St Giles Bulletin 16 th April 2017 Easter Day 9.00am Holy Communion 5.30pm Tea and cake Acts 10: 34-43 (p.1104) John 20: 1-18 (p.1089) 6.00pm Choral Evensong 10.00am Coffee and refreshments 10.30am Informal Worship Our 10.30am service today welcomes people of all ages, including all children. At the rear of church is The Haven, a glazed room where parents can take babies or children who are too young to join the children s groups and need some space to wriggle, crawl or cry! There are toys and books in boxes underneath the seats to help keep babies and toddlers entertained, but please be aware that the room is not soundproof. The church hall can be found through the rear doors of the church. In the hall you will find toilets and baby changing facilities (in the disabled toilet). If you have a notice for the bulletin, please send details by 10am on Wednesday either email admin@stgilesparish.com or call 07948 834250.
Diary for the Week Tuesday 18 th April 9.15am Morning Prayer Wednesday 19 th April 9.30am 12.30pm 10.45am Thursday 20 th April 10.00am 11.30am Advice Centre in the Church Hall Midweek Communion Tiddlers in the church hall Friday 21 st April 11.00am Seniors Adventure Golf 7.30pm Youth Night Sunday 23 rd April 9.00am Holy Communion 10.00am Coffee and refreshments 10.30am Informal Worship For our Prayers Don Robson Ken Nichol Jean Stevenson Trevor Rolt Eric Nelson He tends his flock like a shepherd: He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart; he gently leads those that have young. If you or someone you know at St Giles would appreciate some pastoral support do talk to Daphne Carter in confidence. Electoral Roll Thank you to the people who have signed up for the Electoral Roll. The closing date was Saturday 15 th April and the new roll is displayed on the board in the Welcome area, together with a list of people who have been removed from the roll. It is now frozen until the AGM on 30 th April, and can only be amended if there is a serious error. If you have any queries about the Electoral Roll please speak to Richard Crawley in church or phone him on 07768 886846. Annual General Meeting The Parish meeting to elect churchwardens will be held on Sunday 30 th April in church at 12.30 pm, followed by the AGM. This year, there are elections for our 4 Deanery Synod representatives, as well as 7 vacancies for PCC members. In the first instance, please speak to Lee if you might be interested in standing for any of these positions. Nomination forms are at the back of church and completed forms should be returned to Dizzy Prentice, PCC Secretary, by hand, or via the Safeguarding tray in the Minister s Vestry.
St Giles AGM preceded by a Bring and Share Lunch We will be holding our AGM following the 10.30am service on Sunday 30 th April. Please do try to stay for this meeting; it is important in the life of our church. We will be reviewing the past year with thanksgiving, looking at our finances and electing a proportion of our PCC members. There will be a bring and share parish lunch before the AGM, an opportunity for us to spend some extra time together as a church family, so please bring something tasty to share with everyone. Do you have a Spare Room? Sarah Slack s daughter Sophie is studying at Valencia University and a couple of Spanish friends from there are coming to Nottingham for 3 months from June to improve their English. Does anyone have a spare room/granny flat that they could rent? They would be independent and cook etc. for themselves. The students will be back at University in Spain in September. They are expecting to pay for the accommodation. If anyone can help please call Sarah on 0115 9822444. Book Groups The Afternoon Group are reading Not Forgetting the Whale by John Ironmonger and will be meeting on Monday 24th April at 3.00pm in the Church Hall Meeting Room to share their views! The Evening Group are reading The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah and will meet to talk about it at Daphne's (49 Cambridge Road) on Monday 1 st May at 8.00pm. New readers are welcome - for more details, please ask Johanna Langheld. Calling all Cricketers! Well, the blossom is out and it's time to turn our minds to the sporting events of the summer - the annual slog against the Holy Spirit Church. We have two games, on Sunday 11 th June (2pm) and Thursday 13 th July (5.30pm-ish). If you would like to play, please contact Matt Keown on 07734 547775 or speak to him in church all standards are very welcome, and most especially if you re new to St Giles! Adventure Golf The next Seniors event is a game of Adventure Golf at the Cornerhouse on Friday 21 st April. Meet in the Golf reception at 11am. This always proves to be an enjoyable and competitive morning with a prize for the lowest score. A sign up sheet is at the back of church so we can book our places. Knitting and Sewing Group There will not be a meeting in April, as the third Monday in April is Easter Monday. The next meeting will be on Monday 15 th May at 2.00pm in the Church Hall Meeting Room. Road to Freedom In May this year one of our congregation, Peter Rhodes, will be participating in a fundraising event for the Snowdrop Project. This charity helps survivors of people trafficking by providing long term help and rehabilitation, reducing the risk of
