WANTED – volunteers
Messy Church on the 2nd Sunday regularly attracts around 20 families. We desperately need more helpers, to sit at the activity tables, show people what to do and help young children with the activity. No preparation or skills are needed, just a serving heart and welcoming smile! Contact Sharon on 01844 208740 if you think you can help....
Lent Course – starting 14th March
Benefice Lent Programme 2019
Our 2019 Benefice Lent Study will be based on resources from one of our Benefice churches’ chosen charities – Embrace ME. We thank them for their material.
We will run five sessions in total, weekly at 7:30pm, starting on
14th March 2019 in Church House, Long Crendon.
Each week we will have the following:
Opening worship;
Short Bible study;
A meditation;
A time of prayer;
An action/activity
Together we will;
Explore the Fruits of the Spirit and other key passages.
Reflect on Jesus’ own character, based on the Bible passages that we read, and on our own experiences of encountering Christ through the Bible.
Pray together and seek to grow through living differently, compassionately, exuberantly, generously and expectantly.
We will be challenged about:
Living Differently
Living Compassionately
Living Exuberantly
Living Generously
Living Expectantly
We hope that you will join us, as we seek to learn together....
Annual Meetings
A key task of each annual meeting is to appoint our churchwardens and PCC members. If you are considering a call into church leadership then please talk to Rev Richard who can talk you through these roles and the nomination process. We give thanks for all those who serve the church in these important roles.
Long Crendon - Sunday 24th March 11.45am after the Family Communion in St Mary's
Chearsley - Sunday 24th March 2pm in the village hall
Nether Winchendon - Sunday 10th March after Evensong...
Vicar’s Day Off
Please note that Richard’s regular day off has now changed to the Tuesday of every week....
Church Leadership:
Please speak to Richard if you are considering a call to Church Leadership. We appoint our churchwardens and PCC members at our Annual Meetings on 24th March. We give thanks for all those who serve the church in these important roles....
Church Membership
LC and Ch Electoral Roll (NW has separate arrangements): Please sign a new application form if you want to stay on or join our Electoral Roll. This is an important way of saying you see yourself as part of our church family, and is used by the wider church as a measure of the church’s viability. So please consider filling out an application by the deadline, Sunday 3rd March....