Leesfield Parish February 19th 2017

Today we welcome Peter Haslam (Pete) who is joining us until the end of April. Pete is a trainee Reader on placement with us from St Barnabas.

Building Committee meets Monday (20^th)  7.30pm at St Thomas’

Exploring Prayer session tomorrow, Tuesday (21^st ) at 7pm in St Thomas Community room. We explore more imaginative ways of praying using music, pictures, meditation, scripture and more. Whether you have joined us before or not all are welcome!

Advance notice.. several people have expressed interest in doing the intercessions in our church services. It is very good to have many different people doing this, including our year 6 young people. To help and encourage I plan to lead a session on this at St Agnes Church on February 28^th at 7pm. This will last no more than an hour. Attending does not commit you to leading the intercessions!

Churches Together are holding our now traditional Lent lunchtime sessions again this year. The theme is the Passion in Art. Tuesdays in Lent, 12 noon start at Zion Methodist Church.

March 7^th will be the first session. The art/discussion is followed by a simple soup and roll lunch. All are welcome! Poster and invitations att the back of church.

Is there anyone willing to take over putting together the newsletters? It isn’t a big job, just using information given to update the newsletter and dates each week and e mail them round. Karen prints a few copies once a month for each church. If you might be interested please talk to Edith.

There are still some tickets available for the Rose Queen Dinner Dance at the White Hart on Friday March 10^th. Tickets (£35) from retinue mums and Karen Jakeman.

A gentle reminder – our Tuesday morning Communion service is held every week at 10am. At St Thomas’. Currently we are in the community room (warm!) and we have a cuppa and a chat afterwards. If you are available and haven’t yet joined us do come along.

Check out our blogspot too – and view photos on the linked facebook pages!

Magazine  articles to paulmdent@gmail.com

Items for the newsletter to Edith by Wednesday eve please.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Mon Feb 20^th      Building committee St Thomas’ 7.30pm

Tues Feb 21^st       Exploring Prayer  7pm St Thomas’

Mon Feb 27^th          Exploring Prayer – as above

Wed Mar 1st         Ash Wednesday  Service 7.30pm St Thomas’

                                Followed by ladies of L  AGM

Thurs Mar 2^nd     Standing committee 7pm Vicarage

Sat Mar 4^th         Coffee morning     40 Thomas St 10.30 till noon

Mon Mar 6^th      DCC St Thomas  7pm

Tues Mar 7^th      Lent lunchtime meeting Zion Methodist 12 noon (art and lunch!)

Wed Mar 8^th     DCC St Agnes  8pm

Fri Mar 10^th        Rose Queen Dinner Dance    White Hart (Tickets £35)

Mon Mar 13^th    PCC St Thomas 7pm

Tues Mar 14^th    Lent lunchtime session

Wed Mar 15^th    Churches Together open meeting St Thomas’ 7.30pm

Sat Mar 18^th       Tea and Toast  St Thomas 10.30 till noon includes launch of

                             Liz’s Guide to St Thomas’ Church

Mon Mar 20^th     Exploring Prayer  7pm St Thomas

Thurs Mar 23^rd   Deanery Synod  7.30pm St Barnabas Clarksfield

                               Ladies of L’d evening with Rev Barbara Christopher 7.30pm

Mon Mar 27^th    Final Exploring Prayer session (for now!)

Leesfield Parish   February 12^th  2017

Exploring Prayer session tomorrow, Monday February 13^th, at 7pm in St Thomas Community room. We explore more imaginative ways of praying using music, pictures, meditation, scripture and more. Whether you have joined us before or not all are welcome!

Advance notice.. several people have expressed interest in doing the intercessions in our church services. It is very good to have many different people doing this, including our year 6 young people. To help and encourage I plan to lead a session on this at St Agnes Church on February 28^th at 7pm. This will last no more than an hour. Attending does not commit you to leading the intercessions!

Is there anyone willing to take over putting together the newsletters? It isn’t a big job, just using information given to update the newsletter and dates each week and e mail them round. Karen prints a few copies once a month for each church. If you might be interested please talk to Edith.

There are still some tickets available for the Rose Queen Dinner Dance at the White Hart on Friday March 10^th. Tickets (£35) from retinue mums and Karen Jakeman.

A gentle reminder – our Tuesday morning Communion service is held every week at 10am. At St Thomas’. Currently we are in the community room (warm!) and we have a cuppa and a chat afterwards. If you are available and haven’t yet joined us do come along.

