#545 A well-deserved birthday party
Fr Sam writes
Every Friday afternoon St Paul’s Parish Rooms hosts Coffee and Chat. This is a really important part of our work, with many members of the community coming for conversation, hot drinks and food, and an afternoon of fun. (Not least the weekly quiz and quite a lot of games of Rummikub!)
Last week Coffee and Chat had its tenth birthday, with a party to celebrate.
Many thanks to Susannah and her team who make Coffee and Chat happen each week. Here’s to the future!
If you or someone you know would like to come, Coffee and Chat is from 1.45pm every Friday. You are very welcome to come along!
This Sunday: a time to remember
This Sunday is Remembrance Day, when the nation comes together to remember before God those who have died in war. Our parish mass at St Paul’s will end with the Act of Remembrance, while the Community Eucharist at St Nicholas will start with it.
At St Paul’s we are delighted that we will be joined by members of the 1st Woosehill Scout Group for the service.
Image: Wire by Paul Nash
Services this Sunday
| 9.30am | St Paul’s | Parish Mass | Fr Sam Tanna-Korn |
| Organ Preludes: Epitaph for Peace – Bryan Kelly Anthem: Set me as a seal upon your heart – René Clausen Voluntary: ‘St Anne’ Fugue in E flat (BWV 552ii) – Johann Sebastian Bach | |||
| 10am | Woosehill Church | Morning Worship | Revd Cara Smart |
| 11am | St Nicholas’ | Community Eucharist | Fr Sam Tanna-Korn |
Parish Bazaar
7 November 12noon – 3pm
Grand Draw tickets are on sale now, available at the back of church. First prize is a Luxury Hamper, second prize a Wine Hamper and there are many more prizes. There is a sign-up list for prize donations at the back of St Paul’s and St Nick’s.
Cake and Produce Stall The Mothers’ Union will be running this stall again at the Bazaar so would be really pleased to receive donations of sweet and savoury bakes as well as jams, chutneys and marmalade. Please bring items along on the day or ask Teri Austen about delivering beforehand. Packing items for easy sale would be brilliant.
Tombola I will be running the Tombola at the Bazaar and I would be grateful for contributions for the stall – bottles, jars, cans, packets of biscuits, sweets, chocolates, toiletries, small gift items etc – almost anything that is not perishable. There will be a labelled box at the back of church on Sundays for donations. Many thanks Lesley Ruddock
Bric-a-Brac We would be most grateful for saleable items for the Bric-a-Brac stall. It is helpful to have donations beforehand where possible, although on the day are also welcome. Elizabeth Hunter can collect smaller items from church or you can deliver to her home; she is also happy to collect from you.
If you have large items that will not fit easily on or under the tables, please would you be kind enough to discuss with Elizabeth first as disposal and storage of unsold items can be awkward. 0118 978326 / 07956 280413
Bottle Tombola We need of lots of lovely bottles before the end of October, please! (In order to get them labelled and prepared before the 7th). Wine, spirits, ketchup, bubble bath, beer, fizzy drinks … as long as it was sold in a bottle and never been opened, it will be very welcome! Please contact Mary Cassidy if delivery is a problem – there is a box in St Paul’s church too.
“Books I have loved!” Dawn and Penny are having a book stall with a difference at the Bazaar. No old tired tomes, but lots of well-loved books you recommend to others. Let Penny know at pennywallace982@msn.com. and she will collect them in her van. Good books only please.
Refreshments at Evensong
Our final Evensong of the year is on 15 November, with the Revd Canon John Paton preaching on Forgiveness.
We are currently without anyone to organise the refreshments for after this service. If you might be able to help, please would you contact Teri Austen or the Parish Office?
This week’s calendar
On 9 November, the Church remembers Margery Kempe, a Christian mystic who lived in England during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
Margery Kempe was born in King’s Lynn. She was married and had fourteen children, and in the midst of what must have been a very busy life, she experienced powerful visions of Christ which transformed her life.
She travelled on pilgrimage to Jerusalem, Rome and Santiago de Compostela, and dictated an account of her spiritual experiences which is often regarded as the first autobiography written in English. Margery was an unusual and sometimes controversial figure, whose public displays of devotion attracted both admiration and suspicion.
Her life reminds us that holiness isn’t confined to monasteries or churches, and that God calls people from even the busiest of lives into a deeper relationship.
Image: A page from The Book of Margery Kempe
