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Notices
Christenings, Reading of
Banns and Weddings
For booking of Christenings
(Baptisms), reading of Banns, weddings or to talk to one of the clergy please
contact Caroline or Anne on 702715 or turn up on Tuesday at St Francis
School, 9-10am at the Community Drop In.
THANK YOU to
everyone who helped decorate the church for Easter
(it looked fabulous inside and out), donated flowers, money, and provided
Easter Eggs for Easter Day.
NEW SOUND LOOP SYSTEM has been fitted in St Andrew’s. Our thanks to
Tony, Peter and David for their help with this project. It is fantastic and
will make a real difference to everyone, especially those with hearing aids.
HOLY WEEK COLLECTIONS Over £150 was raised at the Easter Activity Day and
from the Good Friday collections. This meant that 50 Easter Eggs were bought
for the Women’s Refuge, and over £100 sent to the Jerusalem and Middle East Church Association supporting
Christians in the Middle
East.
HOME GROUP
Thursday 3rd & 31st May 7:30-9:30pm looking at Book of Amos. No meeting on 17th, Ascension Day service in Church.
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EVENTS
AT ST FRANCIS SCHOOL COMMUNITY ROOM
COMMUNITY
DROP-IN
Tuesdays,
9-10am, term time only
All welcome to come and meet other people, free tea and coffee and toys for
the under 5s
TODDLER
MUNCH CLUB
Thursday 3rd May,
11:30am-1pm
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CONFIRMATION 2012
Are you interested in
being confirmed or learning more about the Christian Faith, please get in touch
with Caroline or Anne.
JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS We will have a special Communion Service (BCP) on
Sunday 3rd June at 6:30pm to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the 350th
anniversary of the Prayer Book. On Tuesday 5th June we are having
a 1950s Tea Party in the Vicarage Garden. Invitations are available to anyone who would like to come, but free
tickets will be issued on a first come first served basis, as we need to know
numbers for catering and have a limit of 50 tickets. There will be a bucket
for donations to cover costs.
UGANDA FIRE Gospel choir from Uganda touring the Diocese in May. An evening concert at
Christ Church Swindon, 14th May 7:30pm.
CHRISTIAN AID WEEK
13-19 May
Envelopes for donations will be available in church, Please think about
whether you might donate to this charity which supports some of the poorest
people on earth.
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Services
All services at St
Andrew’s unless otherwise indicated. Everyone is welcome to all of our
services, traditional or informal.
May 2012
Sunday 6th May – 5th
of Easter
10am: Morning Worship (Children’s
Service)
11.15am: Shortened Said BCP
Communion
12noon: Baptism of Beth &
Jamie Kelly, Kyle Morton, Alfie Jackson, Sophie
& Jack Styles
6:30pm: Evening Prayer
Sunday 13th May – 6th of
Easter
10am: Morning Worship (Parade Service)
Thursday 17th May – Ascension Day
7:30pm: Holy Communion
This is one of the 4 main festivals of the
year with Christmas, Easter and Pentecost when we are encouraged to take
Communion!
Saturday 19th May
1pm: Marriage of Lee Poole and Lucy Aubrey
Sunday
20th May – 7th of Easter
10am: Holy Communion with
provision for children
12noon: Baptism of Cohen Fawkes
2pm: Baptism of Lily Walsh
6:30pm: Evensong led by Hugh Milsom
Sunday 27th May – Pentecost
10am: Holy Communion with provision for children
12noon:
Baptism of Jensen George Kempston Bird
4pm: All Age Worship at St Francis (with age related
teaching groups)
June 2012
Sunday 3rd June – Trinity & Jubilee
Weekend
10am: Morning Worship (Children’s
Service)
12:15pm:
Baptism of Isla L’Estrange
1:15pm: Baptism of Lauren Chapell
6:30pm: Holy Communion celebration of the Queen’s Diamond
Jubilee and 350th anniversary of the Book of Common Prayer.
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ANNUAL MEETINGS, results of elections
Tina Thorpe and Peter Smith were elected to serve as Churchwardens for the
coming year. They will be admitted to office by the Archdeacon, at a service
at St John’s Haydon Wick on Wednesday 14th May at 7:30pm. Alison Adam, Helen Smith, Linda Davis and Tony
Jones were elected to serve on the PCC. Thank you to David Templar, who
decided to step down as Churchwarden, for all his work in recent years; his
term officially ends on 14th May, when the new churchwardens are
sworn in.
CHURCH OPEN Fridays and Saturdays 9:30-12:30am every week. If you would be willing to take a turn
at church-sitting please speak with Anne or Caroline, it is important that
there are two people in church.
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Contacts
HOME/SCHOOL LINK
WORKER
Mark Tidey
St Francis School
01793 727624
markt@bristoldiocese.org
CHURCHWARDENS
Tina Thorpe
tina.thorpe@nschurch.org.uk
Peter Smith
peter.smith@nschurch.org.uk
DEPUTY
CHURCHWARDEN
Tony Jones
tony.jones@nschurch.org.uk
HON. PASTORAL
ASSISTANT
Susan Smith
susan.smith@nschurch.org.uk
ITEMS FOR
NOTICESHEET
Helen
Allen
helen.allen@nschurch.org.uk
CHURCH
St Andrew’s
Lady Lane
Blunsdon
Swindon
SN25 2DW
(between
Lyall Close and
the Abbey
Caravan
Park)
SCHOOL
St
Francis CofE VA Primary School
Aiken Road, Taw Hill,
Swindon
SN25 1UH
01793 727624
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