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Dear friends Join us for worship online, on the phone or in the building today.  with best wishes Anne Le Bas Online Worship podcast     Order of service You can also access this podcast by phoning 01732 928061 In the church building today - May 8 Easter 4 10 am  All Age Worship 6.30pm Breathing Space Holy Communion During the week Monday             9.30 -11.30 pm Seal Tiddlers in the church hall - parent and toddler group                            2-3.30pm Talking Village in Deniz Cafe in the High Street Wednesday      10 am Zoom Church                            5 - 5.30 Children's Choir                            7.15 - 8.15 pm Choir Friday                9.30am Morning Prayer in Church                            10.30-12.30 Friday Group in the church hall                             Sunday May 15: Easter 5 10 am   All Age Worship 3 - 4.30 pm Messy Church in the hall 6.30pm Breathing Space Meditative Communion Easter 4 Acts 9.36-end, John 10.2-30 Today's first reading tells the story of Tabitha, (Dorcas in Greek), a woman who would otherwise probably have lived an unrecorded life. She was known and loved to her local community, though, for her needlework skills, which she used to make clothes for those in need.  The stained glass window on the right is in St John the Evangelist's Church, Sidcup and shows Dorcas with her needlework.   Are there clothes which hold a special meaning for you, which bring back memories, which you keep or remember? What do they mean to you?  What gifts do you have to give to others? Are there ways you could pass on your skills for the benefit of the community?  ALL AGE IDEAS Tabitha, whose story we heard in the first reading today, was famous in her community because of the clothes she made for others. They were a sign of her love for those in need.   Do you have favourite clothes, or clothes you remember wearing, which remind you of particularly happy times?  You could try sewing something , with help from a grown up. There are some ideas here: https://www.redtedart.com/sewing-projects-for-kids/ You could draw a pattern on a piece of cardboard, and punch holes in it, then sew around it to practice your sewing. Use wool and a big needle, or wrap sellotape around the end of some wool or string so that you can thread it through the holes.  You could make a paper doll to dress up. There are some to download here, https://www.designeatrepeat.com/printable-paper-dolls/. You can use blu-tak to attach the clothes, so that you can change them easily. (Magnets can be dangerous if swallowed!)  CHURCH AND COMMUNITY NEWS   FIRST COMMUNION PREPARATION.  If you are interested in your child preparing to receive Holy Communion, there will be a chance to gather after the 10 am service today to discuss this with me. I will then try to find convenient dates for 3 or 4 preparation sessions. If your child is older, (at least secondary school age) and would prefer to prepare for confirmation, please contact me so that I can discuss this with you and with them . If there are any adults who would like to be confirmed (and baptised if they haven't been already) please let me know also, so that we can arrange appropriate preparation.  APCM Our Annual Parochial Church Meeting and Meeting of Parishioners to elect churchwardesn will be on May 22 in church after the 10 am service. The Electoral Roll is now closed, and the draft copy can be seen in the church porch. The Annual Report will be available next Sunday.  JUBILEE LUNCH AND PARTY ON THE REC – SUNDAY JUNE 5. We need more people to help set this up, run games etc. Can you help? Now is the moment to volunteer! YOUR HELP AND CONTRIBUTIONS NEEDED PLEASE!  As part of the Platinum Jubilee Celebrations local historian David Williams is arranging for an exhibition of ‘Seal during the reign of Elizabeth II’. He is collecting memories and objects from people to show what life was like in Seal in the early 1950s. If you have any memories of the early 1950s or any objects (ration books, bus or train tickets, school reports, orders of service from baptisms, marriages or burials, photographs of outings, celebrations…) he would be grateful to receive them. He can be contacted on williamsredcourt@gmail.com , 01732 764068 or 07427 844552. WOULD YOU LIKE TO DISCUSS FAITH WITH OTHERS? Why not join one of our home groups? They meet on Tuesday evenings (contact Babs Bartholomew or Wivine Turner) or Thursday mornings (Contact Kelly Durrant or Marion Gilchrist). TALKING VILLAGE Monday afternoons between 2pm and 3.30 in Deniz's on the High Street. Buy a cup of tea or coffee and join us on the Talking Village table, for a chat and to make new friends, or catch up with old ones! Saturdays - On the first Saturday of each month in Seal Library from 10.15-11.15am. Join us for a coffee whilst out browsing for your library books. At both these venues, there will always be two hosts to welcome you, and we look forward to meeting with you and getting to know each other better. SEAL HISTORY GUIDE BOOKS Deniz's coffee shop still has some copies of our Seal Historical Guided Walk books for just £5 a copy. All proceeds go to the Seal Village Fund. A perfect time to walk around our beautiful village and see it through new eyes!   SEAL VILLAGE ALLOTMENTS PLANT SALE AND OPEN DAY Sunday May 15th from Midday to 3pm. All welcome - please come along and get your bargain plants and see the best allotments around!! OTHER COMMUNITY NEWS - For more community news from Marion Gilchrist, check out the Know Your Neighbours blog. https://knowyourneighbours.blogspot.com/ or email marionjgilchrist@gmail.com to ask to be put on her mailing list.