Please see pew sheet for the month attached - the following news update was issued by email on Saturday 11th April
Firstly a big thank you to everyone who helped in any way with our many acts of worship over Holy Week and Easter including the decoration of our three Churches.A big thank you also to those who helped with the organisation of the very successful Easter Fayre at Gt Blakenham and the Flower Arranging Workshop at Henley. Also thanks to all those who turned out to support these two Easter fundraisers.
Important reminder that this Thursday at Barham Church at 11am the funeral takes place of Trevor Messenger, a life time member of our Church Family and the community of Claydon & Barham. Please continue to pray for Angela, Jason, Julie and their families at this difficult time.So far the WaterAid Lent Appeal has raised £130 but, if you still have money for this appeal, its not too late to add to this figure - please bring it to Church on Sunday or let me have it by Wednesday so that I can send the proceeds off to start doing some good.
As you will see from the attached posters, both our Mother’s Union branches have their monthly meetings this week to which all are welcome. Those attending Tuesday afternoon are reminded that we have been asked to bring tea, coffee, squash, wrapped sweets or savoury biscuits for the Lighthouse Women’s Aid speaker.Annual Parochial Church Meetings. These are important meetings for all of you who are on your Church Electoral Roll (if your name is not on the roll please pick up an application form in Church or from your Churchwarden). At these meetings we review the past year and approve the annual reports and accounts. We also elect our Churchwardens, Deanery Synod representative and the rest of the PCC members for the coming year. If you would like to put yourself forward for one of these roles or you have someone you would like to nominate please pick up a nomination form and get it completed. The APCM dates are as follows Gt Blakenham 12.30pm on Sunday 26th April, Claydon & Barham 7.30pm on Tuesday 28th April and Henley Sunday 3rd May following the 9.30am service. Please put these dates in your diaries and try to attend as we sadly prepare for another period of vacancy in our parishes.
A message from Chris Farley: I discovered by chance that Simonds Buses will be working according to a new timetable from Monday, 13th April and our buses will be renumbered as 74 and 74A. The good news is that the number of buses coming round the Claydon estate before going into Ipswich or on to Diss will be double from 4 to 8.(Roadworks permitting!). Unfortunately, at the moment timetables are only available on-line to download, but you do have a choice: 1 page from Simonds Coaches (extremely small print) or 3 pages from Suffolkonboard. It would seem that the Old Cattle Market Bus Station will no longer be the terminus, so keep an eye out for whether the bus you want will be going into or departing from there. Tower Ramparts Bus Station (Stand FF) appears to be the main terminus now. No doubt we will get used to it in time!
