Leesfield Parish – 18th March 2018
The Ladies of Leesfield Easter Stall closes today so please choose your
gifts after the service.
Donations for Easter flowers to Audrey or Lesley
please. After Lent has ended it’s lovely to see a beautiful display of fresh
flowers in church on Easter Sunday.
The final Churches Together in Lees and District Lent Meeting for this year
is on Tuesday, 12 noon at Zion Methodist Church, with a simple lunch of soup
and bread served afterwards. This year we will focus on the film ‘The Theory of Everything’ using the
Lent course book ‘The Mystery of
Everything’.
Harvest Queen events – The judging of the
children’s Easter Bake Off will take
place after next Sunday’s service at St Thomas’, and cake will be on sale
afterwards at £1 per slice.
There is also still time to Name the Duck, 50p per guess and the winner gets to keep the duck!
Advance
notice – on Saturday 21st April everyone is invited to a Harry Potter evening in St Thomas’
school hall – please see poster for full details.
Next
Sunday is Palm Sunday, with services
at the usual times in both churches. Please join us as we celebrate Jesus’
triumphant entry into Jerusalem. All of the Holy Week and Easter services are on the list of dates, so please
do try to attend at least one extra service on this, the most important week in
the church calendar.
The Parish Confirmation Service is on July 15th at St
Thomas. If you haven’t been confirmed please think seriously about it. Minimum
age is Year 6 and there is no upper age limit! I am particularly keen to
encourage adults who are regular attenders at church and who have not
been confirmed to consider taking this step this year. Preparation sessions
will take place after Easter, but if you let me know as soon as possible if you
are interested I will try to arrange the times of the sessions to suit
everyone. Expressions of interest are not a commitment! Edith
Youth church - After Easter a new group will start for those
children over Sunday School age (years 7 to 9). This will take place at the
same time as Sunday School at St Thomas’, in the Community room and will be led
by Rebecca Ashton. It will generally take place fortnightly. The material that
will be covered will be based on the Gospel for the day – but will be covered
in a way that is more accessible for this age group, with plenty of scope for
discussion. The first session will be on April 8th. Anyone in this
age group is welcome. More information from Edith or from Rebecca.
St Thomas’ church is open regularly on Tuesday and Saturday mornings, so
people can drop in, look around, pray or just sit. For this to happen, we need
volunteers to sit in church. Can you spare an hour now and again? See Edith or
sign the list please.
Items for the newsletter, website and facebook pages
to Liz (lizzy.dent@googlemail.com) whenever you want to
send. Lots of lovely pictures please!
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Mon
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19-Mar
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Pastoral
Team visit to Ashbourne House
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Tues
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20-Mar
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Lent meeting
at Zion Methodist 12 noon - film discussion & lunch
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Wed
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21-Mar
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Deanery
Synod 7.30 pm - Holy Trinity, Shaw
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Sun
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25-Mar
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Palm
Sunday, Harvest Queen childrens Easter Bake-off judging
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Mon
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26-Mar
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Bible
Study Group St Thomas' 1.30pm
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Thur
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29-Mar
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Maundy
Thursday Service 7.30 pm at St Thomas'
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Fri
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30-Mar
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Good
Friday Service 10.30 am at St Thomas
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Churches
Together Service 12.30 pm opp Legends
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Sat
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31-Mar
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Easter
Eve Service 7.30 pm at St Agnes'
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Sun
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01-Apr
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Easter
Sunday - services at usual times both churches
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Sat
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07-Apr
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Ladies
Coffee Morning 10.30 - 12, 52 Spring Lane
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Sun
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08-Apr
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PCC
meeting to approve accounts - after service at St Thomas'
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Mon
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09-Apr
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Pastoral
Team visit to Avalon Park
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Thur
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12-Apr
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Celebration
of Lady Day - 7.30 pm at St Thomas'
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Fri
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13-Apr
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St
Agnes' Whisky & Gin night (quiz) (provisional)
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Mon
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16-Apr
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Bible
Study Group St Thomas' 1.30pm
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Wed
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18-Apr
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Churches
Together Open Meeting 7.30 pm at St Thomas'
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Sat
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21-Apr
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Ladies
of Leesfield Tea & Toast 10.30 - 12 at St Thomas'
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Sat
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21-Apr
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Wedding
St T 3.30 pm (bells)
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Sat
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21-Apr
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Harvest
Queen Harry Potter evening
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