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Welcome to Christ Church, Blacklands & St. Andrew, Laton Road, Hastings
The Deadline for the June edition is Noon Wednesday 22nd May.
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Women’s Fellowship
We are meeting only once in May on Monday, 13th when our speaker, Arthur Hollman, will show us examples as well as slides on the topic “Hat Pins”. This Meeting will start at 2.30 p.m. Visitors are welcome. Entrance £1.50 to include tea & raffle.
Coach outing to Teapot Island June 10th
Our Summer Outing this year will be an afternoon coach trip departing from Laton Road outside the Church at 1.30 p.m., prompt, returning approximately at 5.45 p.m. We will visit Teapot Island by the river Medway at Yalding, Kent where we will be served a cream tea & we have the opportunity to visit their exhibition of over seven thousand quirky teapots. The cost will be £16.50 per head which will cover the cost (including gratuities) and a raffle on the coach. Friends of Members are welcome to join us. Please give in names & payment to Jean Gill (Tel: 01424 427554) or to Helen Gossling by Sunday, 26th May.
Helen Gossling Tel:01424 423124
Parish Group Meeting
The Parish Group meeting on the `15th April 2013 was a talk by Robert Mucci, entitled “Tribal Artefacts”. It was very well attended and enjoyed by all there. Robert, who has a shop in the Old Town, and is well known locally, gave a very entertaining talk that included showing us many artefacts that he especially brought along. Some of these were very old and valuable, yet he still let them be passed around the audience for examination. There were many tribal artefacts from Africa and the stories behind them were interesting. These included the Medicine Man’s pouch and beads, tribal masks and fabrics. He explained how the masks were made and how the task was so skilled that tribal members could tell who had made the mask, even if that was made many years before. Some of the skills used in creating the fabrics are so intricate that even today, we do not know how it was done.
We were very disappointed when an end had to be called to the evening. Even the biscuits, coffee and tea were taken whilst questions were being asked and the items were being inspected on the tables, where they were laid out! All in all, an excellent evening and we will be inviting him to come along again in the not so distant future.
Our next meeting on the 20th May is the Fish Barbeque with Tush and Pat Hamilton. This is always looked forward to and very well attended. Tickets must be purchased in advance and are £6 per person.
Cynthia and Michael
Parish Group Coffee Morning
On
Saturday 18th May
from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm.
There will be stalls selling plants, cakes/bread, toiletries/ crafts, hamper raffle, bring and buy (but not jumble), books and puzzles and of course good company!
Any contributions of items for the stalls will be very welcome and can be left in the box at the back of the church.
Admission is 50p and includes a cup of coffee.
Tea N’ Chat
We will be meeting only once in May and that will be on Monday 20th starting at 2:00 p.m.
Please try to support this friendly group or at least come and give us a try.
For more information contact 01424 717004.
Thanks
The church and hall flower arrangements over Easter were greatly appreciated by everyone.
Thanks to all who helped. Don’t forget that we need someone to arrange the Easter Lily Fund for next year. This entails collecting donations and arranging for a memorial list to be displayed in Church. The purchasing and arranging of the lilies will be done by the flower team.
Thanks to those who place money in the box each time they pick up a magazine. We are most grateful to you.
Daily Bible Readings
A new set of daily Bible readings is available at the back of the church. The United Christian Broadcasting Bible readings last from May to July. These Bible readings are free of charge so please take advantage of this wonderful opportunity to access regular guided readings of the most wonderful book in the world. Also available are daily prayer booklets and daily readings for younger people.
Trades People Required
As you all know we need a lot of work carried out on the church to make it watertight and to improve the inside decoration. If you know of any builders, painters, decorators, plumbers and electricians who have given good service in the past, please pass their details to Jean, Leslie or Paul so we can build a list of reliable trades people we can approach to improve our church.
Mustard Seed Shoe Boxes
We will start our annual appeal for items to send to Eastern Europe in September. However I am already collecting shoe boxes and items to put into them now, so that we can be sure of donating as many filled shoe boxes as possible. So if you have any spare toiletries, flannels, toys, stationary items, hats and gloves please leave them at the back of the church for collection. Jean
Jumble Sale
We will be holding our next Blacklands Bumper Jumble Sale in June (actual date still to be arranged). Please start sorting out your cupboards and wardrobes and bring us all your unwanted items. Contact Jean if you would prefer us to collect any items.
Bible Study
The Bible Study session is on Tuesday 14th May at 7:30 p.m., at 14 Park View. All are welcome!
Church Together in Hastings & St Leonard’s and Loaf Project
Afternoon walks for the whole family, friends and neighbours. Each walk will be a guided route, usually of between 3 and 4 miles, often with shorter options, many based on routes of the ever popular LOAF May Day family walks.
May Day Walks 2013
Saturday 4th to Monday 6th May: 3 day 100KM walk Canterbury to Hastings.
Monday 6th May: 21 miles Rye to Hastings starting in Rye at 8:30 am, and 4 and 8 miles family walks starting from Westfield at 1:00 pm (picnic 12 noon).
Walk Details at: www.loafproject.co.uk
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