Notices 12th to 19th August 2012

SUNDAY Tenth Sunday  after Trinity	12th	8.00 am  10.00 am	Holy Communion Family Communion (Seekers will be back after the school holidays on Sunday 9th September.) The next Focus Service will be on Sunday 19th August
MONDAY	13th	10.30 am 12.30 pm	Care4You Team Meeting with Julie Thompson in The Old Vestry “Sunny Days” (Home Start) post natal support group in The Meeting Place No Rainbows during the school holidays Focus Fellowship meetings resume in The Old Vestry on Monday 3rd September No Zumba with Amy Godhard in UH during August.
TUESDAY	14th	10.00 am     2.30 pm   7.30 pm	Holy Communion Service in the Chancel TLC in The Meeting Place No Brownies & Guides during the school holidays Baptism Preparation in The Meeting Place Local History Group will not be meeting in The Old Vestry tonight
WEDNESDAY	15th	9.00 am 10.00 am 10.30 am   6.00 pm   7.30 pm   8.00 pm	Prayers in The Old Vestry No Peekaboo during the school holidays Week 3 - Confirmation Course for Callum and Jordan in The Meeting Place Care4You Team Meeting with Lynne Ashmore in The Old Vestry Yoga with Yolande Swift in The Upper Hall W.I. “Craft & Chat” in The Old Vestry – new members always welcome! Tai Chi with Gary Shaw in The Upper Hall
THURSDAY	16th	10.00 am   3 – 4 pm   6.30 pm   7.30 pm	Weight Watchers in The Upper Hall St Paul’s Chairobics in The Meeting Place Weight Watchers in The Upper Hall Thursday Prayer Group in The Old Vestry - All welcome.
FRIDAY	17th	7.30 am	Worship Group Rehearsal in The Nave
SUNDAY Eleventh Sunday  after Trinity	19th	8.00 am 10.00 am 6 for  7 pm   6.00 pm	Holy Communion Family Worship – Olympic Torch Special Jack Andrew is bringing his torch to church again and we will hear a bit about our local Food Bank from Helen Lawson who is a Minister at the Church of the Nazarene. Focus Service in The Nave and The Meeting Place Vine Time service in The Old Vestry

CHURCH BBQ Everyone welcome! Please see Liz Warren, Jacqui, Barbara Hanson or Church Office for your tickets to our BBQ on Friday evening 31^st August at 7.00 pm. Tickets are £4.00, please bring your own drinks.  Liz will need to know your food requirements early please, so don’t forget to return the reply slip with your meat choices (vegetarian and gluten free alternatives available.) There will also be bread rolls and salads.

THE TICKETS ARE HERE FOR SONGS FOR ZIMBABWE!  On Saturday 8^th September here at St. Paul’s at 7.15 pm, Olive Walker presents The Sheaf Singers with accompanist Matthew Pitts. All proceeds to Good Hope Orphan Care, Senior Citizen Service & Food for Homes. Tickets from Ken or Margaret - price £5.00 (refreshments included.)

M.U. - FORTHCOMING EVENT There will be a Quiet Day on 9^th October to be held at Lenacre Farm, Emley Moor, Huddersfield (a member of The Quiet Garden Movement and Trust) leaving Meadowhall 9.00 - 9.30 am. The cost is £20.00 and places will be limited.  Please see Jacqui for further details if you’re interested.

CTSY AUTUMN FORUM 2012 – CHRISTIANS SPEAKING OUT Churches Together South Yorkshire will host the above event on 15^th Oct 2012 at Barnsley Baptist Church, Union St., Barnsley S70 1JJ from 7.30 – 9.00 pm with a buffet from 7.00 pm. Speakers will be John Packer, Bishop of Ripon & Leeds, and Rachel Lampard, Team Leader of the Joint Public Issues Team for the Baptist, Methodist and United Reformed Churches, plus others. See posters in church.

PEEKABOO is taking a break during the school holidays but Sunny Days Post Natal Support Group will be here throughout August at 12.30pm on Mondays if anyone’s interested?  N.B. Peekaboo is back on 5^th Sept in The Nave & MP only, owing to smaller numbers.

NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER AND WORSHIP AT WEMBLEY STADIUM
The event is taking place on Saturday 29th September 2012 from 2.00pm - 6.30pm and is bringing together Christians from across the UK from all different backgrounds, denominations and traditions. For more details and to book your £10 ticket visit the website at: www.ndopwembley.com

ROUNDABOUT The refurbishment of the hostel has begun. The Hostel Team & Roundabout clients will move to Wesley House, Highfield Place, Sheffield S2 4RU which is situated just below St Barnabas Rd.  For details, please see the letter on the notice board.

Mike’s Ministry:

Sun 19^th – St Paul’s 8.00 am Holy Communion

                Mayfield Wesleyan FS (CMA)

Prayer Focus:

We continue to pray for all those in our parish who are troubled or suffering, have been bereaved or have illness in the family.

From Murray 

This September we will be having our third Back to Church Sunday, so please begin to think and pray about who you might invite and bring along.

It should really be on Sunday 30^th September, but we already have that day booked for Harrison’s Baptism, so we will hold it the week before, which is Sunday 23^rd September, and this will be at our 10 am service.  We will aim to provide a visitor friendly service with a talk that expresses the heart of what it is to be a Christian.

Please pick up a Back to Church Sunday invitation card and fill in:

Date:    23^rd September

Time:    10.00 am

Place:    St Paul’s Church, Norton Lees Lane, S8 9BD

Next Sunday Jack Andrew is bringing his Olympic Torch to Church again, so do invite people along to see it.  We hope to show a short video of Jack lighting the cauldron at Cleethorpes and I will talk about what we can learn from the Olympics.

I have also invited Helen Lawson who is Assistant Minister to Bruce Lloyd at the Church of the Nazarene.  She has been instrumental in setting up a local Food Bank which is going to be launched this autumn.  She will give us brief details on Sunday, but we will hear more about it at the next Churches Together service which will be at  St Paul’s on Sunday 7^th October at 6.00 pm.