Work continues at St
Thomas! Inevitably, there is cleaning to
be done to get the church ready for Sunday. We are very grateful to those
working so hard on this. There is extra pressure this week to get the church
ready for a wedding on Saturday. If you can help please contact Lesley or Roy.
The final (for now!) Exploring Prayer will take
place on at Wednesday 7.30pm in the Vicarage.
Thursday is Ascension Day. Services 9.15am at St
Hugh’s and 7.30pm at St Thomas. Hope to see you at one of these! Evening service is followed by coffee eve at
52 Spring Lane.
Confirmation preparation sessions will begin on May 11th
(adults and children) If you are thinking about confirmation this year please
give your name to Ruth or Edith. There is an information sheet with all the
dates – ask Ruth or Edith for one of these.
Coffee morning Saturday 2 Leesway
10.30 till noon.
Rose queen elect Bethany Jones will
be crowned Rose Queen for2016-7 on
Saturday (7th May) at 2pm.
Please come along and join in the fun and wish her success in her forthcoming
role. Family tickets are only £2 with a chance to win £50. Stalls, refreshments and activities will be available after
the service and we will see the return of the 'stocks' with a chance to throw
wet sponges at Sunday School leader Laura Lees and St Agnes Chair of Governors
Chris Cartwright. Not to be missed !!
To celebrate
the Queen's 90th Birthday, an Afternoon
Tea is being held at Lees Library from 2pm until 4pm on Saturday, 11th
June, 2016. Lees Band will be attending and playing patriotic songs and
the event will include a celebratory toast to the Queen and Birthday
Cake!! The Fundraising Group are asking for donations of raffle
prizes. A list has also been put up at the back of Church, please add
your name if you are able to make something for the buffet. Tickets are
on sale now from Audrey or Jenny and the cost is £5 per adult and £2.50 for
children. All proceeds will be given to the Development Fund and ticket
sales will be match funded by Barclay's Bank, so please buy your tickets as
soon as possible."
Tickets
are now on sale for the Big Band Gala
Night on the 2nd July. £10 adults, £5 children (although probably only
suitable for older children}, includes buffet supper. From the 20th April any
tickets remaining will be made available through "Churches Together",
and later to the general public, so to avoid disappointment it's best to buy
your tickets early. There will only be 120 tickets in total because of the
seating capacity at St. Edward's Hall, so if you are unable to come because of
other commitments please don't buy a ticket as we would love to have a
"full house" on the night. However, if you wish to support the event
in another way, donations of cash or raffle prizes will be gratefully received.
Magazine
articles to paulmdent@gmail.com) please
Items for
the newsletter to Edith by Wednesday
eve please
Wed 4th May Final
Exploring Prayer Session (for now!) 7.30
Vicarage
Thurs May 5th Ascension
Day Services at St Hugh’s 9.15am
Wedding
rehearsal 6.15pm St Thomas
St Thomas’ 7.30pm followed by coffee eve 52
Spring Lane
Fri 6th May St.
Thomas’ Leesfield School Spring Fair 3:30pm -5pm
Sat May 7th Coffee
morning at 2 Leesway 10.30 till noon
Rose Queen
crowning at St Agnes 2pm
Wedding at
St Thomas 1pm
Wed May 11th First adult
confirmation session St Agnes 7pm
First children’s confirmation class
after school at St Thomas’
Sun May 15th Whit Sunday
Service ST Thomas 9.15 Ashbourne House
10.30am
to walk, St
Thomas 11.00, then service in St Thomas
at noon
Sat May 21st Coffee morning 10.30 till noon 29 Livingston St
Mon May 23rd Archdeacons
visitation 7.30pm St James East
Crompton
Sat May 28th 150th
Anniversary of Bells and Clock event
2.30pm
Thurs 9th June Ladies of
Leesfield Quiz night Library 7.30pm
Sat June 11th Afternoon tea
at Lees Library 2-4pm Queen’s 90th
Birthday
Mon June 13th St Thomas
DCC 7pm St Thomas church All welcome
Wed June 15th
St Agnes DCC 8pm St Agnes All Welcome
Sat June 18th Tea and toast
Remembering
Lees at War St John’s hall 7-9pm
Mon June 20th PCC St
Thomas Church 7pm
Sat July 2nd Big Band concert St Edwards hall 7.30pm
