PROCESS FOR APPOINTING NEW TEAM RECTOR
Please continue to pray for the person God will bring in His time to lead the Team and for all of us to be patient and willing to embrace the change God is bringing about here.
Please also continue to pray for the clergy across the Team – Margaret Fowler, Rupert Hankey and Christine Williams and the lay leaders at each church, especially at Emmanuel, as they all take on more responsibility.
INDOOR MARKET
The next Indoor Market is on Saturday 16th November 10-4pm, lunches served 11.30am – 2pm.
ANNUAL MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR THE BEREAVED
The annual service will be held at Emmanuel Church on Sunday, 3 November 2024 at 3 p.m. Anyone who has been bereaved is welcome to attend, to remember those they have lost and be reminded of the promise that God is with us even through sad and difficult times. Please pick up a letter in the foyer or contact Sue Oakley if you’d like to attend. sue.oakley@billericaychurches.org
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD (OCC) SHOEBOXES
This year we are inviting people to make up their own shoeboxes and bring them to the service on Sunday 17 November, where they will be blessed before being sent off.
Donations left over from last year and generously given this year have been put out in the Foyer for people to take to add to their shoeboxes.
CHURCH FLOWERS
We take this opportunity to say ‘Thank-You’ to all the team who provide the beautiful flower arrangements at Emmanuel throughout the year. They are all so generous in supplying the dis- plays throughout the year and more so during the major festivals at Harvest, Christmas and Easter. Thank-You so much. If anyone is interested in helping to decorate the church, please contact Trish Pickup.
TABLE TENNIS
Enjoy table tennis? Join us on Wednesday, 13th November for the new mid-week Table Tennis social evening in the Foyer between 7 – 9pm. Alan Woolnough and Banjo
CHRISTINGLE FACTORY
The annual pop-up Christingle Factory will take place in the Chapel/Lounge on Monday 23 De- cember from 10am – 12 noon. Please let Sue Stevens know if you can come and help assemble the Christingles ready for the next day.
EMMANUEL’S FINANCES
As for everyone else, the cost of running Emmanuel church has risen considerably in recent years. Currently it costs £41.25 a day to run the church, and our Expenditure has exceeded our Income for a while now. To help alleviate the shortfall, donations towards the running of the church will be very gratefully received, either by direct payment to the Bank account:
Or by using the following QR code: Thank you very much.
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
2 Nov Who Let The Dads Out 9-10.30am Emmanuel for all Dads, Grandads and Male Carers with pre-school Toddlers. Next one will be Saturday 30th November – note change to published date!
Contact tony.wallace@billericaychurches.org for further information.
3 Nov Annual Memorial service for the bereaved, 3pm at Emmanuel
4 Nov Emmanuel DCC 7.30pm in the foyer (please note change to previously advertised date)
10 Nov Act of Remembrance at the War Memorial
11 Nov BLBTM PCC meeting 7.30pm at Christ Church (please note change of date)
13 Nov Funeral of Heather Bearman; 11.45am, St Mary the Virgin, Little Burstead
16 Nov Indoor Market at SMM, 10am – 4pm, lunches served 11.30am – 2pm.
19 Nov Emmanuel Leadership Team meeting, 1.30pm in Emmanuel Foyer
1 Dec Annual Toy Service collecting new toys for Changing Pathways
WEEKLY EVENTS
ST MARY MAGDALEN COFFEE DROP IN Mondays 11am – 1pm. Opportunity to chat over coffee/tea or speak to a listener/prayer ministry team member.
‘ANNA’S PLACE’ Tuesdays 10.30 a.m. – 2 p.m. A warm welcome and activities every week in Christ Church Church Hall for older people. Refreshments and lunch included. Just come along. Free.
HOLY COMMUNION AT ST MARY MAGDALEN – Wednesdays at 10 a.m. ZOOM PRAYERS every Wednesday 6pm.
TEDDY BEARS – Thursdays 9.30-11.30am for pre-school children over the age of 18 months. Contact Merrill Knight (656183) for further details.
BABIES & TODDLERS – Fridays 10-11.30am, for parents/carers and babies/toddlers. Contact Juliet Shipton at juliet@richardshipton.com for further information.
PRAYER REQUESTS
THOSE WHO ARE UNWELL
Please remember in your prayers those members of our church family who are in need of our love and support at this time, whether we know them to be unwell or struggling in different ways.
Please also remember those who continue to weigh heavy on your hearts.
Pray for all members of our church family and anyone we know who are isolating or struggling with ill health and in need of prayer at this time.
Especially remember: Peggy and Derek Randall (Donna’s parents); Brad Martin; Pat Greenfield (Stephen’s mum); Sue Cockett; Paul Harrison; Jean Cuthbert; Alan Camp- bell; Alan Woolnough; Sue Stevens; Julie Harper; Esther Davies; Joan Steward; Justin (Juliet’s brother); Elwin Cockett; Sonja Chamberlain; Nicola (Bob & Jill’s daughter); David Kitchener; Vince Fabbri; Sue & Jim Shrubb; Claire Iveson; Sheila Whitworth; Fred Towler (Vicki Davies’ dad); Sheila Bailey; Brenda Lunn; David & Maureen Bird; Jan Wood; Rosemarie Biron; George Wetjen; Carol Hayward; Roger Hayward; Simon Harrison; Kim Steele.
Dr Chris Williams asks if we can remember the many elderly and confused patients of his in these challenging times.
THOSE WHO ARE BEREAVED
Please continue to pray for all those we know who have been recently bereaved, espe- cially for the family of Heather Bearman; Christine, Katey and Rob Coe following the death of Simon, and the families of: Terry Golds (Sue Oakley’s brother); Maureen Budner (Marianne and Mark); Veronica Brooks (St John’s); Ken Smith (Hazel and David); Adelheid Johnson; Ernie Sprunt; Maria Hankey; Julian (Juliet Shipton’s brother); Da- vid Fordham; Esther Dean; Jean Bennett; Alan George Conquest MBE; Robert Wiggins; David Mander (Maureen); Heather Bearman.
