St. GeorgeÕs
Church Fordington Pews
News Supplement
Sundays 23 and 30 May 2010
Welcome to St. GeorgeÕs,
particularly if you are visiting
today. Coffee is served in the
church hall following the 10.15 service. If you require information about St. GeorgeÕs ask a churchwarden in the first
instance.
Readings at 10.15am service. 23
May: Acts 2: 1-21 and John 14: 8-17;
pages 461 and 464 of pews lectionaries. 30 May: Romans 5: 5-15 and John 16: 12-15 pages 465-466.
In
addition to Sunday morning services
St. GeorgeÕs has a service of Holy Communion at 10am on Thursdays, and Evensong
at 6.30pm on the 2nd and 4th Sundays in the month. Morning prayer is at 8.30am
Wednesdays.
IT
tuition classes have now recommenced.
There are vacancies on the basic course and the digital photography course from
May or June respectively. To register or obtain further details, phone Jean
Evans on 261159.
The
Emmaus House Group meet on Monday
24th May at 7.30pm at 6
Penhale Walk, Poundbury. They will
be watching the second half of the DVD.
The
total raised at the Christian Aid Market this year was £1360.58. St GeorgeÕs Plant and Produce Stall
made £200.56 which is slightly up
on last yearÕs figure. Nancy
Wilcox would like to thank everyone who contributed to this stall in any way or
helped on the day to make it so successful.
There
is only one Sunday between 30 May and the middle of August when we do not have
a baptism booked at St. GeorgeÕs.
This must be some sort of record! Please remember in your prayers those to be
baptised, their families and their godparents, and the lay pastoral assistants
who assist with these services. Our church is consistently very popular for
services of baptism and these regularly bring us into good contact with large
numbers of people.
I
am pleased to say that the Sunday School children and teachers will be taking
part again in this yearÕs carnival procession. Last year they won first prize for their good
efforts. We look forward to seeing
their imaginative float based on this yearÕs theme ÔMother EarthÕ.
A Short History of Fordington Goldmine
Since
we started we have met together for a meal on 17 occasions and have raised
a total of £3343. All the
charities that we support are locally based as we are keen to be seen as Ô St
GeorgeÕs Church in the CommunityÕ The average donation to each charity is about
£200 and has included Dorchester Contact Centre, Breathe Easy, The Hub, The
Hospice, Keys (The Parish initiative), Footprints (Dorchester Prison), The
Grace School in the Sudan.
Our
last meeting raised £238 which we gave to ÔCerebraÕ a charity based in
Dorchester that helps families who are caring for a brain-damaged child.
We
meet about four times a year for a three-course meal. We listen to an invited
charity speaker for no more than ten minutes and then we all put
some money into a bag that is passed around. The money is handed direct to
the charity speaker.
ItÕs
called the goldmine because there is no committee, no bank account, no business
meetings, in fact nothing but a good meal in good company and cash given to
good causes. - Gold Indeed
Allen Knott
Finally,
to repeat comments made by myself and by our treasurer David Lang at St.
GeorgeÕs AGM held recently. This church urgently needs an increase in giving
in order to be able to pay its way on a daily basis. To find out more details,
speak to David or ask me to point you in his direction. We really do need a
positive response on a significant scale, please.
Revd Richard Betts: