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DCC MEETING – Next meeting will be held on Thursday 3rd October 2019.
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Sunday 18th August – 3.00pm
St Leonard’s Newcomers’ Tea at St.Leonard’s Vicarage. If you haven’t replied to your invitation please do so!
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Wednesday 21st August
The Wednesday morning Home Group will not be meeting on 21st August.
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Monday 26th August at 7.30pm
The Monday Evening Home group meet – details in the newsletter.
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Wednesday 28th August at 11.00am
Service with Communion at Rosedale Retirement Home. All welcome.
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Saturday 31st August at 1.00pm
Maintenance and cleaning afternoon. Please come along and help us.
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MESSY HARVEST – SUNDAY 1st SEPTEMBER 12 NOON-4PM
Would you like to be involved with Horsham Churches Together’s Messy Harvest which will be taking place on Sunday 1st September in central Horsham? Could you join the planning team – one or two meetings between now and 1st September? Could you volunteer to set up Messy Harvest and help with the first session from 11.30am-2pm or 2pm-4.30pm including a bit of clearing up? You may prefer to help for a shorter time. Please contact Rosemary Couchman, details in the newsletter, to offer your help.
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Wednesday 4th September at 10.30am – LINK
Come in for tea, cake, chat and a simple bible-based activity. All welcome.
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Sunday 8th September – 3.00pm to 5.00pm
Families afternoon. Please come and help – we need more members of the congregation to be available!
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Wednesday 11th September – 11.15am
Communion at Glen Arun. All welcome.
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Wednesday 11th September – 2.00pm
Communion at Aspen Place. All welcome.
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Wednesday 11th September – CHRISTIANITY EXPLORED
Starting on Wednesday 11th September for 7 sessions. This is an explorers’ course for those wanting to know more about Christianity or those who would like a “refresher course”. We would like to start each meeting with tea/coffee and a pudding so lots of volunteers are needed, please, to supply and serve puddings and wash up. And while you are doing this you might like to attend the course! Lists are in the hall.
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Saturday 14th September – Scoot and stroll family event
RIDE AND STRIDE IN AID OF SUSSEX CHURCHES
A fun couple of hours scooting or strolling around Horsham. Leaving St Leonard’s at 2.00pm, visiting Holy Trinity, the Unitarian Church and ending up with tea at St Mary’s. Keep the date free. Sponsor forms are available in church. There’s one for our church family – all ages. Please sign the list if you would like to go.
The traditional RIDE AND Stride will also take place and Tim will be approaching people to “man” the church in due course. See Tim if you would like to take part in the sponsored event – walking or cycling.
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Wednesday 18th September – 10.15am
This is the next meeting of the Wednesday morning Home Group as they will not meet in August.
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Friday 20th September – FISH AND CHIP SUPPER
It is planned to resume these starting with a visit from Saut, one of our Indonesian colleagues who is travelling to the UK to meet us. He will give us an update on the YACAN children’s home and experience English fish and chips. All BEATS supporters and all those interested in BEATS work will be most welcome for a friendly and informative evening. If you don’t have time for supper or don’t like fish and chips you will be welcome to join us afterwards…about 7.15.
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Sunday 22nd September at 3.00pm – ST LEONARD’S 80th BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
There will be a service of praise and thanksgiving for our church’s 80 years – a short “Songs of Praise”, followed by afternoon tea with cake and Prosecco. Revd David Evans is returning to us to give a short homily. All members of our church and community are welcome – perhaps you know somebody who has been connected with us in the past and who you would like to bring along. Various special guests will also be invited.
WE NEED – lots of help, please – to make food for the tea, to serve and wash up on the day, to help decorate the church and hall and to provide a small craft table in the hall for children whose attention wanders!
THERE ARE LISTS! Please read carefully what is needed and sign up for something. There is a job for everybody!
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Thursday 3rd October – DCC MEETING
7.30pm in the Peter Apted Room.
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GOOD FRIDAY 2020
Horsham is taking part in One Good Friday in 2020 where we, as part of Horsham Churches Together, will be joining other towns and cities across the UK in presenting a outdoor passion play. There will be no service in St. Leonard’s that day and there will be jobs for everyone to do. This is a huge and exciting project. Application forms are now available.
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