St Thomas à Becket
Parish Weekly News Sheet
Sunday 21 May 2017
Sunday 21 May, the Sixth Sunday of Easter
Christian Aid Week ends
8am Holy Communion
1 Pet 3.13 - end, page 860
John 14.15 - 21, page 761
10.30am Family Service
6pm Compline at Chapel Plaister
The Collect for Today
Risen Christ,
by the lakeside you renewed your call to your disciples:
help your Church to obey your command
and draw the nations to the fire of your love,
to the glory of God the Father.
Next Sunday 28 May, Sunday after Ascension
8am Holy Communion at Chapel Plaister
10.30am Holy Communion
4pm HEART 4 Rudloe
6pm TOAST
Please pray for those who are sick: David Bates and Marie Kerr
We remember those whom we know,
who are suffering in sickness or adversity,
and those who especially need our prayers at this time.
Spring Concert Bybrook Players
this Sunday 21 May at 6pm
Vivaldi: Spring from The Four Seasons
(Helen Bools, solo violin)
Paul Carr: Cornish Air
Mathew Penrose: Bybrook Suite
Bybrook Wind Band
Box School Orchestra
Sunday 21 May at 6pm
St Thomas à Becket Church, Box
Retiring collection in aid of the Friends of
St Thomas à Becket Church
Bacon Butties for Breakfast - 9.45am outside McColl’s this Saturday
This Saturday morning, 20 May, TOAST will be serving bacon butties outside McColl’s in Box, raising money for Christian Aid. Please support our youth group as they raise funds for this important cause. They will be ready about 9.45am.
Help needed please for Church Teas at Box Revels on Monday 29 May
Help is needed for the Church Teas in the Pavilion on Revels Monday 29th May and, of course, cakes! Please contact Judy to offer your help and cakes, on Tel. 742308 or e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Get your holiday reading at Box Revels & help raise money for Church
There will be a second-hand book stall in the Pavilion with the Church Teas at Box Revels. A great chance to pick up some holiday reading when you pop in for a cup of tea and delicious cakes. It all helps to raise funds for our Church.
A Big Thank You to Find Your Voice Choir
The TeePee Fund is very grateful to receive a £250 donation from the successful Find Your Voice Choir concert in the Selwyn Hall on Saturday
29 April. Thank you so much to everyone who supported this event.
Auction of Promises
Enjoy a fun evening with a ploughman’s supper, complimentary bottles of wine on tables booked for 6 or more, and a cash bar,
with the chance to bid for fantastic lots, including:
WOMAD Family Weekend Ticket
Holiday Breaks in Edinburgh & Brittany
Helicopter Trip
Locally Grown Vegetables Rounds of Golf
Gardening Hair & Beauty Treatments
Home Cooked & Restaurant Meals Paintings
Piano Lessons Taxi Return Service to London Airport
Oven Cleaning Beer
Bird Bath of Natural Stone Car Service & Car Valet
Home Cooked Lasagne Home-made Cakes
Guided Walk in Bath Use of Ashley Wood Swimming Pool
Tour of Real World Studios Flower Arrangement
Family Photography Session Handmade Quilt
Language Classes-Italian or Swahili Theatre Tickets
Home-made Cards Selection of Meats or Meat Box
and much more
Saturday 10th June
Selwyn Hall, Box at 7.30pm
Please buy tickets in advance at £2.50 per person
Available now from Stop Press or phone
Pam Farmer Tel (01225) 744171 or Lee Towler Tel (01225) 743706
If you really can’t be there advance bids can be left, please call Pam or Lee
Payment on the night in cash, card or cheque
There is an increasingly urgent need to modernise the toilet and refreshment area facilities in St Thomas à Becket Church.
Above all, we need a fully accessible toilet. The TeePee fund has been set up to enable us to raise money for this
important work. Proceeds from the Auction of Promises will help fund these essential upgrades.
St Thomas à Becket Weekly Calendar - May 2017
Thursday 18 May
10am - 12noon Craft Club, in Church. Everyone Welcome
7.30pm PCC Meeting, The Hermitage
7.30pm for 8pm Home Group, at 9 Valens Terrace, Box
Saturday 20 May
9.45am approx TOAST serving bacon butties outside McColl’s in Box,
raising money for Christian Aid
Sunday 21 May, the Sixth Sunday of Easter
8am Holy Communion
10.30am Family Service
3pm Friends’ Concert Rehearsal, in Church
6pm Spring Concert Bybrook Players, Bybrook Wind Band and Box School Orchestra
6pm Compline at Chapel Plaister
Tuesday 23 May
10.30am Sound Engineer, in Church
Wednesday 24 May
9.15am Morning Prayer
10.30am Holy Communion, followed by coffee
2.30pm Holy Communion at Bybrook Nursing Home
Thursday 25 May
10am Holy Communion at St John’s, Colerne
followed by coffee - all Welcome
7.30pm for 8pm Home Group, at 9 Valens Terrace, Box
New Home Group in Box, 8pm on Thursdays
A new Home Group has started on Thursday evenings at 8pm (coffee from 7.30pm), based at Jo and Jamie Hay’s house, 9 Valens Terrace. We’re beginning by studying the gospel of Mark, and would really welcome anyone who thinks this might be for them! For more information, please call Jamie on 01225 742036 or e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.