A Happy and Blessed Christmas to all our readers

The PARISH CHURCH and COMMUNITY Newsletter
for SHERWOOD and WOODTHORPE
The Church on Trevose Gardens, near Woodthorpe Park
No 255 November/December 2015
A Happy and Blessed Christmas
to all our readers
You will find a warm welcome at all our Christmas events
A service for all the
family which includes
the lighting of
Christingle candles and
is followed by coffee &
nibbles
Come and sing your favourite
carols and hear again the
Christmas story. Followed by
mulled wine and nibbles
Come and sit for a while, light a candle to remember a loved one. Place a star bearing their
name on the Christmas tree
A service for younger children and
their families. Children can come
dressed as wise people,
shepherds or angels.
Come and welcome the new-born Jesus
A service of Holy Communion for all the family
Vicar: Revd Canon Sylvia Griffiths
The Vicarage, 12 Trevose Gardens,
Sherwood. NG5 3FU 0115 960 7547
sylvia.griffiths@homecall.co.uk
Curate: Revd Jane Walker 07935 309183
rev.janew@ virginmedia.com
Family Worker: Mrs Pat Sands 07954 365777
stmfamilyworker@gmail.com
Secretary: Mrs Jackie Hunt
Office hours: Wednesday 10.00—12.00
office.stmsherwood@gmail.com
08.30
HOLY COMMUNION
10.00
ALL AGE WORSHIP
(1st Sunday of the month)
PARISH EUCHARIST *
(all other Sundays)
18.00 (6pm) HOLY COMMUNION
(1st Sunday of month only)
PARISH EVENING PRAYER
(3rd Sunday of the month only)
* Children and Youth Groups, and a Crèche
are available at Parish Eucharist Services
For information regarding weddings, baptisms
or funerals please contact Sylvia.
Musical Moments at St Martin’s
St Martin’s was host to a real treat in May when
Richard Marsden gave an organ concert to raise money
for Christian Aid. My favourite piece was ‘Cuckoo
Capriccio’ by Johann Caspar Kerll which started with
the sound of one distant cuckoo; before long, there
was a whole flock of them, calling and swirling through
the music (now a new addition to my iPod!) To add the
excitement and raise extra cash, Richard had set
himself challenge of playing Widor’s Toccata in F
without music or mistakes. If you don’t know the piece,
it is very fast and very twiddly and he played it with
great flair followed by rapturous applause. It was
fantastic to hear the organ played so skillfully from the
quiet Gabriel’s Oboe by Enrico Morricone to the
traditional, booming Bach’s Prelude in C.
Many thanks, Richard, sorry we haven’t got enough
space to mention all the pieces you played.
Congratulations on raising £719 for Christian Aid,
giving vital support to the poorest in the world.
A Big Thank You to Mrs Pat Sands
Pat will finish her work for Christians Against Poverty (CAP) at the end of this year. As part of that organisation
she has helped many people solve their debt problems and we record our thanks to her for her tireless work.
Thanks are also due to all those who have assisted Pat in any way with this valuable work.
Baptisms: 30 August
27 September
Weddings: 23 May
Funerals: 30 April
6 May
13 May
18 May
31 July
Imogen Hudson
Karen Rukas, Kaley Rukas, Mylee Rukas,
Kerry Paramore, Niamh Paramore, Amelie Paramore
Aram & Repton
Gladys May Deacon, aged 100 — Woodthorpe Manor Care Home
Irene Mary Bessie Holroyd, aged 92 — Parker House Nursing Home
Robert John Pullman, aged 68 — Yeoman Avenue, Bestwood
Peter Eric Smith, aged 85 — Mansfield Road
Barbara Collingham, aged 84 — St Johns Road, Isleworth
Jane’s Priesting 4th July 2015
Standing at the entrance of Southwell Minster, the time 5pm
on a sunny Saturday in July, my fellow curates around me,
Training Incumbents, Arch Deacons and Bishops behind me,
the Cross ahead of me.
The moment had arrived; the organ raised its resounding
voice, the congregation lifted theirs too and together we
sang:
“Praise to the Lord the Almighty, the King of creation my
soul, praise him, for he is thy health and salvation: Come ye
who hear, Brothers and sisters draw near, Praise him in glad
adoration.”
Walking up the aisle, I could not have been more ready than I
was right there, to declare before all, my promise and
obedience to God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, to
serve as priest, in Sherwood, in the diocese of Southwell and
Nottingham.
The opening verse of the above hymn says everything,
Praise to the Almighty King of heaven and earth, for he
created and creates, praise him for he restores and saves,
come brothers and sisters, those who hear the good news,
praise and adore the King.
My ordination as Priest marked the end of a 7 year journey of
discovery and change, the discovery of God’s call on my life
and change that inevitably occurs when you dare to tread a
new path with Jesus Christ. Jesus said to his disciples,
“Follow me!”
Sometimes that following leads you to a life you never
imagined, every time it leads to truth in the present, hope in
the future and to the promise of eternal life in Christ.
God’s love for us is absolute, and there is no love like it, it is a love that gives everything, even to the depths of
death on a cross through Jesus Christ. Faith has led me to a life I did not imagine, the life of a priest, one journey
ends and the new one begins, the future is bright — its light is Christ.
Rev. Jane
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