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Services listed here are in addition to the regular services

January 2010 Diary
 
3 SUN 1830 Evening Prayer St Mary’s
6 Wed 1900 Epiphany Festal Eucharist and Supper St Mary’s
7 Thu 1930 PPY Team meeting St Nicolas’ Room
 
10 SUN 1830 Benediction St Mary’s
13 Wed 1930 PPY Executive committee St Arvan’s Court
14 Thu 1400 Fabric committee St Nicolas’
15 Fri 1930 Friends of St Mary’s – Bridge Evening St Mary’s
 
17 SUN 1830 Evening Prayer St Mary’s
20 Wed 2010 Bereavement Supporters St Mary’s
 
24 SUN   Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
    1530 Ecumenical service St Mary’s
      NB no service at 1830 today
25 Mon 1930 PCC St Nicolas’
26 Tue 1930 MU St Nicolas’
27 Wed 1800 Infant School Governors Infant School
    1930 Deanery Synod St Barnabas’
30 Sat 1000 Marriage Preparation Day St Nicolas’
 
31 SUN   Education Sunday
    1830 Evening Prayer St Mary’s
 

February 2010 Diary
1 Mon 1945 Prayer for Schools Network Leckhampton Primary School
2 Tue 1015 Junior school service St Mary’s
3 Wed 1630 Junior school governors Junior School
    1930 Easter planning St Nicolas’
6 Sat 0930 Diocesan Synod St Nicolas’
    1000 Mission workshop Hucclecote Methodist Hall
 
7 SUN 1830 ‘Reach’ informal worship St Nicolas’
  NB no service at St Mary’s this evening
8 Mon 1230 Junior School prayer meeting Junior School
10 Wed   Alpha Celebration Supper
11 Thu 1930 Friends of St Mary’s AGM St Mary’s
13 Sat 1930 Rescheduled Epiphany Supper Prestbury Hall
 
14 SUN 1830 Benediction St Mary’s
15 Mon 1945 Ministry team St Nicolas’
16 Tue 1000 Quiet Day Cathedral
17 Wed 1000 Said Eucharist with imposition of ashes St Nicolas’
    1930 Sung Eucharist with imposition of ashes St Mary’s
20 Sat 1330 Wedding St Mary’s
 
21 SUN 1830 Evening Prayer St Mary’s
23 Tues 1930 MU AGM and Eucharist St Nicolas’
25 Thu 1945 Finance Committee Honeysuckle Close
 
28 SUN 1500 Revd David Eady’s farewell service and tea Swindon Village
    1830 Evening Prayer St Mary’s
 

March 2010 Diary
1 Mon 1230 Junior School prayer meeting Junior School
    1930 PPY Executive committee
2 Tue 1930 Flower arrangers AGM
5 Fri   Women’s World Day of Prayer
  (see pewsheet for details of service times and venues)
 
7 SUN 1830 Evening Prayer St Mary’s
9 Tue 1930 FOSMP committee meeting
    2030 Bell tower AGM Bell Tower
10 Wed 1400 Fabric committee St Mary’s
 
14 SUN 1830 Benediction St Mary’s
15 Mon 1800 Infant governors Infant School
    1945 Ministry Team St Nicolas’
17 Wed 1900 Junior governors Junior School
18 Thu 1930 PCC St Mary’s
20 Sat 1000 St Mary’s spring clean St Mary’s
 
21 SUN 1830 Taizé service St Mary’s
23 Tue 1930 MU St Nicolas’
27 Sat   St Nicolas’ spring clean St Nicolas’
 
28 SUN 1800 PPY AGM St Nicolas’
    1830 Evening Prayer St Mary’s
29 Mon 1930 Eucharist and Stations of the Cross St Nicolas’
30 Tue 1930 Eucharist and Stations of the Cross All Saints’
31 Wed 1930 Eucharist and Stations of the Cross St Mary’s
 
