St Peter / Balsall Common

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Welcome to St Peter’s Newsletter for the week beginning April 28th:

     


Contents

Worship on this 

Fifth Sunday of EASTER 

The liturgical colour is white

09:30am Sung Eucharist led by John Tsipouras

To follow the service from your home, click on this link after 09:20 – it will open in YouTube 

https://youtube.com/live/x67cv-0vO10

BIBLE READINGS 

Acts 8.26-40 

1 John 4.7-21 

John 15.1-8 

COLLECT 

Almighty God, 

who through your only-begotten Son Jesus Christ 

have overcome death and opened to us the gate of everlasting life: 

grant that, as by your grace going before us 

you put into our minds good desires, 

so by your continual help we may bring them to good effect; 

through Jesus Christ our risen Lord, 

who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, 

one God, now and for ever. 

‘Livestreamed’ services can be accessed at any time thereafter by visiting the 

church ‘access’ page to find the links for services www.spcbalsall.church/service/

NEXT WEEK’S SERVICES 

09:30am Sung Eucharist led by Sue Restall 

11:00am Informal Service 

What’s on at St Peter’s week beginning 21st April 2024 

MONDAY • 2:00pm Afternoon Group meets in Apartment 35 Knights Court, Kenilworth Road. 

We will be looking at different aspects of Prayer. All welcome. For more information speak to Claire Laland or Pauline Lissamore 

THURSDAY • 2:00pm – 4:00pm Warm Welcome ‘Drop-in’ including a selection of activities and refreshments, everyone is welcome. 

FRIDAY • 1:30pm - 3:00pm TEENY TINIES & TODDLERS in the hall, with refreshments! 

For your daily prayers 

This week we are asked prayerfully to remember: Single clergy, monks & nuns; racial harmony; new arrivals in the village; everyone who is poor &/or hungry 

Those who are ill, struggling or recovering, including: Jean Mauger, George Badger, Yvonne Gorton, Joan Rampton, Kathryn, Martyn Spencer, Sean Reyes, Angela Cotterill & Joyce Marlow 

Those who have died recently: Judith Smith • those whose anniversary of death occurs at this time: Jean Jamieson, John Thornhill, Miriam Danes, Ian Swaine, Ken Hill 

Please continue to pray for those of our congregation who cannot worship with us due to poor health or infirmity 

PARISH NOTICES

St Peter's PCC AGM Sunday 5 May at 11:30am 

Annual Reports If you are the leader of any church group or activity at St Peter’s, 

please submit your annual report, preferably as a Word document attachment, to Alla Pavuka alla.pavuk@outlook.com, PCC Secretary, by Sunday 21 April. 

If you have any queries or uncertainties regarding this, please feel free to ask Alla. 

If anyone wishes to be added or removed from the Church Electoral Roll, 

stand for election to the PCC or as a member of the Deanery Synod, please speak to Alla. 

The meeting will be chaired by the Venerable Gordon Steele, Auxiliary Archdeacon. 

All are welcome to the AGM meeting! 

Welcoming Bishop Michael to our Deanery of Yardley & Solihull and hearing his message to us. 

The service will include a deanery massed choir, favourite hymns and worship songs chosen from across the deanery. 

St Alphege Church Sunday 28th April 2024 at 4.00pm 

ALL ARE MOST WELCOME! C

Car Parking at the Oliver Bird Hall, Church Hill Road, Solihull, B91 3RQ 

The Oliver Bird Hall has limited parking and, we wish to give priority to those that have mobility issues. 

Could we ask those that do not have mobility issues look to alternative parking. 

Just a note let everyone know that there is no charge on Sundays at Malvern Park Car Park – and it's a short, pleasant walk from there up to the church. 

After the service, there is a plan to take a group photo with Bishop Michael to update the deanery’s Facebook Page profile photo. 

Please let Charitas know if you don't want to be included in any of the photos she will be taking during and after the service. 

(Charitas Cho Support Officer for the Deanery of Yardley & Solihull charitasc@cofebirmingham.com) 

Please note that apart from 3 disabled parking spaces, Rectory Drive is a no parking area for visitors. 

HELPING HANDS continue to need our support & are very grateful for the donations we give. 

Demand is still high and at present the greatest need is for: tea bags, biscuits and jam as well as the usual toiletries. 

Recycling Clothing:

 As from 1st April 2024 we are no longer accepting clothes or shoes for recycling. 

We may restart collections later in the year. 

Please take your donations for recycling to a charity shop. 

APRIL 22nd WAS EARTH DAY - a day to remind us of the importance of environmental conservation 

and sustainability and an opportunity to stop and think and to do something to help our environment and planet. 

Try organic gardening and look at how every garden - however small - can help wildlife and encourage biodiversity. 

Why every garden matters | Garden Organic

 Help our vital pollinators by planting flowers that attract bees or making a bee hotel - Save bees and pollinators | The Wildlife Trusts

Please share your tips and good ideas with everyone – email them to Rachel Westwood our ECO churchleader Rachel230westwood@btinternet.com or the editor mgoodmaneyre@aol.com