Sunday 11th August The Eleventh Sunday after Trinity9:30am Parish EucharistSunday 18th August The Twelfth Sunday after Trinity9:30am Parish EucharistContemplative Prayer:Thanks for your responses to our survey about when to hold this session.The first one will be on Tuesday September 3rd at 7:30-8:30pm at Church.Foodbank: St. Mary’s is now making a weekly collection for the Foodbank:The foodbank still needs longlife milk and fruit juice, tins of potatoes, vegetables, rice pudding, fruit and spaghetti. We always need household cleaning materials and toiletries Many thanks for all your support, it is so much appreciated.Friday Friends at 10am (FF@10) All are very welcome to join us; tea, coffee and cakes will be provided - all free of charge!’There will be a service on a Friday morning, once per month, to make up for the Sunday that I am not able to be at St. Mary’s. The first service will be on Friday 6th September at 9:30-10amHarvest Thanksgiving will be on Sunday 29th September. The school Harvest service at Church will be on the Friday of that week, the 4th October, so that the Church will be decorated for both Harvest Services. (Many thanks to those who decorate the Church for occasions like this).The Church of St. Mary the Virgin Shincliffe was consecrated on 5th August 1851, some years we have celebrated the dedication of the Church on, or close to, that date; as I will be away that Sunday, I would like to transfer the dedication festival to Sunday 6th October. The first Sunday in October is the traditional Sunday (and has been since the 16th Century!) for celebrating the dedication of parish churches.Piano for Church: It would be good to get a piano for Church that would enable us to hold concerts, and for occasional use in services. The current piano is too small for ideal use for these purposes. The PCC discussed purchasing a piano but thought that there might be a piano that somebody no longer requires. It needs to be a fairly big piano to fill the space of the Church with sound. Please let myself or David Ratnanayagam, or Andrew French, know if you have a piano you would like to give to the Church.Charles Brooke RIP: Charles died peacefully this week. He was a much-loved parishioner. He and Sheila moved recently to Coxhoe and his funeral was at St. Mary’s Coxhoe on Wednesday 7th August at 2:30pm. Charlie’s ashes will be interred in the Churchyard after the service on Friday 6th September.Joyce Bott RIP died recently. She was a person of great faith, a supporter of the evening service here at St. Mary’s With All Good Wishes and Prayers, Peter
Friday Friends at 10am (FF@10)All are very welcome to join us; tea, coffee and cakes will be provided - all free of charge!’
