Below are the details for our next Penn Climate Action meeting, where we are lucky to have Cllr Steve Evans, Cabinet member for the environment and Climate Change tell us about how the Council is acting both to reduce the effects of Climate Change and to reduce its contribution to Climate Change. 

We also have an exciting update on the Community Orchard which has moved another step closer to becoming a reality.

Can I also ask if anyone would like to join in staffing a table in Dudley street, near MacDonalds on 4th September? We have a table 10-3 to raise people’s awareness of the importance of divesting from fossil fuels. People will be asked to sign a petition, write or paint a post card, asking the West Midlands Pension Committee to divest the 320 million that they still have invested in fossil fuels. They divested £200 million last year, and we hope to support them in continuing to refuse to contribute to Climate Change. Please email Pennclimateaction@hotmail.com to get involved. Very Best Wishes, Carol

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 PLEASE AVOID out-of-date items, opened packets & fresh foods, as these cannot be used.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:A big thank you to all who have continued to donate during these difficult times. Your generosity is much appreciated. The City of Sanctuary donations team is taking a break during August, but will be back in September to start receiving and distributing again however,a very specialrequest for a man's bike to  replace one that was stolen from one of our City of Sanctuary membersplease.Please contact Annette Souter on Tel: 07952 777998 or annette_souter@hotmail.com    Please do not deliver to Church.

 Life group request:We are collecting picture postcards for the charity Mission Aviation  Fellowship (MAF). The postcards are sold and money raised helps the work of this charity.  The picture postcards can be of any age, but need to be whole, not the stamps cut out of them!  There is a box at the back of the Church in which to place the donated postcards. Thank you.

MAF and its partners provide help, peace, joy and love to isolated  people across the developing world, they will provide disaster relief when devastation happens. It is an amazing charity.

Heavenly Dusters: Thank you to everyone that has put their names forward to help keep our church clean and tidy. We have had a fantastic response and we will be in touch very soon with planning the way forward.If anyone still wishes to put their name forward, there is still time.We need your full name, phone number and email address if you have one. Take care and May God Bless you, Donna.

LIVING FAITH The Diocesan disciple course will run again at St Bart’s from Wednesday 22nd September,

7.30pm in the Church Hall Lounge. If you want to learn more about the Christian faith, this is a fantastic course that follows the church year, so what we discuss on the course enhances what we are hearing about on a Sunday in church. If you are interested please speak to Rev Ben, Rev Alison or leave your details with the Parish Office.

MIDWEEK COMMUNION Wednesdays9.15am in the Lady Chapel We would love you to join us for this short reflective service,

any questions please contact Rev Alison.

We are delighted to be holding a Flower Festival this year from 25^th – 27^th September. Joy would be very grateful to see photographs/pictures of Old Penn if you have them. Please contact her via the Parish Office on 576809.

Ann Quigley is collecting items for the Plant Stall at the Festival over that weekend. If you have any                                                                         plants/cuttings, please contact her on 331509. 

Summer Newsletter:

The summer newsletter has been delivered right across the Parish. If you have not had one delivered, copies are available at the back of church.

 Calling all Sidespersons, Readers, Intercessors!

After 18 months of having only a limited number of staff carrying out these roles, we have decided that in October, it would be lovely to go back to having Sidespersons, Readers and Intercessors on duty. We would love it if all our wonderful team returned to fulfil their roles. I am currently putting together the rotas for the months of October, November and December. If you wish to be included on these rotas, please speak to either Cath Pugh or myself, telephone me on 01902 337478 or email me at annegedwards@yahoo.co.uk

We should also be delighted to welcome new members onto the team. We are a very friendly group of people and will help you in any way we can. Now is a very good time to consider offering your services to God and St Bart’s as a way of thanking God that St Bart’s has continued to be open for worship, whenever we were able to come to Church.

The more people we have on board, the fewer times you will be on duty. Generally duties normally occur about once a month.

Thank you and God BlessAnne Edwards, Church Warden. 

LITTLE ACORNS PLAYGROUPHELPERS NEEDED!!!

We are looking for a small team of helpers to set up all the activities and toys for our playgroup during term time only, either from 9.30pm on a Monday night or from 7.30am/8.00am on a Tuesday morning. It will not take long to set-up if we have enough helpers, and if anyone would also like to join our team in helping our Little Acorn's during playtime, that would be a fantastic help and support to our team and church. Our group will hopefully start running again from the 14th September 9.00am until 11.00am term-time only. If you would like any more information, please call Donna Williams on 07546527300. Thank you & God Bless.

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

Brian Hopson,  Jeanette Saunders,  Jane Green,  Wendy Carly,Linda Harris,  Maggie Perry,

Stella & Bluebell,  Katrina Jones,  Baby Lilly,Paul Lengkong,  Margaret Reade,  John Dodd,  Naomi Williams,  Rob Jones,  Baby Lily Wong,  Julian Hollington,  Paul Challenor,

Dave Whitfield,  Jackie Evans.

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

Thomas Allan (Tom),  John Greenly.