A warm welcome to you on this the Seventh Sunday after Trinity. 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 meetings for July and August are as follows:
9th & 23rd July and 6th & 20th August. All at 10.30 am. Price
is £1 which includes coffee & biscuits. All welcome.
Walsgrave Summer Festival 12th July 2008 - 11.30 am
We will be having a Bottle Tombola stall at the event this year and would
be pleased if you can let us have any type of full bottles ( suitable
for both children and adults.) Can you please leave them in the boxes
by the prayer tree. Any problems, speak to Alison Liggins or Jean Hudson.
Malcolm also has some raffle tickets for this event. If you would like
some, please speak to him.
Jars!
Whilst I hate to think about the Christmas Fayre before the holiday
season starts, it is the time of year when I must make my usual request
for jars! So, can you please let me have jars of various sizes suitable
for jam and pickled onions Thank you very much. Jean Hudson
DVD’s
If you have any children’s DVD’s (not videos) suitable for
under 5’s, Butterflies could do with them. Please see Sheila Thistlewood
or Alison Liggins.
Cathedral Visits
The Cathedral have recently introduced a policy whereby visitors
are encouraged to make a donation to the upkeep of the building. However
they do not wish to stop congregation members visiting and have issued
passes to churches to enable us to visit without paying. If you would
like to use the passes at any time they are kept in the office. Please
ask Malcolm, Barbara or John to borrow them.
Also if you would like to do any voluntary work for the Cathedral (eg.
guiding, baking bread etc etc) please see the notice on the noticeboard.
Barnabas Fund - Office Co-ordinator
Barnabas Fund are looking for an Office Co-ordinator for their Midlands
Office based in Coventry. For more information and details please see
letter on notice board.
Stewardship
Thank you to those people who have responded to our recent Stewardship
Campaign. Sadly around 75% have not yet returned their forms to Jean Hudson.
It would be extremely helpful if you could make your response as soon
as possible by returning the green form in the envelope provided to Jean
Hudson.
It would be helpful if the form could be returned whatever your response.
As soon as we have sufficient responses, we will report on the results.
The Seventh Sunday after Trinity
Collect: Generous God, you give us gifts and make them grow: though our
faith is small as mustard seed, make it grow to your glory and the flourishing
of your kingdom; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
First Reading: Genesis 24. 34-38, 42-49, 58-67 [8am only]
Second Reading: Romans 7. 15-25a [8am only]
Gospel Reading : Matthew 11. 16-19, 25-30 [8am only]
Post Communion Prayer: Lord God, whose Son is the true vine and the source
of life, ever giving himself that the world may live: may we so receive
within ourselves the power of his death and passion that, in his saving
cup,
we may share his glory and be made perfect in his love; for he is alive
and reigns, now and for ever.
This week beginning 6th July 2008
This Sunday
8 am Holy Communion
10 am “Worship For All”
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 13th July
8 am Holy Communion
10 am Parish Communion & Baptism, Junior Church
and Lazers
6.30 pm Evening Prayer
