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St James Church Activities1st Sunday – 10am Family Service & 6.30pm Holy Communion

2nd Sunday – 8am BCP Holy Communion, 10am Holy Communion (withCrèche, Sunday Club & Tribe) & 6.30pm Evening Praise and Prayer

3rd Sunday – 8am BCP Holy Communion, 10am Celebration (with Crèche& Sunday Club) & 6.30pm Holy Communion

4th Sunday – 8am BCP Holy Communion, 10am Holy Communion (withCrèche, Sunday Club & Tribe) & 6.30pm Service of Remembering/Evensong

5th Sunday – 8am BCP Holy Communion, 10am WOW Service & 6.30pmHoly Communion

Crèche – Pre-School children (in Fellowship Room)Sunday Club – 4–11 years in church hallTribe – 11–18 years in church hall

Monday – 9.15am Parent and Toddlers (term time)Monday – 6.30pm Girl Guides meet in church hallTuesday – 9.00am–11.00am Open ChurchTuesday – 7.00pm Heart of Worship rehearseTuesday – 8.15pm Puppet PracticeWednesday – 10.15am Holy CommunionFor details of House Groups – see Liz Corbett

To arrange a baptism or wedding please telephone 01543 372187

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We have recently celebrated Pentecost, the birth of the church,the day the Spirit of God was poured out onto all believers. Thiswasn’t a one-off event, but the beginning of a new and dynamicway of life, as Bishop Tom Wright says, “It’s about God giving toHis redeemed people the way of life by which they must nowcarry out His purposes” (John for Everyone, SPCK).

People may ask where is God when tragedy hits, why is there somuch injustice in the world. God has called people through historyto work with Him to changeand transform society, toaddress the needs of thepoor and challenge injustice.Sadly, people have ignoredGod, thinking they knowbetter and consequentlyoften gone and done theirown thing. However, areading of the Old Testa-ment will reveal a God whohas always been active, seeking to work with faithful and obedi-ent people. God has never giving up on a rebellious people.

And ultimately, through Jesus, God has brought in a new and dy-namic way of living. Jesus challenged the powers-that-be, bothreligious and secular and championed the cause of the weak andthe vulnerable. He created a group of people, the Disciples, to

When the Advocate comes, whom I willsend to you from the Father – the Spiritof truth who goes out from the Father –he will testify about me. And you also

must testify, for you have been with mefrom the beginning.

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share in and then continue this revolution that He started. Thiswas not popular then, and is still not now, with those who havevested interests.

Pentecost is that moment when God equipped and empowered,not just those there in Jerusalem, but all people through history.He did so in order to enable people to live out this new life andtherefore be able to challenge, transform and renew the society inwhich we live. God still has plans for this world and we are calledto be a part of them.

Lets us with faith and conviction open ourselves to receive moreof God’s Spirit. Through this infilling of the Holy Spirit we can growdeeper roots, and bear a bigger harvest and see much renewaland transformation in our world.

Yours in Christ

Dave Bishop

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Services at Holy Trinityfor JuneAll are welcome at any of our services. If youwould like to know more about Holy Trinity,please make yourself known to Graham or ring01543 820809Sunday 3rd June – 10.30am Family Worship with Liz CorbettSunday 17th June – 10.30am Family Worship with Liz Corbett

Before the Suffragettes – the woman who‘made a majority’ with God

On May 30th the Church of England honoured Josephine Butler in itsCalendar of great Christians of the past. It seems appropriate in thisparticular year to recognise the contribution of a woman who camedecades before the suffragettes but fought many of the same battles.

Josephine Butler’s was an often-lonely Victorian voice, challenginginjustice, prejudice and discrimination. She was a noted champion ofvictims of child slavery and sexual exploitation. Her opposition tothe Dangerous Diseases Act, which ruled that a man who was in-fected with an STD could sue the woman who was ‘responsible’, even-tually won parliamentary approval but it took 20 years of campaign-ing. She fought to get the age of consent raised from 13 to 16, andalso brought about an end to the practice of ‘selling’ young girls intothe hands of unscrupulous men.

