Are you observant and are you listening?

If you take Compass magazine - St Mary's and the Benefice magazine, how often do you read the adverts? When you need a job doing?  There is plenty of help in the magazine.  However, have you spotted the advertisement for Heat Restaurant yet?  It is offering Compass Specials Wednesdays.  They offer 2 for 1 main courses on production of the current Compass Magazine, or 15% off Take Away orders. So take your magazine along and take advantage of the saving.

You can't have missed all the televised reporting of the dreadful disasters across the world - floods in Pakistan, mudslides in China and high temperatures, fire and smog in Russia.  It makes us think about what we're doing to our world and how much we exclude God. He isn't just a Sunday God, he's an all the time God.  We need Him every day and we must listen to Him. 

Please pray for all those people who have lost everything, their homes, their families and are struggling to cope. They desperately need our help in Pakistan.  Please use the link http://www.dec.org.uk/  or on our website to make your contribution to the Appeal for aid.

Churches everywhere are now responding to environment challenges within a Christian context, which contribute to their life and mission. Show that we care about God's creation and make a difference!

N.B. Please note that there will be NO 8.00 am Holy Communion on 22nd August.

• On 29th August, during the bank holiday weekend, Holy Communion will be held at 8.00am as usual, followed by a United Parish Communion Service at St Mary's at 10.00am, when we hope to be joined by Mission Partners, Sam and Violette Beeton, working in Madagascar.
• Willersley Castle Weekend 28-30th Jan. 2011 Booking are still open until the end of August when the £20 deposit per person must be in.
• Celebration of Youth 2. The service will be held on Sunday 19th September in St Lawrence Church, Gotham at 11.00am.

Don't forget! Robin Borrett's Coloured Pencil Workshop in St Mary's Hall this Saturday all day.