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REGULAR EVENTS
Monday: Parent and Toddler group. 9.45am to
11.15 am in the Church Hall (term time only).
Tuesday: Informal Service/Group Activities and
Lunch 10.30am to 12.30 pm in Church
Wednesday: Knit and Natter Group, 7pm to
9pm in Church (2883533)
Thursday: Chairobics 10am St Johns Church
Hall
SERMON NOTES
Welcome to
St John’s Deepcar
www.saintjohns.co.uk
If this is your first time at St John’s, you are most
welcome. We hope that you will enjoy the service,
and you are very welcome to stay for a cuppa and
a chat after the service
SUNDAY SERVICES
PCC: 3rd Monday of each month
Weekly Home Groups
Contact Kath Allott for further details (Groups
meet for fellowship and bible study):
Tuesdays:
At the home of Anne and David Whitehead,
7.45-9.30pmContact Elisabeth Coyne (2886765)
At the home of Lisa, Jonathan and Mathew Green
8pm-9.30pm contact Kath Allott 2885836
Thursday - Pub Group 8-9.30pm
contact Brian Allott 2885836 or Andrew Shaw
2882088
Our purpose: “To magnify God’s name by
bringing people to Jesus and membership of his
family, encouraging them towards Christlike
maturity, and equipping them for ministry in the
church and their mission in the world.”
1st March 2015
9am
Holy Communion
10.45am
Morning Praise
Preacher
Elisabeth Coyne
Readings: Rom 4.13-end Mark 8. 31-end
Next Week: 8th March 2015
9am
Holy Communion
10.45am
Holy Communion
Preacher
Hilda Isaacson
Readings:
1 Cor 1:18-25 John 2: 13-22
7pm
Godzone
Children and Young people’s groups during the
10:45 service. Toddler toy bags are available
underneath the welcome desk, at the back , for
children staying in church.
PLEASE PRAY FOR
NEWS/EVENTS
NEWS/EVENTS
Please pray especially for:
Mission Partnership Launch
Joint service on March 29th at Bolsterstone
Bishop Steven will join us at this service and help us
launch the Bolsterstone, Deepcar and Stocksbridge
mission Partnership.
There will also be donkeys around to connect with the
first Palm Sunday (that’s a slight simplification, but I’ve a
friend who will oblige us again in this area!)
Prayer Day March 21st; 12 noon – 12 midnight
To be held @ St John’s (for the Mission Partnership)
To seek Gods Presence -More details to follow
Lent
Lent lunches this year will be at St Ann’s RC church.
Please consider coming along to these and offering
to help on our week
Eileen Margaret Lindley, Maureen Wallace, Lisa,
Jonathan and Mathew. Nicola, Richard, Amy and Jo.
Melissa and family, Joe, Ryan.(a young man diagnosed with cancer).
Email Prayer chain. As a church, one of the ways we
pray is through our email prayer chain, which we use
to circulate urgent prayer requests around the church
family quickly. If you would like your email address
to be added to the list, please email Elisabeth
Coyne:
13elisabeth.coyne@gmail.com. If you would like us to
pray for you or someone you know (who is happy for
us to pray for them), please email Elisabeth or call her
on 288 6765. We also like to receive updates on people we pray for, so that we can give thanks or continue
to pray appropriately.
Additional prayer requests are displayed on the prayer
board at the back of church.
CONTACT DETAILS
Revd Hilda Isaacson (285 1225)
Wardens: Brian Allott (2885836) or
Mel Homer (288 6348)
Weekly News Sheet: Notices for inclusion on the
news sheet should be given to Kath Allott
(kathallott@googlemail.com or 2885836) by noon on
Thursday
Church website (www.saintjohns.co.uk). Take a look
at our website. Listen to sermons; view the news
sheet, etc.
Annual Parochial Church Meeting
This will take place on 19th April 2015 in church
at 11 pm (after the church service) Please can I encourage folk to attend this important event in our church
calendar.
Nominations are wanted for Church Wardens and for
PCC members. Nomination forms will be in church
from 22nd March for both. If you feel you could undertake either role and want to make a contribution to
church life by serving in this way please speak to Hilda,
Priest in Charge or to one of the current wardens, Mel
Homer or Brian Allott.
An update of the Electoral Roll will also take place during the run up to the meeting. Please speak to Judith
Roebuck if you want information regarding this.
Thank you Pat Lowe, PCC secretary
Lent groups will take place on Tuesdays through
Lent.10.30 am at St John's as part of the Tuesday service and continuing over coffee. 2pm at StMary's.
Please make this part of your journey this Lent.
'Open the Book' team will meet at church March 7th
at 9.15am. We review the story that we will tell on the
following day at Deepcar Junior school. If you would
like to help, please speak to Hilda, Michael or Sylvia or
just come along and join us.
Facebook. Find us (St Johns Deepcar) and `like’ us.
To Book the Church or Church Hall please contact
the following for availability and a booking form:
Church Hall - Rosemary Allan 2882026
Church - Judith Roebuck 2883533
'To teach their children......and they in turn would tell
their children. Then they would put their trust in God.'
Psalm 78:6-7
Holy Week meditations
Meditations at St John’s on Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday, March 30th, 31st and April 1st
Maundy Thursday, April 2nd 7pm at Bolsterstone,
8.30 @ Green Moor
April 3rd @ 10.45 act of worship @ Bolsterstone,
12.00 noon @ cross in Stocksbridge, 2pm meditation
@ St John’s
Saturday April 4th
Decorating the church
Easter Sunday April 5th
Easter Communion @ 9am
Easter Morning Praise @ 10.45
The Stocksbridge Christian Centre on Cedar Road
will host weekly, mid-day sessions to read and
reflect on the lectionary readings for
each Sunday. The first session will be led by the
Revd. James H. Grayson on Monday 23 February at
1:15 to 2:15 at the Christian Centre. Sessions will be
led alternatively by Mick Warren and James Grayson. The sessions will begin with Lent but will continue throughout the year at the same day of the
week and time. Everyone is invited to come.
The next 'Messy Church' will be on March 22nd at
4pm and we will be exploring the Easter story. This
is a service which is ideal for families with young
children (but all ages are welcome) where they can
encounter Jesus as Lord and Saviour. Please come
and invite a family, there will be lots of creativity,
hospitality and celebration.