St Luke's Church, Buckfastleigh
 Plymouth Rd, Buckfastleigh TQ11 0DA

http://www.stlukes.buckfastleigh.org
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On 20th October 2003 HRH the Duke of Kent made a visit to Buckfastleigh.  
At the church he was welcomed by the Vicar, the Mayor and other local dignitaries and the children from our Primary School sang a song composed especially for the occasion  

METHODIST NEWS: Mandie Johnston will be taking over from Adrian for a while in preparing items for “Reflections”, the South Devon Methodist Circuit Magazine. This magazine can be picked up, free of charge from the Methodist Church and lists, among other news, details of Services and social events.

WEEKLY EVENTS:

Mondays          

Day centre for senior citizens at 10.45 am in the lounge.
(For lunch club members only)

 

Tuesdays

REDMOUNT:
 2nd Tuesday of the month, a short service, highly valued by the Redmount residents both for the service and the company of people from the Church and town. Everyone welcome at 2.30p.m. Details from Jenny Holton.

Home Groups:  Tuesday morning group will continue to meet as normal in the Church Lounge at 10.00 a.m with coffee from 9.30 a.m. 

 

Wednesdays     

Holy Communion at 9.30 am 
in the Vestry Prayer meeting at 10.30 am

Eagles 7pm - 8:30pm 11yrs upwards in hall.

Home group and Bible study at 7.30 pm  
CONTACT: Rev. George Day 
or John Vinton on 01364 643120 

Prayer Group. Meets every Wednesday, jointly with our Methodist friends, in the prayer chapel at St. Luke’s at 10.30a.m.

Home Group: has re-commenced on the first and third Wednesday of every month, with Jan Young as leader in the Church Lounge at 7.30p.m. 
We are studying “Forgiveness”. These groups will not begin until after the meeting on Friday, 11th November at 7.30p.m in the Church Lounge. 

Anyone wishing to join any of these groups and requiring more information please contact Jan Young, Jenny Holton, Janet McLellan or Sally Taylor.

Thursdays         

Coffee morning in the lounge 
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Traidcraft stall 1st and 3rd Thursdays

Mothers' Union Group Meetings 
every 1st Thursday


Mothers' Union Stall 
 2nd Thursday of month.

Home group and Bible study 7.30 pm

Home Group: The Thursday evening group will continue to meet, fortnightly, sharing the leadership, at Sharon Holmes home at 7.30p.m.

CONTACT: Jan Young  01364 643452 

The very popular CAKE STALL, and successful fund raiser, at St. Luke’s which was held every 3rd Thursday of the month is now in abeyance, pending volunteers to run and help man the stall. Anyone or team willing to take this on board please contact Val Simpson.

Fridays             

Band practice  at 5.30 pm

 "Taste & See" Informal night church in Christian company.  
Food provided 6.30p.m.
Open to everyone of any denomination or none. Friendly Christian companionship and issues covered that are not normally covered in Church Services. 
* This is not a regular weekly event.*

SEE BELOW FOR DETAILS:

NEXT TASTE & SEE
The next scheduled evening for “Taste & See” will be   T.B.A.

THE MOTHER'S UNION
is a world wide Christian organisation:
Supporting young families
'away from it all' holidays
local prison work
parenting courses
prayer groups
premature baby clothes collections
overnight bags for hospitals
overseas links
Bible story bags

Sundays
See also SERVICES

Sunday Special  

on 2nd & 4th Sundays of month during the 10.30 am 
Sunday Service at non- Family Service times) and caters for children.

During the 10.30 am service on the third Sunday of the month we have Prayer for Healing in the side chapel.  
Anyone who would like prayer for themselves, or for someone else, is welcome to come and see us.  Confidentiality is strictly respected.  Alternatively we have a Prayer Board in the prayer chapel where you can leave a request.  More details are available in a leaflet in the church.  

 SPECIAL EVENTS:
 PARISH PROFILE PRIOR TO 
APPOINTMENT OF NEW VICAR


The PCC have collected the views of the congregation, as individuals, on various topics regarding our Church.
 Jenny Holton has prepared a brief questionnaire with a request that each person gives their opinion to assist the PCC in knowing what matters to all our congregation. 

