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Quiz
Night
We
have been invited to enter a team, or more, in the
Mayor’s Quiz at the Community Centre,
Hillside
on Friday 17th September. Tickets cost £10 each and
include a fish/chicken and chip supper. Money raised
will go to the Mayor’s charities. If you are interested
please speak to Judy Eden this
weekend.
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Home-Start
Mid Suffolk
Would
you like to help
Home-Start Mid Suffolk
to help families to help themselves?
It
is looking for volunteers to join the new Training
Programme starting 21st September to work directly
supporting families in need in the local communities
within Mid Suffolk. It also needs
Trustees with skills in finance, campaigning, fund
raising, marketing, publicity, with a business/third
sector background, to join its governing board and help
it continue the work it does.
Please
contact Home-Start Mid Suffolk for an information pack
on either of these roles.
Home-Start
Mid Suffolk,
Kerrison, Thorndon, Eye,
IP23
7JG Phone: 01379
678552
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Exploring
Vocation
How
God calls
us to discipleship &
ministry
This
is a Diocesan course to help people
explore
how they are called by God to
discipleship
and ministry as individuals and as members of a
church.
For
more information, to make a booking (closing date 1st
September) or to register interest for a future course,
please contact the Exploring Vocation Administrator at
Abbey
House by phone; 01284 749435 or email: lesley@stedmundsbury.anglican.org
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The
3Rs Project Launch
& Gift Day September 11th
After 30 years of intensive restoration to our
beautiful and historic Church building the time has come
to begin the first phase of
reordering.
At the base of the tower, disabled access, much
needed toilet facilities, decoration and new internal
doors.
The
PCC
agreed to have a Launch & Gift Day on 11th
September, 11am.
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Pakistani
floods
There is a plate at the cross aisles if you would
like to make a donation to the relief
fund.
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Sponsored
bike ride
11th
September
Bertie
at 81 is doing what he can to support our Church. He is
still hoping that more will join him on the day and he
is likely to be a soft touch for any sponsor form put
under his nose.
Bertie
is not a tax payer, so Colin will be signing up for
him.
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Decipher
The
next Decipher event at the Salvation Army, and open to
everyone, is on 11th September at 7pm. Appropriately,
it is based on the theme of ‘Peace’, worshipping and
praising the God of peace, listening to the experiences
of those who have made the difficult journey from anger
to peace and forgiveness and hopefully encouraging each
other to mirror this in our own lives. This is part 3 of
a series on ‘Fruits of the Spirit’. For more
information contact decipher.sa@googlemail.com
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Edith
Cresswell
Edith
was a regular Church member for many years while living
in Milton
Road.
Her son has told us she died on Friday 20th August aged
96½.
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Apostle
‘A
Musical in a Day’
CMM
are leading this event at
Bethesda
Baptist
Church
in Ipswich
on Sat. 23rd October, with places for singers and
instrumentalists and a public performance at
7pm. For more details
see the notice board at the cross aisles or ask in the
church office.
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Little
Fishes
Little
Fishes starts again on alternate Wednesdays from 8th
September at 10am
in St Peter’s Hall. Parents, carers
and grandparents are all welcome to bring little ones
along.
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money
Please
can all those who have asked for tickets for the Rock
and Roll Panto let Judy Eden have their money as soon as
possible.
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Pickled
onions
The Vicar noticed that the fruit and veg stall on
the market has started selling onions for pickling. If
you would like reserve some of his home-preserves, now
is the time to put in your order.
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Brigade help needed
In September 2009 I took on the role of Officer
in charge of Company Section with just 3 boys. We are finishing
the year with 6 boys. There are a further 6 boys who are
eligible to move up from Junior Section later this year
so we will potentially have 12 boys, quadruple the
number we started with! Other sections of the BB in
Stowmarket have also grown this year . We currently have
Officers who plan the weekly sessions for all 3
sections, but we
need additional helpers to ensure that staff
ratios are maintained at required levels. We are looking
for suitable people who can regularly give one or two
hours of their time on a rota basis and are willing to
undergo the necessary checks required for working with
children. Please pray for the work of the BB in
Stowmarket and consider if you, or someone you know, may
be able to offer their time and talents. Any help,
however small, will be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks.
