| SUNDAY Fourth Sunday of Lent Mothering Sunday | 3rd | 8.00 am 10.00 am 2.00 pm 6 for 7 pm | Holy Communion Mothering Sunday Family Worship (No Seekers) Make a Posy in the Walled Garden, Meersbrook Park Focus Group Service |
| MONDAY | 4th | 10.30 am 6.00 pm 7.00 pm 7.00 pm | Care4You (Lorraine Ball) meeting in The Old Vestry Rainbows in The Upper Hall Focus Fellowship in The Old Vestry Belrobics with Jenny Murphy in The Nave, and rehearsal from 8 - 9pm in The Meeting Place for Friday’s fundraising event |
| TUESDAY | 5th | 10.00 am 6.15 pm 7.30 pm 8.00 pm | Holy Communion in The Meeting Place, with Lent Course and Coffee and Fellowship to follow Brownies in The Upper Hall Guides in The Upper Hall Contemplative Prayer in the Old Vestry |
| WEDNESDAY | 6th | 9.00 am 10.00 am 10.30 am 6.00 pm 7.30 pm 7.30 pm 7.30 pm | Prayers in The Old Vestry Peekaboo Babies in the Nave & MP and Toddlers upstairs Care4You (Vanda Hopwood) meeting in The Old Vestry Yoga with Yolande in The Upper Hall Women’s Institute meeting in The Old Vestry Evening Lent Course at Enid & Andy’s 1st Wednesday Group meeting at Jacqui’s |
| THURSDAY | 7th | 10.00 am 10.30 am 3 – 4.00 pm 6.30 pm | Weight Watchers in The Upper Hall Care4You meeting in The Old Vestry ‘Active Sheffield’ Chairobics in The Meeting Place Weight Watchers in The Upper Hall |
| FRIDAY | 8th | 7.30 pm | Belrobics Fund Raising Event in The Nave and Meeting Place |
| SUNDAY Fifth Sunday of Lent | 10th | 10.00 am 6.00 pm | N.B. There is no Holy Communion at 8.00 am Holy Communion with the APCM during the service (Seekers upstairs as usual) St Paul’s Spring Memorial Service |
SPRING MEMORIAL SERVICE Could church members who would like the name of a loved one to be read out at our Spring Memorial Service on Sunday 10th April at 6.00 pm, please let Murray know this week.
CHURCH ROTAS If you would like to volunteer for other duties (extras or new ones) for the July rota, please see Ann or Cathy. There are just a few April rotas to be collected from the back of church. Thank you
LENT COURSES will be held at St Paul’s on these remaining dates: Following 10.00 am Holy Communion on Tuesdays 5th, 12th, and 19th April. We are also offering a Wednesday evening Lent Course at Andy & Enid’s on 6th & 13th April. Please see Enid or Barbara.
GOOD FRIDAY MORNING @ ST PAUL’S Our Good Friday event is on 22nd April from 10.00 am until 11.30 am. Everyone welcome, especially families with children. Lots of crafts & creative worship, finishing with hot cross buns, coffee & chat for the grown ups, and parachute games for the children. Please see Ann if you’d like to come along, or better still, if you’d like to help!
MORE DATES FOR YOUR DIARY: Sun 10th April at 10 am – A.P.C.M. & H.C. (N.B. No 8 am H.C.)
Sun 10th April 6 pm – Spring Memorial Service
Sun 17th Apr at 6 pm – Palm Praise at The Nazarene
Thurs 21st Apr at 7.30 pm – Maundy Thursday H.C.
Fri 22nd Apr – 2 pm – An Hour at The Cross
Sun 24th Apr - Easter Day Family Communion
EASTER AT ST PAUL’S - PRAYER STATIONS
Jana will be setting up some prayer stations for the week of 17th April for people to come into church and spend some time in quiet prayer & reflection. Please check the notices for group activities and work out the best times to come, when church will be at its most peaceful.
M.U. There will be no meeting of M.U. on Wed 20th Apr. Instead, there’s a Meditation for Holy Week in church.
TEA & LOVE FOR CARERS A new church led group called TLC starts on 3rd May, and then on Tuesdays from 2.30 to 3.30 pm in the MP. We know how demanding caring is, and we feel called to support other carers. If you would be happy to help, please see Enid or Liz.
NORTON LEES LOCAL HISTORY GROUP will be having an illustrated talk on the History of Sheffield Place Names on Tues 12th April at 7.30 pm. Everyone welcome! Admission £2.50 includes refreshments
M.U. Please see the photo on the kitchen door of M.U. presenting their petition at Downing St.
‘CHAIROBICS’ Get fitter without leaving your chair. Do come along, there are bound to be people there that you know - MP - Thurs 3- 4pm - £1
DATE FOR YOUR DIARY Bishop Steven’s Garden Party will be held at Bishopscroft on June 19th from 1.30 – 5.00 pm. All are welcome for a good afternoon out!
SHEFFIELD’S BIG SPRING CLEAN is back for a 3rd year. Last year you helped by clearing thousands of sacks full of litter from our streets and green spaces. Please join us again (up to Sat 30th April.) Why not organise a clean up party in your local area? The Council will support everyone who wants to get involved, by providing plastic sacks and clean up equipment. To learn more visit www.sheffield.gov.uk/springclean or call 0114 2734221
SAINSBURYS’S ACTIVE KIDS VOUCHERS Please donate your unwanted vouchers to St Paul’s Beavers & Cubs. (Box at the back of church.) Thank you.
MEERSBROOK PARK USERS TRUST Come and visit our Japanese style garden in The Walled Garden on Sunday 3rd April from 1- 4.00 pm. There will be Japanese teas, snacks and gifts for sale to raise funds for The Japanese Red Cross. Donations welcome. For more info. phone Kaktus on 2810423
LOCAL FESTIVALS: LOWEDGES FESTIVAL, GREENHILL PARK If you would like to book a stall for this event on Sunday 14th August from 12 noon, please take a copy of the booking form on the notice board in the hallway. HEELEY FESTIVAL takes place on Saturday 18th June. Please give Heeley Development Trust a call on 2500613 if you would like a booking form.
LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES IN HEELEY & ABBEYDALE - See poster at the bottom of the stairs.
Prayer Focus: Jessie, Barbara, Pat, Pete’s Dad, Hazel, Robert, Murray & family, Peter, Michael, Sadie, Doug,
Dorothy, Roger, Pauline, Fran, Barbara, Sue, Pete and Wendy.
Edris (Herman’s wife) who has been diagnosed with cancer. Please pray for Edris, Herman and all their family.
Mike’s Ministry:
Tues 5th - St. Marie’s Junior
Wed 6th - Jump Primary
Thurs 7th - Greasbrough Primary & St. Marie’s Infant
From Murray:
Congratulations to Gail Wilson and Pete Sandford who have been accepted onto Diocesan training courses to start in September. Gail is training to be a Pastoral Worker (like Liz) and Pete to be a Reader (like Mike).
Please pick up a church year book and look at the information in preparation for our Annual Meeting next Sunday morning. (Don’t forget to bring it with next week.) Could I also have nominations for the PCC – we have two spaces this year, for Deanery Synod Reps, and nominations for Churchwardens (Ken and Liz are happy to continue serving!!).
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