Sunday, December 9, 2012
Toy Service - Thank you
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Samaritan's Purse - Love In A Box - Thank you
Collecting For Christmas 2012
In 2012 we collected and sent 60 shoeboxes for the Samaritan's Purse - love in a box appeal. Many thanks to all those who donated their time, money and energy. And a special thanks to Mrs Jean Coe for organising the appeal. This year the shoeboxes were sent to Kyrgyzstan and Serbia. A break down of the age and gender distribution is shown below.
In 2012 we collected and sent 60 shoeboxes for the Samaritan's Purse - love in a box appeal. Many thanks to all those who donated their time, money and energy. And a special thanks to Mrs Jean Coe for organising the appeal. This year the shoeboxes were sent to Kyrgyzstan and Serbia. A break down of the age and gender distribution is shown below.
| Age Range | Girl | Boy |
|---|---|---|
| 2 - 4 | 8 | 5 |
| 5 - 9 | 24 | 12 |
| 10 - 14 | 6 | 5 |
| Total | 38 | 22 |
Sunday, September 9, 2012
Shoebox appeal - Operation Christmas Child 2012
Operation Christmas Child is the world's largest children's Christmas project, bringing joy into the lives of underprivileged children since 1990. Last year, nearly 1.2 million shoeboxes were packed with gifts and goodies and sent from the UK to children who need them most in some of the toughest parts of the world. In most cases the shoebox will be the only Christmas present that child will receive.
Our Benefice is again supporting the Shoebox Appeal. Please consider supporting the Shoebox Appeal. Information leaflets, containing full details, are to be found at the back of all the churches and on our website - details below. Please then pass your completed Shoebox to your Churchwarden for passing on to the Benefice co-ordinator. The deadline for handing in the completed Shoeboxes is the 31st October, as they need to be taken to a collection point at the beginning of November.
Completed boxes to our Co-ordinator by 31st October.
Either directly or via your churchwarden(s).
http://www.bansfieldbenefice.org.uk/benefice/shoebox.html
If you want to know more about Operation Christmas Child then please visit
http://www.operationchristmaschild.org.uk/.
If you require details about how to pack the shoebox please visit
their How to pack your shoebox page.
http://www.operationchristmaschild.org.uk/how-to-pack-your-shoebox
Our Benefice is again supporting the Shoebox Appeal. Please consider supporting the Shoebox Appeal. Information leaflets, containing full details, are to be found at the back of all the churches and on our website - details below. Please then pass your completed Shoebox to your Churchwarden for passing on to the Benefice co-ordinator. The deadline for handing in the completed Shoeboxes is the 31st October, as they need to be taken to a collection point at the beginning of November.
Completed boxes to our Co-ordinator by 31st October.
Either directly or via your churchwarden(s).
Further details
http://www.bansfieldbenefice.org.uk/benefice/shoebox.html
If you want to know more about Operation Christmas Child then please visit
http://www.operationchristmaschild.org.uk/.
If you require details about how to pack the shoebox please visit
their How to pack your shoebox page.
http://www.operationchristmaschild.org.uk/how-to-pack-your-shoebox
Friday, August 31, 2012
Guild of servants of the Sanctuary and more ...
In addition to the usual Harvest services that start in September the Benefice is holding a special service at Lidgate church on Friday 21st September at 7.30pm- Guild of servants of the Sanctuary. Why not come along and find out more.
Also Lidgate will hold its Harvest festival with music being once again provided by the Fowlmere Choir. Their Harvest Festival is on September 30th @3pm.
All other services can be found at http://www.bansfieldbenefice.org.uk/services/
Also Lidgate will hold its Harvest festival with music being once again provided by the Fowlmere Choir. Their Harvest Festival is on September 30th @3pm.
All other services can be found at http://www.bansfieldbenefice.org.uk/services/
31st Suffolk Historic Churches Trust bike ride
Saturday the 8th September 2012 will be the 31st annual fund raising sponsored bicycle ride for churches of the Bansfield Benefice and the Suffolk Historic Churches Trust.
Half of the proceeds go to the church of your choice and the other half to the Suffolk Historic Churches Trust to help with their charitable work.
The event starts at 9.00am and finishes at 5.00pm. Start and finish whenever you like between these times. Visit by bike or on foot (no horses please) as few or as many churches as you wish. It's a great day out for all the family and there are refreshments (tea, biscuits and soft drinks) at all the churches you visit. It's a great opportunity to visit other churches in the area and to see the rich history of our religious buildings. It's also fun for the whole family and even helps to keep you fit. Why not visit all Seven churches of the Benefice?
