ST GILES FARNBOROUGH - EVENTS, NEWS AND NOTICES
Music ConcertSaturday 18th July at 7.30 p.m.Join us at St Giles Church for an uplifting evening of organ, choral and instrumental music, in support of the refurbishment of the St Giles Centre. Tickets are £10 per person, and can purchased at St. Giles from the Rector or Carol Fryer, Treasurer. They can also be reserved, collected and paid for on the door by emailing Carol Fryer at carol@stgileschurch.uk The Concert will feature our wonderful Choir, Organist and musicians. Refreshments will be served at the interval. Baptism and ConfirmationSunday 6th September 4.00 pm. We will be welcoming The Rt. Revd. Simon Burton-Jones, Bishop of Tonbridge, to conduct our annual Baptism and Confirmation Service. If you would like to be baptised and/or Confirmed please do get in touch via my email at jmath@btinternet.com. Classes start on Sunday 5th July at 4.00 pm.
Giles Church. Juniors are eligible for Confirmation from
11 years upwards, and adults to
110!
St Giles Children's GroupsThis term we are trialling a slight change to how we run things for our children and young people at St Giles.Sunday School will be for both juniors and seniors, working on the same themes. I have put together a booklet of extension activities for the older children which they can work on alongside the juniors. These older children may now join us whenever Sunday school is running. ![]() Youth Group is for any secondary school aged child/young person and so those seniors who worked with us last year are invited to join us, as is anyone else who fits into that age group. I hope these new arrangements will suit everyone's needs. Do get in touch if you need any further information. The children's area at the back of church will always be there for our younger under 3s and at All Age Worship. Irene Dancer |
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Coach Trip to BroadstairsSaturday 11th July 2026NB This is now sold out Bring your bucket and spade – enjoy a classic seaside day out. Leaving Farnborough: 9.00am Leaving Broadstairs: 5.30pm ![]() Tickets: Adult - £19 Family of 4 - £45 (2 adults + 2 children) Contact: Carol:Fryer carol@stgileschurch.uk 07951725069 St Giles Centre RefurbishmentThank you to everyone who has, and is continuing, to support the St. Giles Centre Refurbishment Appeal. I am pleased to say that the fundraising has gone really well and the work is now underway. We are going to continue with our fundraising efforts up to the end of the year as we will need to provide new equipment for the Centre when the refurbishment work is completed. Parish Office RelocationThe Parish Office is now closed to visitors for the duration of the St. Giles Centre refurbishment project.Contact can still be made by telephone(using the usual number as calls will be diverted) and by email. Post addressed to the St. Giles Centre will be redirected by Royal Mail. Operating hours remain unchanged: 9.00 a.m.-4.00 p.m., Tuesday-Friday. Recycling Stamps for CharityThank you to everyone who has donated stamps for Against Breast Cancer UK. As I write this, you have donated over 1kg of stamps. I will be removing the box from the porch of St. Giles at the beginning of March and sending off the collection.Please continue to save your stamps. I have collected for my chosen charity for two years now, and I think it has been very successful. If you would like to use this as a means for collecting for your chosen charity in the future, please create a box and put a notice in the pew sheet and the magazine. Helen Roberts |
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Five Years of the Community Larder and Warm Space
Tuesdays from 10:30amIn February 2026, The St Nicholas Community Larder celebrated its 5th anniversary, having begun on a snowy day in February 2021, when a handful of us were kitted out in many layers and masks, with anti-bacterial gel at the ready. That day we had around half a dozen guests, one of whom is still with us as part of the team.
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Just a reminder that our Community Larder and Warm Space 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,

