Parish Diary – 4th May 2008

 

Diocesan Weekend @ Detling 21st & 22nd June.  In order to encourage people to support this, there will only be one service in the Parish on 22 June, a said service at St Peter’s at 10am. We hope to have a Pilgrimage Group walking from the Parish to Detling (more information later). Information and Registration forms for the Diocesan Weekend are available in each Church. Please return completed Registration forms to the Diocese as soon as possible as they need the information to complete their arrangements.

 

Sunday 11 May – Global Day of Prayer at Priestfield Stadium Conference Centre 2.00pm – 5.00pm (come and go as you can).

 

Lyra’ Concert in St Matthew’s Church, Drewery Drive on Saturday 17th May.  Tickets £6.50 from 01634 372508 or

mattsconcerts@hotmail.co.uk.

 

Wigmore MADS present Summer Funtime, a summer concert full of foot tapping melodies and songs to put a smile on your face  - Thursday 22 May, 8.00pm in St Matthew’s Community Centre.  Tickets £6/£5 concessions from Sue Burrows (01634 370639).

 

The Parish Office will be closed 3 – 5 May inclusive.

 

Christian Aid Week starts 11th May

 

EARLY MORNING AND EVENING SERVICES

In the Parish next Sunday

The morning services are detailed on the individual Church Notices

 

8.00am

Holy Communion

All Saints

8.30am

Holy Communion

St Peter’s

6.30pm

Evening Service

All Saints

 

In your prayers this week:

Pray for the sick- those known to us known to us.

And the bereaved - and all who mourn, especially the family and friends of Thomas Carr, Elsie McLaren, Ethel Moore and others known to us.

 

Confirmation: an adult preparation group.  Monday Evenings in The Rectory, 4 Drewery Drive at 8pm.

12th May - How to be sure that I am a Christian

19th May - The Meaning of Baptism

26th May -  Growing in Faith

2nd June - Strength for the journey: Holy Communion

9th June - Confirmation: a beginning not an end.

 

Please let Chris Butt know if you are planning to be there – tel 231071 or revbutt@hotmail.co.uk

 

‘Home’ A new play based on the Exodus, will be performed at St Matthew’s church Community Centre, Drewery Drive, on Saturday 24th May at 7.30pm by Rhema a Manchester based Christian Theatre Company.  Rhema are currently doing a national tour with ‘Home’ performing in theatres, churches, festivals and this will be the only performance in Kent.  Tickets £6.50 from the Box Office (372508) or  mattsconcerts@hotmail.co.uk or from representatives in each Church.

 

The congregation of St Luke’s, Gillingham invite you to join them on Saturday, 10 May at 12 noon for an Almost-Centenary Mass to celebrate the laying of the foundation stone in 1908.  A light lunch will follow.

A copy of this week's Parish Notices can be downloaded by clicking on these symbols:-