Wednesday 31 October 2012

Notices 28th October to 4th November 2012




SUNDAY 
Last  Sunday after Trinity Simon & Jude
28th
 
  8.00 am
10.00 am
  6 for 7 pm
British Summer Time ends – Clocks go back
Holy Communion
Holy Communion (No Seekers today – Half Term)
Focus Service in the Nave and Meeting Place
MONDAY

29th
10.30 am
12.30 pm
  
  7.00 pm 
Care4You Team Meeting with Julie Thompson in the Old Vestry
“Sunny Days” post natal support group with Julie Slingsby in MP
No Rainbows in the Upper Hall - next meet on Mon 12th November
TUESDAY

30th
10.00 am
 
  2.30 pm

  7.45 pm    
Holy Communion Service in The Meeting Place followed by
Coffee and Fellowship
TLC in The Meeting Place
No Brownies or Guides in the Upper Hall – Half Term
Standing Committee meeting in the Old Vestry
WEDNESDAY
31st
  9.00 am

10.30 am  

  8.00 pm
  7.30 pm   
Prayers in the Old Vestry
No Peekaboo in the Nave and MP (Half Term)
Care4You Team Meeting with Lynne Ashmore in the Old Vestry
No Yoga with Yolande Swift in the Upper Hall – resumes 7th Nov
Tai Chi with Gary Shaw  in the Upper Hall
Home Group at Liz & Mike’s/ or First Wednesday Group (please contact Jacqui Herbert for details. 1st Wed. Grp. may need to be brought forward owing to another meeting on Wednesday 7th.)
THURSDAY

 1st



10.00 am
  3 – 4 pm
  6.30 pm
  7.30 pm
Samaritan’s Purse Shoebox Campaign 2012 begins today –
Leaflets & sample boxes in church. Our Family Worship
Shoebox Service will be held on Sun 18th Nov at 10.00 a.m.
Weight Watchers in the Upper Hall
St Paul’s Chairobics in the Meeting Place
Weight Watchers in the Upper Hall
Thursday Prayer Group in the Old Vestry – all welcome
FRIDAY
 2nd
10.00 am
M.U. Coffee Morning at Sheffield Cathedral – to 12 noon
SATURDAY
 3rd
  9.30 am

11.00 am
PCC Day in The Nave and Meeting Place (9.30 am prompt
please)
Peace and Craft Fair at Sheffield Town Hall
SUNDAY
All Saints
 4th
  8.00 am
10.00 am
 
Holy Communion
Baptism Service (No Seekers today – Half Term)
Afternoon Birthday Party in The Upper Hall (t.b.c.)






ROUNDABOUT Thank you everyone for all the gifts of food for our Harvest appeal for homeless young people at Roundabout.  The younger children at Mundella also brought food items to last Wednesday’s service. (Please see Murray’s piece at the bottom of the page.)

A LETTER FROM STEVE On the Meeting Place notice board (the one fixed to the wall) you’ll find a letter from Steve Wright, Ann and Murray’s friend and colleague, whom many of you will remember spoke so memorably and affectionately at Murray’s Ordination Anniversary Service back in July. Steve gives us a glimpse of the joys and trials of his ministry in Dubai – well worth a read!

NEWS OF SHEFFIELD CATHEDRAL ‘GATEWAY PROJECT’ Please see the letter from The Revd Canon Simon Cowling and the proposals for this exciting new project on the Meeting Place notice board.

REMINDER CHRISTMAS TREE FESTIVAL / CHRISTMAS FAYRE  Don’t forget to save Sat 24th Nov, when it will be our first Christmas Tree Festival & Christmas Fayre which we are holding jointly with Talbot School. Any profits will be shared. There will be a cake stall, jams and preserves. If you have any ideas please see Liz (Wa.) Contact details are on the flyers in church. N.B. The next Saturday PCC will now be on 17th Nov.

CHRISTMAS FLOWERS  Please see Deidre if you would like to help her and Liz Edwards with decorating church for the Christmas season on Monday morning - 3rd December at 10.00 am. Thank you

GOOD HOPE ORPHAN CARE Leila has spoken to Betty and $490 will be used to pay the outstanding school fees for 15 children who are currently writing exams. These children will otherwise not get their results; without which they will not be able to proceed to High School. The rest of the money they received is still being deliberated upon!

FIRST WEDNESDAY GROUP: At the next meeting we will be making Christmas cards, especially for those families who have been bereaved this year.  Please see overleaf for possible date changes.
Dec 5th is our Christmas Crafts night - All welcome !

