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Harvest Festival As usual Our
Harvest Festival was an opportunity to offer thanks to God for all his blessings
and remember those who may be less fortunate than ourselves. After Mass we all
sat down to an excellent lunch, which along with a special collection amongst
church members raised a magnificent £895. This has been given to ‘The Vine'
drop-in in Aldershot town centre, which gives a much needed helping hand to some
members of our community. It was a joy to take part in the Harvest celebration
at Belle Vue School, all their gifts have also been passed on to ‘The Vine'
where they have been put to good use. Our monthly charity coffee mornings
continue to allow us to support various charities. Our September coffee morning
raised £100 for Cabrini Children's Society based in London and in October we
raised £125 for SSAFA, supporting service men and women and their families and
in November £100 was donated towards 'Mission Direct' supporting the work of
mission in some of our inner city parishes.
The Autumn Jumble Sale raised over
£400 for church funds and our October Quiz Night raised £635, money we need to
pay our share to the Diocese, central funds; this year £45,000 to stay in
business as far as they are concerned. We are desperately trying to find all
that sum by the end of December whilst receiving the news that we face a 10%
increase next year - not really fair as we are just about the poorest parish in
Guildford Diocese. A big, big thank you to all those who support our work
through their continued generosity whether it be buying raffle tickets and all
those pots of jam and marmalade, or those who give regular amounts of cash -
God bless each one of you.
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Deux Chat Nativity
will take place in church on
Thursday, December 15th at about 10.00am!
Belle Vue School's Christingle service
will take place on Friday, December 16th at 2.00pm, please fill those candles
and help the children raise money for the work of the Children's Society.
The
Christmas coffee Morning, this year in aid of the Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice, will
take place on Wednesday December 21st at 10.00am. There will be a bumper prize
game of bingo - big money - and a few festive treats! All welcome. there will
also be the usual monthly 'Charity' coffee mornings on Wednesdays, January 18th
and February 22nd 10.00am- 11.00am. ‘Coffee Break' is proving to be just as
popular as the charity coffee mornings and will continue throughout 2011; the
next one is on December 7th and then Wednesdays, January 5th and February 9th.
Following the success of last year's Tea Dance, there will be another on
Saturday, February 18th, starting at 3.30pm, a scrumptious tea and dancing too!
Tickets at £6 each, available in the New Year.
Back after a break, by popular
request, BURNS NIGHT is here again and will be celebrated on Saturday, January
21st 7.00pm - 11.00pm and will include traditional fare and, I am told, a 'live'
piper; tickets available now at £10 each.
Church Hall
The Kitchen floor has been sorted
and we now have a grant application with the SITA trust which supports local
community projects. If we are successful, we can then go on to tackle the floor
in the main hall; the final decision will be made on December 18th - yes or no -
please pray for us or just keep your fingers crossed!
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with the Vicar 01252 320840
Hon assistant Father John Harvey 01252 622793
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