The Well Foodbank update 

Thank you so much everyone who is contributing to The Well foodbank, to the marvellous response we have had from the Bart’s family! Sadly our business units are looking the emptiest I have ever seen them, we totally understand the difficulties so many people/families are facing, but rest assured every little helps. We are at a point now that we are short of everything including toiletries, household cleaners, pet food and so the list continues. Please continue to give and encourage or share the word with friends and family - the recipients are so grateful. Your donations whatever amount are, they will be used, please place them in the trolley at the back of church 'It is in giving we receive' Kay Stokes http://thewellwolverhampton.co.uk

Wolverhampton City of Sanctuary Thank you all so much for your donations which are always appreciated and much needed. Always needed are kitchen and household items, children's clothes, toiletries and sanitary products. Special requests this week please for shopping trollies, suitcases, back packs, large cooking pots and pans, keyboard (for a child), food processors/ blenders, children’s toys (that don’t use batteries).

Please do not deliver to Church.  Please contact Annette Souter on Tel: 07952 777998 or annette_souter@hotmail.com   Thank you very much for your ongoing support. 

Bart’s Butterflies for babies and pre-school children

Please join us on Thursdays at 1.45pm in the Lady Chapel for lots of singing, stories and fun.

 All are welcome.

OUR MINI FIRST AID COURSE IS BACK – Next Tuesday 23rd May

Where ?? In the Oakroom.

What time ??  6.30pm till 8.30pm.

Kate is back to hold a baby and toddler first aid course, this is a 2 hour course for parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles anyone that wishes to gain knowledge about first aid for children. Please do not turn up on the evening as your place must be booked first.

Please call Kate directly on O7590 916627 to secure your place. 

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.

Thank you   A massive Thank you to everyone on behalf of St Bart’s Church for your kind donations towards the raffle at the time of the Coronation. It was a great success raising £550 towards the organ fund. We hope that we can call on your generosity again.

Flower Festival 

24th – 25th June 

Plants always sell well at our Festival.

Would you be kind enough please to contact Ann Quigley if you have any surplus plants from your own garden. Plant contributions can be made at any time, please bring them into church labelled Ann Quigley please. 

Ann is also happy to collect, please contact her on 01902 331509.

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:  23rd 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.

Most of you will be aware that we now have pew cushions on all the pews in the Church. They look fantastic and feel so comfortable. The Pew Cushion Committee are delighted that so many people have commented on them and we thank E Marsh Upholsterers for their amazing work and help in carrying out this project. If any members of the congregation wish to make a personal donation towards the cushions, cheques can be made payable to St Bartholomew's PCC and endorsed on the back "Pew Cushions" Thank you Barbara, Jill and Anne.

The Church will be floodlit on the evening of Sunday 21st May in loving memory of Richard James Douglass Griffiths 

on the 40th Anniversary of his passing at the age of 16. 

Please pray for

Alexander Stewart,      Sian Starkey,       Elayne Jackson  who are to be confirmed at St Chad’s Church, Pattingham on Sunday 11th June.