News from St. Peter’s Church
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Transitional Minister: Rev’d Joe Knight
The Vicarage, 1 Whetstones, Unlawater Lane,
Newnham GL14 1BT
Telephone Number: TBA
e-mail: joeknight@outlook.com
Associate Priest: Rev’d Anne Davis
Tel: 01452 762850 / 07432 140775
e-mail: revanne59@gmail.com
Church Warden: Bev Bowles Tel: 01594 516476;
e-mail: bevbowles@live.co.uk
The Church is open every day.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ST PETER’S CHURCH, PLEASE GO TO www.achurchnearyou.com/church/14104/
and Newnham’s Community web site: www.newnhamonsevern.co.uk
SEE ALSO FACEBOOK: St-Peter’s-Church-Newnham and also Newnham-on-Severn-Noticeboard
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COFFEE MORNINGS IN ST PETER’S CHURCH.
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WE ARE BACK! STARTING AGAIN SEPTEMBER 5TH
Services Page for all the Services
SUNDAYS AT 4 O’CLOCK…at St Peter’s 1st and 3rd Sundays and All Saints Church Blakeney on the 2nd and 4th Sunday for those who are keen to explore faith or grow in faith who want to worship in an informal style and find their place in God’s story
CHOIR PRACTICES Back on the 8th September in St Peter’s Church
BIBLE STUDY is stopping now until early September. Contact revanne59@gmail.com for information
also on a MONDAY evenings, fortnightly in the term time at Townling Cottage, Severn Street, Newnham at 7.30 pm for coffee and then 8-9 Bible Study. Again, contact revanne59@gmail.com .
PRAYER BREAKFAST: 8.30am First Saturday of the Month. Starting again 5th September. Contact Nigel Hughes on 01594 516411 or on nigeohughes@hotmail.co.uk for more details
TOAST THURSDAYS at the The George for school aged children to hang out, eat toast, do homework …Contact Rev Joe or just turn up. Under 10s must bring an adult. (term time)
OPEN TABLE Rev. Joe will be in The George every Friday from 10.00am-11.00am for anyone to come and have a chat, ask questions, share stories.
SPORTILY – Thank you to all the volunteers who helped at the Sportily activities in our Benefice this summer.
DATE FOR YOUR DIARY: St Peter’s Church are holding a Flower Festival on the weekend of 26th and 27th September. This will be followed by a Bring and Share Tea on Sunday at 5pm andd a Harvest Songs of Praise at 6pm. Please look out for sign up sheets in St Peter’s Church for volunteers to act as Stewards, make cakes, serve teas and bring food to share for the Harvest Tea. This is a Fundraising event to raise much needed funds to go towards menting the roof and gutters.
The Theme of the FLOWER FESTIVAL is ‘Trades of Old Newnham’. We would love all our local organisations (or individuals) to contribute a Flower Arrangement. Enthusiasm is welcome – it’s not necessary to be an expert! A list of possible trades to choose from is available. If your organisation doesn’t receive an email, please contact Ann Greaves amgreaves43@gmail.com or Bev Bowles on bevbowles@live.co.uk
Help for the people of Ukraine: We took a box of tins and batteries last Friday so we will go again when we can gather more items to The Ukrainian Church in Gloucester. They are collecting much needed items for Ukraine The box is by the door in St Peter’s Church. Please help if you can. What is most needed are tins of food that can be eaten from the tin, beans and sausages, fruit, soup. Also batteries are very much wanted. Our batteries will fit what is needed there. Shipments go out regularly. We deliver these items direct to the Ukrainian Church (we took a couple of boxes of tins and batteries at the beginning of December and they were very gratefully received)
PEW SHEETS We are producing a benefice weekly sheet instead of each church having their own. We are looking for volunteers from across the benefice to write short prayer prompts each week. If you would be interested in joining the team, please contact Revd Rachel. If you would like to receive these Pew Sheets via e-mail, contact Bev on 516476
FOREST FOOD BANK Thank you to everyone who has donated so generously to our food bank collection box. We will be delivering these items to one of the collection points later this month. Our donations are very much appreciated, and are distributed throughout the Forest of Dean district.
See Services Page at the top for the details or consult the Parish Magazine available in Church or at the Shop@The Ship priced at 60p
- Transport needed: One of the residents of The Grange needs to be taken home after each service due to mobility difficulties. If you would like to go on the rota please contact Nigel Hughes. It would be much appreciated. (01594 516411)
PLEASE, NO MORE BLISTER PACKS IN CHURCH. We cannot find a home for them now, so cannot go on collecting them. If we find somewhere else to take them, we will say.
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For Weddings and Funerals, please contact the Church Warden
If you are in a “vulnerable” household and want to talk through any queries please call The Church Warden
If you know of someone who is alone with no help and you are unable to help, please contact the the Church Warden of St Peter’s Church. Bev Bowles 01594 516476
THE FIFTEEN BELLS PARISH MAGAZINE is on sale in Church and at the Shop @ The Ship in Newnham, and in Blakeney Post Office, All Saints Church and in the porch of St Andrew’s Awre @60p
ST PETER’S CHURCH NEWNHAM GRAVEYARD WALK
Take a stroll through some of Newnham’s social history with this graveyard guide. Visit some of the gravestones and memorials of people who have lived and died in Newnham over more than three hundred years with a short explanation for each one. Pick up a free leaflet from the church and go and explore.
Churchyard Map designed by Sandra and Graham Champken.
Newnham History Group some years ago created a detailed map of the entire churchyard, which will enable visitors with Newnham links to find their ancestors more easily. The main map is complemented by a number of enlarged sections (which are easier on the eyesight) and a spreadsheet name index (arranged in alphabetical order of surname) which contains the names of more than 2,000 people commemorated on gravestones. These items are displayed permanently in the church.
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