Diary Dates

Tuesday 31st August -2pm Elderly Care Group meet, venue to be arranged

Friday 3rd September— 10:30 –1pm Quiet Time at Joan Hackley’s

Saturday 4th September— from 9:30 Spring Cleaning & Gardening

at 5 The Willows

Thursday 9th September— 9:30 Men’s Discussion group at 18 Ann Road

Friday 17th September—10am –3pm Seniors Information Day at Park Hall

Thanks to all who helped with or supported Wythall Carnival on 15th August. The joint HCLC and St Mary’s refreshment tent raised £264.25 which will go to the Pakistan Flood Relief Fund being administered by TEAR fund. Thanks for supporting this important community event.

Welcoming Dean, Maria, Ethan and Ewan!

As part of welcoming Dean and Maria and the boys to their new home, we are seeking your help

On Saturday 4 September we are planning to freshen up 5 The Willows inside and out. Equally we would like to tidy up the garden and the outside of the house. So if you are able to commit to help in some way with these tasks for an hour or more please sign up on the task sheet in church or let Mike or the Wardens know

News from Val and Henley

Many thanks for all your prayers. Our house is now finally sold and we
shall be on the move on August 26th. Please pray for a dry day !
Our bungalow will not be ready until mid September, so we shall be
living in our motorhome until we can move in.

" O Lord Almighty, blessed is the man who trusts in you "

Many thanks , Val & Henley.

Return of SID

The church will be holding a Seniors Information Day at Park Hall on Friday September 17th from 10am-3pm. We have invited a range of organisations who can provide help and advice to older people and their carers such as Age Concern, Stroke association, Life Line, WEA, CAB, Benefits Officer, Leveson Centre, Falls advisor, Act on Energy and lots of others

There are lots of ways you can help it be a big success for the community, we need:

· Your prayers

· Volunteers on the day- no heavy work involved, just two hours each

· Might need some lifts for people to get there

· Some of those great cakes you people make or donate

· Please tell any friends, family or neighbours who may benefit from coming along

Flyers available soon.

If you can offer any of this help please speak to Chris Turner, Julia Tremlett or Ruth Gardner

Sponsored Abseil!! - THANK YOU

Ruth and Beth Hinks would like to thank all those who generously sponsored them when they abseiled down Forte Dunlop! They raised £450 for the Birmingham MS Society.

Youth Event at Wythall Park

St. Mary’s are helping with a Youth Event which HCLC are organising at Wythall Park on the evenings of Tuesday 31st to Friday 3rd September. Help is needed with running games, talking to the youth etc. If anyone could do 1 or more evenings that would be great. We are providing a free barbecue for the kids each night, plus music and games. If you think you might be able to help speak to Brian Lee.

Don’t forget to keep saving 1p pieces for the

Birmingham MS Society!

They are aiming to collect a whole mile of pennies! This will take £804.67 worth of 1p coins!

There have been lots of donations from St. Mary’s and so far £54 has been raised, which is more than 100 metres of pennies!!

Contact Ruth Hinks for more details.

Thank you!!!