St Paul's Church and Centre: October 2012

Wednesday, 31 October 2012

Notices 28th October to 4th November 2012

SUNDAY Last Sunday after Trinity Simon & Jude	28^th	8.00 am 10.00 am 6 for 7 pm	British Summer Time ends – Clocks go back Holy Communion Holy Communion (No Seekers today – Half Term) Focus Service in the Nave and Meeting Place
MONDAY	29^th	10.30 am 12.30 pm 7.00 pm	Care4You Team Meeting with Julie Thompson in the Old Vestry “Sunny Days” post natal support group with Julie Slingsby in MP No Rainbows in the Upper Hall - next meet on Mon 12^th November Focus Fellowship meeting in the Old Vestry
TUESDAY	30^th	10.00 am 2.30 pm 7.45 pm	Holy Communion Service in The Meeting Place followed by Coffee and Fellowship TLC in The Meeting Place No Brownies or Guides in the Upper Hall – Half Term Standing Committee meeting in the Old Vestry
WEDNESDAY	31^st	9.00 am 10.30 am 8.00 pm 7.30 pm	Prayers in the Old Vestry No Peekaboo in the Nave and MP (Half Term) Care4You Team Meeting with Lynne Ashmore in the Old Vestry No Yoga with Yolande Swift in the Upper Hall – resumes 7^th Nov Tai Chi with Gary Shaw in the Upper Hall Home Group at Liz & Mike’s/ or First Wednesday Group (please contact Jacqui Herbert for details. 1^st Wed. Grp. may need to be brought forward owing to another meeting on Wednesday 7^th.)
THURSDAY	1^st	10.00 am 3 – 4 pm 6.30 pm 7.30 pm	Samaritan’s Purse Shoebox Campaign 2012 begins today – Leaflets & sample boxes in church. Our Family Worship Shoebox Service will be held on Sun 18^th Nov at 10.00 a.m. 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	2^nd	10.00 am	M.U. Coffee Morning at Sheffield Cathedral – to 12 noon
SATURDAY	3^rd	9.30 am 11.00 am	PCC Day in The Nave and Meeting Place (9.30 am prompt please) Peace and Craft Fair at Sheffield Town Hall
SUNDAY All Saints	4^th	8.00 am 10.00 am	Holy Communion Baptism Service (No Seekers today – Half Term) Afternoon Birthday Party in The Upper Hall (t.b.c.)

ROUNDABOUT Thank you everyone for all the gifts of food for our Harvest appeal for homeless young people at Roundabout. The younger children at Mundella also brought food items to last Wednesday’s service. (Please see Murray’s piece at the bottom of the page.)

A LETTER FROM STEVE On the Meeting Place notice board (the one fixed to the wall) you’ll find a letter from Steve Wright, Ann and Murray’s friend and colleague, whom many of you will remember spoke so memorably and affectionately at Murray’s Ordination Anniversary Service back in July. Steve gives us a glimpse of the joys and trials of his ministry in Dubai – well worth a read!

NEWS OF SHEFFIELD CATHEDRAL ‘GATEWAY PROJECT’ Please see the letter from The Revd Canon Simon Cowling and the proposals for this exciting new project on the Meeting Place notice board.

REMINDER CHRISTMAS TREE FESTIVAL / CHRISTMAS FAYRE Don’t forget to save Sat 24^th Nov, when it will be our first Christmas Tree Festival & Christmas Fayre which we are holding jointly with Talbot School. Any profits will be shared. There will be a cake stall, jams and preserves. If you have any ideas please see Liz (Wa.) Contact details are on the flyers in church. N.B. The next Saturday PCC will now be on 17^th Nov.

CHRISTMAS FLOWERS Please see Deidre if you would like to help her and Liz Edwards with decorating church for the Christmas season on Monday morning - 3^rd December at 10.00 am. Thank you

GOOD HOPE ORPHAN CARE Leila has spoken to Betty and $490 will be used to pay the outstanding school fees for 15 children who are currently writing exams. These children will otherwise not get their results; without which they will not be able to proceed to High School. The rest of the money they received is still being deliberated upon!

FIRST WEDNESDAY GROUP: At the next meeting we will be making Christmas cards, especially for those families who have been bereaved this year. Please see overleaf for possible date changes.

Dec 5^th is our Christmas Crafts night - All welcome !

