TWELFTH SUNDAY OF YEAR A:
22nd June 2008
STEWARDSHIP SUNDAY
Day of Prayer for the persecuted
Re:fresh - CHELMSFORD'S CHRISTIAN FESTIVAL
Fringe events: (Central Baptist Church)
| 12th: | 7.00pm - | Faith and Fun (with comedian Jimmy Cricket) Tickets £5 |
| 14th: | 8.00pm - | Faith and Law (with Judge David Turner) Tickets £5 |
| 15th: | 8.00pm - | Faith and Politics (with Chelmsford's CEO, Steve Packham) £5 |
| 18th: | 8.00pm - | Faith and War (Brigadier Roddy Porter) Tickets £5 |
other Fringe events:
| 13th: | 6.30pm - | Open Air Songs of Praise (Church Green, Broomfield) |
| 13th: | 3.00pm - | Faith in Question (with Canon Andrew Knowles) Trinity Methodist Church, Duke Street. Tickets £5 |
| 19th: | 8.30am - | Faith and Adversity (with Banker, John Spence) Central Baptist Church. Tickets £5 |
| 19th: | 2.00pm - | Church Crawl around the town centre churches, starting in Central Park |
For further information www.refresh08.com where you can also buy tickets.
Churches Together in Chelmsford cycle of prayer:
- Week beginning:
- 22nd June: All Saints, King's Road (Rev Michael Hall)
- 29th June: All Saints, Springfield (Revv Raymond Brown & John Mann)
Parish News:
- First Holy Communion Parents: Fr Frank thanks the first holy communion parents for their gift of a goat. It is good to know that a community in a much poorer part of the world will be benefiting from your generosity. May God bless you.
- Youth Group: the Youth Group meets on alternate Fridays during term and organises a range of activities for young people from 10 upwards. One of our leaders will be moving on at the end of term and we would like to find a replacement for next term. The Group is popular and useful, and we need to have enough leaders to run it properly. If you can help, contact Chris Thompson on 469161 or by email
- Help needed with the gardening at St Augustine's. We have someone to mow the lawn, keep the hedges under control and pick up the litter etc. What we are short of is someone to do a spot of weeding every now and then. Can you recognise a weed when you see one? Are you willing to offer to keep our gardens tidy? If so, please have a word with Fr Frank.
- Marriage Care seeks Centre Manager: Marriage Care, a national Catholic organisation, is seeking someone with management skills and about 5 hours a week available to fill the unpaid role of Centre Manager. You will be working with professionally trained volunteers supporting marriage and family relationships here in mid-Essex. Please see Fr Frank if you are interested.
- Oberammergau 2010 - time is running out!: We shall be making a pilgrimage to Bavaria in August 2010. Because of the high demand for seats at the Passion Play in Oberammergau, which forms a central part of the pilgrimage, we need to reserve seats this month. If you are interested and would like to find out more, please contact me without delay - forms need to be in this week. Thank you, Fr Frank
- Parish Party food contributions!: There is a list at the back of Church of food needed to cater for the Parish Party. Please sign up for whatever you would like to bring.
- I Believe course: will run at St Augustine's from 26th June at 10.30am (following tea & coffee after morning Mass) for 6 weeks (ending on 31st July). All welcome. It would be helpful if you could let Michael or Janet Hoare know on 01245 346900 if you are coming.
- Music at New Hall outside term time: the holiday period is almost upon us and we need to think about music provision at the New Hall Mass. If you can help in any way - singing or playing a musical instrument - please speak to Jacki Chester (464465)
- First Holy Communion Programme 2008/2009: Please pick up an enrolment form from the Presbytery to be returned to me by 4th July 2008. Thank you. Fr Frank.
From the Diocese:
- BCYS Training and Resource Day: The Brentwood Catholic Youth Service would like to invite both volunteers working with young people in the parish and those wanting to see more done for young people to come to our annual training and resource day at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Centre, Wanstead on Saturday 20th September 2008. The day will begin at 10am and go on no later than 4pm and be packed with the opportunity to be inspired, encouraged and resourced for this important part of parish life. More info from www.bcys.net/youcan or the youth office on 01277 265286, or by email
- BCYS Golf Days:
- Charity Golf Day - Friday 1st August at Thorndon Park Golf Club, Brentwood with breakfast , 18 holes and 2 course lunch - only £65 pp
- Annual Golf Classic - Friday 12th September at Ilford Golf Club, 18 holes and dinner - only £45 pp.
Advertisements:
- PCLine 2.1 Multimedia Speaker system: 14W (5W RMS) Total output power; cable control box; wooden subwoofer. Good as new. Yours in return for a donation to church funds. Interested? Speak to Fr Frank.
- Chelmsford Dial-A-Ride: this non profit making charity offers door to door transport to the elderly and disabled from 9am - 5pm Monday - Friday, providing a valuable service for trips to the doctors', clinics, shopping and social meetings. For an annual subscription of £5 you can enjoy subsidised rates of transport. 14 seat minibuses also available at subsidised rates. Please call 01245 280732 for more info.
Sunday Smile:
A six-year old girl came home from school and said to her grandmother, Grandma, guess what? We learned how to make babies today. Her grandmother gulped and said, That's interesting. How do you make babies? It's simple, replied the girl, You just change 'y' to 'i' and add 'es'.
Items for the Newsletter:
Your views are always welcome. Please deliver your contributions to the Presbytery before noon on the preceding Wednesday.
Parish Weekly Income:
Grateful thanks for your continued generosity.