Notices 21st to 28th March 2013

SUNDAY Fourth  Sunday of Easter	21st	8.00 am 10.00 am   6.00 pm	Holy Communion Family Worship (No Seekers today) “Vine Time”  service in the Meeting Place
MONDAY	22nd	8.30 am 12.30 pm   6.00 pm   7.00 pm	NTP Services Ltd. – Classroom Training for drivers in the Old Vestry – all day  “Sunny Days” post natal support group with Julie Slingsby in the  Meeting Place Rainbows in the Upper Hall Focus Fellowship meeting in the Old Vestry
TUESDAY	23rd	10.00 am 11.00 am 12 noon   2.30 pm   6.15 pm   7.30 pm   7.30 pm	Holy Communion in the Meeting Place “Rattle & Roll”- Music for Under 5’s in the Old Vestry Deanery Pastoral Committee in the Meeting Place TLC in the Meeting Place– all welcome Brownies  in the Upper Hall Guides in the Upper Hall Standing Committee meeting in the Old Vestry
WEDNESDAY	24th	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, parents & carers in the Nave & MP Care4You Team Meeting with Lynne Ashmore in the Old Vestry Yoga with Yolande Swift in the Upper Hall Home Group at Liz & Mike’s, 25 Lees Hall Avenue Tai Chi with Gary Shaw  in the Upper Hall
THURSDAY	25th	10.00 am   3 – 4 pm   6.30 pm   7.00 pm   7.30 pm	Weight Watchers in the Upper Hall St Paul’s Chairobics in the Meeting Place – new members welcome Weight Watchers in the Upper Hall St Paul’s Music Listening Group in the Meeting Place “Questions! Questions!”  -  The 3rd meeting is in the Old Vestry tonight.
FRIDAY	26th	7.30 pm	Worship Group rehearsal in the Old Vestry
SATURDAY	27th	8.30 am	NTP Services Ltd. – Classroom Training for drivers in the Old Vestry – all day
SUNDAY Fifth Sunday of Easter	28th	10.00 am     6.00 pm	N.B. No 8.00 am Holy Communion today Holy Communion and St Paul’s Annual Parish Church Meeting. Please remember to bring your copy of the church yearbook with you. There are a few copies left in church or it can be emailed  to you on request (with a little notice please! ) Focus Service in the Nave and Meeting Place (Service starts at 7.00 pm)

CHRISTIAN AID WEEK  2-18 MAY 2013 ADVANCE NOTICE: Please keep this week free in your diaries! We collected

£1355.60 last year from local house to house collections.  There will be fewer collectors this year but we will have a Christian Aid ‘Quiz Aid’ on Tuesday 14^th May 7.30 pm at the Cross Scythes.  Please think and pray about whether you can help. Contact Helen Franklin on 2554441 if you’d like more information.

CHRISTIAN AID MAY DAY TREK: As part of our church’s support for Christian Aid week, there is an opportunity to participate in the Sheffield May Day Trek on Monday May 6th. This is a sponsored walk with options to walk 5, 10 or 15 miles, starting at Bolsterstone Village Hall. Please contact Peter Franklin for more details or if you are interested in joining the trek. Transport to and from Bolsterstone can be arranged if required.

CHURCH ELECTORAL ROLL This year, we have to completely redo our roll, so please fill in a form and return it to Murray or leave it in the office. To be on the roll, you will have to have been baptised and want to be a member of St Paul’s Church.

ASCENSION DAY 9^th MAY  This year we will try having a joint Ascension Day Service with our local Anglican Churches.  It will be a Sung Eucharist at St James’ Church Norton beginning at 7.30 pm.

KNITTING WOOL REQUEST If anyone has spare balls of pure wool (not synthetics thanks) the W.I. would be most appreciative. It can be left in the Old Vestry for Sylvia to collect on Wednesday. The W.I. is supporting a project that Irene Seggar came up with, through her involvement with St Paul’s TLC. Amateur knitters are being asked to take up their needles to knit legwarmers for use in trampolining to raise money for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust’s funds. For more information visit www.supertramp.co.uk 

HOME SECURITY Siobhan, who is a PC based at Woodseats Police Station, will give a talk and practical advice on improving security in and around your home, at the next meeting of the W.I. on Wednesday 1^st May at 7.30 pm. Siobhan will be supported by our local PCSO. The talk is open to church members and all our community groups so please come! (If enough people are interested, the talk will be held in the Nave.) The request for this information is in response to an increasing number of burglaries in Norton Lees, so we hope you will find it helpful.

1^st WEDNESDAY GROUP meets on 1^st May to watch Part 4 of the DVD “Christianity in Roman Times.”

UPPER HALL STORE Jacqui & John (B.) have begun the task of tidying the craft store and throwing away rubbish. Can all church members encourage everyone who uses it to keep it tidy? Please see Jacqui if you can make use of paints or fabric suitable for patchwork. Thank you

M.U. On 8^th May the Mothers’ Union will be having a talk about Rwanda. New members always welcome.

SAINSBURY’S VOUCHERS There’s a box at the back of church if you would like to donate to Active Kids 2013 again this year please. In previous years the appeal has provided some fantastic equipment for St Paul’s Beavers. More details to follow.

SHEAF SINGERS CHRISTMAS CONCERT will be held on Sat 30^th Nov at St Paul’s! Watch this space!

From Murray

Last week I had a good meeting with the landlords of the Cross Scythes.  We met with Richard Wilshaw the lay pastor of Mount View who we shared the carols evening with before Christmas.

Tom, the landlord was still talking with amazement about how good the carols evening was, so the first thing we did was book another one for Thursday 19^th December at 7.30 pm so please put that date in the diary!  We also talked about linking our sound system with their’s so that we can have the music all around the pub! 

We also thought of having an event for children which will be a ‘Fancy Dress Nativity’ – we thought  if  children got dressed up they could help us tell the Christmas story with a few carols to help us along.  We have pencilled that in for 3.30 pm on Monday 23^rd December - let me know if that sounds a good time.

And finally we got round to the Christian Aid Quiz.  Tom and Sophie were very happy to welcome us on Tuesday 14^th May from 7.30 pm. Richard thought it would be good if we could bring fair-trade items as prizes.

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