Quiz Night and Fish and Chip Supper The Friends of St Bart's and St Anne's are holding a Quiz Night and Fish and Chip Supper on Saturday 8th October 2022, at 7.30pm in the Oak Room. Please come along and join us  for an evening of fun and food. The cost per person is £10.00. We will hold a raffle during the evening. We are limited to 42 people so please apply as soon as possible.  Please contact Anne Edwards on 01902 337478 for a booking form or Sue in the Church office. Squash and water will be provided but feel free to bring your own drinks and glasses. All funds raised go to support the Friends. We look forward to seeing you.

Living in Love and Faith Course How do questions about identity, sexuality, relationships and marriage fit within the bigger picture of the good news of Jesus Christ? What does it mean to live in love and faith together as a Church especially in relation to lesbian, gay, transgender, bisexual and intersex people and emerging relationships in society, including marriage, civil partnership, cohabitation, celibacy and friendship?

There will be two opportunities to attend the course which will run over 5 weeks.

Thursdays 10am-12pm and 7-9pm in the Lady Chapel at St Bart’s starting 27^th October and on 3^rd, 10^th and 24^th November and finishing 1^st December (there will not be a session 17^th Nov)

If you are interested in attending or would like to know more,please come with an open heart and mind and let me or Sue in the office know so I have an idea of numbers. Course booklets will be available at £5 each. Thanks Saskia Saskia.poller@gmail.com.

More information is also available on the Church of England websitehttps://www.churchofengland.org/resources/living-love-and-faith

The Well Foodbank Particularly needed right now are tinned vegetables of all kinds, especially tinned potatoes, tinned fruit, rice pudding, any other tinned puddings, rice and pasta sachets, toiletries, large size nappies. Other tinned or dried items also welcome. PLEASE AVOID out-of-date items, opened packets & fresh foods, as these cannot be used. If you would like to help please add your donation to the trolley at the back of church and it will rapidly find its way to someone in need.

For more information http://thewellwolverhampton.co.uk

Wolverhampton City of Sanctuary Thank you all so much for your donations which are always appreciated and much needed.Always needed are kitchen and household items, children's clothes and toys, toiletries and sanitary products.Special request this week please for a hoover, double buggies, dining chairs, blenders and shopping trolleys.Please do not deliver to Church.Please contact Annette Souter on Tel: 07952 777998 or annette_souter@hotmail.com  Thankyou very much for your ongoing support. 

THE ALMSHOUSE CHARITY OF RAPHAEL & ANN SEDGWICK

WE HAVE TWO ALMSHOUSES AVAILABLE AT THE MOMENT. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED AND MEET THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA: HAVE A CONNECTION WITH PENN OR PENN FIELDS, BE ON INCOME SUPPORT OR HOUSING BENEFIT, AND OWN NO PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTACT EITHER: JILL FIELDHOUSE 01902 620149, JULIAN HOLLINGTON  01902663180, OR REVD BEN WHITMORE.PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE DWELLINGS ARE ONLY SUITABLE FOR ONE PERSON.

Many Congratulationsto our Bell Ringers who coped with muffled bells and non-muffled bells superbly according to royal protocol.

 Move it or lose it !! Mondays inthe Oakroom 1.30pm till 2.30pm

Please just turn up and meet Vanessa who will support you all the way.

This group is a light exercise class for any age group and would also suit our more matureladies and gents as most or all the exercises are done by sitting on a chair. 

See you there.

Bart’s Butterflies: Thursdays at 1.45pm in the Lady Chapel.

Please join us for lots of singing, stories and fun. All are welcome.

On behalf of everyone in Painting In Penn, I would like to thank you for the wonderful   support.  It was a truly memorable event, enjoyed by all  who  visited the Exhibition and the Demonstrations, as well offering their help over the weekend.

 Best Wishes         Ron Mottram

Advancement notice- Biblically Inspired Art project

10th December 2022 11 30am to 5pm in The Oak Room.

No artistic talent needed, just come with heads and hearts open, come prepared to be led and inspired by scripture and the Holy Spirit.

All materials provided- oils, acrylics, watercolours, boards, canvases, paper, pastels, crayons, craft material and finger paints (yes really!)

The day will included brief tuition on the materials, how to use them and what effects you might achieve.

Simple lunch- homemade soup, bread and cakes.

Tea and coffee facilities throughout the day.

After lunch, the prayerful reading of a passage from the Bible through three times with prayerful active listening.

Sit with any words, phrases or images that strike you and use that to inspire your art.

It really doesn’t matter if you draw match-stalk men and match-stalk cats and dogs.

It really doesn’t matter if you doodle with the finger paints (when else do grown ups get the chance to finger paint!). Let God and scripture lead you and inspire you.

We will spend the last 20 minutes sharing (not obligatory) what inspired us and how we tried to portray that image or emotion.

Suggested minimum donation £5For further information please speak to Rev’d Alison 

Sedgwick College in association with The Almshouse Charity of Raphael & Ann Sedgwick presentAn Afternoon at the Opera Garden Party on Saturday 24th September

from 1pm to 3pm

Join us for an afternoon of popular opera and musical theatre classics performed by trained opera singer Austine Gavin with an afternoon tea box and drink included. Tickets are £12 per person (standard) bring your own picnic blanket or chair

or £20 per person VIP tickets including reserved table seating and a glass of prosecco.

https://www.sedgwick.aatrust.co.uk/event/an-afternoon-at-the-opera-garden-party/

School Admissions for St Peter’s Collegiate School 2023

If you are considering St Peter’s Collegiate School for your child for admission in September 2023 you will need to:-

1                   Complete a Supporting Evidence Form

2                   Personal Statement, pattern of worship/length of time attached to St Bart’s etc.

3                   A telephone number to contact you

Without all of this information we can’t complete and sign the form.

Closing date for St Peter’s – Monday 5^th December

Please Pray for: Those for whom extra prayer is needed:

Brian Hopson,  Jeanette Saunders,  Wendy Carly,Jackie Evans,Paul Challenor,Jane Turner,  Christine Plowman,Thomas Griffiths,  Vi Bayliss,Julia Bishop, Dave Charles,Dennis Pitt,

Jill Dodd,  Bishop Steven Abbarrow, Megan Pickering,  Rose Ferrier,  Judy Bates,  Florian Tushi,

 Lin Vawer, Alice Corbett,  GraceSimkin,  Lucy Harris,  Andrew Bailey.

Please pray for: The family and friends of those who have died:

Alan Martin.