Welcome to St John s Stoneleigh

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1 Welcome to St John s Stoneleigh CONTENTS: Notices 1-6 Diary Regular services 7 (Inside back page) Back page The next notice sheet will be issued on 1st July Notices for the next issue should be sent to Alison Edwards, please, by the end of Wednesday 27th June If you have an urgent notice before then please contact the church wardens or leave a note in the red box in the church Church Office Contact Details: office@stjohnsstoneleigh.org.uk Phone: The office is open on Thursday & Friday mornings from approx am. WELCOME TO OUR SERVICES AT ST JOHN S THIS MONTH! NOTICES SUNDAY 10th JUNE: We will be celebrating the licensing of Reverend Dr Mark Borley to St John s. This very special service will be led by Bishop Jo Bailey Wells and refreshments will be served afterwards in the Parish Centre. We hope as many of you as possible will be able to join us for this important day in the life 1 of St John s.

2 SERVICES COVER: Sunday 3rd June 8.30am & Wednesday 6th June Sunday 10th June 8.30am We welcome Rev Dr John Richardson 10am: We welcome Bishop Jo Wednesday 13th June 10am: The service has been cancelled. Sunday 17th June 8.30am: TBC Wednesday 20th June Sunday 24th June: 8.30am: We welcome Rev Dr John Richardson Wednesday 27th June 2

3 BILL RAMSAY. A service of thanksgiving for Bill s life will take place in St John's on Wednesday 13th June at 12.30pm, following a family only committal at NE Surrey Crematorium. The family invite everyone for refreshments in the Parish Centre immediately after this service. They look forward to seeing you all then. There will also be a service of Compline in the Lady Chapel at 6pm on Tuesday 12th June. BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION: David Wiltshire hopes to make a big O on 4 July followed by celebration at 10am service on Sunday 8 July with family and friends to swell the usual congregation. His niece will be organist with help from her sons on tuba and trumpet at some stage. There will of course be refreshments to follow and he hopes for a full congregation to join him. THE BIG DONATION - TOOLS FOR AFRICA: Saturday 16th June 10-4 p.m. Turn out your garages and sheds! Please spread the word that we are collecting all donations of Tools for Africa at the Parish Centre on Saturday 16th June. The Tools we need are: all carpentry tools; builders, electricians and plumbing tools; anything for a sewing kit; electric power tools; lathes; bench and band saws; sewing machines; knitting machines; laptops; flat screen computers; garden forks, spades, hoes and rakes; sledge hammers; pick axes; school educational text books; manual typewriters; strimmers and chainsaws. NB we cannot accept any lawnmowers, electric hedgecutters or bicycles nor anything glass. A full list will be available shortly. Tools with a Mission are picking these tools up on Monday 18th June. Please note that coffee will be in the Parish Room on Sunday 17th June. Thanks, Claire Cornell 3

4 THANK YOU: Many thanks from Rita and all the family for all the cards, calls, letters, prayers and kind words received following Bill s death. HOPE: SUNDAY 24 JUNE, pm This annual event is organised by Churches Together. This year we are again teaming up with St Mary's, Cuddington to help run the refreshments stall. We need volunteers to help serve drinks or make cakes and to help setup/take down the stall. If you can spare even half and hour please add your name to the sign up sheet on the table by the glass doors. Please do not add any nuts to cakes. Thank you. NESCOT CAFÉ: Our Friday lunchtime café in partnership with NESCOT students with Special Educational Needs is open for the Summer term. TUNES N TEA: The next session of Tunes n Tea will be held on Thursday June 14th, pm, in the Parish Centre. Live music plus tea, biscuits and cake entrance. Future dates include July 12th, August 9th, September 13th, October 11th, November 8th and December 13th. DATA PROTECTION: The new Data Protection regulations come into affect on May 25th. You may already have been inundated with requests from companies asking for permission to keep contacting you. Well, the church is no exception. Even if St John s already has your contact details including phone number, address and we would like you to confirm that we can use them. Please complete the consent form which is on the table or available on our website and return it to the parish office or put it in the red box. Without your consent we will not legally be able to contact you about church matters But please do not feel under any obligation to do this. In due course there will also be a new privacy policy which will show what and how data is stored. If you have any questions Alison 4 will try to help.

