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All bookings and other enquiries (funerals/baptisms/weddings) should be made first via the Parish Office please.
Annual Civic Service
Proclaiming the Gospel afresh in this generation:
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St. Alphege hosted the annual Civic Service on Sunday 30th June, welcoming and praying for the mayor and elected councillors. Our new Mayor, Cllr Shahin Ashraf MBE, is Muslim, and we were therefore pleased to include a reading from the Qur’an focussing upon God’s truth and light. This was wonderfully intoned by Imam Qari Elaimy from The Hub, Solihull, with the English translation read by Madam Mayor. We then heard ‘Ya Ellahi’, an Arabic rendition of Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’, sung beautifully by Mikhael Mala. The related themes for the service were unity and light, in view of the growing diversity of Solihull Metropolitan Borough, as well as the general election, then just a few days away. We enjoyed a fine sermon from the mayor’s chaplain, Rev. Paul Day, along with anthems by Bruckner and Stanford showcasing the talent of our St. Alphege choirs. Uplifting hymns included, ‘We have a dream’, based upon the famous speech by Dr. Martin Luther King. At the end of the service, before the mayor and councillors were commissioned, faith leaders from different traditions lit candles in honour of the uniqueness and integrity of each faith, whilst recognising that the light is one. The service concluded with the pronouncement of God’s blessing and singing of the National Anthem.
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What’s Happening
This week in the Parish:
Wednesday lunchtime recitals: are now on a Summer break, and will return in early September. Details to follow.
Recitals start at 1.10pm with tea/coffee and cake available from 12.30pm. Entry is free with a retiring collection held in aid of The Friends of St Alphege Music. All welcome. A full listing of upcoming performers can be found here.
Morning Prayer. Beginning each day with God:
Please note, during August Morning Prayer is held on Friday mornings at St Alphege
Monday, Thursday, Friday – 9.00am at St Alphege Church.
We will enter by the choir vestry door and ordinarily will meet in the Chantry Chapel. If you would like to come but would find the stairs difficult, please contact the Parish Office so that we can arrange for the service to be held in the choir stalls. All are very welcome.
Tuesday – 9.00am at St Helen’s Church, 6 St Helen’s Road, Solihull, B91 2DA
Wednesday – 9.30am at St Michael’s, Oak Cottage, Bryanston Road, Solihull, B91 1BS
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St. Alphege:
Thursday 5th September – 10.30am – Said Eucharist
Sunday 1st September – Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity
8.00am – Said Eucharist – President: & Preacher: Revd Roy Murray
10.30am – Sung Eucharist – President: Revd Simon Marshall & Preacher: Revd Roy Murray (click to link to livestream)
5.00pm – Congregational Evensong: Officiant: Michael Smith & Preacher: Revd Simon Marshall
St Helen’s and St Michael’s – 10.00am – Holy Communion
From Sunday 4th August to Sunday 25th August incl. St Michael’s will Worship with St Helen’s at St Helen’s Church, 6 St Helens Road, Solihull B91 2DA.
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Job/volunteer vacancies
Parish Safeguarding Coordinator
District Safeguarding Coordinator
Parish Administrator – closing date 16th August 2024
Poppy Drop-off Points: You may drop off your knitted poppies to one of the following addresses:
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Solihull Parish Office, Oliver Bird Hall, Church Hill Rd, Solihull B91 3RQ Opening hours: Mon-Thurs 9 – 1pm; Friday 9-12noon.
Listers/Audi, Shirley 790-820 Stratford Road, Shirley, B90 4BQ
The Greville Arms Elmdon Heath Cornyx Lane, Solihull, B91 2RB
Arena Hair and Beauty, Elmdon Heath 51 Yew Tree Lane, Solihull, B91 2NX Closed Sunday and Monday
John Lewis, Touchwood Shopping Centre, Homer Road, Solihull B91 3RA (Customer services, with the option of dropping them off at the Customer Collection Point for those with mobility issues/ in the car etc)
Sat 31 August – Churchyard tidy up session – 1000 – 1300hrs. Can you help, if only for an hour? Tasks suitable for all ages. Everybody welcome, including children. Refreshments provided
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SMBC Support – every first Tuesday of the month, Kerrie and Natalia from the Community Development Team will be sitting in the foyer of the OBH from 12noon till 3.00pm. For more information please click on the link here: SMBC Support
Useful Documents to download
Join Us Online – Sunday 25th August
Link to join 10.30am Sung Eucharist from St Alphege