Weekly Notices 28th June

Sunday, June 28, 2015

Katie's Ordination on Sunday 28th June at 6:00pm at Liverpool Anglican Cathedral.

Becca is Moving House. If you would like her new address, please ask.

Foodbank Priority Items this month are: pasta sauce, curry sauce, instant mash, tinned meals (stews, pies, curry), tinned meat/fish and tinned vegetables (including tomatoes).

David Battye House Group will meet on Wednesday 1st July at 2:30pm.

Wisewood Wanderers are meeting on Thursday 2nd July at 9:45am at church. Fancy joining them? Take you bus pass / fare.

'Action For Children' Circuit Service on Sunday 5th July at 6:00pm at Victoria Hall (NO evening worship at Wisewood).

Teachers' Choir in 'It's a Grand Night for Singing' concert on Saturday 11th July at 7:30pm at Wisewood Church. Tickets £7 (12 and under £4) including light refreshments. Ask Joan Warby, John Garrett or Marjorie Cockburn, or pay at the door. Thanks.

'Action For Children' Sunday 12th July. Gift envelopes will be available for donations in support of the vital work still being carried out in helping neglected and vulnerable children and young people. If you are a taxpayer and are able to gift aid your donation, please do so. This will provide an additional 25p for each £1 at no extra cost to ourselves. Thank you for your support - it will be most gratefully received. Stella.

Ministers' Farewell Circuit Service at Stephen Hill, The Beacon, on Sunday 19th July at 6:00pm (NO evening worship at Wisewood).

Invitation to the Congregation. Annette & James Charlesworth would like to invite all the congregation to the wedding ceremony and cutting of the cake on Saturday 8th August at 11:00am at Wisewood Church to celebrate the marriage of Hannah & Chris. R.S.V.P. Thank you.

Lunch Club at Community Hub (not-profit organisation supporting people with learning/physical disabilities, based at Walkley Ebenezer Church, Greenhow Street, S6 3TP) will start Monday 19th October 12:00-2:30pm. Dinners will be £3 p.p. If you wish to attend or know of anyone that would benefit from a healthy home cooked meal (incl. desert and drink) please contact Donna, Natalie or Kelcie Monday-Friday 10:00am-3:00pm on www.communityhub.yolasite.com. See you there? Si.

Buttons. A member of Bluebell Wood Support Group is collecting buttons which she then sorts into sets, attaches to cards, sells, all money going to Bluebell Wood. She attends coffee mornings, fairs, etc. to sell the buttons, when invited to do so. To date, this has been very popular. If you have any buttons that you no longer require, I will be pleased to forward them. Hope you can help! Thanks. Enid.

S6 Fundraisers' Events organised by Diane Patchett, held at Church so far: Macmillan table top sale last September raised £114 for the Cancer Trust, Baby & Toddler nearly new sale last November raised £135 for the Neo Natal Unit at Jessop Hospital and Mesothelioma table top sale last May raised £100 for people with asbestos caused cancer. See Diane's letter in the Summer edition of 'Branching Out' magazine. Cliff Pickup.

Remember in your Prayers all our brothers and sisters unable to attend our services, either through illness, housebound, in hospital or in residential homes.

Prayer Group Column

We read Psalm 15 - "... who may live in your sanctuary? ..." Tearfund asks us to pray for the people of Brazil. There are still a huge number of street children, many of whom are trapped in prostitution. According to UNICEF sex tourism in Brazil now rivals Thailand with more than 150,000 children involved. We prayed that children may be protected more, to eliminate this abuse and prayed too for those working with street children, helping to build safer communities where they can thrive. Some recent changes have helped raise living standards for a few, but there is still a huge gap between rich and poor.

Looking at Syria, Iraq and Iran, we are fearful for what happens across the Middle-East. Nowhere in the Q'ran is all this violence advocated. May God raise up someone who will seek the mind of God and bring peace. May the U.N. also have a strong voice to calm the situation, to avoid more bloodshed. We prayed for peace.

We gave thanks for the Bible Society bringing the Bible message to the people of Congo by means of drama and issuing audio devices ('proclaimers') to bring God's message to blind people. May their work spread through the land.