All of this campaigning was motivated by her profound Christian faith.Her best-known quote was ‘God and one woman make a majority’her response to the continual parliamentary majority against change,when there were, of course, no votes for women and no women MPs.Supported by her husband, a vicar, and by a growing band of women,this Victorian predecessor of the Women’s Rights movement fully de-serves to be remembered and honoured this year.

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Coming storm for ChineseChristians under ‘Emperor’ Xl

A leading campaigner has warned of a gathering storm for persecutedChristians in China. Release International partner, Bob Fu, says the perse-cution of Christians has worsened dramatically under President Xi Jinping,and is set to get worse now Xi has been declared president for life.

Bob Fu said: ‘Churches have been totally destroyed under President Xi’srule. There is a new spiritual storm coming to the Chinese Church. It mayeven be worse than during the Cultural Revolution.’

President Xi has imposed tough new restrictions on religious freedom, whichcame into force on 1st February. These are already beginning to bite.

The latest crackdown has been in Luoning County, where the authoritieshave banned preaching and gathering for worship and have been arrestingChristians. Officials have smashed windows, torn religious murals fromhomes, removed crosses from churches, cut off electricity and confiscatedproperty. They have even stationed security guards in private homes toprevent family prayers. ‘It feels like another Cultural Revolution,’ one Chi-nese Christian remarked.

‘Since February, even organising a prayer meeting in your home is totallyforbidden,’ said Bob Fu. ‘If you disobey, your home will be subject to de-struction. According to the new regulations you cannot share religiousmessages with anyone under 18. And students, young people and Com-munist party members have been forbidden from entering churches.’

Persecution is likely to increase in the coming months and years, believesFu, who has advised presidents Clinton and Obama on US relations withChina. The signs are that the Communist party is tightening its grip on thenation under President Xi Jinping, who was proclaimed president for life inMarch by the National People's Congress.

‘Expect to see more control. The word is Sinicisation, [this is the process ofmaking more Chinese in character or form] which aims to bring the churchesunder the absolute control of the Communist party. Even registered churchesare being forced to install face-recognition cameras and provide office spacefor Communist party members to monitor the church.’

‘Already we are seeing Christians labelled as belonging to ‘evil cults’, sim-ply because they have been found reading books like Pilgrim’s Progress

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Readings for June

The following readings will be used in the St James Services this month:3rd June 2018 – Evening Service -

2 Corinthians 4 v 5–12 & Mark 2 v 23–ch 3 v 610th June 2018 – Morning Service -

2 Corinthians 4 v 13–ch 5 v 1 & Mark 3 v 20–end17th June 2018 – Evening Service -

2 Corinthians 5 v 6–17 & Mark 4 v 26–3424th June 2018 – Morning Service -

2 Corinthians 6 v 1–13 & Mark 4 v 35–end24th June 2018 – Evening Service -

Jeremiah 10 v 1–16 & Romans 11 v 25–end

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and Streams in the Desert,’ says Bob Fu.

One target of the Communist party is to curb the rapid growth of the Church.When the party took power in 1949 there were around a million Christiansin China. By the 1980s, the Church had grown ten-fold, despite attempts toeradicate the faith during the Cultural Revolution. Today, the number ofChinese Christians is estimated at more than 100m. There are now moreChristians than members of the Communist party in China, and that figureis set to more than double.

Says Bob Fu: ‘Sociologists estimate that by 2030, the number of ChineseChristians will reach at least 224m, even at the slowest projected rate ofgrowth.’ This is the real reason for the clampdown, he believes.

Release International is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Throughits international network of missions, UK-based Release serves persecutedChristians by supporting pastors and Christian prisoners and their families,supplying Christian literature and Bibles, and working for justice.

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Quiet

A Sunday school teacher asked her children, as they were on the way to church service, ‘and whyis it necessary to be quiet in church?’

One bright little girl replied, ‘Because people are sleeping.’

With weddings in mind

At her wedding the bride tripped and fell into the arms of the vicar. ‘That’s the first time I’ve helda fallen woman,’ he quipped. To which she retorted: 'It's the first time I’ve been picked up by a vicar!’

