ST GILES FARNBOROUGH - EVENTS, NEWS AND NOTICES

 

 


St. Giles Coach Trip to Brighton

Saturday 20th April 2024

Come and enjoy a day by the sea. Enjoy a leisurely lunch with family and friends; there are plenty of places to choose from.  Don't miss out - tickets go fast! 



Tickets:  Adults £18 / Children £5 Family of 4 (2 adults + 2 children) £40 Coach will leave Farnborough at 9.00 a.m. and Brighton at 5.30 p.m. Contact: Carol on 07951725069 or email carolafryer@icloud.com.

St. Giles Summer Fete

Saturday 15th June 2024

It is never too early to support this year's Summer Fete - make a note in your diary!

Preparation for the Summer Fete is now well under way, early as it may seem.  Please make a note in your diary. We hope you will be there to enjoy great entertainment and food. 



Calling all keen Knitters

There is a new stall planned, 'Teddy Bear's Picnic’.  We have approx. 50 bears to dress by the end of May.  We are looking for knitters able to make just one outfit for a 12 inch bear - choice of patterns and wool available, which can be delivered.



Please contact Elizabeth Harriss Orr on 07398 109621 or email Harriej1@sky.com for all knitting details 
 

Sponsorship

Organising a fete is an expensive affair and we need all the support we can get. If you can help it would be very much appreciated. It is always nice to approach this event with lower costs. In this year when we are fund raising for the centre this is going to be especially important.

We are looking for Sponsors for the following:
Cash Raffle prize 1st - £100
Cash Raffle prize 2nd - £50
Cash Raffle prize 3rd - £25
Fridge/Freezer - £130
BBQ/Gas - £130
Extra Tables/Chairs - £110
Punch & Judy - £325
Band expenses - £150
Rock Choir expenses - £150
Buns & Rolls - £100
Pimms - £120
Games prizes & sweets - £60
Strawberries - £50

If you can help please contact Matthew, or Carol on 07951725069 or email carolafryer@icloud.com.

Now is the season for Seville oranges!  We would really appreciate it if people could make marmalade for the Parish Fete on 15th June.  

Thank you. 

St. Giles Social Committee






St Nicholas Spring Fair

Saturday 20 April

Please note in your diaries that the St Nicholas Spring Fair will take place this year on Saturday 20 April at St Nicholas from 11am until 2pm.

This is our major fund-raising event of the year. Last year it raised just over £1900. Can you help us to make it over £2000 this time? Why not arrange to meet friends at the Fair and enjoy a coffee and a delicious homemade cake?

Roger Allard

Confirmation Service at St. Giles

Sunday 16th June 4:00pm

I am pleased to say that we shall be welcoming Bishop Jonathan Gibbs to Farnborough Benefice to conduct this year's Confirmation service in June.  

Confirmation is a time when we confirm for ourselves the baptism promises that our parents made on our behalf when we were infants.  Confirmation is open to all adults, Juniors from the age of 12 upwards. The Confirmation service will be preceded by a number of Confirmation classes, details to follow.  

If you are interested in being Confirmed then please contact me either by my email jmath@btinternet.com or via the Parish Office on 01689 853471.

Matthew

Community Larder
& Warm Space

Tuesdays from 10:30am

Just a reminder that our Community Larder runs every Tuesday morning at St. Nicholas church.

We are now also opening up our building as a 'Warm Space' from 10.30am - 12.30pm every Tuesday. Anyone can come along and enjoy the Warm Space from 10.30am, and will also be able to access free fresh food and grocery items from the Community Larder from 11.30am onwards, along with a free cup of tea or coffee.

Please do advertise the Community Larder and the Warm Space initiative to anyone you know who may be interested.

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Reverend Biliam Sarder

Thank you so much to everyone who continues to support Fr Biliam, his family and congregation.  Rarely does a week go by when I do not come back to the Rectory to find a donation for him.



Biliam is able to do so much with the funds that we send to him.

*  He helps people whose houses have been damaged by winds and flooding.

*  Helps the local orphanage ·

*  Educates his two children and many others in his parish.

*  Provides dowries for poor girls who could not be considered for marriage without them.

*  Supports people from other faiths who have joined his congregation and have subsequently been disowned by their families.

*  People who are not able to work due to being sick.

*  The frail and elderly

*  He buys books and resources for his Sunday school and children's work.  

All of this is making a huge impact on the lives of countless people and every penny that is donated goes straight to him without any of the overheads associated with most charities.  I continue to welcome any donations to Biliam, (preferably in cash at the Rectory or at Church). 

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Thank you,

Matthew


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Charity in Focus 2024

St Giles Centre Refurbishment

At our PCC meeting held on Monday 13th October 2023 the PCC decided to suspend our charitable giving for the whole of 2024, with the exception of the Parish Fete.  The reason for this is that we hope that work on the St. Giles Centre will begin in earnest in the summer of that year. 



To date we do not have a clear picture of how much this work is going to cost but it will certainly be a substantial amount.  Consequently every month we are going to ask our Church and community to contribute to a particular area of the refurbishment work.  

For example in January the focus will be on raising money to replace the roof in the main hall, a new floor and lighting.   



In February the emphasis will be on the redecoration of the main hall.   

Then in March we will move to the refurbishment of the kitchen and so forth until we have covered every aspect of the work.  

More information on this will be available as the work builds momentum.