Every Thursday our dedicated coffee drinkers (and some tea drinkers too) meet for coffee and a chat at the Studland Community Coffee Morning. In summer we go to the Manor Farm Tea Rooms where Julie Smith provides home made scones as well as the drinks. The rest of the year we return to the Church Hall for our refreshments. Thanks to the generosity of the Coffee Morning crowd we have managed to raise £315 this year. The maney has gone to the Leprosy Mission. Specifically we have supported some repair work in Niger.The Leprosy Mission in Niger funds and provides personnel for Danja Leprosy Referral Hospital in the centre of the country, which provides leprosy services to the whole of the Maradi region and beyond. These leprosy services include medical and surgical care, physiotherapy, and self-care training for leprosy patients with complications such as wounds, reactions, and eye problems. There is also a socio-economic rehabilitation department that offers livelihood support as well as welfare for those who need it.So, we have turned our coffee into a cure and support for those suffering from leprosy. You can find out more about the work of the Leprosy Mission by following this link: https://www.leprosymission.org.uk/
Our annual celebration of God's gifts in creation will take place at 10:00 am on the 28th September. The church will be decorated for harvest: please do bring your own gift of food to add to the display. Afterwards the gifts will be taken to the Swanage Food Bank. Following the service, at 12:00 pm we will have our Harvest Lunch (a ploughman's lunch) at the Manor Farm Tea Rooms. Tickets are £12.00 per person and can be bought from the Studland Stores or at church after the service, or contact us via this website. Places are limited to 40. Tea and coffee are provided, but if you would like to bring your own wine or beer, by all means do so. Please let us know if you have a gluten intolerance.Of course, you can come to either the service or the lunch separately!
A number of Christian groups have joined together to promote a week of prayer from 6th to 14th September. We shall meet under the banner of "Gather-Remember-Return" Here in Studland we shall have an hour of prayer on Mon 8th September from 18: 00 to 19:00. We shall use liturgy from the Northumbrian Community interspersed with muis and times of quiet. This is a call from Christian denominations across the UK top pray for revival both within our churches and in the UK at large. All are welcome
