Do you come to the 10.00 am Service at St Mary’s? Are you capable of doing a bit of not-too-strenuous lifting? I am urgently looking for more men to put out and clear away tables and chairs in the Church Hall. I’m also looking for people to help serve tea.  The more volunteers we have the less often you’ll be on the rota. Ring me today!
Lara Lavery (240316) lara.lavery@tiscali.co.uk

Is ALPHA ‘Life changing’?
I wouldn’t say I came from a religious family, my parents pride themselves on going to church whenever invited – i.e. weddings, christenings and funerals. However I was christened as a baby and went to a C of E school, although that may have been based on location not faith. It was at school that I learnt the story of Jesus, Christian celebrations (Harvest, Easter, Christmas), prayer and sang hymns in worship. This was the foundation of my faith but it wavered through university and my early …

MY JOURNEY SO FAR…
My name is Kerry, l am 36 and have four children, three who live with me, and my eldest lives with his grandparents.  This is my testimony, which l call My journey so far, because it’s really only just the beginning….
Like many people l didn’t have the best upbringing, but l tried to make the best of my life…  I tried, maybe too hard, as l made so many mistakes.  Yet somehow l got through, l always picked myself up, brushed myself down and got on with …

Despite the weather on the 9th and 10th June, volunteers from our Church joined the staff from Elmbridge Housing Trust and local residents in the ‘Big Tidy Up .  The Church team cleared gardens and helped with cutting back overgrown shrubs.
The Big Tidy Up is Keep Britain Tidy’s biggest anti-litter campaign. Rooted in the community, it aims to get local people, organisations, businesses and groups to take action against the litter problems in their area.
It was a privilege for the Church to have volunteers out on the estate, joining in with …

Some of you may have read my April article and been intrigued by the idea that as a Church we carried out a community survey on St. Johns estate to find out the needs of local residents. Alternatively you may have been horrified at the thought of knocking on people’s doors and making conversation. Whatever your response, we are now inviting you to join in the next community survey on Vicarage Fields area. On the week beginning 17th May the Church will be around Vicarage Fields making …

Can you help with this important work? We need more volunteers to link up with families whose child will be baptised in 2010. If you were a visitor in the past and feel you could take on more families, or if you would like to find out more and perhaps take on this important work, please contact Barbara Wolfe on 228271.

Come and help build the Kingdom of God!
St John’s Church, Saturday 10th April, 2-5pm We continue to build God’s kingdom through this valuable one-off event for the children in our local community. All the planning and preparation is underway and now we invite you to come and help us deliver a fun-packed afternoon, building relations with children who have little or no Christian understanding, and sharing with them the love of the risen Jesus Christ. It will be an afternoon of games, crafts, food and Christian message. For more information or …

The Children’s Society house-to-house collection will take place this year from 10th to 24th April. If anyone can spare some time to help with this very worthwhile cause, please contact Lisa Richardson 01932267766. Thankyou.

The Children’s Society house-to-house collection will take place this year from 10th to 24th April. If anyone can spare some time to help with this very worthwhile cause, please contact Lisa Richards on 01932267766. Thankyou.