before you leave. We would love to answer any questions you may have and to give you some information about St

Margaret’s and the activities that take place here.

Coffee, Tea & Squash will be served. There will be people available to talk to or pray with you.

Email: church.office@wolston.me.uk

 Church Website: www.wolston.org

 Mon to Fri                           Church office open 9.30 to 12.30

Tues & Fri 9-9.30                Morning Prayer in Church

Wednesday 9-9.30             Morning Prayer at Faith Cottage

Thursday      10.30             Traditional Communion service                                                                              followed by refreshments

THIS WEEK & NEXT WEEK

Monday 7.30pm                  Bell ringing practice

Thurs/Fri                            Office closed

Thurs 1.30 pm                    Little Stars in Ch Rm

Thurs 7.00 pm                    Cursillo Ultreya at St Margaret’s

Sat 9.00 am                         Men’s  breakfast in Ch Rm

Sat 10.30-11.20                  Visiting Bell Ringers at St Margaret’s

Sat pm                                 Horners using Ch Rm

Sunday 19th 11.00am         Family Communion

BIBLE READING          12th Feb Psalm 42 (p 567) &

                                                 Luke 15:11-24 (p 1049)

                                   19th Feb I Corinthians 13:1-13 (p 1153)

Our Morning Worship Service with Baptism is led by Helen Simmonds with Paul Simmonds preaching.

YOUTH & CHILDREN’S WORK

Fun activities for all children in church.

Sparklers – From 2 ½ years old to Reception Year (inclusive)

Rockets – School Years 1-3

Ignite – School Years 4-6

Fused – School Years 7+

For more information about any of these groups please speak to -Jenny and Sue (Sparklers),

Mel (Rockets),

Isobel (Ignite),

Neil (Fused)

.                                   14 DAY SERVING ROTA

                                      12th February                    19th February

Prayers                            Janet W-T                          Wendy

Reading                            Peter Bridges                     Paul Russell

Sound System                  Chris                                 Malcolm

Projector                          Jayne                                Michael D

Coffee                              Team C                             Team E

Welcome                          Margaret & Maureen            Bob & Deanna

Prayer team                      Rae & Glyn                        Janet & Sylvia

Ignite +

 An exciting group for children in school years 3-6 that runs every two weeks in the church rooms  6.30 - 7.30pm.

Meeting dates — Feb 23rd, Mar. 8th & 22nd.

At the back of the church is a box for supplies. Please remember when you are shopping just to buy an extra tin or packet of food. It will go towards feeding those who would otherwise be hungry.

Pastoral Care

Are you aware of someone within the church family who would appreciate a visit from ‘St Margarets Pastoral Care Team’?

This includes people in hospital, the house bound, the sick or those recently

bereaved.

If so please contact Juliet or Sue in the Church office so that a visit can be arranged.

Reflection on Pause in January.

 Toward the end of January the MLT took all the thoughts/notices that people had put on the board at the back of church, as well as reflections received from

general feedback from church members, and went away to spend a Saturday together to pray and talk through what we felt God may be saying to us as a church.

Two very clear points emerged from the day.

That as a church we must be more outward looking, engaging with the

community around us, however alongside that there is an issue that often people feel unequipped and ineffective.

This leads to our second point which is that as individuals we need to be better

prepared. While we need to build on what we are already good at, we also need

to know and understand our Bibles better; we need to go deeper with God.

It reminds me of what Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 9

²⁴ Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. ²⁵ Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever.

To be effective we must be ready!

Our next step is to pray and to seek God’s guidance as to how to put this into practice over the coming year and beyond.

God Bless

Kevin

St Margaret's now has a  Facebook page, called 'St Mags

Wolston' if not already a friend then this is an invitation to be added as a friend.

Coventry Pilgrimage, 26^th March-1^st April, 2012: following the Cross of Nails

If you wish to walk any or all of the pilgrimage, please tell David Gadsby. We need to register numbers for the evenings and names if you wish to do the weekend trek. There will definitely be a group doing the walk on Thursday, March 29^th, to travel from Ryton to Brinklow via Wolston.

We have been asked to provide prayer/refreshments/toilets as follows:

Thursday, March 29^th, 6-7pm

Saturday March 31^st, 11.15am-2.15pm

 If you can help with either of these please contact  Juliet or Sue in the Church Office.

See posters at the back of church for general information about the Pilgrimage.

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Communion here at 6.30 pm this evening

We are now asking all those who are reading, praying, doing intergen or helping with communion to come up during the previous song and sit on the front row (or nearby) and step up in good time. This will help avoid embarrassing waits. Thanks.

Do you feel you would like to be involved in children's ministry? We are urgently in need of more help with our Sunday morning groups. Please pray to see if God is leading you into this vital ministry. Contact Jayne Flanagan - 76540778.