Sunday 5^th February 2012

Prayer ministry: For healing, problems or just to talk; available during the 10.30am service in the St Barnabas Centre.

Please pray for Chris Carr this Sunday (5^th February) as he is preaching at a joint service of Standon, The Mundens and Sacombe at All Saints Little Munden at their 10.30 am service.

Shine Jesus Shine: Churches Together Bishop’s Stortford and SHINE! invite you to an inclusive worship service on Sunday 5^th February between 3pm and 5pm at The Charis Centre, Water Lane, Bishop’s Stortford.   The service is designed for people with a learning disability but people of all ages and abilities are welcome.  Refreshments provided. For more information please phone 0790 699 7612

New Wine Women Regional Conference: All Saints, Milton, CB24 6AB. Saturday 24^th March, 9.30am -4pm, “RUN FOR IT!” Tickets are £15/ £10 concessions. Bring your own lunch. The speakers are Jenny Peters & Julia Chamberlain. The last two conferences have been fabulous; so please join us for a wonderful day of teaching, worship and ministry! Contact Tara Wright 01279 834123 to book your place or visit the MU Table between the services. Money with booking to Tara by this Sunday,5^th February! http://www.allsaintsmilton.org.uk

Shine! We are holding a meeting on Wednesday 8^th February at 8pm in the Windhill Churches Centre to discuss Shine 2011 and plans for Shine in 2012. If you have thoughts or ideas that you would like to share or a vision for how Shine can grow and become a bigger event in our town we would love to see you there. If you plan to attend please could you email me paminister@stortfordbaptist.org and let me know. Nicola Stump.

Prayer Breakfast: Please come and join us this month on Saturday 11^th February 7.45 – 9.00am, everyone welcome. For more details please phone Betsy on 654030.

Soul Space Service: The next service will be at All Saints’ Church, Stansted Road, Hockerill, on Sunday 12^th February at 6.30 pm. The service is an informal Mass for all ages; through music and stillness in worship, we strive to discover a deeper relationship with Jesus. The All Saints youth groups take an active part both in conducting the service and forming the content. Light refreshments are served after the service.

Film Night! Tuesday 14^th February, Empire Cinema, early evening, time TBC. It’s cheap night too! No plans? Join us in watching a new release, ‘The Vow’. Inspired by true events, it follows a husband’s efforts to salvage their marriage, after an accident robs his wife of her memory of him. The real story is about a Christian couple, this will probably be more secular. Come back to my house after for nibbles and
natter. All welcome, please sign up at the MU table, Jan.

Shrove Tuesday: 21^st February 7.30pm Emmaus Centre. Please join us for pancakes, bring your friends. Last year was great fun. Donations to costs. Please sign up at the MU table, for catering purposes.

Students – what student finance and banking means for you from 2012: On Monday 20^th February from 7.45pm – 9.45pm at the Charis Centre (small hall), there will be a talk for students in year 12 or 13 and looking at going to University on the new Student Finance
system will affect you and how Student Banking works. Various aspects of the new system will be looked including

How the new Student Finance system from 2012 works

How you will repay Student Loans started in 2012

What to consider before you get a Student bank account

Running your Student bank account

Credit cards, payday loans and debt

To help us with numbers for refreshments, if you would like to come along please contact Heather Clapham at bsmoneyadviceservice@ntlworld.com

Heather has been delivering training in Money Management since 2007 and is a debt adviser and budget coach with Bishop’s Stortford Money Advice Service.  She is a member of the Community Church and holds a CertEd and a Level 3 Adult Financial Capability qualification.

Bishop’s Stortford Choral Society: There will be a concert on Saturday 25^th February at 7.30pm All Saints Church, Hockerill. Performance of Haydn’s Creation (Full orchestra and professional soloists). Tickets are £14. Available from the Tourist Office, or 07972 807750 (or on the door) See www.bscs.org.uk

Annual Vestry Meeting & APCM: Please note that these two meetings are no longer on Sunday 25^th March but are now on Sunday 29^th April 2012.

UCB Bible Notes: These are ready for collection in the St Barnabas Centre; they are due to start in February. With love, Mary Howard

A request for help: I have been given lots of sports kit by the PE department at Bishop’s Stortford College to be donated to Malawi. There is a container going out to Malawi from Birmingham on Friday March 23^rd. I would like to be able to wash and iron the sports kit as it has been stored in a garage but there is rather too much for me to handle on my own. Can anyone help? Tara Wright tel: 01279 834123 or e
mail: tara.wright1@ntlworld.com

2012 – the year of the Olympic Games: The More Than Gold organization, which seeks to encourage and resource churches
throughout the country, is organizing training days under the title ‘Get Set – A Day to Get Ready’. There are 5 locations for the training days within reasonable reach from Bishop’s Stortford. On each day you can choose from a number of workshops, three lasting all day and eight available during the day. Churches are encouraged to bring a team to Get Set. It is for all who play a key role in children, youth, outreach, social events and more.  The skills and insights learned will be of benefit long after the 2012 Games dust has settled. Advance registration is essential to secure your workshop choices. If you are interested in going to one of these Get Set Days, you need to decide quickly and either apply directly on www.morethangold.org.uk/ and search for ‘Get Set’, or let me know of your interest.  It would be good if a group of us could go to
one of these days.  On your marks . . . ., Derek Hinge derek.hinge@btinternet.com

HOME GROUPS

At St James, we want to encourage everyone, whether young or old, whether they are just starting to explore faith or an experienced
Christian, to be involved with a small group. Home groups meet in homes across the parish at different times and on different days during the week. Each of the groups have a different emphasis or ‘flavour’ but they all aim to encourage the building of relationships – our relationship with God so that we can grow as disciples of Christ, relationships with those in the group so that we can do life together, and relationships with those in the community at large so that we can help to meet their needs.

If you want to get involved or if you are new to the Church or if would simply like further information, please contact Bob Payne or the Home Groups leaders, Ruth Boniface (01279 461058) or Tricia Cooper (01279 831871)

The Revd Bob Payne (Rector)                       01279 659152

The Revd Rob Wynford-Harris (Ass. Priest)   01279 506645

The Revd Anthea Platt (Curate)                       01279 506645

Church Office (9.30am – 12.30pm)                 01279 506753

Churchwardens:

Di Griffith                                                             01279 504574

Clive Weir                                                            01279 321479

Planning Giving Secretary:

Steve Maddams                                                 01279
659171
Cheques should be made should be made payable
to: “THORLEY PCC”

Email: parishoffice@stjamesthorley.org

www.stjames-church-bishops-stortford.org.uk

29 Jan 2012 Rob Wynford-Harris