If you want to hold a social gathering or meeting do consider hiring our community room. It holds up to 30 easily, 40 with a bit of a squash, is warm and there is a kitchen and toilet. The cost is reasonable and we have links with a caterer if you are interested in that too. Audrey is in charge of bookings for the room.

Check out our blogspot too – and view photos on the linked facebook pages!

Magazine  articles to paulmdent@gmail.com

Items for the newsletter to Edith by Wednesday eve please.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY:

Mon Feb 13^th        Exploring Prayer  second session 7pm St Thomas. All welcome

Mon Feb 20^th      Building committee St Thomas’ 7.30pm

Tues Feb 21^st       Exploring Prayer – as above

Mon Feb 27^th          Exploring Prayer – as above

Wed Mar 1st         Ash Wednesday  Service 7.30pm St Thomas’

                                Followed by ladies of L  AGM

Thurs Mar 2^nd     Standing committee 7pm Vicarage

Sat Mar 4^th         Coffee morning     40 Thomas St 10.30 till noon

Mon Mar 6^th      DCC St Thomas  7pm

Tues Mar 7^th      Lent lunchtime meeting Zion Methodist 12 noon (art and lunch!)

Wed Mar 8^th     DCC St Agnes  8pm

Fri Mar 10^th        Rose Queen Dinner Dance    White Hart (Tickets £35)

Mon Mar 13^th    PCC St Thomas 7pm

Tues Mar 14^th    Lent lunchtime session

Wed Mar 15^th    Churches Together open meeting St Thomas’ 7.30pm

Sat Mar 18^th       Tea and Toast  St Thomas 10.30 till noon includes launch of

                             Liz’s Guide to St Thomas’ Church

Thurs Mar 23^rd   Deanery Synod  7.30pm (no venue yet)

                               Ladies of L’d evening with Rev Barbara Christopher 7.30pm

Leesfield Parish February 5th 2017

The next series of Exploring Prayer sessions will begin tomorrow, Monday February 6^th, at 7pm in St Thomas Community room. We explore more imaginative ways of praying using music, pictures, meditation, scripture and more. Whether you have joined us before or not all are welcome!

Many of you (especially at St Thomas) will remember Audrey Barker. She was a very active member of church, and has sadly died. Her funeral will be in on Friday February 10^th at 12 noon in St Thomas church. If anyone has particular memories of Audrey, and would like them to be included  in the eulogy please do let Edith know today.

The first edition of our new magazine is selling out fast! The cost is 80p, but as the magazine will be issued every 2 months the annual cost is the same –for a much improved product! Why not pay annually (£5)? Please remember the content depends on YOU contributing. If you have something for the magazine get it off to Paul straight away- don’t wait for the deadline date!

There are still some tickets available for the Rose Queen Dinner Dance at the White Hart on Friday March 10^th. Tickets (£35) from retinue mums and Karen Jakeman.

A gentle reminder – our Tuesday morning Communion service is held every week at 10am. At St Thomas’. Currently we are in the community room (warm!) and we have a cuppa and a chat afterwards. If you are available and haven’t yet joined us do come along.

If you want to hold a social gathering or meeting do consider hiring our community room. It holds up to 30 easily, 40 with a bit of a squash, is warm and there is a kitchen and toilet. The cost is reasonable and we have links with a caterer if you are interested in that too. Audrey is in charge of bookings for the room.

Check out our blogspot too – and view photos on the linked facebook pages!

Magazine  articles to paulmdent@gmail.com

Items for the newsletter to Edith by Wednesday eve please.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Mon Feb 6^th          1^st session of Exploring Prayer   St Thomas Community Room 7pm

Mon Feb 13^th        Exploring Prayer (as above)

Mon Feb 20^th      Building committee St Thomas’ 7.30pm

Tues Feb 21^st       Exploring Prayer

Mon Feb 27^th          Exploring Prayer

Wed Mar 1st         Ash Wednesday  Service 7.30pm St Thomas’

                                Followed by ladies of L  AGM

Thurs Mar 2^nd     Standing committee 7pm Vicarage

Sat Mar 4^th         Coffee morning     40 Thomas St 10.30 till noon

Mon Mar 6^th      DCC St Thomas  7pm

Tues Mar 7^th      Lent lunchtime meeting Zion Methodist 12 noon (art and lunch!)

