Tea Dance News

Last Saturday’s tea dance was a great success with 25 people taking part.  A big thank you to all those that supported or joined in the event and a big thank you to Ruth for making it such fun!  We danced, drank tea, ate scones and cake and raised a brilliant £317! The Church has already raised in excess of £800 towards the Ugandan Community Hall project!

If you missed this second tea dance there will be another – watch this space, or if you would like to be part of our lively Outreach Group please let Rev Margaret know, it would be great to have you on board.

 

Christian Aid week, May 14th to 20th

Christian Aid Breakfast

Dear Friends, come & luxuriate with us, enjoy a cooked breakfast and support Christian Aid after Mass at 10.30 am today:  ie Sunday 14 May at Windsor Baptist Church, Victoria Street, Windsor.  We hope to see you there!

On Saturday May 20th there will be a plant sale and coffee morningat The Rectory, 16 Parsonage Lane, from 10.15 to 12 noon. Everyone welcome.

Also that day Graham Brown is doing the Christian Aid sponsoredwalk in the Chilterns and would be grateful for sponsorship.

The sponsored Knit in April raised £515, so we have made a very good start. If your road is not covered by the house to house collection, envelopes will be available at church.

 

It's nearly time.............

This Saturday 13 May from 3 - 5 pm -  Our second Tea Dance! 

Come and enjoy a delicious cream tea and take part in some ballroom moves with Ruth.  Or just come along and relax with friends, dancing not mandatory!  All proceeds will go to our Ugandan project to help build the much-needed community hall so please come and support this event.  All are welcome. Tickets £5 available from Sue Trout or telephone 01753 853939.

Grace's art exhibition at Henley River and Rowing Museum

Grace's art exhibition at Henley River and Rowing Museum, 10.00am to 4.00pm on both Saturday and Sunday, 13 & 14 May 2017.

Grace is completing her Gold Artways Art Award and her final assignment is curating an exhibition she has named “River of Colour”. She is also exhibiting some of her own art, created as a reflection on the poem by Robert Minhinnick  “A Fox in the National Museum of Wales”. Grace has built a website to advertise her exhibition (with some technical assistance!). If you would like to see the website, it is www.riverofcolour.org

Grace would be deeply honoured if you could visit her free exhibition. 

Food share   -  April update

Over the last couple of months we have had an increased demand on our service.  We have raised our number of available vouchers to 45 but are struggling to meet demand. Fortunately, we have financial donations to fall back on, but would be grateful for more donations of food. 

We are currently short of meat, vegetables, baked beans, tinned pasta (eg spaghetti), jars of cooking sauce, UHT milk, rice and desserts (eg custard or rice pudding). We are also very low on sugar, coffee and squash.

We have enough stocks of cereal and dried pasta.

Thank you so much for continuing to support the scheme in so many ways.

Shirley Green

Good Friday 14 April

Come and join us in Windsor or Old Windsor for the following Churches Together in Windsor Events:

·         Old Windsor 10.30 am:  Gather by the Cross at the corner of St Peter’s Road, from where we will walk around the village, stopping at several points for an appropriate biblical verse and hymn, finishing at St Luke’s Church, St Luke’s Road, for a short Service, followed by hot cross buns and tea/coffee.

·         Windsor 12.00 noon:  Meet outside the Post Office, Peascod Street, for a short ‘Service of Witness’ where we will join friends from other Christian communities to re-enact and reflect on some of the events of Good Friday.

The humanitarian crisis in South Sudan

The humanitarian crisis in South Sudan is getting worse. More than 3 million people have been displaced, and there are acute food shortages and a lack of medical services. Christian Aid, already active in the country, has launched a fresh appeal for funds. Envelopes are available in Church for donations, however small, and more information can be found on christianaid.org.uk/southsudan Please pray for the people in this desperate situation.

Fairtrade Fortnight

Yes it's that time of year again!  Fairtrade Fortnight from 27 February to 12 March 2017.  

Look out for and choose Fairtrade products such as bananas, chocolate, tea, coffee and many, many more!  If it has the Fairtrade logo then you know the producers are getting a fair price and there will be NO CHILD LABOUR INVOLVED!

Serving our Church

A lot of the work needed to run our Church is carried out by a relatively small number of people.  There are several vacant posts as well as a variety of other ways for which help would be very much appreciated.  Please continue to pray for our Church and if you feel able to help in any way, please speak with Rev Margaret or any of the stewards.  Most areas of our Church life would benefit from more support.

Film Club plus

Saturday 18 February 2 – 5.30pm (please note earlier start time)

Come and watch a film followed by a delicious cream tea and watch (or take part) in some ballroom moves with Ruth.  All are welcome, please come along and support this event and enjoy!

Or come and join us at 4 o’clock for a cream tea & dancing @ £3 per person.

All proceeds from the event will go towards the Ugandan project.  

Safeguarding Important Reminder

For all those of us who were trained in 2012, we are required to attend a refresher course this year as the law now states that training has to be attended every five years.  The dates for this year are as follows:

·         Saturday 11th March – Refresher Course (Venue & Time tba)

·         Saturday 6th May – Foundation Course (Venue & Time tba)

·         Saturday 24th June – Refresher Course (Windsor Church - Time tba)

·         Saturday 7th October – Refresher Course (Venue & Time tba)

·         Saturday 11th Nov – Foundation Course (Venue & Time tba)

Pam Maunder

We are sorry to announce the death of Pam Maunder a member of this church for over 40 years until she moved away 15 years ago to be nearer her daughter. Her funeral will take place during the morning 1st February and a Memorial Service at our church on at 2 pm.  Please pray for the family and pass details of the service to all who need to be informed.

Safeguarding: important reminder

For all those of us who were trained in 2012, we are required to attend a refresher course this year as the law now states that training has to be attended every five years.  The dates for this year are as follows:

·         Saturday 11th March – Refresher Course (Venue & Time tba)

·         Saturday 6th May – Foundation Course (Venue & Time tba)

·         Saturday 24th June – Refresher Course (Windsor Church - Time tba)

·         Saturday 7th October – Refresher Course (Venue & Time tba)

·         Saturday 11th Nov – Foundation Course (Venue & Time tba)

Hot Lunch!

Saturday 14 January 12 for 12.30 at Windsor Methodist Church., all proceeds to Internally Displace People of Uganda (IDPU) project.

Please come and join us for a delicious hot 2 course lunch and to hear our speaker Dr Phoebe Abe talk about the new fundraising project the Church is involved with to help internally displaced people in Uganda.  Everyone is welcome, the more the merrier!

Tickets are available at £7 (£3 for children).  Tickets available over the next 2 Sundays or from sue.trout@hotmail.co.uk