| SUNDAY - 2nd Sunday of Lent | 4th | 8.00 am 10.00 am 11.30 am 4.00 pm 6 for 7 pm | Holy Communion Baptism Service with Seekers in The Old Vestry Family Baptism Celebration in The Upper Hall Murray - Wedding Rehearsal in The Nave Focus Service in The Nave and The Meeting Place |
| MONDAY | 5th | 12.30 pm 6.00 pm 7.00 pm 7.30 pm | Amy’s New Zumba class – owing to work commitments, regrettably this class is postponed. “Sunny Days” – post natal support group (Home Start) in The Meeting Place - please see poster on the kitchen hatch – to 2.30 pm Rainbows in The Upper Hall Focus Fellowship in The Old Vestry Zumba with Amy Godhard in The Upper Hall |
| TUESDAY | 6th | 10.00 am 2.30 pm 6.15 pm 7.30 pm 8.00 pm | Holy Communion T.L.C. in The Meeting Place Brownies in The Upper Hall Guides in The Upper Hall Contemplative Prayer in The Old Vestry |
| WEDNESDAY | 7th | 9.00 am 10.00 am 10.00 am 6.00 pm 7.30 pm 7.30 pm 7.30 pm 8.00 pm | Prayers in The Old Vestry “Peekaboo” Babies in The Nave & MP and Toddlers upstairs Care4You (Vanda Hopwood) in The Old Vestry Yoga with Yolande Swift in UH tonight 1st Wednesday Group at Jacqui’s (Murray – will they be joining you for QQ instead?) Questions! Questions! for Lent (2) in The Meeting Place W.I. Meeting in The Old Vestry Tai Chi with Gary Shaw in The Upper Hall |
| THURSDAY | 8th | 10.00 am 3 – 4 pm 6.30 pm 7.00pm | Weight Watchers in The Upper Hall St Paul’s Chairobics in The Meeting Place Weight Watchers in The Upper Hall St Paul’s Music Listening Group meets in The Old Vestry. All welcome – why not come & give this fun & friendly group a try? |
| SATURDAY | 10th | 2.00 pm | Wedding in church |
| SUNDAY 3rd Sunday of Lent | 11th | 8.00 am 10.00 am | Holy Communion Holy Communion with Seekers in The Upper Hall |
PIE AND PEA SUPPER There will be a Pie and Pea Supper in church on Friday March 23rd at 7.00 pm. Meat, vegetarian and gluten free varieties will be available. The meal will be followed by Peter Franklin who will speak about his recent trip to India. Tickets £5 available from Jacqui Herbert, Barbara Hanson or Liz Warren. Any profits will go into the Fabric Fund.
‘SUNNY DAYS’ – SUPPORT AND FRIENDSHIP FOR FAMILIES is here in church on Mondays from 12.30 pm to 2.30 pm. Home Start’s “Sunny Days” aims to provide a place for babies to play and Mums to socialise, and to be able to talk in confidence about their worries and issues around parenting. Refreshments, snacks and activities:
- Make playdough
- Get our nails painted
- Try food tasting
- Take photographs of the children
If you know of anyone who would welcome some support, please tell them about “Sunny Days.”
FOCUS SERVICE: SHEFFIELD CHURCH
Revd David Middleton from the Focus Service will be preaching next week on Sunday 11th March at our 10. am service. Bishop Steven is coming to the Focus Service on Sunday 29th April to grant them their Bishop’s Mission Order we are welcome to attend the service. There are envelopes for a monthly regular gift to Focus Service: if you would like a set, please contact Peter Franklin.
LENT Most of the courses for Lent have now begun, but here are brief details if you couldn’t make it for the first week:
QUESTIONS! QUESTIONS! for Lent at St Paul’s on Wed at 7.30 pm. (Please let Murray know.)
BEAUCHIEF ABBEY LENT LECTURES 2012 The 2nd of 5 lectures is this week at 7 pm on Wed at St Andrew’s Psalter Lane Church. Phone 07974 397771
LENT 2012 – THE LORD’S PRAYER The second of 5 evenings exploring how to pray – Wednesdays 7th, 14th, 21st & 28th March at 7.30 pm at Sheffield Cathedral.
NEXT MEETING OF M.U. will be a Meditation for Lent led by members on Wed March 14th at 2.15 pm.
THE SEVEN LAST WORDS OF OUR SAVIOUR ON THE CROSS Music by Joseph Haydn played by the String Quartet of Ensemble 360 Degrees, with Meditations by Canon Nick Jowett from 12 noon to 3.00 pm on Good Friday 6th April at St Andrew’s Psalter Lane Church. This is a quiet meditation service with music, words, and silence. Entrance is free, donations will be welcome. More details from The Church Office 0114 2678289 office@sapl.ecclesallmethodist.org or Nick Jowett njowett@sapl.ecclesallmethodist.org
CTSY (CHURCHES TOGETHER IN SOUTH YORKSHIRE) FORUM are very pleased to invite representatives to come to the Spring Forum and AGM 2012, ‘Better Done Together’ at 7.10pm on Wed 25th April, All Saint’s, Rotherham Minster, S60 1PW (light buffet from 7.00 pm.)
M.U. Lifts are available if anyone would like to join M.U. for The Lady Day service in Doncaster on Sunday 25th March at 3.30 pm. Please see Jacqui.
NORTON LEES LOCAL HISTORY GROUP On 13th March at 7.30 pm in OV there will be an illustrated talk on ‘Sheffield Castle: the Inside Story’ by Ron Clayton. All are welcome for what’s sure to be an interesting evening - £2.50 on the door (to include refreshments.)
SHEFFIELD BACH CHOIR presents “Mass in B Minor” on Sat 17th Mar at 7.30 pm at Sheffield Cathedral with National Festival Orchestra; conductor Simon Lindley. Tickets £15 (£12 discounts) Students £6, Sheffield Schoolchildren free. boxoffice@sheffieldbachchoir.org.uk or at the door. Book by post: Box Office, 3 Tapton Mews, Tapton Crescent Road, S10 5EA – please enclose a cheque to Sheffield Bach Society and an s.a.e.
BISHOPS HOUSE Flyers in church with new events and activities: This week on March 10th – ‘Do Mention the War’, Mar 31st – Fabric Printing, Apr 1st – Fooling Around, Apr 28th – Poetry, Music & Wine, Apr 29th – Katherine’s Day, 18th May – Museums at Night.
COMMUNITY NEWS
The latest Safer Neighbourhoods information from Inspector Ian Stubbs of Woodseats Police is now in the black folder in the MP. You can have a say in how your community is policed. The next meeting is at Morrisons, Meadowhead on Thursday 29th March 2012 between 10am and 6pm. Please call in and you can speak to a member of Ian’s staff about any policing issues.
Mike’s Ministry:
Sun 4th – St Paul’s 8.00 am HC
Mon 5th – Firshill Junior
Tues 6th – St Paul’s 10.00 am H.C.
Wed 7th – Windmill Hill Junior
Thurs 8th – Emmanuel Junior (Waterthorpe)
Prayer Focus:
Hermon and his family following the sad death of Hermon’s wife, Edris, on Monday in St Luke’s
Enid and Andy, Sheila, Hazel, Pete’s Dad, Peter, Barbara, Robert, Sadie, Doug, Roger, Peter & Wendy, Michael, Helen’s Dad, Liz and her Mum, Murray & family
From Murray
[God] gives us the spirit of discipline that we may triumph over evil and grow in grace ... (from our Lent Communion Service)
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