Many of you will remember Joseph coming to visit last April. He’s a great friend of Mosaic and a real source of wisdom and inspiration for our community so we’re really pleased that he’s able to come back and spend some time for us.

He’ll be around from Friday 10th to Monday 13th February and we have several opportunities for people to connect with him whilst he’s around.

Saturday Night - time and venue TBC

On Saturday night the plan is simply to go out for a meal as a community with Joseph. It’d be really great if as many of us as possible could make this, so - for those of you who are parents - we’d really encourage you to try and find babysitters. And for everyone else, we’d just encourage you to make sure you keep it free / clear the diary!

We haven’t finalised all the details yet but we’ll send them round ASAP. If you could let us know if you’ll be around so we can plan numbers for booking the restaurant, that’d be a real help though.

Sunday Morning - 10am, venue TBC

On the Sunday morning we wanted to have brunch together and then invite Joseph to give a short talk and share something that he feels will be good for us to all hear. As always, there’ll be space for discussion and questions in response.

We don’t yet have a host arranged for the Sunday brunch, and it’d be great if someone could volunteer to host. Please let us know as soon as possible.

Saturday Daytime

So you’re all aware, Joseph will be spending the whole day on Saturday with the four of us on the leadership team helping us dream and plan for the future. We’re hoping this will be a significant and strategic time and we’d appreciate your prayers for that time. Also, if you have thoughts, comments or suggestions that you’d like on the table for that time together, please let us know.

Other opportunities

If you would like any one-on-one time with Joseph whilst he’s around, let us know and we can look to find an opportunity to make that happen.

Today’s (5th Feb) gathering is at Laura and Ollie’s. We’ll be meeting at 4pm as usual. They’re going to do a big pasta bake, but offers of garlic bread, salad, olives, breadsticks and dips are needed. Let Laura know if you’ll be around for planning amount of food.

This week we’ll be watching the last but one of the series of Alpha talks we’ve been going through. The subject is, ‘What about evil and does God heal today?’

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Find out more about our Sunday gatherings.

As valentine’s day is almost upon us, this month’s Messy Mosaic is all about Love! There will be crafts, story, songs, space to reflect and lots of opportunities to get messy. There is a bring and share tea for grownups and children!

All welcome to come along and join in or sit back and watch and eat sandwiches!

Where and When?

Messy Mosaic takes place at Walkley Parish Community Hall on South Road in Walkley at 4pm on Sunday 12th February.

You can reply the Facebook event here.

What is Messy Mosaic?

Messy Mosaic is a monthly space for people of all ages to explore faith, spirituality and the message of Jesus in creative, informal and imaginative ways.

Thank you to all who contributed to the hampers we did at Christmas for Besom. We got a card from them:

Dear Mosaic,

Thank you so much again this year for making up such lovely hampers. They went to a variety of all our clients: A lady who had fled domestic abuse, a young lady pregnant & homeless, a lady with 2 young children, and a family with 4 children. One also went to a young man trying to rebuild his life after addiction. I can tell you that the hampers were all given out with love & received with great happiness.