SUNDAY
Fourth Sunday of Advent
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21st
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8.00 am
10.00 am
2 to 4 pm
6.00 pm
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Holy Communion
Holy Communion (No Seekers
– School Holidays)
Traditional Carol Singing at Bishops’ House
“Carols by Candlelight”
- St Paul’s Christmas Carol Service
with Carfield Community Choir
Please note: There will be
No Vine Time Service this evening
Focus Service resumes on Sunday 4th January 2015
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MONDAY
|
22nd
|
12 noon
|
“Sunny Days” – Home Start Post-natal support group in the Meeting
Place 12.30 pm start - until 3.00 pm. Last
session of 2014. Resumes Mon 12th January
W.E.A. Art Classes in the Old Vestry have now finished for this year
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TUESDAY
|
23rd
|
10.00 am
|
Holy Communion in the
Meeting Place
Brownies resumes on Tuesday 6th January
Guides resumes on Tuesday 13th January
Norton Lees Local History Group will be back on Tuesday 13th January
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WEDNESDAY
Christmas
Eve
|
24th
|
6.00 pm
11.30 pm
|
Peekaboo, W.I., First Wednesday Group, Yoga and Tai Chi all resume on Wednesday 7th
January
Family Carols at St Paul’s
Midnight Communion –
remembering the 1914 Christmas Truce
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THURSDAY
|
25th
|
10.00
am
|
Family
Communion for Christmas Day
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FRIDAY
|
26th
|
Boxing
Day
|
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SUNDAY
Holy
Innocents
|
28th
|
8.00 am
10.00 am
|
Holy Communion (Meeting
Place)
Holy Communion (Meeting
Place)
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From Murray
Please use the cupboard doors by the font to
put up Christmas cards to all your friends at St Paul’s. You could even give a donation to the windows
fund for the cards you won’t have to buy!!
CHRISTMAS COLLECTIONS
At this Sunday’s Carol Service, and the Christmas Eve 6.00 pm and
Midnight Services, the collection will be for the Children's Society and for HARC
– Homeless and Rootless at Christmas.
2015 MEETING DATES
If you haven’t yet let us know the date when your group
will return to St Paul’s in January, please do so. Likewise if you haven’t given
us your meeting dates for heating purposes, billing etc., a written or emailed
list of dates is really helpful please. (It’s much better than just telling us
the frequency of your meetings and saves Joan having to count them out for
every group.) Please pass your list to Joan Howlett, or leave it at the office.
If you know of dates when you will be unavailable for the next church duty
rota, please also let us know. Thank you
BETH AND MATTHEW would like to thank everyone for
all the cards, presents and prayers following Emily's birth. We have felt God's
love surrounding us.
THANK YOUS! We are very
pleased to have added significantly to the fund for replacing the damaged
windows. Although we still have quite a way to go, thanks are due to everyone
who worked so hard to make the following Christmas events such a success.
CHRISTMAS TREE FESTIVAL & FAYRE: A big thank
you to everyone who gave their time, moved furniture, decorated trees, baked,
donated goods & manned the stalls. £964 was raised towards our windows
appeal.
THE
SHEAF SINGERS CONCERT raised a further £420, so thanks to Ken for all
his hard work in organising it, all the refreshment makers, and to everyone who
came to support the event.
Thanks also to those who supported ‘HOLLY DAYS’, the floral demonstration evening, and
particularly to Liz Edwards for giving her time once again. There’s an
additional £200 to be added to the fabric fund from this event.
FLORAL TRIBUTES If anyone has an occasion to celebrate
(anniversaries etc.) and would like to have flowers put in church, please see
Deidre, who will be happy to receive your donation for flowers & make your
arrangement for you.
POPPY APPEAL
The Royal British
Legion has thanked us for raising £59.61 with the sale of poppies in the lead
up to Remembrance Day.
BABY BASICS based at The King’s Centre Church aims
to provide some of the basics needed for life with a new-born to women in Sheffield.
