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SUNDAY
Last Sunday after
Trinity
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27th
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8.00 am
10.00 am
6.00 pm
6.00 pm
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Holy Communion
Family Holy Communion (Half term – No Seekers)
“Vine Time” Service in the Old Vestry
Focus Service in the Nave and Meeting Place
(arrive 6.00 pm for 7.00 pm start)
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MONDAY
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28th
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12.30 pm
7.00 pm
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“Sunny Days” post natal
support in MP with Sarah McLean.
No Rainbows tonight - Half
Term
Focus Fellowship in the Old Vestry tonight
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TUESDAY
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29th
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10.00 am
2.30 pm
7.30 pm
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Holy Communion Service
in the Meeting Place
TLC in the Meeting Place
No Brownies or Guides – Half Term
Centre Management Group
Meeting in the Meeting Place
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WEDNESDAY
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30th
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10.30 am
11.00 am
7.30 pm
7.30 pm
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No Peekaboo – Half Term
Care4You Team Meeting with Lynne Ashmore in the Old Vestry
First (UK) Bus Company : South Yorkshire, will be holding a local consultation at
St Paul’s in the form of a ‘Drop-in session’ for members of the
public to come and
ask any questions they might have about the proposed changes to our
local bus
routes. (From 11.00 am to 2.00 pm in the Meeting Place.)
N.B. No Yoga with Yolande Swift in the Upper Hall this evening
1st Wednesday
Group will be making Christmas Cards for the bereaved in the Old Vestry.
Please come and join us – your help is very much appreciated.
(Arrive any time after
7.00 pm.) Thank you
“Questions! Questions!” with Murray in the Meeting
Place – (4 of 8 meetings)
N.B. No Tai Chi with Gary Shaw this evening
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THURSDAY
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31st
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10.00 am
12 noon
3 – 4 pm
6.30 pm
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Weight Watchers in the Upper Hall
Funeral in church
St Paul’s Chairobics in the Meeting Place – new members welcome!
Weight Watchers in the Upper Hall
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FRIDAY
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1st
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10.00 am
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M.U. Coffee Morning at Sheffield Cathedral
until 12 noon
SHOEBOX APPEAL 2013 This year’s Christmas Shoebox Appeal starts today and will run from
1st to 18th Nov,
when once again St Paul’s will be acting as a Drop-Off Point. Our service
will be held on Sun 17th Nov at 10.00 am during Family Worship.
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SATURDAY
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2nd
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12 noon
2.30 pm
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FOOD BANK VOLUNTEERS St Paul’s has been asked to find 3
volunteers to help with the supermarket collection from 12 noon to 2.00 pm at
Tesco on Abbeydale Road. Please let
Murray or Robert know if you are free.
Children’s
Birthday Party with entertainer in the Upper Hall until 5.30 pm
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SUNDAY
4th Sunday
before Advent
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3rd
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8.00 am
10.00 am
5.30 pm
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Holy Communion
Baptism Service (No Seekers today – end of Half Term week)
INVITATION TO EVERYONE Churches Together in Heeley and Gleadless Valley invite you to “The
Big Thank You for the Food Bank” at Gleadless Valley Methodist Church,
Blackstock Road, Sheffield this evening when we start with sharing food which
is provided by churches. Can we bring
some cakes please – made or bought! We continue with a celebration and
thanksgiving for the food bank, for those who support it, those who volunteer
and those who receive from it. Please join us and let us know if you plan to
come. Phone 07962667270
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From Murray We had great
services last week, the church looked wonderful with the Harvest decorations, it was great to
see such a pile of food for Roundabout and interesting to hear about the Quilombola
people in Brazil. In the evening the Memorial service was well attended and
Mike Reeder (chaplain of St Luke’s) spoke very movingly.
SONGS FOR CHRISTMAS by The Sheaf Singers presented by Olive Walker with accompanist Matthew Pitts at
St Paul’s Church on November 30th at 7.15 pm. Tickets priced £5.00
available from Ken; please Tel. 2507914, or Margaret - Tel. 2557538 or pay on the door. Proceeds in
aid of Help for Heroes and St Paul’s charities in Zimbabwe.
