Additions to our website - 2010
December
- We're supporting Theresa Ellis's placement with the Message Trust in Manchester as she trains to be a Christian youth worker. Read her second newsletter here.
- FROST (Friends of St Thomas) have all-purpose cards, large and small,
based on paintings of St Thomas Church for sale.
Contact Jean O'Farrell 023 9245 4654 - On a cold and frosty Tuesday evening children, parents and teachers from Bidbury Junior School filled St Thomas' for their first Carol Service at the church.
- December 3rd - Rest assured that the Parish Christmas Lunch on Sunday
is still going ahead!
A thaw is forecast, but ring Carole Ellis (023 9261 1296) if you need to cancel because of the weather, or if you would like a lift to get there - December 2nd - the Youth Leaders' Forum tonight has been cancelled because of the inclement weather
November
Our
Advent Activity Service at St Nicholas on 28th November was the biggest
and best yet - the building was packed with people, young and old, for
a really special service
Photo - just some of the many people enjoying the Advent arts and crafts activities
- The Christmas Bazaar (on 27th November) raised over £1000! Thank you to everyone who came along to support the Bazaar
- David, our Rector writes about Advent Sunday, on 28th November...
"Please continue to consider how you will respond to God's generosity. On Advent Sunday – the start of a New Year in the Church Calendar – we will come together to pledge ourselves and our financial offerings for the building of God's Kingdom here in Bedhampton and in the world.
Every pledge is valued so please fill in and return your form even if you are unable to change what you can offer at present. - St Thomas Car Park - Balfour Beatty have informed us that they are carrying out railway work over the weekend of 4/5 December and will be using the northern end of the car park next to St Thomas for their welfare facilities. A few car parking spaces will be termporarily unavailable
- Christmas Cards featuring St Thomas’ Church are now on sale from Jean O’Farrell 023 9245 4654. Also greetings cards and packs of notelets. Proceeds go to FROST.
- Don't forget our Events page - bursting with forthcoming events such as the massive Christmas Bazaar on 27th November at 10:30!
- Book now for the Parish Christmas Lunch at St Nicholas on Sunday 5th
December. Sign up in church or contact the Parish Office.
Last date for booking 28th November. - We've added information about our World Mission Fund
October
- The Parish Office is closed from Monday 25th to Friday 29th October. If you need to contact a member of the staff team urgently, please ring 07944 145908
- We're supporting Theresa Ellis's placement with the Message Trust in
Manchester as she trains to be a Christian youth worker. Read
her
first newsletter here. - We've uploaded some photos from last Tuesday's Collation and Induction of our new Rector, David Proud
September
- Back in May we we delighted to announce that we were going to have a new Rector, and today we are delighted to say that the Bishop of Portsmouth came to David Proud's Collation and Induction Service yesterday - it's now official! We all wish David a long and enjoyable term as Rector, and we extend a warm and loving "Welcome to Bedhampton" to David, his wife Bobbie and their family.
- 27th September - Rev Keith Uphill celebrates the 40th Anniversary of his Ordination today. Yesterday many of us travelled down to St Cuthbert's in Copnor for a Thanksgiving Service. Our congratualations to Keith and Jean.
- We are now taking bookings for our next Afternoon Tea on Wednesday 13th October - more details on our Events Page.
- Our Harvest Services are on Sunday 3rd October - see the Services
Page for more details
Our 2010 Harvest Appeal supports 2 projects…- WaterAid – we’re collecting cash to help Water Aid who work in 26 countries to provide clean water, safe sanitation & hygiene education to the world's poorest people
- Havant Women’s Aid - we’re collecting non-perishable food & toiletries for the women & children supported by this local Refuge
- Come and meet our new Rector, David Proud, at his Collation and Induction service on Tuesday 28th. More details on our Events page.
- The Parish Office (tonight, 8th September) is in St Thomas Church, not the Rectory.
July
- Are your children getting bored? Why not try 'Activity Worship' at
St Nicholas on Sunday 1st August.
- Bible-themed crafts and activities for children and adults to enjoy.
- Refreshments on offer too.
- It starts at 9.30am and ends by 11am following a short Act of Worship.
- We are celebrating the completion of the latest phase of restoration of St Thomas' on Friday 30th. Come along between 7-8.30pm to see what's been achieved. Light refreshments available.
