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CAChristian Aid Lunch

starts again on Wednesday 16th January

Join us at St Philip's for home made soup, cheese, bread rolls, coffee & tea.

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Flowers for St. Philip's Churchflowers

Please consider providing flowers for the altar, there is a new rota available in the Link. It is suggested that flowers will easily last for 2 weeks at this time of the year and the rota only goes up to Lent at the moment, so act quickly to get the slot of your choice!

 

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A BIG thank you to all those who helped with the preparation of the  Christingles and to those who came on Christmas Eve to help with the Christingle services and to be part of the celebrations. 

We raised £507.66 for the Children’s Society. 

The money is used to enable project workers from the Children’s society to work with children one to one to help them recover from the ordeals they’ve faced and look forward to brighter futures.

Thank you.

      The Well Healing Training Course w

               Learn how to pray with confidence for those who need healing. 

      The course is two sessions long, both to be held at St Philip’s Church: 

            Thursday 10th January 7.45pm to 9.45pm 

        Saturday 19th January 9.15am to 4.30pm

  Click Here For further information 

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Update

We have now received planning consent from  Solihull Borough Council for which we praise God!

We are waiting for the Diocesan Chancellor to grant his faculty, please continue to pray for this.
On Monday 19th November, the PCC voted to authorise Richard Arbuthnot to negotiate on our behalf to raise a secured loan against 2 Hurst Green Road, or if required, the sale of the property at some time in the future. This bold decision means that we will have sight of all the money we need to begin the redevelopment of St Philip’s Church.

There is still much to do, but having taken this step of faith means that we can start this exciting project, and I have always believed...

“If we start we will finish!”

Duncan

                              Used Stampsc

Thank you for your donations of used stamps during the festive period, your response has been amazing.

Please continue to save your stamps and add them to the collection boxes in the foyer at St James’ and The Link at St Philip’s. 

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Please consider donating any surplus serviceable second hand clothes for men (they have plenty for  women) particularly trousers / jeans, underwear: pants & socks (clean second hand) rucksacks and toiletries.

These will be forwarded to Reachout Network a Christian organisation who greatly appreciate our support. In just the last 3 weeks two full carloads of clothes have been delivered to their drop in centre for which they are extremely grateful. 

For further details please contact Peter Marshall 


             Do you like shopping?

Do you shop online?

If you do, you could help raise funds for the

St Philip's Church Building Fund

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If you register

“The Parochial Church Council Of St Philip'S, Dorridge With St James', Bentley Heath In The Benefice Of Dorridge And Bentley Heath.” 

as your chosen charity on Amazon Smile, then each time you shop on Amazon, 0.5% of your net purchase price will be donated.

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Kick start or Reboot your Christian Journey

Home groups are small groups where we can get to know   others better and help each other learn more, grow in our faith, and support each other on our Christian journey.

If you would like more information on home groups or how to join one, please speak with Peter or Sue Marshall, our Home Group Coordinators, complete one of the enquiry cards available in church, or download a card by clicking on the picture.


CSThank you to all who have contributed towards this year’s Children’s Society box collection which totalled a fantastic

£1990.05

This will help disadvantaged children in the UK. If you                                                         would like to have a box at home please let me know.

                                                     Liz Williams


Foodbank

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            You may have seen the recent news regarding children not eating               properly in the school holidays because of not having access to                                        free school meals.

Like all Foodbanks, Aston & Nechells have experienced a rise in demand.

ANFB are currently very short of the following:

tinned tomatoes
tinned fish
tinned meat
squash
long life fruit juice
long life milk
tinned rice pudding
packet soups
biscuits
powered potato

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Donations can be dropped in The Link at St Philip’s Church, or placed in the foyer at St James’ Church. Thank you for your support.

St James’ Church and Bentley Heath School are nut free zones.

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                   Please ensure any food you bring in is nut free.

                       Many thanks


On the first Wednesday of every month, at 3pm there is an ecumenical Communion

r Service at Ravenshaw Court on Four Ashes Road.

Everyone is welcome

                       


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Over many generations people have made Birmingham their home, built it up and found they can belong here. Birmingham is a great city because of its diversity but we cannot take that diversity for granted. It is no use sharing a street or a suburb with people from different backgrounds if we do not know them. Loneliness is at epidemic levels, prejudice threatens to pull communities apart.

We cannot love our neighbour if we do not know our neighbour, understand them and their culture, faith and identity. We all need to build friendships that cement our city together, crossing those differences that can become barriers such as age, social background, ethnicity, sexuality, gender and faith - working for peace alongside all people of goodwill.

We must meet hate with love, confusion with hope, anger with peace and fear with joy. The 'love your neighbour' campaign is owned by us all and seeks to draw people together and to believe the very best for our city and region.

So go… know your neighbour… love your neighbour.


A Love Your Neighbour Prayer

Loving God, who created human beings in your own image, you sent your son Jesus Christ to walk with us on this fragile planet. We thank you for his miraculous presence which turns confusion into hope, anger into gratitude and fear into joy. Strengthen us through the power of your Holy Spirit to follow in the footsteps of Jesus. Open our eyes to see your image in the faces of all our neighbours, open our hearts to feel your compassion for all you have created and lead is day by day to love and serve you in the world. 

We ask this in the name of your Son, our Saviour, Jesus Christ.

Amen




Building for the Future - Update

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Information on the latest position can be seen on our Building for the Future page.



Our History
In 1978 a publication was produced to mark the Centenary of St Philip's Church and details the history of both our churches. This has now been reproduced and updated and can be found by clicking here.