News and notices
Last updated
24 April 2008.
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Please refer to the NOTES further down for general information and help with this page.
For further details of our programme see the Diary page. For help in getting to us, visit the 'Getting there & Access' page.
Please note that, from January 2008, the 10:00am All Age Service (and the 9:00am Holy Communion which precedes it), will be on the THIRD Sunday of each month instead of the second Sunday. On the second Sunday we will have Holy Communion at 10:00am, as on the 1st, 4th and 5th Sundays. From 1st January 2008 Junior Church groups will normally meet on the 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th Sundays each month during term time. The new arrangements are shown on the services page.
For Prayer....
- Pray for those newly elected to the PCC (Parochial Church Council) and Deanery Synod.
- Pray for a good response to the 'Fairer Shares' Survey.
- Pray for a just and peaceful solution to the post-election problems in Zimbabwe.
- Pray for children and young people preparing for important exams in the next few weeks.
- Pray for Elizabeth Shearcroft, our vicar, and for the Ministry Team.
- Pray for our PCC (Parochial Church Council) and the PCC Committees.
- Pray for other churches in our parish - Baptist, Roman Catholic and United Reformed as well as many other smaller and less well known groups.
- Pray for our government and parliament.
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Morning Prayer
Morning Prayer will be said in Church every weekday morning from Monday 19th May. It will be at 9:00am for about 20 minutes and anyone is welcome to join us.
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Annual Parochial Church Meeting
At the Annual Parochial Church Meeting on 20th April the following people were elected:
- Church Wardens: Angela Grant and Arthur Williams
- Deanery Synod: David Gray, Maureen Burgess and Jennifer Hull.
- PCC (Parochial Church Council): Jim Drury, Maureen Drury, Lorraine Thomas, Caroline Hewitt, Jenny Keene, Joyce Lynch and Charity Mhlanga.
- New Stewards: Charlie Luscombe, Natalie Mensah, Elizabeth Gayle, Sally Fletcher and Ntiense Amooquaye.
Thanks were given to Richard Owen and Sam Mallett for their time on the PCC and to Sam again for his time on the Deanery Synod. Minutes from this meeting and the most recent PCC Meeting are, as usual, on the noticeboard in the church foyer. The date of the next PCC Meeting is Tues, 13 May.
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Connections
'Connections' is the name of our new monthly mid-week service of prayer, discussion, teaching and worship.
Each month there will be a specific theme, beginning with our life with God and one another. In the coming months the themes will include our community, our families and friends overseas, the problems facing young people and environmental concerns.
As well as spending time discussing the subject we will pray about it. The rest of the programme is going to be flexible and may include Bible study, or some teaching. Music and worship will also feature, but there will be no set format.
We will be inviting different people to lead each session, and we hope you will want to come even if the theme does not directly concern you. If you would like to suggest a theme please speak to Arthur Williams or Marion Gray.
The meetings will be on Wednesdays at 8:00pm in the Church, and the dates will be advertised in Open Door. The first one is on Wednesday 14th May. See you there!
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Welcome Tea.
Our next Welcome Tea for those who have recently started to come to Immanuel and would like to meet other congregation members socially will be on Sunday 18th May at 3:00pm in the Common Room. Talk to Jane Fletcher for details.
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Envelope Secretary.
Now that Richard Owens has relinquished his role as Weekly Envelope Secretary we are looking for a volunteer to take on this task. Information from the wardens or David Gray
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Don't forget to visit the Diary page to see what else is on - and when!
To protect individual privacy, private addresses and telephone numbers of members are not normally shown.
To contact us please refer to the
Home Page or the "Who's Who" page
for contact details, or call the Parish Office on 020 8679 6888 (24-hr answering service).
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Table Sale - Saturday 26th April 2008.
There will be a fundraising Table Sale in the hall on the morning of 26 April from 10:00am to 1:00pm. Doors open to people hiring tables to set up from 9:00am. You can help in one (or more) of five ways:
- Donations of good quality items for us to sell, including books, toys, bric-a-brac, etc. (no furniture or junk)
- Volunteer to man our stalls and serve refreshments
- Donations of cakes or biscuits to sell with teas, coffee etc.
- Hire a table at £10 each for selling your own personal goods
- Just come along and spend lots of money and talk it up among your friends.
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Auction of Promises
This will be held on Saturday, 10th May 2008 at 6.45pm in Immanuel & St Andrew's Church Hall to raise money for Church funds.
A display of some of the promises available for auction on the night are on display in the foyer. There are some exciting offers but we could do with still more to make the event even more worthwhile. Tickets on sale from Jim Drury.
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Foundation Governor for Immanuel and St Andrew Primary School
Our prayers have been answered and Janice Badcock has applied for, and been accepted by the PCC as, our new Foundation Governor at Immanuel and St Andrew primary school. Thank you to Janice and continue to pray for her as she takes up her new position.
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Jazz evening - Saturday 7th June 2008.
Tickets will be on sale soon for this event which will feature a 16-piece band (with our own Martin Sharpe). For further details talk to Jim Drury.
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Bishop's Lent Appeal
Members who have been collecting a donation for the Bishop of Southwark’s Lent Appeal are asked to bring the gift to church as soon as possible. Please make sure it is marked 'Lent Appeal' and put it in the collection. It would be a big help to the counters if you could change your money to notes or a cheque. Thank you.
To protect individual privacy, private addresses and telephone numbers of members are not normally shown.
To contact us please refer to the
Home Page or the "Who's Who" page for contact details, or call the
Parish Office on 020 8679 6888 (24-hr answering service).
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