SUNDAY Palm Sunday | 1st | 8.00 am 10.00 am 6.00 pm 6 for 7pm | Holy Communion Family Worship (No Seekers today – school holidays) Palm Praise at Meersbrook Park Church Focus Service in The Nave and The Meeting Place |
MONDAY | 2nd | 12.30 pm 7.00 pm 7.30 pm | “Sunny Days” post natal support group (Home Start) in MP No Rainbows this week – School holidays Focus Fellowship in The Old Vestry Zumba with Amy Godhard in The Upper Hall |
TUESDAY | 3rd | 10.00 am 2.30 pm 8.00 pm | Holy Communion T.L.C. in The Meeting Place (Please note: TLC will not be meeting next week on 10th April.) No Brownies or Guides in The Upper Hall – School holidays Contemplative Prayer for Holy Week in The Old Vestry |
WEDNESDAY | 4th | 9.00 am 7.30 pm 7.30 pm 8.00 pm | Prayers in The Old Vestry No “Peekaboo” until 18th April – School Holidays No Care4You (Vanda Hopwood) in The Old Vestry today No Yoga with Yolande this evening Stations of the Cross (and 1st Wednesday) – Nave & MP W.I. Meeting in The Old Vestry (1940’s evening) Tai Chi with Gary Shaw in The Upper Hall |
THURSDAY Maundy Thursday | 5th | 10.00 am 3 – 4 pm 6.30 pm 6.15 pm 7.30 pm | Weight Watchers in The Upper Hall St Paul’s Chairobics in The Meeting Place Weight Watchers in The Upper Hall Allotment Meeting in The Old Vestry Holy Communion for Maundy Thursday in The Meeting Place (Please note: Gail’s Prayer Group in The Old Vestry is cancelled this evening.) |
FRIDAY Good Friday | 6th | 10.00 am 2.00 pm | Good Friday Messy Church in The Nave and Meeting Place It’s a morning for families with children: includes art & craft activities, Easter Egg hunt, a short creative worship time and making and sharing hot cross buns. A contribution of £1 per person is invited to cover the costs of materials and food. For more information ring 0114 2551945 or visit http://messychurchstpauls.blogspot.com ‘An Hour at The Cross’ – Come and join us for a quiet meditation this afternoon in The Nave and Chancel |
SUNDAY Easter Day | 8th | 8.00 am 10.00 am | Holy Communion Easter Family Worship – No Seekers today |
St Oswald’s MU invites you to join A Meditation for Holy Week at St Oswald’s Church on Tuesday 3rd April at 2.00 pm. It will be preceded by lunch in the Church Hall at 12 noon. Please R.S.V.P. to Mrs Merelina Edeson Tel. 2552102 or email: medeson@btinternet.com
SPOIL YOURSELF! Come and help to raise money for St Paul’s Fabric Fund at our Coffee Morning on Saturday 21st April from 10.30 am to 12 noon. Delicious bacon butties, toasted teacakes, and cakes! There will also be preserves, books and tomato plants for sale.
ROUNDABOUT Our Easter Eggs will be going to Roundabout Youth Housing Charity. We usually ask people if they will buy medium size so that we can try to send each young person the same. The eggs will be taken this week so bring them ASAP! Thanks
SPRING MEMORIAL SERVICE Invitations will soon be going out for the service on Sun 22nd Apr. If you’d like to remember a loved one, even if you don’t require an invitation, please let us have all names to be read out, either by email or in writing, and hand them in to the office or to Irene S. Thank you.
CHRISTIAN AID WEEK 13-19 MAY Please keep this week free in your diaries! We collected £1129.65 last year from local house to house collections. We have about 25 collectors & the Guides help by delivering the envelopes to some roads. If we could get more volunteers this year, more roads could be visited. Please think and pray about whether you can help and contact Helen Franklin if you’d like more info. Tel 2554441.
CREATIVE QUIET DAY A day for exploring your relationship with God through prayer, reflection & weaving, on Sat 19th May from 10 am to 3.30 pm at Meadowhead Christian Fellowship. Cost £25.00 (concessions available for those in receipt of benefits.) Info. on notice board or contact Viv Griffiths for more details Tel. 0114 2740453 or email mavigriff@aol.com
CHURCH ROTA Please accept our apologies for the delay in receiving the next quarter’s church rota owing to recent changes. The church rota is increasingly complicated and more time is needed to prepare it and get it out on time. For the 3rd quarter (Jul – Sept) please inform the office of all known absences/holidays in writing as soon as you can. Volunteers are always needed, so if there’s a duty you would like to be involved with, please also let us know. (Training can be given – please have a word with Murray.) Thank you
HELP WANTED to decorate church for Easter after 3.00 pm on Good Friday, 6th April. The Morgan family have sent money for lilies in memory of their parents, Fran & Bill Morgan.
DATE FOR YOUR DIARY - GARDEN PARTY
St Paul’s W.I. and Church are jointly holding a Garden Party in celebration of The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and The Olympics from 4.00 pm onwards on Wednesday 20th June, with games & refreshments – more info. to follow.
SAINSBURY’S ACTIVE KIDS 2012 Sainsbury’s is once again issuing vouchers. St Paul’s Cubs, Beavers and Scouts would appreciate your support. Please collect vouchers and put them in the box at the back of church.
‘SUNNY DAYS’ is here in church on Mondays from 12.30 pm and aims to provide a place for Mums to socialise, and to talk in confidence about their worries around parenting, If you know of anyone who would welcome support, please tell them about “Sunny Days.”
COFFEE MORNING Joan & Keith would like to invite you to their coffee morning on Saturday 28th April at 53 Charnock Grove from 10.30 am onwards. They are raising funds for the PSP Association for research into the condition, Progressive Supranuclear Palsy. All welcome!
COMMUNITY NEWS: BISHOPS HOUSE & THE CIVIL WAR William Blythe of Bishops’ House was one of the people who oversaw the destruction of Sheffield Castle during the English Civil war of 1642-51. See two special groups at the house helping to bring history alive; Sealed Knot & Sheffield War Games Society will play out the battle of Marston Moor on Saturday April 7th from 10.00 am to 3.30 pm Free! Tel. 0114 2557701. For other forthcoming attractions, see flyers in church or John B.
TODAY AT BISHOPS’ HOUSE “Fooling Around” -Mask making, face painting, and a host of family friendly activities for April Fool’s Day, including John Turner, ace magician! FREE!!
SUMMER TERM COURSES – Valley Community Learning - Computers, First Aid, Keep Fit, DIY skills for women and much more. Poster at the foot of the stairs.
Mike’s Ministry:
Sun 1st – St Paul’s 8.00 am H.C. & Hillsborough Tabernacle
Tues 3rd – St Paul’s 10.00 am Holy Communion
Fri 6th – St Paul’s 2.00 pm “An Hour at The Cross”
Prayer Focus:
Enid & Andy, Sheila,, Hazel, Pete’s Dad, Peter, Barbara, Robert, Sadie, Doug, Roger, Peter & Wendy, Helen’s Dad, Michael Wilf, Murray & family, Gail’s Dad, Gerald and her auntie and uncle Barbara and Philip, Herman & his family.
From Murray
This is the most important week in the Christian Year! The Gospel writers are united in giving us most detail about this week in Jesus’ life, so take some time to connect with what Jesus went through, come on Tuesday evening at 8.00 pm, and 7.30 pm on Wednesday and Thursday and to our Good Friday events. Only by sharing his death can we share in resurrection!
