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We are planning to take our church candle stubs and old tea lights to be recycled. They will be remoulded into new candles by the Swindon Humanitarian Aid Partnership and then sent to Ukraine. The candles provide light and heat to those who are living without power which covers 40% of the population.
If you have any old candles at home you would like to donate, please leave them in the box at the back of the church and we will include them in our delivery.
Our next Alpha course will be running on Monday evenings from September 23 for 10 weeks. Alpha is a great opportunity to learn more about the Christian faith in a relaxed setting. We start at 7:30pm with a meal, watch a video on some aspect of the Christian faith, and then have a time of discussion. No questions are off limits!
Do think about coming (even if you have done it before) and who you might invite.
Join us on Saturday September 14 at 9.30am-1pm when we’ll look at the Old Testament, overview its story and history, look at the different styles of writing, and consider some key themes. If you can, please let Ruth know if you’re planning to come.
Our summer sermon series will be on the Psalms of Ascent. This video gives an overview of the book of Psalms in less than ten minutes: https://bibleproject.com/explore/video/psalms/
The News sheet is emailed round weekly. If you are not on that email list and would like to be please email parishoffice@stnicholaschurch.org.uk so Lorna can add your email to the mailing list.
Day tickets have been released if you’d rather join for the day than camp and offsite tickets for the week are still available: https://www.new-wine.org/events/newwine24/
Our region is London West. If you’ve booked please let Ruth know so we know who’s coming!
We are planning a bring and share lunch on Sunday 21st July at 12:30pm in the church hall. Everyone welcome. If you would like to bring a dish there is a sign up sheet at the back of church.
This is a time of quiet meditative prayer to be still, reflect on a bible verse, and connect with God.
Future dates: 4 &18 July at 7-7.45pm in the South Chapel.
Following the ‘Everybody Welcome’ course we would like to put together two teams:
Welcome team (who would have a focus on making the church as welcoming as possible, especially for new people, and championing whole church welcome)
Communications team (who would focus on ensuring our notices boards, website, leaflets, news sheet, social media presence was best reflecting who we are as a church, and keeping people up to date with what we are doing.
If you are interested in being part of either of those teams (or both), then do please let Ruth or Andrew know.
St Nicholas’ Church, Summer Road, Thames Ditton, KT7 0QQ
020 8398 9641
parishoffice@stnicholaschurch.org.uk
