Christmas Day Lunch
At Fairford Community Centre
from mid-day
For residents of Fairford and surrounding villages who will be on their own at Christmas.
Lifts can be arranged and a donation of £5 would be appreciated to go towards the food.
Contact Amanda or Mervyn Cully to reserve your place on 01285 712700.
Offers of help and/or financial contributions are welcome.
Jesus and Me Club
6th December
10am St Mary’s Church, Fairford
Stories, craft, fun and food
JAM club is on the FIRST Sunday of the month.
A Cabaret Evening
with Barry and Jean
In The Palmer Hall
Friday, 22nd January, 2016
7.00pm Wine bar and Supper.
Tickets £10.00 from: Alison 713101 or Heather 712428
In aid of the Church Organ Appeal.
Charity of the Month 1:
Children’s Society
The Children’s Society fights poverty and neglect and helps all children to have a better chance in life.
£25 can pay for a hot meal, shower and living essentials for a young runaway.
Can you help with a donation?
For further information: write to The Children’s Society, Edward Rudolf House. 69-95 Margery Street,
LONDON WC1 0JL. Tel: 020 78414400 Option 1.
Website.
Charity of the Month 2:
CRISIS OPEN CHRISTMAS
Homeless at Christmas - cold, wet and hungry with nowhere to go you can only watch other families shopping and going to parties.
A place at CRISIS at Christmas can be the start of a whole new life and even help someone out of homelessness for good.
A Crisis at Christmas place costs just £22.29 - that is just the start – each homeless person can get help with their problems
and this may change their lives. Crisis at Christmas begins on 22 December and lasts for nine days – will you donate the cost
of a place for one person – or even more people if you can manage it?
Your donations in the box will be gratefully received. Further information write to CRISIS,
68 Commercial Street LONDON E1 6LT. Tel: 0844 251 0111.
Website.
Glos. Historic Churches Trust Ride and Stride
The four of us who took part in this event would like to thank everyone who kindly sponsored us in our various efforts last September.
Geoff Hawkes took a very early bus into Cirencester where he visited the town's churches of various denominations before walking back to Fairford calling
into a number of village churches on the way. He walked at least 13 miles.
Dave Mills, Mike Bottomley and I rode 50 miles on our tour which took in 27 churches. The route is still imprinted on my mind and possibly my rear!
Starting out at 9:30 we cycled to Lechlade, Southrop, Eastleach, Hatherop, Quenington (cemetery chapel and church), Coln St. Aldwyn's,Bibury,
Winson, Barnsley, Ampney Crucis, Driffield, Harnhill, Ampney St. Mary, Ampney St.Peter, Poulton, Down Ampney, Meysey Hampton, Marston
Meysey, Castle Eaton, Kempsford, Whelford and finally the three Fairford churches.
Thanks again to your generosity we were well rewarded as we managed between us to raise a sum of £1,025 - 80, half of which will come back to St. Mary's.
Well done everyone.
Phil Trickett
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Advent Drinks Party and Canapés
Mike and Alison Godsal
request the pleasure of your company on
Sunday 6th December 2015 @ 12 noon
in the Community Centre
£5 on entry to include the first drink. A generous donation for further drinks!
To raise funds for The Organ Appeal.
Telephone:01285 713101. Email.
Church Organ Appeal
At the September meeting of the PCC a resolution was passed to apply for a Faculty for the much needed
repairs to the Organ.
The Organ, which was probably built by Nicholson’s of Worcester in the early 1840’s, was last repaired in 1986.
It is now needing urgent work on the Great Soundboard and Re-leathering of the Bellows. The estimated cost is
in the region of £40,000. We hope to start work after Easter next year and this is estimated to be six weeks.
Obviously a lot of Fund Raising is going to be needed!
Alison Godsal, Co-ordinator of the Organ Appeal
Funday Sunday/Messy Church
We meet on the second Sunday
of every month.
There will be a Messy Church on:
Sunday 13 December
St Mary's Church 4pm-6pm
Crafts, Games, Celebration, Cooked Meal
FOR FAMILIES.
The theme is Lighting up the World.
Dress Code: ‘Onesies’ are optional! (for adults as well as children)
We are now entered on the Messy Church website.
Activities, crafts and games in the church from 4pm,
followed by a Celebration and then a cooked meal in the Community Centre, finishing about 6pm.
No need to book but it will help us with catering if you can let us know that you are coming.
If not - just turn up on the day.
Email stmaryslmt@gmail.com.
Messy Space, Sat 19th December
2.00 – 4.00 p.m. Fairford Community Centre
Crafts and Coffee Bar for families
This month's theme: Christmas Party.
We shall also be making special cards for Christmas.
Adults and Children (recommended 4 years upwards)
£2 per child (max. £5 per family)
Concessions available
A project of Churches Together Around Fairford.
Enabling families to enjoy being families.
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