07 December 2019
A huge thank you to all who organised, set up, and ran the stalls at the Christmas Bazaar - and to all who came.
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Church cleaning has been cancelled for 14 Dec. The staging for the concert on 15 Dec needs to be set up that morning. Next church cleaning - 4 Jan 2020, 9.30-11.30am.
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FESTIVAL CHORUS CONCERT, Sun 15th Dec, 7pm. Verdi Requiem & 3 Opera Choruses.
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Richard Harbud's funeral will take place on Friday 20 December at 10am in church.
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Parish Carol Service - 6pm on Sunday 22 December. All very welcome!
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Christmas ServiceS - Christmas Eve service on Tues 24 Dec, 11pm. Christmas day service at 10.30am on Dec 25th.
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The next service after Christmas Day will be Sunday 29 December at 10am. There won't be services on Thurs 26 or Fri 27th.
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Connie Nantege from our congregation is doing a sponsored walk for Shelter, the homelessness charity because she wants 'to see everyone with a place they call home'. She'd welcome your support. To sponsor her, please go to https://www.justgiving.com/Connie-Nantege.
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Night Shelter started again in November. John Alty is very kindly co-ordinating the rota. He is responsible for Saturday evenings and Sunday mornings up until Christmas and in the New Year for Friday nights and Saturday mornings. If you'd like to join the Night Shelter rota, please email John on johnhm.alty@gmail.com
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Come & Sing Handel's 'Messiah' - an annual community event. We are organizing an annual come-and-sing Handel's 'Messiah', supported by a band of professional musicians. Please help us to fund this unique opportunity to bring our community together by donating at:
www.justgiving.com/campaign/handel-messiah
Donations can also be given to Victoria or Andrew. The concert will take place on Saturday 4th January, 2020 at St John of Jerusalem Church with the Wyatt Sinfonia, conducted by Zoë Kundu. Soloists: Emma Dogliani, Katy Bingham-Best, Angelo Fallaria & Edward Jowle. For further details, please call 0208 533 5722.
Do take a look at the plans at the back of church for the interior of the church, and the churchyard. Please make any comments on the post-it notes provided.
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If you play an instrument, please tell Victoria, our Director of Music - she'd like to hear from you.
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