Dear Friends,
Here is this week’s Parish Diary 1st August 2010.
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Dear Friends,
Here is this week’s Parish Diary 25th July 2010.
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On a very hot 10th July the Vicarage garden hosted our annual Garden Party. The event was very successful, as many people came along to enjoy the lovely food, people and sun. Despite the hot weather, everybody seemed to enjoy themselves.
During the afternoon, I managed to walk around and talk to some very lovely visitors. Here are some of the comments I would love to share with you.
“A good team effort and we thought it gave people of all ages a chance to come together. We …

Dear Friends,
Here is this week’s Parish Diary 18th July 2010.
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About a year ago I received a letter from the Diocese offering me a sabbatical during 2010; or, rather, 3 months ‘Extended Ministerial Development Leave’. I suspect the extra words are to re-assure the congregation that their incumbent isn’t simply going to swan off for three months, but will actually be undertaking a project intended to develop and enrich his/her ministry.
I believe that the project I shall be working on this autumn should certainly do that, in more ways than one. As some of you know, from time to time …

Photos from  Jackie & Kim’s Ordination and Parish Garden Party have been added to the website.

It is a privilege in my role as Children and Youth Minister to accompany families, children and young people on outings. Sometimes they are purely for fun, such as LazerQuest with Youth Fellowship or Chessington World of Adventures with Pioneers and sometimes we get to deepen our faith and join with other Christians. On June 22nd some of us will be going to see the Saltmine Theatre Company and on July 3rd will be going to see the ‘Life of Christ’ at Wintershalls. I look forward to …

Each summer 50 children from the local area meet to enjoy a fun-filled week of crafts, games and interaction with a biblical topic at St. Johns Church. Most of the children who attend have no church background and will often only come to activities such as this.
In order for all this to happen we have a group of people praying and planning for the week. They take into consideration the needs of the children and how best to present the Christian message to a non-church culture. There are …

I am definitely not a morning person. My alarm goes off begrudgingly at 8am and if I can, I will try to get away with a couple of ‘snoozes’ before I make it out of bed. There is one week of the year where I am forced to be a ‘morning person’ – while on camp with the teenagers in the Summer – but that is the only time I will, literally, rise to the occasion. From that regard I am fortunate that I work from home …

Dear Friends,
Here is this week’s Parish Diary 11th July 2010.
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