repeated trafficking. It will be familiar to many who attended the Women s Breakfast where its founder and CEO Lara spoke so movingly about their vital work. For more details take a look at snowdropproject.co.uk. The Road to Freedom fundraiser aims to secure the services of a counsellor and involves cycle 140 miles from Prague to Dresden, over 3 days. Peter will be covering the costs in taking part himself, so all donations will go straight to the charity - Peter s target is 1100! Please help him to achieve this by going to www.totalgiving.co.uk/mypage/peterrhodes, or see Peter in church. Thank you. A Question of Gardening and Plant Sale in aid of the Friary A Question of Gardening and Plant Sale presented by The Rotary Club of West Bridgford, a fundraiser for the Friary, will take place on Friday 5 th May at 7pm at St Paul s Church. Tickets 3 are available on the door or from the St Giles church office. The Panellists: Neil Sutcliffe, founder & owner of Creative Roots, Rachael Hemmings, Arkwright Meadows Community Gardens, Debbie Chambers, Exhibitor in National Gardens Scheme, Tony Lane, Notcutts Garden Centre and Graham Bramley, former owner Bradmore Nursery. There will also be refreshments and a raffle. Donations of plants for the sale would be welcome. Please either take these to St Paul s Church on 5 th May (4.30-6pm) or contact Graham Shuttleworth on 07969 657124. St. Giles YouTube Channel If you would like to listen to the talks that were given on the recent church weekend away, then go to the St. Giles YouTube channel, at http:/stgil.es/streamstgiles, where all 3 are available. There s also a great, short film which captures what our faithful prayers heard that God was saying to us as a church family during the recent 24:7 prayer event. Come and see The Anniversary West Bridgford Dramatic Society are performing the classic 1960s black comedy The Anniversary, written by Bill McIlwraith, at their Studio Theatre, Stamford Road on Tuesday 16 th May to Saturday 20 th May, 7.30pm. There will also be a matinee performance on Saturday 20 th at 2.30 pm. The play is directed by Tony Vokes and tickets can be obtained through their website www.wbds.org.uk or by calling 07552 021816. Tickets are priced at 8 (concessions 7). For further information please contact Tony in church or on 07931 777572. Music to Hear Light Choral Music for a Spring Evening The Spring concert of the Ruddington & District Choral Society will include George Shearing, composer of Lullaby of Broadway who used Shakespearean sonnets for his lyrics, Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs and Rutter s joyful This is the Day. Music by Rutter, Parry and Stanford will also be presented, plus solo items. The conductor is Paul Hayward and the accompanist Michael Overbury. The concert is on Saturday 20 th May at 7.30pm at St Peter s Church, Ruddington. Tickets are 10 to include wine/ soft drink and a programme and are available from choir members (0115 9211451) or on the door.
Calling All Walking Footballers, Young And Old! St Luke's Gamston are organising a mini walking football tournament with St Mary s, East Leake on Saturday 6th May, 10.00-12.00 at East Leake Leisure Centre, and we d love to enter teams from St. Giles'. All participating churches are providing two teams of 5 players (plus 2 or more substitutes): one team of under 50s, and one team of over 50s. St Luke s have been running walking football matches as a great, low-key way to evangelise, introducing non-church people into a church social setting. So, if you would like to join our St. Giles teams on this Saturday, and especially if you would like to invite your non-church friends, please get in contact with Tim Chambers (details on back of bulletin). We look forward to seeing you there! Faith In Science Lectures during May Derby University, in conjunction with Derby Cathedral, have an exciting series coming up of four lectures on "From Enlightenment to Entanglement - the interaction between faith and science. The first of these, God and the Big Bang by the excellent Professor David Wilkinson of Durham University s Department of Theology, is on Tuesday 2 nd May at 5.45pm, in Derby University s Kedleston Road site (location OL2). Laurie Woodgate (laurie.woodgate@gmail.com) is gathering a St. Giles posse to attend this lecture - do contact him if you are interested in going. You will need to reserve your own place at www.derby.ac.uk/science/events/calendar/faith-in-science-1---god-and-the-bigbang.php. There are three further lectures during May - full details can be found at https://www.derby.ac.uk/science/events. Thiselton Lecture - How do we engage with the Bible in a digital age? St John s School of Mission is welcoming Revd Dr Pete Phillips to give a lecture on Thursday 25 th May 11.30am 3.30pm. This lecture will look at Bible Study in the Digital Age, focusing on the changes which new technologies bring to the reading process and asking some questions about our use of different technologies for different tasks. The cost is 10, including lunch. To book your place call 0115 925 1114 or email r.taylor@stjohns-nottm.ac.uk. youth@stgiles To serve and equip young people on their journey of faith in Christ. Youth Nights are held on Fridays from 7.30 to 9.30pm. All youth are very welcome and please do bring friends along too. Coming up... Friday 21 st April Friday 28 th April Worship Night @ St Giles Youth Cafe @ St Giles Any questions, please speak to Andy Wright, after the 10.30 service on Sundays, or his contact details are on the back of the bulletin.