THIS YEAR’S ADVENT COURSE will be on
Tuesday mornings following Holy Communion on 26th Oct, 3rd
and 10th Nov. All welcome!
CHRISTMAS TREE FESTIVAL If people
would like to start sorting through books at home, we will be having a
bookstall at the Christmas Tree Festival to be held in church on Saturday 23rd
November. There will be a box in which to leave them, in the clergy vestry
soon. Can members also start saving
suitable NEW items for a £1.00 Tombola stall please? Please see Liz if you can
help on the day from
10.30 am (or a
little earlier) to 2.30 pm. There will be cakes, books, preserves, tombola and
refreshments.
A MEDIEVAL MISCELLANY It will also
be the Bishops’ House Fayre on Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th
November from 10.00 am to 3.30 pm at the Bishops’ House in Meersbrook Park.
There will be craft stalls, music and entertainment - all with a Medieval theme.
Free entry to both events so please
encourage your family and friends to pay us both a visit!
SALES OF FRUIT Sales of apples, plums
and damsons have raised about £40.00 to date for the fabric fund. For anyone who isn’t already aware, we now
have work completed the first of our 8 windows (6 in the Nave, 1 in the Ladies
and 1 in the large kitchen) needing urgent repairs. It’s such an improvement – do take a look!
GLYNIS, RUSSELL AND JON would like to
thank people for their wonderful support, gifts & cards at their
Confirmation. They feel truly blessed to
have so many dear friends, caring encouraging, guiding and lovingly walking
with God. Bless you all – and see their
card in the Meeting Place.
RAINBOWS – URGENT Liz Scott
needs help with Rainbows for girls aged 5 – 7 years, upstairs on Mondays from 6.00
-7.00 pm. Please contact Liz 07584 575 141 if you can help.
CHURCH ROTAS for Nov - Dec 2013 & Jan 2014 New Duty Rotas are now ready. Please arrange swaps for those duties
when you’re unavailable - Thanks
W.I. Norton
Lees Branch of the Women’s Institute will celebrate their 20th
Anniversary with a special event on Wed 6th Nov in church at 7.30 pm.
Woodhouse Prize Brass Band is booked to play -
please see posters in church. There will be a sheet in church for
signatures please if you intend coming (for numbers for catering.) Thank you
LOXLEY SILVER BAND & WEST SIDE SINGERS in concert for Christian Aid, on Saturday 16th November at
7.30 pm at St Andrew’s Church, Psalter Lane, S11 8LY. Tickets £10.00 (£7
concessions, £4 students, children under 12 free) available from Band/choir
members or Robert Jackson Tel. 0114 2695263 or see caidsheffconcert@btinternet.com
NEWS OF OUR COMMUNITY
BISHOPS’ HOUSE – FORTHCOMING EVENTS are listed on the flyers in church. Please
take one!
NORTON LEES LOCAL HISTORY GROUP Coming
Soon on Tuesday 12th November, “The Story of an Ordinary Sheffield
Family” with Suzanne Bingham
UKELELE CLUB WITH PETER BURT There
is an opportunity to have an introduction to ukulele this half term. The 3
session club will be suitable for complete beginners and also anyone who has
been before. Please see the notice boards in church for information on how to
request a place.
REQUEST
FOR FOODBANK VOLUNTEERS
On the 14th October we started
a food bank which will operate across the S2 postcode. We would love to hear
from people who already volunteer in another food bank in the city & would
be able to offer some support to our new volunteers. If you can help please drop an e-mail to
ruth.tobler2012@gmail.com or call 07804406267 with your name & contact
number. More detailed information by the collecting boxes in church.
Mike’s Ministry:
Sun 27th – St Paul’s 8.00 am H.C. & 10.00 am F.C.
Mon 28th – Greenhill Methodist Wesley Guild
Tues 29th – St Paul’s 10.00 am H.C.
Sun 3rd – Tapton Hill Congregational
