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Thursday 16 March 2017

Leesfield Parish March 12th 2017


Today we welcome back to St Thomas Audrey and Ronald Vickers, who were married here   50 years ago. They are visiting today, with their family, from Blackpool where they now live.

PCC meets Monday (13th) at St Thomas at 7pm. Please will all members do their best to attend – and read the paperwork beforehand so the meeting can be effective. There will be an opportunity to buy a copy of the new guide to St Thomas’s church ahead of next Saturday’s official launch!

Tuesday 14th  Lent Lunchtime session , 12 noon start at Zion Methodist Church.
The art/discussion is followed by a simple soup and roll lunch. All are welcome! Poster and invitations at the back of church Next week’s session will be at Springhead Congregational

Wednesday 15th Open meeting of Churches Together at 7.30 in St Thomas’. Do come along and help make this a real get together of Christians in this area.

Saturday 18th Tea and Toast at St Thomas’ 10.30am. This will also be the first opportunity to buy a copy of Liz Dent’s latest publication –a Guide to St Thomas’ Church (£2.50) This is a very interesting guide to what is in the church. Come along, have a cuppa, buy the booklet and use it to explore our beautiful and historic church.

Confirmation. Now is a good time for adults who have not been confirmed and children in Year 6 or above to think about Confirmation. Classes will begin soon after Easter in preparation for the Confirmation service on Sunday July 9th. More details later, but if you are interested please give your name to Edith.

Now we are in Lent there are no flowers in church. Looking forward donations towards the flowers for Easter at St Thomas would be gratefully received by Audrey or Lesley. At St Agnes would people please volunteer to provide flowers by adding their names to the list.

Magazine  articles to paulmdent@gmail.com  Please consider paying annually for the magazine (£5) which is helpful in assessing how many we have printed.
Check out our blogspot too – and view photos on the linked facebook pages!

Items for the newsletter to Edith by Wednesday eve please.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Mon Mar 13th    PCC St Thomas 7pm
Tues Mar 14th    Lent lunchtime meeting Zion Methodist 12 noon (art and lunch!)
Wed Mar 15th    Churches Together open meeting St Thomas’ 7.30pm
Mon Mar 20th     Exploring Prayer  7pm St Thomas
Tues Mar 21st     Lent lunch meeting Springhead Congregational 12 noon (art and lunch!)
Thurs Mar 23rd   Deanery Synod  7.30pm St Barnabas Clarksfield
                               Ladies of L’d evening with Rev Barbara Christopher 7.30pm
Sat Mar 25th       Tea and Toast  St Thomas 10.30 till noon 
Sun Mar 26th      Mothering Sunday services at both Churches. Normal time but remember   clocks go forward this weekend!
Mon Mar 27th    Final Exploring Prayer session (for now!)
Tues Mar 28th    Lent Lunch meeting Zion Methodist 12 noon (art and lunch!)
Fri  Mar 31st        Choral speaking event in St Thomas in the morning
Tues April 4th       Final Lent lunchtime session at Zion Methodist Church  12noon
Sun April 9th      Palm Sunday    -Holy week begins. Details in magazine, and on this
                             sheet next week.


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