- Recession? What recession? Bad weather? What bad weather? Bedhampton's Summer Show raised about £4000 - up from last year - on a glorious summer's afternoon - see the next news clip too...
- July 3rd - Summer Show - hottest day this year - come and see our two videos!
June
- Do you read the Pompey Chimes, our Diocesan newspaper? It's full of
local news, especially this issue!
Amanda Ellis (Carole & Julian’s daughter) is featured on page 3 (yes, really!). Copies will be in church on Sunday or you can read about it on the Diocesan Website
- Bookings are now being taken for our 3pm St Nicholas Parish Cream Tea on Wednesday 14th July - details on the Events Page - to book, sign up in Church or contact the Parish Office
- Since our last update, we've had a small flood of visitors to our Fun Day page which recorded some of what happened on our Family Fun Day
- Don't forget Bidbury Mead springs into life again with the Summer Show on July 3rd - see our Events Diary
June
12th saw our second ever Family Fun Day on Bidbury Mead. What's a Family
Fun Day? You can see some photos and (new for this year, a short video!)
on our Fun Day
page ...(there's a preview on the right). - Our special collections and quiz night together raised over £1300 for Christian Aid
- In March we told you that our Church received £36.30 from Easyfundraising - today we received another £20, and it is easy - all done at the click of a mouse - read more here...
- There's news about the Bedhampton Summer Show too
May
- Probably the most exciting news of 2010 is that we have a new Rector! Come and meet David and Bobbie Proud!
April
- There's more news about the Bedhampton Summer Show.
- Probably the most exciting news of 2010 is that we have a new Rector! Following the recent interviews, we are delighted to announce that we've offered the post of Rector and it's been accepted. And soon, we will be welcoming Rev David Proud and his wife Bobbie into their new home and their new parish
March
- Things are happening on our Interregnum page - recently updated
- If someone knocked on your door and gave you £10, you'd rightly
be suspicious. But if they assured you that it was a gift, it was legal,
honest and it was yours, perhaps you'd feel that it was your lucky day.
Well, today, our Church received £36.30 it wasn't expecting. It's
come from EasyFundRaising.
- If you have signed up, well, Thank You - this is down to you!
- If you meant to get around to it,well, perhaps this will convince you that it really IS worth signing up
- And if you don't know what EasyFundRaising is, then please, take 10 minutes reading what our website has to say about it....
February
- Our Events Page mentions our "Try
Thai" evening on March 20th (are you coming?), but now there's more
news - Andy Economides will be speaking. Amongst other things, he's founder
of the Soteria
Trust, and you can read more about the Trust, and Andy himself, on
their website.
And you can find how to book for this very special evening on our Events Page - We have received an email from the Diocese...
We’re delighted to announce that the new Bishop of Portsmouth will be the Rt Rev Christopher Foster. He's the current Bishop of Hertford in the St Albans diocese. Find out more about him here - Details of our regular Friday "Coffee & Cakes" mornings
are on the Events page but there's
a special one coming up at St Nicholas...
It's on Friday 26th February from 10-11.30am. We're supporting Fairtrade Fortnight and we will have Traidcraft food & gifts to buy.
If you've never been to "Coffee & Cakes" why not make February 26th the first one you come and try! - We've added a short "Interregnum Page" to explain where we are in our search for a new Rector - it contains a link to our Parish Profile
January
- Our interregnum enters an exciting phase today - our "Job advert" for our new Rector has been published by the Diocese. It might even be that as you are reading this news item, the person who will become our new Rector is reading our Parish Profile, which is our "Job Description". Exciting times!
- Parish Party with Pancakes - Saturday 13th February from 6.00-8.30pm at St Nicholas - see our Events Page.
- Tickets are now on sale for the South Downs College Music Students' Concert at St Thomas' on Thursday 11th February. Details on our events page.
- Songs of Praise comes to St Thomas' on Sunday 31st January at 10.30am. Not the TV version, but a chance to sing your favourite hymn. Send your request (please give the reason for your choice) to the Parish Office by Monday 25th January.
- We are supporting Havant Women's Aid by putting collection boxes in both churches for good quality women and children's clothes, toiletries, household and food items.
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