Dates for your diary

Sun Dec 7^th         Toy collection during the service at both churches

Sat Dec 13^th        Church open, refreshments available, for decorating trees

Thurs Dec 18^th   Prayers, carols and mincepies at the home of the Atkinsons, 52

                             Spring Lane  7.30pm

Sun  Dec 21^st      Carol service  6.30pm

Mon Dec 22^nd    Carol singing round the parish…. 6.30 at St Thomas (weather      

                                                                                                                       permitting)

Wed Dec 24^th    Crib service/nativity  at St Thomas 5pm

                             First communion of Christmas 11.30pm at St Thomas.

Thurs  Dec 25^th  Christmas morning service at St Agnes 9.15am

Mon Jan 12^th      7pm  St Thomas DCC

Wed Jan 14^th      8pm St Agnes DCC

Mon Jan 19^th      7pm PCC St Thomas

Sat   Jan 24^th      Parish Social event  St Edwards Hall

Sun Jan 25^th       Churches Together  service for week of prayer for Christian

                            Unity  St Agnes 3pm Preacher Bishop Mark

December 14th 2014

Leesfield  Parish    

Next Sunday, 21^st December, we hold our Carol Service beginning at 6.30pm.

This is a great start to Christmas, as we hear readings and sing carols that tell the Christmas story. If you have been before you will know how good it is, if you haven’t been before do come along!

Raffle Tickets are available for the parish Christmas raffle. There are many great prizes, and this is a very important fundraiser for the parish. The raffle will be drawn next Sunday after the carol service.

Thursday 18^th December  Prayers, carols and mince pies at the home of A. Atkinson 52 Spring Lane

Next Monday, 22^nd December, we plan to sing carols around the parish, raising money for the Booth Centre. It is Not true that people pay us to go away! Weather permitting, we meet outside St Thomas church at 6.30pm. The more people we have, the more noise we make and the more fun we have.

Flowers – there are no flowers in church in Advent. At St Thomas’ we are asking for donations towards flowers for Christmas, to be given to Audrey please. At St Agnes we are asking people to put their names on the flower rota, for Christmas and beyond.

Parish Family Fun Social Event – Saturday, 24^th January, 2015 – we are still looking for a small group of people to organize this! Tickets available at both churches £3 each

£8 family.

Psalm response The Lord has done good things for us and we are glad indeed

Parish Family Fun Social Event

Saturday, 24^th January, 2015

at St. Edward’s Function Room, Spring Lane, Lees

The Development Group need your help!!  We are asking for ideas in order to create a really good Social Event to raise funds for the Development   Project and the Church.  At the current time, we have arranged for Mid-Life Crisis to come along – anyone who came to the last event where they played will remember their really good music from 50’s, 60’s, 70’s and    beyond.  We are planning that the event will be a ‘Bring & Share’ but as yet, other arrangements have yet to be confirmed .  With a little bit of help from everyone, we can organise a really good fun event for all the family so if you are interested in getting involved in the organisation of this event, please contact  Jenny Daubney at r.daubney2@ntlworld.com.  

It is hoped that tickets – will be on sale mid December – further information will be included on the Pew Sheet and in the Church Magazine.

Advent and Christmas at Leesfield

Sunday November 30th                         Advent Sunday	9.15am     Holy Communion at St Agnes                                                                  11.00 am  Holy Communion at St Thomas 3.00 pm    Christingle at St Thomas
Sunday  December 7th	9.15am    Holy Communion at St Agnes 11.00am  Holy Communion at St Thomas
Sunday December 14th Advent 3	9.15am    Holy Communion at St Agnes 11.00am  Holy Communion at St Thomas
Sunday December 21st Advent 4	9.15am   Holy Communion at St Agnes 11.00am  Holy Communion at St Thomas  6.30pm   Carol Service St Thomas
Wednesday December 24th	5.00pm   Christmas eve service at St Thomas  (featuring the Sunday schools’ nativity!)                                                            11.30pm  First Communion of Christmas at St. Thomas
Thursday December 25th	9.15am  Holy Communion at St Agnes
Sunday December 28th	9.15am  Holy Communion at St Agnes 11.00am  Holy Communion at St Thomas