St Mary's Newsletter

St. Mary's Newsletter 29th March
Blog readers, No 'Eleven' Service Today Youth For Christ - This Evening Michelle Garland, Director of Gloucester Youth for Christ will be speaking at the United Berkeley Service. Union Church, 6.00pm. Palm Sunday - Donkey Parade Next Sunday is Palm Sunday. If you would like to follow the donkey through Berkeley to church, meet outside the Mariners Arms at 10.45am Mission Giving for 2009 The following charities have been chosen for our Mission Giving for this year: Emmaus; Gloucester City Mission; Water Aid; Mission Aviation Fellowship; The Bible Society and Tearfund. The PCC also agreed to send a donation now to the Archbishop of Canterbury and York's Lent appeal for Zimbabwe. A small piece about each of the charities chosen will be written in the Herald over the coming months. If you would like a particular charity to be nominated for next year please pass your suggestion to David or Jenny Frith.
Blue Envelopes For those that give regularly through the blue envelope scheme, please note that the new packs of envelopes for April 2009-10 can now be found on the table at the back of church. If you would like to discuss regular donations to St Mary's please contact the PCC Treasurer Denise Rayner in confidence on 01453 xxxxxxor at denise@therayners.co.uk.	From the Calendar Sunday, 29 March 09:30 Benefice Communion at St Mary's Berkeley 18:00 United Berkeley Service at Union Church Monday, 30 March 09:00 Experience Easter for Berkeley Primary School Tuesday, 31 March 08:30 Morning Prayer 09:00 Experience Easter for Berkeley Primary School 10:15 Lent Course 'How Jesus taught us to pray' at 14 Court Meadow, Stone Wednesday, 1 April 12:30 Lent Lunches 19:30 Bell Ringing Practice 20:00 Lent Course 'How Jesus taught us to pray' at The Vicarage Friday, 3 April 08:30 Morning Prayer 10:00 Little Fishes (Berkeley Evangelical) 19:00 Choir Practice Sunday, 5 April 09:30 Parish Communion 11:00 Informal Worship 14:30 Cream Teas 18:00 Evensong Tuesday, 7 April 19:30 Passion Reading, All Saints', Stone Wednesday, 8 April 19:30 Bell Ringing Practice 20:00 'Most' the movie – Berkeley Town Hall Thursday, 9 April 19:30 Maundy Thursday Benefice Communion, St. Mary's Friday, 10 April 08:30 Morning Prayer 11:00 Good Friday Children's Activity & Picnic 11:30 Good Friday Walk of Witness 14:00 Good Friday Worship Saturday, 11 April 20:00 Easter Fire - Stone Sunday, 12 April 10:30 All-Age Communion 18:00 Easter Hymns & Readings Sunday, 26 April 10:00 Annual Church Meeting Details of Lent activities can be found on our website.
Experience Easter On the mornings of 30th and 31st March, Key Stage 2 children from Berkeley Primary School will be coming to St Mary's Church to hear the Easter story re-told through six interactive displays taking them through the events of Holy Week. Please pray for the children visiting and the team leading this.
Berkeley Treasure Hunt A walking Treasure Hunt for all the family within the 4 main streets. Starting from the Vicarage from 3pm Saturday on 2nd May, to be followed by a BBQ. Please buy tickets (£1.00) before the event from Debbie Page See the April Herald for details.
Last Lent Lunch - Wednesday April 1st Join us between 12.30pm to 1.30pm at St. Mary's, for a lunch of delicious soups and wholesome bread. There is no charge but donations made will be given to a Gloucestershire charity. Hill Cream Teas You will be pleased to learn that Cream Teasare being served on the First Sunday of the Month starting Sunday 5th April 2.30—5.30 at Hill Village Hall St Mary's Coffee Mornings The next Coffee Morning will be held on Tuesday 21st April at the home of Sue and John Stump – The Old Swan, 20 High Street, Berkeley. Do put the next date in your diary. If you would like to host a Coffee Morning later in the year, please speak to a member of the Pastoral Care Team.
'Come & Sing' — Fauré's Requiem Sunday March 29th at St James Dursley (Rehearsal 2.00 -3.45; Tea 3.45 - 4.30; Performance 4.30 -5.30) Further details on notice in porch.
Sunday 22nd March 2009, Mothering Sunday Quarter Peal 1282 Cambridge Surprise Royal 1 Helen Parker 6 Jane Bull 2 Elizabeth Byrne 7 Ian Unsworth 3 Anne Pope 8 Frank Byrne 4 John Cornock 9 John Taylor 5 Andy Binstead 10 Philip Pope For mothers everywhere, rung by a band of children and four mothers	Readings for this Sunday 9.30 am United Benefice Parish Communion at St Mary's, Berkeley Hebrews 5:5-10 John 12:20-33
	Cinema 'Most' (Czech for 'The Bridge') A film about a Father, Son and Sacrifice. Wed 8th April - Berkeley Town Hall 8.00pm (doors open at 7.30pm) No charge - Certificate 12 See the trailer at http://www.berkeleycinema.info/ Read reviews at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0345672/
Vicar- Rev'd Richard Avery Phone xxxxxx E-mail averys@rjavery.co.uk Not available on Mondays except in emergency Curate- Rev'd Christine Birkett Phone 01453 xxxxxx E-mail christine.birkett@virgin.net Not available on Mondays except in emergency To have items included in next week's Pew Sheet contact Peter Yardley Phone 01454 xxxxxx or email pewsheet@stmarys-berkeley.co.uk If you send items to Peter Yardley for the printed Pew Sheet, they should make it into this newsletter.	More stuff on the website: www.stmarys-berkeley.co.uk Opt-out of the newsletter

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