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Worshipping, Working & Growing Together
Hello <<First Name>>
Sunday 3 March 2024
The Third Sunday of Lent
09.15 am Holy Communion & 10.30 am Morning Worship
This Week
Monday 4 March 7.00 pm Trustee Meeting
Tuesday 5 March 12.30 pm Hospitality Pillar Meeting in the Link
Friday 8 March 09.30 Friday Footsteps (see below)
Mothering Sunday 10 March 10.30 am Holy Communion
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This morning Rev Brian presides at 09.15 am Holy Communion & gives the talk at 10.30 am. The readings are 1 Corinthians 1. 18-25 & John 2. 13-32.
You can view the service on YouTube
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We pray for Peter Nunn and his pastoral group: Heather & Peter Smeaton and Chris & Faith Richards.
We ask God's healing for Ann Barker, Helen Collins, Alice Hill, Kate Lomas, Edna Morrell, Maureen Studholme, Jane Tarver, Jane Thrower, Ann Webber, Marylyn Whelan & Dennis Yeadon.
Prayer requests can be submitted via email to the church office at prayer@eldwickchurch.org.uk
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Hospitality meeting - Tuesday 5th March 12.30pm in the church link - all cafe volunteers and anyone who helps with any hospitality events on behalf of the church are very welcome. Julie
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*CAR PARK CLOSED*
This Friday 8 March, the church car park will be closed all day as we have contractors in, working on the drains.
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Friday Footsteps
Meet on 8th March 9.30a.m. at 151 Swan Avenue. We will be travelling to The Chevin for our walk and the Wetherby Whaler for lunch. Please take a drink for our coffee stop and wear suitable clothing and footwear depending on the weather. New walkers always welcome.
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Diary Date!
Saturday 23 March from 10.00 am - 12.00 noon.
Come and support the Children's Society Coffee Morning
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The Trustees are very grateful to have received a donation of £200 towards Church funds from the Eldwick and Gilstead Gala Committee.
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1. Thank you again to everyone who either supported our Christian Aid Quiz last Friday by attending, or by helping with catering / setting up / dismantling. We raised just short of £680 after accounting for costs. This is being rounded up to £725 with a church contribution from the mission budget and will be sent to the Christian Aid Gaza Appeal.
2. DIARY DATE:
The Christian Aid Bread & Cheese lunch will be held in church on Saturday 4th May. This is earlier than usual due to commitments on my part. I will make the usual pleas for volunteers / cheese / tombola etc nearer the time. Many thanks, Jenny Dunn.
3. LENTEN LUNCHES
Soup, Bread, Cheese & a Cuppa Lunches with a Bring & Buy stall. All run 12:00 – 13:30pm; entrance £3.00 or donation.
Friday 15 March: St Mary & St Monica’s Church, Cottingley
Friday 22 March: St Wilfrid Church Hall, Gilstead
Good Friday 29 March: Church House, Main St, Bingley
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The 2023/24 Trustees are: Richard Arnold (co-opted Trustee & Treasurer), Rowena Gillow (co-opted), Rev Brian Greenfield, Margaret Hartley (elected Trustee & Churchwarden), James Huntington (elected Trustee & Chair), Gill Jowett (elected Trustee), Monique Lees (elected Trustee), Carole O'Neill (co-opted), Chris O'Neill (co-opted) & Rev Clare Stainsby.
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I have changed the Prayer Tree to the Spring season. Please feel free to write your prayers of thanks or petition on a card from the box and peg it on the tree. Thank you. Judy Ash.
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Eco Tip 🍃
This week's Eco Tip comes from Christine Cubitt.
Ever wondered what happened to all those empty toothpaste tubes we threw away over our lifetimes? That’s right. They ended up in landfills where they will take 500 hundred years to decompose, or worse still, they are floating around in our oceans.
1.5 billion toothpaste tubes are thrown away each year.
In recent times, a few toothpaste manufacturers have been working hard to develop tubes that can be recycled by being broken down into tiny pellets that can then go to creating even more plastic products. To produce the tubes themselves involves a resource-intensive process and the actual toothpaste may even contain microplastics.
An eco-alternative is the toothpaste tablet that comes in a glass jar which is re-fillable.
There’s plenty of choice so there’s sure to be one that suits you. They can be bought via the internet and in some high street stores – Sainsbury, Boots, Holland & Barrett. Perhaps this is an alternative you might consider to help reduce plastic pollution.
N.B. Don't forget, the Big Plastic Count takes place 11 - 17 March. Get involved:
https://thebigplasticcount.com/sign-up
Have you got an eco tip or challenge to share? Please email office@eldwickchurch.org.uk
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Here is the Flower Rota for March. Please contact me if there are any problems. Thank You June
Sunday 3rd March E Ricketts
Sunday 10th March vacant
Sunday 17th March E Tidswell
Sunday 24th March G Dekker
Sunday 31st March Easter
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The latest Airedale Circuit weekly mailing can be viewed HERE
The Diocese of Leeds' latest weekly E-News can be viewed HERE
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This quarter’s coffee money will go towards the Downs Syndrome charity in Bingley.
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