Notices 24th to 31st July 2011

SUNDAY Fifth Sunday after Trinity	24th	8.00 am 10.00 am     6 for 7 pm		Luminarium at The Cathedral all week – please see below Holy Communion Family Communion (No Seekers – School Holidays. Please note:  Seekers resumes on 4th September.) Focus Service in church
MONDAY	25th	10.00 am       7.00 pm		Care4You meeting  in The Old Vestry (Lorraine Ball) Rainbows has now finished until Sept. 12th Focus Fellowship in The Old Vestry
TUESDAY	26th	10.00 am    2.30 pm    7.30 pm		Holy Communion in The Meeting Place T.L.C. – “Tea & Love for Carers” in the Meeting Place Brownies & Guides resume 13th September Strategy Group meeting in The Old Vestry
WEDNESDAY	27th	9.00 am  10.30 am    6.00 pm    7.30 pm    8.00 pm		Prayers in The Old Vestry Peekaboo has now finished for the Summer Holiday. Return date in September to be announced Care4You meeting in The Old Vestry (Vanda Hopwood) Yoga with Yolande Swift in The Upper Hall Baptism Preparation in The Meeting Place Tai Chi with Gary Shaw in The Upper Hall
THURSDAY	28th	10.00 am 3 – 4.00 pm    6.30 pm    7.30 pm    7.00 pm		Weight Watchers in The Upper Hall St Paul’s Chairobics in The Meeting Place Weight Watchers in The Upper Hall “Questions! Questions!” in MP (Last one this series) St Paul’s Music Listening Group meeting in The Old Vestry
SATURDAY	30th	8.20 am	P.C.C. Meeting in the Meeting Place
SUNDAY Sixth Sunday after Trinity	31st	8.00 am  10.00 am	Holy Communion Family Morning Worship

Notices   If you have items for the Notice Sheet please give them to the Office Staff in writing or by email by

10.00 am on Wednesday. Thank you.

Strange Art at the Cathedral!

From 23^rd to 28^th July there will be an artistic installation called a Luminarium in the forecourt of Sheffield Cathedral, which looks most intriguing!  It is perhaps a bit like a huge bouncy castle which you walk through! - made of plastic and held up by air pressure, you take off your shoes and wander through the wonderfully coloured tubes and domes.  Though a piece of art, it is also supposed to be a spiritual experience and there will be an act of worship and pilgrimage there at 7.30 pm on Sunday 24^th July.  It costs £3.50 to go around and looks to be quite an experience!

VISION MORNING Thank you to everyone who joined us and contributed to our Vision Morning last Saturday.  We really welcome your ideas and suggestions, and appreciate your thoughts on how we can best achieve our aims as a church and embrace our community.

TEA AND LOVE FOR OUR COMMUNITY - INVITATION TO TLC Are you hurting and in need of some tlc? We would like to spoil you. Everyone needs a break. We are here Tuesdays from 2.30 to 3.30 pm at St.
Paul's Church, Norton Lees Lane. God cares for you - the stressed, unwell, the carers, the bereaved and anxious. We can offer you drinks, cakes, our company and compassion. Tel. 2557965 (Liz Warren) for more details

REMINDER! UPDATING OUR PARISH LIST Please check the list at the back of church and correct your contact details if necessary. If you are happy to be contacted by email please add your email address beside your telephone number. Thank you

1^ST WEDNESDAY There are still spaces if anyone would like to join us for a visit to the Bakewell Pudding Shop on 3^rd August. We will be setting off from church at 5.15pm. The cost of £16.00 includes a two course meal and making a Bakewell Pudding. Please let Jacqui know if you’re interested.

M.U. would like to thank everyone who supported their ‘Bring & Buy’ sale. They made £107 so thanks very much!

AFTERNOON TEA & ENTERTAINMENT at Holy Trinity Church (Millhouses) on Wed 24^th Aug from 2 pm. Cost £3 to go to MU projects. Tickets from Jacqui & members, I need some cakes please!

