Here’s Thursday Thoughts - This Week’s News!
What’s on this week? What’s coming soon?
CHURCH CLEANING & MAINTENANCE DAY
THIS SATURDAY from 10am, please join us as we get our building ready to decorate for Christmas next weekend!
There are jobs inside and out to suit all abilities, so please let Anne Flude know if you can help in any way at all (even doing something little really will make a big, big difference). Anne will find something suitable for you. Thank you so much for helping!
KEEP WARM PACKS
On Sunday morning, we have a limited number of Keep Warm Packs to give away so please take one if you need one to keep warm this winter.
With over 30,000 people dying every winter because of the cold, Keep Warm Packs can help by providing you with the following items:
- Wooly hat
- Winter socks
- Phone friendly gloves
- Fleece snood
- Fleece blanket
- Reusable canvas bag
We also have plenty of warm winter coats and warm blankets to keep you warm which are available all week.
NEURODIVERSE SUPPORT GROUP CHRISTMAS EVENING
THIS MONDAY from 7.30pm-9.30pm, come and grab a bargain as you enjoy Christmas shopping with us to support this fantastic group!
There will be refreshments, including homemade cakes, and lots of fun and interesting stalls. Well-worth a visit!
BRAND-NEW CHRISTMAS CARDS
Our brand-new Christmas card range has launched at St Martin’s! With huge thanks to Tracey Ashcroft, you can pick up your beautiful card for a loved one for only £1.99 with all proceeds going towards our work for the community.
LOADS OF EXCITING CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS COMING UP FOR YOUR DIARY!
- Monday 24th November, 7.30pm: Neurodiverse Support Group Christmas Evening
- Wednesday 3rd December, 2pm: Outlook Seniors Christmas Party
- Saturday 6th December, 4pm: Carols in Old Dean Precinct
- Tuesday 9th December, 9.30am: Tuesday Tots Christmas Party
- Sunday 14th December, 6pm: Carols by Candlelight with Cordwalles Junior School
- Wednesday 17th December, 4.15pm: Messy Church Christmas
- Sunday 21st December, 10.45am: All Age Nativity
- Monday 22nd December, 2.30pm: Neurodiverse Support Group Christmas Party
- Christmas Eve, 3.45pm: Christingle
- Christmas Eve, 11.30pm: Christmas Midnight Communion
- Christmas Day, 10.30am: Family Celebration
THIS SATURDAY
- SATURDAY CAFE
Come and join us at Saturday Café from 10-11.30am where you can enjoy:
- Delicious fresh fruit and yoghurts
- Tasty toast and spreads
- Great coffee, tea, hot chocolate, chocolate mountains, and biscuits
- Essentials to take home such as bread (& pastries!)
- Great company.
Everything is free. Donations are welcome to help us cover our costs – whatever you can afford.
THIS SUNDAY
- FREE COMMUNITY BREAKFAST – PANCAKES & SO MUCH MORE!
Come and enjoy pancakes and so much more at our Free Community Breakfast! Come and join us from 10am-10.30am where you can also enjoy:
- Lovely fresh fruit and yoghurts
- Tasty toast and spreads
- A variety of cereals
- Great coffee, tea and hot chocolate
- Fruit juice
- Wonderful company
… and so much more at our Free Community Breakfast! So, come and join us – you’re very welcome and we’d really love to see you!
- OUR SERVICE FOR EVERYONE
Come and join us for our Service for Everyone at 10.45am! It's informal, relaxed, you’re very welcome indeed, and you’ll find an awesome kids’ group, great songs, an inspiring talk, and prayers from the heart.
Our service is also a great opportunity to meet old friends & make new friends, help each other & our community, and learn about God’s amazing love for you! So, come and join us – you’re very welcome and we’d really love to see you!
- QUIET COMMUNION BEFORE OUR SERVICE
Come and enjoy Quiet Communion with us at 9.45am. It’s such a very special time
THIS MONDAY
HANDBELLS
Join us for fun handbells at the new time of 3pm! All abilities are very welcome!
