Notices for All Saints Church, Caddington.


Flower Festival

A very big thank you all who worked so hard last weekend to stage the Flower Festival and to all those who supported it. A total of £956.35 was raised which is a tremendous achievement.


The Villager

All articles for the November Villager should be with the editor by Tuesday 14th October please.


Favourite Bible Passage

What is your favourite Bible passage? What is your favourite prayer? We are hoping to compile an All Saints Prayer Book and it would be good if you could put your contribution with your name, Bible references, and authors of prayers included in the folder at the back of church. !
There are about a dozen prayers, readings and favourite hymns - PLEASE add yours to the folder, so that we can share the verses that inspire and encourage us.


Apples

There are still plenty of cooking apples on the tree in the Vicarage Garden. Ruth cannot eat them all herself, please come into the garden and help yourself.

 


New Piano

We have recently been able to invest in a new, small digital piano which has many additional features and will be able to complement the organ as a further musical resource to the church. However we now have the grand piano which is not in the best condition but is free to anyone who is able to take it away. Please contact Ruth or Joe.


Petition

Stephen Purvis (Area Dean) has asked me to pass this on to all churches:
As you may be aware, the Water Companies are ignoring churches charitable status and starting to charge Churches for the amount of area (i.e. roofs and car parks) that will collect rainwater and discharge it into the sewer network. This will effectively raise most churches water bills by hundreds if not thousands of pounds. There is an online government petition (objecting to this) that you can register on, please register and pass this email onto anyone else you think will sign it. the petition needs at least 15,000 to be noticed and at present stands at 2666 !!!! You can access this petition at
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/ChurchWaterBills ".


Giving

Please help us to make more of the money you give. If you give regularly please consider using the blue envelopes, (available from Peter Graham 738470). One is provided for each Sunday of the year. If you complete a gift aid form we can claim back the tax on your giving.

If you only give occasionally-please use the white envelopes provided in the pews which will enable us to claim back the tax on that individual gift. If you pay tax please Gift Aid your money.

Speak to Ruth (731692) or to Peter Graham (738470), or see below.


Tea & Coffee Rota

Is there anyone who would be able to help with serving coffee at the end of the 10.00am service? Please speak to Jenny (738401) if you can help.


RAISE FUNDS

Raise Funds for All Saints Church Caddington when you shop online
Easyfundraising is a shopping directory listing some of your favourite online stores. All you need to do is logon to the easyfundraising site (
http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk) and use the retailer links provided whenever you shop online, and at no extra cost we'll receive up to 15% of every purchase you make - it's that simple!
Further details from Janet Armitage (841515)


Cleaning The Church

Church cleaners - we need more people on the church cleaning rota.
Please let Christine know if you could spare 1 hour every 6 weeks.
The more on the rota the less often we have to clean!


Gift Aid

If you pay Income Tax we can claim back the tax you paid on your contributions to All Saints. Please give this some thought and act on it.

You can find a Gift Aid Declaration here.

Gift Aid Notes

  1. You can cancel this declaration at any time by notifying the stewardship secretary.
  2. Remember to notify the stewardship secretary if you no longer pay an amount of income tax, capital gains tax or tax on interest equal to the tax the PCC reclaims on your donations.
  3. If you pay tax at the higher rate you can claim further tax relief in your Self Assessment tax return.
  4. Please notify the stewardship secretary if you change your name or address.

The completed form should be sent to:
Peter Graham,
74 Mancroft Road,
Caddington,
LU1 4EL
or it may be left in church or with a church warden and marked "For the attention of Peter Graham".


General Synod

Church House Communications Unit are now able to provide summaries of debates online plus audio coverage. See: http://cofe.anglican.org/


Fees

The Table of Parochial Fees (for marriages, funerals and monuments) is on the pillar by the entrance.


Points to Note

ICE (In Case of Emergency)

To help emergency services it has been suggested that you should enter the acronym ICE (In case of emergency) in your mobile phone address book, with the number and name of a contact. See the East Anglian Ambulance website: http://www.eastanglianambulance.com/content/news/newsdetail.asp?newsID=646104183 . Contrary to some hoaxes, there are no risks involved.


Bell Ringing Practice Night

Bell ringing practice is now at 8pm on Thursday evenings until further notice.
New or experienced ringers always welcome.


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Last updated: 10 October 2008.