August news

Notices August 2012

Pulpit Arrangements     Services start at 11.0 am

Sunday      5th August 

 Sunday      12th August

(Parade no uniformed organisation)

Sunday       19th August

Sunday      26th August Revd Wilbert Sayamani ( communion)

 

Other Dates for your August  diary  and Future dates 

  

 Church Meeting 26^th July   Elders   5^th  Sept.     Church Meeting 27^th September  Elders 3^rd  October    Elders 7^th Nov

AUTUMN CONCERT SATURDAY 6TH October 7pm

Beetle Drive Saturday 10th November 7pm.

Church Meeting 22^nd November 

Elders 5^th Dec    Elders 9^th Jan 2013

Church Meeting AGM Jan 2013 31^st 

Coffee mornings 2^nd and 4^th Mondays 11 am

 Gift day in September 

Autumn concert KB and YM:

Christingle 24^th December:

Church meetings last Thursday of every other month (January, March, May, July, September, November):

 AGM 31^st January 2013:

Services to work with other 2 churches. We normally have parade 2nd Sunday and Communion 4th Sunday, Memorial service in June, Anniversary Service in September. 5^th Sunday to continue to be joint service.

There will be drop in coffee mornings on :  

                                11.am 13th August

Do come in and have a chat.. A friendly social!!

This month the Church will be praying

especially for the people who live in the following streets :

 Woodhall Hse; Woodhall Str: Church Str: Church View Close: Usk Close

Please note we have a prayer book on table for anyone to add names of those individuals who are in need of our prayers 

From the congregation at

Blakenall United Reformed Church

At the junction of Blakenall Lane & Chantry Avenue

Junior Church and the Crèche are held at same times as the Sunday service

Youth Club  at present is not running but we would like to    resume if there is support..

Keep fit Wednesday 2.30pm to 3.30 pm

—————————————————————————Beavers ( age 6-8)  Mondays 6 to7 pm

Cubs  ( age 8—10  1/2 )      Monday 7 to8 pm

Scouts  ( age101/2 to 14)     Tuesday 7 to 8.30pm

Explorer Scouts ( 14 –18) Monday 7—8.30pm

Contact Gail Cotterill    07594530825

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Brownie meetings        Thursday evening 6pm to 7.30pm

Girls between ages of 7 to 10 years

For details please ring   Fiona 01922 685063

Or Yvonne 01922 682078

Church Secretary Ian Robertson 01922 634642 or 07956829549

Email robertsonic@hotmail.co.uk

   

Welcome to Revd Wilbert Sayamani

Congratulations to super scout Ges Murray





Welcome to super scout Ges Murray
Congtratluations and thanks for all that loyal service to young people.

  

May events

Notices May 2012




Pulpit Arrangements Services start at 11.0 am

Sunday 6th May Cynthia Dunn

Sunday 13th May Kath Phillips

Sunday 20th May Frank Claire

Sunday 27th May Ges Murray

( communion)

You will be most welcome to join us.

Porch and Offertory

Lilian Mason and Audrey Wright



Elder Duty

Ian Robertson



Communion Servers



Kath and Maurice Phillips



Coffee Rota

Sunday 6th May Kath Phillips

Sunday 13th May Cynthia Murray

Sunday 20th May Sheila Wooton Doreen Boucher

Sunday 27th May Joan Gwinnett Gwen Smith

Other Dates for your May diary and Future dates




Elders 2nd May 7pm. Church Meeting 24th May 2pm

Elders 6th June Elders 4th July Church Meeting 26th July

Elders 5th Sept. Church Meeting 27th September

Elders 3rd October Elders 7th Nov

Church Meeting 22nd November

Elders 5th Dec Elders 9th Jan 2013

Church Meeting AGM Jan 2013 31st

Coffee mornings 2nd and 4th Mondays 11 am

15th June Jumble sale 2pm.

Summer fair 23rd June: Gift day in September

Autumn concert KB and YM:

Christingle 24th December:

Induction Wilbert 19th May 11am at Broadway:

Church meetings last Thursday of every other month (January, March, May, July, September, November):

AGM 31st January 2013:

Services to work with other 2 churches. We normally have parade 2nd Sunday and Communion 4th Sunday, Memorial service in June, Anniversary Service in September. 5th Sunday to continue to be joint service.

