Thank you to everyone who contributed to the container. Our items have arrived at Mpondas Cathedral in Mangochi and have been well received. If you’d like to see some photos see Jenni.For more than 50 years the CofE Birmingham has been partnered with the Anglican church in Malawi. The partnership involves friendship, prayer, mutual support and encouragement with quite frequent visits being made by personnel in both directions. Every year, as part of this, the people of Birmingham help financially to support priestly ministry in Malawi and vital items such as children`s clothes are shipped over by container lorry.Read more about the diocesan partnership.
This Sunday morning (26 November) we have a service of Holy Communion including prayers for healing and wholeness. All are invited to receive prayer and to be anointed with holy oil. The service starts at the usual time of 10:30am. All welcome.
We’re delighted that Rev’d Suzy Pearson will be with us to preach and preside on 19 November at 10:30am on the feast day of St Hilda. St Hilda’s Church became Suzy’s home during her exploration of ordained ministry and training to be a priest. We look forward to welcoming her back for this special service.Find out more about who St Hilda was on our website.A prayer for St HildaO God of peace, by whose grace the abbess Hilda was endowed with Gifts of justice, prudence, and strength to rule as a wise mother over the nuns and monks of her household, and to become a trusted and reconciling friend to leaders of the Church: Give us the grace to respect and love our fellow Christians with whom we disagree, that our common life may be enriched and your gracious will be done, through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
I would love you to join us again for BBC Christmas Choir for 2023. Our Christmas Carols by Candlelight Service is on Sunday 17th December at 7pm. We are hopefully doing some singing around Bearwood on Saturday 16th, if we have enough numbers.Rehearsals will mostly be on Thursday evenings at 7.30pm. I can move it earlier if people prefer. Please reply and let me know. There is one Saturday rehearsal too (9th Dec) with the possibility of singing on Bearwood High Street on the 16th Dec. The only other possible time is Tuesday evenings, but that would have to be 7.30pm or 8pm, and I know it is difficult already for one or two. Again please let me know (as one or two of you already have) if that is preferable. Dates: Thursdays at BBC (7.30pm tbc): Nov 16th & 30th. Dec 7th, Sat 9th (10am), Thur 14th, [Possible Sat 16th Dec singing in Bearwood.] Sun 17th 4pm. Email Johnathan for more information: jonathan.girling@virgin.net