Wed Mar 8^th     DCC St Agnes  8pm

Fri Mar 10^th        Rose Queen Dinner Dance    White Hart (Tickets £35)

Mon Mar 13^th    PCC St Thomas 7pm

Tues Mar 14^th    Lent lunchtime session

Wed Mar 15^th    Churches Together open meeting St Thomas’ 7.30pm

Sat Mar 18^th       Tea and Toast  St Thomas 10.30 till noon includes launch of

                             Liz’s Guide to St Thomas’ Church

Thurs Mar 23^rd   Deanery Synod  7.30pm (no venue yet)

                               Ladies of L’d evening with Rev Barbara Christopher 7.30pm

Leesfield Parish January 29th 2017

This afternoon, there will be a Churches Together service for the Week of Christian Unity. This will be held at Salem Moravian Church at 3pm. The preacher will be Archdeacon Cherry. It would be encouraging to have a good turn out to show unity with our fellow Christians in Lees and district. If you don’t know where Salem Moravian Church is, please ask!

Thursday (Feb 2^nd)       Ladies of L’d  Games night   St Thomas church 7.30pm

Saturday  (Feb 4^th )      Coffee morning at the home of Mrs V Howarth 10.30 till noon

Many of you (especially at St Thomas) will remember Audrey Barker. She was a very active member of church, and has sadly died. Her funeral will be in on Friday February 10^th at 12 noon in St Thomas church. If anyone has particular memories of Audrey, and would like them to be included  in the eulogy please do let Edith know.

The first edition of the new magazine is available today. The cost is 80p, but as the magazine will be issued every 2 months the annual cost is the same –for a much improved product! Please remember the content depends on YOU contributing.

The next series of Exploring Prayer sessions will begin on Monday February 6^th at 7pm in St Thomas Community room. All are welcome!

There are still some tickets available for the Rose Queen Dinner Dance at the White Hart on Friday March 10^th. Tickets (£35) from retinue mums and Karen Jakeman.

A gentle reminder – our Tuesday morning Communion service is held every week at 10am. At St Thomas’. Currently we are in the community room (warm!) and we have a cuppa and a chat afterwards. If you are available and haven’t yet joined us do come along.

If you want to hold a social gathering or meeting do consider hiring our community room. It holds up to 30 easily, 40 with a bit of a squash, is warm and there is a kitchen and toilet. The cost is reasonable and we have links with a caterer if you are interested in that too. Audrey is in charge of bookings for the room.

Check out our blogspot too – and view photos on the linked facebook pages!

Magazine  articles to paulmdent@gmail.com

Items for the newsletter to Edith by Wednesday eve please.

Sun Jan 29^th            Churches Together service  Salem Moravian church 3pm.

                                  Preacher Archdeacon Cherry

Thurs Feb 2^nd       Ladies of L’d  Games night St Thomas church 7.30pm

Sat Feb 4^th           Coffee morning at the home of Mrs V Howarth 10.30 till noon

Mon Feb 6^th          1^st session of Exploring Prayer   St Thomas Community Room 7pm

Mon Feb 13^th        Exploring Prayer (as above)

Mon Feb 20^th      Building committee St Thomas’ 7.30pm

Tues Feb 21^st       Exploring Prayer

Mon Feb 27^th          Exploring Prayer

Wed Mar 1st         Ash Wednesday  Service 7.30pm St Thomas’

                                Followed by ladies of L  AGM

Thurs Mar 2^nd     Standing committee 7pm Vicarage

Sat Mar 4^th         Coffee morning     40 Thomas St 10.30 till noon

Mon Mar 6^th      DCC St Thomas  7pm

Tues Mar 7^th      Lent lunchtime meeting Zion Methodist 12 noon (art and lunch!)

Wed Mar 8^th     DCC St Agnes  8pm

Fri Mar 10^th        Rose Queen Dinner Dance    White Hart (Tickets £35)

Mon Mar 13^th    PCC St Thomas 7pm

Tues Mar 14^th    Lent lunchtime session

Wed Mar 15^th    Churches Together open meeting St Thomas’ 7.30pm

Sat Mar 18^th       Tea and Toast  St Thomas 10.30 till noon

Thurs Mar 23^rd   Deanery Synod  7.30pm (no venue yet)

                               Ladies of L’d evening with Rev Barbara Christopher 7.30pm