Martin Gray Tel:
672696
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Drama
in Church
If
you are interested in saying a few words, with a few
friends, in Church, now and then: come along and join St
Peter & St Mary’s Drama Group. Let’s add another
dimension to our Sunday morning
worship.
Don’t
sit back and wonder, What if? Come along and give it a
go.
If
you are interested get in touch with Sarah Eden
678623
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Church
Improvements
When
we replaced the worn out carpet, at the front of Church
with new red carpet tiles everyone said how much it
improved the look of the building.
We
are now hoping to extend the red carpet to the 2 side
aisles, in The Tyrell Chapel and The Memorial Chapel.
If
you would like to help to improve the Church and give
£10 for a carpet tile contact the
Treasurer or the Church Wardens.
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Friday night
prayers
The prayer group that meets on
Friday nights is now doing regular prayer walks in
Stowmarket town centre, as part of their prayer
ministry. Why not come and join
them? Meetings start at
7pm in Church and prayer walks
generally begin at about 8pm.
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Alone’ Christmas Day
We
are still looking for someone to help prepare and cook
the Christmas Day Meal for people who live on their own.
It involves giving up your time on Christmas Eve and
Christmas Day but if you could help please speak to Pat
Wells or Maggie Moore.
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Diary
dates
11th
September
Suffolk
Historic Churches Cycle Ride
11am:
3Rs Latest Project Launch & Gift
Day
22nd
September
MU
Deanery Harvest Service at Bacton
30th
October
Day
of Prayer for Healing
in
Church 10am-4pm
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Don’t
forget…
Please
could anyone using the Church, Church Halls or Cafe 52
for meetings and events ensure that the dates and times
have been put into the Office diary. his should avoid
confusion and double booking and keeps everyone
informed.
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Rock
and Roll Panto
Thirty
seats have been reserved for the Rock and Roll panto
‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ at The New Wolsey in
Ipswich
on Tuesday
4th January 2011.
Tickets at group booking price cost £14.50 each. A group of us
went last year and had a thoroughly entertaining
evening. If
you are interested in joining us next year please see
Judy Eden asap. Tel 678623.
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Getting
involved
If
you have read the Annual Report of Church Activities you
will know that we have a Management Structure based on 4
Ministry Groups - Buildings & Finance, Mission &
Outreach, Pastoral & Ministry, Worship &
Teaching. All PCC
members are on one of these groups but they are open to
all members of the congregation. If you would like to
get involved please contact the clergy, or a member of
the PCC.
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Prayer ministry
Members of the Prayer Ministry team
are present in the Memorial Chapel from 10:00am
every Sunday, for anyone who would like to pray and be
prayed for in confidence.
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Cleaning in Church
There are still vacancies on the
cleaning rota in the teams who clean on the first,
second and fifth weeks. Please consider
whether you may have time to fill one of these empty
places. If you can help,
please speak to Brenda Frost.
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Lending Library
We have lots of encouraging books
to read, from books to help you with your Christian
life, family life, suffering, bereavement, to amazing
books about God working in
people’s lives all over the
world. Take time to browse
and borrow one.
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Thompson and Morgan have developed
a new, scented begonia called ‘Sweet Charity’, which is
available only through the Lions’ Club at a cost of £10
for 5 tubers. If you’d like to be
the first to grow this new flower, and do a bit for
charity, please contact Lions’ Secretary Andy Friend, at
August House, Church Road, Bacton, Stowmarket IP14
4LN. Tel: 781002.
See poster in porch for more
details and pictures.
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Don’t forget to save your stamps
and hand them into the Church
Office.
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Alpha
We are planning a study group using
some of the Alpha materials. If you are interested
in exploring the basics of the Christian faith for the
first time or as a refresher please let Michael
know.
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Print
cartridges
The
Pre-School continue to be very grateful for used print
cartridges which they collect to raise funds for their
activities.
They can also recycle large toner cartridges from
PC printers and photocopiers (as long as they don’t
contain a ‘chip’) so if you have access to these and
they’re just being thrown away, please bring them to the
Church Office or take them direct to
Pre-School.
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