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The following would like to wish everyone at Little Malvern Priory a very happy Christmas and Joyful New Year: Jocelyn Bailey, Ruth Young, Sue and Roger Johnson, David and Margaret Hope, Barry and Ann Henderson, Dorothy and Sean Devlin, Bob and Tricia Steel, Jenny and Bernard Pierce, Annie Burge, Elizabeth Burrage, Karena Smalley, Christina and David Toye, Eric and Valerie Knowles, Joan Holland Derek and Julia Webb, Diana Dawes Peter and Sarah-Ann Bradford John and Gina Chatten, Jeremy and Clover Webb Chris, Christine, Victoria and Alex West Phyl and Keith Mackay
LMP Christmas Cards We have two types of Christmas cards for sale. One shows the stained glass windows and the other is a view of the church in the snow.Both are A5 size on good quality paper. They are priced at £5 for a pack of 10. If you would like some tell me, Bob Steel, either in church or ring me on 01684 569003.
Harvest Lunch Once again we had a most enjoyable Harvest Lunch. I would like to take this opportunity to say thank you to Stan for taking on the provision of the drinks ( Jeremy was away on holiday this year); to all the men who helped sort out the tables and chairs and put them away again and, last but not least, to all the ladies who provided the wonderful pies, salads and quiches. Again, my thanks to you all, because without your help we would not have a lunch. Pam Samaritan’s Purse
Shoebox appeal Many thanks once again for your support of this project, the joy it will give to the children will be unbelievable. About 200 boxes have been collected from the Lyttelton Well. Thank you Ann Henderson
SUPPORT LOCAL CHARITIES THIS CHRISTMAS
CHARITY CHRISTMAS CARD SHOP
Cards from over 20 Charities, National and Local Available until Saturday December 20th from ARCOS 137, CHURCH STREET
Organised by Save The Children Fund CHURCHYARD CHATTER
Recently we have become involved in the development of the “God’s Little Acre” project in the Malvern Hills area. Such a project has been successfully introduced in the Shropshire Hill area. “Caring for God’s Little Acre” (CGA) is an independent charity which supports communities in England and Wales who have care of churchyards and burial grounds. It promotes community involvement in churchyard care and supports their use as places of learning and visitor interest. Sue and I recently attended an excellent CGA day of talks and workshops at Cradley village hall and church. We are now in the process of preparing information for L.M.P.for an entry in a proposed guide to explaining country churchyards in the Malvern Hills area. There is a copy of the CGA guide for the Shropshire hills churchyards on the notice board in the porch. Hopefully ours will be equally interesting. Roger Photographs In my role as Archivist, I have been given a recently rediscovered photo album of “Friends of Little Malvern Priory” social events up to Harvest Festival 1996. This is a delightful album, and, wonderfully, has titles underneath with everyone’s names. A Godsend for a forgetful person like myself! I think it would be lovely to resurrect this idea and to include all events associated with Little Malvern Priory, not just the Friends events. Is there a photographer out there who would be prepared to coordinate the continuation? (Or even someone who would cajole others into taking the odd photo and then collating them) Please do consider whether you could volunteer for this. Such records are a legacy for others and a great joy to look through, bringing back special memories and friends. No doubt more important as we all grow older. If you would like to know more, or have a look at the photos we have, do contact either me (Anne Burge 01684 569225) or…. Valerie/Eric Knowles. And if you have any photos of events since 1996 and could spare a copy for an album, that would be great. Happy snapping! Anne Burge
Bishop David Walker Bishop David Walker has agreed to spend two evenings with us talking about Prayer & praying. This is part of our church’s preparation for celebrating the incarnation. Prayer & Praying Our personal devotions are private. We don’t like to talk about them. This can lead to this part of our spiritual life being neglected and we become totally reliant on our participation in public worship. In these Advent Preparation sessions we have the opportunity to learn from a man of great spiritual depth and experience. As we prepare to celebrate Christ’s birth through public services, so our time with Bishop David should help us in our personal preparations for it. Date: 10th December at 7.00 pm
Where there’s a will……… The running and maintenance of an historic and Holy place such as Little Malvern Priory is a very expensive business. Weekly covenanted giving is a vital part in providing funds for that. But much of our support comes from the Friends of Little Malvern Priory, a large part of the that income is derived from legacies bequeathed many years ago. We all have much for which to thank these past benefactors for it relieves the burden on each of us. However, this money needs to be constantly replenished. Please remember what you have received from this Holy place and consider Little Malvern Priory's future when drawing up your will. …………….there's a way
LITTLE MALVERN MIDWEEK PRAYERS A short service of prayer and meditation is held at 10.00 a.m. on the second Tuesday of each month. Everyone is welcome.
Queen Mary’s Clothing Guild In the autumn I spent two days in London at St. James’s Palace helping to sort 24,000 brand-new garments for distribution to over 70 British charities, such as those helping the homeless, prisoners’ families, children’s societies and hospices. Several members of the congregation gave me things to take up and their contributions were much appreciated. Clothes can be knitted or ready-made (but must be new) and can range from a cotton cap for a premature baby to bedsocks for an old man in a hospice and everything in between. So if you order an item from a catalogue and get sent a free gift with it, or have been given a bright pink scarf for Christmas which you know you will never wear, please think of me! Jocelyn Bailey FEED THE CHILDREN T his is a Charity which provides knitted clothing and blankets (made from knitted squares) for third world countries and disaster areas anywhere in the world.This work is supported by Malvern Inner Wheel Club. They have been so busy knitting that they have exhausted their supplies of knitting yarn. PLEASE if anyone has any double knitting yarn hidden away unloved and unwanted they would be delighted to give it a good home and a purpose in life! Ring Joan Gibson on Malvern 563429 , she would love to hear from you. Floodlighting We will be floodlighting the church for an hour or two every Sunday evening during the winter months. If you have a special occasion that you think would be suitably commemorated by floodlighting the church at any time, please ask one of the churchwardens. There is no set fee for this but something to cover the cost of the electricity would be welcome.
We are applying for a faculty to install a memorial to Marion Tosello in the form of a Langland Window
MIND THE GAP! It is marvellous that at our little church we get an average of 50 people a Sunday. However it does mean quite a number of drivers need to leave vehicles in the car park. Could you therefore try to park as close as is reasonably possible to the next car so that we make the best use of the space available. The Churchwardens.
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