MESSAGE FROM KONRAD One of the ladies who is a resident of Holmwood Care Home, where Konrad works, is in need of a handbag as the clasp has broken on hers. It may be a while before she sees her family again to ask them to buy one, so please see Konrad if you can help out. (At our 8.00 am service, or it can be left for him.) Thank you

FOUND in church last weekend - gold earring; please call at the office if you think it might be yours. Thank you

‘THE BIG PENNY CHALLENGE’ Cathy’s son, Will, has recently graduated and now works as a youth worker with Nottingham “Youth for Christ.”  YFC can be found working in churches, schools, youth projects and on the streets. They are hoping to collect a penny for every young person in Nottingham (200,000) so please help and check your pockets for loose change! (There’s a small basket on the bookcase, and an ipad for the person or group who collects the most!) Many thanks.

COMMUNITY NEWS The next 3rd Sector Café at the Harland Café will be on 15th November from 4-6 pm. It’s going to be looking at ‘Working with the Education sector.’ 
We have also received the latest Safer Neighbourhoods information. Details of both in the black folder in the MP.

EVENTS AT BISHOPS’ HOUSE
Today! - Sun Oct 28th – 1-3.00 pm Mask Making.  Free!
Please see flyers in church or John B. for more information.

Mike’s Ministry:
Sun 28th – St Paul’s 10.00 am H.C.
Sun 4th – St Paul’s Baptism Service 10.00 am


From Murray:  Last week I was able to take part in the Mundella Primary School Harvest Service. Again St Paul's proved to be a brilliant venue, with parents sitting on chairs around the edges of the Nave and all the children sitting on the floor. Older children led the service and did readings, taking it in turns to come up to the microphone to speak. The readings included the feeding of the 5,000 and reflected on their harvest projects with the younger children bringing food for Roundabout and the older children collecting money for an organisation which helps young people living in a very poor area of Kenya. I finished things off with a story about potatoes we had seen planted and then harvested on holiday near Helmsley one girl even guessed what they were made into - Walker's crisps! It was a great privilege to be part of

Friday 19 October 2012

Notices 21st to 28th October 2012





SUNDAY 
20th  Sunday after Trinity

 21st
  8.00 am
10.00 am
  6 for 7 pm
  6.00 pm
Holy Communion
Harvest Family Worship Service (No Seekers today)
Focus Service in the Nave and Meeting Place
Vine Time Service in the Old Vestry
MONDAY

22nd
10.30 am
12.30 pm
  
 
  7.00 pm 
Care4You Team Meeting with Julie Thompson in the Old Vestry
“Sunny Days” post natal support group with Julie Slingsby in MP
No Rainbows in the Upper Hall.  Owing to half term and Bonfire
Night the next meeting will be on Monday 12th November
TUESDAY

23rd  
10.00 am
  2.30 pm
  6.15 pm
  7.30 pm 
Holy Communion Service in The Meeting Place
TLC in The Meeting Place
Brownies in the Upper Hall
Guides in the Upper Hall
WEDNESDAY
24th
  9.00 am
10.00 am
10.30 am  
  6.00 pm
  8.00 pm
Prayers in the Old Vestry
Peekaboo in the Nave and MP (Toddler Group now downstairs)
Care4You Team Meeting with Lynne Ashmore in the Old Vestry
Yoga with Yolande Swift in the Upper Hall
Tai Chi with Gary Shaw  in the Upper Hall
THURSDAY

25th
10.00 am
  2.15 pm

  3 – 4 pm
  6.30 pm
  7.30 pm
Weight Watchers in the Upper Hall
Harvest Tea at St Oswald’s until 4.00 pm - Tickets £3.00
from M.U. members
St Paul’s Chairobics in the Meeting Place
Weight Watchers in the Upper Hall
St Paul’s Music Listening Group in the Old Vestry
"Ooh la la " - Joan presents an Evening of French Music
FRIDAY
26th
 
   7.00 pm
Schools break up this afternoon for half term
Worship Group Rehearsal in the Old Vestry
SATURDAY
27th
   8.30 am
NTP Services Ltd. - CPC Driver Training in the Old Vestry – 5.00 pm
M.U. Diocesan Day at Wilson Carlile College.
SUNDAY - 21st   Sunday after Trinity. Simon & Jude
28th

   8.00 am
 10.00 am
  6 for 7 pm
Holy Communion
Holy Communion (No Seekers today – Half Term)
Focus Service in the Nave and Meeting Place






