Weekly Notices 19th April

Sunday, April 19, 2015

Can you help with Weenies on Friday mornings term time? If so, please get in touch with Christine a.s.a.p.

Chippy Church is back this Friday 24th April at 6:30pm with theme: "Springtime".

‘Love your Neighbour: Think, Pray, Vote’ discussion led by Katie on Monday 27th April at 7:30pm in the Owlerton Room. Wondering how to vote in May or if your vote will make a difference? What's in the interest of the common good?

'Churches Together' Fun Day in Hillsborough Park on 2nd May. We need volunteers to serve in the refreshments tent. Could you provide cakes, buns, tarts or biscuits? Please see the lists on the welcome desk and sign if you can help in any way, before/during/after the event. Thanks.

Christian Aid Walk. This year’s charity walk will be held on bank holiday Monday 4th May. We will be walking around Dam Flask before returning to Wisewood Church for bacon sandwiches. More details will follow later.

Election Day. The Church will be used as a polling station on Thursday 7th May 7:00am-10:00pm.

Wisewood Wanderers will meet on Thursday 7th May at 10:00am at Hillsborough Interchange to catch the no.52 bus and then walk from Forge Dam down to Hunters Bar. Remember to bring your bus pass or fare. Enid & David.

May Market on Saturday 16th May 11:00am-1:30pm. The stalls will include books, cakes, cards, Fairtrade, plants, nail painting, £1 stall, raffle, toys, games, refreshments, cold/hot lunches. We are happy to include Loxley Farm produce and a stall in aid of the Children’s Hospital. If you have any items (i.e. unwanted gifts) to donate to any of the above stalls we will be very pleased to receive them on (or before) Friday afternoon 15th May. Please see Enid regarding donations of cakes. Any queries please speak to Sue/Stuart.

Clean Shirecliffe Co-operative are holding a sponsored 10k litter-pick between Bradfield and Shirecliffe on Saturday 25th April, to raise money for the Cathedral Archer Project. All welcome to join in any part of the route, especially through the Loxley Valley, or by donating at www.justgiving.com/litterpick.

Prayer Group Report

After reading from Luke chapter 24, about the resurrection when the women went to the tomb with spices only to find that Jesus had risen, we prayed that many may have been influenced by all the services and Christian events over Easter and that hearts and minds may turn to Jesus.

We gave thanks for the Bible Society's 'Proclaimer' -a wind-up black box which plays passages from the bible so that anyone within hearing distance is able to listen to God's Word. This also assists the blind and those unable to read. Thanks too for the reconciliation between the U.S.A. and Cuba, where there has been so much hardship for many years.

In August last year thousands of Yazidis were captured by ISIS and many have been held in various locations since then as slaves or have been branded as pagans and killed.Last week a few mostly elderly and very young Yazidis were released but most of the children have been separated from their mothers to be indoctrinated, made to fight or work and, in the case of girls, become fighters' concubines. We prayed for them, especially the kidnapped children and that the hearts of those in terrorist groups such as ISIS, Boko Haram etc... may be softened and peace restored.

Since the outsourcing of UK visa processing to a French company the delay for those needing a visa to enter this country has lengthened, even for people who pay extra for so called priority service.We prayed for the plight of a war veteran's grandson who, it seems, is unlikely to get to see his grandfather before he dies because of this shambolic administration.

Looking to the forthcoming election, we prayed that the next government will be made up of people who are willing to work together for the good of all people and for a fairer, more just society.

Please continue to pray for all those brothers and sisters unable to attend our services, either through illness, housebound, in hospital or residential homes.