CHURCH AND COMMUNITY NEWS
The photo of the stained glass window which I have used for this week's podcast was taken by Dr Mark Charter, who spent a long time photographing this window and another by the same stained glass artist, John Jennings. You can see more of his photos here . You may note that his site is "Cornish Church windows", and think that Kent is rather far from Cornwall. The link came about because John Jennings made a very similar window (ours came first!) in a church in Cornwall, and Dr Charter wanted to see our window to compare it.
FREE ! Children's books in the church porch.
There are still some children's books in the porch. Please help me out by helping yourself, if you have children, grandchildren, godchildren or other small friends... Any left over will go to a charity shop, so do pick some up today!
ENHANCED LISTENING COURSE 20th and 27th July - 10.30 to 12.30 in Seal Church hall. Two sessions to enable group participants to recognise the listening skills they already have and enhance them with confidence. Please contact Sue Buddin – 07737026701 or 01732 760990 densuebud@aol.com if you think this could be useful to you or want further information BIG BUTTERFLY COUNT 12th – 14th July. Thank you to Babs and all who came along to help survey the churchyard during this past week. Following on from that, can you spare some time to do some butterfly and moth spotting in the churchyard? If so, please contact Babs Bartholomew to help out - babsvmurray@gmail.com. More details at https://bigbutterflycount.butterfly-conservation.org/
PATRONAL FESTIVAL AND FAREWELL TO ANNE AND PHILIP Today between 10 am and 4pm Philip and I would be very glad to see anyone who would like to come along and join in the celebrations to mark our last day in the parish today. The day starts with the Patronal Festival and Farewell service at 10 am, but continues with a shared lunch, bbq, music, activities, tree planting in the churchyard, and then strawberries, cake and tea in the church hall. Details in the pic below. If our paths have crossed at all during my time at Seal - weddings, baptisms, funerals, through the school, Know Your Neighbours, or in any other way - it would be lovely to see you, so do drop in!
Many, many thanks to all those who have been involved in organising this lovely assortment of activities to mark the day! We are bowled over already by the thought and care that have gone into making this a special day.
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HAVE YOU SIGNED UP FOR THE PARISH GIVING SCHEME? Back in the Autumn we signed up for the Parish Giving Scheme which is a simple system to replace Standing Orders as a way of giving to the church, and automates the collection of Gift Aid for those who are tax payers, which saves a great deal of time and effort on the part of the volunteers who help to look after the churches finances and means we get the Gift Aid very quickly. It would be great if more people could give through this scheme, as it simplifies the administrative burden so much! If you are a regular giver to Seal (or would like to become one!) please would you consider using this route for your donations. You can find out more here, or contact us if you would like to know more, by emailing financesealpandp@gmail.com
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