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Coffee & Craft focus on our Seas

Picture of our seas complete with rubbish

Picture of our seas complete with rubbishCoffee & Craft focus on our Seas

This wonderful picture (click for larger view), exhorting us to Save Our Seas was a product of the recent Methodist Coffee & Craft morning.

Last Monday 45 children descended on the Methodist Church Hall, together with 28 parents/grandparents, to enjoy coffee & crafts.  There were six different craft tables to try out and coffee, tea, squash, cakes and biscuits were available, all for £2.50 per family.

Save Our Seas Poster

On one table the children helped to paint and produce a large poster of the sea, featuring sea creatures and boats but also some of the rubbish that is blighting our seas.

More Reading

We all know that despite Green Flag beaches, our seas are in a perilous state due to pollution.  In the UK, the Marine Conservation Society is leading campaigns to clean our seas and establish sustainable fishing.  You can find out much more about their campaigns at https://www.mcsuk.org/what-we-do/.

Next Coffee & Craft Event

The next Coffee & Craft Morning is planned for the Easter Holidays on Monday, April 6th, from 10:30 to 12:00 in the Methodist Church Hall.  All families with children from 0-11 are welcome, but children must bring an adult with them, sorry no unaccompanied children. Cost £2.50 per family. For further details phone Andrew (01206 242511).

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Saying “Yes to Life” – St Mary’s News Update

#Live Lent - Care for God's Creation

#Live Lent - Care for God's CreationSaying “Yes to Life”

This edition of St Mary’s News reports on a course focussed on environmental issues, tidying the churchyard, Rise! world day of prayer, 5Ts Lunch, and also provides listings of services and contacts but first, “Yes to Life”.

Saying “Yes to Life”

Environmental issues are at the forefront of everyone’s minds today.  In our Lent Course for 2020 we will be taking a fresh look at Continue reading “Saying “Yes to Life” – St Mary’s News Update”

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The Happiness Course

The Happiness Course & Other St Mary’s News

This edition of St Mary’s News reports on Bishop Stephen’s New Year Message, Tidying the Churchyard, Home Groups, and shoeboxes & cards update.  It also provides listings of services and contacts but first, The Happiness Course:

The Happiness Course

Come and find out how life could be happier in 2020 through this six-session course that looks at things that help us develop a happier life:

Gratitude        Friends and family        Kindness     

     Body and soul        Forgiveness      Coping strategies Continue reading “The Happiness Course”

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Coffee, Craft & Carols – Methodist Update

Carol - Away in a Manger

Carols were sung including Away in a MangerCoffee, Craft & Carols

The Methodist Church & friends enjoyed Coffee, Craft & Carols last Friday.  Twenty-eight children with their parents/grandparent came to their afternoon Coffee & Craft morning. The six tables, each with a different Christmas craft, were enjoyed as were the refreshments & snacks. The morning closed with reading the traditional Christmas story and singing “Away in a Manger”.

Carols at the Coop

That evening 14 singers came to enjoy Carol Singing outside the Co-op.  They were fortunate that the rain cleared and so enjoyed a largely dry, if somewhat cold, evening. The hot drinks and warm mince pies afterwards were certainly welcome. The singers entertained the shoppers for 90-minutes of traditional Christmas carols.

The church was grateful to the Co-op for letting them sing there, also to the singers and to the shoppers who contributed to the £22.95 raised for Action for Children.

Other Christmas Events Still to Come:

  • 24th December – Crib Service at St Mary’s,
  • 24th December – Carol Service with ‘pop-up’ choir at St Mary’s,
  • 25th December – Communion at St Mary’s.
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Christmas Message From Revd Mandy

Post Office when run by Claydons

Christmas Greetings 1909Christmas Message From Revd. Mandy

This edition of St Mary’s News reports on Christmas, Tools with a Mission, and also provides listings of services and contacts but first, Revd Mandy’s Christmas Message.

Revd Mandy’s Message

As everyone with an Advent Candle or Advent Calendar knows, the season of Advent has begun. This is the ’waiting time’ when we make space to remember Continue reading “Christmas Message From Revd Mandy”

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Glow Night for 11 – 18 Year Olds – 8th November

Glow paint faces

Glow paint facesGlow Night

Glow Night is the Wired Youth Group’s next exciting evening.

Come along to Wired Youth Club, November 8th, 7.45 pm at St Mary’s Church.  You will get to adorn yourself with Glow Paint and then enter our Black Light Room for Glow Games and a Glow Bar. As well as Glow Fun, other attractions include:

  • Darts,
  • Table tennis,
  • Air hockey,
  • Pool,
  • Chill space,
  • Snacks & Chat.

See you there! Jo Jeffery (Families’ Worker)

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St Mary’s Building Project

Remembrance poppy

St Mary the Virgin sees change in staff

St Mary’s Building Project

This edition of St Mary’s News reports on the Church’s building project, Christmas and also provides listings of services and contacts.

Prayer Weekend

Praying together is an important part of our life as a church and so we have arranged for a special prayer weekend with three opportunities to meet together to pray for our church and community:

  • Friday 1st Nov: 7.30pm—9pm—prayers by candlelight,
  • Saturday 2nd Nov: 3pm-5pm,
  • Sunday 3rd Nov: 11am-12 noon (after the morning service).

Remembrance

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