St Giles Mission Partners From the Friends International Prayer Diary: Every year at Word Alive a number of internationals attend who are not Christian. For these individuals it is important that what they have learned isn t a one-off but that Christians back home can follow up with them after the event. Pray that these students would see and experience the powerful gospel of Jesus Christ and that Christians would be able to come around them and be the positive influence they need. Elizabeth & David Dunford are now home from their visit to Lesotho. It was wonderful to see the progress made at Fusi school. Your pens and pencils were safely delivered and photos can be seen on the mission notice-board. We look forward to telling everyone more about developments there and why your continuing support is still needed. Please continue to bring your donations (esp. jeans waist 30 & 32 ) into church (box near the front door) or take them to the Friary on Musters Road, or to their depot at Unit 6C Ludlow Hill Road, WB, NG2 6HF open Tuesdays and Thursdays 10am 3pm. Thank you. Raffle and Auction Prizes for Christian Aid Rachel Gregory is sourcing prizes for the raffle and auction that will take place at the Christian Aid event on Saturday 20 th May. If you have an object or particular skill that you could offer (a couple of hours gardening, a night's babysitting or a culinary skill perhaps?), do please chat to Rachel in church or contact her on rachelsgregory@btinternet.com or 07752977395 or 01159234782. Please see the following page for details of this year s events for Christian Aid Week.
christian aid week 2017 Christian Aid Week was set up 60 years ago to help refugees in Europe following the Second World War. Christian Aid's focus this year for Christian Aid week is refugees stuck in camps in Southern Europe, unable to return to their home countries due to war or famine, and unwelcome elsewhere. Nejebar s family fled Afghanistan after the Taliban threatened to kill her husband, Noor, who was a teacher. When the family arrived at the refugee camp in Greece, they thought they would only stay for 10 days. But they ve been there six months now. Their only protection against the wind and rain is a tent. There is no school for their children. The safe peaceful future they long for seems like a distant dream. Let's act to help relieve suffering and build a world where everyone has a safe place to call home. The Big Event will take place in church on Saturday 20 th May, 6.15 9.00pm. There will be food & bar, raffle & auction, bingo, quiz sheets and fabulous jazz entertainment from Paul Ricard & friends! The evening is suitable for all ages do invite your friends along! Tickets will be available later this month: 7.50 for adults, 2.50 for children. The Plant Sale will be held as usual in mid May, so please wait to buy your tomato, vegetable and flower plants from green fingered Averyl, Dizzy and co, rather than rushing off to the garden centre before then! Lots of other fundraising activities will be taking place through the week, including the House to House Collections and the Friday Cake Break (on Friday 12 th May). If you would like to get involved in the fundraising effort for Christian Aid in May then please do speak to Rachel Gregory after the 9am service on Sundays. rachelsgregory@btinternet.com or 07752977395 or 01159234782.
God of glory, by the raising of your Son you have broken the chains of death and hell: fill your Church with faith and hope; for a new day has dawned and the way to life stands open in our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. Monday 17 th Psalm 111; Song of Sol. 1:9 2:7; Mark 16:1-8 * Muhabura - (Uganda) The Rt Revd Cranmer Mugisha Tuesday 18 th Psalm 112; Song of Sol. 2: 8-end; Luke 24: 1-12 * Mukono - (Uganda) The Rt Revd William Ssebaggala Wednesday 19 th Psalm 113; Song of Sol. 3; Mark 28: 16-end * Multan - (Pakistan) The Rt Revd Leo Roderick Paul Thursday 20 th Psalm 114; Song of Sol. 5:2 6:3; Luke 7: 11-17 * Mumbai - (North India) The Rt Revd Prakash Patole Friday 21 st Psalm 115; Song of Sol. 7:10 8:4; Luke 8: 41-end * Mumias - (Kenya) The Rt Revd Beneah Okumu Salala Saturday 22 nd Psalm 116; Song of Sol. 8: 5-7; John 11: 17-44 * For the discovery of new life in Christ Rector: Rev Lee Proudlove Tel: 0115 981 1112 rector@stgilesparish.com Children & Families Worker: Ellen Dann Tel: 07910 927427 families@stgilesparish.com Administrator: Claire Sheard Tel: 07948 834250 admin@stgilesparish.com Curate: Rev Tim Chambers Tel: 07946 526569 curate@stgilesparish.com Youth Worker: Andy Wright Tel: 07880 313884 youthworker@stgilesparish.com Pastoral Care Co-ordinator: Daphne Carter Tel: 0115 974 3749 pastoral@stgilesparish.com www.stgilesparish.com