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Graham Mason’s Golf Column

Graham was playing so badly that his caddy was gettingincreasingly exasperated.

On the 11th, his ball lay about 160 yards from the greenand as Graham eyed up the shot, he asked ‘Do you thing Ican get there with a 4-iron?’

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Blessing

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First pancake

A mother was preparing pancakes for her sons, Kevin, 5 and Ryan 3. The boys began to argue overwho would get the first pancake. Their mother saw the opportunity for a moral lesson. She said: ‘IfJesus were sitting here, He would say, “Let my brother have the first pancake, I can wait.”’

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Be genuineA holiday brochure featured a picturesque village with an ancientchurch surrounded by beautiful flowers and trees. Tourists were en-couraged to visit it and enjoy the welcome of the church and garden.

Unfortunately, the advertisers hadn’t visited the place for themselves.While the outside of this church looked lovely, the interior of the build-ing was dark, damp and dirty. All furnishings had been removed andthe only visitors now were pigeons and mice. No one had worshippedin this place for many years. This historic building, once used for theglory of God, was like a desolate grave-yard.

This story reminds us of some words Jesus directed at the religiousleaders of His day. He said they were like white-washed tombs, whichlooked fine on the outside, but were full of bones and decayingcorpses on the inside! Jesus accused the teachers of the Law and thePharisees of merely appearing to be good to everybody, while insidethey were full of hypocrisy and sins.

It would be nice to think that this accusation had nothing to do withus; a criticism that only applied to those religious leaders. But doesn’tit touch a nerve in all of us? Are there times when we say we agree tosomething in principle, but actually don’t put it into practice?

Jesus accused those who gave the outward impression that they weredevoted and obedient to God, while their attention was actually onthemselves. Outwardly they looked good, but God could see within,and their hearts were deceitful and bad. They neglected the reallyimportant teachings of the Law such as justice, mercy and humility.

That countryside church looked lovely, but it was void and empty anddid nothing to show the love of Jesus to the community.

Here is a challenge for us. When people look at our church meetingtogether, do they see a friendly, caring and welcoming fellowship orare they met with indifference? When people look at us do they see atrue picture that reflects the loving qualities of Christ?

We each of us need God’s help to remove any contradiction betweenour inner and outer lives, so we can be true examples of Christ’s love.Let’s be genuine.

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On church touristsand outrageous lies

The RectorySt. James the Least

My dear Nephew DarrenI was sorry to hear of the dawn call by the police because your church hadbeen broken into, although the theft of tambourines, books of chorusesand banners proclaiming “Jesus wants me for a Sunbeam” are likely tohave a limited market. But you are fortunate that those are the onlyunexpected call-outs you receive.Those of us with ancient churches are resigned to receiving telephone callsfrom people living in remote corners of the globe who happen to be onholiday in England and want to trace long-lost relatives who weremarried or buried in our parishes. They invariably seem amazed whenthey find you are not personally familiar with someone who died 400years ago, what family still exists, where they live and what interestinganecdotes you know about their ancestors – preferably somethingcriminal. Any attempts to put them off will be deflected by being toldthat they fly home tomorrow and since they are booked at a show inLondon that evening, could they come round early afternoon?Once inside the church, they will expect a conducted tour. I have acompetition with myself to see how outrageous I can make our history,yet still be believed. One family now thinks that the conical tomb in the

Historically, the Church of England has had its share of eccentric clergy. Even nowadays, hidingaway in remote parishes, there are still some colourful clergy about. Clergy such as the elderly,Anglo-Catholic Uncle Eustace, who is incumbent in the small parish of St James-the-Least-of All,somewhere in Very Rural England. Eustace despairs of his nephew, Darren, who has become anEvangelical curate in a busy urban parish… and so he writes letters, to try and properly'educate' Darren in parish life.