MESSAGE FROM KONRAD One of the ladies who is a resident of Holmwood Care Home, where Konrad works, is in need of a handbag as the clasp has broken on hers. It may be a while before she sees her family again to ask them to buy one, so please see Konrad if you can help out. (At our 8.00 am service, or it can be left for him.) Thank you

FOUND in church last weekend - gold earring; please call at the office if you think it might be yours. Thank you

‘THE BIG PENNY CHALLENGE’ Cathy’s son, Will, has recently graduated and now works as a youth worker with Nottingham “Youth for Christ.” YFC can be found working in churches, schools, youth projects and on the streets. They are hoping to collect a penny for every young person in Nottingham (200,000) so please help and check your pockets for loose change! (There’s a small basket on the bookcase, and an ipad for the person or group who collects the most!) Many thanks.

COMMUNITY NEWS The next 3^rd Sector Café at the Harland Café will be on 15^th November from 4-6 pm. It’s going to be looking at ‘Working with the Education sector.’

We have also received the latest Safer Neighbourhoods information. Details of both in the black folder in the MP.

EVENTS AT BISHOPS’ HOUSE

Today! - Sun Oct 28^th – 1-3.00 pm Mask Making. Free!

Please see flyers in church or John B. for more information.

Mike’s Ministry:

Sun 28^th – St Paul’s 10.00 am H.C.

Sun 4^th – St Paul’s Baptism Service 10.00 am

From Murray: Last week I was able to take part in the Mundella Primary School Harvest Service. Again St Paul's proved to be a brilliant venue, with parents sitting on chairs around the edges of the Nave and all the children sitting on the floor. Older children led the service and did readings, taking it in turns to come up to the microphone to speak. The readings included the feeding of the 5,000 and reflected on their harvest projects with the younger children bringing food for Roundabout and the older children collecting money for an organisation which helps young people living in a very poor area of Kenya. I finished things off with a story about potatoes we had seen planted and then harvested on holiday near Helmsley one girl even guessed what they were made into - Walker's crisps! It was a great privilege to be part of

Friday, 19 October 2012

Notices 21st to 28th October 2012

SUNDAY 20^th Sunday after Trinity	21^st	8.00 am 10.00 am 6 for 7 pm 6.00 pm	Holy Communion Harvest Family Worship Service (No Seekers today) Focus Service in the Nave and Meeting Place Vine Time Service in the Old Vestry
MONDAY	22^nd	10.30 am 12.30 pm 7.00 pm	Care4You Team Meeting with Julie Thompson in the Old Vestry “Sunny Days” post natal support group with Julie Slingsby in MP No Rainbows in the Upper Hall. Owing to half term and Bonfire Night the next meeting will be on Monday 12^th November Focus Fellowship meeting in the Old Vestry
TUESDAY	23^rd	10.00 am 2.30 pm 6.15 pm 7.30 pm	Holy Communion Service in The Meeting Place TLC in The Meeting Place Brownies in the Upper Hall Guides in the Upper Hall
WEDNESDAY	24^th	9.00 am 10.00 am 10.30 am 6.00 pm 8.00 pm	Prayers in the Old Vestry Peekaboo in the Nave and MP (Toddler Group now downstairs) Care4You Team Meeting with Lynne Ashmore in the Old Vestry Yoga with Yolande Swift in the Upper Hall Tai Chi with Gary Shaw in the Upper Hall
THURSDAY	25^th	10.00 am 2.15 pm 3 – 4 pm 6.30 pm 7.30 pm	Weight Watchers in the Upper Hall Harvest Tea at St Oswald’s until 4.00 pm - Tickets £3.00 from M.U. members St Paul’s Chairobics in the Meeting Place Weight Watchers in the Upper Hall St Paul’s Music Listening Group in the Old Vestry "Ooh la la " - Joan presents an Evening of French Music
FRIDAY	26^th	7.00 pm	Schools break up this afternoon for half term Worship Group Rehearsal in the Old Vestry
SATURDAY	27^th	8.30 am	NTP Services Ltd. - CPC Driver Training in the Old Vestry – 5.00 pm M.U. Diocesan Day at Wilson Carlile College.
SUNDAY - 21^st Sunday after Trinity. Simon & Jude	28^th	8.00 am 10.00 am 6 for 7 pm	Holy Communion Holy Communion (No Seekers today – Half Term) Focus Service in the Nave and Meeting Place

