A warm welcome to you on this Easter Day. Please do join us after the service to share in a cup of tea or coffee. All ages are welcome at St. Mary’s, children included. There is also a crèche in the Octagon for the very young if you need it. If this is your first time with us, please do fill in the slip at the end of the newsletter, so that we can keep in touch with you. St Mary’s is fitted with a hearing loop system. Members of the congregation who have a hearing aid with a ‘T’ switch will find that they can hear better when it is switched to ‘T’.

Thank you to everyone who has put themselves out to prepare for Easter. We all hope you have a very special time at Easter this year - the church looks beautiful.

Coffee Club
The Coffee Club will meet next on Wednesday 8th April at 10.45 am. All Welcome. Gwen and Audrey

Beetle Drive
A Beetle Drive will be held on Friday 27th April at 7pm in aid of the Church Refurbishment Fund. £1.50 adults £1. Children. Refreshments, Hot Dogs, etc will be available for a small charge. There will also be a raffle. All are welcome so please do come and support this fund raising evening. Refurbishment Committee

Thank You
Ann would like to thank you all for your love, prayers and kindness shown to her, before, during and after her recent operation. I’m sure everything will be fine in the end once I am able to walk straight again. Barry thanks you for all the cakes, pies, puddings and biscuits and all your lovely cards and flowers.
God Bless you all. Ann and Barry

March Tote
1st Prize No. 30 D. Moore £27.50
2nd Prize No. 20 L. Graham £ 9.00

The Gift of the Stranger
Churches Together with Refugees In Coventry invite you along to enjoy a morning learning about refugees who come to Coventry. This is being held at Cornerstone Methodist church on Saturday 21st April from 10am - 1pm.
More details from Sr. Brenda 7666 4983

Knit a River for Water Aid
We take our water supply for granted. We turn the tap on, flush the toilet etc. However many millions of people in the world are unable to do this. Water Aid are a campaigning group asking that much more be spent around the world to ensure that water is available to all regardless of where they live. Water Aid currently have programmes in 17 countries in Africa and Asia. Since June 2006, Water Aid and I Knit London and have been asking for knitted blue Squares. Can you knit? Could you learn? Could you knit a six inch square in blue wool? - any shade will do, or could you stitch knitted squares together. If so please speak to Pennie who is collecting in knitted squares which will be sewn together to create a knitted river! This will then be used at various campaigning events in the UK during 2007. In Coventry the River will be at Spirit of Life in the Cathedral on Monday May 7th 2007. The whole river will then be displayed at Downing Street in July this year so let’s make an impact.

Easter Day

Collect: God of glory, by the raising of your Son you have broken the chains of death and hell: fill your church with faith and hope; for a new day has dawned and the way to life stands open in our Saviour Jesus Christ.

First Reading: Acts 10. 34-43 Sheila Wick

Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 15. 19-26 Sarah Tompkins

Gospel Reading : John 20. 1-18 Pennie Hartopp

Intercessor: Lorraine Baker

Hymns: 267 204 563 222 506 503

Post Communion Prayer: God of Life, who for our redemption gave your only-begotten Son to the death of the cross, and by his glorious resurrection
have delivered us from the power of our enemy: grant us so to die daily to sin, that we may evermore live with him in the joy of his risen life; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

This week beginning 8th April 2007

Easter Day 5.30 am Vigil and Dawn Eucharist
8 am Holy Communion
10 am Parish Communion
6.30 pm Evening Prayer
Monday 4 pm Wedding
7 pm No Parish Office
Wednesday 10 am Holy Communion

Sunday 15th April

8 am Holy Communion
10 am Parish Communion
6.30 pm Evening Prayer