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churchyard is the last visible tip of the spire of the famous cathedralwhich once stood on this spot but sank into the ground when cursed by abride who was jilted at its altar.A second couple now know that a locked safe contains a set of pagangods which were worshipped by an obscure sect in the parish during thetime of the Tudor monarchs. They were removed by the incumbent ofthe day and locked away. Only the Rector is allowed a key and is onlypermitted to look inside at the contents on the day he leaves office, as thesight is too terrible.Yet another are convinced that several dozen mediaeval gold chalices areburied in the rectory garden, where they were hidden from Cromwell’ssoldiers and their exact location has been forgotten (I told that story whenI was looking for volunteers to dig over the rose beds).Should they get as far as the vestry to inspect the registers of baptisms,marriages and burials, you know that the afternoon is lost. It canoccasionally hasten their departure by casually telling them to ignore themice which will be running round the floor - although hardened visitorsare likely to set up their tripods to catch them on film.The ultimate deterrent is to suggest they stay to Evensong which I amabout to say. That is guaranteed to remind them that they have anurgent appointment back at their hotel.Your loving uncle,Eustace

Always remember . . .There are no strangers in our church –

just friends you haven’t met

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Prayers & Poems

Beautiful Days(Hebrews 13:5)

Lord, it’s a beautiful daysun shining,birds singing,blossom and flowers at their best.I’m thankful,but so, so lonely,so, so sad.Summer doesn’t fill the gap,it widens it.Smiles and shorts and sun-cream,the holiday plans of othersmagnify my loss.

Lord help me, please.Restore my strength,hold me close and safein the reality of your presencewhich my loved one also shares!He is with you,you are with me,and so we are connectedby love-links which cannot be broken.We still share the beautiful days you give,just differently.Thank you, Lord.

By Daphne Kitching

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Answers can be found on page 2218

June

Crossword

Across

1 Evil (Genesis 6:5) (10)7 Musician called for by Elisha when he metthe kings of Israel, Judah and Edom (2 Kings3:15) (7)8 The request that led to the institution of theLord’s Prayer: ‘Lord, – us to pray’ (Luke 11:1)(5)10 ‘We are hard pressed on every – ’ (2Corinthians 4:8) (4)11 Fraud (2 Corinthians 6:8) (8)13 ‘His troops advance in force;they build asiege ramp against me and – around my tent’(Job 19:12) (6)15 Where Rachel hid Laban’s household godswhen he searched his daughter’s tent (Genesis31:34) (6)17 ‘Now about spiritual gifts, brothers, I donot want you to be –’ (1 Corinthians 12:1) (8)18 Nomadic dwelling(Genesis26:25)(4)21 ‘As for man,his days are like –, he flour-ishes like a flower of the field’ (Psalm 103:15)(5)22 Or I live (anag.)(7)23 Those guilty of 1 Across (Romans13:4)(10)

Crosswords reproduced by kind permission of BRF and JohnCapon, originally published in Three Down, Nine Across, byJohn Capon (£6.99 BRF)

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1 ‘God so loved the – that he gave his one andonly Son’ (John 3:16) (5)2 ‘Away in a manger, no – for a bed’ (4)3 Mob ten (anag.) (6)4 ‘Each – group made its own gods in severaltowns where they settled’ (2 Kings 17:29) (8)5 Began (Luke 9:46) (7)6 Speaking very softly (John 7:32) (10)9 Workers Ruth joined when she arrived inBethlehem with her mother-in-law Naomi(Ruth 2:3) (10)12 Put in jail (Acts22:19) (8)14 Aceturn(anag.)(7)16 Discharge(Acts21:3)(6)19 ‘All these – come from inside and make aman “unclean”’ (Mark 7:23) (5)20 ‘Let us rejoice and be glad and – him glory!’(Revelation19:7) (4)

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In praise of knittingKnitting can be astonishingly good for you. This gentle hobbyhas been found to lower blood pressure, reduce depression,keep your mind alert, slow the onset of dementia, distract fromchronic pain (such as arthritis), boost wellbeing, and reduce lone-liness.

A major study by the organisation Knit for Peace has found thatknitting lowers the heart rate by an average of 11 beats per minuteand induces ‘an enhanced state of calm.’ The repetitive move-ment also boosts calming serotonin, which lifts your mood anddulls any pain. Knitting also boosts the reward centres of thebrain, because it allows people to feel that they can still make acontribution to society.

