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St. Paul's Newsletter

The Thirty second Sunday of Ordinary Time 10^th/11^th November 2007

Our God is a God of the living.

As we come to the end of the Church’s year, the readings during this month of November, direct our thoughts  to the ends of life’s journey in this world.  We all need reminding that life is a journey.  We already share in the victory Christ has won for us, over sin and death, and it is the fullness of that life, the joy of Heaven that is our destination.   The Risen Lord is our hope and our promise.  

We have been reading through St. Luke’s Gospel throughout this year, and Luke arranges his Gospel  as a journey that Jesus makes to Jerusalem.   So the climax of the Gospel is the death and resurrection of the Lord.   To know Jesus in our prayer, in our lives, is to know that all is made new through His resurrection.  In death, life is changed, not ended.  Journey’s  end means arriving at our eternal home.    At our Mass today, we open our hearts to the presence of the Lord in our lives, and in our community,  and know that our God is a God of the living.

Thank you very much indeed for your generous offertory collection last Sunday which totalled £494.80.

Many thanks to those who have brought in their Red Mission Boxes and the Boxes for the Catholic Children’s Society.   As the boxes are emptied and the money counted,  you will find your box in the porch, with a receipt attached.  Again,  many thanks.

Next week we keep as ‘Prisoner’s Sunday’ where we remember people in prison, their families and those who look after them; and we offer them our support and prayers.

During the month of November, if you would like to name those who we will pray for during our ‘November Souls’  Masses,  please do write their names and put them in the envelopes you will find at the back of the Church.

Kids Praise: An Explosion of Happiness 

A production by the children of St Paul's Parish.
Psalty and friends bring the Good News of God's Love to all. An event for all the family, young and old!

Sun 18^th Nov   2.30pm at Poynton Methodist Church. Please note change of time.

Tickets are limited but some will be available after all Masses this week-end, 11th Nov.   We are very grateful to the Methodist Church for their very generous hospitality in allowing us to use their church, which is a more suitable venue for Kids Praise.

A TASTING OF SPANISH WINES will be held in St. Paul's Community Rooms on Fri. 30 November (7-30 for 8-00p.m.).Please indicate interest by signing the list in the church porch. Tickets (£5) and further information from Peter Waring.

Reader & Special Minister Rotas are available for collection from the back of church.

Christmas Raffle:   There is a list on the notice board in the porch inviting you to donate a prize for the Raffle….Many many thanks in anticipation of your support.

Christmas Fair,  Saturday 24^th November,   10.30a.m. – 2.30 p.m.    Programmes will be available after Masses over next two Sundays, 50pence.  Accompanied children are admitted free. You will also be offered a carrier bag as you leave today, for anything you may wish to give towards the Fair, and also some raffle tickets.   Many thanks to all who came to the meeting to plan for the Fair, and if there is anyone else who would like to lend a hand,  please do say.

Old Gregorian’s Association:  Annual Mass for deceased former pupils and teachers of St Gregory’s High School, Ardwick Green, Manchester to be held at St Kentigern’s Church, Fallowfield, 7.30pm Fri 30 Nov. For further details contact Terry O’Neill on 0161 442 6839.

Exhibition of Christmas Cribs:  A parishioner has very kindly organised an exhibition of Christmas Cribs gathered from different  countries around the world,  and the Methodists have very kindly agreed to the exhibition being held in their Church.  Saturday 8^th and Sunday 9^th December. Free admission.

Dates for your Diary 2008:

First Holy Communion:   Sat 17^th May   Confirmation: Sun 8^th  June

 Please remember in your prayers those who are sick: Leo Turnbull, Fr. Peter Burke, Jane Williams, Mary Moore, Mary Scanlon, John Stanton, Harry Nealy, Jean Reckless, Jennifer Brind, Juliet Hannan, Norman Mosscrop, Jim & Yadwiga Serwatko, Bea Heyes, Lucy Kingsland, Stella Wolstenhome, John White, Margaret Wilson, Maura Agnew, Sue Savage, Bernard Isherwood, Brigid Jackson, Elizabeth McNiff, Simon Cookson, Iain Richardson and Tom Heafey.

We remember in our prayers those with anniversaries round about now: Fr. Colin Doyle, Sarah Lloyd, Veronica Royle, Brian Murphy, Fr. Glen, Frances White, George Hocking, Alma Powell, Fred Winder and Leo Whittle Martin.

Our School Web Site: www.stpauls.cheshire.sch.uk

Our Parish Web Site: www.stpaulspoynton.org.uk

Deanery Web Site: www.deaneryofstalban.org.uk

Diocesan Web Site: www.dioceseofshrewsbury.org

If there is anyone with musical keyboard skills, to work with our choir, once a month; or anyone who is willing to help with PowerPoint in church they would be more than welcome. Please just mention it.

Churches Together in Poynton host monthly lunches for local single elderly folk. If you are interested in cooking or attending as a ‘luncher’ please contact Gill Freeman on 872600.

Thought for the week

God gives every bird its food, but He does not throw it into the nest.

