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Jenny Bealt (22nd) and Ruth Lane (26th).
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 the second, third and fourth Sundays. They continue worship in their groups and meet their leaders at the back of the church after the collect for the day. All children are welcome.
Children meet on the first, third and fourth Sundays. They leave with their leaders after the first hymn. All children are welcome.
The Youth Group meets on Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. at St Mary’s. All young people are welcome. No meetings until 16 September.
The St Mary’s children’s sub-committee, with the endorsement of PCC, is running two trial family zones in church from now until Harvest Festival. Families with young children can try out both zones during church and school services in the coming months and then comment on their experiences. We welcome the views of the wider congregation too and comment cards are available in each of the trial zones for everyone to use. The trial zones will be sparsely equipped and furnished to give a flavour of how a permanent zone could look. The Sub-Committee will report back to PCC at the end of the trial period with a recommendation based on its findings.
The PCC have discussed the possibility of purchasing new books from legacy money, also it is suggested that it would be easier if both churches had the same book. Therefore, for the next three months, borrowed copies of “Hymns Old and New” will be used on a trial basis. Your comments will be most helpful. Please pass them to the wardens during this period.
A course for those who wish to explore more deeply what Christian Discipleship entails. Courses starting this Autumn. Please see notice board for more details or speak to one of the clergy.
Sheila Perks would like to thank everyone for their prayers, cards, and good wishes following her recent accident. She reports that she is making good progress and hopes to be back with us soon.
Thanks to all involved in the planning and preparations for this event. £250 was raised for MENCAP which has been gratefully received by Coors.
Four Polish university students here on vacation, offer to do your housework and general gardening jobs asking £6 per hour. Please contact Elizabeth Way 449 1727.
| Service | First Reading | Second Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Morning | Romans 8:12-25 | Gospel: Matthew 13:24-30,36-43 |
| Evening | 1 Kings 2:10-12,3:16-end | Acts 4:1-22 |
| Time | St Mary’s | St Anne’s |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 a.m. | Holy Communion Celebrant: Revd Rosemary Donovan Preacher: Cathie Carey |
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| 10:00 a.m. | Sung Eucharist Celebrant: Revd Jeremy Dussek Preacher: Cathie Carey Hymns 337,3,39,48,205 Anthem: O Salutaris (Dupré) |
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| 10:15 a.m. | Sung Eucharist Celebrant & Preacher: Revd Rosemary Donovan Hymns: 377,27,97,53,316 |
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| 6:30 p.m. | Evensong Officiant & Preacher: Revd Rosemary Donovan Hymns: 43,56,76 Psalm: 67 Anthem: Cantique de Jean Racine (Fauré) |
Evensong Officiant: Eric Dwyer Preacher: Cathie Carey Psalm: 67 Hymns: 170,217,7,177 |
| Day | Time | St Mary’s | St Anne’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon-21-Jul | 9:00 a.m. | Morning Prayer | |
| Tue-22-Jul | 8:45 a.m. | Holy Communion | |
| 10:00 a.m. | School Leavers’ Service | ||
| Wed-23-Jul | 9:00 a.m. | Morning Prayer | |
| Thu-24-Jul | 9:00 a.m. | Holy Communion | |
| Fri-25-Jul | 9:00 a.m. | Morning Prayer |
Please watch this section for different evening services in August
| Time | St Mary’s | St Anne’s |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday 27 July 2008, 10th Sunday after Trinity | ||
| 8:00 a.m. | Holy Communion | |
| 10:15 a.m. | No 10:00 a.m. Service at St Mary’s | Festival Eucharist Patronal Festival of St Anne |
| 6:30 p.m. | Songs of Praise Service Please send requests for hymns to Jeremy by today |
No 6:30 p.m. Service at St Anne’s |
| Sunday 2 August 2008, 11th Sunday after Trinity | ||
| 8:00 a.m. | Holy Communion | |
| 10:00 a.m. | Community Worship | |
| 10:15 a.m. | Sung Eucharist | |
| 11:15 a.m. | Sung Eucharist | |
| 6:30 p.m. | Taizé Worship | No Evening Worship at St Anne’s |
See also: Calendar of Future Events
| Date | Time | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Wed-23-Jul | 7:00 p.m. — 9:00 p.m. | Restore meeting at All Saints Small Heath |
| Sun-27-Jul | 6:30 p.m. | Songs of Praise Service at St Mary’s Church. Is there a hymn or a piece of music which is special to you and has been important in marking a stage in your journey of faith? If you’d like to take part and are prepared to tell us, then please contact Jeremy and you may be included in our service that evening. |
| Sat-9-Aug to Sat-16-Aug | Birmingham City Mission Youth Camp, Xchange, at Quinta near Oswestry for 11-14 year olds. Led by Dave and Sheri Gidney. Cost £90 includes transport to and from Birmingham. Please call City Mission for more detail and application form 0121 766 6603. | |
| Fri-22-Aug to Tue-26-Aug (Bank Holiday weekend) | Greenbelt Christian Arts Festival 2008 at Cheltenham Racecourse. Tickets booked before July 31st are: Youth (13-17yrs) £45, Adults £80 or concessions i.e. Students/ unwaged £53.Please see Rosemary for more details or check out website. | |
Hope is a Christian virtue. St Paul ranks it with faith, only below charity, love being the supreme virtue. In today’s reading from Romans the theme constantly recurs, “The hope that the universe itself is to be freed from the shackles of mortality and enter upon the liberty and splendour of the Children of God” and, “if we hope for something not yet seen, then in waiting for it, we show our endurance”. Of course hope is not exclusively a Christian quality.
Vaclav Havel has called hope “a condition of the soul, not necessarily dependent on external circumstances”. Anne Frank, in her diary found after her death, illustrated this perfectly. She wrote from the attic where she and her family were attempting to hide from the Gestapo “I feel the suffering of millions, yet, when I look up at the starry sky above us, I believe that people are good at heart and that peace and tranquillity will return”.
In our own time so much can cause us to lean towards despair: the prophecies of ecological catastrophe, economic collapse, racial conflict and nuclear holocaust. Despair is a negation of the possibility of good coming out of evil. Therefore, we have to hold on to hope remembering the words of St Paul and others.
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.