In Britain, where the NHS spends more than £2 billion each yearon blood pressure treatments, around £300 million on antide-pressants, and about £26 billion on dementia, and unknown bil-lions on various chronic pain, perhaps more people should takeup knitting. As one expert says: ‘Research has shown that thereis a growing crisis in primary care. As a skilled and creative occu-pation, knitting has therapeutic potential. There is an enormousamount of research showing that knitting has physical and men-tal health benefits.’

We know that several members of our congregation arekeen on knitting. Here is an uplifting article to encourage

them and perhaps chivvy up a few more to join them. Moredetails from our knitters, Mal, Brenda and Liz (these are just

the ones I know – Ed) who have a project going at themoment!

StickAdvice to young clergy on preaching: ‘Consider the postage stamp. Itsusefulness consists in its ability to stick to one thing until it gets there.’

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CROSSWORD ANSWERS

ACROSS: 1, Wickedness. 7, Harpist. 8, Teach. 10, Side. 11, Impostor. 13, Encamp. 15, Saddle. 17,Ignorant. 18, Tent. 21, Grass. 22, Olivier. 23, Wrongdoers.

DOWN: 1, World. 2, Crib. 3, Entomb. 4, National. 5, Started. 6, Whispering. 9, Harvesters. 12,Imprison. 14, Centaur. 16, Unload. 19, Evils, 20, Give.

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‘People nowadays’‘Everyone seems to be against something’, someone said to methe other day, and I had to agree. ‘What I can’t stand is . . .’ can befollowed by almost anything, from babies screaming in the cof-fee shop to people who will say ‘Take care!’, junk mail, carelessparkers or even someone’s accent or hair style on television.

Identifying ourselves by what we are against is an ancient butultimately soul-destroying attitude. Older people like me haveour own version of it: ‘People nowadays . . .’ followed by ourparticular dislike about modern ways. ‘People’ are us, actually,and I dare say our little foibles equally irritate some younger citi-zens.

The answer, someone suggested to me, is to replace ‘What Ican’t stand is. . .’ with ‘What cheers me up is . . .’ I worked out myown list, including children laughing, a dog’s devotion, ‘HiyaDavid’ from a neighbour, a favourite hymn in church, and thesupermarket check-out person who has just beeped their fivehundredth item of the day but still smiles and says hello asthough she means it. Come to think of it, I quite like the dis-missal, ‘Take care!’ I need to.

The same yesterday…Why did Moses wander in the desert for 40 years?

Because even back then men wouldn’t ask for directions.

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God is able to deliver us‘If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able todeliver us from it, and He will deliver us from your majesty’s hand. Buteven if He does not, we want you to know, your majesty that we willnot serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up.’(Daniel 3:17,18)

Why do bad things happen to good people? In our own lives, we cansuffer a heart attack, our marriage falls apart, our children get intotrouble or we lose our job. Yet God is able to deliver us in these cir-cumstances, but on His terms!!

Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego were Jewish exiles in Babylon wholived godly lives, but things didn’t go well for them. WhenNebuchadnezzar set up a golden statue of himself, the trio refused tobow down to it and they were thrown into the fiery furnace. However,they trusted in God alone and were fully persuaded that He was ableto deliver them, while knowing that He always does it in his way! (Dan3:17,18).

We may be facing fire in our own lives: divorce, sickness and financialissues. We may have taken a stand for God, but things have got worse.We may have prayed that God would save you from the fire, but itremains. God doesn’t necessarily save us from the fire, but He willbring us through it.

As for Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, the miracle is not outsidethe fire but inside it. When Nebuchadnezzar looked to the fire, hesaw four figures. Jesus was present in the flames, as He is with us too.

‘When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flameswill not set you ablaze.’ (Isaiah 43:2).

The Windrush Exhibition - a tribute to the migrantsThis month (June) marks 70 years since the Empire Windrush arrived at Tilbury Dockscarrying hundreds of migrants from the Caribbean. The British Library opens its specialWindrush Exhibition this month (1st June to 21st October). Key exhibits in the WindrushExhibition include ER Braithwaite’s original typescript of To Sir, With Love, the autobio-graphical novel that became a film starring Sidney Poitier.

