Hello everyone,

Welcome to the latest issue of our church newsletter. Hope that you are all continuing to keep well and stay safe. This newsletter is one of our ways of trying to maintain contact and a sense of community during this time when we cannot meet together as a church family. You can find previous issues of the newsletter here. We would love to hear from you and are looking for uplifting and encouraging content to share in future issues of this newsletter.  If you have any ideas or content that we can share, please do email them to Louise (publicity@christchurchuxbridge.org.uk)

We start with our opening prayer:

We draw near to Jesus:
Lord, we are listening.

We calm ourselves and prepare:
Lord, we are listening.

We seek to root out the debris of our lives:
Lord, we are listening.

We cast aside the weeds that would choke your seed:
Lord, we are listening.

We seek to root your word deep within us:
Lord, we are listening.

Amen.
(Taken from Roots at Home)

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Women’s World Day Prayer

Praying for Cuba at St. Margaret’s Church, Uxbridge at 2.00pm on 4th of March 2016.  All are welcome

 

Open Afternoon – Uxbridge Quaker Meeting House

On Saturday 5th March from 2pm to 4pm.  100 years of  Conscientious Objection Speakers, discussion & tea. Corner of Belmont/York Street UB8 1QW. For more information: wendy.10@icloud.com

 

Good Grief

During the last few weeks of Lent this year there will be an exhibition of sculptures in Christ Church on the theme of grief.

If you are interested in helping in any way with the planning and staging of this exhibition, or just being available to talk with people, then please contact Nick Skelding.

 

Good Friday Walk of Witness

This year’s Walk of Witness is organised by Our Lady of Lourdes and The Salvation Army Church.

Date: 25th March 2016.

Time 11.00am

The walk will start at The Salvation Army Church, Cowley Road, UB8 2LT and finish at Christ Church where refreshments will be served.

All are cordially welcome.

 

Good Friday March 25th

On Good Friday March 25th there will be a Circuit service of word and music, including the cantata ‘Olivet to Calvary’, at Pinner Methodist Church at 6pm.

 

Rehearsals for the choir will take place at Pinner Methodist Church on Sunday afternoons 6th, 13th, 20th March and on Good Friday at 2.30pm. Contact Shirley Askew 1923 821871 asq28@icloud.com.

 

Boys’ Brigade

Don’t forget, we have once again signed up to Sainsbury’s Active Kids voucher scheme. Active Kids vouchers are available every time you shop in store at Sainsbury’s and spend £10 or more.

Active Kids vouchers can be collected from now until Tuesday 3^rd May 2016. Please bring them along and place them in our collecting box in the meeting area.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT

 

Life in the Spirit Course: ‘The Gift’ at Our Lady of Lourdes.

The course is aimed at helping us to be able to open the ‘Gift’ of the Holy Spirit we received at Baptism and Confirmation. All are welcome. The meeting will be held on Mondays from 7.30 pm to 9.00 pm on 29th February and 7th /14th /21st March.

 

For more information please contact Lucia Franco at lucia_franco@hotmail.co.uk or Gerard Farrell at mrgfaf@gmail.com or visit the website www.thegiftofthespirit.org

 

New Flower Rota

New Flower Rota is now available so if you would like to donate flowers for a particular week, please sign up.  If you would like to do the arrangement yourself, then please also sign in the Arranger column.  Any further details please contact Mary Glasgow.

 

Christian Aid Week – 15th- 21st  May

Christian Aid Week starts on the 15th May.  If anyone would like to help with the house to house collections and has a suggestion for other fund raising activities for supporting this event , please speak to Peter King.