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SUNDAY
10th
after Trinity
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24th
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8.00
am
10.00 am
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Holy Communion
Family Communion
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MONDAY
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25th
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August Bank Holiday
No Sunny Days today
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TUESDAY
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26th
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Please note: No Holy
Communion today – follows Bank Holiday
No TLC in the Meeting
Place today
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WEDNESDAY
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27th
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11.00 am
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Viewing of Meeting Place – re. September booking
Peekaboo resumes on Wed 3rd Sept
‘Yoga for All’ and Tai Chi both return on the 3rd Sept
Liz & Mike’s Home Group are going out for a meal this evening
(Please note: There will be no meeting at Lees Hall Avenue)
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THURSDAY
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28th
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10.00 am
3.00 pm
6.30
pm
7.00 pm
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Weight
Watchers in the Upper Hall
St Paul’s Chairobics in the Meeting Place
Weight Watchers in the Upper Hall
St Paul’s Music
Listening Group meeting in the Meeting Place Tonight we will be listening to “Popular
music from Desert Island Discs”
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SUNDAY
11th after Trinity
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31st
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8.00 am
10.00 am
6 for 7 pm
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Holy Communion
Baptism Service
Focus
Service in the Nave with refreshments in the Meeting Place afterwards (Arrive
at 6.00 pm for 7.00 pm start)
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From Murray
I had a great time on my retreat last week staying at St Oswald’s
Pastoral Retreat Centre at Sleights near Whitby. The nuns were in a bit of a fluster as they
had only just got back from their summer chapter meeting when they all get
together (I did not gather where), so they were not ‘habited up’ and were
meeting for only two of their usual four daily services. You might be wondering what nuns wear when
they are not in their habits and the answer is very simply, ordinary
clothes!
The house is usually closed to visitors over the summer months but I was
allowed to go after my first retreat was cut short by my aunt’s illness. I stayed in one of the three self-catering
rooms they have which have a spacious main room plus shower room and
kitchenette. Next door to me was Richard
a vicar from Chester Diocese who I chatted to on the first and last day, but we
agreed to be silent in between!
Last time I went I had been in the room Richard used, but this time I was
in the next room along, which was much nicer has it had a wonderful view. Richard’s room has a view, but there is a
tree in the way which is a bit annoying, where as I could set up my easy chair
and the table where I had my meals so that I had this wonderful view all to
myself. I did not even have to walk to a
summer house to do my contemplation!
It was so good to have time to reflect back on my experiences over the
last month or so. When you are being
silent it seems to free your mind to think deeper and not be distracted by the
hurly burly of other things. So I mulled
over things from the past and things which are coming up but was also alert to
God’s whispers of direction for how I should use my time and what my priorities
should be.
The wonderful surroundings certainly helped, so did the peaceful and
prayerful atmosphere of the centre. It
was good to be caught up in the reading of the bible and the saying of the
psalms which are at the heart of the nun’s rhythm of life. The best thing was being able to drive over
to Runswick Bay and soak up the amazing view!
It was just glorious in the sunshine.
REMINDER - NEXT P.C.C. – DATE FOR
YOUR DIARY The
next PCC meeting is at 7.45 pm on Tuesday 16th September.
W.I. ON SEPTEMBER 3RD
Diana Stimely, a Local Councillor, will give a talk “My
Letterbox Experience.”
Why not
join us and find out what being a local Councillor entails? Non-members welcome
(£2.00) – meet at 7.30 pm in the Old Vestry. Or to join, call Sylvia Sanderson
on 0114 2582194.
THE NEXT LOCAL HISTORY GROUP MEETING will be on Tuesday 9th September in
the Old Vestry when Stephen Hall and Ron Cooke will present “Justice of the
Peace: 653 Years & Counting” Cost £2.50 per head includes refreshments. All
welcome!
THANK YOU ALL!
Sue would like to say a BIG thank you to everyone for the lovely cards
and gifts after her birthday party in church was such a success. We raised £592
+ gift aid for St. Luke's Hospice and they said I “have very generous family
and friends!"
PETE SANDFORD’S LICENSING AS READER I am delighted to say that Pete has now passed the
required assignment for him to be licensed as St Paul’s second (current)
Reader. The service will be at Sheffield
Cathedral at 11.00 am on Saturday 20th September. The service will be a moving celebration of
lay ministry across the Diocese and I hope that many of us will attend as we
did Gail’s licensing last year. More
details from Pete. Murray
PRAYER DAY AT LONGSHAW The next
Prayer day will be on Saturday 13th September starting at 10 am and
going on to 4 pm. As before the cost is
£5 which includes tea and coffee but you need to bring your own lunch or go
down to the café if you prefer. Please sign up on the sheet at the back of
church.
BASIC
CAKE DECORATING SESSIONS
If you have an interest in cake decorating/design then why not come along
to the sessions I am intending on holding at St Paul’s Church, Norton Lees over
the next few months (dependent on interest). I will show you various
techniques in producing beautiful cakes/cupcakes and basic wired sugar
flowers. (Please see photographs on the
church notice boards) For more details please contact Christine on 07851136394.
THE CHANGING SCENES
OF LIFE An autobiographical collection of short, true stories by Revd. Bruce
Lloyd
We
still have a few copies left! Bruce’s
book is an interesting mixture of thoughtful and humorous lessons from life and
ministry. Proceeds to go to Sheffield Church of the Nazarene Building Fund for
the redevelopment of the church. Please take a look at the sample book in
church: price £8.00. Copies from St Paul’s office Tues - Thurs 9 am to 2 pm –
cheques to be made payable to: Rev B Lloyd (Expenses). Also obtainable for £5.00 for PDF file - email Bruce at bandslloyd@blueyonder.co.uk
REMINDER – M.U.’s
AGM will be on Wednesday 10th September
at 2.15 pm in church.
BIG SUMMER SWITCH Join up and
get cheaper gas and electricity! A new and improved free collective energy
switching scheme could save people an average of £215 per year. Register by 7th
September - Leaflets in church and more details on the church notice boards.
FOODBANK UPDATE It was a busy session
again with 18 vouchers processed, 480 kg in, 300 kg out and 27 kg from St
Paul’s. Volunteer numbers were down
because of holidays and illness. One man
who is suffering from cancer had walked from Wordsworth Avenue as this was the
only Foodbank he knew of.
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR Booking forms are in church for the Easy Street
Theatre production of Jesus Christ Superstar at the Montgomery Theatre from 10th
to 13th September. This is a youth group production. Adults £12
Under 12’s and OAP’s £10
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