MORNING PRAYER:      Every Monday morning at 9.30am in the Upper room.
EUCHARIST SERVICE:  Every Thursday morning at 9.30 am.
                                             Every Sunday morning at 10.00am.
 

PARISH OFFICE: please note there is now NO Parish Office on a Monday evening. If you know of family, neighbours or friends who are intending to enquire about Baptism or Marriage at St Philip and St James please ask them to telephone Wendy Wickstone for Marriages etc. at 020 8898 1052 and Ruth Hardy for Baptisms on 0208 894 1821.
 

NEW PARENTS AND CHILDREN: On Sundays when we have Parish Eucharist at 10.00am, all children are welcome to join Junior Church, except in the long school holidays.
In holiday time, if your children need a little break, do use the crèche provision in the vestry by the front door.
 

'THIRD SUNDAY' P & J SERVICE. This is an informal half-hour service once a month, aimed particularly at young families and the young in heart. If you want to come to church but are worried about keeping your toddlers or primary age children still during a longer service, perhaps the P & J service is one you might try.
 

HALL BOOKINGS: The hall booking contact no. is  0776 3251803. Please phone between 9am and 8pm. Hall charges are posted in the Hall, in the Church porch and on the web-site. For any queries involving keys please phone Angela Bowman on 8893 4918. If you use the Hall and find a problem please contact the Churchwardens, Russell Nimmo 8755 4480 or Wendy Wickstone 8898 1052 as quickly as possible. This helps to minimise issues with the next hirer, and can lead to quicker action in sorting something out.
The Hall now has new facilities, including Wheelchair access for disabled visitors and a Baby nappy changing unit.
 

CHURCH GROUNDS: We urgently need someone to be trained to use the ride-on mower, and to take a turn on the grass-cutting rota, and also people to help with hedge-trimming, weeding, strimming etc. If you can help in either or both ways, please speak to the churchwardens.
         

SPEAR: donations SPEAR was set up in 1986 in response to the deaths of two homeless people steeping rough under Richmond Bridge. We have supported them in many ways, but they are currently in urgent need of tinned food, especially tinned meat and tinned vegetables. Please put any donations into the green box in the porch, but please make sure that they are not past their "use by" date.
 

DRAGONFLIES TODDLER GROUP is in need of an indoor children's trampoline. If you have one theft you no longer need, please let Anna Benson know, and she will put you in touch withthe organiser.
 

PRAYER REQUESTS: If you would like someone to be remembered in our Intercessions, please let the Vicar know (in person, by phone or email.
 

CHILDREN AT P & J—We believe that children are a vital part of our community, and we welcome them to all our services. In addition, there are events tailored for our young people throughout the month: theFamily Service (first Sunday), the P & J Service (third Sunday), and a Sunday School (second, fourth and fifth Sunday). We encourage all children of any age (even if they happen to be the Vicar) to feel relaxed in our church, and their parents too.
 

WOMEN'S WORLD DAY OF PRAYER The group organiser has invited us to join in this venture in 2012.   She needs a couple of volunteers to join their committee to plan next year's event.
If you feel called to this valuable work, please speak with the Vicar. 
 

150TH ANNIVERSARY It will soon be 2012 and our church's 150th Anniversary. To help make this a memorable series of events, we need people willing to organise, help with planning, and help run the events/activities. It would be good to have as many people involved as possible, so please come along to the next meeting on
Tuesday, 13th December at 7.30 pm in the Hall, with your ideas and suggestions!
 

THE HALL WORK is due to begin early in the New Year on the refurbishment of the Hall. This is what we have been anticipating for a long time, and for what we have been raising money in many different ways. This means that there will be no access to the Hall once the building work has begun; and small gatherings, such as coffee after the Eucharist, will have to take place at the back of the church. Please be patient while the work is in progress, and we look forward with some excitement to the time when we can use the Hall once more.
 

FOOD AND FELLOWSHIP: The next one will be on Wednesday 8th February at 7.3Opm at Pho Saigon - a Vietnamese restaurant, 41 York Street,Twickenham .   
Places must be booked by Sunday 5th February with Debby and Mark Johnson on 020 8894 0613. Bring your own wine (but a corkage charge will apply) and soft drinks may be purchased
 

LENT COURSES—The Vicar is pleased to announce that the principal Lent Course for 2012 will be on the theme "Ways to Pray", and will take place on the Thursday evenings in Lent at 7.3Opm. The format wll be for coffee and a talk to follow a short said Eucharist.  In addition, we will be holding a York Course on Thursday mornings throughout Lent, on the subject  'Handing on The Torch'. This will follow our usual service & coffee
 

An enjoyable evening with friends at our Church 'Beetle Drive'

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