FOOD HYGIENE CERTIFICATION
This can be done online
at a cost of £25.00 per person.

to www.food-hygiene-certificate.co.uk

The training and the test take between 2 to 3 hours to complete, depending on learning speed and you can work at your own pace. 
Re-takes are free of charge.  

For more details contact

Jan Young  01364 643452 


REVEREND JOHN ROWLAND FUND

The PCC discussed the idea of a permanent memorial for the life of  John, a much loved and respected Vicar of this Parish.
 It has been agreed that John would have wished to have a “living memorial” rather than a static one in the form of a fund in John’s name to be used to support local people attending Bible training, children and teens attending Christian summer camps, where they receive Bible Study and for similar training, (e.g. potential Lay Readers etc.) PCC members will personally make donations to start the fund and are inviting members of the congregation, businesses and the community in general and other Christian based organisations to join in keeping John’s memory alive by donating to his “Living Memorial” 

For more details contact
Jan Young  01364 643452 

Or  Jenny Holton,
LENT GROUPS: 

These are being arranged jointly with our Methodist friends. If you feel able to host a group and/or to lead a group please let George Day know as soon as possible please.

MESSY CHURCH & WINTER CLUB: Winter Club is running again on Saturday mornings and Sally, Jan John Vinton & Rahab have been to the CRE Exhibition to learn more about “Messy Church” for children. 

CHURCH WEEKEND 2013 
For more details contact
Jan Young  01364 643452 

 
FUND RAISING FOR ROWCROFT: Quiz & Spectacular Raffle. Saturday, 14th April at 7.00p.m. in the Church Hall. £3.00 per person, teams of four, If you are not yet part of a team, come along and teams will be made up on the night. Further information from Trefor Jones 643627 or Jan Young 643452. Raffle tickets are now on sale. Please take a book to sell for this worthy cause. Raffle tickets are selling slowly and these are the main thrust of the fund raising for this event. Please take a book or two to sell for this worthy cause and encourage others to make up teams to support our local hospice.  DEAN PRIOR CHURCH is holding a “Herrick - Gather Ye Rosebuds” Flower Festival on the 5th, 6th,7th May, to commemorate this celebrated poet who lived in Dean and was the incumbent of St. George The Martyr at Dean Prior in the early seventeenth century.  
On the Sunday afternoon at 3.00p.m. there will be a special Songs of Praise at Dean. Ladies from the St. Luke’s flower teams will be submitting arrangements along with many other flower enthusiasts from the local area.  There will also be a display of the wonderful quilts made by the Quilting Guild  that meets at St. Luke’s, plus pottery and other crafts by local artists. Leaflets and posters are now available. 

A more secular notice is for the Buckfastleigh & District Annual Mystery Tour which will be on Sunday 27th May leaving Woodholme Car Park at 12.45p.m.

Prior booking is required with the organiser, Jan Young: 01364 643452 in case you don’t already know!  Depending on how full we can make the coach the price will be approximately £11.00/£12.00 and a cream tea is planned which will be £2.50.

ST. LUKE’S ANNIVERSARY PLANS:  
As this is the 10th Anniversary year since St. Luke’s Church was built, a series of events is being planned for October this year, which will include three concerts. The format has been set and the musicians booked for what will be an varied and entertaining programme. 
There will also be  a Church service of praise and thanksgiving. 		Concert on 10th November, close to Remembrance Day, for the Poppy Appeal.  This will be a very special night, featuring a wonderful singing group “One Accord”, who are performing with the”Military Wives Choir” at Dartington in the summer.
Please continue to hold St. Luke’s Church in your prayers during this time of change and looking towards the future. Please pray for Penny and her family, for John Vinton and George Day, on whom the responsibility for services and the spiritual life of our Church now falls, and for our Churchwardens, Jenny Holton, John Vinton and Val Simpson, and for Trefor Jones, all of whom have increased responsibilities. Pray that we may keep open hearts and minds as we start to look forward to preparing for new leadership for our Parish.

 

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