The Well

Thank you, thank you, thank you for all your donations which were gratefully received by The Well this week - as a reminder we are still in urgent need of all food products except for pasta, biscuits and cooking sauces so that includes baby foods and toiletries, pet foods, adult toiletries, cereals and tinned items of every sort. If you are on your travels and stay in accommodation with toiletry freebies but won't use them, please remember they can be used by us, as can excess fruit and vegetables from gardens and allotments. Food for thought - what do you put in a parcel for an individual/family who might only have a kettle/microwave where they are staying - this is not an uncommon problem! 'It is in giving we receive' - Kay Stokes - The Well food trolley is located at the back of the church by the door leading to the Oak room.         http://thewellwolverhampton.co.uk

Wolverhampton City of Sanctuary 

The donations team at City of Sanctuary are back and ready to welcome your donations . At the moment we especially need household items of all kinds, shoes (trainers or flat shoes, all sizes), suitcases and backpacks, children’s clothes and toys, sewing machines, irons and hoovers. Thank you so much for your ongoing support . It makes such a difference to the lives of asylum seekers and refugees in our city. Please do not deliver to Church.  

Please contact Annette Souter on Tel: 07952 777998 or annette_souter@hotmail.com   

Thank you very much for your ongoing support.

Wulfruna Ladies Choir are performing a concert on Saturday September 16th 7.30pm in church and are being joined by Stoke Male Voice Choir. Tickets are £5 and will include light refreshments - profits will go to the charities we are supporting this year -  Di's Kitchen and The Kingswood Trust, both locally based charities. Please contact Kay Stokes on 

(07527 268445) if you would like to buy a ticket otherwise they can be bought at the door.

LIVING FAITH     The Diocesan Discipleship Course will run for 23/24 from September 13th, at 7pm in the Lady Chapel. It is three terms of 8 weeks.

It follows the church year so enhances what we are hearing about on a Sunday.   No essays!

Plenty of opportunity to discuss the issues, from creation to the Trinity via incarnation and

salvation!  For anyone and everyone. For further details, please chat to Rev’d Alison, Rev’d Ben or leave your details with the Parish Office and we will get back to you.

Church Floodlighting:  If you wish the Church to be floodlit in memory of a loved-one or the celebrate a special anniversary, birthday etc, please contact the Parish Office. The cost is only £15 and the Church is lit from dusk to midnight.

Bart’s Butterflies: We return on Thursday 7th September at 1.45pm in the Lady Chapel. Please join us for lots of singing, stories and fun. All are welcome.

Painting In Penn is showcasing their paintings for all to view and appreciate, in the Church Hall on Saturday 2nd September and Sunday 3rd September from 9.30am until 4.30pm, together with a pastel demonstration by Estelle Robinson on Saturday 2nd September from 2pm until 4pm and Water Colour Landscape Painting by Louise Griffin on the Sunday 3rd September from 2pm until 4pm. Both demonstrations will be in the Oak Room, assisted with a full camera projection facility. Entrance to the Exhibition will be free of charge with a fee of £1.50 for a brochure and a listing of all the paintings. 

Ron Mottram.

Friends of St Bartholomew’s and St Anne’s

The ‘Friends of St Bart’s and St Anne’s’  are holding a Musical Social Evening on Saturday  23rd September 2023 at 7.00pm in the Church Hall.

The musical entertainment will be provided by Geoff Gooding and his friends. Many of you will know Geoff as he plays in our band in Church and also performed regularly at the Pigot Arms in Pattingham. (There is a poster in Church giving more details).

The cost of the evening will be £5.00 per person. Please feel free to bring along your own food and drink. Tea, coffee and soft drinks will be available.  We will have an interval during which time the raffle will be drawn. Please support us by buying tickets for this. If anyone wishes to donate prizes for the raffle, we would be very grateful. This event is “Pay on the Door” but if you can let us know that you wish to attend that would help greatly with seating arrangements, or if you wish to donate raffle prizes please contact either –

Sue in the Parish Office on 01902 576809, or Anne Edwards on 01902 337478. (Anne will also be able to help with any membership enquiries.)

Opportunities to pray with others

Daily Morning Prayer This regular short service (about 20 mins) of prayers and bible readings takes place in the Lady Chapel at 9am every day except Sunday. 

On Wednesday it is a communion service.  A lovely way to start the day by focusing on God in the company of others.

Friday Prayers This group meets fortnightly in the Lady Chapel 4-5pm on Fridays, and will start again on 8th September, after the summer break. It is an opportunity for quiet prayer, for the requests on the prayer board, and other issues known to us, to support the ongoing ministry of the church and the needs of our community. You will not be expected to pray out loud (unless you want to). Each session is gently guided by a group member. Drop in when you are able.

WhatsApp Prayer Group The group members share prayer requests which they are aware of, via their mobile phones, and pray in their own time. The group enables immediate prayer in emergencies, and ongoing support for situations of concern. It allows people who may not find it easy to meet in person, to share in the prayer ministry of the church. 

If you would like to know more about any of these, please speak to Janet Shackleton or one of the clergy. We would love you to join us.