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St. Peter's Patter   (September 2008)

The month of August has been very sociable up at St Peters this month.

We started with the ladies breakfast on Saturday the 2nd which was held in St Gabriel's Hall as there were about 60 ladies attending and we were very well looked after by Norbert and his team'

This was followed by the Teas with Style on the following Thursday.

Not so many  there but we had an enlightening talk by George about his experiences on D-day and how he parachuted into France.

On Thursday the 16th we had our annual garden crawl. We had a great day seeing other people's gardens and ended up at Debbie and Sheldon's new house at Wickford.

Don't forget our quiz night on the 20th of September it will probably be the last one Ron organises for us so lets make it a good one.

Jean and John

St. Gabriel's Gossip

Hello dear friends, being a Church Warden is no easy task, but with the help of God we will soldier on. There's a lot more to it than putting up the hymn numbers each week.

August has been a quiet month with people away on holidays and the Sunday School also closed for the summer period. We look forward to welcoming the children back with us soon.

The Tuesday and Friday night Youth Club, Place2B, has remained open during the school holidays and it has been good to see the  young people coming along and enjoying themselves out on the field playing "old fashioned" games such as rounders! Thanks to all the volunteers whose energies and unfailing enthusiasm is still going strong. If you would like to help out with the Youth Club, or if you know someone who may be interested in helping out, please come along on a Tuesday or Friday evening to learn more, or see Wendy or Diane for further details.

A member of our congregation, George Ingram gave an interesting presentation on the "D Day Landings" at St Peter's Teas with Style. George was a paratrooper in the war, and landed in Normandy on D Day, 6 June 1944. His talk relived some of his experiences and he showed many slides of the events during the war plus some sound effects.

We are very grateful to those of you who are helping us on a regular basis to keep our Church clean and tidy - vacuuming is a sure way of getting a good workout on a Saturday morning, and of course God has a way of working with us through his Son to see us through demanding times.

We are in a learning period and we thank Norman, Peter, Diane and Norbert for their continued help and advice.

With our thoughts and prayers, Moses and Wendy