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Passiontide

by Colin Such

Posted 3/25/2023 7:04:52 PM



Sunday 26th March begins the short season of "Passiontide" as we enter more deeply into the mystery of Christ's saving death.
All of our usual services takes place today and throughout the week.

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The Fourth Week of Lent

by Colin Such

Posted 3/18/2023 10:28:54 AM



19th March is the Fourth Sunday of Lent (the half way point) and also Mothering Sunday.
All of our usual services are taking place throughout the week together with Lent groups, the Lent lunch at Christ the King and next Saturday (25th March) our Spring Fair at St. Michaels which starts at 11am.

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The Third Week of Lent

by Colin Such

Posted 3/11/2023 10:12:29 AM



Now the snow has gone things are back to normal. All of our Sunday and midweek services are taking place. The PCC meets on Thursday to make preparations for the annual meeting in April and Lent groups, the vicar's Lent supper and the Saturday Lent lunch at Christ the King are also taking place this week.

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The Second Week of Lent

by Colin Such

Posted 3/2/2023 3:47:32 PM



We have our monthly 11am Seeker Service on Sunday 5th March and Choral Evensong at 6.30pm.
All of our other Sunday and midweek services are taking place as usual together with the three Lent groups.
Lent lunches continue on Saturday at 12noon at Christ the King

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The First Week of Lent

by Colin Such

Posted 2/25/2023 4:07:56 PM



All of our Sunday and midweek services are taking place as usual.
Don't forget the memory café on Tuesday afternoon at St. Michaels church hall and our Lent groups begin with one on Monday evening and another on Tuesday afternoon and another on Friday afternoon.

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Lent begins this week

by Colin Such

Posted 2/18/2023 11:09:44 AM



All of our usual services take place on Sunday 19th February as do our daily services through the week.
Wednesday sees the beginning of Lent with a sung Eucharist at St. Michaels at 7.30pm during which we shall be marked with the sign of the cross in ashes.
To see the burning of the palm crosses click learn more

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12th February

by Colin Such

Posted 2/9/2023 11:57:06 AM



Lent is getting nearer and it is time to bring back your palm crosses for burning to make the ash for our service on Wednesday 22nd.
This week all of our usual services are taking place and our readings speak of creation - a fitting topic as our churchyard begins to burst into life with the snowdrops and crocuses appearing and the daffodils showing their heads.

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5th February

by Colin Such

Posted 2/4/2023 10:03:01 AM



Candlemas last week saw the end of the Christmas/Epiphany season and for a few short weeks we are in "Ordinary Time" until Lent begins on 22nd February.
Services take place as usual with our monthly "Seeker Service" at 10.30am and Choral Evensong at 6.30pm.

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29th January

by Colin Such

Posted 1/28/2023 6:45:28 PM



We are keeping the feast of Candlemas on Sunday 29th January (the feast actually falls on the 40th day after Christmas which is Feb 2nd)
Our Sunday morning services are all taking place with the 10.30am service including the removal of figures from the crib and the procession of candles to the font.
There is no service at St. Michaels, Rushall at 6.30pm this Sunday - instead we are joining the other churches of our cluster at St. Michaels, Pelsall for a service at 6pm at which Bishop Clive will be preaching.
All of our midweek services will be taking place as usual.

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22nd January

by Colin Such

Posted 1/21/2023 11:15:57 AM



The snow has gone and all of our usual Sunday services are taking place as are our midweek services except for Wednesday when the vicar is taking a day off. Wednesday also sees the end of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity at a time when both the world wide and the national church is divided on many issues.
The PCC meets on Thursday.

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15th January

by Colin Such

Posted 1/14/2023 11:49:22 AM



Welcome on the Second Sunday of Epiphany.
All of our usual Sunday services are taking place as are the midweek services both on zoom and in person exept on Thursday 19th when there are no zoom services (The communion at St. Michael's at 9.30am is still taking place).
To see this weeks sermon click learn more

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Sunday 8th January

by Colin Such

Posted 1/5/2023 2:53:56 PM



This Sunday we keep the feast of the Epiphany - the coming of the wise men.
All of our usual Sunday services are taking place today with the 6.30pm evening service re-starting after the Christmas break.
All midweek services are taking place again with daily morning and evening prayer on zoom and the Tuesday Holy Communion at Christ the King and Thursday Holy Communion at St. Michael

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God's promise

by Colin Such

Posted 1/2/2023 3:20:28 PM



God does not promise that life will be easy; he promises to be with us in the difficult as well as the good times.
Click learn more to see the New year's Day sermon

