Notices 4th to 11th November 2012

notices

SUNDAY  All Saints –  4th before Advent	4th	8.00 am 10.00 am	Holy Communion Baptism Service (No Seekers today – Half Term)
MONDAY	5th	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 – resumes next week Mon 12th Nov Focus Fellowship meeting in the Old Vestry
TUESDAY	6th	10.00 am 10.45 am   2.00 pm   2.30 pm   6.15 pm   7.30 pm   8.00 pm	Holy Communion Service in the Meeting Place “Rattle & Roll” - New Music Group for Under 5’s starts today in the Old Vestry (- to11.45am) Holmwood Service – please come and sing! TLC in the Meeting Place Brownies in the Upper Hall Guides in the Upper Hall Contemplative Prayer in the Old Vestry
WEDNESDAY	7th	9.00 am 10.00 am 10.30 am   6.00 pm   7.30 pm   8.00 pm	Prayers in the Old Vestry “Peekaboo”  for babies & toddlers and their parents and carers in the Nave and Meeting Place Care4You Team Meeting with Lynne Ashmore in the Old Vestry Yoga with Yolande Swift in the Upper Hall resumes this evening W.I. Meeting in the Old Vestry Tai Chi with Gary Shaw  in the Upper Hall (usual time this week)
THURSDAY	8th	10.00 am   3 – 4 pm   6.30 pm   7.00 pm	Weight Watchers in the Upper Hall St Paul’s Chairobics in the Meeting Place Weight Watchers in the Upper Hall St Paul’s Music Listening Group in the Old Vestry. Len Hill will be presenting an evening of relaxing music. All welcome!
FRIDAY	9th	7.30 pm	Worship Group rehearsal in the Old Vestry
SATURDAY	10th	1.00 pm	Wedding in church – Many congratulations to Charlotte & her fiancé, Alan, from everyone at St Paul’s
SUNDAY Remembrance Sunday	11th	8.00 am 10.00 am 6 for 7 pm	Holy Communion Remembrance Service with Holy Communion and Seekers in UH Focus Service in the Nave & Meeting Place

RE-IMAGINING MINISTRY  Bishop Steven invites us to an important evening about sustainable patterns of ministry.   On Wednesday 7^th November, 7.30 pm at St Oswald’s Church on Bannerdale Road.  Murray thinks that all who are interested in the future ministry of St Paul’s should try to come along!

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 brought food items to the school service which was held at St Paul’s and Ken delivered everything to Roundabout last Monday.

We are still receiving donations of non-perishable foods for the Food Bank. There’s a box at the back of church. Thank you to all who’ve donated so far.

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 MP notice board.

OUR CHRISTMAS TREE  FESTIVAL WILL SOON BE HERE! Don’t forget to save Sat 24^th Nov, when it will be our first Christmas Tree Festival & 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 PCC will now be on Tues 20^th instead of Sat 17^th November

SHOEBOXES Once again St Paul’s will be acting as a drop off point for Samaritan’s Purse 2012 Christmas Appeal. Please let us know if you need a shoebox to fill if there are none on the display table, and do take a leaflet for information on items that can safely be put in your shoebox. Don’t forget to include postage, or if you prefer to contribute in another way, we are pleased to receive (new) items to top up the boxes. Thank you

CHRISTMAS FLOWERS  Please see Deidre if you’d 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 December 5^th is our Christmas Crafts night - All welcome!

 ‘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

Please note: The Election for our Police and Crime Commissioner will be on Thurs 15^th Nov from 7am to 10pm, and once again, the MP at St Paul’s will be used for polling. This will mean that our usual Chairobics class will be held in the OV. Apologies for the inconvenience.

BISHOPS’ HOUSE Valuation Day on Sat 10^th Nov from 10.00 am to 1.00 pm with Sheffield Auction Gallery. Bring along your items. FREE!  Coming soon on Sat 17^th Nov and Sun 18^th Nov – Bishops’ Fayre: A Medieval Miscellany.

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

Mike’s Ministry:

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

Mon 5^th - Ashdell Preparatory

Tues 6^th - Wooldale Junior

Wed 7^th - Totley All Saints Primary

Thurs 8^th - Lound Infant

Sun 11^th- St. Paul’s 10.00 am Remembrance Day                                  Service with H.C.

From Murray  No space for me on the other side so I have moved here!

Just to say that we had a lovely break last week staying in Youlgrave (yes it used to be called Youlgreave, but they are moving back to their original name and most of the signs have now been changed!)  The weather was not great but we had some good walks and the autumn colours were spectacular – especially when the sun managed to come out towards the end of the week.  Chatsworth Park was glorious with the house set against a patchwork of trees in various stages of changing from green to gold.