CHURCH NOTICES
Don't forget to check our calendar of social & fund raising events
PARISH DIARY
For details of church services and other events, please click here.
MINISTERIAL TEAM
For details of our ministerial team, please click here.
SPECIAL WORSHIP NOTICES
Christian Aid Week
- Christian Aid Week will be from 11th – 17th May. To start the week, there will be a group service entitled "Pentecost Praise" at 6:30pm on May 11th at St Mary's.
Service for Corpus Christi
- Thursday 22nd May – 7:00pm at St Mary's. At this service, we will pray & give thanks for the ministry of our communion administrants.
"Prom Praise"
- "Prom Praise" is returning to Portsmouth Guildhall on Saturday 24th May. If you would like to go, please get in touch with Tony Turner who has kindly volunteered to co-ordinate tickets.
Service for All Pets & Pet Owners.
- Sunday 1st June – 10:30am at St Mary's church.
Quiet Time for Prayer & Contemplation
- Every Monday 9:00am to 12 noon in St Mary's church.
Christian Meditation
- A period of meditation is available each week in St Patrick's RC Church from 7:00pm to 8:00pm.
Tots 'n' Teds Pram Service
- Every Tuesday – 10:30am at St Andrew's.
Pram Service
- Every Friday – 10:00–10:15am at St Mary's.
Normal Service Times
MEETINGS
Group Council
- Next meeting – d.t.b.a.
PCC
- St Andrew's – d.t.b.a.
- St Mary's – Tuesday 13th May – 7:30pm in St Mary's hall. For full programme click here
- St Peter's – Thursday 15th May – 7:30pm in the Ark.
Churches Together on Hayling Island
- Next meeting – d.t.b.a.
Mothers' Union
- Next meeting – d.t.b.a.
St Andrew's Patoral Visitors' Group Meeting
- Next meeting – d.t.b.a.
St Mary's Mission & Outreach
- Next meeting – d.t.b.a.
St Mary's Visitors' Meeting
- Next meeting – Thursday 5th June – 2:00pm at "Beacon House", Wittering Road. All welcome.
St Peter's Patoral Visitors' Training Meeting
- Next meeting – d.t.b.a.
St Peter's Mission & Outreach
- Next meeting – d.t.b.a.
St Peter's Intercessors' Meeting
- Next meeting – d.t.b.a.
CHURCH & HOUSE GROUPS
Margaret Voysey's House Group
- Margaret's group is usually held fortnightly on a Wednesday at 8:00pm normally at 39 Mark Anthony Court. Meetings are also announced in the Parish Diary. Next meeting Wednesday 14th May.
Tony Turner's House Group
- Tony's group is usually held fortnightly on a Tuesday at 15 Avenue Road. Meetings are announced in the Parish Diary.
Vicky Macey & Jenny Salisbury's Cell Group
- Wednesday 21st May – 7:30pm to 9:30pm at St Andrew's.
Food, Fellowship & Faith Group
- Meetings usually held fortnightly and are announced in the Parish Diary.
Contemplative Prayer Group
- Next meeting – Monday 12th May – 10:00am to 11:30am at 7, The Strand (home of Michael Cayley)
St Mary's Women's Group
- Next meeting – d.t.b.a.
COURSES
Adult or Junior Confirmation for St Andrew's & St Peter's
- If you are interested in joining a confirmation class (even if you are unsure about being confirmed), please have a word with Ann. Alison or Jenny.
Daytime Alpha Course
- We are hoping to run a daytime Alpha course. Please contact Jenny Salisbury on 023 9246 4430 if you are interested in joining or would like to know more.
COFFEE MORNINGS & SUNDAY LUNCHES
Next St Mary's Coffee Morning.
- Next coffee morning – Wednesday 4th June – 10:30am to 12noon at 63 Hollow Lane (home of Barbara Gardner)
Children's Society Coffee Morning.
- Tuesday 24th June – 10:00am to 12noon in St Mary's vicarage garden or if wet, in St Mary's hall.
St Mary's Coffee & Tea.
- Every Tuesday - 10:45am to 12 noon in St Mary's hall.
St Andrew's Drop-In Coffee Morning.
- Every Tuesday - 10:00am to 11:30am at St Andrew's.
St Mary's Sunday Lunches
- Every second Sunday of the month at 12:45pm in St Mary's Hall. Names to Audrey White on 023 9246 3360 by the Friday before, please. Lunches are included in the Parish Diary Next lunch – Sunday 11th May.
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE & FAMILIES
Children's Workshop
- Friday 30th May – After school until 5:30pm at St Mary's church.
Messy Church
- Thursday 5th June – 3:30pm to 5:45pm at URC Hall. Click here for more details.
QUEST – The Christian Youth Group for Young People
- Click here for more details.
St Andrew's
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Sunday Club – every Sunday in term time – 11:00am.
Contact: Jo Macey (023 9236 3599) - Family Service – every third Sunday of the month – 11:00am (Children in church).
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Tots 'n' Teds Pram Service – every Tuesday – 11:00am.
Contact: Revd Ann Leonard (023 9246 1980) or Vicky Macey (023 9236 3599) -
Parent, Carer & Toddlers Groups – every Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday in term time – 10:00am to 12 noon term time.
