Mon, Dec 14 2009 12:12
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CHRISTMAS AT ST MARK'SMessy Church @ St Mark's
'No Room at the Inn'
Monday 21st December
3.30-5pm
Fun, food, stories, singing, and lots of creative stuff to make and do - for all the family!
Christmas Eve
3.30pm
Journey to the Stable - the Christmas Story for younger children
A short service with movement, story-telling and singing
8.00pm
Carols by Candle-light
St Mark's traditional Christmas Eve carol service
11.30pm at Christ Church, Oldbury (Birmingham Street)
Midnight Mass
Christmas Day
9.45am
All-age Service of Holy Communion for Christmas Morning
Sunday 27th December
No service at St Mark's.
United Service at Edward Street Methodist Church, Langley Green.
For more info on any of these services, contact Alastair (the Vicar) on 0121 429 1149
or vicar@stmarkslondonderry.org.uk
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Tue, Jan 20 2009 12:45
A Celebration of Relationships
Been together for years, or fell in love yesterday?
Married, partnered, or just best of friends?
Why not come to St Mark’s Church,
to celebrate what’s great,
to thank God for what’s been,
and to be renewed for what’s to come?!
An informal service of celebration,
followed by fizz and chocolate!
Sunday 15th February, 3pm
Sunday 15th February, 3pm
Tue, Jan 20 2009 10:56
Living Faithfully in a Consuming World?
A series of conversations for Lent
at St Mark’s Londonderry, Smethwick
(corner of Hales Lane / Thimblemill Road – B67 6LP)
Wednesday evenings from 4th March,
7.30 - 9.00pm
4th March
Simon Barrow (Co-Director, Ekklesia)
Living Radically in a Consuming World
11th March
David Warbrick (Parish Priest, Hockley Heath & Packwood)
Reluctant Rebels: Subversive, unsettling, daring and radical?
You must be Anglican then.
18th March
Barbara Hayes (Churches Industrial Group, Birmingham)
We Shop Therefore We Are?
Employment and Unemployment in a Consuming World
25th March
Scott Albrecht (Catholic Worker Farm, Hertfordshire)
Escaping the ‘Crunch’: Living an Alternative Economy
1st April
Gary Hall (Tutor in Practical Theology, Queen’s Foundation)
Shopping Addiction and the Fantasy of Happiness
For more information, contact Revd Al Barrett
0121 429 1149 or vicar@stmarkslondonderry.org.uk
Wed, Dec 24 2008 02:09
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CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS at St Mark's
Enter into the awe and wonder, the joy and celebration, and the life-changing, world-changing peace that Christmas brings.
Tuesday 23rd December
10.30am 'Journey to the Stable' - a Nativity Service for young children and their parents / carers
Christmas Eve - Wednesday 24th December
7pm The Christmas Story and Carols by Candle-light (for all ages)
Christmas Day - Monday 25th December
9.45am 'A child is born!': All-age communion service
Enter into the awe and wonder, the joy and celebration, and the life-changing, world-changing peace that Christmas brings.
Tuesday 23rd December
10.30am 'Journey to the Stable' - a Nativity Service for young children and their parents / carers
Christmas Eve - Wednesday 24th December
7pm The Christmas Story and Carols by Candle-light (for all ages)
Christmas Day - Monday 25th December
9.45am 'A child is born!': All-age communion service
Sun, Jan 20 2008 06:16
'BUILDING PEACE...'at St Mark's, Londonderry, Smethwick
5 Wednesday evenings during Lent, exploring peace and peace-making, close to home and across the world
Wed 13th Feb
Building peace with the Bible
Noel Moules, Director, WORKSHOP
www.workshop.org.uk
Wed 20th Feb
Building peace the disobedient way
Chris Cole, Director, the Fellowship of Reconciliation
www.for.org.uk
Wed 27th Feb
Building peace with young people
Tim Evans, CEO Worth Unlimited
www.worthunlimited.co.uk
Wed 5th Mar
Building peace in Palestine
Marwan Darweish, Peace and Conflict Advisor, Responding to Conflict
www.respond.org
Wed 12th Mar
Building peace with Planet Earth
Jo Rathbone, Co-ordinator, Eco-Congregation
www.ecocongregation.org.uk
All sessions are from 7-8.30pm,
at St Mark's Londonderry, Thimblemill Rd / Hales Lane, Smethwick B67 6LP
Voluntary donations will go to the peace-building organisations represented by the speakers.
