Wednesday 13 April 2011

MISSION

MISSION COMMITTEE
A newsletter from Ruth and Saulo is on the notice-board. Please read it and remember them and the people of the Amazon region of Brazil in your prayers.

MISSION PLATE
Our offerings for this month via the Mission Plate will be for the Arthur Rank Hospice in Cambridge


LENT BOXES 
If you have taken a Lent Box for the Rowan charity, would you kindly return it on Easter Sunday or as soon as possible afterwards.  Thank you.

EASTER

SPECIAL NOTICE FOR THE CHILDREN.
We need your help on Easter Saturday to help put together the Easter Garden. If you would like to help, please come along to church on Saturday 23rd April at 10.30am and help Alan create this very important Garden. Further information from Alan or Barbara. We look forward to seeing you.
EASTER

EASTER SUNDAY FLOWERS 
On Easter Sunday we would like to decorate the wooden cross  and we would like your help please.  If you would like to bring a small  posy of garden flowers or foliage to church before the 10.30 am service you will able to add them to the cross. For more information please speak to Barbara. Thank you.

EVENING SONGS OF PRAISE-
SUNDAY 24TH APRIL AT 6PM 
Here is your opportunity to choose, sing and share your favourite Easter hymn!  If you have a favourite Easter hymn and would like to share with the congregation why you've chosen it, please pick up one of the Easter Evening Songs of Praise slips which are on the table in church and return it to the box marked "Easter Songs of Praise" by Sunday 3rd April.  Thank you

PCC

ELECTION OF CHURCHWARDENS AND ANNUAL PAROCHIAL CHURCH MEETING
These meetings were held on Wednesday April 13 in church. Hugh Barnes and Roger Mansfield were reappointed as Churchwardens and Sally Bard as Deputy warden, with thanks to them all for their hard work during the past year. Petra Shakeshaft and Hilary Streeter were elected to serve on the Deanery Synod for three years and David Bard, Sally Bard, Gillian Holt and Suella Hunting to the vacancies on the PCC to serve for 3 years. John Darling,Pauline Finbow, Angela Harradine, Frank Hazeldene,Sue Hunting, Barbara Hylton,Judith Lovell, Janet Marven and Leslie Wratten were appointed as sidesmen. The accounts and annual report for 2010 were accepted and other reports received. A few copies of the reports are available on the table by the door.