Weekly Notes 20 th May Pentecost

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1 Weekly Notes 20 th Pentecost Welcome to St Faith s! If you are a visitor, we hope you enjoy your time with us. If you would like to know more about St Faith s, please fill in a Welcome Card, found on the desk near the entrance to the church. This week in the St Faith s community Sunday 20 th Until 6pm 24 Hours of Prayer continues in the Lowry Room 10am Whole Church Joint Service for Pentecost 12 noon Bring and Share Lunch 6pm Closing service for 24 Hours of Prayer Tuesday 22 nd 9.30am Rainbow Toddlers Wednesday 23 rd 7.30pm Youth 35 Raynes Road Thursday 24 h 11.30am Eucharist 2.00pm Cuppa and Company Sunday 27 th 8.00am Book of Common Prayer Holy Communion 9.30am Parish Eucharist 11.00am Sundays@ pm Evening Prayer Weekdays Morning and Evening Prayer are said in the church each day at 8.30am and 5.00pm - everyone is welcome! House groups meet during the week for prayer, discussion, friendship and Bible study. For more information, please speak to one of the clergy.

2 St Faith s Diary Some dates for your diary for the rest of the year! Saturday 9 th June, 10am-2pm Saturday 23 rd June, 4pm Sunday 1 st July, 12.30pm Summer Fete Newcomers BBQ at the vicarage Celebration BBQ for Mary s priesting Saturday 7 th July, 9.30am-3.30pm Leading your Church into Growth Local Summer Concert Series Friday 20 th July, 7.30pm Saturday 21 st July, 6.30pm Saturday 28 th July, 7.30pm Sunday 29 th July, 2.30pm Saturday 8 th September Tuesday 2 nd October Royal Naval Volunteer Band Reception and Art Exhibition opening followed by Gala Organ Recital Music from Stage and Screen, with Lee Choral Society, The Lowry Girls, and friends Music for a Summer Afternoon, followed by afternoon tea Quiet Day - more information to follow Alpha Course begins (10 Tuesday evenings, and Alpha day away on 17 th November) Saturday 6 th October Sunday 7 th October Saturday 3 rd November, 7.30pm Sunday 4 th November, 6pm Sunday 11 th November, 9.30am Harvest Barn Dance Joint Harvest Festival service, followed by Harvest lunch. Choral Evensong at 6pm Quiz Night Saturday 24 th November, 7.30pm Organ recital Saturday 1 st December Service of Remembrance and Thanksgiving Special Remembrance Sunday service for the town St Faith s Christmas Fayre 2

3 Saturday 9th June, 10am - 2pm Spring Cleaning? Too much stuff? We would love your Bric a Brac, DVDs, books, toys & games, jewellery and, if those children have outgrown them, good condition children and baby clothes. There will be tables for you to put your items at the back of Church from Monday 28 th. Thankyou very much for your kind donations. Also if anyone would like to donate a bottle of drink for the bottle stall, that would be great. Please hand these in to the Church Office. Volunteers There is now a sign-up sheet for volunteers for the Summer Fete, on the Welcome Table by the sound desk. Please do have a look, and sign up to help make this a great community event! Mothers' Union - forthcoming attraction! Our Strawberry tea is on Friday June 22 nd from pm in the Bulson Hall. Tickets are 4 and will be available from Ann Conington at the 10am service on 20 th and afterwards at the lunch. Lost Property! We have an accumulation of lost property in the church office, please pay us a visit and reclaim your items. Thank you, Ruth. Date for your diary - Mary s priesting Mary is being ordained as a priest at 4pm on Saturday 30th June, in Portsmouth Cathedral. We are all invited to attend this special service. The following day, on Sunday 1 st July, Mary will be presiding at the Eucharist for the first time, and we will be celebrating Mary s priesting with a Bring and Share Lunch & BBQ at 12.30pm that day. 3

4 Seeking relatives of men from Lee-on-the-Solent who died in World War One Ahead of a special Remembrance Sunday service on 11th November, marking 100 years to the day since the end of World War One, we are trying to locate relatives of the men of Lee-on-the-Solent who died in the Great War. Did you know that both the Lee and Stubbington war memorials carry the same names from World War One? That s because Lee and Stubbington were part of the same parish back then. Of these names, we know which men came from Lee, and it is relatives of these men we d love to invite to the service in November, at which we will tell some of the men s stories. A full list of the names of the men is available on the St Faith s website, and in a special leaflet on the Welcome Table in the church. If you know someone who may be a relative, please do pass this on! Pastoral care in St Faith s St Faith s is a big church, and sometimes we don t hear that people are unwell, or need some extra help, until after the event. If you are unwell, or need some help, and would like us to know, please do get in touch with one of the clergy, or Joyce Dawson our pastoral care coordinator. Contact details for all these people are on the back of the Weekly Notes. Reading at the Parish Eucharist and Evening Prayer Sign-up sheets for the Bible readings at the Parish Eucharist and Evening Prayer, are now available on the welcome table by the sound desk. Please do sign-up if you would like to help with readings in these services. Thank you! Faith works Faith Works, our twice-yearly newsletter to the parish, should be available to collect and distribute next week! 4

