I know it’s only February, however, retailers will soon be thinking of getting rid of their winter stocks to make room for spring and summer – watch out for deals on hats, scarfs and gloves so you have them ready for later in the year.
Watch out for bargains through the year, toothpaste or soap on buy one get one free and the like. We could see who gets the best value for money filled shoebox!
Aroma coffee shop in Haxby is holding a Fairtrade chocolate tasting & workshop on Thursday 1st March 7.30 – 9pm. Tickets are available from Aroma at £5 each and include refreshments & treats to take home.
We are looking for volunteers to bake refreshments for this event. We would like 5 or 6 “new” cakes or tray bakes that use Fairtrade ingredients which we can sample during the evening. Please have a word with Lisa on 763416 or lisacolsh@yahoo.co.uk if you can do a one off bake.
Our Scarecrow Festival Planning Team is now in place and hoping to produce the best Scarecrow Festival to-date! Of course, this depends on the response of our local community – who haven’t let us down yet; they make and display the scarecrows – the local businesses supply us with the prizes; and we ask God for some good weather!
The Festival will be over the 5th, 6th & 7th May weekend - the trails £2.00 each (not per person!) will be on sale from 10.00am to 4.30pm on the Saturday & Monday; and from 12 noon to 4.30pm on the Sunday. The later Sunday start gives us time to attend the All-age Family Service at 9.45am to which you are invited too!
There will the usual light meals and refreshments available at the above times: also face-painting for the children (and the young in heart!) and so we look forward to seeing you (again?).
The new church website has been launched – with the help of a virtual bottle of champagne; may God bless her and all who sail in her – or something like that.
The old website was starting to creak a bit after more than ten years of service. Let us know what you think, and we’ll try and keep it fresh, useful and fit for purpose.
More people are affected by dementia everyday: often children find themselves having to offer sensitive care to their parents and loved-ones having to cope with a changing relationship with a partner.
This free course offers practical help for those facing dementia within their family. Over three weeks the course will enable you to:
Tuesday 6th,13th & 20th March 2012
7.30p.m. – 9.15 p.m.
at Aroma Coffee Shop, 30 The Village, Haxby, York
To book a place or for more information contact:
Corinne Brown 01904 761141 or email corinnebrown@btinternet.com
A huge thank you to everyone who packed a shoe box and also to everyone else who collected them in, transported or sorted them. 679 boxes are now making their way to Swaziland, via Sherburn in Elmet.
Don’t worry if you packed a warm hat, the regional representative of Operation Christmas Child came when the the boxes were collected and he confirmed that the hats are really popular in Africa.
I know that a number of groups that send their boxes to us have arranged direct collection this year so whilst our numbers hae dropped I am happy that there are as many boxes heading out as usual.
Thanks again.
Because kids don’t come with a manual!!
Parenting is the hardest job in the world and we could all do with a bit of help and encouragement.
Family Matters York invite you to a free course run by dads for dads.
What? A Positive Parenting course for dads of children aged 0 to 16
When? 5 Wednesday evenings from 11th January to 8th February
Where? Aroma Coffee Shop, 30 The Village, Haxby, York. YO32 3HT
Time? 7.30 to 9.30pm
Topics covered include
The course is free due to generous funding from York City Council.
To book a place or for further information contact Helen Atkinson on 789214 or email helenatkinson@fmy.org.uk
Family Matters York reg. Charity no. 1088274 www.fmy.org.uk
Ready to drop off your shoe box yet? All shoe boxes need to be finished and handed in this weekend at the latest.
The last opportunity to pass your box in at Aroma is this Saturday (26th Nov). Alternatively you can bring it to church with you the following morning.
What do you use your shoe box for?
Well, yes you can keep shoes in them – the name sort of gives it away – but what else do you use them for, what else do you store in them.
I would be interested in your posts – and remember each shoe box you pack to send to a child will contain hope for that child and a tangible reminder of God’s love – top that!
He’s been “Around the World in 80 Faiths”, he’s been an “Extreme Pilgrim” and he’s tried to lived without money in “How to live a simple life”. Now BBC TV presenter and Anglican vicar Peter Owen Jones faces his toughest assignment yet – Haxby and Wigginton Methodist Church. Ok, maybe that last bit isn’t quite true, but this well travelled and extremely engaging speaker is coming to speak in the church on Friday November 18th at 7:30pm.
Peter says “The environment is the greatest issue Christianity faces today.”
As part of his “green mission” to Britain, Owen Jones aims to raise a series of questions about Nature, and the nature of Christian love, and the manner in which Christianity is viewed from the perspective of environmental campaigning. He asks how we might move into a changed environmental future, recognising the indwelling of God in all Creation, and what that means for the future of Christianity.
Mark it in your diary and tell your friends. The tickets are on sale at £10 each (proceeds will go to charity) and you can get them from Aroma Coffee Shop or from me.
