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Crofton Parish Diary
March
Mon 30 8-8.20am Morning Prayer (and every weekday morning)
Church vestry
Mon 30 7.30-8pm Holy Week Service of Compline led by Kate
Tues 31 7.30-8pm Holy Week Taize Service led by Gary
Holy Rood Church
St Edmund’s Church
WELCOME, we are a church of nine congregations, committed to supporting each
April
Wed 1 10.30am
Daytime Pastorate, speaker Colin Prestidge, ‘Getting ready
Oak Room
for Easter’. Coffee from 9.45am.
Wed 1 3.30-6pm
Messy Church, for all families with children
Wed 1 7.30-8pm
Thurs 2 10.30am
Thurs 2 7.30pm
Fri 3 9.30-10.30am
Fri 3
11am
12-2pm
2-3pm
Tues 7 2pm
Holy Week Celtic Style Service led by Steve
Holy Communion
Maundy Thursday Holy Communion
Good Friday activity morning for families with children.
Good Friday churches together open air service
St Edmund’s open for private prayer and reflection
Meditation, The Hour at the Cross
Mothers’ Union meeting with speaker Sally Nguyen
speaking on the Persecuted Church
Sat 11 7.30am
Men’s early morning prayer group (every 2nd & 4th Sat)
Tues 14 2-3.30pm Cup of Tea & Company, bereavement support group
Wed 15 7.30pm
Stephen’s Licensing at Bath Abbey (Coach leaves HR 10am)
Thur 16 7.30-10pm Listening for Life Course, 1st session, see leaflets in foyer
Sat 18 10-11.30am Who Let the Dads Out? activity morning for dads & children.
Tues 21 7.30-9pm Welcome Evening for anyone new to the church
Wed 22 7.30pm
Public Hustings Meeting, come & meet your general
Church and Centre
Holy Rood Church
CONGREGATIONS MEETING THIS WEEK
Holy Rood Church
29 March (Palm Sunday)
Holy Rood Church
Stubbington Green
St Edmund’s Church
St Edmund’s Church
Main hall
Willow Room
Main hall
HT church Gosport
Main hall
Donny’s cafe
Holy Rood Church
Kate’s Licensing Service, sign up list in foyer
Hart Plain Church
Sat 25 7.30pm
Ignite Gathering for young people in school years 7 to 13
Church Centre
Sun 26 6.30pm
Thur 30 6.30pm
Short Prayer & Praise and Annual Church meeting
Prayer meeting for the persecuted church
Holy Rood Church
Willow Room
Services on Easter Sunday (5 April)
6am: Easter Day Sunrise Service, Hill Head Beach (next to Salterns car park). Breakfast served after.
St. Edmund’s: 8am BCP Holy Communion Leader/Preacher: Colin Prestidge
10am The Easter Story in Words and Music
10.30am Easter Holy Communion Leader: Steve Marsh Preacher Kate Macfarlane
6.30pm Causeway Prayer & Praise Leader: Kate Macfarlane
St Edmund’s
9.30am: Holy Communion, Leader/Preacher: Beryl Stares (Retired minister)
Bible readings: Mark 11: 1-11 and Philippians2:5-11
Holy Rood
9.30am: Morning Praise
Leader: Colin Prestidge (Curate) Preacher: Roger Collinson, Palm Sunday Reading: Mark 11:1-11
Thur 23 6.45pm
(Please note there will be no coffee after the Easter Sun service)
other and to learning and working together to serve God where we are.
In addition to congregations meeting on Sunday, Messy Church is on Wednesday 1st
April, 3.30pm and there are a number of special services for Holy Week.
The Foster Room
election candidates - written questions to the office
beforehand please.
