Getting involved: 27th September 2026

Activities  

• Sapling Saturday, an informal and friendly working party undertaking maintenance work in the churchyard.  2nd & 4th Saturdays, 9.30 - 11am followed by coffee and cake.  Next date 10th October

 

• Green Gym Every Monday from 2-5pm; mowing, strimming and trimming the churchyard. Training is given in using any equipment.

• Tombstone Tuesday, meets whilst light at 6.15pm on the last Tuesday of the month to make safe and reset headstones so they are visible

• Memorial Recording Project, uncovering, deciphering and recording all the memorials in the churchyard before they are lost for ever. Regular recording sessions whilst light at 5.30pm on the 2nd Tuesday each month and from 9.30am on the 4th Saturday.   

 

If you or someone you know is interested in any of our churchyard volunteering opportunities, please get in touch.  Whilst there are a lot of sessions there is no expectation that you attend all of them - just those that you can make.

 

• Craft Club  - "Weekly 'Craft Club' every Monday, 9.00 am to 10.30 am. Bring along your own craft work to do or have a go at the craft of the day (materials supplied).    

 

 

 

 

 

Dates for your Diary :

Sunday 4th October – Pet Blessing Service 3pm

Saturday, 21st November - Curry and Quiz Night

Saturday, 23rd January 2027 - Burns Night Supper

Saturday 22nd May 2027 Open Day

 

Welcome Pantry

As per information in the pew sheet previously, our colleagues at the TA Centre will be donating provisions for the Pantry from the start of Warm Welcome (clock change weekend). Before then, please, if you are able, bring along tinned goods and toiletries to stock up the table for those in need. Thank you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Harvest Festival

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Sagrada Familia Barcelona   Antoni Gaudi (1852-1926)

 Two facades, East and West, have gables crowned with

baskets of fruit

 

 Spring and Summer Harvest

 

Cherries

Plums

Pears

       Cherries                                                             

 

Autumn Harvest

 

 

 

 

 

Almonds

Pomegranates

Oranges

Chestnuts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summary of key points from the Parochial Church Council meeting held on Wednesday 23rd September 2026

 

• Approval of phase I of the installation of a new hospitality area at the west end of church (more details on the display boards next week)

• To put reflective lights on the new bicycle stands outside the Helliwell Room

• To check the lighting outside the Helliwell Room

• Parish Share of £38, 524 agreed for 2027

• To revise the charges for the Hall and Helliwell Room with effect from 1st January 2027

• Woodland Trust to provide an additional sixty saplings for the churchyard

• Remedial work to be carried out on the path following some lifting of a number of slabs due to extreme weather

• Churchyard team to look at options for extending the space available for interred remains in the churchyard, ahead of taking a proposal to the PCC and on to the Diocese

• Approval to appoint David Wintle Organs (Tuning) Ltd to carry out urgent remedial work to the organ at a cost of £14,000. A longer-term refurbishment, funded by grants, will be carried out following other church refurbishments. A ‘Sponsor a pipe’ to raise half the money will be launched in the coming months

• Marketing to appoint a new organist is continuing, with a proposed interview date of 29th October for applicants

• A new Messy Church poster has been produced and will be circulated to the local school via book bags. A Friday Club poster will also be produced. Future ‘green initiatives’ posters are to be developed

• Open the Book dates at school are in the diary for this academic year

• We have appointed an ‘apprentice’ Noah, to work with Rob eight hours a week until the end of the summer term.

 

Please speak with any member of the PCC for more information: Caroline Plaice, Fr David, Garth Baker, Helen Currie, Hilary Maddelena, James Kay, Jen Douglas, Laura Bufton, Nick Stephenson, Phil Lewis

From a newly qualified coach and counsellor (registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy), who has been visiting our church over the last year and would like to introduce herself to the church community:

 

My name is Denise and I am a qualified integrative life coach and counsellor. I offer life coaching to help people like you reach your professional and personal goals, this may include working on action plans, creating healthy relationships, wellbeing, confidence, motivation, self discovery and much more. Coaching focusses on the here and now and building your future.

 

I am also a qualified counsellor with experience in anxiety, depression, menopause, trauma, bereavement, relationships and other life challenges. I aim to provide a non-judgement safe space for you to explore your issues and work through these.

 

Whether you choose life coaching or counselling, I am here and ready to walk that path with you. Should you want to have an informal chat or have any questions please get in touch.

 

I charge £45 for counselling per session and £65 for life Coaching per session. £35 for lower income or unemployed.

 

Thank you Denise Evans denise.meadowslife@gmail.com 07415 343756

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Season of Creation

Taizé Service

 

Sacred Heart Church, Grange Court Road, Bristol BS9 4DR

Sunday 27th September 5 p.m. All welcome.

Come and open your hearts.

To beautiful chants from the Taizé tradition.

To readings which rejoice in creation; to readings which lament humankind’s lack of care for it.

To silence and to prayer.

 

Contact Roger 0117 462 1117 for more info or directions