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World Cup FeverThe former Liverpool Manager Bill Shankly famously said, ‘Some peo-ple believe football is a matter of life and death, I am very disappointedwith that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more importantthan that!’

This month sees the start of the World Cup in Russia; a truly globalevent watched by billions on television. Yet this competition illustratessome key points about the Christian life. As Paul writes: ‘But one thingI do: forgetting what is behind and straining towards what is ahead, Ipress on towards the goal to win the prize for which God has calledme heavenwards in Christ Jesus.’ (Philippians 3:13b,14).

A prize to be won: The dream of every player in the competition isto be able to hold up the World Cup themselves. For us the prize isthe eternal life, God’s gift of relationship with him for now and eter-nity through Jesus. But there’s an important difference between foot-ball and the Christian faith. To win the World Cup you have to be goodenough, while Christ’s love for us is underserved and is not depend-ent on how well we’ve done.

Training to be undertaken: If a team is going to win the World Cup,they have to train hard beforehand. Our training, as Christians, startsthe moment we accept the gift of God’s life. On a daily basis, we trainourselves to say no to the wrong things in our lives. As we build upour godly muscles we are better able to choose to do what is right inGod's eyes. To enable us to do all this we need to engage in thespiritual disciplines of prayer, studying the Bible and being part of achurch and small group. How is your training going?

Get on your bike!It seems that cycling is great for keeping old age at bay, and it also rejuvenates theimmune system.A recent study has found that cyclists do better at preserving their muscle mass andstrength with age, while maintaining stable levels of body fat and cholesterol. Thestudy was done at the Institute of Inflammation and Ageing at the University ofBirmingham.

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ST JAMESSERVICE ROTAJune 2018

SIDESPEOPLE EPISTLE GOSPEL

3rd June – 10am Family ServiceCarol Glass Welcome – Janet Plimmer

6.30pm – Holy CommunionSharon Venables Les Poynton Janet Poynton

10th June – 10am Holy CommunionMarg Powell Ann Wilkins Brenda Timmins

6.30pm – Evening Praise and PrayerAngela Cooper

17th June – Celebration ServiceSimon & Helen Harrison

6.30pm – Evening PrayerRoger and Maureen Hill Angela Cooper Roger Corbett

24th June – 10am Holy CommunionAnn Wilkins Graham Sutherington Brenda TimminsWelcome – Brenda Timmins

6.30pm – Evening PrayerJoy Powell Pete Biggs Dennis Powell

Celebrate I am the waySunday 17th June

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Celebration Service

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From the RegistersFunerals for April 20185th Malcolm Clift, 84, Brownhills, crem11th Tracey Keskin, 49, Great Barr, crem24th Mylee Billingham, 8, St James & private family committal

Funerals for May 20184th Margaret Holloway, 79, Brownhills, St James & crem14th Kenneth Price, 86, Brownhills, St James & Barnett's Lane,16th Rose Smith, 82, Burntwood, St James & Barnett's Lane

Diary Dates – June4th–8th – Experience Pentecost from 9.00am till 3.30pm in church30th – Community Fun Day from 11.00am till 3.00pm

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THE PARISH OF BROWNHILLS WITH OGLEY HAYOur mission is to worship God and to serve the community

by sharing the love of Jesus

OFFICERS

Wardens:Margaret Powell 01543 371396Roger Corbett 01543 370162

Lay Chair:Dennis Powell 01543 820513

Secretary:Brenda Stanford 01543 373063

Treasurer:Joy Powell 01543 820513

Parish Administrator:Joy Powell 01543 820513

Deanery Synod Representatives:Roger Corbett 01543 370162

Organist and Worship Leader:Pete Biggs, BEd(Hons), AMusCAM 01922 692163

Brownies:Jenny Judson

Guides:Claire Llewellyn

Vicar:Revd Dave Bishop 01543 372187

Lay Ministers:Pete Biggs 01922 692163Liz Corbett 01543 370162Graham Mason 01543 820809Graham Sutherington 01543 671020

Children & Family Worker:Mel Pearce 07794 753210