A warm welcome to you on this 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’.

Please don’t think Stella is skiving today. She is in Taizé with the Diocesan Pilgrimage.

Roof Fund
You will remember that following the theft of lead last November PCC launched an appeal to raise the extra money needed to undertake the repairs needed. (The insurance company will only pay £5,000 for thefts of lead; our bill was £14,000 so we had a £9,000 shortfall). To date PCC has received £8,736.71 though this includes some money due to go to the Haiti disaster fund (Stella and I agreed that of our jump fund half should go to Haiti - around £500 I think) but it does not include tax back from Gift Aided donations - probably in the reign of £1,000 - £1,250. The amount also includes £192.50 raised by the concert Owen Vigeon put on in May. In total therefore we shall have raised about £500 over what we actually needed, so thank you very much.

Mission Help needed
During Mission2Grow in September we are hoping that members of the Parish would not mind offering one or two meals to the three Franciscans leading the Mission. The hope is that people would be host to one leader for one meal (or possibly two) of an evening. The team do not want to put people out and would not be expecting anything elaborate. If you could help out with this, please speak to Tony Thistlewood.

Coffee Club
The Coffee Club meets on Wed 21st July at 10.45am. Cost £1. All welcome

June Tote
1st Prize No. 49 K. Lashley £25.00
2nd Prize No. 35 J. Aspden £ 8.50

Junior Church
The Junior Church summer party is today. There will be food and games. This will also be the last Junior Church until 5 September, so have a good summer everyone.

Confirmation Groups
We are continuing confirmation groups for adults and younger people this week. Adults are Monday, 8pm at 33 Brookshaw Way and younger folk on Tuesday after school (3.20 ish) in the Octagon. This week will be the last meeting of both groups.

Your talents required…..
On Saturday 25th September, the last Saturday of Mission2Grow we shall be holding a talent show and need you to take part! Dust off your talent, be it a poem, monologue, musical instrument or dance and tell Tony Thistlewood about it. This is to be a fun event - not too serious please.

Advance Notice
PCC have decided to hold a Christmas Fayre on 27th November. A planning meeting was held last week to begin preparations for this Fayre. They have decided to call this Fayre the ‘Fairy Christmas Extravaganza’ and have prepared a list of proposed stalls. This list is on the noticeboard and you are invited to sign up to run a stall. When you sign up please could you also let one of the committee members know.

Use of Prayer Tree
Some of us use the Prayer Tree in the foyer when we are aware of a person in need. Perhaps more that we realise, writing on a prayer leaf about someone in need, helps them and us. We shouldn’t be shy about our worries and fears. Please continue to use the green prayer leaves. It would help those of us who keep the board up to date, if you could write the date and your name on the reverse side.

Seventh Sunday after Trinity

Collect: Generous God, you give us gifts and make them grow: though our faith is small as a mustard seed, make it grow to your glory and the flourishing of your kingdom; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

First Reading: Amos 8. 1-12 Hannah Tyler

Second Reading: Colossians 1. 15-28 Lois Whitehouse

Gospel Reading: Luke 10. 38-end Margaret Davoll

Intercessor: Tony Thistlewood

Hymns: 427 442 193 14 309

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 18th July 2010

This Sunday

8 am Holy Communion
10 am Parish Communion, Junior Church and Lazers
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 25th July

8 am Holy Communion
10 am Parish Communion, Junior Church and Lazers
12 noon Baptisms
6.30 pm Evening Prayer