THE BISHOP’S GARDEN PARTY From sales of toiletries, Ecclesall Deanery raised over £160 and M.U. raised £880.32 in total. The entry fee etc. took a total of £1,300 to be shared between M.U. and The Archer Project. Bishop Steven’s now given M.U. a further £650 to be divided between AFIA (Away from it all) and a Prison Play Area project. A grand total of £1,530.32 for M.U. causes is a brilliant result!

CHANGES TO CHAIROBICS Owing to Sheffield City Council funding cuts, the Thursday afternoon class here at St Paul’s is no longer run by Activity Sheffield. It is now run by, and for, local people. Following the announcement of cuts, members were very keen for this popular and very beneficial class to continue. With a little help from Activity Sheffield, Church members have formed a committee (Jacqui – Chairperson, Joan – Treasurer, and Liz Warren – Secretary) and taken over the administration & running of Chairobics. Members are delighted to have retained their instructor, Barbara Sharp and they are always happy to welcome new members. If you would like to join this friendly group for a fun workout, please speak to any of the committee members mentioned above. (There is now a small charge, but still great value.)

FOCUS FELLOWSHIP will not be meeting on Mondays throughout August.  They will resume on Monday 5^th September. There will be no Focus Service in church on Sunday 7^th Aug.

CREATIVE WORSHIP - “MESSY CHURCH” For your diary - The next family event will be Harvest Messy Church on Sat 15^th October. Please let Pete or Ann know if you would like to be involved.

NEW YOGA CLASSES  'ZagYoga, Iyengar Yoga Classes starting form Monday 5th September @ St Paul’s Church & Centre in The Meeting Place.
*Mondays 6.00 to 7.15 pm Stretch and Recover
The ‘Stretch and Recover’ class is specially formulated for cyclist, runners and climbers as a recovery/repose session after weekend training. *Mondays 7.15 to 8.30 pm General class. The ‘General’ class particularly suited to people with 6 to 12 months yoga experience.'

Booking essential by email. mbejaranocortes@gmail.com  or via the church office Tel 2550144

COMMUNITY NEWS

• Bishops House – Please see leaflets in church listing events in July and August
• Peace Picnic with Sheffield CND from 2 pm - 5 pm in the Japanese Garden, Meersbrook Park on Sunday 7^th August.
• Tomatoes & Chillies Festival on 4^th Sept 2 pm

Mike’s Ministry:

Sun 24^th – Storthes Hall (Huddersfield) CMA National Rally

Prayer Focus:

Enid who has her next operation on the 28^th Please pray for Andy too.

Ian, home again after a very successful operation  

Edris  who is responding to treatment (thankfully, the tumour has shrunk) Edris thanks everyone for their good wishes and asks for your continuing prayers please

Muriel as she prepares to move to The Cairn Home

Sheila, Claire, Barbara, Hazel, Robert, Peter, Michael, Sadie, Doug, Roger, Peter & Wendy, Murray & family.

Murray has been at Whirlow Grange on a retreat this week so there isn’t much news. He asked us to pray that during his stay, he would be open to hear the things God has for him, so we hope that he found the week useful.

There will be more from Murray’s diary on the next notice sheet.