Pick up a sponsorship leaflet from any Bansfield Benefice church. Further information can be found on the Suffolk Historic Churches Trust website.
Half of the proceeds go to the church of your choice and the other half to the Suffolk Historic Churches Trust to help with their charitable work.
The event starts at 9.00am and finishes at 5.00pm. Start and finish whenever you like between these times. Visit by bike or on foot (no horses please) as few or as many churches as you wish. It's a great day out for all the family and there are refreshments (tea, biscuits and soft drinks) at all the churches you visit. It's a great opportunity to visit other churches in the area and to see the rich history of our religious buildings. It's also fun for the whole family and even helps to keep you fit. Why not visit all Seven churches of the Benefice?
Pick up a sponsorship leaflet from any Bansfield Benefice church. Further information can be found on the Suffolk Historic Churches Trust website.
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
World Development Newsletter - May 2012
From: Sue Young, World Development Adviser, Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich
GLOBAL WATER CHALLENGES
Have you noticed our special focus on water issues? This is a growing global issue – more floods and droughts affecting the most vulnerable people – 731 million without a safe water supply - 2.8 billion without basic sanitation – conflicts over scarce resources. We have highlighted it in the East Anglican, in the Enews and on the web site. Please do visit the page on the web site
www.stedmundsbury.anglican.org/index.cfm?page=social.content&cmid=558
which highlights some of the action being taken locally and how you can join in. There is also a new leaflet in the World Mission Group series which can be downloaded from the web site or is available from me on request. This gives more ideas on action. Finally, there will be an exhibition at the cathedral from 25 June until 20 July. Many people will be in the cathedral for the ordination week-end, so do ask them to allow a few minutes to look at the exhibition. Paul Daley the Local Water Aid speaker is keen to come and speak to churches. Contact him on pauldaley@virginmedia.com
RWANDAN OLYMPIC TEAM AND VISIT OF THE BISHOP OF KIGALI
Bishop Louis of Kigali will be in Suffolk next month for the arrival of the Rwandan Olympic Team in Bury St Edmunds where it is training. He has been invited by Rwanda Direct, a small charity based in Ipswich. He will preach at the cathedral at 10am on Sunday 8 July. If you would like to meet Bishop Louis or invite him to speak at your church, contact the Revd Paul Daltry, Chair of Rwanda Direct & Commissary for Bishop Louis at paul@daltry.co.uk Visit www.sportforrwanda.org.uk for information about Bury St Edmund’s project to enable hundreds of Rwandan children to take part in sport.
CLIMATE CHANGE
Our focus on water has highlighted how drought and floods impact on the most vulnerable. But this is only one effect of climate change. The poor are also ill equipped to cope with temperature changes, sea level rise, storms, etc. There are a number of occasions coming up for prayer and worship around the topic of the environment and climate change. June 5 is World Environment Day. www.unep.org/wed/ From 20 to 22 June the UN conference on sustainable development RIO +20 takes place. 20 years on from the groundbreaking Rio Earth Summit, leaders from around the world will meet again in Rio de Janeiro. Let us pray for real progress in plans for a sustainable and safer future for our planet. Keep in touch through your aid agency or www.rioconnection.org This page will tell you where to look for worship materials on the environment.
www.ccow.org.uk/worship/ccow-prayer-resources/praying-and-preaching-about-the-environment Looking further ahead Churches Together Creation Time will run from 1 September to 4 October. The theme this year is Sustainable Energy in Creation – Time for prayer and action. Resources will be available on the Churches Together web site (www.ctbi.org.uk) by the end of June.
ECUMENICAL WORLD DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE
“Food Matters” is the theme of this year’s Ecumenical World Development Conference. From the 1– 3 October at the Hayes Conference Centre Swanwick, there will be a great opportunity to explore with others interested in development issues why in a world of plenty so many go hungry. Go to www.ewdc.info to see the impressive range of speakers and for booking details.
FAIRTRADE FORTNIGHT AND THE BIG BREW
Thank you to those of you who sent me details and pictures of your Big Brew event. It seems you were very busy with coffee mornings, tea parties & fairtrade stalls – with the odd breakfast, quiz, children’s activities and concert thrown in. Well done!
