SUNDAY Easter Day | 8th | 8.00 am 10.00 am | Holy Communion Family Worship for Easter with Holy Communion No Seekers today |
MONDAY Easter Monday Bank Holiday | 9th | No “Sunny Days” post natal support group today No Rainbows this week – School holidays No Focus Fellowship in The Old Vestry this week No Zumba with Amy this evening | |
TUESDAY | 10th | 6.00 pm 7.30 pm 7.30 pm | Please note: There will be No Holy Communion service this morning and TLC will not be meeting this week either Correction: Brownies will be meeting upstairs this evening to rehearse for their fundraising event - “Brownies Got Talent” No Guides in The Upper Hall – School holidays Norton Lees Local History Group meeting in The Old Vestry Jenny & Dilesh’s Home Group |
WEDNESDAY | 11th | 9.00 am 10.30 am 2.15 pm 8.00 pm | Prayers in The Old Vestry No “Peekaboo” until next week, 18th April – School Holidays Care4You (Vanda Hopwood) meeting in The Old Vestry M.U. meeting in The Old Vestry with speaker, Jean Ruddy No Yoga with Yolande this evening – School holidays Please note: Enid & Andy’s Home Group will not be meeting this evening Tai Chi with Gary Shaw in The Upper Hall t.b.c. |
THURSDAY | 12th | 10.00 am 3 – 4 pm 6.30 pm 7.00 pm | Weight Watchers in The Upper Hall St Paul’s Chairobics in The Meeting Place Weight Watchers in The Upper Hall St Paul’s Music Listening Group meeting in The Old Vestry |
FRIDAY | 13th | 7.30 pm | Worship Group Rehearsal in The Old Vestry |
SATURDAY | 14th | 11.00 am 12 noon | Baptism Service (Three families) Family Baptism Celebration in The Meeting Place – 3.00pm |
SUNDAY Second Sunday of Easter | 15th | 8.00 am 10.00 am 11.30 am 6 for 7 pm | Holy Communion Baptism Service (Two families) Family Baptism Celebration in The Meeting Place – 2.30pm Focus Service (Sheffield Church) in The Nave & Meeting Place |
10 AM SERVICE There will be activities for children on the right hand side of church (near the organ). Toilets are at the base of the stairs and the baby change is in the easy access toilet which is by the entrance door. Do make yourself known if you are new to St Paul’s. We invite all those who are full members of any Christian Church to share with us in bread and wine. Alternatively, you can come forward for a prayer of blessing, please keep your hands by your side to show that you do not wish to receive Communion.
CHURCH FLOWERS FOR EASTER We are very grateful to the Morgan family, who have sent money for lilies in memory of their parents, Fran & Bill Morgan.
COFFEE MORNING WITH BOOKSALE Come and enjoy a late breakfast and help to raise money for
St Paul’s Fabric Fund at our Coffee Morning on Saturday 21st April from 10.30 am to 12 noon. Delicious bacon butties, toasted teacakes, and homemade cakes! There will also be preserves, books and tomato plants for sale.
‘THANK YOUS’ Many thanks to everyone who generously donated Easter Eggs to Roundabout Youth Housing Charity, and also to everyone who helped at our Good Friday Messy Church event.
OUR SPRING MEMORIAL SERVICE is on Sunday 22nd April at 6.00 pm. If you’d like to remember a loved one, even if you don’t require an invitation, please let us have all names to be read out, either by email or in writing, and hand to Irene Seggar or the office. Thanks.
CHRISTIAN AID WEEK 13-19 MAY Please keep this week free in your diaries! We collected £1129.65 last year from local house to house collections. We have about 25 collectors & the Guides help by delivering the envelopes to some roads. If we could get more volunteers this year, more roads could be visited. Please think and pray about whether you can help and contact Helen Franklin if you’d like more info. Tel 2554441
CREATIVE QUIET DAY A day for exploring your relationship with God through prayer, reflection & weaving, on Saturday 19th May from 10.00 am to
3.30 pm at Meadowhead Christian Fellowship. Cost £25.00 (concessions available for those in receipt of benefits.) Contact Viv Griffiths Tel. 0114 2740453
DATE FOR YOUR DIARY - GARDEN PARTY St Paul’s W.I. and Church are jointly holding a Garden Party in celebration of The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and The Olympics from 4.00 pm onwards on Wed 20th June, with games & refreshments – more info. to follow.
CHURCH ROTA Please accept our apologies for the delay in receiving the next quarter’s church rota owing to recent changes. The church rota is increasingly complicated and more time is needed to prepare it and get it out on time. For the 3rd quarter (Jul – Sept) please inform the office of all known absences/holidays in writing as soon as you can. Volunteers are always needed, so if there’s a duty you would like to be involved with, please also let us know. (Training can be given – please have a word with Murray.) Thank you
SAINSBURY’S ACTIVE KIDS 2012 Sainsbury’s is once again issuing vouchers. St Paul’s Cubs, Beavers and Scouts would appreciate your support. Please collect vouchers and put them in the box at the back of church.
‘SUNNY DAYS’ is here in church on Mondays from 12.30 pm and aims to provide a place for Mums to socialise, and to talk in confidence about their worries around parenting, If you know of anyone who would welcome support, please tell them about “Sunny Days.”
COFFEE MORNING Joan & Keith (who come to Chairobics & Music Listening Group) would like to invite you to their coffee morning on Saturday 28th April at 53 Charnock Grove from 10.30 am onwards. They are raising funds for the PSP Association for research into the condition, Progressive Supranuclear Palsy. All welcome!
CENTRE NEWS:
POLLING will once again be held at St Paul’s in The Meeting Place from 7.00 am to 10.00 pm on Thursday 3rd May. N.B. Chairobics will be held in The Old Vestry, with apologies for any inconvenience. “RUNNING WITH SCISSORS” Emma Kent, one of our Peekaboo Mums, is holding a Knitting Workshop in OV on Saturday 28th April from 1.30 – 5 pm. Emma also holds sewing workshops. If you’d like to know more about prices and courses, please visit www.rwssheffield.co.uk HOME CARERS Monday 16th April sees the return of Lorraine Ball’s team of home support workers to The Old Vestry for their team meetings on Monday mornings from 10.30 am - 12.30 pm.
COMMUNITY NEWS:
EVENTS AT BISHOPS HOUSE On Sat 28th April – Poetry, Music and Wine at 7.30 pm – Tickets £6.00 to include wine and refreshments, & on Sun 29th April from 1.00 - 3.00 pm, Katherine’s Day – a look at Katherine Blythe, sister in law to the Bishops. Free!
Mike’s Ministry:
Sun 8th – St Paul’s 8.00 am Holy Communion
Prayer Focus:
Enid & Andy, Sheila,, Hazel, Pete’s Dad, Peter, Barbara, Robert, Sadie, Doug, Roger, Peter & Wendy, Helen’s Dad, Michael, Wilf, Murray & family, Gail’s Dad, Gerald and her auntie and uncle Barbara and Philip, Herman & his family, Sylvia and John.
From Murray
After sharing the winter, dark journey to the cross, now delight in the spring sunshine of the resurrection!
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