all saints news june 2016
The May Fayre was another resounding success despite the rather chilly weather which stopped a lot of our more intrepid members donning Brazilian costumes. The proceeds go to worthy causes in and around the village and we are very grateful to the May Fayre committee for their hard work and commitment to this wonderful village event.
May and June are months that see lots of our early summer flowers coming into their own and we will have seen some wonderful interpretations of Shakespeare in the Flower Festival. Our thanks go to Jane and the Fundraising committee for working so tirelessly to give us this festival. The Sunday Eucharist will also be very special as not only is the Bishop officiating but the service will include the confirmation of four candidates - Jonathon, Freddie, Mary and Stuart. Please include them in your prayers.
We mentioned that we were due to have a quinquennial inspection this year. Richard Codd, the church architect, has carried out this inspection and we await his report. We are aware that there are things that will need to be done in church fairly soon – for example the interior of the church and Meadow Room have not been painted for a number of years. We are very fortunate in that for a number of years we have been able to keep the church in a reasonably good state of repair and hope that this is reflected in the report. Our thanks go to everyone who goes the extra mile to keep the building and grounds in reasonably good repair.
We have another community coffee morning in the Meadow Room on the day of the EU referendum June 23rd. Why not come down for a coffee after you have voted in the morning? You will be assured of a warm welcome.
Mary Dunn and her able team also hold delicious lunches in the Meadow Room usually on the second Tuesday of the month but please contact Mary directly for more details on 323438.
We have added a date to the diary for this month. We were aware that we held a very successful tea party hosted by Jane Wilson to celebrate the Queen’s ‘proper’ birthday but also wanted to hold something to celebrate her ‘official’ birthday in June. After a number of requests to repeat the BBQ we had after the Harvest service, we are going to hold a Queen’s 90th Birthday BBQ on Sunday June 19th following Evensong starting at 6.15. As a result the time for Evensong for June will now be at 5.00pm. More details will follow via the weekly link/pew sheets.
Finally we are delighted that we are now able to formally announce the appointment of Reverend Katrina Dykes currently Chaplin at St Swithun’s School, Winchester to be our next priest-in-charge. The induction service for Katrina will be on Wednesday September 7th at St Peter’s Goodworth Clatford at 7.30. More details to follow. We are really looking forward to Katrina’s ministry with us. Please pray for Katrina as she prepares to join us.
Any ideas are always welcome!
Eleanor and Bill
May and June are months that see lots of our early summer flowers coming into their own and we will have seen some wonderful interpretations of Shakespeare in the Flower Festival. Our thanks go to Jane and the Fundraising committee for working so tirelessly to give us this festival. The Sunday Eucharist will also be very special as not only is the Bishop officiating but the service will include the confirmation of four candidates - Jonathon, Freddie, Mary and Stuart. Please include them in your prayers.
We mentioned that we were due to have a quinquennial inspection this year. Richard Codd, the church architect, has carried out this inspection and we await his report. We are aware that there are things that will need to be done in church fairly soon – for example the interior of the church and Meadow Room have not been painted for a number of years. We are very fortunate in that for a number of years we have been able to keep the church in a reasonably good state of repair and hope that this is reflected in the report. Our thanks go to everyone who goes the extra mile to keep the building and grounds in reasonably good repair.
We have another community coffee morning in the Meadow Room on the day of the EU referendum June 23rd. Why not come down for a coffee after you have voted in the morning? You will be assured of a warm welcome.
Mary Dunn and her able team also hold delicious lunches in the Meadow Room usually on the second Tuesday of the month but please contact Mary directly for more details on 323438.
We have added a date to the diary for this month. We were aware that we held a very successful tea party hosted by Jane Wilson to celebrate the Queen’s ‘proper’ birthday but also wanted to hold something to celebrate her ‘official’ birthday in June. After a number of requests to repeat the BBQ we had after the Harvest service, we are going to hold a Queen’s 90th Birthday BBQ on Sunday June 19th following Evensong starting at 6.15. As a result the time for Evensong for June will now be at 5.00pm. More details will follow via the weekly link/pew sheets.
Finally we are delighted that we are now able to formally announce the appointment of Reverend Katrina Dykes currently Chaplin at St Swithun’s School, Winchester to be our next priest-in-charge. The induction service for Katrina will be on Wednesday September 7th at St Peter’s Goodworth Clatford at 7.30. More details to follow. We are really looking forward to Katrina’s ministry with us. Please pray for Katrina as she prepares to join us.
Any ideas are always welcome!
Eleanor and Bill