Baby Basics works with midwives &
health visitors to provide much needed items and help for teenage mums, asylum
seekers, and women fleeing domestic violence and trafficking. For a list of
items needed in the Starter Packs, please see the flyer on the church notice
board if you feel that you’d like to help, or telephone 0114 2507277 or email
BabyBasics@kingscentreonline.com
SALES OF CHRISTMAS CARDS have raised £55.00 for church funds.
FOODBANK UPDATE
There were
more clients this week (19 vouchers) though there is still a problem over the
issuing of vouchers. Clients had gone to
the CAB on London Road but they had run out of vouchers. Another client just caught them in time and
had survived on biscuits for two days after benefit sanctions. Robert had a new volunteer shadowing him
which felt very positive. St Paul’s
supplied 35kg of food.
Mike’s
Ministry this week:
Sun 21st – St Paul’s Holy Communion –
8.00 am
– St Paul’s Holy Communion – 10.00 am
Tues 23rd – St Paul’s Holy Communion –
10.00 am
Sun 28th – St Paul’s Holy Communion –
8.00 am
-
St Paul’s Holy Communion – 10.00 am
From Murray
Here we
are with Christmas nearly upon us again.
What are you looking forward to most in the next couple of days? What is it that makes Christmas so special
for you? And, how could you help make
Christmas special for someone else? The answers will be different for each of
us, but the questions might be worth pondering.
Happy Christmas and thank you for the cards and good wishes. From Ann and Murray
Notices 11th to 18th January 2015
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SUNDAY
- 1st of Epiphany
Baptism
of Jesus
|
11th
|
8.00 am
10.00 am
|
Holy Communion
Holy Communion with
Seekers upstairs
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MONDAY
|
12th
|
12.30 pm
2.00 pm
|
‘Sunny Days’ (Home
Start) Post natal support group is back today.
Arriving 12 noon for 12.30 start
W.E.A. Art Class in the Old Vestry with Veronique Oodian (2 of 11)
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TUESDAY
|
13th
|
10.00 am
2.30 pm
6.15
pm
7.30 pm
7.30 pm
7.30 pm
|
Holy Communion in the Meeting Place with
Coffee and Fellowship to
follow. All welcome!
TLC in the Meeting Place
Brownies in the Upper Hall
Guides resumes in the Upper Hall this evening
Baptism Preparation
meeting in the MP and Nave for seven families
Norton Lees
Local History Group in the Old Vestry. Join us in our “Local
History Share”
– bring along books, articles, artefacts etc. of local historical
interest. Also
2015 Programme Planning – please see poster in church or
contact Helen Egan on 07927377628 for details or to join.
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WEDNESDAY
|
14th
|
10.00 am
2.15
pm
6.00
pm
7.30 pm
7.30 pm
8.00 pm
|
Peekaboo for babies and toddlers in the Nave with refreshments in MP
M.U. meeting in the Meeting Place. Reminder:
Subs are now due please
– there’s an increase of
50 pence and it will now be £16.50. Thank you
Yoga with Yolande Swift in the Upper Hall
Home Group at Liz and
Mike’s house resumes tonight
Wedding booking with
Murray in the Meeting Place.
Tai Chi with Gary Shaw in
the Upper Hall
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|
THURSDAY
|
15th
|
3 – 4 pm
7.30
pm
|
St Paul’s Chairobics in the Meeting Place – new members always
welcome
Thursday Prayer Group in
the Meeting Place
|
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SATURDAY
|
17th
|
1.00 pm
|
Christine Pitter’s cake
decorating course is postponed. Please see flyers on
the notice boards if you
think you would be interested at a later date
Special General Meeting for The Conservative Party in the Meeting
Place
until 4.00 pm approx.
|
|
SUNDAY
Second
Sunday of Epiphany
|
18th
|
8.00 am
10.00
am
7.00 pm
|
Holy Communion
Family Worship (No Seekers today)
Focus Service
in the Nave with refreshments in the Meeting Place
(Arrive 6.00 pm for 7.00 pm start)
|
Confirmation in 2015
In recent years we have shared Confirmation Services with St James’ and
St Chad’s – and we thought it was a good system going! But our Bishops have now decided to only do
one Confirmation Service each year in each of the Deaneries. This year our Deanery Confirmation will be
Tuesday evening 12th May at St Mary’s Bramall Lane. I am sorry if you were hoping for a service
at St Paul’s this year. However, to be
fair some of the Confirmation services for our group of churches have not been
very well attended so it is understandable.
