Sunday 16th February

Third Sunday before Lent

10.30 am    Holy Communion    Revd Naomi Cooke

Collect

Eternal God,

whose Son went among the crowds

and brought healing with his touch:

help us to show his love,

in your Church as we gather together,

and by our lives as they are transformed

into the image of Christ our Lord.

Readings   Jeremiah 17: 5-10

                   Luke 6: 17-26

Hymns       StF 499 Great God your love has called us here

                   StF 397 The Spirit lives to set us free (v1)

                   StF 504 May the mind of Christ my Saviour

                   StF 640 We turn to God when we are sorely pressed

                   StF 545 Be thou my vision O Lord of my heart

This service will also be live streamed and you can watch it here from 10.30 am.

There is a Junior Church Activity sheet available here.

You can read this week's Newsletter here.

NEXT SUNDAY

Sunday 23rd February

Second Sunday before Lent

9.15 am      Holy Communion    Revd Cheryl Collins
10.30 am    Morning Worship    Revd Jane Brooke

Every Monday

         10.00 am – 12 noon   Knit and Natter Group in Room 1, Shirley House 

Everyone welcome to come and knit, sew, craft or just chat and enjoy a drink and a slice of cake.

Every Tuesday 

           2.00 - 4.00 pm -  Tuesday Café in Shirley House

The café is for those living at home with memory loss or dementia and their carers.  Hot drinks and cakes, music, memories, singing, stories and more.  For further information ring the church office (0114 2678289) or email office@standrewspsalterlane.org.uk.

Every Wednesday 

         10.30 am    Holy Communion in Church

Tuesday 18th February

         7.30 pm  ECC meeting in Shirley House

Wednesday 19th February

              7.30 pm  Interfaith Centre Film Night: The Quiet Girl. In SH 

NEW! You can listen to a podcast of our recent services here!

Same sex marriage at SAPLC

At St Andrew’s Psalter Lane Church, we seek to be an inclusive church, and a place in which every person is celebrated and affirmed.

We are delighted to announce that we have now received consent from both the Methodist Church and the Church of England to use SAPLC for the solemnisation of same sex marriages conducted by a Methodist Minister according to the rites of the Methodist Church, and we have made an application for the church building to be registered for such occasions.

We welcome enquiries from anyone who is considering getting married and who would like to explore this further. Please contact the Revd Naomi Cooke:  minister@standrewspsalterlane.org.uk 

You can also donate by BACS: Sort code: 05-08-08 Account Number: 36930499
or by cheque payable to: St Andrew’s Psalter Lane Church, and posted to St Andrew’s Church Office, 31 Psalter Lane, S11 8YL.

Don't forget to Gift Aid your donation if you can, as this will increase the amount we receive by 25%!

Regular Giving to St Andrew's Psalter Lane Church  If you do not give to the church through the envelope scheme or by bank standing order, please have a word with Rodney Godber (tel 0114 266 3893) who will explain how this makes your giving to the church easier and more beneficial. If you would like to join the envelope scheme, please contact Janet Loughridge (tel 0114 258 4164)

NOTICES

Sacred Space at SAPL This service, offered on the last Thursday of the month could also be described
as ‘church at the edge’. An invitation not only for our regular churchgoers but for those who may not usually walk through the doors of this building for a variety of reasons. 
Many of us find sustenance within a ‘space’ where we can be still, breathe and remember the love which holds us all.
A small, dedicated team plan a themed service for all of us to experience a quiet contemplative hour, being guided to reflect with some meditative self-inquiry, readings, poetry and music. A sacred space to help us reconnect with the inner wisdom of our hearts and cultivate both a sense of calm and self-care for body, mind and soul.
When we nurture ourselves with gentleness, we are revived and feel safely held. As a result, we ultimately have greater capacity to love and give to others in all the ways we feel called to.
Please feel warmly welcome to join us on the last Thursday of each month, keeping a check on dates via SAPL newletter/website.
To express your interest, or for further info: please contact Fiona
Watson: wildgustfiona@gmail.com or Nessa
Hargraves: nessahargraves@gmail.com

Volunteer Chaplains  Are you motivated to support others, or know someone who is? South Yorkshire Chaplaincy & Listening Service is currently recruiting people to serve as Chaplains supporting staff in schools and other businesses. If you’re available on a weekly, fortnightly or monthly basis and willing to undertake chaplaincy training, get in touch with them.  See poster in narthex for details, and for more information or an application form, email the People & Officer Co-ordinator using roxy@sycls.co.uk or give them a call on 07903 899751.

