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Saint Philip and Saint James,

Ratby

 

This Week's Diary

Monday 17th     

 

Thursday 20th   

9.30am Holy Communion (Ratby)

7.30pm Deanery Synod meets

Tuesday 18th  

7.45pm            DCC meets

Friday 21st   

8.00pm Bell ringers’ practice

Wednesday 19th  

7.00pm Choir practice

 

8.00pm Baptism Prep. (Rectory)

Saturday 22nd

11am to 4pm Christmas Tree Fest.

11.00am-2.00pm    Bazaar

Sunday 23rd

8.00am            Holy Communion 

10.00am          Holy Communion (guest preacher Revd Michael Forster)

11.30am-4.00pm Christmas Tree Festival in Church

7.00pm  Celebration Concert , with Desford Singers

 

What’s Going On

The Autumn Bazaar is next Saturday from 11am
This is the second biggest event in our calendar after the garden fete and we are hoping to encourage many people in the community to come along to the Bazaar and for our Christmas Tree festival that day.  So please can everybody please support and bring your family and friends!

 

Needed for the Autumn Bazaar
We need washed out jars with lids to use in a children’s tombola. Also required are donations of sweets and small toys to put into the jars. Many thanks, Serena.

Please also bring bottles for the bottle stall and any other contributions for the various stalls:  books; toys and cakes for the cake stall.
We need help setting up the church rooms on Friday evening from 7.30pm
Festival Concert by the Desford Singers Next Sunday evening
Next Sunday evening at 7pm will be a concert by the Desford Singers, featuring choral praise classics.  Entry is £5 with refreshments provided at the end. 

 Christmas Tree Festival

The Christmas Tree festival will be held 22nd, 23rd, 24th Nov. The theme for each tree is a depiction of a favourite television programme. The festival is open 11am to 4pm Sat and 11.30 to 4pm Sun and Mon. Volunteers are needed to be in church during these times.

Guest Preacher next week

Next Sunday at 10am our preacher will be the Revd Michael Forster, Chaplain for the Leicestershire mental health and learning disabilities healthcare trust. 

 An invitation to Celebrate Advent

From Sunday 30th November we would like to invite you to come to our 10am morning services wearing a particular colour for each Sunday in Advent.  These are the colours for each Sunday each of which link to a different Advent theme:

30th November - Gold or yellow ('Waiting for a King')

7th Dec - Green (Hope)

14th December - White (Purity)

21st December - Blue (Mary)

Christmas Day - Party colours!

 Rotas

Rotas are due for renewal. If any one would like to be added to a rota or make Changes to their pattern could you contact Joan as soon as possible.

 Spring Harvest

Spring Harvest: If any one would like to go, or has already booked for Spring Harvest next year could they let Anne know so that we can arrange a group booking again. If you would like more information please talk to Anne or Richard.

 

This week, please pray for:

Please pray for the various events and responsibilities in the life of our church

Please Prayer for Martyn Garratt as he continues to cope with Cancer.

If you have any prayer requests to share with others please phone Maureen Harris or Elaine Moore or put your request in the box on the welcome table.

Please also see the Weekly Hope 08 Link Prayer at the below site

http://www.worldprayer.org.uk/pagesys.cfm?pID=144

Collects For this week

 

 Please Note:

All items for inclusion in the News Sheet should be passed to Justin Garratt by the Wednesday evening prior to the required publishing date. Telephone: 2394917. Email:  jlgarratt@aol.com

 Last Updated : Friday 14 November 2008 By Justin Garratt