Contact:
Mondays – Judith Cameron (023 9246 2444)
Tuesdays – Vicky Macey (023 9236 3599)
Wednesdays – Audrey Durrell (023 9246 6085)
St Mary's
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Junior Church – every Sunday – 10:30am.
Contact: Angela Teesdale (023 9246 1166) - Family Service – every first Sunday of the month (Children in church)
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"Edward Bear" Pram Service – every Friday – 10:00am in St Mary's church.
Contact: Revd Pennie Payne (023 9246 5259) -
"First Steps" ('Drop-in' for carers and children) – every Friday – 9:00am to 11:30am in St Mary's church hall.
Contact: Angela Teesdale (023 9246 1166) -
Junior Church Workshops – Monthly during term time and during the Summer holidays.
Contact: Angela Teesdale (023 9246 1166)
St Peter's
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Sunday School – every Sunday in term time – 9:15am.
Contact: Debbie Hick (023 9246 8947) - Family Service – every third Sunday of the month (Children in church)
SOCIAL & FUND RAISING
Whist Drive
- Friday 23rd May – 7:30pm in St Peter's Ark.
St Peter's Plant Sale & Coffee Morning
- Saturday 10th May – 10:00am to 12 noon.
3 Churches Fete Planning Meeting
- Thursday 15th May – 7:30pm at "Littlewood", West Lane (home of Sheila & Steven Schrier).
Ghana Evening at St Andrew's
- Friday 16th May with African refreshments. Admission free.
Minibus Trip to the New Forest
- There will be a minibus trip to the New Forest & Christchurch on Wednesday 21st May leaving St Peter's at 9:15am and St Andrew's at 9:30am: – returning between 7:30pm and 8:30pm. There will be stops for morning coffee, lunch & afternoon tea. If you would like to come on this trip, please contact Ray Hulks on 023 9246 4171.
Christian Aid Bike Ride
- The 2008 Christian Aid Bike Ride will take place on Sunday 8th June starting from St Peter's at 2:30pm (registration from 2:00pm). Further details and sponsorship forms from John Horncastle on 023 9246 1626 or Bill Bailey on 012 9246 5264.
The Next Bike Ride
- Hampshire & the Islands Historic Churches Trust has arranged its next bike ride for Saturday 13 September.
St Andrew's Programme – 2008
St Peter's Programme – 2008
Weekly Table Top Sales
- Every Wednesday – 2:30pm at St Andrew's.
St Andrew's Scrabble Evening
- Scrabble evenings are normally held on the first Friday of the month and are usually advertised in the Parish Diary. All welcome. Please contact Audrey Durrell (023 9246 6085) for more details.
Recycling Ink Cartridges
- St Andrew's would be grateful for any ink cartridges for recycling to help raise money for their building fund.
WANTED!
Help for the Christians of Harare
- Ruth Hutchinson has asked if we could help a colleague who has just been licensed to take communion to elderly and isolated Christians in Harare by supplying a sick communion set. If you would like to make a contribution towards this, please speak to the Rev'd Ann Leonard.
Appeal for Knitting Wool
- If you have any "double knitting wool" to spare, please give Linda Woodage a ring on 023 9261 4250. It will be used for knitting squares for charity.
St Mary's Cleaning Rota
- After years of sterling work in keeping the church clean and cherished, Christine and Alec Mawditt wish to retire from leading and organising the cleaning. The rota is complete for this year so the task is eased for the near future. Please speak to Paul if you feel able to help.
Webmaster
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Our present webmaster is planning his retirement from the job and is looking for a successor. Would anyone interested in taking over from him, please ring 023 9246 4669 or email sbur10@hotmail.com.
It goes without saying, no webmaster, no web site: in view of the growing importance of the contribution websites make to the mission and outreach of the church, this is a situation we are anxious to avoid.
More Maintainers Needed for St Mary's Churchyard
- To further assist the kind people who work hard to keep the churchyard looking neat and cared for, we have created a map with PLOTS. Please see the notice board at the back of the church and sign up if you can help. `
St Andrew's Wednesday Group are Seeking New Members
- We meet each week for tea, biscuits and a chat and hold regular table-top sales which raise money for St Andrew's church. If you are interested in joining us, just come along to St Andrew's hall on any Wednesday at 2:30pm. Everyone will be very welcome.
- Toddler groups are held in St Andrew's hall on Mondays and Wednesdays from 10:00am to 12 noon. Two more volunteers are still needed to join the rota of helpers. If you are interested, please speak to Revd Ann Leonard. Our thanks to those who have already volunteered.
ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
The "Year's Mind" List
- If you would like to have someone included on the list to be remembered on an appropriate anniversary, then please complete a form available in church and return it to a churchwarden.
Names on the Three Churches Sick Lists
- Names will remain on the sicklists for 3 weeks and will then, in the absence of any further information, be transferred to the list of long-term sick and housebound in the parish magazine.
Baptisms
Weddings
Funeral Arrangements
- For information on funeral arrangements, please ring 023 9246 2914 or 023 9246 1980.
Parish Offices
St Peter's Churchyard
- A copy of the full listing and plan of all extant memorials is now available in the church and on St Peter's website.
Church Halls
St Peter's Ark
- Bookings are now to be made with Kate Pim (023 9246 6556).