


ST GILES FARNBOROUGH - EVENTS, NEWS AND NOTICES
Sunday SchoolsCandlelit ServiceChristnas Eve 3:00pmOur Sunday School Christmas Eve Service will be at 3pm. All of our church children are invited to attend, wearing Nativity costumes. Please get in touch if you need me to supply one. I have plenty. Free tickets will be available from the Parish Office or from Irene Dancer at the 10am Sunday morning services or from Irene Dancer on 01689 854765 idstgiles@btinternet.com New Year PartySunday 28th Jan 11:30 - 12:45St. Giles Centre All children who attend our church are invited to join us. RSVP to Irene Dancer idstgiles@btinternet.com Suggested Gift List for
We believe
every child deserves a new gift at Christmas so we are
unable to take used or second hand items for the Christmas
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St Nicholas Christmas RaffleAs in recent years there has not been a St Nicholas Autumn Fair, but there will again be a Christmas Raffle with the draw taking place at St Nicholas after the 10.30 service on Sunday 10 December. We are though intending to repeat the successful Spring Fairs we have held these last two years. It will take place in March/April with the date to be finalised shortly.Last year, thanks to everyone’s efforts, the Christmas Raffle made just over £800. This time it would be good to think we can do better and go over the £1000 – we could even reach £2000; we have enough tickets! St Nicholas is facing difficult financial times, so it would be good to receive support from across the parish with our latest fund-raising project. Tickets are just £1 each and are available from me on 01689 860215 or rogerallard@tiscali.co.uk or email the St Nicholas office at stnicholaschurchorpington@gmail.com or contact Carol Fryer at St Giles who has kindly agreed to help us by having tickets to sell to the St Giles congregation. The first prize is a lovely Christmas hamper and there are lots of other prizes including champagne, wine, and gift vouchers. Good luck in the draw but you have to be in it to win it! Roger Allard St Nicholas Church Treasurer 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.
Sunday Evening Services
In today's world having a regular evening service feels like a real privilege, especially with the excellent choir that we have at St. Giles. I believe that our evening pattern of worship offers something for everyone.The first two Sundays are Choral Evensongs, the third and fifth are Holy Communion and the fourth Sunday is our Taize service. All of these services, in their own ways, help us to feel God's love and presence in our lives.
I know that life is very busy, even for those who are now retired! But I do hope that you will put aside some time to attend our evening services so that this important part of our Church's life remains viable and alive.