Volunteers required for Churchyard:Individuals who can work in pairs emptying waste bins for a couple of hours, one day a month to cover vacant months over the current twelve months.  Guidance and assistance will be given.

Individuals or families who can work in a group on Saturday 21^st August tidying up the Churchyard and Garden of Memory commencing 9.30am until 12.30pm, weather permitting, bring your own tools.

Please contact Ian Gordon on 01902 330641 who will be pleased to hear from you.

2021 Choir Tour Itinerary
Worcester Cathedral (sung by our Trebles)

 TUESDAY 10th AUGUST
Evensong 5.30pm

 WEDNESDAY 11th AUGUST
Hoodie choir recital noon
Evensong 5.30pm

 THURSDAY 12th AUGUST
Evensong 5.30pm

 Tewkesbury Abbey (Evening service Choir)

 FRIDAY 13th AUGUST
5.30pm Evensong

 SATURDAY 14th AUGUST
5.00pm Evensong

 SUNDAY 15th AUGUST
I0.30am Sung Eucharist
5.00pm Evensong

The Well Foodbank:Particularly 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 PLEASE AVOID out-of-date items, opened packets & fresh foods, as these cannot be used.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 Sanctuary:A big thank you to all who have continued to donate during these difficult times. Your generosity is much appreciated. The City of Sanctuary donations team is taking a break during August, but will be back in September to start receiving  and distributing again.Please contact Annette Souter on Tel: 07952 777998 or annette_souter@hotmail.com    Please do not deliver to Church. 

Life group requestWe are collecting picture postcards for the charity Mission Aviation  Fellowship (MAF). The postcards are sold and money raised helps the work of this charity.  The picture postcards can be of any age, but need to be whole, not the stamps cut out of them!  There is a box at the back of the Church in which to place the donated postcards. Thank you.

MAF and its partners provide help, peace, joy and love to isolated  people across the developing world, they will provide disaster relief when devastation happens. It is an amazing charity.

HEAVENLY DUSTERS

Thank you to everyone that has put their names forward to help keep our church clean and tidy. We have had a fantastic response and we will be in touch very soon with planning the way forward.If anyone still wishes to put their name forward, there is still time. We need your full name, phone number and email address if you have one. Take care and May God Bless you, Donna.

Mothers’ Union Holy Communionwill be held in church on Wednesday 11^th August at 10.30am.  Everyone is welcome

LIVING FAITH The Diocesan disciple course will run again at St Bart’s from Wednesday 22nd September,

7.30pm in the Church Hall Lounge. If you want to learn more about the Christian faith, this is a fantastic course that follows the church year, so what we discuss on the course enhances what we are hearing about on a Sunday in church. If you are interested please speak to Rev Ben, Rev Alison or leave your details with the Parish Office.

LITTLE ACORNS PLAYGROUPHELPERS NEEDED!!!
We are looking for a small team of helpers to set up all the activities and toys for our playgroup during term time only, either from 9.30pm on a Monday night or from 7.30am/8.00am on a Tuesday morning. It will not take long to set-up if we have enough helpers, and if anyone would also like to join our team in helping our Little Acorn's during playtime, that would be a fantastic help and support to our team and church. Our group will hopefully start running again from the 14th September 9.00am until 11.00am term-time only. If you would like any more information, please call Donna Williams on 07546527300. Thank you & God Bless.

THE ALMSHOUSE CHARITY OF RAPHAEL AND ANN SEDGWICK 

Pennwood Lane, Penn, Wolverhampton

August2021

We have an Almshouse, available to anyone who meets the criteria, applicants need to be on income support, housing benefit, and have some sort of connection to Penn or   Pennfields. If you, or anyone you know may be interested, please contact either 

Jill Fieldhouse(Clerk to the Trustees) 

Telephone – 01902-620149Mobile – 07710435572Email –jill.fieldhouse@outlook.comor Revd.Preb. Ben Whitmore.

Please Pray for: Those for whom extra prayer is needed:

Brian Hopson,  Jeanette Saunders,  Jane Green,  Wendy Carly,Linda Harris,  Maggie Perry,

Stella & Bluebell,  Katrina Jones,  Baby Lilly,Paul Lengkong,  Margaret Reade,  John Dodd,  Naomi Williams,  Rob Jones,  Baby Lily Wong,  Julian Hollington,  Paul Challenor,

Dave Whitfield.

Please Pray for:The family and friends of those who have died:

Iris Dance,  Philip Scott (Phill), Thomas Allan (Tom),  Jillian Vodden.