ROUNDABOUT SUPPORTING AND EMPOWERING
HOMELESS YOUNG PEOPLE IN SHEFFIELD. Roundabout Homeless Charity provides shelter, support and life skills to Sheffield's young homeless. St Paul’s Church has supported Roundabout for a number of years with food at harvest, cards at Christmas and chocolate eggs at Easter. At our Harvest Family Service on 21st   October, we will be collecting for Roundabout. Donations of food to help those supported by Roundabout to live independently are especially welcome - tinned and dried foods suitable for the teenagers and young people with limited cooking facilities and cooking experience to make a meal – eg soups, pasta, pasta sauce, ‘instant’ savoury rice etc. For more information about the empowering work of Roundabout, please visit their website, www.roundabouthomeless.org

A LETTER FROM STEVE On the Meeting Place notice board (the one fixed to the wall) you’ll find a letter from Steve Wright, Ann and Murray’s friend and colleague, whom many of you will remember spoke so memorably and affectionately at Murray’s Ordination Anniversary Service back in July. Steve gives us a glimpse of the joys and trials of his ministry in Dubai – well worth a read!

CHRISTMAS TREE FESTIVAL / CHRISTMAS FAYRE  Don’t forget to save Sat 24th Nov, when it will be our first Christmas Tree Festival & Christmas Fayre which we are holding jointly with Talbot School. Any profits will be shared. The W.I. will do a cake stall and a tree. Jean will be having a stall for jams and preserves, if you’d like to start making them now please. (Jean can provide cooking apples, raspberries and blackberries.) Peekaboo have also agreed to do a tree. What about your group?  If you have any ideas please see Liz (Wa.) Contact details are on the flyers in church. N.B. Next Saturday PCC will be 17th Nov.

GOOD HOPE ORPHAN CARE  Following last week’s message about Good Hope Orphan Care, Leila has spoken to Betty and $490 will be used to pay the outstanding school fees for 15 children who are currently writing exams. These children will otherwise not get their results; without which they will not be able to proceed to High School. The rest of the money they received is still being deliberated upon!

SENIOR CITIZENS SERVICE     9th October 2012
“To all at St Paul’s
On behalf of all the underprivileged pensioners that we assist in Bulawayo I would like to say thank you for your wonderful donation of $266.25. This is of great help, I am sure it will go a long way in meeting our expenditure at Plus 2 pharmacy for October where we obtain all our medicines and medical appliances. I can assure you that all expenditure and medicines are closely monitored by me and all donations are used to their maximum effect. Thank you once again and God bless, Dave Gill SCS administrator”

FIRST WEDNESDAY GROUP Please note: The next 2 meetings will be at Hazel’s house t.b.c. (115, Derbyshire Lane.)  On 7th Nov we will be making Christmas cards, especially for those families who have been bereaved this year. Dec 5th is our Christmas Crafts night - All welcome !

PEACE AND CRAFT FAIR – Sat 3rd Nov at Sheffield Town Hall from 11.00 am to 4.30 pm. Entry £1 for adults, children free Call  2818775. Info on MP notice board.

EVENTS AT BISHOPS’ HOUSE
Today! - Sun Oct 28th – 1-3.00 pm Mask Making.  Free!
Wed Oct 31st - 10.00 am - 3.00 pm Tree Day
Wed Oct 31st – 7.00 pm The White Lady’s Casket
£3.00 on the door, places limited
Sat Nov 10th – 10.00 am – 1.00 pm Valuation Day with Sheffield Auction Gallery
Sat  Nov 17th  & Sun Nov 18th 10.00 am – 3.30 pm Bishops’ Fayre: A Medieval Miscellany. Craft stalls, music & entertainment with Escafeld Medieval Society. Free!
Fri Nov 23rd 7.30 pm – Spirit of Winter
Sat Dec 8th – 1.00 pm – Reading from Dickens
Sun Dec 16th – 2.00 pm Carol Singing
Please see flyers in church or John B. for more information.

Mike’s Ministry:
Mon 22nd -Mundella Primary
Tues 23rd – St. Paul’s HC & Woodseats Primary
Thurs 25th - Porter Croft Primary
Sun 28th – St Paul’s 10.00 am H.C.

We continue to pray for those who are bereaved or ill and those who care for them.

From Murray:  Things are getting hard for us in the this country, especially for those who find themselves in difficult circumstances – like the young people who find themselves homeless and are cared for by Roundabout.  It is right that we should do what we can to help people in our own country and the food we send to Roundabout is always received with real gratitude.  But we must also keep in mind that life is so much worse for people in other parts of the world – and not let our own needs be an excuse to forget them.

At our Harvest Service this year we will be hearing about the work of Tearfund in Uganda where hunger is a real problem for many people throughout their lives.  Global inequalities and the fact that rich nations are still profiting from people in such poverty is the worst scandal of our age.  We may only be able to do a little about it – but this little we must still do!