SIXTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
11.00 am. Family Communion
Hymns: 604, 599, 311, 437.
Next Sunday, 27th September. Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity .8.00 am. Holy Communion; 11.00 am. Matins
Come and meet Bishop Hugh at a special Deanery event at St. Andrew’s Church, Poolbrook (Churchdown Road WR14 3JX) on Thursday 15th October from 7.00 pm, when the bishop will be talking about ‘Our Diocesan Vision.’
Please remember to save your stamps for our Christmas Lullaby Trust collection. No cash required – just a little time and your stamps. Thank-you.
We shall keep Harvest Thanksgiving on Sunday 4th October with Family Communion at 11.00 am, followed by Harvest Lunch at Welland Village Hall. Please sign the list in the narthex if you would like to come. The cost of the lunch is £8 per head, and £5 of this will go to our October charity Mary’s Meals – a non-profit organization providing life-changing meals to some of the world’s poorest children. Mr. Paul Serrell-Cooke will be coming to the 11.00 service on Sunday 27th September to tell us about the charity.
West Malvern Arts and Music Festival, at St. James Church, West Malvern: Today – Sunday 20th: 6.30pm Choral Evensong with the choir of St. Augustine’s Church. Edgbaston. For more details, see www.stjames-westmalvern.org.uk
Autumn study opportunities: An Alpha Course starts on Tuesday 15th September at St. Peter’s, Cowleigh Bank. Alpha is free and everyone is invited. RSVP alpha@mlwc.church
A Guided Retreat on Friday 25th September at The Wellspring, Ledbury, 10 am – 4 pm. ‘My weakness – his strength’. Visit www.thewellspring.uk/events to book
Concert on Saturday October 3rd at Christ Church, Avenue Rd, 7.30 pm. The 875 Singers who were formed to sing Handel’s Messiah at the end of our celebratory 875 year, are performing a programme of music by Vivaldi and Mendelssohn. It includes Vivaldi’s Gloria and ‘O for the Wings of a Dove’ by Mendelssohn. With instrumentalists from the Birmingham Conservatoire there will be Vivaldi concertos for trumpet and bassoon. Tickets, £17.50 are available from Malvern Theatres. The concert is part of the Autumn in Malvern Festival.