GLOBAL WATER CHALLENGES
Have you noticed our special focus on water issues? This is a growing global issue – more floods and droughts affecting the most vulnerable people – 731 million without a safe water supply - 2.8 billion without basic sanitation – conflicts over scarce resources. We have highlighted it in the East Anglican, in the Enews and on the web site. Please do visit the page on the web site
www.stedmundsbury.anglican.org/index.cfm?page=social.content&cmid=558
which highlights some of the action being taken locally and how you can join in. There is also a new leaflet in the World Mission Group series which can be downloaded from the web site or is available from me on request. This gives more ideas on action. Finally, there will be an exhibition at the cathedral from 25 June until 20 July. Many people will be in the cathedral for the ordination week-end, so do ask them to allow a few minutes to look at the exhibition. Paul Daley the Local Water Aid speaker is keen to come and speak to churches. Contact him on pauldaley@virginmedia.com
RWANDAN OLYMPIC TEAM AND VISIT OF THE BISHOP OF KIGALI
Bishop Louis of Kigali will be in Suffolk next month for the arrival of the Rwandan Olympic Team in Bury St Edmunds where it is training. He has been invited by Rwanda Direct, a small charity based in Ipswich. He will preach at the cathedral at 10am on Sunday 8 July. If you would like to meet Bishop Louis or invite him to speak at your church, contact the Revd Paul Daltry, Chair of Rwanda Direct & Commissary for Bishop Louis at paul@daltry.co.uk Visit www.sportforrwanda.org.uk for information about Bury St Edmund’s project to enable hundreds of Rwandan children to take part in sport.
CLIMATE CHANGE
Our focus on water has highlighted how drought and floods impact on the most vulnerable. But this is only one effect of climate change. The poor are also ill equipped to cope with temperature changes, sea level rise, storms, etc. There are a number of occasions coming up for prayer and worship around the topic of the environment and climate change. June 5 is World Environment Day. www.unep.org/wed/ From 20 to 22 June the UN conference on sustainable development RIO +20 takes place. 20 years on from the groundbreaking Rio Earth Summit, leaders from around the world will meet again in Rio de Janeiro. Let us pray for real progress in plans for a sustainable and safer future for our planet. Keep in touch through your aid agency or www.rioconnection.org This page will tell you where to look for worship materials on the environment.
www.ccow.org.uk/worship/ccow-prayer-resources/praying-and-preaching-about-the-environment Looking further ahead Churches Together Creation Time will run from 1 September to 4 October. The theme this year is Sustainable Energy in Creation – Time for prayer and action. Resources will be available on the Churches Together web site (www.ctbi.org.uk) by the end of June.
ECUMENICAL WORLD DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE
“Food Matters” is the theme of this year’s Ecumenical World Development Conference. From the 1– 3 October at the Hayes Conference Centre Swanwick, there will be a great opportunity to explore with others interested in development issues why in a world of plenty so many go hungry. Go to www.ewdc.info to see the impressive range of speakers and for booking details.
FAIRTRADE FORTNIGHT AND THE BIG BREW
Thank you to those of you who sent me details and pictures of your Big Brew event. It seems you were very busy with coffee mornings, tea parties & fairtrade stalls – with the odd breakfast, quiz, children’s activities and concert thrown in. Well done!
Saturday, June 2, 2012
Wickhambrook History Weekend - "Wickhambrook discovers its past" 15th - 17th June
In association with the Wickhambrook History Society the PCC of Wickhambrook is proud to announce the Wickhambrook History Weekend to be hosted at All Saints' church Wickhambrook.
A Village history, viewed through Film, Artefacts, Maps, Famous names, Agriculture, Monuments and Buildings and much more.
Friday 15th Jun 7 - 9 pm Cheese & Wine preview Evening
Saturday 16th Jun 10 - 5 pm
Sunday 17th Jun 10 - 4 pm followed by Songs of Praise at 5 pm
Cheese & Wine preview evening £10.00 per person (includes weekend pass).
Tickets per day (Not Friday) Adult £2.50 Accompanied Children Free. Unaccompanied £1.00.
Further details. http://www.bansfieldbenefice.org.uk/events/#wickhambrook
A Village history, viewed through Film, Artefacts, Maps, Famous names, Agriculture, Monuments and Buildings and much more.
Friday 15th Jun 7 - 9 pm Cheese & Wine preview Evening
Saturday 16th Jun 10 - 5 pm
Sunday 17th Jun 10 - 4 pm followed by Songs of Praise at 5 pm
Cheese & Wine preview evening £10.00 per person (includes weekend pass).
Tickets per day (Not Friday) Adult £2.50 Accompanied Children Free. Unaccompanied £1.00.
Further details. http://www.bansfieldbenefice.org.uk/events/#wickhambrook
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