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SUNDAY
3rd Sunday of Advent
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15th
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8.00 am
10.00 am
2.00 pm
6.00 pm
7.00 pm
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Holy Communion
Family Worship (No Seekers today)
Carol Singing at the Bishops’ House with mulled
wine and mince pies! Free!
“Vine Time” Service in the Old Vestry
Focus Service
in the Nave and Meeting Place (arrive 6.00 pm for a 7.00 pm start)
Please note: Date change owing to our church
Carol Service next week
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MONDAY
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16th
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12.30 pm
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Last “Sunny Days” post natal support group
this year – resumes Mon 6th
Jan
No Rainbows –
resumes Monday 13th January
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TUESDAY
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17th
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10.00 am
2.00 pm
2.00 pm
6.15 pm
7.30
pm
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Holy Communion Service
in the Meeting Place
Holmwood Christmas
Service – Carol singers will be very welcome please!
TLC will be meeting for the service at 2.00 pm at
Holmwood then returning to
St Paul’s (Last session this year, resumes 7th
January)
Brownies in
the UH. Guides has finished for this term – resumes Tues 7th
January
Jenny & Dilesh’s
Home Group
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WEDNESDAY
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18th
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10.00 am
10.30 am
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Peekaboo for Parents, Carers, Babies and Toddlers in the Nave &
Meeting Place
Christmas Party – Santa’s Grotto in the Clergy Vestry
Care4You Team Meeting with Lynne Ashmore in the Old Vestry
Tai Chi and Yoga will resume on 8th January
For information: “Craft and Chat” with
the W.I. is cancelled this evening – W.I. meetings resume on Wed 8th
January in preference to meeting on New Year’s Day. Similarly, 1st Wednesday Group
will also meet a week later on Wednesday 8th.
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THURSDAY
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19th
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10.00 am
3 – 4 pm
6.30 pm
7.30 pm
7.30 pm
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Weight Watchers in the Upper Hall
St Paul’s Chairobics in the Meeting Place – new members welcome!
Weight Watchers in the Upper Hall
‘Carols at the Cross
Scythes’ – a warm and festive family evening with free glass of mulled wine and
a mince pie. Come and join members of St
Paul’s and Mount
View Churches and meet
the new landlords at the Cross Scythes pub too!
Please bring raffle
prizes – proceeds split between our three charities
Thursday Prayer Group in
the Meeting Place
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FRIDAY
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20th
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7.30 pm
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Worship Group rehearsal in the Old Vestry
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SUNDAY
4th Sunday of
Advent
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22nd
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8.00 am
10.00 am
6.00 pm
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Holy Communion
Holy Communion (No Seekers – school holidays)
St Paul’s Candle Lit Carol Service
with mulled wine and mince pies to follow
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From
Murray As I write this on Tuesday evening I have
just heard part of Barack Obama’s speech at the Thanksgiving Service for Nelson
Mandela. With tears in my eyes I
reflected that with the black President of the United States leading the
tributes for such a man, nothing is truly impossible and the injustices of our
world can be overcome. There is much
still wrong amongst the nations but such events give us hope and fuel our
prayer.
On Monday evening I
attended the Scouts Sheaf District Carol Service at Greenhill Methodist Church
which was led by the minister there, Jonathan Haig. It was a brilliant service and the young
people really warmed to his enthusiasm, passion and humour. Next year I will be inviting the Scout District
back to St Paul’s for the annual Carol Service in our Group’s Centenary
year. Maureen Food who I work with in leading
the Cub Pack is a Reader at St Mary’s, Bramall Lane , and we will be planning
and leading the service together again, as we did a few years ago.
Speaking of the 46th Sheffield Scout Groups
Centenary, I am not sure if you know that we have a special service planned for
Sunday 18th May at 3.00 pm here at St Paul’s when Peter Burrows,
Bishop of Doncaster will be speaking and many former members of our Group will
attend. This follows an open day at the
Scout Hall the day before.
CHRISTMAS SERVICES We
need people to welcome, read, & pray at the services over Christmas.
