Parish News - Sunday 7th March 2010

Welcome to the church of Branksome, St. Aldhelm

WEEKLY SHEET

All Age - Lent 3
7th March 2010

WEEKDAY SERVICES

THE HOLY EUCHARIST:
Tuesday—Holy Communion - 12 noon
Thursday-Melton Court—10.30am
-7.00pm—Church

Next Sunday–Mothering Sunday
B.C.P. Holy Communion—8.00am
Mothering Sunday Service—10.00am

PARISH NEWS

Lent “Fully Alive”
Our joint Lent course sessions with St. Joseph’s church will be at 6.30pm this evening, the venue is here at St. Aldhelm’s and will be at St. Joseph’s next week.

Parent’s Prayer Group
On Wednesday at 9.00am we have the first of the Parent’s Prayer Groups at St. Aldhelm’s school; this will be an opportunity for any parent of carer to offer intercessions and prayer for whatever concern they may have locally or more widely.

Mothering Sunday
Next Sunday at 10.00am we shall hold our Mothering Sunday Service and will be joined by the uniformed organisations for parade.
Following the service there will be a cake stall run by the Mothers’ Union raising funds for the “Away from It All” holiday fund—helping families on low incomes to get a break.

Church Clean Me Morning
Saturday 13th March from 9.30am.

Church Cleaning
Regular cleaning takes place on Monday mornings from 9.30am and on Thursday evenings from 7.30pm—all volunteers are most welcome to help!

Good Friday-
After our Mothering Sunday service on 14th March there will be a meeting in church concerning the planning of this Good Friday’s three hour event for younger members of our congregation ; if you could help lend a hand in this, it would be much appreciated.

Spring Fayre
Our Church Spring Fayre will take place in the centre on Saturday 27th March between 10.30am—12.30pm. If you have any donations please bring them to the parish office.
We are looking for any yellow items for the yellow tombola and bottles for the bottle tombola such as—wine, fizzy drinks, bubble bath etc. Books, toys, good quality bric-a-brac, raffle prizes. Also please cakes on the morning. Thank you.

“Thought For The Day”
Father Stephen will be at the local radio station Hope FM—90.1fm for “Thought of the Day” which begins at 7.40am on Wednesday 17th March.

Zenith Theatre Co
Zenith will be putting on their latest show “Little Red Hoody & The Wolves” on Friday12th and Saturday 13th March.
Buy your ticket form Sam in the parish office and Zenith will donate £1 towards church funds. See the new March magazine.

St. Aldhelm’s Orchestra
The Orchestra’s next concert will take place in church on Monday 22nd March at 7.30pm.
Toddlers
Did you know our Todder Group meets on Thursday between 2pm—4pm in the parish centre (during term-time). The group is open to all children from 0—5 years. For £1 you get lots of fun including a drink and biscuit, good place to for new parents/carers to make friends. See Heidi for more information or just pop along.

Easter Lily Cards
If you would like to remember a loved one or friend over Easter, why not write a message on one of the Easter Lily cards which are available from Faye Pay.
Donations towards the cards will be used for the flowers at Easter.


DIARY

SUNDAY 7th March 8.00am B.C.P. Holy Communion
10.00am All Age Parish Eucharist
6.30pm Lent Course at St. Aldhelm’s Church
6-8pm S.T.A.K.S.
9th Tuesday 10.30am Coffee Morning in church
12 noon Holy Communion
11th Thursday 10.30am Holy Communion at Melton Court
2.00pm Toddlers
7.00pm Holy Communion
12th Friday 7.45pm Zenith Theatre Co “Little Red Hoody & The Wolves”
13th Saturday 2.30pm & 7.45pm “ “ “ “
9.30am Church “Clean Me Morning”
14th Sunday 8.00am B.C.P. Holy Communion
10.00am Mothering Sunday Service with Parade & M.U. Cake Stall
6.30pm Lent Course at St. Joseph’s R C

Please remember in your prayers: Edie Kellaway, Elsie Roberts and Dorothy Hyde.
And for the recently departed: Ernie and Carrie Munday, Charles Hancock, Edward Smith and Darren Bennett.

Please write prayer intentions in the book which is in the area of morning & evening prayer; we will offer prayers at the weekday services.


PARISH INFORMATION

Vicar – Rev’d Stephen Batty St. Aldhelm’s Vicarage (Day off Friday) 764420 Curate – Rev’d Sarah Brayant 105A Winston Ave (Day off Monday) 386155

Parish Office - Open weekdays during term-time -9am – 12noon 764420

Parish Administrator – Mrs Sam Waldron Email address is: office@st-aldhelm.com Child Protection Co-ordinator - Mandy Gridley 268443.

DID YOU KNOW YOU CAN SUPPORT YOUR CHURCH, EVEN WHEN YOU’RE NOT HERE?

Our expenditure amounts to approximately £1,400 per week.

This includes £850.11 per week which goes to the Diocese for our ‘Share’, Last weeks donations were as follows: Planned Giving £284.00 (including standing orders) Collections £163.39
Our income tax claim produces the equivalent of an additional £170 approx. per week. The shortfall is made up from fund raising.

If you pay Income Tax, in each chair can be found a yellow giving envelope. Loose collection can be placed in these envelopes, completing the details requested (this will enable us to reclaim 28p in the £ from the Inland Revenue). If you are a non-tax payer, please put your loose collection straight into the collecting bag when this is passed round during the service.

Through our Planned Giving Scheme, church members commit a regular amount of money in order that we may be able to rely on a predictable income to meet our needs and responsibilities. Whilst we are grateful to those who contribute through the loose collections/Gift Aid envelopes, we need new members to join the Planned Giving scheme.

For further information please contact our Hon. Treasurer, Mr John Sprackling on (01202) 751553 or by e-mail via sprackling@branksomepark.freeserve.co.uk who will be pleased to provide you with a box of Weekly or Monthly envelopes or a standing order form.