If you would welcome the opportunity to spend an hour in a sacred space, to take time to reflect, to read the lessons set for the following Sunday as a preparation for Sunday worship and have time to pray for the world, our community and individual needs then this may be for you. It is an open invitation to just come along whenever you would like to, no signing up to be a member, no commitment to come every week, but a welcome to join a prayer leader for a prayerful space in a busy and confusing world once a week if desired. The Prayer group meets every Tuesday in church 11am-12noon.
At St Giles, for the next month, we’ll be thinking together about generous giving. It might surprise you to know that parish churches receive no funding from the central church. So in order for us to keep our building open (and pay for a vicar!), we rely on donations from our community. We are very lucky to have the Friends of St Giles who support the care of our wonderful building, but it is down to us to find money for the day-to-day costs of keeping the doors open and the people warm. We are a church for everyone in Codicote – whether you come once a year, or every week. Those who give regularly to St Giles make it possible for us to keep doing what we do – conducting weddings, baptisms, and funerals, opening every Tuesday morning for our baby and toddler group, holding café church in the PMH on the first Sunday of the month, Giles Café every Friday, celebrating important milestones in the year with our village school…the list could go on! At this time of year when we think about all of the blessings in the world around us and the generosity of God, might you consider committing to supporting St Giles financially? The best way to do that is through the Parish Giving Scheme. You can find out more by clicking HERE , or by emailing Christie (vicar@stgiles-church.org.uk). If some were able to give even £5 a month, it would make an enormous difference to our ability to plan for the future and keep being a church for the whole village. Of course, generous giving isn’t just about money. We remain grateful for all of the different ways that people generously give to our church and our village, by volunteering their time and their skills for the sake of others. To donate via The Parish Giving Scheme go HERE
We are so lucky to have regular teams of people who work hard to keep our church looking good inside and out. Our cleaning, flower and mowing teams all take turns and do their bit quietly behind the scenes. Recently Jane, our Church Warden, organised a Working Party Day to spruce up the church inside and out. You can see some pictures here We are also grateful to individuals like Ash, who use their skills to restore, renovate and decorate areas of the church that need attention. Ash has recently restored the notice boards and front doors for us. You can see some pictures here
