St Mary's Newsletter

St. Mary's Newsletter 5th April
Blog readers, Today is Palm Sunday Meet at the Mariners Arms at 10.45am if you want to join the donkey on his walk to the Eleven Service. Hill Cream Teas You will be pleased to learn that Cream Teas are being served on the First Sunday of the Month starting today, 2.30—5.30 at Hill Village Hall Good Friday 11am Children's Activities and Picnic. Children of all ages welcome to hear the Easter story and help build an Easter Garden in the porch at St Mary's 11.00am on Good Friday followed by bring and share "Last Supper" picnic. Hope you can make it.
Berkeley Cinema 'Most' (Czech for 'The Bridge') A film about a Father, Son and Sacrifice. Wed 8th April - Berkeley Town Hall 8.00pm  (doors open at 7.30pm) No charge - Certificate 12 See the trailer at www.berkeleycinema.info Read reviews at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0345672/	Holy Week at St.Mary's Tuesday 7th April 7.30pm - Passion Reading Thursday 9th April 7.30pm - Maunday Thursday Communion Friday 10th April, Good Friday 11.00am Good Friday Children's Activity & Picnic 11.30am Good Friday Walk of Witness 2.00pm Good Friday Worship Saturday 11th April  8pm - Easter Fire Sunday 12th April - Easter Day 10.30am All-Age Communion 6.00pm Easter Hymns & Readings   From the Calendar Sunday, 5 April 09:30 Parish Communion 11:00 Informal Worship 14:30 Cream Teas - Hill 18:00 Evensong Tuesday, 7 April 08:30 Morning Prayer 19:30 Passion Reading, All Saints', Stone Wednesday, 8 April 20:00 'Most' the movie – Berkeley Town Hall Thursday, 9 April 19:30 Maundy Thursday Benefice Communion, St. Mary's Friday, 10 April 08:30 Morning Prayer 11:00 Good Friday Children's Activity & Picnic 11:30 Good Friday Walk of Witness 14:00 Good Friday Worship Saturday, 11 April 20:00 Easter Fire - Stone Sunday, 12 April 10:30 All-Age Communion 18:00 Easter Hymns & Readings Tuesday, 14 April 08:30 Morning Prayer Wednesday, 15 April 19:30 Bell Ringing Practice Friday, 17 April 08:30 Morning Prayer 19:00 Choir Practice Sunday, 19 April 09:30 Morning Prayer 11:00 Informal Worship 18:00 BCP Communion Sunday, 26 April 10:00 Annual Church Meeting Details of Lent activities can be found on our website.
Treasure Hunt The next event organised by the Social Committee will be a Treasure Hunt to be followed by a BBQ, which will be take place on Saturday 2nd May (the early May bank holiday weekend) starting from the Vicarage from 3pm. The questions will be suitable for all ages, and the clues can all be found within the confines of the 4 main streets in Berkeley (so pushchair and wheelchair friendly). So whether you have lived in Berkeley 60 years or 6 months, come and test your skills of observation! Contestants may enter as a family group, team or individually. Tickets costing £1 per head are available from Debbie Page (Tel: 01453 511168), and will include a hot dog. Bring your own drinks. Please purchase tickets in advance to help with catering.
Berkeley Annual Parochial Church Meeting will be held in Church on Sunday 26th April at 10.00am. We need to elect a Churchwarden and four people to join the Parochial Church Council. Current practice within the Church of England is that members should only serve in the above positions for a limited time before 'taking a break'. The pattern of service gives stability while allowing a change of personnel. We also need to elect an Electoral Roll Officer—who does not need to be a PCC member. Nominations to Pam Curtis.  If you have any queries please talk to the current Churchwardens. Reports will be ready for distribution on 19th April. If you have not submitted a copy to Pam please can you ensure 20 copies are available.
Blue Envelopes For those that give regularly through the blue envelope scheme, please note that the new packs of envelopes for April 2009-10 can now be found on the table at the back of church. If you would like to discuss regular donations to St Mary's please contact the PCC Treasurer Denise Rayner in confidence on 01453 549182 or at denise@therayners.co.uk.
The Children's Society Quiz Evening The Deanery Committee of the Children's Society is holding a Quiz Evening at Dryleaze Court, Wotton-under-Edge on Friday 15th May at 7.15pm for a 7.30pm start. Tickets are £12 for a table of four and will include light refreshments of tea/coffee. Tickets and further information from Barbara Jordan (01453 810241).
Mission Giving for 2009 The following charities have been chosen for our Mission Giving for this year: Emmaus; Gloucester City Mission; Water Aid; Mission Aviation Fellowship; The Bible Society and Tearfund.  The PCC also agreed to send a donation now to the Archbishop of Canterbury and York's Lent appeal for Zimbabwe.  A small piece about each of the charities chosen will be written in the Herald over the coming months.  If you would like a particular charity to be nominated for next year please pass your suggestion to David or Jenny Frith.	Readings for this Sunday 9.30am Holy Communion Philippians 2:5-11 Mark 15:1-39 6.00pm Evensong Isaiah 50:4-9a Philippians 2:5-11
A Lent Lunch Thankyou  We would like to thank all who came and enjoyed a delicious meal and those who supported us by supplying soup and bread and helping with serving. An impressive £214 will be donated to the CCP, a Gloucester area based charity which helps displaced young people reclaim their lives	Easter Lilies We use special lilies for the altar flowers on Easter Day. If you would like to contribute to the cost of the lilies please contact Miss Chamberlayne. You may like to make a donation in memory of a loved one.
Vicar- Rev'd Richard Avery Phone 01453 810294 E-mail averys@rjavery.co.uk Not available on Mondays except in emergency Curate- Rev'd Christine Birkett Phone 01453 511080  E-mail  christine.birkett@virgin.net Not available on Mondays except in emergency To have items included in next week's Pew Sheet contact Peter Yardley Phone 01454 319749 or email pewsheet@stmarys-berkeley.co.uk   If you send items to Peter Yardley for the printed Pew Sheet, they should make it into this newsletter.	More stuff on the website: www.stmarys-berkeley.co.uk Opt-out of the newsletter

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