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The parish prays and gives thanks
Our thoughts and prayers are asked for Birdie Hutchinson, Ted Redfearn, Maurice Finney and Sarah Lewis
For those who have died. We pray for the family and friends of Dave, Margaret Cotterell, Sally Coates and George Foster. Comfort them in their bereavement.
We celebrate the birthdays of Richard Blake (11th), Steve Rhodes (12th), Emily Morris (13th), Hilda Johnston (15th) and Nathanael Hansel (16th).
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.
Cards showing designs of our beautiful stained glass windows; blank for own message. Packs of 10 cost £5. Suitable for Christmas or anytime. Cheques made payable to St Anne’s PCC.
Now available for a minimum donation of 50p.
This advocacy service for people with a learning disability are seeking a friend for a gentleman who would like to attend Sunday services at St Mary’s. He lives on Yardley Wood Road near Belle Walk and needs transport. He would also like to attend Coffee and Company on Saturday mornings occasionally. Please ring 442 2273 if you are able to help. A CRB check would be required.
Deadline for next issue is now Sunday November 18th.
| Time | Service | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 a.m. | Holy Communion | Celebrant: Revd Rosemary Donovan Preacher: Revd Rosemary Donovan Reading: Job 19:23-27a Gospel: Luke 1:68-79 |
| 10:30 a.m. | Service of Remembrance | Officiant: Revd Rosemary Donovan Hymns 66,244,139,54,National Anthem Reading: Luke 1:68-79 Anthem: For All the Saints (Bullard) |
| Licensing of Revd Frank Berry and also the Clergy and Readers in the United Benefice at 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 become Vicar and Associate Vicar formally. | ||
| 6:00 p.m. | Licensing followed by procession to St Anne’s | |
| Time | Service | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 10:15 a.m. | Community Worship For Remembrance | Officiants: Revd Jeremy Dussek, Revd Peter Hansel) Hymns 305(vv1,3,5,6,8),433,99 Reading: Revelation 7:9–10;13-17 |
| Licensing of Revd Frank Berry and also the Clergy and Readers in the United Benefice at 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 become Vicar and Associate Vicar formally. | ||
| 7:00 p.m. | Sung Eucharist. Celebrant and Preacher: +David Urquhart | |
| Day | Time | St Mary’s | St Anne’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | 9:00 a.m. | Morning Prayer | |
| 12:30 p.m. | Holy Communion preceeding Lunch Club | ||
| Tuesday | 9:00 a.m. | Holy Communion | |
| Wednesday | 9:00 a.m. | Morning Prayer | |
| Thursday | 7:30 a.m. | Holy Communion | |
| 9:00 a.m. | Morning Prayer | ||
| 4:00 p.m. | Moseley after School Service | ||
| Friday | 9:00 a.m. | Morning Prayer |
| Time | St Mary’s | St Anne’s |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 a.m. | Holy Communion | |
| 10:00 a.m. | Sung Eucharist with Baptism | |
| 10:15 a.m. | Sung Eucharist | |
| 6:30 p.m. | Evensong | Evensong |
See also: Calendar of Future Events
| Date | Time | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Mon-12-Nov | 12:30 p.m. | Lunch Club in St Anne’s Parish Hall preceeded by Holy Communion |
| 7:30 p.m. | Joint PCC Meeting with Peter Howell-Jones at St Anne’s Church. This meeting will be to discuss MAPS and will be followed by St Mary’s PCC. | |
| Sat-17-Nov | 7:30 p.m. | Organ recital "Hunchback of Notre Dame" at St Mary’s (tickets from parish office) |
| Sat-24-Nov | 10:00 a.m. | Christmas Fair 2007 at St Mary’s Church. Why not come along with your friends and support this exciting event? Cakes, fancy goods, plants refreshments, Christmas shopping and much more! Fancy goods and tombola items are still required. Please put in the box at the back of church. |
| Sun-25-Nov | 8:00 p.m. | Christian Aid Pub Quiz at The Village Pub. A unique and exciting community event, to raise funds for Christian Aid. Teams urgently needed, so why not pick up an application form from the back of either church and enter with your friends today! Further details from Revd Peter Hansel, 449 5950. |
| Sat-1-Dec | 10:30 a.m. | Advance notice to all church users. There will be a training session at St Mary’s on security and safety issues relating to groups and individuals using the churches. Invitations will be sent to members of groups likely to be affected, but everyone is welcome. Please take a spare letter from the back of both churches and make ever effort to attend. Please note that coffee will be served at 10:00 a.m. for a prompt start at 10:30 a.m. The session will finish at 2:30 p.m. Please bring your own lunch. |
| Sun-2-Dec | 6:30 p.m. | Festival of Lessons and Carols for Advent Sunday at St Mary’s Church. A Service from Darkness to Light to mark the beginning of Advent. |
What is your earliest memory? Mine is of the lamplighter who came each day at dusk to light the lamp outside our house. He rode a bicycle and carried his pole on his shoulder — quite a feat because he had only one arm. He lost the other one on a battlefield in France. He was lucky, thousands did not return from that “war to end all wars”. And then I remember the first day of the next war — evacuees, sirens, a lone aircraft — “We shot it down… it was one of ours” (I heard this many years later, by coincidence, from a former member of this congregation). Then Coventry — the glow in the sky seen from Burton on Trent where I was then an evacuee.
In more recent years, a visit to Dresden in February, where the commemoration of their destruction was poignant in the extreme. Lines from a war poem by W B Yeats, “Those that I fight I do not hate, Those that I guard I do not love”, perhaps this is an example of the futility of war.
But what are young people of today remembering — poppies and war films on TV? My hope is that they are remembering the 15,000 people killed in action since the end of the second world war. The young soldier who, among many, is now blind, and the widow and her child shown on the Poppy Day poster, who do not receive full compensation because her husband was not on duty at the time of his death — and many others. “They shall not grow old as we that are left grow old”. (Laurence Binyon)
My prayer is that young people will realise that there are no winners in wars, and that the only hope for our world is for peace, tolerance and love among all peoples. International travel is a great educator.
Almighty Father, whose will is to restore all things in your beloved Son, the King of all: govern the hearts and minds of those in authority, and bring the families of the nations, divided and torn apart by the ravages of sin, to be subject to his just and gentle rule; who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.