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Christmas Unlocked – Pre event prayer meetings

Christmas Unlocked “My chains are gone: I’ve been set free.” Pray for Christmas Unlocked, an Alton POTR area-wide event at the Maltings on Wednesday 4th December 2024 at 7.30pm. It will include carols and readings and a talk by an internationally recognised speaker, Canon J.John, concluding with an invitation to follow Christ. Pray for anointing for J.John. Pray for those Christians from our local churches doing the inviting and the openness of the guests they will invite. Pray for opportunities in…

Step Back August – Services, groups and Parish Office Opening Hours over the summer

Teddies in St Lawrence is now on holiday until 9th September. Teddies in Holy Rood will continue until 7th August and will then be on holiday until 4th September. Morning Prayer on Facebook Live is now on holiday until Monday 2nd September. Lighthouse and Glow are on holiday until September. The Parish Office will be open Monday to Wednesdays 9am – 12pm throughout the summer. Ellie will be working from home on Thursdays and Fridays and will respond to emails.

Benefice Home and Away Day

  Keep Saturday 14th September 2024 free in your diaries for a Benefice Home and Away Day, looking at our culture of invitation. With the title “Entertaining Angels” we plan to meet at the Jubilee Hall in Bentworth, a new venue for most of us from 9.30am to 5.00pm for a time of worship, fellowship, teaching and recreation. Our dynamic guest speaker is a magician and evangelist, Reverend Tim Saiet. There is no charge for the day. Transport can be arranged if required; the lunch…

Open the Book – would you like to volunteer?

Can you help to Open the Book for our children?   Open the Book is an exciting storytelling project where Bible stories are shared with children in a way that is fun, interactive and memorable. As invited guests in school, our storytelling teams use the Open the Book programme to prepare and present a 10–15-minute scripted Bible story to a school assembly, involving the children as much as possible. Through Open the Book assemblies, teams from GAP reach out to the…

Charity and Mission Giving in The Parish of the Resurrection May 2024

Charity and Mission Giving in The Parish of the Resurrection   The PCC have been giving some very serious thought to how, as a Parish, we support charity and mission agencies. We are putting a more systematic system in place. This was also discussed at the APCM in 2023 and in other places and we have listened carefully. It has been agreed that in 2024 we will give 5% of all regular giving to some chosen charities or mission agencies…

Urgent Ukraine Appeal

Over the next few weeks, churches in the Alton area are being invited to respond to an urgent request for specific products and medical supplies for central and eastern Ukraine, where the need is as acute as ever. (See below). Products 1) Cooking Oil 2) Sugar 3) Flour 4) Pasta 5) Buckwheat 6) Canned food (fish, meat, beans, peas, corn) 7) Tea 8) Cookies 9)  Condensed milk 10) Pâté 11) Candy 12) Baby food (up to 6 months) Hygiene products…