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Easter Lillies at All Saints
Some people like to make a donation towards Easter Lilies in memory of a loved one. If you would like to make such a donation, please give it to Gwen Norkett. Thank you:
Fairtrade Fortnight – Traidcraft stall at St Lawrence 10.30am service
Come along and get your Traidcraft goodies – this rounds off the end of Fairtrade Fortnight.
Eco Church Bake off Traidcraft Ingredients
Additional Tradicraft Stall. For all bakers who are preparing to enter the Eco church Fair-trade Bake Off on Saturday 29th February there will be a Traidcraft stall on Sunday 23rd February. This will follow 10.30am communion at St Lawrence. Jo will have a variety of Fair trade ingredients including dried fruit for your fruit cake entries, jam for your Victoria sponges and cocoa, drinking chocolate and chocolate for the children’s cupcake and brownie entries. Alternatively contact Jo, 01420 87680 and…
Greeting Cards across the POTR – continuing throughout the year!
Greetings Cards – thank you for all the Christmas cards that were donated for recycling. Recycling Greetings cards will continue throughout the year – there will be a box in each church so please place your cards in these.
Alton Foodbank – update
In the last 3 months of 2019 the foodbank handled 162 vouchers (an increase of 51% on 2018) and fed 502 people (an increase of 59% on 2018). In the same period we are thankful for very generous donations to meet this need. Currently we need long life milk and orange and apple juice. Chocolate bars are also very much appreciated. Peter
CYC Quiz winner and answers revealed!
Thank you to all the people who supported the CYC by buying the Christmas Quiz. We have raised over £200. The winner was………………. Geraldine Dockrell! Well done Geraldine who managed to get all the answers correct. The answers can be found here 2019 quiz ANSWERS
Parenting for Faith – Volunteers needed!
This year we would like to run a course called Parenting for Faith which is designed to enable parents and children to talk about faith at home. The course will take place later this year during the summer months and I would like volunteers to help in the following ways: Greeters/refreshments; group leaders to lead discussions between and after the video tutorials; babysitters to enable those parents to be able to come to the sessions. All roles will require some…
Santa Run raised over £500 from POTR
Thank you to the teams that ran and to those who sponsored them. POTR raised over £500 for Home Start and we would like to thank each of you for your support
Traidcraft stall after the 10.30am service at St Lawrence this Sunday
It’s the first Traidcraft Stall of the year! As a reminder, the Traidcraft stall will be at St Lawrence church every second Sunday of the month after the 10.30am service.
Christmas Cards
Please don’t forget to bring your Christmas cards to church to be recycled. We will have a box in the back of each church for the next few weeks. Thank you
The Christmas Tree Festival
The Christmas Tree Festival was a great success. 77 trees decorated St Lawrence Church and the event raised £1183.90 to be shared between Parkinsons UK and the Covenant Training and Youth Choir. Thank you to Elaine Cook and all the wonderful helpers. And thank you for all the beautiful music from the organ and choirs that played this weekend.
£176.20 for the Children’s Society!
What a lovely Christingle Service we had. The Church looked glorious lit up by candles and christmas tree lights. The children loved the songs and of course the sweets. And we raised a fabulous £176.20 for the Children’s Society. Thank you everyone and thank you to the team who made the Christingles and helped at the Service.