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What's Coming Up
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Saturday
21st November
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1:30 - 5pm
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Visit to Ely Cathedral of Archbishop of
York,
John Sentamu. Come and go as you
please. The Archbishop will speak three times
during the afternoon. ALL WELCOME
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Sunday
22nd November. Giving
Sunday for Church Army (Making
Jesus Famous)
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9:15
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Parish Communion: Preacher, Paul
Tomlinson
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11:00
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Parish Praise
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Friday
27th November
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7pm
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Huntingdon Methodist Church will be showing
the important climate-change film, ‘The Age of
Stupid’
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Saturday
28th November
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10am - 4pm
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A quiet day for Advent
(Details from Ann Allsopp 417380 or Ian Stracey on
457525)
What are you doing on Saturday 28th
November? Can Christmas shopping
be postponed till December? Come along to the Quiet Day for Advent, in
Church from 10 – 4pm. It’s good to set aside some time to
hear short
talks on prayer, then have opportunity to reflect in prayer to
God.
See the leaflet given out in Church.
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Sunday
29th November Advent
Sunday
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9:15
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Parish Communion
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11:00
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Parish Praise
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Sunday
6th December
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10am
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Christians Together in Brampton: Holy
Communion
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December
13th
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9.15
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Parish Communion
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11am
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Parish Praise (Jon Bowers’ last
Sunday)
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Monday
21st December
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10.00am – 1pm
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Landlubbers Christmas Fun Day in the
Memorial Hall
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Click here for youth and
children's activities |
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Fundraising
Ceilidh! (Scottish
Country Dancing). Saturday 21st November at Huntingdon Methodist
Church, 7.30 – 10.30pm. Adult £8.00, child/student/OAP £6.00,
Family
(2 adults and 2 children) £22.00. Included in ticket price is
a light ploughman's
supper. All funds raised go to helping youth from the
Methodist Church
to go to Spring Harvest. Tickets from Steph Pedlar [Don’t
worry...
they show you how to do the dances. It’s fun!] Try
clicking here for some music samples to get
in the mood!
Operation
Christmas Child.
Jo Haddigan will be collecting Shoe Boxes from Church for the last
time on Sunday 15th November. It’s also the last Sunday to
order from The
Children’s Society Christmas collection of Cards, Advent Calendars,
Christingle Cubes and Tea towels (Jo Haddigan, 435200)
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Parish Giving Review.
It is important that we regularly review our Giving. Please
do send back your reply slips. Thank you.
For
your information, this explains our Budget
challenge in 2009.
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Church Expenditure
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£17,000
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(This
excludes Missions & Charities for which money will be raised
separately)
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Parish Share
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£46,000
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Total Expenditure
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£63,000
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Estimated Income
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£50,000
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Shortfall
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£13,000
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Gift Sundays
Four Sundays have been designated as ‘Gift
Sundays’, as follow:
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12
July
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Church
Mission Society (for Alison and Peter Roots)
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23
August
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Bishop
Enoch & Mrs Phoebe Kayeeye, (Nth Kivu, DR Congo)
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18
October
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Christians
Against Poverty (to help those in debt, UK). You can find out
more about Christians Against Poverty at http://www.capuk.org.
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22 November
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Church Army (‘Making Jesus Famous’ )
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These represent the four Missions that Brampton
Parish Church has been supporting. Special offerings will be
taken for them.
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