Just a few people have offered so far, and
there are still spaces to be filled on the list in church. Please sign
up to help if you can. Thank you
SHEAF SINGERS’
CONCERT
Many thanks to all the people who came to “Songs for Christmas.” We raised £255 for “Help for Heroes” and a
further £255 for St Paul’s charities that we support in Zimbabwe. Thanks to Ken
for organising it and all those who helped with refreshments.
CHRISTMAS DATES:
·
Church Carol Service (with Carfield Choir)
6.00 pm Sunday 22nd December
·
Children’s Event at the Cross Scythes – 3.30 pm Monday 23rd December (Fancy Dress
Nativity)
·
Family Carols at St Paul’s
6.00 pm Tuesday 24th December
·
Midnight Communion
11.30 pm Tuesday 24th December
·
Christmas Day Family Communion
10.00 am Wednesday 25th December
CHRISTMAS TREE FESTIVAL AND FAYRE Thank you so much all those people who organised the day and to everyone who supported us. It was a hugely successful event; the total
raised for the fabric fund is about £900, so with a further donation of £100 at
the Autumn Memorial Service, we are well on our way to being able to repair
more of the worst damaged church windows on the North side of church! Thank you
everyone!
ROOM HIRE: 2014 DATES Thanks to all those people who
have already let us know their last session this year, and their return date
for 2014. If you haven’t yet done this, please could you let us know this week?
To help us with programming the heating, it’s a great help if you can provide a
list of dates when your group will be meeting in 2014 please. (Joan makes diary
entries for the whole year for 25 groups in the church office diary, and it’s
really useful if you can put your dates in writing for us, as it saves Joan an
awful lot of counting out!) If you host a house group and would like your
meetings to go on the church notice sheet, please could you also put your dates
in writing?
RAINBOWS & GUIDES Please contact Liz Scott or Karen Stevenson
if you are interested in helping out with Rainbows or Guides. Either leader can
be contacted via the Centre Office on 2550144 or see “What’s on” for details.
You would be supported by experienced members of our uniformed organisations,
and the gift of your time would be of great benefit to the young people of
Norton Lees. Thanks
BISHOPS BISTRO & COFFEE HOUSE Please support
your fantastic local bistro at 5 Lees Hall Ave, by Hollythorpe shops. Flyers in church for opening times and
special offers.
BELL RINGERS urgently needed to
perform carols outside the Bistro. Please see Jacqui a.s.a.p.
TAKING CARE OF ST PAUL’S Following our wonderful Redevelopment Project
we have tried very hard to take good care of our beautiful building. Visitors are always impressed and comment
positively on the work that’s been done.
Lately, there have been a few problems – nothing major, but can we
remind people about some of the “little things” like covering tables for craft
activities (wipeable PVC table cloths will be bought shortly, meanwhile if you
could use a few sheets of newspaper please?) It saves us a lot of
time scrubbing
PVA adhesive, Pritt stick, felt tip pen
& cake icing etc. off the
table tops. Art work, posters etc. should be put up on the gloss painted surfaces
or glass with blutac and not sellotape. One of the new chairs has also been damaged;
please take care when moving them and lift them rather than dragging them. Please help us to keep St Paul’s in good
order and thanks everyone for your co-operation.
WOODHOUSE PRIZE BAND presents “A
Christmas Celebration” this week on Mon
16th Dec 7.00 pm for 7.30 pm
at St James’ Church, Norton. Tickets £5.00 for adults & £2.00 for children,
with refreshments included. Tickets from Lesley 0114 2373790 or Sally on 0114
2745259.
Mike’s Ministry:
Sun 15th – St Paul’s 10.00 am Family
Worship
Mon 16th – Mundella Primary
Sun 22nd – St Paul’s 8.00 am &
10.00 am H.C. services
From Murray
(From last week) You may have heard that I am going to Dubai again in
the New Year though I have only recently made the final decision to go. The focus this year will be on the return of
the wise men (and yes, that is why I have been leading an Advent course on the
subject!). I will fly out on 1st
January so that I can preach at three services over the weekend of the Epiphany
(the coming of the wise men). The
following Friday (the main day for worship in Dubai) we will go out into the
desert, walk, reflect and camp as we think of the wise men on their return
journey. I hope that we will share in
their journeying and see how our lives, like theirs, have been an
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