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St
Bartholomew's and St Chad's Giving Initiative
Update
- GOOD NEWS!
Lots of you responded both financially and with offers of
'time and talents'.
Finance
During August we saw an increase of £78 per week in
our offertory giving. This will make a real difference to
the ministry of our parish. Thank You.
This increase does not include all of the standing order
pledges as they have not yet been activated. Also some people
have not yet started using their envelopes following making
their pledge. Our best guess is that once all of these are
activated and Gift Aid is added we will have an increase
in excess of £8,000 per year. Also, due to the holiday
period, we are still receiving new pledge cards. If you
haven't yet sent yours, please don't feel it is too late
- it isn't!
Time and Talents
Over the coming months there will be many new things happening
in our parish as a result of people committing themselves
to give of their time and talents eg. a Gardening Team at
St Bartholomew's and a new Bible Study Group. See below
for further information.
St
Bartholomew's Gardening Team
Two teams of people have agreed to meet once a month to
do the gardening at St Bartholomew's.
They will meet:
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on the first Thursday of each month from 10.00-11.00am
beginning on September 3rd.
- on
the first Saturday of each month from 10.00-11.00am beginning
on September 5th.
If you would like to join either team please either just
turn up (with your tools and bin bags!) or contact Sally
Lang (via the parish office - 648 8169)
St
Chad's Family Service Planning Group
The role of this group is threefold:
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to help with the ideas and building the structure of the
service in the planning meeting;
- to
help to prepare any visual aids etc;
- to
be available on the day to help set up the service and
possibly to be involved in leading small parts of it.
The
work would not be entirely down to this group, we can involve
Sunday School and Uniformed organisations in various ways.
Our first meeting will be on Thursday 10th September at
7.30pm at the Rectory to begin to plan the Harvest Festival
Service.
Please let Revd Jane know if you would like to join this
group.
Marriage Preparation Day - More Volunteers Needed
We currently share our marriage preparation day with Christ
Church Barnston and all the refreshments are run by their
church members. The day is usually a Saturday in February.
However due to increasing numbers of wedding couples, the
venue is now pushed to it's absolute limits, and ideally
we need to run two separate days for 2010. We therefore
would need a team:
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To welcome marriage couples and share in general conversation
with them (Revd Jane will do the teaching sessions)
- To
set up St Chad's in preparation (from about 9am) - tables,
chairs etc.
- Someone
to help set up technology - powerpoint with video clips
etc.
- A
Catering Team (we potentially have about 14 couples plus
the team, so probably catering for around 35-40 people).
- Tea
and Coffee on arrival (10.00am) with heart shaped biscuits
etc
Lunch (12.30pm) - Home made Soup, bread rolls followed
by Cheese and Biscuits or fresh fruit.
- Afternoon
Tea before people depart (3.30pm) with home made cakes.
- A
serving team to support the catering team.
- A
Clearing Up Team.
It
would involve most members of the team being at St Chad's
from 9am until 4pm on the day. The Rector would propose
to use the extension for the teaching sessions in order
to leave the kitchen and main hall free for serving food
and changing furniture around for the different parts of
the day.
IF YOU CAN HELP PLEASE LET REV'D JANE KNOW ASAP!
Thank you to everyone who offered their time and talents.
You will notice new people acting as sidespersons, reading
lessons, helping in Sunday School, working in the background,
cleaning our buildings and arranging flowers etc.
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