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| ST PETER’S CHURCH CHRISTMAS FAYRE :
 Saturday 5th December 2009 from 12:00 noon ‘till 2:30 pm in the School Hall.
Father Christmas, Cakes, Plants, Delicatessen, Christmas Gifts, Tombola, Raffle.
Lunches with a Christmas Flavour.
All proceeds to Church Funds.
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COME & SING :
 Come and Sing is held regularly on the second Sunday of each month.
This month, this will be on Sunday, 8th November at St Peter’s Church Barford at 6:00pm.
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CHRISTMAS IS COMING :
Memorial Hall, Barford.
Friday 11th December, Supper at 7:30pm.
Followed by an evening of seasonal entertainment and carol singing.
Tickets £7.50 available from Christine McBeath 624485 and Denise Godfrey 496336.
Bring your own drinks.
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CHURCHYARD WORKING PARTY :
 There will be a working party on Saturday 21st November between 10:00am and 12:00 noon.
The main task will be to clear up leaves.
Refreshments provided but please bring your own tools.
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COMMEMORATION OF THE DEPARTED :
On Sunday 1st November there will be the opportunity to remember our loved ones departed at services in Barford or Loxley.
These will be occasions where we can give thanks for them and remember them before God. Names of particular individuals can be read out.
Please contact Revd David Jessett 01926 624238 or Peter Morris, ( Churchwarden at Loxley.)
The services will be :
St Peter’s, Barford at 3.30 pm
St Nicholas, Loxley at 6.00 pm
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WELCOME TO REVD CATHY DAVIES :
Following the licensing of Cathy on 22nd September 2009 at St Peter ad Vincula Church Hampton Lucy, the Parishes of Barford Sherbourne & Wasperton wish Cathy and her family much happiness in Barford and in her work with the six parishes.
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ST PETER’S CHURCH OPEN :
Please note that St.Peter's Church is open every day from about 9:00am to dusk.
St Peter’s Church will also be open every Saturday between 10.00am and 12:00 noon when refreshments will be available.
Do call in for a chat or a quiet time in a peaceful place.
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HARVEST SUPPER AT BARFORD :
We have been able to send a cheque for £197.12 to “Save the Children” after the expenses for the supper were paid.
Thanks to all who made and gave the delicious puddings.
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CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY COLLECTION :
The recent collection realised the grand total of £115.43. Very many thanks to our stalwart box holders.
Betty and Mike Woodcock
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HARVEST FLOWERS :
St Peter's Church was beautifully decorated with flowers and produce for the Harvest Festival, even if there was a noticeable absence of Vegetable Marrows this year ! Very many thanks to those ladies who decorated the Church, your generosity of time and flowers is much appreciated.
It was particularly encouraging to welcome some new faces - we are always delighted to find new flower arrangers.
Christine McBeath
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MORNING PRAYER :
Morning Prayer is said every Thursday at St Peter’s Church at 8.30 am. All welcome.
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ST PETER’S CLUB :
Activities of a seasonal nature have occupied the children in September as we prepared for Harvest time. A poster illustrated a new harvest hymn the children learned “Apples and Pears” and a display on the table explored the wider aspects of harvest including a fleet of fishing boats and a coal mine.
The children also made and decorated labels for the harvest gifts distributed throughout the village, a way of letting people know that we are thinking of them.
St Peter’s Club meets every Thursday during term-time in St Peter’s Church, younger members (4 to 7 years old) at 4.30 pm and the older children at 5.30 pm.
For further information please ring Ann on 624371.
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PASTORAL TEAM :
The Pastoral Team exists to pray for people who want us to pray for them and to visit anyone who would like us to visit them. You can contact any of us. Members are:
Jan Bradley
Ann Fawcett
Chris Hayward
Christine McBeath
Barbara Peters
Jane Scott
David Jessett
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FRIENDS OF ST PETER’S BARFORD :
Following the favourable response to the Barford Parish Plan Questionnaire, it is intended to set up the Friends of St Peter’s Barford. This will be a charitable organisation.
St Peter’s is an architectural and historic treasure that is very much at the heart of the village but it needs continual repair and maintenance. The cost of this is more than the church congregation alone can carry.
The object of the Friends of St Peter’s Barford is to assist the Parochial Church Council in the repair and maintenance and, where appropriate, improvement of the fabric of the church. (‘Fabric’ includes the church building together with monuments, fixtures, fittings, furniture, organ, bells and the tower clock. It also includes the churchyard and cemetery and their boundary walls, hedges, fences and gates.)
The Friends of St Peter’s will raise money from membership subscriptions, gifts, fundraising events, local businesses, etc. The aim is to create a new financial ‘well’ from which money may be drawn to help preserve St Peter’s church for future generations. This is seen as a responsibility that extends beyond the regular church congregation.
If you would be interested in becoming a member of this organisation, would you please contact Angela Watkins on 624758 or
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CHILDREN IN CHURCH :
Do you have small children? Do you worry about bringing them to church in case they make a noise? We understand this concern but would like to reassure you that at Barford there are toy bags for children and you are welcome to take one to a corner at the back of the church and let them play there. At Sherbourne too there are toys for children at the back of church.
We would be happy to welcome you at any of our services but you may find 9.30am services on the second and fourth Sundays of the month at Barford to be most suitable for young people and third Sunday services at Sherbourne at 11.00am.
We look forward to welcoming you and your children.
David Jessett
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