Leesfield Parish March 27th 2016

 Today we are admitting a large group of children to communion at each ofour churches. We welcome them on this the next stage of their Christian journey, and we thank Katie and Karen who have prepared the children for this step.

Exploring Prayer sessions will begin again on Wednesday March 30^th 7.30pm in the vicarage. This is more or less a ‘repeat’ of the sessions held last October, but people who attended then are most welcome again! There will be 5 or 6 sessions lasting around an hour. We will explore a variety of different ways of approaching prayer. They are stand alone sessions but please do attend as many as you can.

If you are interested in being Confirmed in July (24^th) please give your name to Edith or Ruth.  There are many adults in our congregations who are regular attenders……is this going to be the year you take this step?

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.

Preparing for the work at St Thomas, we need to know who has keys to the church. A redistribution may be called for –and David still doesn’t have a key!  Could you please let Lesley or Edith know if you have a key, and if you don’t need it now could you return it?

Magazine  articles to paulmdent@gmail.com) please

Items for the newsletter to Edith by Wednesday eve please.

Wed Mar 30^th         Exploring Prayer  7.30pm Vicarage 1^st session

Sat April 2^nd             Coffee at 52 Spring Lane  10.30 to noon

Wed 6^th April           Exploring Prayer  2^nd session    7.30pm Vicarage

Thurs April 7^th          Ladies Group Celebration of Lady Day  7.30pm Library

Sun April 10^th          PCC meet straight after service at St Thomas to approve accounts

Wed  April 13^th       Exploring Prayer 3^rd session

Sat    April 16^th        Parish Social  St John’s hall in evening. Free! Details to follow

Wed  April 20^th      Exploring Prayer Vicarage 7.30pm

Sun April 24^th         Annual Parish Meeting  following Parish Service at St Thomas  

Wed 27^th April      Exploring Prayer   Vicarage 7.30pm

Thurs May 5^th          Ascension Day   Services at St Hugh’s 9.15am St Thomas’ 7.30pm

Sat May 7^th              Rose Queen crowning at St Agnes

                                   Wedding at St Thomas  1pm