Parish News - Sunday 13th March 2011

13 March 2011 - BaptismService - Weekly Sheet

The Parish Church of Branksome, St. Aldhelm

CHURCH CONTACTS
Vicar—Revd Canon Stephen Batty 764420 (Day off on Friday)
Curate—Revd Sarah Bryant 386155 (Off Sat & Mon)

Parish Office Open weekdays during term-time—9am—12 noon Tel: 764420 Email: office@st-aldhelm.com www.twitter.com/stadhelms
http://www.st-aldhem.com/

WEEKDAY SERVICES — THE HOLY EUCHARIST:

Tuesday - Holy Communion - 12.00 noon

Thursday - Melton Court - 10.30am

Thursday - 7.00pm

Next Sunday— Lent 2

B.C.P Holy Communion—8.00am

Parish Eucharist - Rev Sarah's Leaving Service - 10.00am

PARISH NEWS

WELCOME to all the families and friends who have come to support the children who are being baptised this morning.

SPRING FAYRE—1 week to go - Our Parish Spring Fayre will be held on Saturday 19th March in the Parish Centre. We would be grateful for any donations for the stalls including; bric-a-brac, books, toys, cakes on the day, bottles for the bottle stall, raffle prizes. (so far we have had bric-a-brac donations but not a lot else!). Please bring donations to the parish office, thank you.

REV. SARAH BRYANT Sarah will be leaving us shortly, her final Sunday with us will be March 20th; so following the 10.00am Parish Eucharist there will be a bring and share lunch in the parish centre to which you are all welcome. Please see Barbara Marsh if you are able to come to the leaving lunch on Sunday 20th March, can you bring some food for the bring and share lunch. Salads, quiches, crisps, etc and of course the outstanding puddings St. Aldhelm’s is getting famous for!!

MESSAGE FROM BROWNIES The Brownies would like to thank everyone who supported their recent cake stall which raised £112.55 for the Marie Curie Cancer Charity—’Mini Pots of Care’ - challenge (growing daffodils), exceeding their target of £100.

FRIENDS Subs are now due for the Friends of St. Aldhelm’s, please pass on to Elaine Howarth, thank you.

TODDLERS Toddlers are doing a ‘Sponsored Funny Bounce’ for Comic Relief on Thursday 17th March and any donations for raffle/cake stall or help on the day would be greatly appreciated, usual time of 2pm-4pm.

EMULSION PAINT LEFTOVERS If anybody has any tins of half empty emulsion paint to give to Frances at the Vicarage, it would be much appreciated. Bright colours are particularly useful – as is white. Please leave in the Vicarage porch or back of church. Thank you.

DIARY
13th SUNDAY Baptism Sunday
B.C.P. Holy Communion—8.00am
Baptism Service—10.00am
15th Tuesday Coffee Morning—10.30am
Holy Communion—12 noon
16th Wednesday Mothers’ Union Meeting—2.30pm—lounge
17th Thursday Melton Court Holy Communion—10.30am
Toddlers—2pm
Holy Communion—7.00pm
19th Saturday Spring Fayre—10.30am –12.30pm
20th Sunday Lent 2
B.C.P. Holy Communion—8.00am
Parish Eucharist and Sarah’s Leaving Service –10am
Followed by a “bring and share” lunch in the centre
S.T.A.K.S.—6pm– Den

TRADITIONAL MID LENT TEA + FUN QUIZ Will be held in the centre on Saturday 9th April between 2.30pm –5pm. Tickets £3.50 adults and children £2. Available from John Kilminster—tel: 257541 or Richard Gibbs, Pam Christy, Roy Barker, Joyce Lavender or Clair Pay. All welcome.

LENT TO EASTER To mark Lent we will be joining with St Joseph’s to follow some of Simone Weil’s reflections about the Lord’s Prayer, Joy will hold a Lent study group, we shall mark the 70th anniversary of the Bourne Valley Air Raid—Full details can be found on a purple A4 flier at the back of church.



PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS:
Lillian Stickland (of Melton Court)—RIP
Barbara Jesse —RIP

Please write your prayer intensions in the book where morning prayer is held; we will offer prayers at the weekday services.

A prayer to enter Lent:
As the days lengthen,
and the earth spends longer in the light of day,
grant that I may spend longer in the light of your presence, Lord.
And may the seeds of your word, which have been long-buried within me, grow into love for you and those around me.
May there be a visible declaration of your lordship in my life.
Grant, Father, that this Lent there may be a springtime for my lift in Christ. Amen

SPECIAL OFFER FROM HM REVENUE & CUSTOMS!
Are you an UK taxpayer: either PAYE or from a pension or self employed?
For every £1 donated to your church we can claim back an extra 28p from HMRC. Provided you have paid income tax an amount equivalent to the total sum of your donations, we can claim this money under the Gift Aid scheme at no extra cost to you. Please complete the details on one of the yellow giving envelopes located in each chair, or sign up to our regular Planned Giving Scheme.

Our expenditure amounts to approximately £1,400 per week
This includes £807.52 per week which goes to the Diocese for our “share”.
Last weeks donations were as follows:
Planned Giving £870.00 (including standing orders) Collections £269.97
Please see our Hon. Treasurer—John Sprackling—Tel: (01202) 751553
sprackling@branksome.freeserve.co.uk