04/04/21
ST MARY & ALL SAINTS WITH ST JOHN – NOTICES Weekly Notices, 11th April 2021 Easter Sunday HAPPY EASTER, EVERYONE !!! – CHRIST IS RISEN !!! “Our vision is to follow Jesus by learning His ways and sharing His love” We seek to enjoy fellowship together as we worship God, grow in discipleship, develop in ministry and reach our community with the gospel. We value welcome, worship and witness. Please Continue to Check the Prayer and Worship section for the readings and sermon for each week. The rota schedule for worship leaders is now back live on the website. We also have produced a copy of the Morning Prayer Service and a copy of the service of Holy Communion. Please select the appropriate service for the link. • Our Service this Sunday will be a service of Morning Prayer in church, with live streaming to your home on Zoom at 11:00am. The service will be led by Mike. You will be able to log into the “Zoom Meeting” from approximately 10:45am.
• Booking In for Sunday Services. It would be an enormous help, if you could try to book in by Wednesday evening for the Sunday service. Please do so, if it is at all possible. Thank you !! • Following on from the success of the Virtual Coffee Morning on Tuesday, we have decided to make this a regular feature each Tuesday morning on Zoom from 10:00-11:00am (or longer if required). It looks as though it will be some time before we are able to re-open our Café On The Hill, so why not come in and say hello to everyone. Zoom details by emailing: stmarygoodshaw@yahoo.com. • Bible Reading Notes : If you haven’t already paid Jane for this year’s notes, now might be a good time to think about it. Jane Sacks would willingly accept your payments !!! • Prayers for the sick :
If you or any of your loved ones are in need of prayer, please do contact the church via email or phone.. • Our APCM this year will be held on Sunday, 2nd May. Please reflect as to whether you could play a bigger role in the life of the church. We do have open positions forChurchwarden, PCC members and Junior Church Leaders (now that Vanessa is no longer with us).
• Elaine has kindly volunteered to fill the post of Health and Safety Officer, at least until the APCM is held in May. If anyone feels they could carry this mantle, please do have a think about it over the next month or so. • Our Electoral Roll will be updated for the APCM on 2nd May. The list of current members was distributed last week. If you, or any member of your family, household or circle of friends wishes to be added to it, please complete the electoral roll form and email it to : stmarygoodshaw@yahoo.com. The Electoral Roll will be closed off THIS SUNDAY, April 11th.
Re-Opening Church After Lockdown Please see the RE-OPENING OF CHURCH page for further information as Church will operate differently. • As a reminder to everyone. Moving forward:
• The Church of England updated its guidance for conducting services on Friday, 7th August 2020. Under the new guidelines, those leading services no longer need to wear facemasks, with the exception of when communion is being distributed. We will follow this guidance, which will, hopefully make it easier for members of the congregation to understand what is being said !! • Please follow the guidelines posted in and around the toilet. This includes sanitising your hands both before and after using the lavatory. • Please do keep all those shielding or unable to join in physical or online services in your prayers, and remember to give them a call to see how they are doing. The Sunday readings and sermons will continue to be included in the notices. No notices will be handed out at the services. PLEASE SEE THE RE-OPENING OF CHURCH PAGE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION A REMINDER : Although lockdown is drawing to a close, many of our church family are still not in a position to go out and socialise. If you are feeling lonely and down after so many weeks of our social isolation, you’re not on your own. DO NOT BE AFRAID OF PICKING UP THE PHONE to any member of the church leadership team or Pastoral Team. It’s OK not to be OK. We have a loving church family, and plenty of help is available. • HAVE YOU GOT THE CHILDREN AT HOME ? DO YOU WANT THEM TO KEEP UP TO DATE WITH THE BIBLE STORIES THEY’D BE HEARING AT JUNIOR CHURCH ? Check out a website called sermons4kids. https://sermons4kids.com
• Although we’re now broadcasting our services on Zoom, there are still other places to take part in worship, if you can’t make it to the Zoom service . Here are just some of the other options
• Please do use the internet and social media, especially Facebook, to follow what the broader Church of England is doing during the crisis. Alternatively, the Church of England has launched a FREEPHONE service, Daily Hope, which you might find helpful and uplifting. Even if you just want to hear some hymns being sung, why not give it a call ? It’s free - call on 08008048044!! • As Christians, we are called to love our neighbours. We can do this in many ways, despite the enforced isolation in which we find ourselves.
• Pastoral Care Matters : We are facing worrying times at the moment.
• Dates for PCC Meetings in 2021 :
• A note to those members of the church, who make their donations in cash : You may not be aware of this, but the church, under certain circumstances, can claim Gift Aid on cash donations, even if you are not a taxpayer or are not registered with the church for Gift Aid. This is “free money” to the church, to the tune of adding a quarter to the money you have donated.
If this is not possible, please write clearly on any envelope with money for several weeks, which weeks the contents of the envelope cover.
We would also ask you to please consider switching to donating through standing order. If you wish to do so, here are the bank details : Account Name : St Mary & All Saints with St John's Sort Code : 09-01-53 Account Number : 75875484 • If you have any Notices to be shared, please email them to stmarygoodshaw@yahoo.com by Thursday evening, so that they can be included on the Sunday Notices circular. If you wish to receive the notices electronically each week, please speak to Mike or email the above address.
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