St Stephen's Church, North Mundham with Merston
The Revd James Russell

Parishes of North Mundham with Merston and Hunston

Church Announcements for 22^nd  May 2011

Sunday May 22^nd - Fifth Sunday of Easter

9:30 a.m.         Family Communion               Hunston

11:00 a.m.       Morning Praise                      N. Mundham

Readings for Family Communion and Morning Praise

                        2 Thessalonians 1:1-12        John 20:24-31                      

Sunday May 29^th - Rogation Sunday

10:00 a.m.       Joint Service - see inside for details

Readings for Rogation Sunday::

                        Psalm 65                                Mark 4:26-34  

COFFEE

Coffee will be served after the Family Communion Service at Hunston.

MAY 29th is ‘ROGATION SUNDAY’

Please join us next Sunday for our annual 'Rogation Sunday' service.

Rogation-tide arrived in England early in the 8th Century. In rural communities parishioners would walk around the parish 'beating the bounds' and imploring God to send seasonable wealth, keep the corn and roots and boughs in good health, and bring them to an ample harvest.

With this idea in mind we will be processing between our two Churches. We will stop to pray at our Parish boundaries and we will be asking for God's blessing on our local growers and farmers and for a good harvest to follow.

Please do join us. We will be meeting at St.Leodegar's, Hunston

at 10 am . We will have a short service there before we process across the fields to arrive at St.Stephen's, North Mundham at about 10.45 -10.50 am . We will then conclude our worship with a short service there.

We do hope that as many people as possible will join us for the procession across the fields. However, we fully appreciate that that will not be possible for everybody. With that in mind we will ensure that lifts are provided for anybody who would like one to or from either church.

Any questions please do contact James Russell on 782003 or Angela Matthews on 539901.

LENT LUNCHES

Thank you to everyone who was involved with the "Soup Lunches in Lent". That includes all the soup-makers, helpers and those who came to enjoy the soups.  We made £181 profit, and Di  Redford also made a donation from the raffle takings, so  a cheque for £259 has been sent to St Wilfrid's Hospice to help  with the "Hospice at Home" service.     Pat Carroll  

CHRISTIAN AID WEEK

15^th - 21^st May

If you have not had the opportunity to

donate to Christian Aid this past week,

please use the envelopes provided in the pews if you would like to make a donation to this worthy cause.    

Jo Williams

ANNUAL PARISH & NEWCOMERS SUPPER

Friday 10^th June at 7pm in the Rectory Garden .

If you are new to the village you are especially welcome.

Please invite new neighbours.

A “Bring & Share” supper - a list of savoury or dessert dishes will be at each church, please sign up and indicate what dish/dishes you can provide.

Drinks provided, but please make a donation on the night.

With thanks to Chichester Canvas for kindly donating the marquees, tables & chairs.

For further information contact Annabel Russell on 783446. 

HUNSTON CHURCH FETE

2 pm to 4:30 pm Saturday 11^th June in the Rectory Garden .

Cakes, toys, bric-a-brac, tombola, raffle, games, puppets, books, plants, home-made cream teas and Children’s Fancy Dress (“Best of British” theme for Fancy Dress).

If you would like to get involved in any way, please call Chris or Ann on 775966. Also, at the back of St Leodegar’s Church, there is a list of activities at the fete, please sign up if you wish to help on a specific activity.

Donations for bric-a-brac, tombola, raffle, toy and cake stalls will be gratefully received. It would be most helpful if donations for tombola and raffle were made sooner rather than later as it hugely helps those organising the stalls. Donations can be left at back of St Leodegar’s Church. Thank you.

ST STEPHEN’S RENOVATION 

Work is expected to start on June 1^st.  

ITEMS FOR PRAYER

We pray for all those in residential care or housebound:-

            Marjory Mortlock                    Olwyn Young 

            Joyce Rampton                    

We pray for all those who are ill or in any kind of need and for

those who care for them:-

Don Baldwin                                      Paul Jarvis

Trish Beeny                                        James Marsh

Peter Cobden                                    Dexter Morgan

Victoria Collett                                   Rosie

            Mike Cormack                                   Betty Spicer

            Roger & Kath Duberley                    Keith Welch

We remember the departed:-

            Marie Baily 

and pray for the bereaved:-

            Annie, Alan, Bobby and Kenny

We remember the troops serving in Afghanistan , and we have been asked to pray for Jeff Hollows who started a six month tour of duty on 22^nd March.

If you have any items for the next pew sheet,

please notify Tony Jarman by Wednesday 25^th May.

WEBSITE  www.ststephensnorthmundham.co.uk or

                   www.stleodegarshunston.co.uk