For more details, contact Revd Al Barrett:
0121 429 1149
vicar@stmarkslondonderry.org.uk
Sun, Jan 20 2008 06:02
SERVICE TIMES HAVE CHANGED!If you're thinking of coming to St Mark's on a Sunday morning, you've now got half an hour more in bed first!
All of our Sunday services now begin at 9.45am, and finish with breakfast - including the 1st Sunday All-age Service.The main website page will be updated soon (just as soon as our webmaster has a moment), but for now, enjoy the lie-in, and see you on Sunday!
Thu, Jul 12 2007 05:09
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FROM THE BIG BANG TO THE BULLRING:
BISHOP UNVEILS CHURCH'S NEW ARTWORK
Birmingham's Bullring and Rotunda, finished in gold leaf, now adorn the walls of St Mark's, as part of a resplendent 'heavenly city', created by a local community artist and 'unveiled' by the Bishop of Birmingham this Wednesday.
The Bishop, the Rt Revd David Urquhart, and the Deputy Mayor of Sandwell, Councillor Mrs Margaret James, visited St Mark's, where they also officially opened our new £140,000 Community Kitchen.
The two large panels, either side of the altar, tell 'the big story' of the Christian faith, from the creation of the universe, to its fulfilment in the 'heavenly city'. Community artist Vicky Simpson has worked with St Mark's before, helping create the 'Noah's Ark' scene around the outside walls of the Church Hall, making the place a well-known local landmark.
Vicky Simpson is a Smethwick-based community artist. She welcomes commissions for home, work and community projects.
tel: 0121 558 7557
mob: 07980 012632
or get in touch with Vicky via St Mark's (see 'Contact us').
BISHOP UNVEILS CHURCH'S NEW ARTWORK
Birmingham's Bullring and Rotunda, finished in gold leaf, now adorn the walls of St Mark's, as part of a resplendent 'heavenly city', created by a local community artist and 'unveiled' by the Bishop of Birmingham this Wednesday.
The Bishop, the Rt Revd David Urquhart, and the Deputy Mayor of Sandwell, Councillor Mrs Margaret James, visited St Mark's, where they also officially opened our new £140,000 Community Kitchen.
The two large panels, either side of the altar, tell 'the big story' of the Christian faith, from the creation of the universe, to its fulfilment in the 'heavenly city'. Community artist Vicky Simpson has worked with St Mark's before, helping create the 'Noah's Ark' scene around the outside walls of the Church Hall, making the place a well-known local landmark.
Vicky Simpson is a Smethwick-based community artist. She welcomes commissions for home, work and community projects.
tel: 0121 558 7557
mob: 07980 012632
or get in touch with Vicky via St Mark's (see 'Contact us').
Mon, Jun 25 2007 04:45
MOVING ON WITH GOD......is our theme for July's 'Celebrating Together' (All-age worship), on Sunday, 1st July, at 10am.
We'll be thinking about the different places in the world where we live and move, we'll be asking 'which way is God going?' in those places, we'll be thinking about the things that divert us from God's way, and we'll be praying for strength to journey on, keeping God company.
As ever, there'll be the world-famous St Mark's cakes to share together after the service!
Wed, May 23 2007 01:44
'COME, HOLY SPIRIT...'...is the cry we will voice this coming Sunday (27th May, at 9.15am), as we celebrate Pentecost, the coming of the Holy Spirit on the first friends of Jesus.
We will remember that the Spirit, the Breath of Life, the Fire of God's Love, isn't just something that happened in the past, but moves still through the world, igniting fires of justice and peace, bringing healing and reconciliation, breathing life into communities, and filling us with courage and strength to live out the good news of God's love.
Come and celebrate with us, as we commit ourselves afresh to the work of the Spirit in our world.
Thu, Apr 5 2007 11:50
EASTER EVE...begins at 8pm in church (on Saturday night), gathering together to tell the stories of God's creation, liberation, provision and healing, from the beginning of time right through to today.
From the Easter fire, we'll light our new Easter candle, and bring that light into the darkened church.
As the light spreads, we'll greet the good news of Easter with joyful singing, and then gather around the font to renew the promises made at our baptism, celebrating together the new life that Easter brings.
