14 December 2019
FESTIVAL CHORUS CONCERT, Sun 15th Dec, 7pm. Verdi Requiem & 3 Opera Choruses.
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On Thursday (19th) our church primary school will be in church for their end of term Christmas Service at 10am. Everyone is welcome to that service. There will be no 10,30am service that day.
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Richard Harbud's funeral will take place this Friday, 20 December at 10am in church.
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Next Sunday, it would be a huge help if people who have time could stay behind to help decorate the church.
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Parish Carol Service - 6pm next Sunday, 22 December. All very welcome!
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Do take flyers and posters from the back of church for the Carol Service and for all our Christmas Services. It would be great if you could spread Christmas Service flyers and posters as far as possible.
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Christmas Services - Christmas Eve - Crib Service at 4pm and Midnight Service starts at 11pm on Tues 24 Dec. Christmas Day service at 10.30am on Dec 25th. There will also be a Watch Night service on New Year's Eve - Tues 31 Dec at 11pm.
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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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A huge thank you to all who organised, set up, and ran the stalls at the Christmas Bazaar on 7th - and to all who came. We raised £2,679.29 which is a great achievement.
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Next church cleaning - 4 Jan 2020, 9.30-11.30am.
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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.
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