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Steven Bailey's Funeral arrangements.
Steven will be received into St Gabriel's Church on Wednesday 25th November and his funeral Requiem will take place on Thursday 26th November. Sadly, under the current restrictions there are limited numbers allowed for each service and these have been reached. St Gabriel's will be open for private prayer to light a candle and pay your respects after the reception has taken place between 6.45pm and 8pm. Everyone is most welcome who knew Steve. Please ensure that if you are coming, the hand sanitiser is used (located inside the entrance of the Church) and facemasks are worn at all times, you will be required to give your name and contact number for 'track and trace' purposes. Seats available are clearly indicated. After each seat has been used, volunteers will be sanitising each chair. At this stage I have no ideas of numbers but our capacity at any one time is 30, please be aware we might have to restrict numbers at certain times. It would be useful if you could add a comment to this same post (on our facebook page) if you intend to come (only to pay respects between 6.45-8pm) so we have an idea of numbers. Thankyou Fr Richard |
For your prayers
We pray for the following people in our parish who are sick or in any kind of need.
(Tues)
Olive Brown
Claire Parkyn
Dave Lowe
Ray Hinitt
Jeanette Burns
Bill Compton
Dennis Compton
Ruth Cundliffe
(Wed)
Dawn Webster
Donna Coates
Yvonne Morris
Bianca Smith
Stella Shorthouse
Felicity Hall
Sarah Poulton
Pat Harris
Lynne Yuille
(Thurs)
Natalie Aldridge
Lisa Winters
Barbara Collis
Helen Whitehouse
Kath Gleeson
Frances Gorden
Douglas & Margaret Wellington
Peter Adams
(Fri)
Geoff Kendrick
Joan Evans
Peter Aldridge
Maureen Street
Alyssa Rose
Joe Nightingale
Jean & Derek Bloomer
Joan Beilby
Rita Rutter
Ronald Kinnersley
Shirley Ward
Derek White
(Sat)
Hilary Cheetham
Jeff Eaton
Jean Warwick
Brian Taylor
Gill Hedges
Kay Standing
Grounds clear-up
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Church of the Annunciation - Grounds and Exterior
Several comments have been made locally about whether the Church of the Annunciation has closed. This is partly due to the state of the exterior which gives the impression that it is abandoned and unloved. The Church is the only Christian presence on the Yew Tree estate and the hall provides much needed income when it is used again after this period of lockdown. It's important that we present the building and grounds well. Fr Richard and Chris Booth have made a start and cleared the bigger weeds, broken glass and rubbish and dug the borders. We would like volunteers to help however it is difficult to meet in groups so it might be better to allocate days to a couple of people. It would constitute as daily exercise and fresh-air for some and perhaps some much needed activity to fill the long days of lockdown. If you can spare an hour or two would you contact Fr Richard to arrange.
It would also be nice to plant some flowering shrubs and things that don't need much maintenance to brighten the place up so if you have any cuttings etc that you or we could use that would be great...…..again please contact Fr Richard.
Several comments have been made locally about whether the Church of the Annunciation has closed. This is partly due to the state of the exterior which gives the impression that it is abandoned and unloved. The Church is the only Christian presence on the Yew Tree estate and the hall provides much needed income when it is used again after this period of lockdown. It's important that we present the building and grounds well. Fr Richard and Chris Booth have made a start and cleared the bigger weeds, broken glass and rubbish and dug the borders. We would like volunteers to help however it is difficult to meet in groups so it might be better to allocate days to a couple of people. It would constitute as daily exercise and fresh-air for some and perhaps some much needed activity to fill the long days of lockdown. If you can spare an hour or two would you contact Fr Richard to arrange.
It would also be nice to plant some flowering shrubs and things that don't need much maintenance to brighten the place up so if you have any cuttings etc that you or we could use that would be great...…..again please contact Fr Richard.
New Rural Dean appointment for Walsall - 28th April 2020
It is with great pleasure and pride that the Bishop has asked Fr Mark to be Rural Dean of Walsall and he has accepted. This will mean added responsibilities for Fr Mark as he widens his remit to this area. Please continue to pray for him in this role.
It is with great pleasure and pride that the Bishop has asked Fr Mark to be Rural Dean of Walsall and he has accepted. This will mean added responsibilities for Fr Mark as he widens his remit to this area. Please continue to pray for him in this role.
JustGiving 19th April 2020
Today we launched our justgiving page for anyone to make a donation for the work and support of this parish. Please see the 'money matters' page on this website for the link.
Today we launched our justgiving page for anyone to make a donation for the work and support of this parish. Please see the 'money matters' page on this website for the link.
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Presentation of the Lord - 2nd February 2020
To end the 80th year celebrations we were delighted to have The Bishop of Wolverhampton to preach for us. We were also very pleased to welcome Colin who 'signed' the whole of the service (including hymns) for those with hearing difficulties and the deaf. Following the Mass we gathered in the hall for a celebratory lunch. |
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