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Sunday 4 Decmber 2011 - 2nd Sunday in Advent

Sunday 4 December 2011 - 2nd Sunday in Advent

Parade Service / Toy Service

Today

8.00am      Holy Communion (BCP p294: collect and readings p89)

9.45am       Parade Service: Toy Sunday.  readings in pew bibles: Isaiah 40. 1-11, Mark 1. 1-8

6.30pm      Evensong

Sunday 11 December - 3rd Sunday of Advent

8.00am      Holy Communion

9.45am      Parish Communion

11.00am    Fair Trade Stall

6:30pm      Evensong

Collect. Almighty God, purify our hearts and minds, that when your Son Jesus Christ comes again as judge and saviour we may be ready to receive him, who is our Lord and our God.

Notices

St Peter's Ramblers   Walk today, the final one before Christmas with mulled wine and mince pies en route.  We meet at Mapledurham Pavillion carpark at 2.30pm for a walk of just under 4 miles at the pace of the slowest walker.  More information from Caroline and Nigel Smith

Due to the protestors outside of St Paul's Cathedral, visitor numbers have halved and they have lost around £800,000 in income. Surely, then, this is the perfect time for an Advent Parish trip to St Paul's? On Tuesday 13 December, the Canon Precentor has agreed to give people from this parish a private tour of the Cathedral, culminating in Evensong (at which we will have reserved seating). This is a rare opportunity, and I hope a good number will be able to take up this offer. Entrance is £15.00, and each person will need to organise their own transport; we will meet outside of the South door entrance at 2:15, with the tour beginning at 2:30. Please let Graeme Fancourt know if you are going so we know to wait for you.

St Peter's and St Margaret's Mothers' Union. All members are invited to come for coffee and mince pies after the 9.30am communion service on December 14 (it would be good if you could all attend the service as well).Further information on this or any other  MU matters from the secretary Pat Williams.

Floral Decoration for Christmas. These will be done on Monday 19 December between 10am and 4pm. If you would like to help, please come along with your scissors /secateurs at a time to suit you. Tea, coffee and Christmassy things to eat will be available.  Donations of seasonal foliage will be very welcome. Pat Williams.

We are having two Christingle services on 24 December this year and need help to make up the christingles and help at the two services. Please let Jacqui  C, Pam A or Sue J know if you can help. Thank you

We are having a christingle workshop on Saturday 24 December at 10am. All welcome (all ages!) to come and help make up the christingle oranges. (Children to be accompanied by a parent or adult please). Jacqui

SSAFA Gurkha Ladies Teaching English Project. A teaching project has been set by SSAFA Reading (Soldiers, Sailors & Air Forces Families Association) to help the Gurkha community in Reading. The aim is to assist approximately 50 Gurkha ladies to speak, read and write in English which will enable them to integrate more fully into the communities in which they live. The project has been running for 6 weeks and the response has been overwhelming. In order to allow this project to continue and succeed in the New Year, support is now needed from teachers and helpers.  We hope that there might be people within St Peter's Church who might be interested in becoming involved. If you are interested, please contact Pam Reynolds (choir)

Christmas Concert by Reading Festival Chorus at 7.30pm on Friday 9 December at Wesley Methodist Church, Queens Road.  Britten:  A Ceremony of Carols; Bullard:  A Feast for Christmas. Tickets £12, £10 (concessions), £2 (children) available from Alison Mackay 983 4523, website (http://www.readingfestivalchorus.org.uk/) or Margaret Pearson (church choir).

Contacts

Parish Clergy

For Your Prayers

Please pray for:

Within the Anglican Communion:  the Diocese of Western Kansas (USA)

Within the Diocese:  Chipping Norton Deanery

Within Caversham:  the ministers and people of Caversham Heights Methodist Church

Within the Parish: the ministers and people of St Margaret Church, Caversham

The sick and housebound, especially, Charlotte Artherton, Anne Dacey, Bertha Gibbons, Anne Grimwade, Mary Howard, Evelyn Jameson, Natasha Taylor, Lorna Woodman

The departed: Norman Millard

and those whose anniversaries occur at this time Arthur Frankland, Richard Parker, Ean Erslemont, Annie Dranfield, Stanley Osborne, Lilian Brown, Elizabeth Laura Little, Miriam Stephenson,  Hilary Cooke, Muriel Maddock

Next Notice Sheet will be for 11 December 2011.

Please send contributions to Parish Office, Church House by 12 noon on Wednesday 7 December

Telephone 947 1703 / e-mail: secretary@ctmparish.org.uk

Website: http://www.stpetercaversham.org.uk/

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