APCM at All Saints Kesgrave
The Annual Parochial Church Meeting is to be held on Thursday 16th May 2024 in Church, 7.00pm.
Each year we hope to have three new members joining the Council.
If you would like to be considered for election, please contact Rev Chris Nunn on 01473 622363 or email
MEN’S & LADIES’ BREAKFAST
Please
come along on Saturday, 18th May at 9.30am and join us at the
Farmhouse Pub for our Men’s & Ladies’ Breakfast and
fellowship. All ages are welcome.
Please email
Gary Jones or Anita Jones to reserve your place.
MOTHERS’ UNION
Our next meeting is on Tuesday, 28th May at 2.15pm at All
Saints Church. Our speaker will be Chris Nunn.
Many thanks to all of you who joined our Coffee Morning at Fred
Upson Hall. It was a delightful and joyous event.
Visitors
are always welcome to join us at our meetings.
Jenny Billinge
Secretary
SILVER GROUPS
We welcome anybody who wishes to come to the Silver
events. There’s always a good variety of food to enjoy with tea, coffee,
chocolate, and sometimes squash.
The Screen is in the hall, and the Games are in the church. When you turn up you can be assured of a warm
welcome.
The next sessions of Silver Screen are on
Monday 20th May 2024 at the Church
Hall, 2pm-4pm.
Seeing
so many people get so much out of those sessions has been a pleasure.
Following the screening, we have a short talk.
Come along for an enjoyable afternoon and companionship.
The next sessions of Silver Games are on
Monday 13th May 2024 at the
Church, 2pm-4pm.
Come
and enjoy playing the old fashioned and some modern games such as Up-Words,
Scrabble, Mexican Train, Uno, Rummikub and Scrabble. Even if you don’t play
board games you will be welcome to just come along and sit with our regulars
and have a chat.
Trinity Sunday 26th May - Silver Café at 4pm - Please book
with Mike & Chris Bryer 07977 962764
followed by Songs of Praise at 5pm
For more details contact
Chris or Mike Bryer 01473 611143
TRINITY SUNDAY - MAY 26TH - GIFT DAY
All Saints Kesgrave has lasted for eight centuries only because of the generosity, commitment and faith of successive generations. Countless skills go into running and maintaining a parish church: some visible, but most of them much less noticeable and often taken for granted! Think of the planning and preparation that must have gone into the 1980
extension! Did the architect have a few sleepless nights about his
proposal to put a massive hole into the south-facing side of the original church? Do we know how many hours Isabel Clover spent on the
tapestries that hang behind the altar
(purple for Lent and Advent, and a more neutral background for the rest of the
year?)
Something like 95% of the effort is voluntary (and incalculable in
financial terms), but sufficient funds are still needed to pay bills, water rates, energy costs, insurance, hire of the photocopier, IT and staff costs. Over the last year or so all of these have tended to go up in line with what we have all experienced when managing our own households.
In the weeks leading up to the Gift Day on May 26th and the weeks
afterwards to the end of June, please pray about the Financial future of our church, and its halls. We need to keep them in good repair, observe modern health and safety standards, and make them accessible and
welcoming to those with disabilities (within the restrictions that come from managing a Grade II * Listed Building). We also need to pay the Parish Share to our Diocese (St Edmundsbury and Ipswich) although we may be querying the full amount requested.
Please give thanks for "legacy" giving and foresight: for the Kesgrave Parish Trust and for the Kesgrave Church of England Charity which manages the Fred Upson Hall (formerly British Legion) and for all those who remember the Church in their wills or who donate in
Remembrance.
Give thanks for those who have helped us with Grants, particularly Spark (our local charity in Kesgrave), the Ropes Trust, Suffolk Historic Churches Trust, Alfred Williams Trust and the Jill Ganzoni Trust.
And thank you to everyone who gives at the present time! I am well aware of the strain on many people's finances but please pray how your earthly 'talents' - financial or otherwise might be used. We have kept all methods of Giving, so it is possible to 'mix and match', giving regularly through the Parish Giving Scheme for instance and then 'topping up'
occasionally.
Below is Rublev's Icon of the "Feast of Abraham" showing God the
Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit enjoying the meal that
Abraham has prepared for them under the great trees of Mamre
(Genesis 18). Also included is the photo of our Bell Tower.
For all
queries please contact
Sally Wainman Local Giving Advisor 07807 984589
ORWELL WALK
JUNE 23RD 2024
(Advance Notice)
As part of the Fundraising this year I will be attempting to take part in the Orwell Walk yet again!
This is a once-a-year chance to access wide areas of the beautiful Orwell Estuary with the support of checkpoints, signage and a lift back to HQ (Gainsborough Sports Centre) if needed. Participants can walk or run between 3 - 25 miles, with the option of a validated trail marathon, half marathon or ultra marathon.
The annual event is organised by the Rotary Club of Ipswich East and further details are available here https://www.ipswicheastrotaryclub.co.uk/
The adult entry fee for walkers is £18.00, £8 for children, discounts for Family. All sponsorship money goes to the charity of your choice - (All Saints Kesgrave in my case)
Sally Wainman