Weekly Notices 4 November 2018

Mission Project : The Retiring Offering and  Bucket Mission this morning will be for the Women’s Refuge in Timaru.

Access to St Stephens Complex:  While the builders are doing the alterations to the foyer, access to the church, hall and lounge is through the outside office door, following the directions and arrows.  Please stay out of the building site as this is a hazardous area.

Beyond the Amusement Park:  CWCINZ presents on Sun 4 November, 2pm garden walk—2.30pm start: Devonshire Tea     Ashfield Manor, 71 Cass St, Temuka.    Tickets $15. Speaker: Vanessa MacCarthy.   Email: christinecummins1960@gmail.com or 027 375 1921.  www.cwcinz.org.nz  See poster for more information.

Eatwell Fruit & Vege Co-op:  Market-fresh fruit & vegetables.  Packs $15 or $8.  Text or phone 022 123 3663 or Facebook:       facebook.com/Eatwell Timaru & message to order, for a pack each Thursday for pick up on the following Tuesday.  Thank you.

YOUTHANASIA: Can we make a                 difference?  Wed 7 Nov at 7pm in the St Johns Church. 125 Wai-iti Rd.  Come and listen to Dr Annette Beautrais speak on her work in Suicide  Research and prevention in NZ.  All are Welcome.

Good Companions:  Meets at St Stephens on Thurs 8 Nov at 2pm.  Helen Carter will give a brief insight into Japan.

Deadline for November/December LINK:  Please email to: link@timarupres.org.nz or drop copy in to the Church Office by Friday 9 November..

Charity Concert—Midland Masonic choir present their Charity Concert in the West End Hall, Maltby Ave. Sat 10 Nov at 7.30pm. Proceeds to SC Mamography Unit. Good assisting  artists—Sing along.  Christmas Carols—Raffles, good prizes.  Admission $10. A great night guaranteed.

Prayer Breakfast:  Saturday 10 November 8am to 9am in the St Stephen’s Lounge.  come and pray for the church.  All welcome.

Morning Tea Duty at Trinity:  Are you available for Morning Tea Duty on 11 Nov and 18 Nov.  We require 1 person each day.  Please ph Mollie on 688 3355 or the office  686 0981.

For the Love of God + -:  A documentary from the Centre for Public Christianity    being shown at St John’s Anglican Church on Sun 18 Nov at 7pm.  This is an excellent documentary which takes an honest look at the history of the church.   $5 for tickets at the door.  Love to see you there.

Christmas Lunch:  The date for our Christmas lunch is 27 November.
This will be held in the hall at St  Stephens at 12 noon.  Contact Bev  ph 686 1207.

Keep up to date with the latest information on our website:  www.timarupres.org.nz

Mission Group Update:

• Items for Women’s Refuge—From this Sunday until 2 January 2019 we will be running a collection of basic toiletries, such as toothpaste, shampoo, toothbrushes, sanitary tampons, soap etc. for the Women’s Refuge. Christmas is an extremely busy time for the Refuge and our donations are very welcome.
• Family Works—We have had advice from Family Works regarding the Food Bank, and they are fairly well stocked with breakfast cereals at present but are in need of such things as canned fish, pasta sauces, soup, something to make a meal. Family Works really appreciate donations of meat (fresh or frozen) and fruit or vegetables. These items would need to be personally delivered to their North Street office.
• Buy and Supply is up and running again. The money collected will go to the installation of two stained glass windows into the new upgraded area at the St Stephen’s complex. This collection will run till the end of December, and then it will change to Family Support (Birthright) for school uniform assistance.

Operation Christmas Boxes:  A big thank you to all the folk who supported the Operation Christmas Boxes appeal this year by either lovingly filing a box, providing    goodies for the boxes and additional donations to the travel costs.  A special thank you to the persons who made the teddy bears and owl, they were just ideal.  We contributed  66 boxes over a range of ages as follows: They are all now with the drop off depot and will be shortly starting their journey to the children.    Judith Begg

Girls: 2-4 years            8      5-9 years           20            10-14 years   8            Total:  36

Boys: 2-4 years             7      5-9 years            13            10-14 years 10            Total:  30

From the Treasurer:        With one quarter of the financial year gone here are some points to ponder:       Giving is a little below our projections      Great effort with plant sale fundraiser. Just over $3500 raised 🙂  Expenditure running well but some big bills due to come in.   Overall running close to budget. Keep up the good work.