Anyone with information for the newsletter please contact Michelle Huntley with details – 877183

St. Paul's Newsletter

The Thirty second Sunday of Ordinary Time 10^th/11^th November 2007

Our God is a God of the living.

As we come to the end of the Church’s year, the readings during this month of November, direct our thoughts  to the ends of life’s journey in this world.  We all need reminding that life is a journey.  We already share in the victory Christ has won for us, over sin and death, and it is the fullness of that life, the joy of Heaven that is our destination.   The Risen Lord is our hope and our promise.  

We have been reading through St. Luke’s Gospel throughout this year, and Luke arranges his Gospel  as a journey that Jesus makes to Jerusalem.   So the climax of the Gospel is the death and resurrection of the Lord.   To know Jesus in our prayer, in our lives, is to know that all is made new through His resurrection.  In death, life is changed, not ended.  Journey’s  end means arriving at our eternal home.    At our Mass today, we open our hearts to the presence of the Lord in our lives, and in our community,  and know that our God is a God of the living.

Thank you very much indeed for your generous offertory collection last Sunday which totalled £494.80.

Many thanks to those who have brought in their Red Mission Boxes and the Boxes for the Catholic Children’s Society.   As the boxes are emptied and the money counted,  you will find your box in the porch, with a receipt attached.  Again,  many thanks.

Next week we keep as ‘Prisoner’s Sunday’ where we remember people in prison, their families and those who look after them; and we offer them our support and prayers.

During the month of November, if you would like to name those who we will pray for during our ‘November Souls’  Masses,  please do write their names and put them in the envelopes you will find at the back of the Church.

Kids Praise: An Explosion of Happiness 

A production by the children of St Paul's Parish.
Psalty and friends bring the Good News of God's Love to all. An event for all the family, young and old!

Sun 18^th Nov   2.30pm at Poynton Methodist Church. Please note change of time.

Tickets are limited but some will be available after all Masses this week-end, 11th Nov.   We are very grateful to the Methodist Church for their very generous hospitality in allowing us to use their church, which is a more suitable venue for Kids Praise.

A TASTING OF SPANISH WINES will be held in St. Paul's Community Rooms on Fri. 30 November (7-30 for 8-00p.m.).Please indicate interest by signing the list in the church porch. Tickets (£5) and further information from Peter Waring.

Reader & Special Minister Rotas are available for collection from the back of church.

Christmas Raffle:   There is a list on the notice board in the porch inviting you to donate a prize for the Raffle….Many many thanks in anticipation of your support.

Christmas Fair,  Saturday 24^th November,   10.30a.m. – 2.30 p.m.    Programmes will be available after Masses over next two Sundays, 50pence.  Accompanied children are admitted free. You will also be offered a carrier bag as you leave today, for anything you may wish to give towards the Fair, and also some raffle tickets.   Many thanks to all who came to the meeting to plan for the Fair, and if there is anyone else who would like to lend a hand,  please do say.

Old Gregorian’s Association:  Annual Mass for deceased former pupils and teachers of St Gregory’s High School, Ardwick Green, Manchester to be held at St Kentigern’s Church, Fallowfield, 7.30pm Fri 30 Nov. For further details contact Terry O’Neill on 0161 442 6839.

Exhibition of Christmas Cribs:  A parishioner has very kindly organised an exhibition of Christmas Cribs gathered from different  countries around the world,  and the Methodists have very kindly agreed to the exhibition being held in their Church.  Saturday 8^th and Sunday 9^th December. Free admission.

Dates for your Diary 2008:

First Holy Communion:   Sat 17^th May   Confirmation: Sun 8^th  June

 Please remember in your prayers those who are sick: Leo Turnbull, Fr. Peter Burke, Jane Williams, Mary Moore, Mary Scanlon, John Stanton, Harry Nealy, Jean Reckless, Jennifer Brind, Juliet Hannan, Norman Mosscrop, Jim & Yadwiga Serwatko, Bea Heyes, Lucy Kingsland, Stella Wolstenhome, John White, Margaret Wilson, Maura Agnew, Sue Savage, Bernard Isherwood, Brigid Jackson, Elizabeth McNiff, Simon Cookson, Iain Richardson and Tom Heafey.

We remember in our prayers those with anniversaries round about now: Fr. Colin Doyle, Sarah Lloyd, Veronica Royle, Brian Murphy, Fr. Glen, Frances White, George Hocking, Alma Powell, Fred Winder and Leo Whittle Martin.

Our School Web Site: www.stpauls.cheshire.sch.uk

Our Parish Web Site: www.stpaulspoynton.org.uk

Deanery Web Site: www.deaneryofstalban.org.uk

Diocesan Web Site: www.dioceseofshrewsbury.org

If there is anyone with musical keyboard skills, to work with our choir, once a month; or anyone who is willing to help with PowerPoint in church they would be more than welcome. Please just mention it.

Churches Together in Poynton host monthly lunches for local single elderly folk. If you are interested in cooking or attending as a ‘luncher’ please contact Gill Freeman on 872600.

Thought for the week

God gives every bird its food, but He does not throw it into the nest.

Anyone with information for the newsletter please contact Michelle Huntley with details – 877183