Weekly Update – 5th October
Update for Sunday 5th October 2025
Sunday 5th 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.
Sunday 12th October – Trinity 17
This week the readings are 2 Timothy 2: 8-15 and Luke 17: 11-19
At 8am we gather for a traditional BCP Holy Communion Service Canon David Lindsay will preside and preach.
At 10am we gather for our Together service. This service is for all ages as we worship, learn, and grow together. The service will be led by Revd. Buffy, Amanda and team. Please stay after the service for refreshments served in the church hall.
At 6pm we gather for Evensong which Revd. Buffy will lead and preach. All are very welcome.
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
Today we will be celebrating Harvest 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 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
Lewis Jones – Sick Leave
Lewis remains on sick leave at the moment. Please be praying for Lewis, Sophie and family.
Annual Leave
Revd. Emma will be on holiday 6th – 12th October. For all routine matters please contact the office or urgent matters can be referred to a churchwarden.
Placement
Revd. Buffy will be away 13th October – 9th November on placement at The Rowans Hospice.
Honorary Canon
On Tuesday 14th 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 10th October 12 noon onwards – Autumn Church Grounds Tidy Up
Autumn Church Grounds Clear-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 1st 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.
50th Denmead ART EXHIBITION 2025
Last week saw the 50th Denmead Art Exhibition take place in the church hall.
We were delighted to receive nearly 300 paintings from local artists and there were many positive comments on the quality of the work on display. We were visited by more than 300 people and sold more than 60 of the paintings raising valuable funds for the church.
None of this would have been possible without the team of more than 30 people who gave up their time to steward, man the sales desk, make teas and a fabulous logistics team who worked tirelessly to set up the hall and keep the paintings safe. The Art team would like to thank everyone for their support with the event, fabulous effort THANK YOU .... same time, same place next year? Tina, Steve & Amanda
Breaking News!
Today it has been announced that the new Archbishop of Canterbury will be the Rt Rev Dame Sarah Mullally. The 106th Archbishop will be the first woman to hold the role. She has been the Bishop of London since 2018, the first woman to hold that role.
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