famous “Masked Man”. What upsets me today is not the increasing lack of acts of kindness but the fact that the recipient is surprised that some one has helped them. What does surprise at an act of kindness say about our society? I think it says we have lost our moral compass and strayed from the path of life. King Canute sat on the beach and commanded the tide to go back to teach his courtiers not to be too obsequious. We should sit on the beach of selfishness and command the sea of kindness to go back to show everyone that helping people is an undeniable part of human existence.
I leave you with an old joke probably originating from the late Ned Sherrin. A man holds open the door for a woman.
“Did you do that because I am a lady?”
“No, I did it because I am a gentleman.”
Let’s carry on with Christian acts of kindness no matter how politically incorrect we become.
O God, forasmuch as without you we are not able to please you: mercifully grant that your Holy Spirit may in all things direct and rule our hearts; 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.