St Ed’s Christmas Fair We are planning for the return of this special event on 27th November from midday to 3pm, most stalls will be outside. There will be a variety of stalls including: hot food & drinks, craft stalls, gifts, cakes, raffle and tombola.Applicable COVID guidelines will be followed.To make this event successful we will need helpers so please volunteer to Sue Beevor or Sue Elmes – help for an hour or longer if you can.Also we will be grateful for tombola/ raffle prizes and cakes etc which can be left at the back of St Ed's.If you need further details you can also contact Rev Paul.
The following services will be available via the St Ed's Facebook page or by attendance (as stated below):Sunday 7th November 9:30am Mustard Tree Church – informal service for families and children. (at St Ed’s)Sunday 7th November 11:15 am Traditional Sunday Service, Holy Communion with a baptism(at St Ed’s)Sunday 7th November 11:15 am on-line Sunday Service (livestream). Sunday 7th November 3:00 pm Confirmation group (at St Eds)Sunday 7th November 6:30 pm Sunday Club (livestream)Monday 8th November 11:30am Funeral (at St Ed’s)Monday 8th November 5.00pm Monday prayers (at St Ed’s)Tuesday 9th November 10:00 am Tiny Tunes (music for all young people) (at St Ed’s), refreshments10am til12 noonTuesday 9th November 6:00 pm Rspace (at St Ed’s)Wednesday 10th November 9:00 am Melting Moments (livestream)Wednesday 10th November 10:30 am Holy Communion (at St Ed’s)Thursday 11th November 11:00am Taverham Hall service in church (at St Ed’s)Thursday 11th November 7:00pm Reflection in church with Compline (at St Ed’s also part of this service will be livestreamed each week.)Friday 12th November 9:30 am to12:00 noon Arts Group , - bring anything – art or craft - you fancy doing and coffee and tea are provided. Cost £3. (at Trinity Church building)Also Sunday 14th November Remembrance so some changes to services (see notes below) plus 4.00pm Confirmation group.Additionally at 8am daily (daily except Wednesday and Sunday) we will be posting a ‘Daily bitesize prayer’ on the St Ed's Facebook pageFor on-line services, watch live if you are able --- or join later on 'catch up'.Everyone welcome.AdditionallyRingland: future services at St Peter’s: Sunday 14th November Remembrance service Sunday 12th December Service of the wordSunday 19th December Nativity display begins (ends Thursday 23rd Dec.)Baptism A big welcome to Krissie, Dean, Mylie and Ewan and family today (7th) for Ewan’s baptism during the 11.15am Shoeboxes A huge thank you to everyone who provided items for the shoeboxes or who managed to fill a shoebox themselves. We were able to send off 70 boxes this week – many thanks to Jane Foulds for dealing with them. Also another 56 have arrived from the Junior School! This is a tremendous and much – appreciated effort!Remembrance Sunday is on 14th November. We will have an 8.00am service with an act of Remembrance, Mustard Tree Church at 9.30am, and the later service will be outdoors at the front of church from 10.45am. The front drive will be blocked off from 10.00am so access to the church will be by foot only. If you are coming to the 10.45am service please bring a chair!We hope to livestream this service – we will confirm next week.There is also a service at Ringland at 10.45am. Please consider coming to this if you do not wish to be outdoors.2022 Giving envelopes many people have moved to electronic standing orders for their regular giving to the ministry at St Ed’s and St Peter’s. This is a far easier method of giving. If you would like to continue to use envelopes, please speak to Granville.Confirmation Bishop Graham will be coming to St Ed’s for a Confirmation service on Sunday 21st November at 3pm. If you would like to be Confirmed or would like to know more, please speak to Rev Paul.Church Green (also known as ‘the Glebe’) – at the front of St Ed’s – is now closed for parking as we approach the winter months to protect the surface. There are a few spaces in the church drive. Alternative parking will be available on the field side of the Junior School and on the lay –by opposite the school.Reading in church session Rev Phil is leading a session for all those who read or would like to read in church. Sign up sheet at the back of St Ed’s.St Ed’s Christmas Fair We are planning for the return of this special event on 27th November from midday to 3pm, some things in church and some outside. We will need helpers so please volunteer to Sue Beevor or Sue Elmes – help for an hour or longer if you can.Also we will be grateful for tombola/ raffle prizes and cakes etc.Nativity Displays at Ringland in the week leading up to Christmas will have a display of Nativity sets. If you have a set to loan please speak to Rev Paul or Sue Beverley. We will be decorating St Peter’s on Saturday 18th December ready for the display to open on Sunday 19th.
Sunday Club on 7th November 2021at 6:30pm via the St Ed's Facebook page will be thinking about ‘a man and his friends’. Please see and print the file (2 pages) attached to this item. The instructions on the template will help you to join in with the activity. All welcome.
At St Ed's will have been collecting Christmas Shoeboxes as part of the Blythswood Care appeal 2021.Our 'Shoebox service' was held on Sunday 31st October 2021. A huge thank you to everyone who has contributed- to date we have 69 boxes in church.We are aware some people may have boxes ready - but have not yet managed to transport them to St Ed's. We are accepting boxes up to this Friday (5th November) - the church is open each day so please drop them in if you can.The boxes will then all go to our local Blythwood Care collection centre. This year Blythswood hope to be able to deliver boxes and bags to Albania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Kosovo, Moldova, Romania, Serbia and Ukraine.Shoeboxes are sent to people of different ages in the poorest parts Eastern Europe and beyond for Christmas. The boxes are filled with a variety of items to bring warmth and cheer to people who have very little. The shoe boxes have a wonderful impact on the lives of their recipients. They help to assure these people that they are remembered, prayed for and loved by the Lord.Our prayer for those receiving the shoeboxes is that they know God loves them, just as he loves each of us so deeply.
