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'Everyone's right to mobilty and inclusion'
Jen Howitt, an American who is to be married at Kingscote in
the summer and played for the American Para-Olympic basketball
team at Athens, winning a gold medal, gave a moving and
informative talk at a recent Family service about her work
with Motivation. This is a charitable organisation who seek to
provide wheelchairs to people in the developing countries and
also run a training and educational programme. Jen told us
that only one per cent of people who need wheelchairs are able
to obtain them -a mind-blowing, thought provoking statistic!
We will be discussing how we can support this worthy cause.
"The
Parable of the Talents" is
to be re-enacted by 20 worthy or daft members of our
congregation who were given £10 at the end of our Easter
Sunday service and told to "Go forth and multiply" with the
results being announced at our Harvest service. The worthy
winner will receive a free dinner for two at Calcot Manor. The
recipients of monies raised have to be decided - but we may
look no further than Motivation (see above)
Update on the girls' hostel in
Bangalore
We have just sent
£100 to Bishop John, which is an annual commitment the PCC
promised him towards a girls' hostel in Bangalore. He has
thanked us as
follows:
Dear Stephen
Thank you very
much indeed for a further payment towards the girls hostel in
Bangalore. I am most encouraged by your ongoing support and I
know that our friends in Bangalore will be. Rosemary and I are
in Bangalore in the new year to do some teaching for the
clergy of the Diocese and will look forward to visiting the
hostel again and getting an update. By all accounts it is
flourishing and over 60 girls who would otherwise be barely
surviving on the streets of Bangalore are able to be in a safe
environment and experience human love and friendship and have
a good education. Thank you also for the postcard and
information about the fascinating last supper project which
sounds most interesting.Thank you again. With warmest
Christian greetings.
Yours as ever
John
SWINE ‘FLU: THE COMMON CUP AT HOLY
COMMUNION AND THE SHARING OF THE PEACE - A separate
summary of the precautions that are recommended and which we
will follow is available in the church. As we will all be
aware the virus is spread by touch and through the air so we
are suggesting:-
If you think that
you might have the virus (as we would suggest for any
infectious disease) remain in quarantine at home and certainly
avoid crowded places such as doctors’ surgeries, shops or
church!
The Peace
is shared verbally (no hugging, kissing or touching) with
those immediately around you. Please be sensitive, especially
during the holidays when we have visitors, that not everyone
is comfortable with physical contact, particularly at this
time. For example, one member of our church awaits a serious
operation in mid August, wants to come to church but does not
wish anyone to transmit any disease by hugging etc.
The Bishop
of Gloucester, following the guidance of the Department of
Health and the Archbishops, is recommending that for the time
being we withhold the common cup and administer the sacrament
only in one kind, i.e. the wafers, the president alone
drinking from the chalice. Bishop Michael has confirmed that
receiving only the consecrated bread does not alter the
validity or effectiveness of the sacrament.
However, we
are not aware of many cases in Nailsworth at the present time
so will continue to offer the sacrament in both kinds as we
continue to monitor the situation. If you would prefer not to
share the cup this is fine, please indicate this to those
administering by bowing your heads and keeping your hands
down. Remain at the altar rail until the person next to you
has received the cup. Please do not get up as soon as you
have received the bread – the person administering the chalice
will still say “The blood of Christ”.
We have
anti-bacterial gel which the presiding priest will use before
administering the sacrament. If you have any queries please
speak to the vicar or a church warden.
SKY DIVER

Andrea Urquhart handed a card to Stephen (Vicar of St
George's) with the message:
"Having had the most amazing experience, on my tandem
SKY-DIVE, I am pleased to give St. George's a cheque for £771
raised through the generosity of family, church family,
friends and neighbours towards the restoration/replacement of
the church organ. The pleasure really was all mine!"
Brilliant effort Andrea and we all thank you.
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