A warm welcome to you on
this the Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity when we celebrate our Harvest
Thanksgiving. 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’.
The flowers in the Lady Chapel this week are in memory
of George McMurray.
Harvest Gifts
Thank you to those who have brought cans of food and toiletries today.
Our gifts will be added to those of the school children who will come
to church tomorrow and given to the organisation Kairos, a group working
with families who suffer the effects of domestic violence.
Wednesday Group
The Wednesday Group meets again this week at church 7.30pm - 9 pm. Please
do join us if you would like to explore faith in an imaginative way.
In Depth Bible Study
The next session of this Bible Study Group will be on Wednesday 21st October.
We will be looking at Matthew 5:13. Any queries, please see Stella or
Lorraine.
Communion
In July the Bishop of Coventry suspended the use of the Common cup at
communion and the physical exchange of the Peace. This suspension was
lifted a few weeks ago with the provision that PCC’s should decide
how to proceed. PCC decided after an extensive discussion to continue
the suspension of the common cup but for the ministers to intinct the
wafer with wine before giving it to the communicant. This decision was
not made lightly for although the bishop has lifted his suspension, the
Archbishops’ and the Health authorities advice is still against
the common cup. We have also agreed to discourage the physical exchange
of the Peace in view of the large numbers of vulnerable people in the
congregation.
Mission Update
Please see the Mission notice board for information and a photo of Vio
[Home of Hope, Romania]; also the latest newsletter from Yeldall. Sue
Morton, [Mission Group]
Coffee Club
The Coffee Club meets next on Wednesday 14th & 28th October at 10.45
am. Cost £1. All Welcome.
We need your pencils!
The war in Darfur has meant that half the population of 8 million people
have had to flee their homes, most living in refugee camps. In neighbouring
Chad there are 500,000 Darfuri people in 14 refugee camps, mainly women
and children. The camps have been growing over 7 years but in the last
2 years some aid agencies have pulled out and the children’s education
is seriously threatened. The international charity React (Refugee Education
Across Conflicts Trust) has offered to ship some supplies across. The
Darfur Community in Coventry are therefore collecting: pencils, rubbers,
rulers, exercise books, English/Arabic dictionaries, etc. Please bring
them by 8th October to JoJo Cyber Café, 77 Far Gosford Street,
Coventry. CV1 5DZ.
Thankyou
A big thank you to all who supported and sponsored me on my recent cycle
ride around Coventry and Warwickshire churches. I managed to visit 20
churches in all and raised a total of £397.00. This money is divided
between Warwickshire and Coventry Churches Trust and St Mary’s Walsgrave
towards the repair of our church clock. We will also be able to reclaim
from the tax man half of the gift aided return. Thank you once again.
Barry Walker
Dream Master
RCN Furnishings have donated a bed to St. Mary’s to raise money
for the Christmas Fayre. We have decided to auction the bed using a secret
bidding system. Anyone wishing to make an offer can do so confidentially
to Mel or Malcolm. Each week we will notify the highest bid on the notice
board (no names) and the auction will continue. Closing date is 14th November
(the date of the Fayre). If a bid is received prior to that date which
we think is acceptable then we will close the bidding at that time. The
bed retails at £180.00 and has draws underneath. Please see picture
(Does not show draws) and details on noticeboard. If you wish to see the
bed then it can be viewed at RCN in Henley Road, and we can make arrangements
if you so wish.
Wanted - Can you help
Hannah Tyler is running the Christmas Stall at our forthcoming Christmas
Fayre and is looking for items for her stall. If you have anything suitable
please have a word with Hannah. Thank you.
Harvest Thanksgiving
Collect: Creator God, you made the goodness of the land,
the riches of the sea and the rhythm of the seasons; as we thank you for
the harvest, may we cherish and respect this planet and its peoples, through
Jesus Christ our Lord.
First Reading: Joel 2. 21-27 [8 am only]
Second Reading: 1 Timothy 2. 1-7 [8am only]
Gospel Reading: Matthew 6. 25-33 [8 am only]
Post Communion Prayer: Lord of the harvest, with joy we have offered thanksgiving
for your love in creation and have shared in the bread and the wine of
the kingdom: by your grace plant within us a reverence for all that you
give us and make us generous and wise stewards of the good things we enjoy;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
This week beginning 4th October 2009
This Sunday
8 am Holy Communion
10 am Harvest “Worship for All”
6.30 pm Evening Prayer
Monday 7 pm Parish Office
Tuesday 9 am Morning Prayer
7.30 pm Standing Committee
Wednesday 10 am Holy Communion
7.30 pm Wednesday Group
Thursday 9 am Morning Prayer
Saturday 9.30 am Morning Prayer
Sunday 11th October
8 am Holy Communion
10 am Parish Communion, Junior Church & Lazers
6.30 pm Evening Prayer
