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Bramley Village Carol Service, Sunday 10 December
Our Carol Service is on Sunday 10th December at 6.00pm. Put the date in your diary, and invite family, friends and neighbours! Our choir plus guest singers are working hard to help make it a special night. After the service, there will be mulled wine (and mulled cider) with mince pies. If you can bring some mince pies, please sign the list that will be available at the back of church.
Download the order of service and the carol sheet.
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Monthly Sunday Lunch, 17 December
The next (Christmas!) lunch is on Sunday December 17th in our Parish Room at 12.30pm. The cost will be £10. For catering, we ask that you please sign the list that will be available at the back of the Church – and please sign up as soon as you can. We look forward to seeing you!
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Christmas Eve Services
As Christmas Eve is also the fourth Sunday of Advent, we will have our usual services at 8.00am and 9.45am and then
at 4.00 pm there will be a Crib Service and
at 11.30pm we hope you will join us at Midnight Mass.
Children, please come to the Crib Service and bring your parents and carers! We hope you will come dressed as a shepherd, an angel, a king….or as Mary or Joseph!!
Christmas Day services
8.00 Holy Communion
9.45 Christmas Communion
All are warmly invited to join us at these services - either in person or on Zoom.
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Revd Andy Davis
As announced on Sunday 24 September and followed by an explanatory email, for personal and family reasons, Andy will be moving in 2024 to Portsmouth Diocese, to become Interim Priest-in-Charge (initial 3-year appointment) of the Meon Valley Parishes – based at St Barnabas Church, Swanmore.
He looks forward to marking the rest of the year at Holy Trinity: All Saints, All Souls, Remembrance Sunday, Advent, and of course, Christmas Services and events.
Our Area Dean Roy, churchwarden Sue Oldrey and Revd Graham Smith are already planning ahead to provide for our regular services and other aspects of parish life.
19 February, 2024
Revd Andy will be Licensed by the Bishop of Portsmouth as Priest-in-Charge of the Meon Valley Parishes at 7.30pm on Monday 19 February 2024 at St Barnabas Church, Church Road, Swanmore, Hampshire, SO32 2PA. Friends from Bramley will be very welcome. Do let Revd Andy know if you intend to attend.
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Honesty Trolley
Please see the list of items needed on the Bramley Helping Hand page.
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Newsletters
To read Citizens Advice newsletters, please visit to Our Community page.
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Pilgrimages
Our Area Dean, Canon Roy Woodhams is hoping to take a group to Iona in April 2024. For more information, please visit our Pilgrimages page.
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Bramley Helping Hand
Please visit our Bramley Helping Hand page for the latest news!
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Your church needs you!
If you would like to make coffee once per month, please let Nina know (01483 893563)
(Her email is not always reliable. Better to phone, as a quick response is often needed!)
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Suggestions and Donations
There is a small slot in the wall at the back of the church that has for some years been labelled Donations but – after PCC discussion – is now labelled Suggestions and Donations. If you would like to make any suggestions about anything to do with the life of our church, you can write on, and fold up a piece of paper (folded quite thinly) and pop it in! We would particularly welcome hymn and music suggestions.
Three
points:
- Suggestions and comments (positive and negative) are best made in person, so do consider talking directly to me or to a Church Officer. I hope that everyone feels able to do that!
- Please put your name on your piece of paper.
- Please note that it is “Suggestions” and not “Instructions”. Not every suggestion will necessarily be taken up – but reasons will always be given!
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The Memory Lane Café is held at the Cranleigh Arts Centre from 2.15pm to 4.15pm on the first Monday and the third Monday of every month. The Café provides an opportunity for carers to relax, chat and share advice and experiences over cake and a cup of tea while their loved ones have fun with stimulating activities.
If you know of someone experiencing dementia, why not just bring them along to our next meeting? If you would like more information please phone Michael 01483 27 4398.
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