News
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New CD By The Choir
The CD by the Choir as below should be available in church from Sunday 22 April at £10.
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Annual Parochial Church Meeting
OK - the title is enough to put anyone off, but in reality the meeting is a really important opportunity to engage with all the church is doing, and to have your say! It’s on Sunday 29th April at 11.00 am in the Seeby Hall.
The Annual Review (on this website, with printed copies available in church) gives you a full impression of all that has been going on. But if you come to the meeting you will also hear about plans for the year ahead - there are exciting things planned, both advancing the mission of the church, and maintaining the building’s fabric.
This meeting is also where we elect PCC and Deanery Synod members - perhaps the Lord is calling you to serve in this capacity, or to nominate one of your friends (forms available in the Parish Office) - either way, come to the meeting to vote!
The Annual Review (on this website, with printed copies available in church) gives you a full impression of all that has been going on. But if you come to the meeting you will also hear about plans for the year ahead - there are exciting things planned, both advancing the mission of the church, and maintaining the building’s fabric.
This meeting is also where we elect PCC and Deanery Synod members - perhaps the Lord is calling you to serve in this capacity, or to nominate one of your friends (forms available in the Parish Office) - either way, come to the meeting to vote!
Supporting Christian Aid Saturday 19 May
A Christian Aid Week "Big Brekkie" event timed to coincide with THE wedding!
What God Did Next
What happened after Jesus was raised from the dead and returned to heaven? Did it all go quiet? Not a bit of it! After Easter the lectionary gives us some passages from the early chapters of the Acts of the Apostles, which could be renamed ‘the Acts of the Holy Spirit’. We see the disciples of Jesus become the Church - a community who were trying to work out how to live together, how to share the good news of Jesus’ death and resurrection and how to face new challenges.
The passages we will be looking at in April and early May show us a Church that is open to the guidance of the Spirit and willing to respond to the challenges and opportunities that present themselves. This included dealing with internal issues and questioning their own assumptions. You might like to read through the first 12 chapters of Acts for yourself and reflect on what we can learn from the experiences of the early Church: what challenges do we face, both internally and in the changing world around us? Where is the Spirit leading us as a local Church, and as part of the wider Church in this country and the world?
Our reflections will help us to prepare for taking part in the national and international initiative ‘Thy Kingdom Come’, between Ascension (10th May) and Pentecost (20th May): nine days of targeted prayer for the world and for those we know personally to come to know Jesus as their Saviour.
The passages we will be looking at in April and early May show us a Church that is open to the guidance of the Spirit and willing to respond to the challenges and opportunities that present themselves. This included dealing with internal issues and questioning their own assumptions. You might like to read through the first 12 chapters of Acts for yourself and reflect on what we can learn from the experiences of the early Church: what challenges do we face, both internally and in the changing world around us? Where is the Spirit leading us as a local Church, and as part of the wider Church in this country and the world?
Our reflections will help us to prepare for taking part in the national and international initiative ‘Thy Kingdom Come’, between Ascension (10th May) and Pentecost (20th May): nine days of targeted prayer for the world and for those we know personally to come to know Jesus as their Saviour.
Church Seating Trial
Following discussion at the PCC we have begun a six month trial of a variation of the seating layout in the church. Most of the pews remain in place but the trial has changes affecting the front and back of the church, and the south aisle. The changes aim to increase space at the front of the church and around the font.
Details of the changes, including background and comment, with diagrams showing the previous and trial layouts are in the document below.
Next summer we will be inviting feedback on the trial and comments on how best to use the available space.
Details of the changes, including background and comment, with diagrams showing the previous and trial layouts are in the document below.
Next summer we will be inviting feedback on the trial and comments on how best to use the available space.
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Church Guide Book
The new History and Guide booklet is available now. This is a thoroughly revised and expanded edition and is available at the back of church and the parish office for £3.00. This booklet provides a lot of information about our church, both past and present.
A taster of the contents is available on these pages.
A taster of the contents is available on these pages.