  See other services during Holy Week and Easter
 

April 2010 Diary
 
3 Sat 1530 Wedding St Mary’s
 
4 SUN 1830 Evening Prayer St Mary’s
9 Fri 1330 Wedding St Mary’s
10 Sat 1845 FoSMP Musical Soirée St Mary’s
 
11 SUN 1830 Benediction St Mary’s
12 Mon 1100 MU Wave of Prayer St Nicolas’
17 Sat 1500 Baptism St Nicolas’
 
18 SUN 1830 Evening Prayer St Mary’s
19 Mon 1945 Ministry Team St Nicolas’
20 Tue 2000 Finance committee
21 Wed 1930 FoSMP committee
23 Fri Andy Macauly begins his sabbatical
 
25 SUN 1830 Annual Parish Meetings St Mary’s
26 Mon 1930 Bereavement Supporters St Nicolas’
27 Tue 1930 MU St Nicolas’
30 Fri - 3 Mon Pilgrimage to Walsingham
 

May 2010 Diary
1 Sat 1530 Baptism St Mary’s
 
2 SUN 1500 Installation of Fr Michael as Canon Cathedral
    1830 Evening Prayer St Mary’s
6 Thu 1930 Churches Together Forum meeting Cirencester
8 Sat 1330 Wedding St Mary’s
    1630 Confirmation Service Tewkesbury Abbey
    1930 Cheltenham Symphony Orchestra concert All Saints’
 
9 SUN Christian Aid Week starts
    0930 Baptism St Nicolas’
    1100 Baptism St Mary’s
    1530 Baptism St Mary’s
    1830 Ecumenical Service for Christian Aid Week URC, Deep Street
  NB no service at St Mary’s this evening
11 Tue 1800 Infant School Governing Body Infant School
13 Thu 1930 Sung Eucharist for Ascension Day St Nicolas’
15 Sat 1100 ACE Conference & AGM St Nicolas’
    1130 Celebration of Shared Ministry service Cathedral
 
16 SUN 1830 Evening Prayer St Mary’s
17 Mon 1830 Ministry Team St Nicolas’
18 Tues 1015 Junior School Service St Mary’s
    1930 Archdeacon’s Visitation Service Cathedral
    1930 Alpha planning meeting Prestbury Vicarage
19 Wed 1400 Fabric Committee St Nicolas’
    1930 NCTM Liaison Group meeting St Nicolas’
20 Thu 1930 Deanery Synod meeting St Nicolas’
21 Fri 1930 Archdeacon’s Visitation Service Tewkesbury Abbey
 
23 SUN 0930 Eucharist with a Difference St Nicolas’
    1100 Eucharist with a Difference St Mary’s
    1800 ‘Reach’ service St Nicolas’
  NB no service at St Mary’s this evening
25 Tue 1930 MU St Nicolas’
26 Wed 1900 Junior School Governing Body Junior School
    1930 Biblical Interpretation lecture University, Francis Close Hall
29 Sat 1330 Wedding St Mary’s
    1530 Wedding St Mary’s
 
30 SUN 1830 Evening Prayer St Mary’s
 

June 2010 Diary
2 Wed   MU Diocesan Quiet Day St Nicolas’
3 Thu 1930 Sung Eucharist & procession of sacrament St Mary’s
5 Sat 1330 Wedding St Mary’s
    1800 Choral Evensong with Norwegian choir St Mary’s
 
6 SUN 0930 Visiting Norwegian choir St Nicolas’
    1300 Team lunch Royal Oak
    1830 Evening Prayer St Mary’s
9 Wed 1930 PPY Executive committee Honeysuckle Close
12 Sat 1000 Day for Bereaved Parents St Matthew’s, Clarence St
 
13 SUN 1600 Teatime Praise URC, Deep Street
    1830 Benediction St Mary’s
19 Sat   Glastonbury Pilgrimage
 
20 SUN   World Partnership Sunday
    1500 Celebration service Cathedral
    1830 Evening Prayer St Mary’s
21 Mon 1945 Ministry Team meeting St Nicolas’
22 Tue 1500 MU garden meeting and tea Glenfall House
26 Sat 1000 Team Vision Day St Nicolas’
 