Holy Rood:
Sunday 29 March 2015
6.30pm Prayer and Praise
Leader: Colin Prestidge (Curate) Preacher: Laura Macfarlane
Monday 30 March, Holy Week Compline at Holy Rood, 7.30-8pm
Tuesday 31 March, Holy Week Taize Service at St Edmund’s, 7.30-8pm
Wednesday 1 April, Messy Church, 3.30pm to 5.50pm
Wednesday 1 April, Holy Week Celtic style service at Holy Rood, 7.30-8pm
Maundy Thursday, 2 April, Holy Communion at 10.30am and 7.30pm
Good Friday, 3 April, Churches Together Service on the Green 11am
Good Friday, St Edmund’s open for private reflection, 12-2pm, Meditation on the Cross, 2-3pm
We are so pleased to welcome new people to any of our congregations - please introduce
yourself to a steward or church member so we can get to know you. On Sundays, after the
9.30am service, there is a welcome and information table in the main hall where you can chat to
someone and find out more about church life here.
Our congregations are encouraged to see giving as part of our worship, this is often planned
giving by standing order or envelope, and there is opportunity also to make an offering when
congregations meet. Please use the Gift Aid envelopes where possible.
OUR VISION IS: TO BE A RESOURCING CHURCH – TO BE INTENTIONAL DISCIPLES - TO DO CHURCH IN DIFFERENT WAYS
Holy Rood Church, Gosport Road, Stubbington, Hants, PO14 2AS Telephone 01329 661154
Email: office@croftonparish.org.uk www.croftonparish.org.uk
Vicar: Vacancy Curates: Revd Colin Prestidge, Revd Kate Macfarlane & Revd Steve Marsh Ministers: every member
If you are a hearing aid user and would like to make use of the hearing loop, please switch your aid to T position
and sit in one of the central pews marked with the loop symbol.
For information & prayer, 29 March 2015
Vacancy Process Update
The PCC has voted unanimously to hold interviews for the new vicar of Crofton on
the 10th November, the choice of dates limited by the availability of the Bishop (Patron
of the parish and on the Interview Panel). This notwithstanding, the PCC believes that
this date allows time for proper consultation with our congregations and for discerning
the key areas where we hope the new incumbent will lead us forward. Towards the end
of April all church members will be invited to contribute to the discernment process by
means of a questionnaire asking us to consider: where we are as a parish, where we
would like to be, and what sort of person we might choose to get us there. Please speak
to the churchwardens or PCC members if you have any questions.
Kate and John’s leaving tea party is this afternoon, 4.30pm to 6pm in the main hall. If you are
coming please bring a plate of sandwiches, cakes or savoury nibbles to share.
Contributions towards a gift for Kate, in recognition of her faithful service to this parish, to be
put in a marked envelope and handed to wardens, or church office, or put in the offering.
Kate and John’s last Sunday at Crofton will be Easter Sunday. Kate’s licensing as Vicar at Hart
Plain Church is on Thursday 23rd April, 6.45pm. Please sign the list in the foyer by Easter Sunday
if you would like to go as Hart Plain need to know numbers. Parking is limited at the church.
The Annual Parochial Church Meeting will be held in Holy Rood Church on Sunday 26th
April, following a brief service at 6.30pm. There will be elections at the meeting for PCC
members and church wardens.
There are 4 vacancies on the Church Council (PCC) this year, each for a 3 year term. If you
feel you could serve the church in this way, or know someone who you think would make a
good PCC member, take a nomination form from the foyer, or ask in the church office. To
nominate someone, or to stand for election, you must be on the Parish Electoral Roll. The
final date for new ER applications 31st March and application forms are in the foyer.
All are welcome to come and meet our local General Election candidates at a public
Hustings meeting at Holy Rood Church, on Wednesday 22nd April, 7.30pm.
The meeting will be chaired by John Guest and written questions are invited beforehand - either
bring to the church office or email them to office@croftonparish.org.uk. All welcome, please
spread the word to friends and neighbours.
GOOD FRIDAY ACTIVITY MORNING— a family event at Holy Rood Church, Friday 3 April, 9.3010.30am. Explore the Easter story and help make the Easter garden and Easter candle for Holy
Rood church. Children can also make their own mini Easter garden to take home! Refreshments
provided. Children to be accompanied by an adult. More details from the church office.
