A warm welcome to you on this Fourth Sunday of Easter. 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’.
Coffee Club
The Coffee Club meets next on Wednesday 2nd, 16th and 30th May at 10.45
am. All Welcome. Gwen and Audrey
Advance Notice - Quiet Day
A Quiet Day focussing on Rest and Relaxation is planned for Saturday 30th
June. This is to be held at St. John’s Wolvey and will be entitled
“Letting Go.” The time will be approximately 9.45 - 3.30 pm
and the cost will be advised nearer the time. More details nearer the
time but please do put this in your diaries.
Jobs at the Barnabas Fund
3 jobs have become available at the Barnabas Fund in Priory Row (next
to the Cathedral.) They need a Data Entry Officer, a Gifts Administrator
and a Book Keeper. If interested please see the noticeboard in the Centre
for more details. A full CV should be emailed to HRK@barnabasfund.org
if interested.
Christian Aid Week
Christian Aid Week will soon be upon us 13-19th May. We will be looking
for volunteers to make collections in various roads of the parish. If
you can help please do sign up for a few roads. Usually collections themselves
take between 30-45 minutes, the envelopes having been delivered (by you!)
beforehand.
Day trip to Lichfield
Walsgrave-on-Sowe Community Group have organised a day trip to Lichfield
(Cathedral and Dobbie’s Garden Centre) on Wednesday 9th May. Pick
up, church 9.30 am return 3.30 pm. Tickets £5. Contact Edna 7661
4659 or Jacqui 7660 2440 for details and tickets.
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.
Jam Jars!!
It’s that time of year again when I need to start collecting jars!!!
Can you please save large(12 ozs or 1lb) and small (8 ozs) jam jars and
also jars of a suitable size for pickled onions. Many thanks Jean.
Fourth Sunday of Easter
Collect: Risen Christ, faithful shepherd of your Father’s sheep: teach us to hear your voice and to follow your command, that all your people may be gathered into one flock, to the glory of God the Father.
First Reading: Acts 9. 36-43 Margaret Oakley
Second Reading: Revelation 7. 9-17 Lynn Hanna
Gospel Reading : John 10. 22-30 David Greenhalgh
Intercessor: Sue Morton
Hymns: 26 14 484 40 246 362
Post Communion Prayer: Merciful Father, you gave your Son Jesus Christ
to be the good shepherd, and in his love for us to lay down his life and
rise again:
keep us always under his protection, and give us grace to follow in his
steps;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
This week beginning 29th April 2007
Sunday 8 am Holy Communion
10 am Parish Communion
12 noon Baptisms
6.30 pm Evening Prayer
Monday 9 am Morning Prayer
7 pm Parish Office
Tuesday 9 am Morning Prayer
Wednesday 10 am Holy Communion
Thursday 9 am Morning Prayer
Saturday 9.30 am Morning Prayer
Sunday 6th May
8 am Holy Communion
10 am Parish Communion
6.30 pm Evening Prayer
