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St Mary's Eaton Bray: September 2006
Mothers Union Eaton Bray with Edlesborough
In July we enjoyed a coach trip to Henley-on-Thames arranged by June, who also provided the very nice refreshments along the way. Then in August we joined with the Eaton Bray W.I. for a coach trip to Stratford-on-Avon, - again very enjoyable.
The September meeting was held in the Coffee Tavern with sixteen members and friends present.
Sheila said the prayers, then June introduced our speaker, Joy, the Salvation Army Captain, who gave us various interesting literature on the work of the Army.
A man called William Booth founded it in 1865 in the East End of London. He and his wife Catherine were originally Methodists. He felt strongly that he should do something to help the poor and needy. The movement quickly spread to many parts of the world and now works in more than one hundred countries.
Originally called 'The Christian Mission' Booth changed its name to 'The Salvation Army' in 1878.
There are now more than 700 centres which are both places of worship and community centres and over 100 social work centres.
'Faith House' in King's Cross London arranges to meet youngsters off trains to offer help. Since February this year they have been working hard dealing with cases of human trafficking, which is a worldwide problem.
The Army does much work in providing water storage tanks in many overseas areas. It was able to help in the Tsunami disaster: and was also allowed to help and comfort victims of the London underground bombings.
Mary thanked Joy for her talk and the meeting closed with grace at 4.p.m.
New members and friends will be very welcome.
St Mary's September Parochial Church Council Meeting
The PCC met on 14th September in the Coffee Tavern as work is still continuing on the Dagnall Church extension. We were provided with an update on repairs to our Chancel Roof which should be completed by the end of September.
The 17th September will see a trial launch of our new Sunday Lunch initiative. It is planned to eventually open this up to anyone in the Villages.
It was agreed that due to a busy December the children's party will be held on Saturday the 13th January. This will be something for the children to look forward to after Christmas.
We discussed the visit of Bishop Kisembo to the 10 o'clock service on 15th October at St Mary's when we will be joined by parishioners from Whipsnade, Studham and Kensworth.
We will be having our usual service on All Souls Day on Tuesday 2nd November at 8pm. We will again be inviting families of people whose funerals have been held at St Mary's over the last year.
The service will of course be open to everyone.
Our Christmas Fayre will be held on November 18th. Money raised will be shared equally between our Roof Fund and the Parish Project - Kagando.
The Church Mouse
All Souls Day
All Souls Day (Thursday, 2 November) is the Church's special day for remembering our loved ones who have died.
There will be a special Service of Remembrance at 8.00pm, to which the families of all those whose funerals have taken place in the parish during the past year will be invited personally. Anyone else who wants to remember prayerfully someone special to them is invited to join us.
There will be a list in church during the previous couple of weeks on which the names can be written of anyone whom you would like to have remembered in the prayers at that service - please feel free to add names if you wish to (whether or not you are able to attend the service).
Harvest Thanksgiving
Harvest Thanksgiving services will be held at St Mary's on Sunday morning, 1 October, at 8.00 and 10.00. There will also be an Evening Service at 6.00 on that day in St Mary's, Edlesborough (one of the occasional services in the closed church). All are welcome to share in these services.
After the 10 o'clock service, the gifts of harvest produce will be auctioned for the Bishop's Harvest Appeal.
Artistic pirates make their own eye patches
Ahoy, me hearties!
Wee mateys at Northall Village Hall raised the masts, set sail and pretended to be shipwrecked on an island at the 2nd annual 'Churches Together' Summer Club.
The summer club is an ecumenical event with children, aged between five and 11 taking part from all the nearby village churches, including Salvation Army, Methodist, Baptist, Anglican and Roman Catholic.
This year the theme was pirates and more than 20 'crew' attended dressed in appropriate clothing. The children made their own pirate hats and eye patches on the first day to wear during the week.
The message for the week, that Jesus loves everyone, was told through the story of Paul being shipwrecked on Malta.
Children also had fun with games, arts and crafts, and hunting for treasure in the grounds of the village hall.
It was such a success that many are already looking forward to next summer.
Source: Leighton Buzzard Observer, 5 September 2006
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