There will be drop in coffee mornings on :

8th and 22nd May 11.am

Do come in and have a chat.. A friendly social!!



This month the Church will be praying

especially for the people who live in the following streets :

Severn Rd Harden Rd Barracks Lane Green Rock Lane.

Please note we have a prayer book on table for anyone to add names of those individuals who are in need of our prayers

April news

Notices April 2012




Pulpit Arrangements Services start at 11.0 am

Sunday 1st April Kath Phillips Palm Sunday

Sunday 8th April Easter Day Ges Communion

Sunday 15th April Wayde favourite hymns

Sunday 22nd April Rev Roy Lowes

( communion)

Sunday 29th April Joint Pastorate at Hatherton URC

You will be most welcome to join us.

Porch and Offertory

Marion Ellis Yvonne McMillan

Elder Duty

Kath Phillips



Communion Servers

Ges Murray Ian Robertson



Coffee Rota

1st April Kath Phillips

8th April Lilian Mason

15th April Cynthia Murray

22nd April Jean Gwinnett Gwen Smith

29th April joint service at Hatherton URC

29th April



Revd Wilbert Sayimani


Latest news is that Wilbert has applied for his visa but sadly his wife’s father died suddenly which has delayed progress in the application.

The date of Saturday 19th May has been suggested as a possibility for the Rev Roy Lowes to take the induction service which may be at 11am. The invite letters will go out very soon when everyone agreed! With the caveat that this may have to be altered again if further delays happen with the visa for Wilbert and his family.

We shall pray that this is resolved as soon as possible.

The secretary will post details on notice board as soon as possible and details announced in the notices for church services

Future dates




Thursday 29th March Church meeting 2pm.

Thursday5th April Communion service Broadway URC 7.30pm

Friday 6th April Good Friday Walk of witness Bloxwich Park to All Saints 10am

7pm Bread and cheese followed by short service

Thursday 26th April F and M


There will be drop in coffee mornings on :


1st April and 23rd April

11.am



Do come in and have a chat.. A friendly social!!



This month the Church will be praying

especially for the people who live in the following streets :

Foster Street Dawson Street Thames Road

Please note we have a prayer book on table for anyone to add names of those individuals who are in need of our prayers

March newsletter

Notices March 2012




Pulpit Arrangements Services start at 11.0 am

Sunday 4th March Frank Claire

Sunday 11th March Mike Smith

Sunday 18th March Wayde Lefevre ( Mothering Sunday)

Sunday 25th March Ges Murray ( communion)



You will be most welcome to join us.

Porch and Offertory

Bernard Wright Ray Moorhouse



Elder Duty

Ges Murray



Communion Servers

Wayde Lefevre and Jean Harper



Coffee Rota

4th March Judy Sumner

11th March Cynthia Murray

18th March Audrey wright

25th March Sheila Wright Doreen Boucher



March Editor’s newsletter


Dear Friends,

We start a new year with the arrival of our new Minister Revd Wilbert Sayimani and his family due early April. I am sure we will all be rallying round to help him . He has passed easily his English exam and is now applying for a visa for himself and his family. He is intending to leave for Walsall around 8th April and the date pencilled in for his induction is Saturday 21st April 4pm at Broadway. Do put this in your diary. It looks fairly definite …!



The Manse is now ready and our part of the welcoming will be to provide some immediate food to stock the larder!!



Despite the troubles we face at home, the dreadful situation for the people in Syria must give us all serious concerns. ‘The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” is the quote that comes to mind..



The latest report by Amnesty International makes depressing reading:

Humanitarian aid agencies must be allowed immediate and unhindered access to Homs and other affected areas, Amnesty International said today.

The Bab ‘Amr district of the city has come under intensive shelling for more than 17 days, during which time Amnesty has received the names of 465 people reported to have been killed in Homs.

