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SUNDAY
Second before Lent
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23rd
|
8.00 am
10.00 am
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Holy
Communion
Holy
Communion (Our 1st Sunday for Lent Themes)
(No
Seekers today – schools’ half term holidays)
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MONDAY
|
24th
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12.30
pm
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Sunny Days post natal support group in the
Meeting Place
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TUESDAY
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25th
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10.00 am
2.30 pm
7.45 pm
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Holy
Communion in the Meeting Place
TLC
in the Meeting Place. New members always welcome
No Brownies or Guides in the Upper Hall – half
term
Standing
Committee in the Meeting Place
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WEDNESDAY
|
26th
|
10.30
am
6.00 pm
7.30 pm
7.30 pm
8.00 pm
|
No
Peekaboo this week – Half Term
Care4You
support workers team meeting in the Old Vestry
Yoga
with Yolande Swift resumes in the Upper Hall
Baptism Preparation evening in the Meeting
Place
Wed Home group at Jacqui’s home (N.B. Venue change)
(W.I.
are going out for a meal this evening)
Tai
Chi with Gary Shaw in the Upper Hall
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THURSDAY
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27th
|
10.00
am
3.00
pm
6.30 pm
7.00 pm
|
Weight Watchers in the Upper Hall
Chairobics in the Meeting Place
Weight Watchers in the Upper Hall
St
Paul’s Music Listening Group in the Meeting Place
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FRIDAY
|
28th
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8.30
am to 4 pm
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NTP Services Ltd. – Classroom Training for
Commercial Drivers in the Old Vestry all day
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SUNDAY
Sunday next before Lent
|
2nd
|
8.00 am
10.00 am
6.00
pm for 7 pm
|
Holy
Communion
Morning
Worship (No Seekers today –
schools’ half term holidays)
Focus Service in the Nave with refreshments in
the Meeting Place
|
Questions!
Questions!
From
what I have heard so far the next QQ will be on Wednesday evenings starting on
30th April at 7.30 pm in the meeting place (we finish about 9.00
pm). We will then meet on May 7th,
14th, 21st and 28th (though we could miss 28th
as it is half term) then June 4th, 11th, 18th
and maybe the 25th. Please
book the dates in your diary and let me know if you are thinking of coming
along. Murray
Another Prayer Day
at Longshaw
I have provisionally booked the Moorland
Discovery Centre at Longshaw for Saturday 3rd May for another Prayer
Day. We had our first last autumn and
people were so appreciative that I said that I would try to arrange two each
year. The day started at 10 am and
finished at around 4.00 pm and the cost was £5 to cover the cost of hiring the
Centre.
Last time I lead some meditations in the
morning and talked a bit about prayer and stillness. We then had a leisurely lunch (most people
brought their own but you can go down the café if you prefer). We then had a bit of time to wander around on
our own, being quiet and appreciating the wonderful scenery before getting
together to share our experiences during an informal Communion.
As it will be a couple of weeks after
Easter resurrection will be very much the theme and I hope that spring will be
all around us (but the Centre did seem to be well heated if it is still a
little cool!).
The Centre worked well with around twenty
of us, we could perhaps fit a few more in but that number enabled us all to sit
around in a semi-circle. If you can’t
make this one I hope to be booking another date for the autumn. Please put the date in your diary now and I
will collect names nearer the time. Murray
THANK
YOU
Many thanks to everyone for their best wishes and all the lovely cards Roger
and I received on becoming first time Grandparents. Rob & Lucy and their
new baby son are all doing well. (I’m afraid he doesn’t yet have a name!) Thanks again, Cathy
PLANT SALE & COFFEE MORNING with books and cakes on Sat 10th
May from 10 am to 1 pm to raise money for the Fabric Fund for the remaining
window repairs. If anyone would like to
grow something for us to sell, it would be very much appreciated. Please see
Ken for suggestions.
SAINSBURY’S ACTIVE KIDS 2014 VOUCHERS There’s now a box in church if you would like to save your vouchers
for equipment for St Paul’s Beavers, Cubs & Scouts please. Help us to help
equip our young people for a healthier life!
‘THE STANAGE STUMBLE’ CHALLENGE WALK For details of how to obtain
sponsorship forms for this year’s event
on 4th May, please see the notice board in the hallway. All profits
from this event will be donated to the Home Start (Sheffield) who run Sunny
Days, our post natal support group, which is held on Mondays in the MP at 12.30
pm.
FUTURE EVENTS . If you're planning any sort of event to be
held in church during 2014 could you please send details to Liz Warren so that
we can complete a year planner and make sure that everyone is catered for and
we don't end up with dates that clash or try to organise events too close
together. Is there any sort of event that you would like us
to have but is missing from our usual schedule? Let us know and we'll see
what we can do.
THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE presented by Meersbrook Park
Church Operatic Society from Tues 4th
to Sat 8th March at 7.30 pm at Dronfield Civic Hall. Please telephone Mrs Kath Hirst – ticket
secretary on 0114 2557634
0114 2557634
0114 2557634
M.U. - MAKE A MOTHER’S DAY – Sunday 30th March.
This Mothering
Sunday, as you remember your mother, help us to change the lives of people all
over the world by buying a “Make a Mother’s Day” gift. Please see posters in
church for details of inspirational ethical gifts from £4-£10.
M.U. meeting on 12th March – Jacqui will be leading a Meditation for Lent. EASTER CARDS will be on sale in church very shortly.
Enquiries to Jacqui & please put your payment in the oak box under the MP
notice board.
NEW GROUPS ART CLASS
- The Workers’ Educational Association is bringing
an Art class to St Paul’s, owing to refurbishment works at the Church of the
Nazarene. The classes with Veronique Oodian will begin in the Old Vestry on Monday
28th April at 2.00 pm for an 11 week block. More details to follow
soon.
WEEKLY TUITION & HOMEWORK CLUB - Help for all ages with focus on English, Maths & Science, run
by qualified teachers, providing small group work and homework workshops. Venue:
The Old Vestry at St Paul’s Church & centre from 3.30 -5.30 pm starting on
Thursday 6th March. Discount available for siblings. One to one tuition also available. For details
call HJ Tuition on 0114 25548890114 2554889 or 07846957711 or visit hjtuition.vpweb.co.uk
0114 2554889 or 07846957711 or visit hjtuition.vpweb.co.uk
Mike’s
Ministry:
Sun 23rd
– St
Paul’s 10.00 am H.C.
Sun 2nd
March – St Paul’s 10.00 am Morning Worship
From Murray
You may remember
that I was going to lead a retreat in the desert while I was in Dubai. It did not turn out quite a planned! There had been a bit of rain that week which
would not have been good, but it was actually the wind that proved more of a
problem. It was a breezy day and in the
desert that turned into a sand storm! Our first stop was enveloped in a bright,
gritty fog so we quickly moved on to where the air was clearer and we were able
to sit in the shelter of the vehicles.
We were wondering what to do when someone arrived to tell us that our
intended camp site was actually a conservation area - though there were no
notices so I am not sure how we were supposed to know! One of the families then offered the use of
their garden - so that is where we ended up.
That was where I shared most of what I had prepared - not in the place I
expected - but was still a great experience!
Most of the group stayed for a barbecue in the evening and some of us
camped there for the night.
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