5 For your prayers this week Collect for Pentecost God, who as at this time taught the hearts of your faithful people by sending to them the light of your Holy Spirit: grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgement in all things and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort; through the merits of Christ Jesus our Saviour, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. Those who are unwell: Martin Over, McCorley Duncan, Jean Hedley, Norah Drew, Sally-Anne Foster, Hugh Elford, Peter Wilson, Audrey Stevens and Eric Torroni. Those to be married: Paul Hodge & Tamsyn Smith, Carl Edwards & Jasmine Bernice, Roy Whitehead & Glenda Young, Paul Newcombe & Kayleigh Eggleton Those who have died: Bet Terrill, Mark Buxton, Nellie Knights and Pete Richards. Anniversaries of death: John Davis 20th,Charles Frogbrook 22nd, Madge Johnson, Joan Smith 23rd, Gwyneth Pennington 25th, Isabel Booth and Rick Gentle 26th. A prayer for Thy Kingdom Come Almighty God, your ascended Son has sent us into the world to preach the good news of your kingdom: inspire us with your Spirit and fill our hearts with the fire of your love, that all who hear your Word may be drawn to you, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 5

6 Sunday 20 th Pentecost 10am Whole-Church Joint Service A service for the whole church community, with a blend of styles from across our regular services Chalice Assistants: Dorothie Garratt, Pat Cochrane, Frank Cochrane, Frankie Gunns Book of Remembrance & anniversaries of death in the Weekly Notes Each week in the Weekly Notes, we remember the anniversaries of death of those who have died. The names in the Weekly Notes come from the Book of Remembrance which is in the Lady Chapel. We do not automatically add names to the Book of Remembrance. If you would like your loved-one to be named in the Book of Remembrance, and therefore also in the Weekly Notes, please do fill in a Book of Remembrance form and hand in to the Parish Office. Book of Remembrance forms are available in the Lady Chapel and also from the Parish Office. 6

7 Sun 20 th Mon 21 st Tue 22 nd In the Church and Parish Centre this week Church Bulson Hall Lowry Room 10am Whole-Church service TAGA & Fleet Air Arm Memorial Service Refreshments 12noon Bring and Share Lunch pm Luncheon Club pm Yoga Rainbow Toddlers pm Pilates pm Pilates pm Yoga 7.30 PCC All day until 6pm - 24 hours of prayer am Pilates pm Zumba 8-9pm Keep Fit am Zumba 3.30pm-4.30pm Starz Ballet pm Brownies pm Private hire Wed 23 rd Thu 24 th 11.30am Eucharist pm Weight Watchers pm Lee Choral Society am Yoga pm Cuppa & Company pm Yoga pm Pilates pm Friendly Bridge Zumba pm Lowry Art Group pm Private Yoga Fri 25 th Sat 26 th Sun 27 th 8.00 Holy Communion 9.30 Parish Eucharist Sundays@ pm Evening Prayer pm Zumba Gold pm Shall we dance? Zumba Refreshments am Jiggy Wrigglers 2-4pm Knit & Natter pm Choir Practices 9.00 Choir Sundays@11 3-6pm Private hire St Faith s Vision: Our vision is to be a welcoming progressive Christian community of all ages and all stages of faith, nurturing spiritual growth, and representing God s living presence in our town. 7

8 Church & Parish Centre Contact Details Vicar Revd Dr Paul Chamberlain Curate Revd Dr Mary Kells Churchwarden Cliff Rook Pastoral Care Team Co-ordinator Joyce Dawson Curate Revd Steve Dent Director of Music Richard Dewland Churchwarden Rita Morgan Youth group team Rebecca Parrett, Jon Booth & Alison Jeanneret Parish Office Telephone The Parish Office is open for enquiries 10.30am-12.30pm each weekday. For Church enquiries: For Parish Centre enquiries: St Faith s Church & Parish Centre Victoria Square, Lee-on-the-Solent, Hampshire, PO13 9NF 8