Getting involved: 15th June 2025

Activities

 

• Welcome Conversation - An open discussion group led by a different person each time.  3rd Saturday of the month, 11am.    

• History of Holy Trinity - walk around the church and churchyard – Tuesday 17th June meet outside the porch at 7pm. The walk will be led by Andy Buchan and last for approximately an hour and a half. There are limited places available. If you would like to come along, please contact Andy direct on buchan@blueyonder.co.uk or 07795 445218. If the walk is over-subscribed, Andy has very kindly offered to organise an additional walk over the summer. Further details to follow. Let Caroline know if you would like to go on a waiting list for the next walk.

• Pilgrimage to St Albans - Saturday 21st June, with St Gregory’s Horfield. There will be a coach from St Gregory’s. More details, get in touch with Fr Jones jmutemwakwenda@outlook.com

• BBQ - 12th July from 5pm. Tickets will be on sale this Sunday for our annual parish BBQ in the hall garden. Tickets £10 adult £8 child. Please come and join us, proceeds towards our Welcome Project.

• Concert for Assumptiontide.  Saturday 16th August. 3pm followed by tea and cake. More details to follow.

 

Nurturing the glory of our Living Churchyard.

 

We now have 3 regular events where volunteers can help sustain our fabulous Churchyard.

• Green Gym runs from 2-5pm every Monday, mowing, strimming and trimming.  Training is given in using any equipment.

• Sapling Saturday and the new Sapling Tuesday work on specific projects like removing ivy, cutting back self-seeded saplings, uncovering and preserving gravestones, wildlife habitat development and making the churchyard safer.

 

• Sapling Saturday is on the 2nd Saturday each month, 9.30 to 11, finishing with coffee, cake and a chat.  Future dates are :    12th July, 9th August, 12th September, 10th October, 14th November.

 

• Sapling Tuesday runs on the last Tuesday each month, 6.30 to 8pm. You're welcome to join us in the Wellington afterwards.  Future dates are :  24th June, 29th July, 26th August, 30th September, 28th October.

 

As well as church members some volunteers are local people who just want to help out.  The sessions are friendly and informal - no regular commitment is needed.

 

Please share an invitation with family, friends and neighbours

 

Contact Nick nick.stephenson@hotmail.co.uk, Donald donaldwain@blueyonder.co.uk or Caroline for more information.

 

Do you fancy doing up a bench?

There are 3 benches along the church path and with the path being sorted they are now looking very tatty.  A light sand and coat of teak oil would probably do them the world of good. One also has cast iron ends which may need a little more work.

 

If you fancy a small project over the summer and are willing to give a bench a little TLC, please contact Nick nick.stephenson@hotmail.co.uk

 

 

 

THANK YOU

We were deeply honoured to welcome around 100 dear friends to our Young People’s Club 50th Birthday Celebration on Saturday, 7th June,  including four priests, a Lay Minister and Church Warden, the Deputy Lord Mayor, the High Sheriff of Bristol, a representative from Avon and Somerset Community Police, together with 40 alumni, including ten former leaders, many supportive church friends, including current leaders and several faithful, committed and wholehearted current club families who give so much to everything we do, be it at Church, Messy Church or Club.

One group remains in my mind, a source of great joy on the day, but at the same time of deep admiration.  A young lady attended by six other family members, and wheeled into the hall by her father.  Could one ever find on earth greater love and devotion than that, 24-7, of Shane for his totally dependent daughter Sophia?

Annie’s refreshments and catering were sumptuous and capped off by Emma’s magnificent celebratory cake.  D J Gary gave us a complete day, long to remember, and we were delighted to welcome Treasure, who will shortly be presenting us with photographs of the day.

So, on behalf of all current Club Leaders, may I thank everyone who did so much to create such a happy and memorable occasion -  Fr David, for his whole-hearted support, Caroline and Carolyn for all their very hard work in so many ways, the wonderful teams of workers who set up, cleared away and stewarded the event; all who provided delicious cakes and scones on the day, and those who so efficiently erected gazebos to cover all eventualities!  A true team effort.

The many cards, letters and greetings sent, some by those unable to attend on the day, were greatly appreciated.

Thank you all so much, for a day we shall long remember.

Geoff Stock