17 May- Ascension Sunday
Today
10.30 am Family Holy Communion at St John’s
This week, please pray for:
- those nations torn apart by war and violence – especially children facing unspeakable loss and profound emotional and physical challenges. Unite us in pursuing a world where all can thrive in your peace, mercy, and abundance.
- that the Lord will bring to us the right Children’s, Youth and Family Worker for our mission and ministry in our benefice.
- Black Country Urban Industrial Mission (BCUIM), an ecumenical project that encourages and enables workplace chaplaincy in the north of our diocese. Give thanks for all the volunteer chaplains who provide a Christian presence of care and compassion to all who they encounter.
- those starting businesses in our benefice – web-designers, hairdressers, e-traders – wherever people are looking to earn their living, and support their families, not as employees, but as entrepreneurs.
- Jordan and Katie who are to be married next Saturday at St John’s.
- those who are unwell: Rachel Quinlan, Brett Thomas.
- those who have recently died and their families: Claire Wooldridge, Dick Chater, Edna Stone, Trevor Perry.
- those who live in Lodge Crescent, Hagley, and St Leonard’s Square, Clent.
Next week: 24 May – Pentecost
10.30 am Holy Communion at St Saviour’s
10.30 am Holy Communion at St Leonard’s
The Parish Office is open Monday 10 am – 12 noon, Thursday, Friday, 9am – 1pm.
Parish Office: admin@hagleycofe.co.uk 01562 886363.
Fr Tom email: vicar@hagleycofe.co.uk 07383 920702
Rev Kim email: kimbotopham@outlook.com 07952 162373
Tue 19 10 am -12 noon Hagley Hub at St Saviour’s Church Hall
Thu 21 10.30 am Holy Communion at St Saviour’s
Thu 21 2.30 pm Hagley Mothers’ Union at St Saviour’s Hall
Fri 22 7.00 pm Wedding rehearsal at St John’s
Sat 23 8.30 pm Bat Walk at St John’s – booking required see note below
This week’s focus is: ‘anything in a tin’. Donations can be left at the back of all 3 churches and at Clent Connect Shop.
St John’s Bat Evening - Saturday May 23, 8:30–9:45 pm
Join local expert Mathew Terry from Worcestershire Wildlife Trust for a "bat talk and walk" around the grounds of St. John's. Bat detectors will be provided to see if we can find any bats! Please wrap up warm as we'll be outdoors. RSVP: Sarah Piper (07715 344230 | sarahelizabethpiper@yahoo.co.uk)
Thy Kingdom Come (TKC) 2026 has arrived and you are each invited to join with Christians around the world to pray from Ascension to Pentecost (14th May - 24th May) for more people to come to know Jesus. To support this year's TKC there will be copies of the Novena (written by Archbishop Sarah Mullally) and 2026 Prayer Journal available at each of the churches, alternatively these resources can be downloaded online via: https://www.thykingdomcome.global
In addition Churches Together will be hosting a prayer meeting as part of TKC to join together in prayer for people in our local community to come to know Jesus, on Saturday 23rd May in St Saviour's Church at 19:30, please do join us if you can.
Hagley Mothers’ Union: This month’s meeting will be a Beetle Drive. Everyone is welcome to join in the fun at St Saviour’s at 2.30 pm on 21 May.