Notices 31st August to 7th September 2014

SUNDAY 11th  after Trinity	31st	8.00 am  10.00 am     6.00 pm	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)
MONDAY	1st	12 noon	“Sunny Days” – Home Start Post-natal support group with Sara McClean resumes in the Meeting Place today – Arrive 12 noon for 12.30 pm start
TUESDAY	2nd	10.00 am    2.30 pm    6.30 pm    8.00 pm	Holy Communion in the Meeting Place TLC in the Meeting Place today Brownies resumes this evening in the Upper Hall Guides resumes in UH next week on Tuesday 9th September Contemplative Prayer in the Meeting Place
WEDNESDAY	3rd	10.00 am    6.00 pm    7.30 pm    7.30 pm      8.00 pm	‘Peekaboo’ for Parents, Carers, Babies and Toddlers resumes today in the Nave with refreshments in the Meeting Place. Welcome back! ‘Yoga for All’ with Yolande Swift resumes this evening in the Upper Hall First Wednesday Group meeting at Jacqui’s home Norton Lees (St Paul’s) W.I. resumes this evening in the Old Vestry. 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. Tai Chi with Gary Shaw resumes this evening in the Upper Hall
THURSDAY	4th	10.00 am    3.00 pm    6.30 pm    7.30 pm	Weight Watchers in the Upper Hall St Paul’s Chairobics in the Meeting Place Weight Watchers in the Upper Hall Thursday Prayer Group meeting in the Meeting Place - all welcome
FRIDAY	5th	10.30 am    7.30 pm	Rotherham Deanery will be hosting the M.U. Coffee Morning at Sheffield Cathedral (until 12 noon) Worship Group rehearsal in church
SATURDAY	6th	2.30 pm	Birthday Party in the Upper Hall until 5.30 pm
SUNDAY  12th after Trinity	7th	8.00 am  10.00 am	Holy Communion Morning Worship (M.U. Sunday) with Seekers in the Upper Hall – welcome back Seekers!

A WARM WELCOME to the families and friends of children who are being baptised at St Paul’s today.

From Murray  As I write it is really cold and autumn seems to be on its way!  It might be the wind making it feel particularly cold, and it is due to warm up a bit by the end of the week, but there is certainly a change in the seasons marked by trees beginning to change their colour.  A few years ago we were in France at this time and they have a name for this time which is ‘Rentrer’ which means ‘coming back’ or re-entry, for  it is when people come back from holidays and start again at schools and colleges.  It does feel like a time of new beginnings. If nothing else it marks the beginning of the build up to Christmas!  What are the new beginnings and new challenges for you at this time and how might you share them with God and find his guidance and direction in them.  Might Contemplative Prayer on Tuesday evening this week be a time to mull things over or the prayer day on Saturday 13^th September at Longshaw?

CAP MONEY COURSE  A free course to help you manage your money better and learn to budget, save and spend well. Starts on Wednesday 15^th October from 7.00 to 9.00 pm at St Chad’s Church, Linden Avenue, Woodseats, Sheffield 8. Book by calling Karen Kilner on 0114 250 7369 or online at www.capmoneycourse.org

STREET PASTORS IN SHEFFIELD Street Pastors are taking the love of God onto Sheffield City streets. There are two teams – a City Centre team and a team in Burngreave. They are starting a new team on Ecclesall Rd from 9.00 pm to 12.15 am. The next training starts on Saturday 13^th September, 9.00 am to 4.00 pm at Rock Christian Centre, Carlisle St, Sheffield S4 7LJ. Contact Tricia Watts on 07931562442 or email sheffield@streetpastors.org.uk or see the information on the church notice board.

LOST BOOK!  Murray wonders if he has lent his book ‘Please understand me’ by David Kiersey which he may have lent out at Questions! Questions!

REMINDER - NEXT P.C.C. – DATE FOR YOUR DIARY The next meeting is at 7.45 pm on Tues 16^th Sept.

THE NEXT LOCAL HISTORY GROUP MEETING  will be on Tuesday 9^th 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!

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 20^th 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 13^th 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.

ST PAUL’S AUTUMN MEMORIAL SERVICE will also be held on Sunday 28^th September  at 6.00 pm. Invitations will be sent out nearer the date, but if you know of anyone who would appreciate an invitation, please ask them to get in touch with us with their contact details or see Irene Seggar in church. Thanks

BASIC CAKE DECORATING SESSIONS  If you have an interest in cake decorating/design then why not come along to the sessions I’m planning to hold at St Paul’s Church over the next few months (dependent on interest). I will show you various techniques in producing beautiful cakes/cupcakes & basic wired sugar flowers. (See photos on church notice boards) Please contact Christine 07851136394.

THE CHANGING SCENES OF LIFE An autobiographical collection of short, true stories by Revd. Bruce Lloyd

Three copies left!  Bruce’s book is an interesting mix 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 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 10^th September at 2.15 pm in church.

BIG SUMMER SWITCH  Join up and get cheaper gas & electricity! A new and improved free collective energy switching scheme could save people an average of £215 per year. Leaflets in church and more details on the church notice boards. Register by 7^th Sept.

FOODBANK UPDATE  It was a slow session, Robert only saw 3 clients, but had more time to talk to them.  One man talked for half an hour about how he had once worked as a professional but had lost it after a breakdown and now needed Foodbank.  The next was a regular of Eastern European origin who has not had any benefits for 26 weeks due to changes in the system and is now in danger of losing his flat.  The next was suffering with cancer and had another sad story to tell.  All three were hard conversations for Robert.  The stats this week are 170 kg in (20kg from St Paul’s) and 200 kg out, 12 vouchers processed 20 people fed.

Notices 24th to 31st August 2014

SUNDAY 10th  after Trinity	24th	8.00 am  10.00 am	Holy Communion Family Communion
MONDAY	25th		August Bank Holiday No Sunny Days today
TUESDAY	26th		Please note: No Holy Communion today – follows Bank Holiday No TLC in the Meeting Place today
WEDNESDAY	27th	11.00 am	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)
THURSDAY	28th	10.00 am    3.00 pm    6.30 pm    7.00 pm	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”
SUNDAY  11th after Trinity	31st	8.00 am  10.00 am 6 for 7 pm	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)

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 16^th September.

W.I. ON SEPTEMBER 3^RD  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 9^th 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 20^th 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 13^th 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 10^th 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 7^th 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 10^th to 13^th September. This is a youth group production. Adults £12 Under 12’s and OAP’s £10