Help needed! We are looking for someone willing to act as Safety Officer for SAPLC, to oversee risk assessments, identify hazards and ensure our operations accord with good practice and the Health and Safety policy. This is not likely to be a very onerous or time-consuming role, and training and support would be provided by the Property and Finance Committee. If you think this is something you would be interested in, please speak to John Cripps (Email cripps@uwclub.net Tel 258 8932)

Warm Clothes Appeal Manuch, the Co-chair of the South Yorkshire Migration and Asylum Group has asked if we can help with the problem facing women asylum seekers sent to Sheffield by the Home Office. Many women come to Sheffield with nothing but the clothes that they stand up in. They often arrive with no warm clothes. The congregations at Saint Mark’s and Saint John’s Ranmoor have helped but there are still not enough clothes.
Please help if you can - Manuch can collect from St Andrew’s Psalter Lane.
Thank you. Judith Loveman

Oxfam Challenge: March Your Way! March Your Way is a flexible challenge where you set the goals and decide how you’ll reach them.
Complete 31 miles across the month of March and make a difference with every mile you take! So how
does it all work?

Choose Your Method - Walk, wheel, run, swim or hike - how you do it is up to you. Take on a mile per
day, complete 31 in one go, or break it up into several chunks.
Set Your Target - Hit the £150 fundraising target and you’ll bag yourself a UK-made, eco-friendly medal
for your efforts. Simply create your fundraising page, link it to our JustGiving campaign, then spread
the word!
Find Your Reason to March - March for climate justice. March for women and girls. March for peace.
March for access to water. March for a fairer world.
For full details see here.
 

Important Dates for your Diary

At Home Church Community Weekend: June 13th to 15th 2025 Next June we will hold our first Church Community Weekend here at SAPLC. A full schedule of activities will be available nearer the time, but in brief there will be worship, teaching, creative groups, lots of good food, fun and games, and the opportunity to deepen friendship and grow together in the Spirit. Our guest speaker will be the Revd Dr Gary Hall, tutor in Ethics and Preaching at the Queen's Foundation in Birmingham. He is an inspirational person and will be a blessing to us all. Please save the date now: The weekend is for everyone, from the oldest to the youngest among us and activities will be for all.

All We Can Loose Change Appeal

 Thank you so much for all your donations to All We Can. The collection bowl will be out during Sunday service so please bring along any small change. Thank you again.

Thank you from All We Can All We Can have written to thank St Andrew’s Psalter Lane Church for the donations we have made in 2024. The total is £1,931.05. The letter will be in the narthex with information about All We Can’s work.

All We Can continue to provide a vital resource for partners around the world  as countries navigate the challenges of climate change, poverty and inequality. More information about the transformative impact that we are helping to make is available here.

Clifford All Saints School

Community monthly prayer group If you are unable to attend but would like to share a prayer request for the group please click here. 

The Psalter Lane building is now closed, and the whole school is at the Ringinglow Road site. The Morris School window - originally one of the pair in old St Andrew’s, of which the one in the narthex is the other - has now been installed in the Ringinglow Road building and looks wonderful. There is a photograph of it on the board in the narthex. 

Clifford School Building The old Clifford School building on Psalter Lane is under consultation by Historic England for listing but heavy plant is already on site. It may well get demolished before it is protected. Sheffield could protect it by issuing a Building Protection Notice, but at the moment is not willing to do so. We are being asked to write to the Council’s ‘heritage champion’ at janet.ridler@councillor.sheffield.gov.uk to urge them to protect Clifford. Please do so if you feel inclined.

The Tuesday Café The café is open every Tuesday from 2.00 - 4.00 pm in Shirley House.  The café is for those living at home with memory loss or dementia and their carers.  Hot drinks and cakes, music, memories, singing, stories and more.  For further information ring the church office (0114 2678289) or email office@standrewspsalterlane.org.uk.

Car Parking As an Eco Church we would urge you not to bring your car to Church, but to use public transport, walking, cycling and car sharing if possible. If you do come here by car and need to park in the nearby roads, please do so with due consideration to our neighbours. In particular do not block accesses such as by parking on both sides of Cherry Tree Drive, and leave quietly. Thank You!

If you are parking at church, please take care not to park directly opposite the yellow lines marking the path towards Shirley House and Southcroft, as this blocks pedestrian access for people coming to church from Southcroft