Parish News - Sunday 21st March 2010

Welcome to the church of Branksome, St. Aldhelm

WEEKLY SHEET

Lent 5, 21st March 2010

WEEKDAY SERVICES
THE HOLY EUCHARIST:
Tuesday—Holy Communion with
Prayers for Healing - 12 noon
Thursday - Melton Court — 10.30am - 7.00pm—Church

Next Sunday, Palm Sunday
B.C.P. Holy Communion—8.00am
Palm Sunday Procession—leaves St. Aldhelm’s School— 9.30am
Palm Crosses Blessed in church—9.50am
Palm Sunday Service—10am

PARISH NEWS

Sunday 21st March morning…
Following coffee at the end of this service we shall hold our Annual Parochial Church Meeting. Please make sure you have received both a white and green parish report. The meeting will be held here in church.


Lent “Fully Alive” & Palm Sunday Stations
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 next week for Palm Sunday we shall meet at 6.00pm to join the Stations of the Cross at St. Joseph’s followed at 6.30pm by the final Lent meeting.

St. Aldhelm’s Orchestra
Concert in church this Monday—22nd March
Giovanni Gabrieli—Sonata Pian’e Forte
Dvorak—The Noon Witch
Saint-Saens—Introduction et Rondo Capriccisos
Sibelius—Symphony No 1
Special guest—Jennifer Curiel—BSO Violinist
Concert starts at 7.30pm-
Retiring collection

Wanted … for the fayre
Egg Cups a.s.a.p. - see Sam or Valerie Gilling.

Spring Fayre-Next Sat
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.


Magazine Deadline
The magazine deadline for April is this morning; please see Sam.



Magazine Stapling
Stapling will take place on Thursday 25th in the lounge at 9.30am.



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 in a basket at the back of church. Donations towards the cards will be used for the flowers at Easter, please see Faye Pay.

Easter Cards
The Parish Easter Cards should be arriving soon; please help by delivering a road near to your home. If most adults could take a road we can then let everyone in the parish know about our Easter Services. Thank you for your help. For more information please see John Sprackling.



Next Sunday, Palm Sunday
BCP Holy Communion at 8.00am, Palm Sunday Procession leaves St. Aldhelm’s School at 9.30am, Palm Crosses blessed in church at 9.50am and the Palm Sunday Service begins in church at 10.00am. Stations of the Cross—Sunday—6.00pm at St. Joseph’s followed at St. Aldhelm’s on Monday at 3pm., Tues—7pm, Wed—3pm.


DIARY

SUNDAY 21st March, 8.00am B.C.P. Holy Communion
10.00am Parish Eucharist (Magazine Deadline Today)
Followed by coffee and APCM in church
6.30pm Lent Course at St. Aldhelm’s Church
22nd Monday 7.30pm St. Aldhelm’s Orchestra Concert in church
23rd Tuesday 10.30am Coffee Morning in church
12 noon Holy Communion with Prayers for Healing
25th Thursday 9.30am Magazine Stapling in the lounge
10.30am Holy Communion at Melton Court
2.00pm Toddlers—Sport Relief Fundraiser
7.00pm Holy Communion
27th Saturday 10.30am Parish Spring Fayre in the centre
28tht Sunday 8.00am B.C.P. Holy Communion
9.30am Palm Procession leaves St. Aldhelm’s School
9.50am Palm Crosses Blessed in church
10.00am Palm Sunday Service
6.00pm Stations of the Cross at St. Joseph’s Church—6.30pm Lent Course

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.

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 £254.40 (including standing orders) Collections £251.67. 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 please to provide you with a box of Weekly or Monthly envelopes or a standing order form.

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.