THIS TUESDAY
TUESDAY TOTS
Come and join us with your little ones for free fun for all pre-schoolers from 9-10.30am!
THIS WEDNESDAY
- WEDNESDAY CAFÉ
Come and join us at Wednesday Café from 10-11.30am where you can enjoy:
- Essential food & hygiene items
- Delicious fresh fruit
- Yummy cakes
- Great coffee, tea, and hot chocolate
- Fantastic company
Everything is free. Donations are welcome to help us cover our costs – whatever you can afford.
THURSDAY
THE HOPE HUB AT ST MARTIN’S!
Come and see The Hope Hub from 10am-2pm at St Martin’s! You can get help with
- Universal Credit
- Debt or Money Management
- Homelessness
- Training and other courses in cookery/living well and volunteering
- Finding work or job coaching
- Mental health services
- Addiction
- Tenancy or signposting/information
Children are welcome with their parents and carers and free refreshments are provided.
NEED HELP READING THE BIBLE?
If you haven’t picked one up yet, then please find a gift of ‘Word for Today’ in the Prayer Corner. If you’re not using it yet, then please let me tell you that loads of our church family find it to be an enormous help. Many thanks to Tracey for making these available for us
YOUR SUPPORT MAKES A REAL DIFFERENCE
Your support makes a real, big difference to our work in the community as well as our support for each other.
If you would like to support this work on a regular basis it's very simple to set up a direct debit via the Parish Giving Scheme HERE
If you would like to make a one off or a regular donation to St Martin's using a card, then please click here: HERE
Your support makes a real difference - thank you so much!
THE BLANKET BOX
To help keep our local community warm, please donate new, nearly new, or well-loved, clean blankets if you can. Please pick up a nice warm blanket if you need one for free!
To donate, please drop by St Martin’s from 9am-4pm on weekdays and 9am-1pm at weekends at Upper College Ride, Camberley, GU15 4DW. Charity Number: 1203087.
WINTER COAT RAIL
We’re aiming to ensure that everyone has a warm coat on their back and is kept warm this Winter:
- To donate, please drop by St Martin’s from 9am-4pm on weekdays and 9am-1pm at weekends at Upper College Ride, Camberley, GU15 4DW. Charity Number: 1203087.
- Help yourself to a free coat from our Winter Coat Rail if you need one. Coats in a variety of sizes for children and adults will soon be available again throughout the week.
As always, thank you so much for your wonderful support.
COMING SOON
APPROACHING QUICKLY - MEN’S BREAKFAST
Our next Men’s Cooked Breakfast is on Saturday 29th November at 8.30am. Please let Stuart know if you can come. Many thanks Steve!
PRAYER AND PRAISE EVENING
Following many very wonderful Prayer and Praise evenings, our next event is on Wednesday 10th December from 7.30pm-9pm. Really hope you can make it!
THE ALZHEIMER’S CAFÉ
On Monday 15th December from 6.30pm-8.30pm, come and enjoy a free, delicious meal and enjoy building friendships with others who understand what you’re going through with this very cruel disease. Everyone is welcome!
CAR PARKING
In addition to our car park, you may park at St Peter & St John Church in Caesar’s Camp Road as well as The Beacon Church in Berkshire Road.
We have been blessed enormously because we have been granted permission to park at the nearby Catholic Church in Caesar's Camp Road and the nearby Beacon Church in Berkshire Road.
I'm sure you understand that we need to prioritise spaces for people who are unable to walk to church. Therefore, wherever possible, (especially on Wednesdays and Sundays) please may I ask you to either walk to church, or park your car at the Catholic or Beacon churches?
Many thanks for your ongoing love, care and support for each other.
MORNING PRAYER
Please join us in the Prayer Room on:
- Monday at 10am and Tuesday & Wednesday at 9am (before Wednesday Café at 10am)
- Saturday at 9.30am (before Saturday Café at 10am).