NEWS

BIBLE FRESH
In support of Biblefresh we have purchased a package of 28 new books to give to Holy Trinity School’s library. We will also be replacing some of the old books we have in Church with 13 new books for pre-school children to use during services.

BISHOP'S LENT APPEAL
The Bishop’s Lent Appeal this year is called ‘Transforming Communities’. Money for the Appeal will go to the 'Street Pastors' scheme, which operates and is planned to be introduced into a number of areas within the diocese. Overseas money raised will be divided between three projects in the companion dioceses in South Africa, South East Asia and Canada.

LETTER FROM PUENG
We received a new letter from Pueng, the young girl who we sponsor through the charity Compassion. This has been pinned up on the display in the church entrance, along with other new information from Compassion.

UPDATE ON A NEW MINISTER FOR HTC
The advert for our new Minister has now been placed on the Diocese and New Wine web sites. This is a real milestone in our search for a new Minister and puts us one step closer to finding a new Reverend for our church.

FOR AN ADVENT CALENDAR WITH A DIFFERENCE...
Take a look at www.whywearewaiting.com a website from the Church of England that opens up a new video to watch every day as the countdown to Christmas begins, providing a new daily insight or reflection with a Christian message right through to December 24th.

NEW WINE WOMEN'S DAY
New Wine are holding a Women’s Day on Saturday 5th March 2011 in Harrogate. Tickets are priced at £18. Please see www.new-wine.org/events/womens-days for further information.

SAMARITAN'S PURSE
As a church and school we will once again be supporting the Children’s Shoebox Appeal, where you are invited to donate a shoebox filled with small gifts to be distributed to children around the world. Boxes will be presented at our morning service on 21st November; please see Chris for more information.

SKITTLES EVENING
Please keep the evening of Saturday 13th November free. A skittle evening and Fish and Chip supper is being organised to start at 6pm in the Church Hall at St James, to raise funds for Philip's trip to Sweden for the Scout Jamboree. It will be great if members of Holy Trinity are able to attend. Tickets are priced at just £5 so please let Graham know if you would like to go.

START COURSE
If you would like to join a new START course then please have a word with Graham or one of the wardens. This is an informal course that allows you to explore questions about the Christian faith.

CONFIRMATION CLASSES
An open invitation for anyone to join. Classes will be held during July and September. Confirmation will be on Sunday 10th October at St James.

LADIES PRAYER CELL
We hold a ladies prayer cell every Friday at 1.30pm. All ladies are welcome, please talk to Chris if you would like to come along.

BISHOP'S LENT APPEAL
Leaflets and envelopes for this year's Lent appeal can be found in the church entrance. Alternatively give online at www.justgiving.com/Bishop
ofLichfieldlentappeal2010

10TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS
We are planning on having a series of events around the weekend of 25th April to celebrate the opening of the church facilities in 2000. There will be a dinner on Friday 23rd April, a family walk/picnic on Saturday 24th and a service of celebration on Sunday 25th.

START COURSE
This is a new course providing a short introduction for those who have questions about the Christian faith. If you would like to know more please contact Elizabeth on 01543 454816.

BISHOP'S EPIPHANY MESSAGE
If you missed the Bishop's message you can find it on www.pewtube.org.uk. There is also a new website for those who are thinking about God's call on their lives and whether this might be a call to ordination. www.itmightbegod.org

CHRISTIAN FAITH
Interested in finding out more about the Christian faith? We will soon be running a short six week course called Start. Please speak to Elizabeth if you would like to know more.

PROJECT GAMBIA
Andrew Cook has some CD's entitled 'Life is Empty' which have eight tracks sung by the children of the school he visited in Gambia. Andrew will gladly supply copies to you for a minimum donation of £7.00. Gifts will go to the work of the school.

NEW WORSHIP TIME
Sunday Jan 3rd 2010 sees our service time move to the new time of 10.30am. Look forward to seeing you there.

10TH ANNIVERSARY
2010 will see the 10th Anniversary of weekly worship in the new worship facilities at Holy Trinity. If you would like to be involved in planning some events to mark this Anniversary please speak to Geoff Snowden, Tim Jones or Paul Waterfield.

CHRISTMAS APPEAL
The Church Council decided at its meeting to encourage everyone not to send Christmas Cards to each other, instead to sign a common card and place a donation at least equivalent to the cost of sending cards. The donation will be going to support the work of A Rocha UK.

LATER THIS MONTH ANDREW IS GOING WITH HIS SCHOOL TO GAMBIA
This is in conjunction with project Gambia, which is a poverty awareness and action programme. Andrew is looking for some financial support for the project which will involve poverty relief particularly in schools in Gambia. Our DCC have agreed to support him and if you would like to contribute then please use the envelopes marked Andrew for your donation.

WORSHIP AUDIT
Thank you for the completed audit forms. We have received some 24 responses, which represent both sexes, and a spread of ages with a large cluster of responses from those aged 31-40. The responses are very encouraging. Whilst most people have scored our worship as good or excellent what has come through in the comments is the diversity in preference. There is a wide range with some desiring more contemporary music and informal spontaneous worship style and others preferring more traditional hymns; some preferring children to either be silent or services children free, whilst others would prefer more action based child friendly songs and more engagement with children, some would like communion more frequently some are not comfortable in communion. Yet despite this polarity most have been generally contented with our current pattern. The DCC will be looking at these responses in more detail in subsequent meetings.

START COURSE
Good News Down Your Street. A short course for those who would like to know what the Christian faith is about, can be run in your home.

MEN'S GROUP
A new study group for men. The group has been looking at work and the issues faced in the work place from a Christian perspective.

SUNDAY MORNING
10.30am Family Worship