27 SUN 1015 Ordination of Deacons Cathedral
    1830 Evening Prayer St Mary’s
 

July 2010 Diary
3 Sat 1300 Swindon Village Fête SV Hall & Field
    1530 Wedding St Mary’s
    1800 Pig Roast Elmstone Hardwicke
 
4 SUN 1530 Baptism St Nicolas’
    1830 Evening Prayer St Mary’s
6 Tue 1930 PCC St Mary’s
7 Wed 2010 Education Group St Mary’s
8 Thu 1800 Infant Governors Infant School
10 Sat   All Saints’ Summer Fair All Saints’
 
11 SUN 1830 Benediction St Mary’s
15 Thu 2000 Finance committee
 
18 SUN 1830 Evening Prayer St Mary’s
21 Wed 1400 Fabric committee St Mary’s
    2010 Bereavement supporters St Mary’s
 
25 SUN 1530 Baptisms St Mary’s
    1830 Evening Prayer St Mary’s
27 Tue   MU outing to Lichfield Cathedral
    1900 Synagogue visit St James’ Square
 

August 2010 Diary
1 SUN 1100 Baptism St Mary’s
    1530 Baptism St Mary’s
    1830 Evening Prayer St Mary’s
6 Fri 1330 Wedding
7 Sat 1530 Renewal of Vows St Nicolas’
 
8 SUN 1530 Baptisms St Mary’s
    1830 Benediction St Mary’s
 
15 SUN 1830 Evening Prayer St Mary’s
 
22 SUN 1530 Baptisms St Mary’s
    1830 Evening Prayer St Mary’s
27-30     Greenbelt Festival Racecourse
 
29 SUN 1830 Combined NC Team ‘Songs of Praise’ Elmstone Hardwicke
  NB no evening service in St Mary’s today
 

September 2010 Diary
1 Wed 2010 Bereavement supporters St Mary’s
3 Fri 1200 Wedding St Mary’s
    1530 Burial of ashes St Mary’s
 
5 SUN 0930 Celebrate! restarts St Mary’s
    1100 Patronal Festival Eucharist with guest preacher St Mary’s
    1530 Baptisms St Mary’s
    1830 Evening Prayer St Mary’s
9 Thu 1930 Education event: ‘Unlocking the growth’ St Nicolas’
10 Fri 1500 Wedding St Mary’s
11 Sat 1400 Prestbury Village Fete Scout Field, Burgage
      GHCT cycle ride
 
12 SUN 1530 Baptism St Mary’s
    1830 Benediction St Mary’s
16 Thu 1930 PCC St Mary’s
17 Fri 1930 Glos Police Choir concert St Andrew’s, Montpellier
18 Sat 1430 Wedding St Mary’s
    1900 C4 Children’s Choir performance URC, Deep Street
 
19 SUN 1500 St Nicolas’ 40th anniversary Eucharist and tea St Nicolas’
      NB no service at St Mary’s this evening
    1830 Alpha supper Prestbury Hall
20 Mon 1945 Ministry Team St Nicolas’
21 Tue 1900 Synagogue visit St James’ Square
22 Wed 1930 PPY Executive
25/26     Elmstone Hardwicke Harvest Weekend St Mary Magdalene
 
26 SUN   Back to Church Sunday
    0930 Eucharist with a Difference St Nicolas’
    1100 Eucharist with a Difference St Mary’s
    1830 Evening Prayer St Mary’s
28 Tues 1800 Infant School Governing Body Infant School
    1930 MU St Nicolas’
29 Wed 1400 Fabric Committee St Nicolas’
    1930 Farewell Service for Dean of Gloucester Cathedral
 

October 2010 Diary
  2 Sat 1400   Using Flags in Worship workshop Cornerstone Centre
 
