A warm welcome to you on this the last
Sunday before Lent. 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 Margaret Oakley’s father Ted Phillips.
Open Day - Next Saturday
Next Saturday we are holding an Open Day at church so that members of
the parish and congregation may contribute to our Roof Fund Appeal. If
anyone could make cakes to sell on the day, it would be helpful. Please
speak to Malcolm about this.
Do also come along both to contribute and see photographs of the damage
that was done.
Reports for APCM
Please could those people who write reports for the APCM make sure that
all reports are received into the office by the end of this month.
The revision of the electoral roll needs to take place before the APCM
and is now current. If you regularly attend St Mary’s and are not
on the electoral roll, please see Sheila Wick as soon as possible. The
revision will end on 28 February and the new list approved by PCC on 2
March, prior to the APCM on 21 March.
Haiti
Thank you to all those who gave so generously towards the Haiti appeal.
We raised £219.37 in total which will be sent off shortly.
Coffee Club
The Coffee Club meets next on Wednesday 17th February at 10.45 am. Cost
£1. All welcome.
Letters around the Parish
PCC would like to make an appeal around the parish for
funds to help with the Roof. To this end letters are prepared for delivery
around the parish and I hope people will feel able to take some today
and deliver in the stated roads. Thank you.
Ash Wednesday and Lent
Ash Wednesday is this Wednesday (17th February) and starts the season
of Lent. We are planning Lent courses again. These will be held on Wednesdays,
both after the 10am service and in the evening at 7.30 pm - see insert
for details.
Scripture Union
Walsgrave Baptist Church are hosting two training mornings run by Scripture
Union for anyone who works with children, not just junior church leaders.
The first one was held yesterday but there is another one on Sat 24th
April from 9.15 - 12.45pm. The cost is £5. See flier for more details.
St Mary’s Charitable Giving 2009
Please see the Mission notice board for thank you letters from:
• Coventry Myton Hospice
• USPG Anglicans in World Mission and Nicholas Wheeler’s newsletter
from Brazil
• The Gurkha Welfare Trust
• Yeldall - a Christian response to addiction
• The Church Army
• Gilead Health
Sue Morton, for Mission Group
Last Sunday before Lent
Collect: Holy God, you know the disorder of our sinful lives: set straight
our crooked hearts, and bend our wills to love your goodness and your
glory in Jesus Christ our Lord.
First Reading: Exodus 34. 29-end Chris Addie
Second Reading: 2 Corinthians 3. 12—4.2 Rebecca French
Gospel Reading: Luke 9. 28-36 Stella Bailey
Intercessor: David Greenhalgh
Hymns: 242 208 343 148 164
Post Communion Prayer: Holy God, we see your glory in the face of Jesus
Christ: may we who are partakers at his table reflect his life in word
and deed,
that all the world may know his power to change and save. This we ask
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
This week beginning 7th February 2010
This Sunday
8 am Holy Communion
10 am Parish Communion, Junior Church and Lazers
12 noon Baptisms
6.30 pm Evening Prayer
Monday 7 pm Parish Office
Tuesday 9 am Morning Prayer
7.30 pm PCC
Ash Wednesday 10 am Holy Communion with Ashing
8 pm Holy Communion with Ashing
Thursday 9 am Morning Prayer
Saturday 9.30 am Morning Prayer
10am-3pm Open Day at Church for Roof Appeal.
Sunday 21st February
8 am Holy Communion
10 am Parish Communion, Junior Church and Lazers
6.30 pm Evening Prayer
