Newsnotes

Pat with one of the stunning flower displays she made for the church for Ann’s funeral on Monday and more.
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Donald has been entertaining guests; Mary, June and Jo were over from Malaysia and Australia for a visit to remember our beloved Joy who died in January 2020, and lay her ashes to rest in a quiet ceremony and more.
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Steve Preston was re-visiting old haunts up in London last week, including his old local church where he used to be a steward, Holly Park Methodist Church. Although it’s almost 20 years since he left to pursue a career in banking in Singapore, , many of the original congregation were still there to welcome him back and more.
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We had a great time at the CHOMP celebration hosted by One Church. Lai and Guy, two of our longest serving volunteers, joined me for a Mexican feast and then a samba dance session and more.
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We should have known better than to choose a date at the beginning of Wimbledon! Still, it could have been a lot worse, the rain kept away and the clouds and winds let the sun through. The Martlets Choir sang a beautiful set for us all, Maggie, John and Mark ran a tight ship on the bbq front, Donald on drinks and Lai, Gloria and Vera on cakes. Thanks to everyone who turned up on the day, it was a lovely community event. We even raised £600 for the church which is great and more.
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Chatty Café on Friday was quite emotional apparently; Sue Jacobs, as part of her training course to become a Minister, has to do a project on evangelising (usually one of the least popular topics), and she shared it with the café-goers. Rachel said “We had an emotional chatty cafe, Sue shared her video of her coming to faith and into the ministry training. It was a wonderful story, heartfelt and touched everyone who was there. Gloria was sobbing! Hope you get to see it.” Hopefully we will all get to see it, possibly at a Sunday service and more.
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Street party 1 July
Can you blow up a balloon or string bunting up? Rachel is still looking for people to help set up the street party tables, put up bunting, blow up balloons etc from 10am onwards on 1st July. We generally have sufficient bods at the end to help with take down. Cakes for the cake stall would be very welcome as well and more.
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While at the Big Church Festival, Jackie and Sue were both interviewed by one of the group planning the Wall of Everlasting Prayer monument and more.
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Our two lovely Labour councillors, Julie Cattell & Leslie Pumm joined us for breakfast and chatted with our guests.
Thanks to Maggie, Jenny, Lai and Donna for volunteering their time on Saturday.
It was good to come together after a wonderful thanksgiving service and wake on Friday for our beloved Jacqui xxx and more.
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Big Church festival
Sue, Mark, Woody, Dotty, Lou and Jackie were all at the Big
Church festival this weekend.
Judging from the photos, a
good time was had by all and more.
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