SUNDAY
Palm
Sunday
|
13th
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8.00 am
10.00 am
6.00 pm
|
Holy Communion
Holy Communion (No
Seekers this week – schools’ Easter holidays)
Please
note: There will be a Worship Group rehearsal after today’s 10.00 am
service in place of the
one we would have had on Good Friday.
Focus Service (7.00 pm start)
|
MONDAY
|
14th
|
12.30 pm
|
Sunny Days Post-natal support group in the Meeting Place with Sarah
McLean
|
TUESDAY
|
15th
|
10.00 am
2.30 pm
7.30 pm
|
Holy Communion in the Meeting
Place
TLC in the Meeting
Place – all welcome!
No Brownies
No Guides - resumes on 29th
April
Stations of the Cross
in Church
|
WEDNESDAY
|
16th
|
10.30 am
2.30 pm
6.45 pm
7.30 pm
7.30 pm
8.00 pm
|
Peekaboo
for Babies. Toddlers, Parents & Carers is cancelled this week
Resumes on Wednesday 30th
April after the schools’ Easter Break
Care4You support
workers team meeting in the Old Vestry
Funeral Service for Doug Scarratt at Hutcliffe
Wood Crematorium. There will
be tea, coffee and light refreshments back at St Paul’s from 3.15 pm onwards
No Yoga tonight
Trefoil Guild – visit to
Troway Honey Farm
W.I. ‘Craft and Chat’
in the Old Vestry
Stations of the Cross in Church
Tai Chi with Gary Shaw
in the Upper Hall
|
THURSDAY
Maundy
Thursday
|
17th
|
10.00 am
3.00 pm
6.30 pm
6.30 pm
|
Weight Watchers in the Upper Hall
St Paul’s Chairobics in the Meeting Place
Weight
Watchers in the Upper Hall
Family Passover Meal in the Meeting Place or Nave
(t.b.a.) Come and
experience
the roots of our Communion service. If you’re coming, please sign
the “food preferences”
sheet in the Meeting Place. Thanks
Please
note: The Thursday Prayer Group will be joining the Passover
Meal/Maundy
Thursday Service this evening
|
FRIDAY
Good Friday
|
18th
|
10.00 am
2.00 pm
|
Good Friday
Messy Church in the Nave with refreshments in the Meeting
Place. Crafts
and stories for children and their families. (Leaders & helpers
arrive
for 9.00 am please)
‘An Hour at
the Cross’ in the Chancel – A solemn
reflection on Jesus’ Passion
*Please note:
The time is incorrect on the flyer of Holy Week services
|
SATURDAY
|
19th
|
1.00 pm
|
Wedding in Church –
Hugo and Hardwick-Slack
|
SUNDAY
Easter Day
|
20th
|
8.00 am
10.00 am
|
Holy
Communion (Please note: there will be NO COMMUNION at 8.00 am next
week owing to the APCM)
Family Communion for
Easter Day (No Seekers – school holidays)
No ‘Vine Time’ Service (Vine
Time will now be in OV next week on 27th April)
|
From
Murray Last
Sunday I was talking about the need to share in Jesus passion if we are to
fully experience the joy of his resurrection.
We all naturally recoil from the horror of the cross but with God’s help
we can allow ourselves to share in something of what Jesus went through. It may be our experiences in life can also help
us to share Jesus experience for we are often called to follow him in his
suffering. For the last couple of years
we have taken time to reflect on Jesus passion by meditating on Jana’s ‘station
of the cross’ pictures. This worked
extremely well last year when we focussed on the first half on Tuesday and the
second on Wednesday. The mood will be
lighter on Thursday for Passover, though we will be powerfully reminded of the
roots of Communion in the escape from Egypt.
On Friday we will return to Jesus passion as we hear again the gospel narrative,
this year from Matthew.
A
BIG THANK YOU to everyone who
gave up their Saturday morning last week and worked so hard on Spring Cleaning
the whole of the church in readiness for all our Easter Services and activities!