Notices 17th to 24th July 2011

SUNDAY Fourth Sunday after Trinity	17th	8.00 am 10.00 am   4.00 pm		Holy Communion Family Service with Seekers Prize Giving Wedding Rehearsal
MONDAY	18th	10.00 am       7.00 pm		Care4You meeting  in The Old Vestry (Lorraine Ball) Rainbows has now finished until Sept. 12th Focus Fellowship in The Old Vestry
TUESDAY	19th	10.00 am    2.30 pm    6.15 pm    7.30 pm		Holy Communion in The Meeting Place T.L.C. – “Tea & Love for Carers” in the Meeting Place Last Brownies in The Upper Hall this term. Resumes 13th September Last Guides in The Upper Hall this term (Return date t.b.c.)
WEDNESDAY	20th	9.00 am  10.00 am  10.30 am    6.00 pm    7.30 pm    8.00 pm		Prayers in The Old Vestry Peekaboo end of term party in The Nave & MP Care4You meeting in The Old Vestry (Vanda Hopwood) Yoga with Yolande Swift in The Upper Hall W.I.  ‘Craft & Chat’ in The Old Vestry Tai Chi with Gary Shaw in The Upper Hall
THURSDAY	21st	10.00 am 3 – 4.00 pm    6.30 pm		Weight Watchers in The Upper Hall ‘Activity Sheffield’ Chairobics in The Meeting Place Weight Watchers in The Upper Hall
FRIDAY	22nd	7.30 pm	Worship Group rehearsal in The Old Vestry
SATURDAY	23rd	12.30 pm	Wedding in church
SUNDAY Fifth  Sunday after Trinity	24th	8.00 am  10.00 am   6 for 7 pm	Holy Communion Family Communion (No Seekers – School Holidays. Please note:  Seekers resumes on 4th September.) Focus Service in church

Notices If you have items for the Notice Sheet please give them to the Office Staff in writing or by email by 10.00 am on Wednesday. Thank you.

Strange Art at the Cathedral!

From 23^rd to 28^th July there will be an artistic installation called a Luminarium in the forecourt of Sheffield Cathedral which looks most intriguing!  It is perhaps a bit like a huge bouncy castle which you walk through! - made of plastic and held up by air pressure, you take off your shoes and wander through the wonderfully coloured tubes and domes.  Though a piece of art it is also supposed to be a spiritual experience and there will be an act of worship and pilgrimage there at 7.30 pm on Sunday 24^th July.  It cost £3.50 to go around and looks to be quite an experience!

UPDATING OUR PARISH LIST Please check the list at the back of church and correct your contact details if necessary. If you are happy to be contacted by email please add your email address beside your telephone number. Thank you

TEDDY BEARS PICNIC next Saturday 23^rd July from 2 – 4 pm for children 0-5 and their families. Christian story teller, face painting and music etc.  Venue – Hillsborough Park or if wet, at Hillsborough Methodist Trinity Church opposite the bowling green using the Dorothy Rd entrance. Tel. 2494182

AFTERNOON TEA & ENTERTAINMENT at Holy Trinity Church Hall, Grove Rd, Millhouses on Wed 24^th Aug from 2 - 4.00pm. Cost £3 to go to MU project work. It is an open event for anyone and is always pleasant, so please support it. I have tickets & members, I need some cakes please! Thanks – Jacqui

FOCUS FELLOWSHIP will not be meeting in The Old Vestry on Mondays throughout August.  Focus Fellowship resumes on Monday 5^th September. There will be no Focus Service in church on Sunday 7^th Aug.

THE BISHOP’S GARDEN PARTY More news!

M.U. raised £880.32 in total, over £200 more than last year. Ecclesall Deanery raised over £160 from sales of toiletries, so thanks to all who helped out. The entry fee, refreshments and hook-a-duck took a total of £1,300 to be shared between M.U. and The Archer Project. Bishop Steven has now given M.U. a further £650 to be divided between AFIA (Away from it all) and a Prison Play Area project. A grand total of £1,530.32 for M.U. causes is a brilliant result!

CREATIVE WORSHIP FOR FAMILIES “MESSY CHURCH” For your diary - The next one will be Harvest Messy Church on Sat 15^th October. Please let Pete or Ann know if you would like to be involved.

COMMUNITY NEWS – NEW THIS WEEK

• Bishops House – Please see leaflets in church listing events in July and August
• Peace Picnic with Sheffield CND from 2 pm - 5 pm in the Japanese Garden, Meersbrook Park on Sunday 7^th August.
• Tomatoes and Chillies Festival on 4^th September 2 - 5 pm

Mike’s Ministry:

Sun 17^th – 8.00 am H.C.

Tues 19^th – 10.00 am H.C.

