notices
| SUNDAY Ninth Sunday after Trinity | 5th | 8.00 am 10.00 am | Holy Communion Baptism Service (Seekers will be back after the school holidays on Sunday 9th September.) Focus Service this evening is cancelled – next service on 19th August |
| MONDAY | 6th | 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 No Zumba with Amy Godhard in UH for 4 weeks. |
| TUESDAY | 7th | 10.00 am 2.30 pm 8.00 pm | Holy Communion Service in the Chancel Followed by ‘Coffee and Fellowship’ in the Meeting Place TLC in The Meeting Place No Brownies & Guides during the school holidays Contemplative Prayer in The Old Vestry |
| WEDNESDAY | 8th | 9.00 am 10.00 am 6.00 pm 7.30 pm 8.00 pm | Prayers in The Old Vestry Peekaboo has finished for the summer Week 2 - Confirmation Course for Callum and Jordan in The Meeting Place N.B. No Mothers’ Union meeting at St Paul’s today owing to Mary Sumner Service tomorrow Yoga with Yolande Swift in The Upper Hall Enid and Andy’s Home Group Tai Chi with Gary Shaw in The Upper Hall |
| THURSDAY | 9th | 10.00 am 2.00 pm 3 – 4 pm 6.30 pm 7.00 pm | Weight Watchers in The Upper Hall M.U. - Mary Sumner Service at Sheffield Cathedral 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 presented by Joan Priestley. All welcome! |
| SATURDAY | 11th | 9.30 am 11.00 am | Children’s Birthday Party in The Upper Hall 10.00 am to 12 noon (dep. 12.30pm) Murray – Wedding Booking in church |
| SUNDAY Tenth Sunday after Trinity | 12th | 8.00 am 10.00 am | Holy Communion Family Communion |
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 STEVENSON 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.
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 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 5th Sept in The Nave & MP only, owing to smaller numbers.
THE HARVEST SUPPER is on Friday 19th October.
ROOM HIRE/HEATING ETC. If you lead a group at St Paul’s and will be cancelling sessions for the summer holidays, if you haven’t already done so, please let the office know as soon as possible, and please remind the leaders of any group that you belong to. Hopefully, we won’t need the heating on 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.
Mike’s Ministry:
Sun 12th – Tapton Hill Congregational
Prayer Focus:
We continue to pray for all who have been bereaved and who are ill and those who care for them
From Murray (from last week)
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.
This week!
Thank you so much to everyone who made the service last Sunday so very special. Ann and I are very grateful for all your kindness, gifts and cards.
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