MINORITY
ETHNIC ANGLICAN CONCERNS Meeting on Saturday 10th May
10 am to 1 pm with a bring and share lunch at St Mary’s Bramall Lane, speaker
Dr Elizabeth Henry who is the national adviser. See the poster for more information.
MAY
TO JULY CHURCH ROTA Please put in writing (or email) any dates that you
are unavailable or on holiday during the next quarter. Thank you
HONEY
EVENING SW Sheffield
Trefoil Guild invites you to a Honey Evening at the Bee Farm at Troway Hall on
Wed 16th Apr at 6.45 pm, cost £2.50. Please see Margaret or Jacqui
DIOCESAN CENTENARY We have been asked to help at our local event
on Sunday 22nd June from 2 to 5 pm at Beauchief Abbey. Please see Murray if you can help.
SAINSBURY’S ACTIVE KIDS 2014 VOUCHERS There’s now a box in church if you would like to donate your vouchers
for equipment for St Paul’s Beavers, Cubs & Scouts please.
PRAYER DAY AT LONGSHAW MOORLAND DISCOVERY CENTRE on Saturday 3rd May from 10.00 am to 4.00 pm. Cost £5.00 –
Please bring your own packed lunch.
PLANT SALE & COFFEE MORNING with books and cakes on Sat 10th
May from 10 am to 1 pm to raise money for the Fabric Fund. Growers needed
please - see Ken for ideas.
M.U. IN MAY The St
Paul’s meeting on Wed 14th May is cancelled owing to a Prayer Day on
Tuesday 13th May.
QUESTIONS! QUESTIONS! - SUMMER SERIES begins on Wed 30th April and continues May 7th,
14th, 21st & (28th?) then June 4th, 11th,
18th, & (25th?)
CHRISTIAN AID: MAY DAY TREK - MONDAY 5th MAY
As part of our fund-raising for Christian Aid Week (11-17 May), we
will once again be participating in the May Day Trek. This year, it will be a
new route of 5 miles starting and finishing at Bent’s Green Methodist Church.
If you would like to take part or for further details, please talk to Peter
Franklin or e-mail to peter@franklinphsl.plus.com
CHRISTIAN AID: STREET COLLECTION – 12th - 16th
MAY Also part of our fund-raising for CA Week, we will once again be
doing door to door collections for selected streets in our parish. Last year
this raised over £800 so is an important element of our fund-raising. If you
would like to help, please speak to Helen Franklin or e-mail to helen@franklinphsl.plus.com
ROUNDABOUT would like to invite you to our
Annual Open Evening, taking place at 6pm on Thursday 8th May 2014. Join us
at the Upper Chapel on Norfolk Street, to
hear from the young people at Roundabout, our staff and volunteers, as
well as inspiring key speakers. Please feel free to invite to anyone who may be
interested in finding out more about what we do. To confirm your attendance,
please RSVP to me at your earliest convenience. We look forward to seeing you
soon. Best wishes, Amy Casbolt. Phone: 0114 2536753
0114 2536753
0114 2536753
A GUIDED TOUR OF THE BIBLE is being held at Dore
Old School led by Paul Oakley starting on May 1st at 7.45 pm and the
last session is on June 26th. (On Thursdays in May the topic will be
the Old Testament and on Thursdays in June it will be the New Testament.) See
details on MP notice board or please see Murray for further information.
FOOD BANK UPDATE On 4th April 14 amounts
of food were given out and of this 210kg, St Paul's had contributed 27kg.
Mike’s
Ministry:
Fri 18th
– Good Friday Messy Church
& An Hour at the Cross
Sun 20th
– Holy Communion for Easter Day at 10.00 am
Food bank - pray for the volunteers as they listen to the
circumstances that have caused people to need help and as they make decisions
about who can be helped. Pray for the client who is seriously ill and
awaiting a decision about benefits, the family not able to give their child
birthday gifts and the client who might need help from another agency.
