The Christmas Workshop
The Christmas workshop is on 5th December from 10 am to 12 noon and costs £5 per child, children under 5 should be accompanied by an adult. Registration forms are available at the back of the Church and in the Parish Office. Book early because places are limited.
Lucy who is running the Christmas workshop on 5th Dec. has made a request for empty jam jars (to make into coloured tea light holders). Please leave at back of church in coming few weeks either Lucy or Kate will collect them.
STAMPS!
Throughout the remainder of November and December we will be collecting used postage stamps and passing them on to OXFAM. Please leave them in the basket at the back of church.
Cookham Voice
Copies will be in church ready to be delivered. Cookham Voice is a publication we produce twice a year with a clear Christian message presented in a contemporary way. It contains the times of all our main services for Advent and Christmas. There is one for every household in our two parishes – Please take a road (or two) so that we can get a copy into every house in Cookham as soon as possible. Thank you.
SOUL SPACE
This Monday’s Soul Space (30 November) will be a meditation on the Annunciation and Visitation. As these are part of the Joyous Mysteries we will pray the rosary, and also use silence and poems for our reflection. It will last from 8 pm to 9pm. All welcome.
Thanksgiving Service
Tomorrow, Monday at 14.45. Celebrating Gerry’s Life here at Holy Trinity. (There will have previously been a Family ONLY service at the Crematorium).
COOKHAM TOWER
A Tribute to Gerry Ayre by Andrew McKerlie, Former Ringing Master at HTC.
Gerry Ayre first ventured up the tower at Cookham over 30 years ago, just a week or so before I had done the same. There was early competitiveness between us as our skills progressed under the patient tuition of then Tower Captain, Tom Tocock, but Gerry always joked that youth was on my side whenever he struggled when attempting a new ringing method during those early practices. In fact of course Gerry became a skilled and valued regular member of the band - as proven by his achievements ringing in many successful quarter peal attempts and a full three hour peal on the Cookham bells.
The ringers will also be forever in debited to Gerry's skills further up the tower stairs in the bell chamber itself. Whether it was a broken 'stay', more snapped ropes to be spliced or fixing the clock chiming mechanism, Gerry was always on hand to ensure that the bells were always fit for ringing for Tuesday practice and Sunday mornings. In his role as Steeplekeeper for over 25 years, we lost count of the number of his perfect 'splices' that added many months more service to bell ropes that would otherwise had to have been expensively replaced.
Gerry played an important and active part in the project to refurbish and augment Cookhams ring from eight to ten bells in 2006, so it was a moving moment to see the joy and emotion he clearly felt to have managed the 32 tower steps in early September to thank us personally when we rang all 10 of those bells for his daughter's wedding. That visit would sadly turn out to be the last time he managed the climb up to the ringing chamber. Tomorrow (Monday 30th November) the Cookham ringers will be proudly ringing all 10 bells once more, but this time for the Thanksgiving service to celebrate Gerry's life - and in particular as our tribute to his many years of dedication to the tower.
Two Quarter Peals have also been rung at Cookham, dedicated to Gerry.
Sunday 15th November 1277 Changes of Grandsire Caters Rung by a Branch Band including 4 Cookham ringers (Marcia, Mandy, Claire and Freddie) also Sunday 22nd November 1260 Grandsire and Plain Bob Doubles Rung by Cookham ringers (Ruth, Arthur, Marcia, Claire, Freddie and Shirley)
We will miss you Gerry, Rest in Peace.
‘Playing with the Word – Advent 2009’
I have been writing some new stories. Copies are available at the back of church today. Four of the stories are based on the gospel readings for the four Sundays of Advent this year and one is based on the Christmas story. There is a Children’s Society collecting box by the books as they cost a £2.50 donation to this important charity. The aim of the stories is to help us think around well known events described in the gospels. Hopefully the stories will be interesting and enjoyable for everyone who is interested in exploring the gospels – why not give one or two away as a presents?
The Church Communal Christmas Card
Designed by Nick Kennedy, the card will be in Church from Sunday 6 December for those wishing to sign it and make a donation.
Next ARTS CAFÉ is Friday 4th December 2009
Join us to hear the SIMEON WOOD a multi instrumentalist of dazzling versatility - he deftly moves between hilarious, enthralling and poignant. For more info visit www.simeonwood.com the show starts at 8.15pm (doors open at 7.30pm - so come early to socialize with other Arts Café fans) Tickets: £5 - In advance from Quench (formerly St Andrews Bookshop), Queen St, Maidenhead. Reserve by phone - 01628 784960 or on the door. The Arts Café is located in the Wesley Hall at High Street Methodist Church, Maidenhead, SL6 1EF. All Welcome. www.arts-cafe.co.uk
Sunday at 18.30: Advent Carol Service by Candlelight
A candlelit service of Advent hymns and readings interspersed with choir carols and prayers to mark the beginning of the season of Advent.
This is the first of our three carol services here at Holy Trinity. Music led by the Men & Boys' Choir.
Diary This Week
Monday 30 November
14.45 Thanksgiving for the Life of Gerry Ayre RIP – HTC
20.00 Soul Space
Tuesday 1 December
11.15 Trinity Nippers – HTC
16.00 Thanksgiving for the life of Nan Park RIP - HTC
18.45 Girl’s Choir Practice
19.45 Men’s Choir Practice
20.00 Bell Ringing Practice
Wednesday 2 December
10.00 Holy Communion – SJB
18.00 Boys Choir Practice
20.00: Ministry Team Meeting
Thursday 3 December
07.30 Holy Communion – HTC
18.00 Wedding Rehearsal - HTC
Saturday 5 December
10.00 Christmas Workshop in The Parish Centre - HTC
10.00 Christmas Workshop in Cookham Dean School
14.00 Wedding - HTC
Next Sunday (6th): 6.30pm Choral Evensong for Advent
Sunday 13th December: 18.30 -"Rumours of Christmas"
A service of readings, music and prayers preparing for Christmas. Music and readings led by our Girls' Choir.
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