Mansion House 2009
An enjoyable evening was had by all who attended this fund raising event. The annual raffle was drawn durinfg the evening and we were entertained by John Quirk on the piano, to whom our thanks go. Photos can be viewed by following this link:
http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/henleyaa/MansionHouse09#
Summer Fair
St Nicholas held their summer fair on Saturday 20th June, over £900 was raised for church funds, thanks to all those who helped, and turned up to spend their money.
Induction of new Vicar
The induction of Howard as Vicar of Swansea St Jude's and Swansea St Nicholas, his official title, will be held at St Nicholas on 26th March at 7pm. Howard will be remaining as Area Dean and is also be keeping his chaplaincy responsibilities with the Society for the Deaf .
New Vicar
Our Priest in charge, Rev. Howard Parsell is shortly to take on additional responsibilities in the form of an extra parish. He will be appointed as Vicar of St Jude's and St Nicholas. He will also be moving house, to the Vicarage at St Nicholas. The parishes will retain their separate identities with their own services, their own PCCs and officials. There will probably be some overlap, where economies can be achieved, with perhaps a shared magazine and this website, but this will be decided in due course by the separate PCCs. The Bishop will be celebrating the Eucharist in St Nicholas on 8th February at 10.30. This is not the induction service which is expected to be held before Easter, date to be announced, but an opportunity for the Bishop to speak to both congregations about his reasons for linking the two parishes like this.
Autumn/Christmas Fayre
This was held on 15th November 2008 and raised over £700 for church funds. Thanks to all who helped to make it a success.
Pantomime Society Summer Show
The summer show on Friday night was a great success. A great audience with a nearly full house were treated to a selection of songs mainly from the sixties and a few years either side. Thanks to all who came along and thanks to all the cast and support team for putting on such a good show. We raised just short of £300 (final figure not yet available.)
Photos will be posted here shortly.
Pantomime Society Summer Show
Dress rehearsal was held on Sunday for the show next Friday 11th july. Eva took photos, so you can have a little preview here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/henleyaa/SummerShow08?authkey=Ljhjn_hhQFE
Choir Coffee morning on June 14th raised just over £200 for church funds. Sadly it was not very well attended, but thanks to those who did come and support the church and also a big thankyou to all thiose who helped: serving coffee, selling cakes and raffle tickets etc.
The pre Christmas party was another success and raised over £500. Photos can be seen here:-
The Country and Western event held on Friday evening 31st August was welll attended and a great success. Photos of the event can be viewed from this link
http://picasaweb.google.com/henleyaa/Western?authkey=8pIieGg902I
A Wine and Cheese party was held at the Mansion House on Friday evening 27th july. It was a great success and raised almost £800.
Photos of the event can be viewd from this link:
http://picasaweb.google.com/henleyaa/CheeseAndWineAtMansionHouse
Plea from Astra. Astra is compiling a book about St jude's and is looking for any old photos you may have of people, special occasions or anything to do with St Judes that may be of interest to others. Astra is able to scan photos onto her computer, so will only need to borrow them for long enough to do this. If you can help please contact Astra or Suzanne. |
On Friday evening 20th April a Jewellery and Handbag party, arranged by Hazel Davies, was held and raised £140 for the restoration fund. It was a great success.
On Saturday 19th May, the choir coffee morning raised £145. Thanks to all who attended