Christ Church Moreton Hall

Annual General Meeting 7:30pm 23rd February 2009

As you are aware, 2009 presents a number of challenges and opportunities for Christ Church, Moreton Hall. As we approach our Annual General Meeting on Monday 23rd February at 7.30 p.m. I think there are number of things you should be aware of and I hope you will join with me in rejoicing over.

1. Gift Day
Money is still coming in response to our Gift Day. Over £4,500 has been received with some new covenants and many people have increased their giving. On behalf of the Parochial Church Council I wish to express our deep heartfelt thanks for your support when times are so difficult. While we have yet to solve all our financial problems, we have taken giant steps forward towards it and we can say that we are blessed in God in this measure.

2. Three Year Plan
We all put a lot of hard work into our three year plan which obviously in the light of recent events needs to be revised. I would therefore ask for people who would like to be involved in a Steering Committee to please come forward, ideally before the Annual General Meeting. Enclosed are summaries of all the home group’s responses for you information. There is a need for us to plan carefully and use our resources wisely so not everything suggested can be done.

Annual General Meeting
7.30pm Monday 23rd February
If you wish to vote at this meeting or serve on the church council, you need to be on the church's electoral roll. If you wish to join the roll, please see Gillian Corwin before the end of January.
Department heads are reminded that they need to get their reports for the meeting to Gillian before the end of January this year as she is not available in February.

New Wine in Newmarket
Mid Anglia New Wine Network Event.
6.30pm on 25th January at All Saints Church, Newmarket.
Speaker: John Coles
There will be no service at Christ Church on this evening. See Jonathan Ford if you need or can offer transport.

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
This starts on Sunday 18th January. At 6.30pm there will be a united service at 6.30pm at the Cathedral with Rev Jonathan Edwards, General Secretary of the Baptist Union of Great Britain.
Churches Together have asked for someone from Christ Church to read at this service. Please see Jonathan Ford to volunteer.
Monday 19th -> Friday 23rd January there will be prayer lunches from 12.30 to 1.30pm.
Thursday 22nd January. Agape at 7.15pm at All Saints Church, Park Road.

On Sunday 25th January we will welcome Rev Robert Green to Christ Church as part of a Preacher exchange.

Baptism and Confirmation
This will take place on Sunday 31st May. If you are interested in baptism, renewing your baptismal vows or confirmation, please ask Jonathan Ford for details of what is involved.

(Newsline continues...)

Christmas Services

Sunday 21st December

10.30am Nativity Service - “A Long Night in the Stable”
6.30pm 9 Lessons and Carols by Candlelight with mulled wine and mince pies

Christmas Eve

4.00pm Crib Service - Puppets, tea and cake!
11.30pm Midnight Communion

Christmas Day

8.30am Holy Communion
10.30am Family Service - We invite children to bring a present to show

Church  Office

The office will be partially closed from 18th December and not fully open again until the New Year.  We are sorry for any inconvenience but please check before visiting the church.

AGM

The church annual meeting is on Monday 23rd February.  Please let Gillian Corwin have any electoral role forms by the end of January if possible.  Thank you.

January services

The All age worship for January will be on the second Sunday, 11th January at 10.30am not the 4th January as you might expect.

There will be no God’s Gang on 4th January. Groups restart on 18th.

We hope to hold another Present Aid cake stall on 25th January - more details later.

There will be no evening service at Christ Church on 25th January 2009. Instead we will be attending a New Wine Mid Anglia service at All Saints Newmarket at 6.30pm for Evening Praise with John Coles, Director of New Wine.

We would like to wish all our website visitors a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Back to Church Sunday
10.30, 28th September. Followed by Barbecue. All welcome.

Harvest Sunday
10.30am, 5th October - Harvest Celebration
Gifts of produce are welcome, particularly non-perishable goods which will go to local community projects. Any fruit, vegetables and flowers will be distributed to the elderly.

Church Directory
This is your last chance to get into the church directory! Please see the large copy on the notice board at the back of church. Write in your name and addres if they are not there, tick if they are in and correct and amend if they are wrong. If you want any information removed, please make this clear. For any queries, see Gillian Corwin.

Gift Day
Please read your letter if you are a regular attender. If you have not had a letter and think that you should, please ask!

Suffolk Historic Churches Bike Ride
Thank you to all who helped with this event on September 13th. If you have been sponsored in any way, please hand your money in at the office.

New Wine Women's Day March 2009
Are you interested in this event in London on 7th March next year? If enough of you are, we could book as a group and organize transport. More details are available from Tracy Cole.

(Newsline continues...)