Summer Newsletter

The Summer Newsletter is planned to be available late July. If you wish to submit an article etc. for inclusion in this newsletter, please contact the editor Sarah Slade at newsletter.stbarts@gmail.com or discuss it with Rev Glynne Watkin.Final date for inclusion 21st June.

The Well FoodbankParticularly needed right now are tinned vegetables of all kinds, especially tinned potatoes, tinned fruit, rice pudding, any other tinned puddings, rice and pasta sachets, toiletries, large size nappies. Other tinned or dried items also welcome. PLEASE AVOID out-of-date items, opened packets & fresh foods, as these cannot be used. If you would like to help please add your donation to the trolley at the back of church and it will rapidly find its way to someone in need.

For more information http://thewellwolverhampton.co.uk

Wolverhampton City of SanctuaryThank you all so much for your donations which are always appreciated and much needed.Always needed are kitchen and household items, children's clothes and toys, toiletries and sanitary products. Special requests this week please for a children’s desk, a small radio,hoover, fridge and a microwave.Please do not deliver to Church. Please contact Annette Souter on Tel: 07952 777998 or annette_souter@hotmail.com  Thankyou very much for your ongoing support. 

Ann Quigley is collecting items for the Plant Stall at the Flower         Festival at the end of June. If you have any plants/cuttings, please contact her on 331509. She is willing to collect plants etc.

Church Floodlighting:  If you wish the Church to be floodlit in memory of a loved-one or the celebrate a special anniversary, birthday etc, please contact the Parish Office. The cost is only £15 and the Church is lit from dusk to midnight.

The Church Hall is open for parties – for further details, please contact Donna Williams on 07546 527300.

Bart’s ButterfliesPlease join us at St Bart’s Church Thursdays at 1.45pm for lots of singing, stories and fun. All are welcome.

The Friends of St Bart’s invite you to an historical evening. Revd Ben will tell you his version of our wonderful church in Penn.

Date:  24^th June

Time:  7.00pm

Price:  Free for all existing Members of Friends and £10 for everyone else.

The price includes a glass of bubbly, a short serenade by our choir and a sneak preview of the flower festival.

If you wish to attend please either contact…

Sue in Parish Office on 01902 576809 or Anne Edwards on 01902 337478. (Anne will also be able to help with any membership enquiries.)

Alternatively, just turn up on the night and pay cash on the door.

We look forward to seeing you on Friday 24th June.

Opportunities to pray with others

We have several ways that you can join in prayer with others at St Bart’s. All these groups would welcome you to join them and would value your contribution. Here are some ideas:

Daily Morning PrayerThis regular short service (about 20mins) of prayers and bible readings takes place in the Lady Chapel at 9am every day except Sunday. On Wednesday it is a communion service. A lovely way to start the day by focusing on God in the company of others.

Friday Prayers This is a new group meeting in the Lady Chapel 4-5pm on Fridays, starting on 10 June. It will be an opportunity for quiet prayer, for the requests on the prayer board, and other issues known to us, to support the ongoing ministry of the church and the needs of our community. You will not be expected to pray out loud (unless you want to).

WhatsApp Prayer GroupThis group was started during lockdown in 2020. Members share prayer requests which they are aware of, via their mobile phones, and pray in their own time. The group enables immediate prayer in emergencies, and ongoing support for situations of concern. It allows members who may not find it easy to meet in person, to share in the prayer ministry of the church.

In addition, our Life Groups include prayer in their meetings, and share prayer needs in between.

If you would like to know more, please speak to Janet Shackleton, or just turn up at one of the times listed.

Mothers’ Union Holy Communionwill be held in Church on Wednesday 8^th Juneat 10.30am.Everyone is welcome.