If you are interested in being Confirmed this year have a word with
Murray. If you have not yet done a
Questions! Questions! series, all is not lost, we could work something out if
you have a chat!
Notices 25th January to 1st February 2015
|
SUNDAY
Third
Sunday of Epiphany
|
25th
|
8.00 am
10.00 am
2.30 pm
|
Holy Communion
Holy Communion with
Seekers upstairs
Birthday Party
in the Upper Hall (Galvin family) – to finish at 5.30 pm
|
|
MONDAY
|
26th
|
12.30 pm
2.00 pm
|
‘Sunny Days’ (Home Start) Post natal support group in the Meeting
Place
Arriving 12 noon for 12.30
start
W.E.A. Art Class in the Old Vestry with Veronique Oodian (4 of 11)
|
|
TUESDAY
|
27th
|
10.00 am
2.30
pm
6.15
pm
7.30 pm
7.30 pm
|
Holy Communion in the
Meeting Place
TLC in the Meeting Place
Brownies in the Upper Hall
Guides in the Upper Hall
Murray – Wedding booking
in the Meeting Place
|
|
WEDNESDAY
|
28th
|
10.00 am
6.00 pm
7.30 pm
8.00
pm
|
Peekaboo for
babies and toddlers in the Nave with refreshments in MP
Please see
notice boards if you would like to offer your help at Peekaboo,
either with putting out toys etc. or as a leader. Thank you
Yoga with Yolande Swift in the Upper Hall
Home Group at Liz and
Mike’s house
Tai Chi with Gary Shaw in
the Upper Hall
|
|
THURSDAY
|
29th
|
3 – 4 pm
|
St Paul’s Chairobics in the Meeting Place – new members always
welcome
|
|
SATURDAY
|
31st
|
11.00 am
|
Baptism Service in church
– A very warm welcome to the family and friends of child who is
being baptised at St Paul’s today
|
|
SUNDAY
Presentation
of Christ in the Temple
|
1st
|
8.00
am
10.00 am
6.00 pm
|
Holy Communion
Baptism Service with
Seekers upstairs
Focus Service
in the Nave with refreshments in the Meeting Place
(Arrive for 6.00 pm for 7.00 pm start)
|
Confirmation in 2015
In recent years we have shared Confirmation Services with St James’ and
St Chad’s – and we thought it was a good system going! But our Bishops have now decided to only do
one Confirmation Service each year in each of the Deaneries. This year our Deanery Confirmation will be
Tuesday evening 12th May at St Mary’s Bramall Lane. I am sorry if you were hoping for a service
at St Paul’s this year. However, to be
fair some of the Confirmation services for our group of churches have not been
very well attended so it is understandable.
If you are interested in being Confirmed this year have a word with
Murray. If you have not yet done a
Questions! Questions! series, all is not lost, we could work something out if
you have a chat!
From Murray
Last week I met with
the vicars of St Peter’s, St James’ St Chad’s and the new curate of St Chad’s
at the S17 Café in Bradway. It was good
to meet up again and chat about things.
We concluded that our working together within the Mission Partnership
should focus around worshipping together, encouraging people in their mission
and ministry and bring together leaders of our churches to share vision. We have planned joint services for Ash
Wednesday and Ascension Day and a meeting for PCCs and Leadership Groups in
April which will be held at St Paul’s.
It will take time to work out how God is calling us to work together and
discover the gifts and talents we have within our churches which might be shared
but it’s good to have made a start.
