ST GILES FARNBOROUGH - EVENTS, NEWS AND NOTICES
St. Giles Coach Trip to BrightonSaturday 20th April 2024Come 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 FeteSaturday 15th June 2024It 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.
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
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St Nicholas Spring FairSaturday 20 AprilPlease 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. GilesSunday 16th June 4:00pmI 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
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ABOUT ST. GILES CHURCH
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St Giles Centre RefurbishmentAt 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.