Residents of Bab ‘Amr have told Amnesty that the shelling and exchanges of fire have destroyed the electricity and water networks, and there is little prospect of them being restored. Because of the lack of electricity, residents are unable to refrigerate food, adding to already severe shortages of food, including babies’ milk.

The area is also facing a critical shortage of medical supplies and medical personnel. Some of those who spoke to Amnesty said that there was now only one doctor providing medical treatment in the makeshift clinic in Bab ‘Amr.

I am sure you will join me in praying that good men and women will act now

Best wishes

Ian ( church secretary)

Other Dates for your March diary




Future dates



Elders Thursday 8th March 7pm.

Thursday 29th March Church meeting 2pm.

Thursday 26th April F and M

Lent Course at Broadway 2012 7.30p.m.



Thursday 23rd February 2012

Thursday 1st March 2012

Thursday 8th March 2012 – but it’s our ELDERS meeting

Thursday 15th March 2012

No Lent course on 22nd March 2012

Thursday 29th March 2012



There will be drop in coffee mornings on :

12th and 26th March 11.am



Do come in and have a chat.. A friendly social!!



This month the Church will be praying

especially for the people who live in the following streets :

Booth Close Guild Avenue Hollemeadow ave, Blakenall Lane

Please note we have a prayer book on table for anyone to add names of those individuals who are in need of our prayers

Blakenall United Reformed Church


Newsletter

January 2012

Minister

Revd Wilbert Sayimani

Will be our new Minister and we look forward to welcoming him and his family.

Please direct enquiries to

Church Secretary

Ian Robertson

01922 634642 or

07956 829549

Notices January 2011




Pulpit Arrangements Services start at 11.0 am

Sunday January 1st Kath Phillips

Sunday January 8th Ges Murray Parade

Sunday January 15th Cynthia Dunn

Sunday January 22nd Revd Diana-Cullum Hall

Communion

Sunday January 29th Joint service for Pastorate at Broadway 10.30am

You will be most welcome to join us.

Porch and Offertory

Joan Gwinnett Gwen Smith


Elder Duty Maurice Phillips

Communion Servers

Jean Harper Maurice Phillips



Coffee Rota

1st January Lilian Mason

8th January Kath Phillips

15th January Judy Sumner

22nd January Sheila and Doreen Boucher

29th January Joint service at Broadway

January 2012 Editor’s newsletter


Dear Friends,

Happy New Year to everyone! Last year I can remember us recovering from deep snow falls and icy temperatures.

We hope this will be an exciting one as we embark on a new journey with Wilbert .I hope that you all enjoyed Christmas as a time when friends and families can get together.

This new year will be a challenge to us all as we try and move forward together as a church with our community.

How will we attract those new members to join our church?

How can we take the lead to our community and foster a thriving junior church which is the future membership for our church?

Certainly I see we need to offer support to schools near to us and perhaps nurture some closer links. Maybe some after school activities could provide some introduction to our Church?

The occasional distribution of a friendly newsletter to those homes that are near to our church could also bear fruit.

The coffee mornings have given a welcome boost to the social need for the community and the excellent Autumn concert brought many together for a real fund evening . The community around us can be encouraged to look upon our church as a centre of this community. There are opportunities for social enterprise and ideas that are in the new localism legislation that maybe churches can use. There are also community grants that can be applied for and run by a locally based community committee to decide on a spend in the area.

Many people will be finding their lives becoming more difficult to manage in 2012 as the cost of living rises and wages and unemployment rise also.

I believe it is a time when Christ’s message of hope, salvation and joy can sustain us in these difficult times. Please mull over the answers as you finish off those mince pies! Answers in the next newsletter!

Best wishes

Ian ( church secretary)

Other Dates for your January diary

Future dates


Tuesday 10th January Elders 7pm


Thursday 26th January 2pm Church AGM.


Jumble sale 16th January 2012 ….2 to 4pm.


There will be drop in coffee mornings on

10th and 24th January 11.am

Do come in and have a chat.. A friendly social!!


This month the Church will be praying especially for the people who live in the following streets :

Please note we have a prayer book on table for anyone to add names of those individuals who are in need of our prayers

Stanley Street Penderel Str Victoria Avenue Hamilton Str

Ryle Str