Erica Wilkie is standing down as PCC Secretary and we need a volunteer to take on this
important role. Contact the office for more info, full training & support given.
Cleaner wanted, up to 4 hours a week for general housework tasks. Will pay the going rate and all cleaning
products supplied. If interested please call Sarah Anderson on 01329 667984.
SERVICES FOR HOLY WEEK & EASTER
There are special Holy Week
services on Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday next week,
from 7.30pm to 8pm, and
Holy Communion at Holy
Rood on Maundy Thursday
at 7.30pm - a wonderful preparation for Easter.
Please also support the Good Friday services on
the Green and at St Edmund’s, the Sunrise Service
on the beach on Easter Day, and communion
services at both Holy Rood and St Edmund’s. All
details on the diary page, and on Easter fliers.
Stephen’s Licensing, Bath Abbey
If you are going to Stephen’s licensing on 15
April, please let the office know if you would
like tea at the Abbey before the service, 5.30
- 6.30pm, as they need to know numbers. If
you no longer need your place on the coach
please say as there is a reserve list.
Stephen and Diane’s new address is
48 Devonshire Buildings, Bath, BA2 4SU,
phone 01225 287514.
Crofton Parish are looking to appoint a
Children and Families Support Worker.
This is a temporary, paid role of 7 hours a
week, term time, for a total of 40 weeks. The
majority of the time will be spent assisting
with the leadership of Little Fish. Details from
Beth Yeandle, Karyl Lewis or Jim Nolan, or ask
the office for a job description.
WELCOME EVENING - save the date!
Anyone who is new to Holy Rood or St
Edmund’s is invited to a welcome evening at
Donny’s cafe in the village on Tues 21 April,
7.30-9pm, for drinks, cake, chat and a
general introduction to church life in this
parish. Sign up on the list in the foyer or
contact the church office to book.
Stan Horsley will be staying temporarily at
Blackbrook Care home, Fareham - please could
anyone help with lifts so he can continue to
worship at the 9.30am service on 5, 12 & 19
April? If you can help please contact Carolyn
Terry, 01329 664336
Please pray for …..
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Sarah, responding to medication but pray for
further improvement.
Charlotte and Mark, after the birth of twins, a
boy and a girl. Pray that both babies will do
well.
Pauline, recovering following a fall.
Baby Sofia, awaiting treatment.
Donna, just diagnosed with breast cancer.
Jim and the family after the death of Chris
Berridge last weekend. Chris’s funeral
service is on Wed 1 April, 1pm at Holy Rood.
John Taylor, very poorly in The Rowans.
Dave currently in The Rowans. Please pray for
relief from abdominal pain and peace for
Dave’s wife, Cathy.
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Jim Palmer, on the mend after serious
stomach bug, pray for complete healing. Jim
and Evelyn are now back in UK.
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Deanery Cycle of prayer: today all parishes
are praying for the parish of St Mary’s,
Portchester, and clergy Ian Meredith, Mark
Williams, Anne Boggust and Trevor Hubble.
They give thanks for their Discipleship Explored
Course, just finished after 8 weeks; for their
young mums’ basic Christianity course ‘The
Journey’; for their new Bereavement Care
Team and for a new initiative for the bereaved
called GriefShare. Please pray especially for
their new house groups after Easter as they
follow the programme ‘40 Days’; and for
wisdom in developing the potential of their
buildings.
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In our community cycle of prayer we pray for
the residents of Crofton Lane, Valsheba Drive
and Bell Davies Road.
All prayer requests to the church office please, 01329 661154
or office@croftonparish.org.uk
VACANCY PRAYER FOCUS
Please pray for Kate as she nears the end of her
time with us and prepares to move to Hart Plain.
Please also pray about the appointment of the
Children and Families Support worker who will
support Beth in her role during the vacancy.
The Bishop’s LENT APPEAL supports the Bethlehem
Arab Society for Rehabilitation (BASR) and local mental
health charities. Use the envelopes in the church to
make a donation. If you are collecting at home, please
bring your jars in on Easter Sunday. Thank you.
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