Notices 2nd to 9th February 2014

SUNDAY Candlemas – Presentation of Jesus in the Temple	2nd	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 6.00 pm for 7.00 pm start)
MONDAY	3rd	12.30 pm	Please note: The office will not be open today Sunny Days post natal support group in the Meeting Place
TUESDAY	4th	10.00 am      2.30 pm   6.15 pm   7.30 pm   8.00 pm	Holy Communion in the Meeting Place TLC in the Meeting Place. New members always welcome Brownies in the Upper Hall Guides in the Upper Hall Contemplative Prayer for Candlemas in the Old Vestry
WEDNESDAY	5th	10.00 am 10.30 am   6.00 pm   7.30 pm   7.30 pm     8 .00 pm	Peekaboo for parents, carers, babies and toddlers in the Nave with refreshments in the Meeting Place Care4You team meeting in the Old Vestry Yoga with Yolande Swift in the Upper Hall First Wednesday Group meeting at Jacqui’s home, 2, Carfield Place W.I. Meeting - Margaret Cooper presents an evening of entertaining poetry & stories in the Old Vestry. Non-members welcome! (£2.00 charge) To join our W.I., please phone Sylvia Sanderson on 0114 2582194 or just come on the night Tai Chi with Gary Shaw in the Upper Hall
THURSDAY	6th	9.30 am        10.00 am   3.00 pm   6.30 pm   7.30 pm	Murray - Year 1 visit from Meersbrook Bank Primary School Weight Watchers in the Upper Hall Chairobics in the Meeting Place Weight Watchers in the Upper Hall Thursday Prayer Group in the Meeting Place
FRIDAY	7th	10.00 am    7.30 pm	M.U. Cathedral Coffee Morning – until noon Worship Group rehearsal in the Old Vestry
SATURDAY	8th	10.00 am	Messy Church at St Paul’s Messy Church for families will be held here in the Nave and Meeting Place from 10.00 am to 12.30 pm for families and from 9.00 am to about 1.30 pm for all those helping please. A light lunch is included and a contribution of £1 each towards refreshments and materials is appreciated. If you’d like to join us and would like more information please telephone 2551945, or see Ann.
SUNDAY Fourth before Lent	9th	8.00 am 10.00 am	Holy Communion Holy Communion – Ian Draffan will be preaching with Seekers upstairs.

M.U. Revd. Shirley Knibbs will be speaking about Food Banks at our meeting on February 12^th at 2.15 pm in the Meeting Place.  Can members please remember to bring a gift of non-perishable food and please feel free to invite anyone that you think might be interested in Shirley’s talk. New M.U. members always welcome!

DAVE  John Howlett has a letter from Dave wishing us all a Happy New Year and giving some news about what’s happening in Zimbabwe. Please see John if you’d like to read the letter. Thank you

KEITH WEATHERINGTON Donations given to the PSP Association (Progressive Supranuclear Palsy) in memory of Keith Weatherington, whose funeral was held at St Paul’s in early January, amounted to well over a thousand pounds. Keith will be remembered fondly by his friends at Chairobics and St Paul’s Music Listening Group.

1914 – 2014 CENTENARY - CELEBRATION EVENTS

2014 marks a very special year of Centenary Celebrations for the Diocese of Sheffield. Please see the church notice boards for Sunday afternoon events from May to November. Each of the celebrations will begin around

2.00 pm and end about 5.00 pm, and will include some bible teaching from Bishop Steven, an act of Worship, activities for all stages, and picnics (bring your own!) and refreshments.

GUIDES Contact Karen Stevenson if you are interested in helping Guides, please see “What’s on” for details. You’d be supported by experienced members of our uniformed organisations, & the gift of your time would be of great benefit to young people locally. Thanks

‘THE STANAGE STUMBLE’ CHALLENGE WALK  For details of how to take part and how to obtain sponsorship forms for  this year’s event on Sunday 4^th May, please see the notice board in the hallway. All profits from this event will be donated to the U.K.’s leading family support charity, Home Start (Sheffield) who run Sunny Days, our post natal support group which held on Mondays in the Meeting Place.

RAINBOWS Due to a lack of numbers Rainbows has been suspended until April, or until more children join, for information please contact Liz Scott 07584575141

ARTS ALIVE 2014 – A FESTIVAL OF CREATIVITY will be held at The Montgomery on Saturday 5^th July from 3.00 pm. Please see notice board for details and application form. N.B. The submission date for entry forms has been extended to the end of February.

Mike’s Ministry:

Sun 2^nd – St Paul’s 10.00 am Baptism Service

Mon 3^rd – Greasbrough Primary & Firshill Junior

Tues 4^th – Handsworth Christian, St Paul’s 10.00 am H.C.

& St Marie’s R.C. Academy

Prayer Focus: 

We continue to pray for all who are bereaved or ill and those who care for them

From Murray

The next Question! Questions! Series

At the moment I have pencilled in Wednesday evenings after Easter starting on 30^th April and running through to 18^th June (though we could have a break for half term).  Please let me know ASAP if you would prefer the series on Thursday evenings or in the daytime instead.

Questions! Questions! is a must for everyone new to             St Paul’s but longer term members are equally welcome.  It will also prepare you for Confirmation – the next service being on 29^th September at St Chad’s.

A sleepover with the Bishop!

This week a group of clergy will be descending on Whirlow Grange conference centre for two days with Bishop Steven.  Bishop Steven has based this series on a paper he wrote about evangelism after attending a gathering of Roman Catholic Bishops exploring the subject last year.  This week is about Catechesis – which might sound like something that happens to our feline friends, but fortunately is explained as ‘teaching the faith to enquirers’. 

The week suited my diary but I am also very interested in the subject because that is what the Questions! Questions! series is about.  So I hope that I will be learning from the Bishop and others who run similar series and also to share some of the things which I have found to be important.

Do pray for us as we gather it is an important time for getting to know other clergy and, as their will be around 30 of us, to get to know people from different traditions of the church from our own.  Bishop Steven is also very good at teaching and encouraging us in a very relaxed and unthreatening way.  –  I will let you know how I get on!!