Dear
Church Family & Friends,
Hoping
you're all well.
This
email is to let you know of some upcoming dates / events happening in our
parish.
Holy
Week Dates
The
week after next (beginning 13th April) is Holy Week and the following
services and events will be happening in the parish:
Sunday
13th April, 9 am: Palm Sunday 'Community Alive' service at St.
Paul's
Sunday
13th April, 11 am: Palm Sunday Communion at St. Mary's
Thursday
17th April, 7.30 pm: Maundy Thursday Communion at St. Paul's
Friday
18th April, 11 am: Messy Easter Service at St. Mary's
Friday
18th April, 3 pm: Good Friday Reflections at St. Paul's
Friday
18th April, 10 am from All Saints Banstead: Good Friday Walk of
Witness by the Banstead Five Churches
Saturday
19th April, 2pm: Easter Egg Hunt for children & families at St.
Paul's
Sunday
20th April, 9 am: Easter Day Communion at St. Paul's
Sunday
20th April, 11 am: Easter Day Communion at St. Mary's
Alex
& Michael Moving on
As
you are aware, Michael and I will be moving on to Ruxley Parish at the end of
May and our final service will be on Sunday 25th May. It will be a
whole parish communion, with activities for children, at 10 am at St. Paul's,
followed by a shared lunch at 12 pm . We would
love to see as many of you there as are able to join with us - please do come
along! (More information will follow in the coming weeks).
I
will be licensed as Vicar of Ruxley Parish on Tuesday 10th June at
7.30 pm. We would also be delighted to see any of you there who would like to
come - please do come along!
Electoral
roll revision
As
announced in our churches on the last two Sundays, we are in the process of
revising our electoral roll for the parish. (Every 6 years Church of England
Churches re-write the electoral rolls for churches from scratch).
Forms
are available in the churches to be filled out if you are visiting for our
services in the next two weeks - or you could also print the attached form and
return this to Michelle or I for processing. St. Paul's has a letter box, next
to the ramp entrance. These can also be put through the vicarage door. Please
can they be returned by Monday 21st April.
Can
you help?
As
the parish heads towards vacancy, there will be some gaps it would be helpful to
fill.
Would
you be happy to support with any of the following at either church:
-
Gardening
-
Cleaning
-
Setting up for services
-
Doing occasional odd jobs, such as delivering items to
parishioners
-
Or do you have another skill / offer that you feel
could be useful during the coming months?
Please
let me know by replying to this email, so we can collate all the replies.
Thank
you so much
Alex