There are always jobs that need doing in our churches. If you want to help, if you have spare time, if you want to get out more and meet friendly people while doing something worthwhile, please consider whether you could get involved.The list will be updated from time to time: keep looking!1. The Tuesday Lunch Club at St Stephens needs more volunteers. We would be delighted to have a chat with anybody who might be able to help with this. Please contact the parish office on 01727 862598 to be put in touch with Harriet who coordinates this very important part of our outreach for the more mature people in our community.2. There are coffee meetings after the Sunday Parish Communion service at St Stephens. If you are interested in joining the rota of coffee servers (or want to be removed), please contact the Parish Office (office@ststephenandstjulian.org or 01727 862598).3. The St Stephen's Flower Guild would appreciate some more help. The Guild is a small group of ladies who keep the church decorated with flowers throughout the year - normally every week and at major festivals. We also arrange the flowers for weddings – pedestals and the arch above the door. We need more people to join us. Do you have a liking for flowers and a desire to climb a ladder to arrange the arch? If you do, please contact Angela Hanley tel: 01727 8752574. Can you help in the kitchen at St Stephens once a month for Saturdays@5, 5-6:30? Please contact Becky.5. Toys for small children are needed for the creche at St Stephens during the Sunday morning service.6. Can you join the team to serve refreshments and help with craft activities at the Memory Worship at St Julians on the 3rd Thursday of each month at 2:30pm? Please contact Maggie Dodd at 01727 874347
The Community Cafe at St Julian's is open and looks forward to welcoming you.It is open on Thursdays from 10:30 to noon, serving hot and cold drinks and home-made cakes. Sadly, we don't have enough volunteers to serve light meals as we used to. We are trying to find enough people to help: when we do we will re-open fully. If you know anyone willing to help, please get in touch!
An email is sent out towards the end of every week with news and information about forthcoming services and events. Attached to it are links to online services and the weekly Service Sheet and 'Together in Prayer'.If you don't get this and want it, or do get it and no longer want it, please contact the parish office - office@ststephenandstjulian.org or phone 01727 848987.
Reverend Audrey Simpson of Stratford upon Avon Methodist Church is welcoming everyone to her Phone Fellowship - there are folks from Stratford upon Avon, Stoke, Manchester, Worcester, Watford, St Albans, Wroughton and Swindon who are joining. It is one way for you all to have some company and fellowship and worship during lockdown.You can join this service and time of fellowship from your telephone (land or mobile) from wherever you are living. It lasts 35 minutes maximum.It is on every Wednesday afternoon starting at 2.30pm and it will continue each week … led by a variety of people.So how do you join this? Well, in business circles, this is called a Conference Call!Just pick up your landline or mobile and at or just before 2.30pm every Wednesday. First ring: 0333 0164 757 – then wait for a prompt and enter the meeting number 42994656# - then wait for a prompt and enter pin number 1834#.All are welcome and please do contact us for further details if you are not sure how to access this.You will all be made very welcome!And it is like ringing up a local land line – you will only pay after 59 minutes – depending on your tariff – but the call will end at 45 minutes to be on the safe side! Please do come and join.Please do check your tariff gives you this 59 minute free call facilityPlease feel free to ring up James Rowley on 01727 857826 or the Reverend Audrey Simpson on 01789 267971 to get further instructions.
