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  PARISH OF TETTENHALL WOOD:  CHRIST CHURCH AND GOOD SHEPHERD

NOTICES: 16 November 2025

This Sunday: 2nd Sunday before Advent   Safeguarding Sunday                

Christ Church:      8.00am Holy Communion

                          11.00am Holy Communion (This service will be live-streamed)  

                             1.00pm  Baptism service for Archer Lovell-Pitt                          

Good Shepherd:   9.30am Holy Communion                               

Sermon: Caroline Seaton Intercessions:  Anne Woolf   Jane Brough

Readings:  James 2: 14-26 Matthew 5: 13-16

Collect: Heavenly Lord, you long for the world’s salvation: stir us from apathy, restrain us from excess and revive in us new hope that all creation will one day be healed in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Mid-week services this week:

MIDWEEK COMMUNION: Thursday 9.30am at CC

EVENING PRAYER: Friday 5.00pm at Christ Church.

PLACE OF WELCOME: Tuesday 1.30-3.30pm, CC

Mothers’ Union will again be collecting Christmas items for The Haven. This year they have requested "Winter Warmers". No Chocolate!! We are also supporting Project Gambia  www.projectgambia.org.uk  in their endeavours to fill a 40ft container to be shipped out there. See both lists for suggested items. Your kind donations for either/both charities will be very gratefully accepted. Thank you!

The funeral service for Alison Tranter will take place on Monday 17 November 2025, 12.30pm at GS.

The Bible Course: Tuesdays evenings, 7.30pm, at The Rectory. 18 November; 2 Dec; 6 & 20 Jan.

CC Fabric & Finance Committee Wednesday 19th November, 7.30pm, 11 Bramstead Avenue

Mothers’ Union meet in the JR  at 2 pm  on Thursday 20 November when we welcome Bishop Tim Wambunya as our guest speaker. All welcome.

Lifted Hearts meet on Thursday 20 November, 7.30pm in JR.

Christmas Fayre.  Plans are underfoot for the Christmas fair on 29th November 11.00am. All donations are welcome!  Also, any ideas for children's activities welcome. Please speak to Pam/Caroline and CC and Steph at GS if you can offer your time even if it's just an hour. Many hands make light work. Many thanks. > For tombola/raffles prizes, filled jars (see Rev Lin), any unwanted handbags (any shape or size), any home-made cakes.

On Sunday 30th November the Band have once again been invited to lead the morning worship at the United Reformed Church.  It is our pleasure and privilege to be asked to do this and to share the time of worship with our Christian neighbours. 

Advent Reflections ‘O Come Emmanuel’ will be on Tuesday afternoons from 1.30 to 2.00pm, 2nd, 9th, 16th and 23rd December. More details to follow.

Licensing of Rev Solomon Adetoye at the Church at Perton, 7.00pm, Thursday 18 December

Eco-way tips for November: plan for a Greener Christmas. A Rocha’s 2nd tip: Christmas Trees - Did you know that, in the UK, 6-8 million real Christmas trees go to landfill every year? SOLUTIONS: (i) Rent a tree via the Christmas tree rental scheme – a real tree knowing that will be replanted later. (ii) Dress up a living tree in your garden – add lots of bird feeders and fat balls for the birds. (iii) Visit the British Christmas Tree Growers Association to find out about buying an organic, FSC-certified, or locally grown Christmas tree.

Contact details Website – www.christchurchgoodshepherd.org

Parish Office:     01902 238988    christchurchtettenhallwood@gmail.com

Team Rector Rev Phil Wootton: 01902 751116   philwootton@sky.com

Assistant Minister Rev Lin Vawer: 07759764627 and / or 01902 335235 lindamvawer@gmail.com

Curate Rev Alison Bruton: 07717 325364 alisonbruton@hotmail.com

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Notes from PCC September 2025 meeting.

1.       Present – 11

2.       Apologies -7

3.       Meeting opened with welcome and review of the vision day. Time of ‘dwelling in the word.’

4.       Growing Disciples. Discussion time of themes from Parish Vision Day focusing our mission around contact, nurture and growth. Emphasis on prayer.

5.       Minutes last meeting accepted.

6.       Charitable giving: information shared on Children’s Air Ambulance.

7.       Treasures report – CC regular account is in credit for the year up to August

8.       Good Shepherd Report – cost of the new roof £24,694, paid from a legacy and out of reserves

9.       Christ Church Fabric and Finance.

a.       Internal decorating: In order to apply grants, church has to specify how much it can put towards costs. Agreed this should be up to £10,000. Fund-raising needed!

b.       Organist fees to increase for Sunday services, weddings and funerals. Request for donation to organ fund to be abolished.  All fees to be reviewed annually.                                                   

c.       Cleaner retired. Voucher and flowers in recognition of her 24 year service.               

d.       List B application made re installation AV has been submitted.

10.   Safeguarding. No concerns raised. Policy re recruitment ex-offenders approved.  Pam Bevan gave report on SG conference. Training on-going for all PCC members.

11.   Christingle will be around Candlemas 2026

12.   No AOB.

Meeting ended with the Grace.

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