31 May - Trinity Sunday
Today
10.30 am Benefice Holy Communion at St Saviour’s
The organ music today includes parts of Jean Langlais’ ‘Meditations on the Holy Trinity’ The closing voluntary is Langlais’ evocation of the Holy Spirit “Le Saint Esprit”.
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.
- Volunteers Week: For all volunteers, and for every gift shared in service. Bless their ministries with strength and joy and call more people to join in your work of love.
- Esmae Darwell-Roche who is to be baptised at St John’s next Sunday, her parents and godparents.
- those who are unwell: Rachel Quinlan, Brett Thomas.
- those who have recently died and their families: Trevor Perry, Richard Coles.
- those who live in The Oasis, Hagley, and Walton Pool Lane, Clent.
Next week: 7 June – First Sunday of Trinity
10.30 am Holy Communion at St John’s
10.30 am Holy Communion at St Leonard’s
12.30 pm Baptism at St John’s
Benefice Contacts:
Parish Office: admin@hagleycofe.co.uk 01562 886363. See diary section for opening hours.
Fr Tom – Rector. Email: vicar@hagleycofe.co.uk 07383 920702
Rev Kim Topham – Associate Priest, Minister in Secular Employment.
Email: kimbotopham@outlook.com 07952162373
Jenny Moulder Safeguarding Officer: moulder12@yahoo.com 01562883666
Natalie Baker: Safeguarding Officer: nataliebaker85@sky.com 07983400811
This week’s Diary
The Parish Office is open Monday 10 am – 12 noon, Thursday, Friday 9 am – 1 pm.
Tue 2 10 am -12 noon Hagley Hub at St Saviour’s Church Hall
Wed 3 10.30 am Holy Communion at St Leonard’s
Thu 4 10.30 am Holy Communion at St Saviour’s
Fri 5 7.00 pm ‘The Chosen’ group meets at the Rectory
This week’s focus is: ‘shower gel’. Donations can be left at the back of all 3 churches and at Clent Connect Shop.
St Saviour’s Church Hall: Volunteers are needed to join the team of ‘Housekeepers’ for St Saviour’s Hall. We check on supplies (handwash, loo rolls etc) for a week at a time. There is no cleaning involved, but we collect and wash the used tea towels, and you don’t need to go every day. If you would like to help or for more information contact Margaret Rankin 884816 or Sue at the Parish Office.
Volunteers’ Week: All around us, often unnoticed, volunteers are quietly holding the world together. They open doors, make tea, stack chairs, run clubs, lead prayers, visit the lonely, organise events, raise funds, tidy spaces, and offer a thousand small acts of kindness that keep communities alive. They don’t wear uniforms or receive applause, but they are the backbone of so much that happens in churches and our wider communities. When others arrive and feel welcomed, when a service runs smoothly, when help reaches those in need - it is often because someone gave their time freely. Volunteering is more than helping out. It is offering the gifts God has placed in each of us: patience, practical skills, compassion, creativity, leadership, listening, encouragement, and faith. Every act of service, whether seen or unseen, becomes a ministry when it is offered in love.
Thank you: We would like to express our sincere thanks to all those who give so freely of their time and talents to support the life and work of the churches in Hagley and Clent, your kindness and dedication are deeply appreciated. Our churches could not continue to flourish without the generosity and commitment of our volunteers. Thank you all.