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Bart's Blog

# Bart's blog

Published on Friday, 27 August 2021 19:12

Bart's Blog

School leavers Do you know of any children who have left 6th form and are therefore starting on a new chapter in their lives and would like a prayer shawl to take with them.

If so please contact the church office or Saskia on saskia.poller@gmail.com

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 PLEASE AVOID out-of-date items, opened packets & fresh foods, as these cannot be used.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.

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.

Margaret needs many cakes! Please contact her on 343528 or 07495 159635.

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

Many of us will remember Rev. Philip Swan who served here for a few years and has always been a great friend to us here in Penn. After he left here, he continued to be world mission officer but is now retiring. What is rather nice is that he’s requested his farewell service to be in St Bart's. The service will be 5:30 pm on Sunday fifth of September and everybody is welcome to come. The preacher will be the Bishop of Lichfield, our band will be playing and there will be video messages from across the world including Anthony Arul and Catherine Crawley.

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.

What’s on this week?
Sunday 29^thAugust	8.00am	Holy Communion
10.00am	Parish Communion
11.45am	All-age Worship in St Anne’s
5.30pm	Compline

Monday 30^th August	9.00am	Morning Prayer
10.00am	Coffee Morning

Tuesday 31^st August	9.00am	Morning Prayer
11.15am	RIPJohn Greenly (Church/Bushbury East Chapel)
3.00pm	Ashes Interment RIP Alan Jones (Churchyard)

Wednesday 1^st September	9.15am	Mid-week Holy Communion (Lady Chapel)

Thursday 2^nd September	9.00am	Morning Prayer

Friday 3^rd September	9.00am	Morning Prayer

Saturday 4^th September	9.00am	Morning Prayer
5.30pm	Holy Communion

Sunday 5^th September	8.00am	Holy Communion
10.00am	Parish Communion
11.45am	All-age Worship in St Anne’s
5.30pm	Farewell service for Revd. Philip Swan

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, Alice Corbett, Grace Simkin, Jutta Dougan, Lucy Harris

Thomas Griffiths, Keren Anthony, Deryk Vernon.

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

John Greenly.

PRAYER DIARY

1.	A new beginning - schools, colleges, and many returning to the workplace after the long lockdown, people going out after staying in for many months. We pray for those with mental health problems who are afraid to go out.
2.	We pray for all who work in our schools that they will have wisdom and grace in all their relationships. We pray for staff and pupils that they will know how to work safely without fear.
3.	Today we pray for Catherine, now living in the UK and working as an administrator for a church in North London. Give her peace and wisdom at all times and help her to make friends in this new situation.
4.	We give thanks for our church wardens, Anne and Catherine, and pray that they will have wisdom in all their duties. We also pray for Sue in the Parish Office and Dean our treasurer.
5.	SUNDAY We give thanks for all our clergy, Ben, Alison, Roberta, Glynne and Deb and Su. We are so privileged to have such a great team who share the ministry and support each other.
6.	We pray today for all who live in our care homes. Show those who work in the homes how to build warm relationships with residents while keeping everyone safe from infection.
7.	We pray for Melissa as she is part of a team which shares the Alpha course with people in the Middle East. They also reach out to the many refugees in the area, helping them when they can.
8.	We pray for the people of Jordan and other Middle Eastern countries. We remember those who are very poor and often go hungry and for those who seek to help them by taking food to them.
9.	We pray for prisoners after their release, that firms will be willing to employ them and give them a chance to have a fresh start and rebuild their lives. May those who come to faith in prison find support and fellowship after their release.
10.	Qu’Appelle, Canada - we pray for the clergy and people of this province, especially those in the many small churches without an ordained minister, and the lay people who lead the services.

11.	We pray for the people of Afghanistan at this difficult time of change. Many have died, and many are afraid.
12.	SUNDAY We give thanks for Michael Hibbs and all who worship at St Anne’s. We pray for the families who come, especially those who have had a difficult time during lock down.
13.	We pray for all who come to the Life Group that meets today. We also pray for Joy, Jo and Sally who work so hard to make the Coffee Morning a success and give thanks for all the friendships made at these friendly gatherings.
14.	Today we pray for victims of crime that they will receive justice and support in the way that they need. We pray for those on support teams that they will have all the guidance they need to be of real help.
15.	Nordkirche, Germany - we pray for the clergy and people in this diocese, one of four linked to Lichfield, that they will be encouraged in their walk with the Lord.
16.	We pray for all who come to Butterflies and those who run it. We pray for all the groups for children that are linked to St Bart’s and those who lead them.
17.	We give thanks for all who sing in our choirs and Carly and Julia who lead and inspire them to sing and lead worship. We also pray for all the members of the band.
18.	There is a wedding today. We pray for couples who get married at St Bart’s and those who take the services. We give thanks for all who come to the Saturday Service and those who lead and preach.
19.	SUNDAY Today we give thanks and pray for the families who bring their children to church and those who run Junior Church. We also pray for those who are bringing their children to be baptised today.
20.	Today is the Prayers for Healing meeting when we pray for those who are sick or in special need. We pray for those suffering from mental health problems. Help and support for these people is often hard to find.

21.	One of the dioceses linked to Lichfield is in Malaysia, Asia. We pray for clergy and people. For some, following Christ can be very challenging as Christians are a small minority.
22.	The Living Faith course begins today. We give thanks for Alison and pray for her as she leads it. We also pray for all come to follow this course that they will be encouraged in their walk with the Lord.
23.	We give thanks for Anthony Arul and his family as they seek to serve the lord in Penang, Malaysia. Help them to keep safe and well as they share the love of the Lord with their parishioners.
24.	We remember all who serve in the military, especially those involved in the evacuation of Afghanistan. We pray that all those who need trauma counselling that they will get the help they need.
25.	We praise the Lord that the Flower Festival opens today. We give thanks for all who have the gift of flower arranging and all those who are helping to make this event a success.
26.	SUNDAY We continue to praise the Lord that we are able to worship in church each week, and pray for those who clean the church after each service.
27.	We pray for the many refugees in the UK and pray that those sorting out their paperwork will have wisdom and compassion and be able to get things sorted out quickly.
28.	We give thanks and pray for the clergy and people of Matlosane in South Africa. We pray that they will get the vaccine they need to be protected from coronavirus.
29.	We pray for people in prison for their faith. Give them courage to be faithful to their Lord and shine for Him in these difficult situations. We pray for those who have put them in prison that they will have compassion and come to know the Lord Jesus.
30.	We give thanks and pray for all who work in our Hospitals that they will be at peace in stressful situations. Help them to get the PPE that they need for every situation.

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