Notices 10th to 17th March 2013

notices

SUNDAY  - 4th  Sunday of Lent Mothering Sunday	10th	8.00 am 10.00 am	Holy Communion Family Communion for Mothering Sunday with Seekers in the Upper Hall
MONDAY	11th	12.30 pm    6.00 pm    7.00 pm	“Sunny Days” post natal support group with Julie Slingsby in MP Rainbows in the Upper Hall Focus Fellowship meeting in the Old Vestry
TUESDAY	12th	10.00 am  11.00 am   2.30 pm   6.15 pm     7.30 pm    7.30 pm   7.30 pm   7.30 pm       7.30 pm    7.30 pm	Holy Communion Service in the Meeting Place “Rattle & Roll”- Music for Under 5’s with Anne Connolly in OV TLC in the Meeting Place – All welcome, please see Liz for details Brownies in the Upper Hall Guides in the Upper Hall Baptism Preparation in the Meeting Place Strategy Group at the Vicarage Norton Lees Local History Group in OV  - “Sheffield Then and Now” – A talk by Len Widdowson.  All welcome!  Price £2.50 on the door, inc. refreshments Derbyshire Lane Group – Week 4 of Lent Course at Margaret’s Home Group at Jenny & Dilesh’s
WEDNESDAY	13th	9.00 am 10.00 am 10.30 am   2.15 pm     6.00 pm   7.30 pm   7.30 pm   7.30 pm   8.00 pm	Prayers in the Old Vestry “Peekaboo”  for babies, toddlers, parents & carers in the N & MP Care4You Team Meeting with Lynne Ashmore in the Old Vestry M.U. Meeting with speaker, Jean Ruddy. (Please note: Next month’s meeting will be Lady Day on Monday 8th April) Yoga with Yolande Swift in the Upper Hall Lent Study 4 in the Meeting Place. Please see Jacqui for information Wednesday Home Group at Liz and Mike’s for Lent Study (Week 4) Scouters meeting in the Old Vestry Tai Chi with Gary Shaw  in the Upper Hall
THURSDAY	14th	10.00 am 10.30 am   3 – 4 pm   6.30 pm   7.00 pm	Weight Watchers in the Upper Hall Meeting in church with Scott Barton from Ecclesiastical Insurance (Murray and Church Wardens – mainly in the Meeting Place) St Paul’s Chairobics in the Meeting Place – new members welcome Weight Watchers in the Upper Hall St Paul’s Music Listening Group – N.B. Now being held in the Meeting Place
FRIDAY	15th	7.30 pm	Worship Group rehearsal in the Old Vestry
SUNDAY 5th Sunday of Lent	17th	8.00 am 10.00 am   6.00 pm   6.00 pm	Holy Communion Family Worship (No Seekers today) “Vine Time” service in the Old Vestry Focus Service in the Nave & MP (arrive 6 for 7.00 pm start)

LENT 2013

LENT COURSE  ‘JESUS REDISCOVERED’ The Derbyshire Lane Group will meet again on Tues  12^th & 26^th March. As 19^th is a PCC night, the 5^th session has been moved to 26^th March.

JESUS REDISCOVERED ON WEDNESDAYS!  The Lent group in church in the MP is also using the Jesus Rediscovered material. Dates are 13^th & 20^th March. Please see Jacqui

HOME GROUP AT LIZ & MIKE’S The dates for the remaining Lent sessions at Liz & Mike’s are 13^th & 20^th March. 

N.B. If you miss a session with your group, please feel free to “catch up” with another group.

DATE FOR YOUR DIARY The Annual Church Parochial Meeting will be held on Sun 28^th Apr at our 10 am service.

MESSY CHURCH For your diary: Good Friday Messy Church is on 29^th March at 10 am to 12 noon & Pentecost Eve Messy Church will be on Sat 18^th May from 10am-12.30 pm.

http://www.messychurchstpauls.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/invitation-to-good-friday-messy-church.html

Messy Church: What’s it all about? Led by Captain Clynt French on Sat 16^th March from 9.45 am to 3.45 pm is an opportunity to find out more about this fresh expression of church, ask questions and get practical tips and advice. To be held at Whirlow Grange Christian Spirituality Centre; the cost is £21 including lunch. See email on MP notice board for this and other events happening at Whirlow.

CLEANING CHURCH FOR SPRING on Sat 23^rd March at 10.00 am. Can you come and help with washing out cupboards, general tidying etc.? Please let Ken know.

CHURCH GARDEN Please take the opportunity to have walk round the church garden and see how our Spring bulbs are coming along! There are still vacant plots of to be tended occasionally if anyone would like to add their name (see John’s drawing on the flip chart stand.) If you’d like to volunteer for something smaller or join forces with another church member, please see John B. or Murray.

 A NIGHT IN VIENNA The Sheaf Singers  present “A Night in Vienna” on Sat 20^th April at 7.15 pm at the URC. Guest artists will be Meersbrook Light Orchestra, Gwen Knight – Soprano & Matthew Pitts – Accompanist. Tickets are £6.00 from all members and Olive Walker Tel 0114 2692144, or see Ken in church. The event is in aid of this year’s chosen charity, Help for Heroes.  We hope to see you there!

FOOD BANK Please could people start saving strong carrier bags - you can give them to Robert on Sunday or leave them with the donations of food by the bookcase. Thanks.

HEALTH WATCH We’ve been sent a recruitment pack for the posts of Chair & Vice-chair if anyone would be interested? (We can mail the pack to you – please contact the office.) More details about Health Watch in the black Community Information folder.

BISHOPS HOUSE EVENTS On Sunday 10^th March (today!) from 10.00 am to 3.30 pm, The Bishops House will be hosting a World War II Weekend. On Sunday March 17^th from 2.30 pm to 3.45 pm come and be entertained by the Black Velvet Clarinet Ensemble, performing a diverse selection of original music and arrangements of pieces dating from the 16^th Century to the present day. These events are FREE!  Tel. 2557701 for more information

Knights Hospitaller Association  Come and meet the Knights of St John on 30^th & 31^st March. Walk round Bishops House and discover what it was like in Medieval England.

Prayer Focus:  We continue to pray for all who are ill and those who care for them

Mike’s Ministry

Sun 10^th – Hillsborough Trinity (B.B.)

Mon 11^th – Mundella Primary & Coit Primary

Wed 13^th - Carfield Primary

                   & St Thomas’, Bradley (Huddersfield)

Thurs 14^th – Lound Infant

Sun 17^th – St Paul’s 8.00 am H.C.

From Murray:

Last week we had a great event in the Brown family.  It was my parents Diamond Wedding Anniversary!  My father arranged a meal out for us and invited his sister and husband and my mother’s brother and his wife as well as us Norton Lees Browns.  It was a great evening!  My dad was on great form and though my mother found it a bit bewildering at times, she was absolutely thrilled!

On Monday I had another of my twice yearly meetings with the leaders of the Focus Church.  For some time they have being wanting to start a day group which would include learning, games, craft as well as worship.  At last they have found a venue and hope to begin later this year.  It will be a huge step forward for Focus Church and will overcome one of their biggest hurdles which is enabling their members to come on Sunday evenings when carers are least available to escort people to church.  So often David and Keith hear that members of Focus Church want to come to church but there are just not people around to take them or the taxi fare is prohibitive, so the carers discourage them from coming – which is really sad.  The Focus Church is very grateful for the support and encouragement they receive from St Paul’s.  If you would like to join in supporting the Church financially, envelopes are available – please see me or Peter Franklin.