5 HEARING AID DROP-IN CLINIC: A free drop in clinic for local people with NHS hearing aids takes place at St. John's (in church) usually on the first Friday of each month 12 noon - 1pm. This service is run by volunteers trained by the audiology departments of Epsom & St Helier Hospital and hold training completion certificates. It is a Guildford Diocese initiative in partnership with the NHS. The service offers: basic hearing aid maintenance; battery supply; cleaning & re-tubing; troubleshooting & advice. Please remember to bring your brown NHS Battery Book (which includes your settings and requirements) and your hearing aid(s) each time you come to the clinic. For more information please contact John Simon PILGRIMAGE: The Revd. Haydon Wilcox is leading another pilgrimage/holiday to Iona, in Scotland from 26th July - 3rd August Contact him on or my haydonwilcox@mac.com for a brochure. Details of his other events and trips are available on request for The Holy Land, South Korea, Oberammergau and his retreats. FOODBANK: Are you beginning to get the Foodbank habit? A lot of people find that it s a helpful discipline to add an item or two onto the weekly shopping list. If you are anything like me a list helps whilst wandering the aisles. The Foodbank issues a wishlist nearly every week. We get this transferred to a handout so it s possible to grab one as you enter church. The wishlist represents the items which are desperately needed. Just recently they have requested important necessities such as children toothbrushes and toothpaste, laundry powder and nappies. Please pick up a list and see if you can help. St John s would like to send a team to the Quiz Night on Friday 22nd June in Ewell. Arrivals from 7pm for a prompt start at 7.30pm. Tickets are 6 and we need 8 people for a team. We need to book by 15th June so please give your name(s) to Polly Elder if you can help out. (two teams 5 would be even nicer!!)=

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7 DIARY FOR JUNE (in addition to our weekly services and activities) Please ensure information is provided in the church diary (kept on the table by the glass doors) for every activity and meeting arranged. Sunday 3rd June, pm: FOCUS Youth Group in Parish Centre Tuesday 12th June, 2.30pm: House Group. Contact Rosalie Jackson Tel Saturday 16th June: The Big Donation in the Parish Centre. Collecting tools for Tools With A Mission. Sunday 17th June, pm: FOCUS Youth Group in Parish Centre Tuesday 19th June, 8pm: Encounters House Group FORWARD LOOK (for a fuller list of future dates please see the diary book in church) Saturday 7th July: Summer concert by Stoneleigh Choral Society in church 7

8 OUR REGULAR SERVICES AT ST JOHN S Every Sunday at 8.30am: Holy Communion - quiet said worship, using a Common Worship service. In the side chapel. Every Sunday at 10am: usually a Common Worship service with Holy Communion. Children s group most weeks (during term time). Otherwise family worship together in church, with dedicated family area. Tuesdays at 9am: Morning Prayer using Celtic liturgy, including prayer together and times of silence. In the side chapel. Wednesday at 10am: Holy Communion - a reflective service using the Book of Common Prayer. In the side chapel. Thursdays at 6pm Celtic Evening Prayer in the side chapel In addition to these church services St John s offers in the Parish Centre: a weekly Toddlers Group on Tuesdays from am during school term time. The charge is 2.00 per adult and all are welcome with their under school age children. Seasons Café in partnership with NESCOT, every Friday in term time from 12 noon to 1.30pm. Every Sunday afternoon, 2pm: All Nations (Korean speaking) church meets. Every Friday evening, 8pm: All Nations meets for prayer in the side chapel. Consecrated gluten free wafers and non-alcoholic wine are available. Please speak to those administering communion if you would like to receive either. At any of our Communion services, if you would like to receive Communion but find walking difficult, please speak to a welcomer at the door and they will arrange for Communion to be brought to you in your seat. This Church has a loop system. Hearing aid wearers should turn their aids to T. Instructions in case of fire can be found at various points in the 8 Parish Centre and by both main doors in the church