Notices 28th October to 4th November 2012

SUNDAY  Last  Sunday after Trinity Simon & Jude	28th	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	29th	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 12th November Focus Fellowship meeting in the Old Vestry
TUESDAY	30th	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	31st	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 7th 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. 1st Wed. Grp. may need to be brought forward owing to another meeting on Wednesday 7th.)
THURSDAY	1st	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 18th 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	2nd	10.00 am	M.U. Coffee Morning at Sheffield Cathedral – to 12 noon
SATURDAY	3rd	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	4th	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