ROUNDABOUT SUPPORTING AND EMPOWERING

HOMELESS YOUNG PEOPLE IN SHEFFIELD. Roundabout Homeless Charity provides shelter, support and life skills to Sheffield's young homeless. St Paul’s Church has supported Roundabout for a number of years with food at harvest, cards at Christmas and chocolate eggs at Easter. At our Harvest Family Service on 21^st October, we will be collecting for Roundabout. Donations of food to help those supported by Roundabout to live independently are especially welcome - tinned and dried foods suitable for the teenagers and young people with limited cooking facilities and cooking experience to make a meal – eg soups, pasta, pasta sauce, ‘instant’ savoury rice etc. For more information about the empowering work of Roundabout, please visit their website, www.roundabouthomeless.org

CHRISTMAS TREE FESTIVAL / CHRISTMAS FAYRE Don’t forget to save Sat 24^th Nov, when it will be our first Christmas Tree Festival & Christmas Fayre which we are holding jointly with Talbot School. Any profits will be shared. The W.I. will do a cake stall and a tree. Jean will be having a stall for jams and preserves, if you’d like to start making them now please. (Jean can provide cooking apples, raspberries and blackberries.) Peekaboo have also agreed to do a tree. What about your group? If you have any ideas please see Liz (Wa.) Contact details are on the flyers in church. N.B. Next Saturday PCC will be 17^th Nov.

GOOD HOPE ORPHAN CARE Following last week’s message about Good Hope Orphan Care, Leila has spoken to Betty and $490 will be used to pay the outstanding school fees for 15 children who are currently writing exams. These children will otherwise not get their results; without which they will not be able to proceed to High School. The rest of the money they received is still being deliberated upon!

SENIOR CITIZENS SERVICE 9^th October 2012

“To all at St Paul’s

On behalf of all the underprivileged pensioners that we assist in Bulawayo I would like to say thank you for your wonderful donation of $266.25. This is of great help, I am sure it will go a long way in meeting our expenditure at Plus 2 pharmacy for October where we obtain all our medicines and medical appliances. I can assure you that all expenditure and medicines are closely monitored by me and all donations are used to their maximum effect. Thank you once again and God bless, Dave Gill SCS administrator”

FIRST WEDNESDAY GROUP Please note: The next 2 meetings will be at Hazel’s house t.b.c. (115, Derbyshire Lane.) On 7^th Nov we will be making Christmas cards, especially for those families who have been bereaved this year. Dec 5^th is our Christmas Crafts night - All welcome !

PEACE AND CRAFT FAIR – Sat 3^rd Nov at Sheffield Town Hall from 11.00 am to 4.30 pm. Entry £1 for adults, children free Call 2818775. Info on MP notice board.

EVENTS AT BISHOPS’ HOUSE

Today! - Sun Oct 28^th – 1-3.00 pm Mask Making. Free!

Wed Oct 31^st - 10.00 am - 3.00 pm Tree Day

Wed Oct 31^st – 7.00 pm The White Lady’s Casket

£3.00 on the door, places limited

Sat Nov 10^th – 10.00 am – 1.00 pm Valuation Day with Sheffield Auction Gallery

Sat Nov 17^th & Sun Nov 18th 10.00 am – 3.30 pm Bishops’ Fayre: A Medieval Miscellany. Craft stalls, music & entertainment with Escafeld Medieval Society. Free!

Fri Nov 23^rd 7.30 pm – Spirit of Winter

Sat Dec 8^th – 1.00 pm – Reading from Dickens

Sun Dec 16^th – 2.00 pm Carol Singing

Please see flyers in church or John B. for more information.

Mike’s Ministry:

Mon 22^nd -Mundella Primary

Tues 23^rd – St. Paul’s HC & Woodseats Primary

Thurs 25^th - Porter Croft Primary

Sun 28^th – St Paul’s 10.00 am H.C.

We continue to pray for those who are bereaved or ill and those who care for them.

From Murray: Things are getting hard for us in the this country, especially for those who find themselves in difficult circumstances – like the young people who find themselves homeless and are cared for by Roundabout. It is right that we should do what we can to help people in our own country and the food we send to Roundabout is always received with real gratitude. But we must also keep in mind that life is so much worse for people in other parts of the world – and not let our own needs be an excuse to forget them.

At our Harvest Service this year we will be hearing about the work of Tearfund in Uganda where hunger is a real problem for many people throughout their lives. Global inequalities and the fact that rich nations are still profiting from people in such poverty is the worst scandal of our age. We may only be able to do a little about it – but this little we must still do!