SUNDAY Eighth Sunday after Trinity | 29th | 8.00 am 10.00 am | Holy Communion CONGRATULATIONS! Special Communion Service celebrating Murray’s Ordination 25 years ago and his service and ministry since then. The speaker will be Murray and Ann’s friend & colleague, Steve Wright, and Murray would love you to stay afterwards for coffee and cake with friends & family! Other friends & family will take part in the service. (Seekers resumes after the school holidays) |
MONDAY | 30th | 10.30 am 12.30 pm 7.30 pm | Care4You returns with Julie Thompson in The Old Vestry “Sunny Days” post natal support group in The Meeting Place Zumba with Amy Godhard in The Upper Hall |
TUESDAY | 31st | 10.00 am 2.30 pm 7.30 pm | Holy Communion Service in the Chancel TLC in The Meeting Place Wedding rehearsal in church (Fowler/Sarich Wedding) |
WEDNESDAY | 1st | 9.00 am 10.00 am 10.30 am 6.00 pm 7.30 pm 8.00 pm | Prayers in The Old Vestry Peekaboo has finished for the summer – “Sunny Day” (Home Start) will be here throughout the holidays on Monday lunchtimes. Murray is holding a Confirmation Course for Callum and Jordan in MP on 1st, 8th, and 15th August – please do not disturb. Thank you Yoga with Yolande Swift in The Upper Hall 1st Wednesday Group going out for a meal this evening – please let Jacqui know if you are coming and meet at church at 6.00 pm. No W.I. meeting in The Old Vestry tonight owing to annual August outing Wedding rehearsal in church (Abrahams/Bagley Wedding) Tai Chi with Gary Shaw in The Upper Hall |
THURSDAY | 2nd | 10.00 am 3 – 4 pm 6.30 pm 7.30 pm | Weight Watchers in The Upper Hall Becky Fowler will be decorating church this morning for her wedding tomorrow St Paul’s Chairobics in The Meeting Place Weight Watchers in The Upper Hall Thursday Prayer Group meeting in The Old Vestry. All welcome! |
FRIDAY | 3rd | 10.00 am 12.30 pm 1.30 pm 7.30 pm | Cathedral Coffee Morning until 12 noon Wedding in church with refreshments to follow in The Meeting Place until 2.00 pm M.U. World Day of Prayer Please join in with St Paul’s M.U. at 1.30 pm for a moment of quiet prayer wherever you are. Worship Group rehearsal in church |
SATURDAY | 4th | 2.00 pm | Wedding in church |
SUNDAY Ninth Sunday after Trinity | 5th | 8.00 am 10.00 am | Holy Communion Baptism Service Focus Service this evening is cancelled – next service on 19th August |
THE TICKETS ARE HERE FOR SONGS FOR ZIMBABWE! On Saturday 8th 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.)
MESSAGE FROM VICKI Many thanks to all of you who sponsored me for “The Run in the Park” for Weston Park Cancer Charity. It was very moving experience for a very worthy cause. Thank you everyone!
M.U. – THE MARY SUMNER SERVICE is on Thursday 9th August at Sheffield Cathedral at 2 pm
M.U. - FORTHCOMING EVENT There will be a Quiet Day on 9th 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 15th October 2012 at Barnsley Baptist Church, Union St (off Sheffield Rd.), 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. Please see the posters in church.
PEEKABOO is taking a break during the school holidays but Sunny Days Post Natal Support Group will be here throughout July and August at 12.30pm on Mondays if you know of anyone interested? N.B. Peekaboo resumes on 5th September in The Nave & MP only, owing to smaller numbers.
DATE FOR YOUR DIARY There will be a Harvest Supper in church on Friday 19th October.
ROOM HIRE/HEATING ETC. If you lead a group at St Paul’s and will be cancelling some sessions for the summer holidays, if you haven’t already done so, please let the office know as soon as possible. Alternatively, please remind the leaders of any group that you’re a member of. Hopefully, we won’t need the heating for a few weeks but Pam will need this information for invoicing. Thank you
COMMUNITY NEWS: APPLICATIONS FOR LARGER BLACK BIN Forms can be found on the coffee table in The Meeting Place.
Prayer Focus:
We continue to pray for all those who are ill and those who care for them
From Murray
I am sitting looking at a faded photograph of me outside Sheffield Cathedral at my ordination as Deacon in July 1987. The first thing I am struck by is how much hair I had then (on my head and my face!). Second is Ann beaming by my side (in a maternity dress as James was on his way!) I do look delighted to have finally started the work I felt God was calling me to over many years, and to have survived a return to college for three years.
What my new cassock hides is the fact that I am not quite standing straight - as I had a bad back! The first of several periods of illness which would have been a shock to me at the time had I known of their coming.
Looking back the achievements which mean most are the times when I have helped people to grow into a faith that has sustained them in good times and bad. I suppose that will have come from the hours spend preparing sermons and preaching, chatting and counselling, but also through the courses I have led like ‘In the Picture’ and ‘Questions! Questions!’ Second has been the difference I have made to buildings, both the restoration work we did at St Nicholas, Thorne and the reordering here at St Paul’s.
There have been so many highlights. Going on retreat with my vicar, Peter Anderson, up at Lindisfarne when I was newly ordained. Looking after the young people’s group at St Mary’s Greasbrough (near Rotherham) and taking them away for weekends. Also visiting the Steel Works as an industrial chaplain and starting a new congregation on one of the estates.
At Thorne I worked with curates Steve (preaching today!), Kevin, who may be here but has had to retire from ministry because of his health, and Jenny. Steve did a great job easing me into the role as vicar and Kevin was a wonderful foil for me and we wrote ‘In the Picture’ together.
Here in Norton Lees the reordering project was great fun, harder work that I ever imagined – but so very much worth doing! But another highlight (amongst so many) was my sabbatical when I was able to visit Steve in Dubai and Peter in Cannes and led the retreat at the monastery on the island.
All that I have done has only been possible with the help support, inspiration and encouragement of lots of different people. But the people to whom I am most grateful are my own family who have put up with me on days when I have been ill and grumpy and often both at once! Their unfailing loyalty and support have been irreplaceable.
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