Westfield

Heathlands

Services at the Parish Church of St John the Baptist on Sunday, November 18th November 2012 SECOND Sunday before advent

8.00 am Holy Communion (1662)

9.30 am Nine Thirty Start (all-age service)
The Shepherd King Reading: Mark 6: 30-44

10.30 am Parish Communion

This Week:

Tuesday: 7.30 pm Prayer Group – 59 Heathlands

Wednesday 9.30 am Holy Communion (St. John’s)

7.30 pm Mid-Week Bible Study

Thursday: 7.30 pm F3 – Parish Hall

Saturday: 10.00 am Churchyard Tidy-up

Welcome to all visitors to our church. Please join us for tea and coffee and a chat after our services today.

Prayer Team. If you are in need of one-to-one personal prayer, there is someone from the prayer team available in the North aisle at St John’s after the 9.30am service to pray with you.

Family Support Work. The approaching school holidays will put an added strain on the families that FSW supports so please continue to contribute non-perishable food and other household items for this vital outreach at the collections at both churches next Sunday.

F3. Our next meeting is on Thursday 22nd November in the Parish Hall starting at 7.30pm. The theme is Christmas Carols with Dickens…and more; with the Shades Drama Group. Ladies of all ages welcome.

Churchyard Tidy up. Volunteers needed please to help with a pre-winter churchyard tidy-up at St John’s on Saturday 24th November from 10am to 12 noon. Please bring your own tools and gloves. Everyone welcome.

Wednesday Bible Study. We are following a series entitled The Coming King. Based on Mark’s Gospel, each week will follow-on from the series at NTS, providing an opportunity to dig deeper, ask questions and learn more. Everyone is welcome and if you have not been before, or not been for a while, now is a good time to give it a try. Wednesday 7.30 pm. We will be at Cathy and Howard’s home, Cockmartins, Westfield Lane.

Love-in-a-Box. Here is the programme for this year’s Love-in-a-Box.

Sunday 18th November: From 9.30am in the Church Hall – Cover shoe boxes with Christmas paper – all ages welcome.

Monday 19th to Friday 23rd November: Boxes spread out on pews in the church and contents sorted. We will collect boxes from the school during the same period

Sunday 25th November boxes dedicated at Family Service.

Monday 26th November: Shoe boxes transported to Mustard Seed Missions in Eastbourne

There is shortage of medium sized boxes so if you have any spare suitable sized shoeboxes (not large ones for boots), please can these be passed to Ann or Malcolm Stocker. Also gifts to put in the boxes or money to buy them with. For further details please contact Ann & Malcolm (Tel 754355)

Before you buy your Christmas Cards – there is an alternative for all those who wish to send cards to their friends at St John’s. Instead of sending individual cards why not send just one joint card to all your friends, which you can pin to a special board in the church porch, where they can read it and then why not make a donation to charity instead.

Friends of Westfield Parish Church. The Friends will hold their annual Christmas Fayre in the Parish Hall on Saturday 1st December from 2pm until 4pm. There will be the usual festive stalls and everyone is welcome. Entrance is 50p which includes Tea/Coffee and biscuits. Offers of help or items for the cake/preserves stall or raffle will be very welcome. Please contact Joan Downing or Ann Stocker for further information.

Christmas Choir. This year, Carol Services will be held at Guestling on 16th and Westfield on 23rd December, with a joint choir singing at both services. As usual, both choirs welcome ‘extras’ to join the choir for Christmas, even if you are able to come to only one of the services. The Westfield Christmas practices will be on Thursdays at 7.30pm from 15 November (but not 22 November) until a joint practice at Guestling on 13th. Please let Janice know if you will be coming. Guestling Choir practice is every Thursday at 7.00pm – all welcome.

The Enthronement of Bishop Martin Warner will be at Chichester Cathedral on 25th November at 3.30pm. Welcome services will be at:

11th November St Peter’s Brighton @ 6.30pm

17th November St Mary the Virgin Rye @ 11.00am

18th November St Mary’s Battle @ 4.00pm

More details to follow in the next e-bulletin, diocesan website and Chichester diocesan magazine.

Notices can be included in this weekly sheet by contacting Nicholas Wilde (tel: 07786 864713) or email:
[email protected].

Website: www.WestfieldGuestlingChurches.org.uk

Deadline for notices to be received for printing is Thursday each week.

You can also receive the notices every week by e-mail – just send a request to the above email address to make sure you never miss out

Theatre Sense Players (Musical Theatre for Adults) is a new Singing, Drama and Dance class which has just started. It meets on Wednesdays at Westfield Community Hall from 8.15-9.45pm, and costs £4. The group will work initially on musical theatre medleys to perform at various shows alongside the younger Theatre Sense pupils, but the long term aim is to perform a bigger show such as a panto for the village. If you are interested please contact Theatre Sense on 07730 254122 or email [email protected]

Westfield Ladies Stoolball indoor team needs new members over 16 years to play on Tuesday evenings at Claverham Community College during the winter. Membership is £2 for one month, and the games fee is £2.50. Telephone Rose on 01424 756875.

‘Westfield HUB. The recent committee changes haven’t affected activities at the Hub, and it’s great that Friday mornings continue to be an almost full house at The Plough 10-12. If you get a chance to pop in for a coffee and maybe catch up on local news and plans for seasonal activities, you’d be made very welcome.’

The Friendship Club meets in the Parish Hall on alternate Mondays from 2-3.30pm. It is an opportunity to make friends and enjoy some outings in the summer. Our next meeting will be on Monday, November 5, and we are always on the look-out for new members Coming up we have a visit to a Pantomime and then our Christmas party. .

Westfield Golf Fellowship’s last event at West Malling, Kent on Thursday, November 8 was won by Terry Drinkwater with Carl Read runner up. The next one is the final event on the “Race to Headcorn” – golfer of the year calendar with at least 6 players still in with a shout. This is at the Weald of Kent Thursday 27th December total price of £35 including food, golf and prizes. For more information please telephone Nick on 07939587796 or email [email protected]

Westfield Football Club is looking for help with support in providing football for all ages. If you feel you could help either in preparation or during games, please get in contact with the club.

The Westfield Community Association carols around the village tree takes place on Friday December 7 at 7pm. Musicians, preferably wind band players, are needed to provide the music. Please ring Janice on 01424 753684 if you can help.

The Westfield Racing club is going to Brighton on Saturday 17th, staying overnight after the evening dog racing & then to Fontwell Races on the Sunday. 8 are going although it was hoped to be 12 but MM & his trio couldn’t make it.

The Rye and District Association of the National Trust. The winter talks season at Beckley Village Hall continues with a presentation by Alan Stainsby on ‘Bodiam Banquet – Medieval Food’ on Friday, November 16 at 2.30pm. Entrance is £2 (members) or £3 (non-members) including refreshments. A shopping trip to Bluewater is being arranged for Monday, November 19. For more details and to book your place please contact Ros Adkins on 01797 253763. If you are interested in attending the following events can you please get your bookings in to Ros Adkins asap.

Friday 7th December – Christmas Party with Geoff Hutchinson. 2.00 pm at Playden WI Hall.

Saturday 19th January 2013 – New Year Lunch.

For information and news about Westfield, please visit the village website www.westfieldvillage.co.uk.

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