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Happy New Year from the wardens

by Colin Such

Posted 1/2/2023 2:56:06 PM



Where are we as a church as we enter 2023?
Click learn more to see the video

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Welcome to 2023

by Colin Such

Posted 12/29/2022 4:46:20 PM



Another year begins!
All of our usual Sunday morning services take place this week but there is no evensong at 6.30pm.
No Tuesday Eucharist this week, zoom Morning and Evening Prayer begin again on Wednesday 4th, Sunday Evening services begin again on Sunday 8th January and the Tuesday morning Eucharist at Christ the King begins again on 10th January.
Click learn more for a short message

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Christmas Day sermon

by Colin Such

Posted 12/28/2022 8:53:21 AM



Click learn more for the sermon from Christmas Day morning

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Midnight Mass Sermon

by Colin Such

Posted 12/28/2022 8:50:45 AM



To see the sermon from the Midnight Mass click learn more.

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Merry Christmas

by Colin Such

Posted 12/22/2022 12:12:58 PM



Christmas begins with MIDNIGHT MASS at 11.30pm on Christmas Eve.
Christmas Day sees services throughout the morning:
8am - St. Michael's
9am - Christ the King
10.30am St. Michael's
There are no midweek services except for the 9.30am service on Thursday 29th at St. Michael's.
All of our usual Sunday morning services take place on Sunday 1st January.
Although (hopefully) taking things easy for the week the vicar is around if needed.

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Joseph - the man who trusts God

by Colin Such

Posted 12/19/2022 10:55:58 AM



To watch the sermon from Sunday 18th December click learn more

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What do you expect to see?

by Colin Such

Posted 12/19/2022 10:34:09 AM



To watch the sermon from 11th December click learn more

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It's nearly here!

by Colin Such

Posted 12/16/2022 9:06:26 AM



Christmas is on the doorstep.
Sunday 18th December sees all of our usual Sunday morning services and then in the afternoon at 4pm in St. Michael's we have our Carols by Candlelight service - the traditional nine lessons and carols.
Services continue through the week and then on Christmas Eve we have the Midnight Mass at St. Michael's starting at 11.30pm

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Christmas is coming!

by Colin Such

Posted 12/8/2022 1:11:00 PM



This week sees the first of our Christmas services with the Christingle service at 4pm on Sunday 11th.
All of our usual Sunday morning services are taking place as are the midweek services both online and in person.

Don't forget the carols round the tree outside Rushall Hub on Friday 16th at 7pm

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4th December

by Colin Such

Posted 12/3/2022 9:59:31 AM



As we continue our journey towards Christmas all of our usual services take place:
8am at St. Michael's
9am at Christ the King
10.30am our monthly seeker service at St. Michael's
6.30pm BCP Evening Prayer with hymns at St. Michael's
Click learn more to see this week's sermon

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27th November

by Colin Such

Posted 11/24/2022 5:07:42 PM



Sunday 27th November is Advent Sunday, the first day of a new church year.
All of our usual services are taking place today.
In addition to the usual services throughout the week there is the Deanery Advent Reflection on Thursday at All Saints' Streetly at 7.30pm.

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Safeguarding

by Colin Such

Posted 11/24/2022 5:04:13 PM



Click learn more to see Colin's sermon on the importance of safeguarding

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The Proclamation

by Colin Such

Posted 9/10/2022 12:06:49 PM



King Charles III is proclaimed as our new king. He is also the head of our Church of England.
We pray for him as he takes up his new responsibilities.
Click learn more for our prayer

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You can now donate on line

by Colin Such

Posted 4/4/2020 2:42:30 PM



The church buildings remain open for public worship however our income is considerably down due to the ongoing pandemic and our expenses remain the same.
The only income we have comes from you.
Thank you to all of you who are setting up standing orders, sending cheques or saving up your stewardship envelopes for us.
You can also give online.
For details of how click learn more
If you can't give financially, please don't worry - your love and your your prayers are just as valuable to us and are priceless.

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Data Protection

by Colin Such

Posted 5/31/2018 5:28:03 PM



Due to new data protection rules we need your consent to keep you in touch with what’s going on or coming up in Rushall parish.

To stay in the know click subscribe on the home page and choose a category.

We will email you each month with details of any events of particular interest to you.

You can unsubscribe at any time.

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Restoration project breathes new life into wall paintings at Rushall church

by Site Administrator

Posted 1/13/2016 9:38:01 AM



Deteriorated wall paintings that have adorned the walls of a Walsall church for more than 100 years have been given a much-need spruce up as part of a £200,000 restoration project.

Members of the church are now hopeful that the restored creations will help bring more public exposure to the historic building.

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