Notices for the week 7th March 2010

Before the Service: Speak to God
During the service: Let God speak to you
After the Service: Speak with your friends and fellow worshippers

Say One for Me
Have you heard about ‘Say One For Me’, a new website from the Church of England that’s asking for people’s prayer requests online? When you send it, the Bishops of Birmingham, Huntingdon, Leicester, Manchester, Worcester and the Archbishop of York will pray for you. The blurb says: "It only takes a few words to say what’s worrying you. What have you got to lose by asking God for what you need? So simply write your prayer here. You don’t have to tell us your name." When you click ‘Amen’ your prayer will be submitted and forwarded to the Bishops. Do tell your friends about the site. http://sayoneforme.org/

Prayers for funding applications
We are into a crucial period for funding applications to grant-making trusts for the Dovetail Centre project. Our community project worker post (part-time) reaches the end of its current funding at the end of May and our youth project worker post (full-time) finishes at the end of June. Over the past few months Steve Morris and Simon Winn have been writing and submitting applications for funding (£60,000 for the community worker post over three years and £125,000 over three years for the youth worker post) and we ask for your sustained prayers in the coming months for grants officers and trustees as they consider our applications. We aim to a make a difference for good in our neighbourhood and are trusting that funders will want to back our work. Thank you.

Parochial Church Council, Churchwardens and Deanery Synod elections
At our Annual Church Meeting on April 25th we will be electing two churchwardens and 12 members to serve on St Joseph's PCC for the coming year. There is also a vacancy for one person to represent St Joseph's on Ealing Deanery Synod for the next two years, and also sit on the PCC. To stand for election you need to be aged over 16, on the electoral roll and a confirmed member of the C of E. Nomination forms are available in the centre and must be returned to PCC secretary Tayo Koduah by Saturday April 3rd. 2010-11 is an important year for St Joseph's: please consider standing for election to the PCC

Spring Concert (Requiem– Rutter, Gloria –Vivaldi)
Hillingdon Choral Society and Orchestra (Leader- Kate Turner) on Saturday 13th March 2010 – 7.30pm at St Paul's Church, Thurlstone Road, Ruislip Manor. (Peter J Williams – Conductor) Tickets £10 and Children £3 and available from 02085820931/01895674223, Pro Music International Ltd. Ickenham, or Barbara Maund, Olive Radbone and Maureen McCann

'The Narrow Road' - Riding Lights are back
Riding Lights Theatre Company are back at Pinner Methodist Church on Saturday March 20th, 7.30pm with 'The Narrow Road', a moving combination of powerful theatre, meditation and corporate worship, "meeting the characters and re-living the events of the gospels, a passion story taking its audience back along that original road, through the place of the cross and into the challenge of a life beyond." See the poster in the centre.

The 21st Century Parent course continues this Tuesday 9th March during Kidzone, starting at 4.15. All parents and grandparents are welcome whether or not you usually come to Kidzone.

Cake Sale
Cakes made with fair trade ingredients will be on sale after mass this morning. All proceeds to The Traidcraft Exchange.

St Joseph’s Dovetail Project Raffle - Tickets on sale today.
We are holding a Raffle of some excellent items on Sunday 21st March in the Dovetail Centre after the Service. Tickets £1 a strip, available from Randolph Reid, Sue Ripley, Shirley Dash, Millie Jones and Jennifer Forrester-Powell this morning. Thank you for your support. The Fundraising Team.

EASTER WORKSHOPS FOR SCHOOLS
We are holding the workshops on Monday 22nd, Tuesday 23rd and Monday 29th March from 10am-12pm this year. We are looking for some people to come along and help tell the Easter story in different ways - through craft, drama and teaching. If you would like to be involved then please speak to Chris H.

Our confidential prayer chain is a way of galvanising prayer swiftly, generally for emergencies. Simply phone someone on the prayer chain and they will pass the message to others who will pray, in confidence. See the newssheet for contact details.