Thurs 21^st – Sun 24^th - Storthes Hall (Huddersfield)

                        CMA National Rally

Prayer Focus:

Enid, pleased to be out of hospital for a while. Enid has her next operation on 23^rd July and then her chemotherapy begins.  Pray for Andy too.

Revd Ian (who takes some of our 8.00 am services) who is recovering from an operation to remove a small bowel tumour.  There were a few complications and he was on high dependency for a while, but is doing well.

Muriel as she prepares to move to The Cairn Home

Edris, Sheila, Claire, Barbara, Hazel, Robert, Peter, Michael, Sadie, Doug, Roger, Peter & Wendy, Murray & family.

From Murray

(From last week) I am sorry to have to let you know that David Ndoda has died.  We have not had much news from the Shelter of Hope in Zimbabwe for some time, as Sheila and Dave are not able to get over very often.  We gather that earlier this year David was taken into hospital and was found to have cancer  which had spread,  and was by then inoperable, so he then went to a nursing home to be cared for in the last weeks of his life.  David was 86 and people have been amazed that he has been able to carry on working at the Shelter for so long.

I am keeping in touch with Sheila and Dave and with Philip Walshaw to see how the manager, Meli Ngwenya, manages without David who was so much part of the life and work of the Shelter.

This week I am going on a retreat!  I have not been on one for some years because of my illness and the difficulty of getting to the sort of places where they run retreats.  This one is at Whirlow Grange, so very easy to get to and I know they can cope with my funny diet.

We arrive on Monday afternoon and will be silent from Monday evening through to Friday lunchtime.  During this time we will have short sessions with Graham Piggott the retreat leader as well as short acts of worship throughout the days. 

I have missed having these times of prolonged silence when I can reconnect with God in a deeper way – please pray that I will be open to hear the things God has for me during this special time! 

Silent retreats may not be everyone’s cup of tea but I find them very important and can look back on those I have attended in the past as turning points in my life with God.  The space the silence creates can be deeply joyful and at other times an opportunity to face more uncomfortable feelings which we might otherwise shy away from.  Having faced things in this safe space with God they are never quite the same again.

Notices 10th to 17th July 2011

SUNDAY Third Sunday after Trinity	10th	8.00 am 10.00 am 6 for 7 pm		Holy Communion Holy Communion with Seekers upstairs  Focus Service in church
MONDAY	11th	10.00 am    6.00 pm    7.00 pm		Care4You meeting  in The Old Vestry (Lorraine Ball) Rainbows in The Upper Hall (Last session until Sept. 12th ) Focus Fellowship in The Old Vestry
TUESDAY	12th	10.00 am    2.30 pm    6.15 pm    7.30 pm    7.30 pm    7.30 pm      7.45 pm		Holy Communion in The Meeting Place T.L.C. – “Tea & Love for Carers” in the Meeting Place Brownies in The Upper Hall Guides in The Upper Hall Norton Lees Local History Group in The Old Vestry ‘Prayer in the Parish’ at Jenny & Dilesh’s, 36 Essendine Cres. Standing Committee in The Meeting Place
WEDNESDAY	13th	9.00 am  10.00 am  10.30 am    2.15 pm    6.00 pm    8.00 pm		Prayers in The Old Vestry Peekaboo Babies in The Nave & MP and Toddlers upstairs Care4You meeting in The Old Vestry (Vanda Hopwood) Mothers’ Union in The Old Vestry Yoga with Yolande Swift in The Upper Hall Tai Chi with Gary Shaw in The Upper Hall
THURSDAY	14th	10.00 am 3 – 4.00 pm    6.30 pm          7.00 pm    7.30 pm		Weight Watchers in The Upper Hall ‘Activity Sheffield’ Chairobics in The Meeting Place Weight Watchers in The Upper Hall St Paul’s Music Listening Group in The Old Vestry “Questions! Questions!” in The Meeting Place
SATURDAY	16th	10 am	Vision Morning - with lunch to follow (we will start promptly at 10.00 am!)
SUNDAY Fourth  Sunday after Trinity	17th	8.00 am  10.00 am	Holy Communion Family Service with Seekers Prize Giving

VISION MORNING Saturday 16^th July 10 am – come and be part of the future of St Paul’s. Let’s spend a couple of hours thinking together about our Vision Statement and what it means to us. Angie Lauener from Holy Trinity, Millhouses, will be with us. It would be good if you were there. We will have lunch together at the end. Signatures are needed for lunch numbers please (£3 for lunch) – clipboard at the back of church.

