News items from our Service Sheet
PLEASE NOTE: All news items should be sent to our Secretary in the Church Hall at gapo1876@outlook.com no later than 5pm on the preceding Wednesday, preferably by email or in writing. These should be as concise as possible as sheet content some weeks can be ‘heavy’. Priority will be given to items relating to Christ Church and St. Oswalds's, Newton matters – those relating to other activities can only be included if space permits.
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NEWS FOR THE PEWS
- Funerals
The Funeral Service for Rita Gatenby takes place in Church on Monday 18th November at 11.30am.
- Cafe Church Join us at Café Church in the Church Hall and every 2nd and 4th Sunday for Cake, Coffee,Conversation, Worship and Wondering! 4.00pm for Cake, 4.30pm for informal family Worship and 5.00pm for Discussion and Teaching (with groups for different age groups from about two and a half). Contact Nick Land (01642 778076) drnickland@aol.com for more info.
- Bible Reading Fellowship A meeting has been arranged for an informal discussion on the current Bible Reading Fellowship Notes, September to December. It will be on Wednesday 27th November at 2pm at the home of Chris Robertson, refreshments are included. Hope you can come, everyone welcome.
- Every November the PCC awards a few Christian charities a small sum of money from the annual income of Christ Church. Should members of the congregation like to nominate a charity of their choice then please give details to one of the Churchwardens, Clergy or PCC member. All nominations must be made by Wednesday November the 20th, PCC members will then decide which nominations should receive some of the funds.
- Display Boards We have new Display Boards in church to show who we are and what we do. Whether you arrange flowers, clean, discuss, pray, sing or whatever, then we would like you to display your wares. We have Sticky Hook Pads you can use to put up your display (do not use pins). To take up this opportunity please have a word with Geoff or Frances Brown.
- Everyone is invited to 'Angels Among Us', a Deanery Gathering with Bishop Barry on Monday, 9th December at St. Francis of Assisi, Ingleby Barwick, 7.00 pm for a 7.30 start. There will be a service and a chance to meet the new Bishop of Whitby. There will be an opportunity to ask questions of the Bishop! Please submit them ahead of time (this allows time to be allocated appropriately to each question). Please send them to our Deanery Administrator, Liz Taylorson (stokeselydeanery@outlook.com) before 1.00 pm on Thursday 5th December.
- Our Online Congregation Our regular congregation includes those in Christ Church and others online who watch our services via our Christ Church Facebook page. This outreach is important to our ministry but it does mean that, if you are in Church for our 9:15 service, you may be seen by those on Facebook. We must assume that those in Church agree to being filmed therefore, if you are uncomfortable with this for any reason, please speak to the Welcome Team. They will be able to advise you.
- Food Bank Sunday 18th November - 90% of the food distributed by the food bank is donated by the public, which is why our donations are so important. This enables them to give each family referred a balanced and nutritious supply of food for three days.
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Urgently needed items - Long-life juice, UHT milk, tinned fruit, and tinned custard.
General shopping list - tinned meat, tinned tomatoes, pasta (not spaghetti or lasagne), breakfast cereal (not porridge please), milk (UHT or powdered), long-life juice or squash, tinned rice pudding, spreads (jam, marmalade, peanut butter, chocolate spread), biscuits, snacks/treats, tinned vegetables, tinned potatoes or packet mash, packet soups (e.g. "cup-a-soup"), tinned/powdered custard, tinned fish, tea, coffee.
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Little Fishes meet at the Church at 9.45am every Tuesday during term time for preschool children and their parents/carers.
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Coffee Lounge Communion Service, Tea, Refreshments and Chat. We meet in the Coffee Lounge at 2.00pm on the first Monday of the month. Everyone is welcome especially those for whom the 9.15am Sunday Service is too early!
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Geoff’s November Eco Tips - Have yourself a greener Christmas. What ways can you make sure your Christmas is both a celebration of Christ’s coming and better for His creation? Check out A Rocha UK’s twelve tips for a greener Christmas: arocha.org.uk/our-twelve-tips-for-a-greener-christmas
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It’s Panto Time!
Bradley’s School of Dance and Musical Theatre present
ALADDIN
Tuesday 3rd, Wednesday 4th and Friday 6th December at 7.00pm
Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th December at 1.30pm
Christ Church Hall
Tickets: £7 adults and £5 under 16's and over 60's.
BOX OFFICE 07904 881926 & 07783 421730
Bring a food item for Middlesbrough Foodbank and receive a free mince pie!
- Please may we take your photograph? You'll shortly see some new display boards (kindly donated by Sue & Steve Griffiths) to welcome visitors and tell them about our Church and who we are. To comply with good safeguarding and data protection practice, we need to have your permission if you appear in any photos, e.g. of church activities and services. Again for safeguarding reasons, we shall not use any photos of children. We also plan to relaunch the "Photobook" that some may remember. This will be kept at the back of the church to help people to "put names to faces". If you are happy for the Church to use your picture for these and other similar purposes, please would you complete a consent form and have your photo taken for the Photobook at the end of the service. It would be lovely to include everyone, but we quite understand that this is a personal choice.
- Welcome Packs Please remember that we have a welcome pack for anyone new to our village. The Visitors Group is constantly looking for removal vans but everyone can be looking out too! Please contact Helen Dickinson – 01642 724450 if a pack is needed.
- Help Needed! Would you like to help serve tea and coffee after the 9.15am Service? We would love to have you join our team. Please have a chat with Celia to find out more.
- Little Fishes meet at the Church at 9.45am every Tuesday during term time for preschool children and their parents/carers.
- Bell Ringers Do you want to hear the Bells ring on Sunday Mornings? If you are 10 years or older and would like to volunteer as part of a rota to ring the bells on Sunday mornings (and earn a bit of pocket money at Weddings) please get in touch with Elsa on 07896 626016.
- Lights the little switches for use with keys for the lights, if you switch them off please turn them back on straight away as we are unable to get them back on.
- Unfortunately the Aldi/TerraCycle blister pack recycling programme has been suspended (too successful, maybe?) Thanks for participating over the past few weeks but PLEASE don't bring any more blister packs until we've found another recycling route.
- Church Lights The new light switches are not wired in, but work on a radio signal going to the lights. To ensure it gets there properly, and not just to one half of Church, Please give a slow deliberate press. A quick stab may just turn half the Church on at a time.
- Christ Church Visitors – If you know any member of the congregation (past or present) who would appreciate a regular visit from a member of the group please pass details to Rosemary Wheway on Tel: 01642 722451.
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Coffee - is usually served after our 9.15am service. We are pleased to welcome visitors and newcomers to our church and you are welcome to join us in the Coffee Lounge in the Church Hall immediately following the service.
- Give to the Church with your phone via our QR Code
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For Sunday's Bible Readings, please visit Service - Bible Readings