Welcome to the Parish of Elmdon. We are part of the Church of England, located in Solihull in England’s West Midlands, between the town centre and Birmingham International Airport.
St. Nicholas, the parish church, is located in the centre of Elmdon Park, while St. Stephen’s Church Centre and Valley Church Centre are multi-purpose community buildings in the residential areas at either end of the parish.
This leaflet (right) brings together details of all the services that will be happening in the parish in January, February and March 2012; we hope you will find it useful. Copies are available at all three centres of worship, or click on the cover (right) to download.
Next meeting will be on Monday, 6 February at Valley Church Centre, commencing at earlier time of 1 pm, to include bring-and-share lunch, followed by Annual General Meeting. All are welcome.
Val and Tony Shaw are organising another trip to Scotland: 7-11 January 2013 (Monday to Friday). The basic cost is £129 per person. For further details speak to Val and Tony.
Visit www.sendacow.org.uk/lent-challenge to learn about their Lent Challenge. The idea is to do something different every day of Lent and raise £1 a day. By the end of Lent you will have £40 to donate to Send a Cow. There are lots of resources on their website to help you get going on your Lent Challenge.
Don’t forget to book your ticket!
St Stephen’s, Saturday, 4 February @ 7.30 pm. Tickets £10 including fish and chip supper. Have a really enjoyable evening and at the same time help us raise the final amount towards a new kitchen. Please contact Pat Lyons.
It’s time, once again, for organisations and groups to submit their annual reports ready for the Annual Parochial Church Meeting on Tuesday 24th April. The deadline for submitting your report this year is Sunday 26th February, to give time for the reports to be collated and printed. It helps tremendously if they can be submitted by email – use our contact form to request the address – but if that’s not possible for you please deliver to Jean Wooding who has kindly agreed to collate the reports this year ready for printing
Please remember: David’s hip surgery: scheduled for 25 January. Pray that this goes well and that he will make a full recovery and have an improvement in his hip movement and be free from pain.
Reminder: please, if you have switched on one of the heaters on the north (left side) wall at St Nicholas, remember to switch it off again before you leave your seat after the service!
