November - St Boniface Church

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News from CalveleyGoodtimes atCalveleyCALVELEY had a mostsuccessful service incelebration of theharvest festival.The singing was led bySt Boniface Churchchoir.The church was onceagain beautifullydecorated by a teamunder Jenny Brooks. Itreally did look veryattractive.We have some work tobe done following theQuinquennial inspection,but nothing which lookstoo expensive.We look forward to TheFriends of CalveleyChurch gettingunderway again insupport of these andother schemes.Our next big event is achoral evensong at4.30pm on Sunday 20November at CalveleyChurch to celebrate thecentenary of thereordering of our smallchurch by the de Knoopfamily in 1911.We would love to seeyou there.PICTURE SPECIAL Messy Church, St BonifaceWHY JOIN?From Page OneDavid Cox, from the Yew Tree Innin Bunbury, provided the beer tohelp reflect God’s bounteous harvest.Chris Jones organised several energeticgames, including a humansnakes and ladders game basedon the Creation story from Genesis.Members of the congregationsplatted the rat to save the harvest,visualised their prayers in ‘praydough’, bobbed for apples andmade beaded friendship bracelets.“There was something to suiteveryone,” said Joy.Sue Melia assisted the grapetreaders to show the fruits of theirlabours in a footprint frieze andbanner. The frieze, which hadbeen laid down the aisle, was usedduring the worship, when everyonewas encouraged to add a pebble toit with a silent prayer.During the service youth workerand birthday girl Kim Beswick tolda story and led the singing.After the service, the catering teamdished up a lovely spread which includeda birthday cake that hadbeen made especially for Kim.As the event came to a close, oneof the youngest children was overheardto ask her mum: ‘When ischurch going to be messy again?’The answer is 15 January.8John Ellis
News from St Jude’sWherehas theyear gone?HAVING FUN: A host of activitieswere organised as part of MessyChurch to bring the people closer toGod ... and organisers said itappeared to have worked wondersIT’S November already.It's hard to believe that theyear that we hailed as the‘New Year’ is looking decidedlytatty.As some poet or other said:it's a time of 'mists and mellowfruitfulness'.But all it means is that we areall a year older.It has certainly been a fruitfulyear.Never have we had such acrop of apples, enough togladden Mr W Tell's heart, butwould, no doubt, worry hisson.That said, Bonfire Night issomething to look forward toowhen Mr Fawkes goes on thefire.Hero or villain - depending onyour point of view - he mustbe the biggest mug in history.When they said: 'it's all rightmate, they’ll never catch you',they did and it wasn't his ideain the first place.Operation Christmas Child ishere again when we areasked to fill a shoebox with aselection of small gifts suitablefor a boy or girl.This is the same as in previousyears. However there willbe more information inchurch.St Jude's Christmas fayrethis year will be held on Saturday26 November at 2pm.Come and start your Christmasshopping with us. Whoknows - you might meet FatherChristmas.Our friend and PCC secretaryAnn Posnet has not beentoo well of late. All at churchsend their best wishes for aspeedy recovery. Please rememberAnn in your prayers.On 27 September the funeralof Harry Mitchell took place atSt Jude’s. May Harry rest inpeace and rise in glory.Bob Gardner
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