Noticeboard
Saturday 29th June
Rev Al has been advised that his priesting service will take place on 29th June. The time of the service is 5.00pm so please put that date in your diary. The coach will leave Town Street at 3.45pm to be there for 4.30pm. Please be at the church for 3.30pm.
Sunday 30th June
After Rev Al’s first communion we will be holding a celebratory bring and share meal. There is a form at the back of the church to sign up what you would like to bring and share. Please feel free to add other ideas to the list as it would be nice to have a good spread.
The Summer Fete will be on August 3rd 2019. There will be boxes in church for raffle and tombola stalls. Books etc will be collected nearer the day. Thank you. Jean Cornford
Bra’s wanted
Wanted for women refugees, bra’s in good clean condition. Please see Jean Cornford for more details.
Help with Counting Collection
We are looking for two volunteers to occasionally help with the above. It would be very helpful to have someone on standby who knows what needs doing whenever Jan or Jeffrey are not in church. Please contact either David or Janet Pursell if you are willing to help.
Rural Dean Appointed
Bishop Christopher has appointed Rev Philip Johnson, vicar of St Denys’, Sleaford, as Rural Dean of Lafford.
We are looking for items for the next Chronicle Edition. If you have any item you would like to submit, please see Carole Shepheard, Rev Al or Rev Mark.
Rev Mark will take Tuesday as his day off and Rev Al will take Fridays.
Refreshments
Please put a few coins in the donations bowl when you enjoy a tea or coffee at the end of our services if you are able. The money is used to fund the wonderful floral displays that our flower arrangers create.
Sleaford Talking Newspaper
Sleaford Talking Newspaper needs some Readers or Recording Technicians to help record news from our local papers to blind or partially sighted people in our area. The recordings are done on a Wednesday afternoon or evening. If this interests you please give Howard Sanders, Chairman, a call on 01529 414047
Request from Rev. Heather
Sometimes people are admitted to hospital unexpectedly. Relatives may travel distances and then find they need to stay overnight and often find they have no toiletries. Would you like to help us to provide them with toothpaste, soap, wash bags, flannels, deodorants (both male and female), shower gel, toothbrushes?
Stewards
We are desperately in need of new stewards to meet and greet at the beginning of services and to help, if necessary, during the service. If you would like to know more, please talk to Jaki Lowder or Rev. Mark.
Church Cleaning
A few faithful people clean the church on a regular basis. If you are able to help occasionally or regularly please have a word with Jaki
Request
Please would you save the plastic tops from milk containers as they can be collected to aid the Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance. There will be a container available in church.
Would you like to celebrate or remember an event? It is now possible to sponsor the flowers in church on a Sunday morning. Your donation, however small, will help to pay for the flowers and your celebration/remembrance will be noted in the pew sheet on the Sunday in question. Please see either of the Churchwardens who will be happy to help.
Tea and cleaning rota
If you like to help out with the tea serving and cleaning rota, please talk to Jaki. She would be most happy to hear from you
During the year we are putting on a number of fun events and fund raising events. We would like to put a small group together to help plan the events. If you are interested in helping with a single event or with the planning of our year ahead, please have a chat with Rev Mark or Carol
50/50 club
One of our church fund-raisers is the 50-50 club. It costs £12 a year, with half the money going to the church and the other half is prize money. If you would like to join, please see Doug or Jean Cornford.
EASY FUNDRAISING
Raising funds for St Botolph's Church goes on all year round and one easy way of doing this is to use the Easy Fundraising website:
www.easyfundraising.org.uk
It is easy to register, then when asked which cause you wish to support, type in St Botolph's Quarrington.
Whenever you make a purchase go to the Easyfudraising website or app, look up the retailer and click to transfer to the chosen website, any purchase you then make will qualify for a donation.
Retailers taking part include: Amazon, Tesco (including grocery shopping), Marks and Spencer, Premier Inn, Early Learning, Thomas Cook and countless others.
Have a look at the website to see if your favourite store/retailer is included then get shopping and help to raise lots of money for our church