OLD VESTRY CARPET Does anyone have a Ewbank type carpet sweeper that they don’t use or better still, a vacuum cleaner that they no longer need please? We need something on hand for groups having cake or doing crafts in The Old Vestry that can be stored just outside in the passageway. Please see Murray, Cathy or one of the Church Wardens if you can help. Thanks

THANK YOU Margaret and Graham would like to say a big thank you to everyone who sent cards and best wishes for their Golden Wedding - they had a really lovely day. Please also keep Graham in your thoughts as he recovers from surgery to his hand.

THE BISHOP’S GARDEN PARTY More news!

The Mothers’ Union raised £880.32 in total, which was over £200 more than last year. Ecclesall Deanery M.U. raised over £160 from sales of toiletries, so thanks to all who donated goods & gave their time to help out.  The entry fee, refreshments and hook-a-duck took a total of £1,300 to be shared between M.U. and The Archer Project. Bishop Steven has now given M.U. a further £650 which they are going to divide between AFIA (Away from it all) and a Prison Play Area project. A grand total of £1,530.32 for M.U. causes is a brilliant result!

TEDDY BEARS PICNIC on Saturday 23^rd July from 2 – 4 pm for children 0-5 and their families. Activities such as Christian story teller, face painting and music etc.  Venue – Hillsborough Park or if wet, at Hillsborough Methodist Trinity Church opposite the bowling green using the Dorothy Rd entrance. Tel. 2494182

AFTERNOON TEA & ENTERTAINMENT at Holy Trinity Church Hall, Grove Rd, Millhouses on Wed 24^th Aug from 2 - 4.00pm. Cost £3 to go to MU project work. It is an open event for anyone and is always pleasant, so please support it. I have tickets & members, I need some cakes please! Thanks – Jacqui

Prayer Focus:

Enid following surgery, preparing for the second operation and forthcoming chemotherapy. Enid appreciates visits but please check with Andy beforehand. Pray for Andy too.

Revd Ian (who takes some of our 8.00 am services) who is recovering from an operation to remove a small bowel tumour.

Edris, Sheila, Claire, Barbara, Hazel, Robert, Peter, Michael, Sadie, Doug, Roger, Peter & Wendy, Murray & family.

Sally and her family after the death of her Father-in-law Ralf for whom she was caring.

Mike’s Ministry:

Sun 10^th – Springs Christian Fellowship

Mon 11^th- Ashdell Preparatory, Misterton Primary,

Thurs 14^th Gooseacre Pimary

           

From Murray

I am sorry to have to let you know that David Ndoda has died.  We have not had much news from the Shelter of Hope in Zimbabwe for some time, as Sheila and Dave are not able to get over very often.  We gather that earlier this year David was taken into hospital and was found to have cancer  which had spread,  and was by then inoperable, so he then went to a nursing home to be cared for in the last weeks of his life.  David was 86 and people have been amazed that he has been able to carry on working at the Shelter for so long.

I am keeping in touch with Sheila and Dave and with Philip to see how the manager, Meli, manages without David who was so much part of the life and work of the Shelter.

On a lighter note I was delighted to take part in Jana Sandford’s review meeting as she comes to the end of her Worship 4 Today course.  It was great to hear Jana speak with such passion and enthusiasm about what she has been learning and the initiatives she has been part of at St Paul’s.  We have a lot to learn from Jana about how creativity can be an important part of our prayer and worship, and I look forward to her further input in prayer days, Messy Church mornings and much more.