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Forthcoming Event
Christmas Fair:
To be held in Church Saturday 29th at 10am.
Stalls include Christmas decorations, jewellery,cakes,bric-a-brac and books. Refreshments , including bacon sandwiches, will be on sale.
CHURCH OPENING TIMES
From Monday 3rd December, St Peter’s will be open over lunchtimes (11.30am to 1.30pm, Mondays to Saturdays), for anyone who would like to call in for prayer, quiet, a chat, a cup of tea/coffee or to have a look around the building.
It will be ‘staffed’ by a team of 3 or 4 volunteers each day to make this possible. If you are interested in helping them, please contact the vicar.
MIDDAY PRAYER MEETINGS
During our daily ‘Church Open’ Times (Monday to Saturday, from 11.30am to 1.30pm), we will be holding a short service of prayer and reflection. These Midday Services will take place at 12.15pm each day – all welcome. (On Thursdays this will normally take the form of Prayer for Justice and Peace).
The Lee Family
Tim and Kate Lee are our new CMS (church mission society) Link partners here at St Peter's church.
Tim and Kate have three children, Rebekah, who is nearly 7, James who is 5, and baby Grace, just turned 1 year old.
Their mission took them out to the Philippines in 2003, to Manila, where they now work with slum, street and squatter children. Around 800 in total. Their vision is to share God's love holistically with these poor and underprivileged children and their families.
Along with a group of local christians, they set up a group which they called Jigsaw Kids Ministries. They employ local staff from the poor areas they serve, who help to run 9 childrens clubs a week in 3 areas of Manila itself, and 1 about an hour away at a place called Angeles.
Along side this, they run feeding programmes in 2 areas, 3 times a week, and also sponsor around 50 children to go to school.
More about Jigsaw can be found on the mission table in church.
As well as the regular programmes, Tim, as director of Jigsaw, can be doing any number of things in a day, from overseeing, to training, to investigating new ventures, running families to hospital, to liasing with social workers dealing with child abuse cases.
Tim and Kate would value your prayers and your support, knowing it will empower Jigsaw to share God’s love with the children and the families they work with.
Their photograph is in the gallery