Newsletter 30th June

Newsletter – 30th June 2019 

Ladies of Leesfield – The Coffee Morning on the 6th July hosted by Marian Bethel will be held in St Thomas’ Community Room from 10.30 am to 12 noon. There will be a £1 stall and a raffle so please do come along and bring a friend. 

The Parish Day Trip to Fleetwood Outlet and then Lytham St Annes is on Saturday 13th July. The cost for the coach is £16 per person, please pay Audrey or Vera by 1st July.

On Thursday 18th July the Ladies are having a coffee evening at the Jenny's home. The evening is jointly hosted by Jenny and Marian, and all are welcome.

After the service at St Thomas’ Church on Saturday 14th July, Harvest Queen Evie and her retinue invite you to join them for their annual Garden Party. Refreshments, stalls and fun for everyone on the church lawn, or in the Community Room if the weather is bad.

Dates have now been set for other events taking place during the summer. These include the annual Parish Boundary Walk on Saturday 17th August, a lovely Strawberry Cream Tea with the Ladies of Leesfield on Saturday 24th August and the ever-popular Cheese and Wine evening on Friday 30th August. 

Tickets will be on sale soon for the Cream Tea and Cheese and Wine evening, and sponsor forms for the Boundary Walk will be available in both churches before the schools close for their summer break. 

The deadline for the next issue of “Voice” magazine is Sunday 14th July. This is the August & September edition so please could you make sure that we have all the information for events you’re planning during & just after the school holidays, and any photos and write-ups for recent events. Material can be handed in at church or emailed to Paul (paulmdent@gmail.com) 

Items for the newsletter, website and facebook pages to Liz (lizzy.dent@googlemail.com) whenever you want to send. Lots of lovely pictures please!

Harvest Queen "At Home"

Newsletter 16th June

Newsletter 16th June 2019

The parish meetings start tomorrow with St Thomas’ DCC at 7 pm in the Community Room, DCC meetings are open to everyone, so please do come along and share your ideas with us. PCC will meet next Monday, 24th June, 7 pm at St Thomas’.

Also this week, Deanery Synod meets at 7.30 pm at Holy Trinity Dobcross, and people from our parish will be there to make sure we are represented. The guest speaker will be Revd Katy Cunliffe on her role as Deanery Children and Young Families Missioner, and anyone who is interested in Katy’s work is welcome to attend this part of the meeting.  

On Thursday there is an event at the Church of the Epiphany in Droylsden “Making our Churches Open and Welcoming” from 6-9 pm. Liz Dent is going, and if you wish to join her please let her know so she can book a place for you and can give you a lift.

This summer’s Harvest Queen events start with the “At Home” on Saturday 29th June (see poster), and the garden party will be after Church on Sunday 14th July. More details to follow, but put the dates in your diary.

Ladies of Leesfield – The Coffee Morning on the 6th July hosted by Marian Bethel will be held in St Thomas’ Community Room from 10.30 am to 12 noon.

The Parish Day Trip to Fleetwood and then Lytham is on Saturday 13th July. The cost for the coach is £16 per person, please pay Audrey or Vera by 1st July.

This year there are not enough candidates for Confirmation, so the services and Sunday Schools on Sunday 7th July will now be at the usual times at both churches.

Dates have now been set for other events taking place during the summer. There will be more information about these soon.

Items for the newsletter, website and facebook pages to Liz (lizzy.dent@googlemail.com) whenever you want to send. Lots of lovely pictures please!

Buildings tour

Please do come along tomorrow after Tea and Toast.

  

News update 9th June

This weekend we have our "Cherish Your Churchyard Day" at St Thomas' on Saturday. The weather forecast isn't good, but we can keep popping back into the community room for a brew and a warm, and to collate ideas about how we can make our churchyard more welcoming to wildlife and humans.

Sunday is Pentecost, and there will be a Parish Eucharist, 9.15 at St Thomas'. The arrangements for the walks and the Churhes Together joint service can be found below (the weather forecast is rather better for Sunday).

Next Saturday the Ladies have Tea and Toast from 10.30 - 12 at St Thomas', and immediately after that there will be a tour of the church using the Quinquennial Inspection report as a guide. Please do come along to both.