Weekly Update – 28th September

 Update for Sunday 21^st September 2025

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Sunday 28^th September – Romans: MISSION – How can we be ambitious with the Gospel? 

This week the readings are Romans 15 and Luke 16: 19-end 

At 8am we gather for a traditional BCP Communion Service Revd. Buffy will preside and Revd. Emma will preach.

At 10 am we gather for Morning Worship Peter Mitchell, our Licensed Lay Minister (Reader) will lead, and Revd. Emma will preach. There are no groups for our young people and children.  After the service all are welcome to come through to the church hall where the Denmead Art Exhibition will be taking place. Entry is £1.50 or concessions £1.

Sunday 5^th October – Harvest – Waterlooville Food Bank

This week the readings are Philippians 4: 4-9 and John 6: 25-35

At 8am we gather for a traditional BCP Holy Communion Service Revd. Emma will preside and Revd. Buffy will preach. We will be singing some favourite Harvest hymns at this service.

At 10am we gather for a Holy Communion and Prayer Ministry with groups for Kids and Youth at Ten. Revd. Emma will lead and preside, and Revd. Buffy will preach. This service will be live streamed. All are welcome to stay for refreshments served in our church hall after the service.  

 ‘Threads Through the Cross’ Textile Exhibition – Guildford Cathedral 25^th September – 3^rd November 2025

The exhibition starts with the birth of Jesus, takes the viewer through various scenes in his life, then the cross and resurrection, to Pentecost. It creates a dramatic link between ‘Threads through Creation’ and ‘Threads through Revelation’. 

For those of you who have not heard of the work of Jacqui Parkinson, her work was at Portsmouth Cathedral in recent years, and the exhibition is one of the largest textile projects by a single artist. 

For more information visit:  https://www.jacqui-textile.com/the-cross/

Saturday 27^th & Sunday 28^th September  – Denmead Art Exhibition

This year we will be Celebrating the 50^th Year of Denmead Art Exhibition!  

The exhibition is open on Saturday 9am - 6pm and Sunday 10.30am - 4.30pm, with refreshments available too! Entry is £1.50 or concessions £1.

This year we are excited to have 280 works of art all by local artists, representing many different styles and techniques, so please do pop along and look at the amazing talent there is locally. Cash and card payments are accepted during the event.

Funds raised will pay a vital role in the supporting the church’s work in the community. If you have any questions please speak to Tina Cottam, Amanda Hillyard or Steve Venn. 

Tina, Steve and Amanda

Walk 100 Miles in October 2025 Challenge  

This October, I will be walking 100 miles to help raise money for Breast Cancer Now, for their life-changing breast cancer research and vital support for patients and their families. www.breastcancernow.org

If you wish to donate I have a sponsor form or you can donate on the link www.justgiving.com/page/elizabeth-venn-1?utm_medium=FR&utm_source=CL 

Every contribution will make an impact. Thank you. Liz Venn

Harvest 2025

This year we will be celebrating Harvest on Sunday 5^th October at both our 8 and 10am services.   Come as we rejoice in God’s great generosity and all His many good gifts.   

Once again, we will be collecting groceries and toiletries for the Waterlooville Foodbank.  This local foodbank run by Debbie and her team of volunteers, do an amazing job in supporting families, couples and individuals with food hampers during times of need.  

Please can I encourage you to start collecting and bring with you these much-needed items: 

• Tinned meat – corned beef, stewed beef, chicken in white wine sauce, tinned pies. 
• Tinned meals – ravioli, macaroni, hot dogs, mince and onions, spaghetti bolognaise, veggie meals. 
• Dried pasta including spaghetti, macaroni, lasagne, rigatoni etc. 
• Rice, couscous, lentils. 
• Baked beans, spaghetti and soups. 
• Cereals and biscuits 
• Tea and coffee and hot chocolate 
• Desserts – custard, rice pudding and tinned fruit. 
• Toilet rolls, household and laundry cleaners, toothpaste and brushes, soap, sanitary items, shampoo and conditioner, and other essential toiletries.  

If you would prefer you can give a monetary donation.   

This can be done by cheque payable to Living Waters Fellowship, placed in an envelope which we can hand on.   

Or you can make a direct BACS transfer using these details:    

Account: Living Waters Fellowship. Sort code: 20-69-34. Account no: 13638030. 

Please note, if you are unable to attend our Harvest Services, there is now a permanent drop off point in the church, in our welcome area, so items can be left when church is open, and we will regularly transfer items to the Foodbank.   Church is open each day 8.15am am – till dusk.

Revd. Emma

Annual Leave 

Revd. Emma will be on holiday 6^th – 12^th October.  For all routine matters please contact the office or urgent matters can be referred to a churchwarden. 

Placement

Revd. Buffy will be away 13^th October – 9^th November on placement at The Rowans Hospice.

Honorary Canon

On Tuesday 14^th October Revd. Emma is being installed as an Honorary Canon at Portsmouth Cathedral during Evensong at 17.45. All are very welcome to attend.

Friday 10^th October 12 noon onwards – Autumn Church Grounds Tidy Up

As the seasons pass all too quickly it is, once again, time for our Autumn Grounds Clear-up. It’s time to brush up the fallen leaves, clear the carpark of the fallout from our great Oak Tree and have a final clear out of weeds around our grounds before the onset of winter. We also need to start removing some of the deadwood from a few if our smaller trees.

If gardening is not your thing, our disabled toilet needs freshening up, so we would like to decorate it using some of the surplus paint we have from the hall. Please come with brushes and rollers in hand, or just yourself. We can supply.

So, if you can spare few hours on Friday 10th of October from 12:00pm on, please let Richard Handy know so he can add you too the merry band of helpers. 

Please contact Richard on r.handy@ntlworld.com or 07545-617740.

Saturday 1^st November 7pm - All Souls – a Service of Reflection, Remembrance and Thanksgiving  

Each year we have a special All Souls Service of Reflection, Remembrance and Thanksgiving, to remember all those who have died, particularly those who have died in recent years. This is a lovely, quiet, and contemplative service and you are warmly invited to attend, along with any relatives and friends who would like to join us. There will be an opportunity to light a candle in remembrance of the person who died.    

A list will be left at the back of the church, and you are welcome to add the names of relatives/friends who have died, and these will be read out at the All-Souls Service.   

Contacts

Karen Rose Parish Administrator. 023 9226 8757 parish.admin@allsaintsdenmead.org.uk

Revd. Emma Racklyeft Vicar. 023 9226 2647 vicar@allsaintsdenmead.org.uk 

Revd. Buffy Langdown Curate. 07747 819918 curate@allsaintsdenmead.org.uk

Lewis Jones Youth & Families Community Leader. 07780 981235 youth@allsaintsdenmead.org.uk 

Peter Mitchell Licensed Lay Minister (Reader) peter.mitchell@allsaintsdenmead.org.uk

Amanda Hillyard Churchwarden. 07808 198827  

Mike Gaskin Churchwarden. 07734 325284