  3 SUN   Harvest Festival
    1530 Baptisms St Mary’s
    1830 Evening Prayer St Mary’s
  5 Tue 1430 Infant School Harvest St Mary’s
  6 Wed 1900 Junior School Governors Junior School
  7 Thu 1930 NCTM Liaison Group St Nicolas’
  9 Sat 1130 Wedding St Mary’s
    1330 Wedding St Mary’s
 
10 SUN 1530 Baptism St Mary’s
    1830 Benediction St Mary’s
12 Tue 2000 Finance committee Mill Lane
14 Thu 1930 NCTM Ministers’ meeting Glenfall House
16 Sat 0930 Diocesan Synod St Nicolas’
    1000 Exploring Christian Vocation Abbey House, Tewkesbury
 
17 SUN 1530 Baptism St Mary’s
    1830 Evening Prayer St Mary’s
18 Mon 1945 Ministry Team St Nicolas’ Room
22 Fri 1900 CHADS performance Prestbury Hall
23 Sat 1330 Wedding St Mary’s
    1900 CHADS performance Prestbury Hall
 
24 SUN 1530 Baptisms St Mary’s
    1830 Evening Prayer St Mary’s
26 Tue 1930 MU St Nicolas’
27 Wed 2010 Bereavement Supporters St Mary’s
30 Sat 1330 Wedding St Mary’s
 
31 SUN 1830 Evening Prayer St Mary’s
    1830 Evening Praise (5th Sunday) St Lawrence
 

November 2010 Diary
  2 Tue 1000   Said Eucharist with Commemoration of the Departed St Nicolas’
    1930 Sung Requiem with Commemoration of the Departed St Mary’s
  4 Thu 1000 Women’s World Day of Prayer conference Salem Baptist Church
  6 Sat 1000 Christian Aid Autumn Fair St Andrew’s, Montpellier
    1900 FoSMP ‘Roast Pork & Apple Pie’ party Prestbury Hall
 
  7 SUN 1500 ‘Thank you God for Rockers’ St Mary’s
    1830 Evening Prayer St Mary’s
  9 Tue 1930 Deanery Synod Up Hatherley
    1930 Reader Ministry evening Francis Close Campus, University
10 Wed 1400 Buildings & Fabric Committee St Mary’s
    2000 St Mary’s Eucharist with a Difference planning Vicarage
13 Sat 0900 Churchyard tidyup St Mary’s
    1930 Cantores concert All Saints’
 
14 SUN 0930 Act of Remembrance during Sung Eucharist St Nicolas’
    1045 Act of Remembrance Prestbury War Memorial
    1530 Memorial Service St Mary’s
      NB no 6.30pm service at St Mary’s this evening
15 Mon 1945 Ministry Team St Nicolas’
16 Tue 1930 Prestbury PCC St Mary’s
 
21 SUN 1530 Service for Victims of Road Traffic Incidents All Saints’
    1830 Evening Prayer St Mary’s
23 Tue 1930 MU St Nicolas’
24 Wed 1530 Junior Governors Junior School
25 Thu 1800 Infant Governors Infant School
 
28 SUN 0930 Eucharist with a Difference St Nicolas’
    1100 Eucharist with a Difference St Mary’s
    1830 Advent Carol Service All Saints’
      NB no service at St Mary’s this evening
 

December 2010 Diary
2 Thu 1930 FOSMP committee meeting
4 Sat 1100 Christmas Tree Festival St Lawrence, SVillage
    1400 ‘Real Christmas’ St Mary’s
 
5 SUN 0930 St Nicolas’ Patronal Festival Eucharist St Nicolas’
    1100 Christmas Tree Festival St Lawrence, SVillage
    1600 Christingle service St Mary’s
      NB no service at 6.30 this evening
7 Tue 1900 MU Christmas social Prestbury Vicarage
9 Thu 1430 Talk by Fr David Gardiner All Saints’
11 Sat 1200 Advent Reflection with Fr Paul All Saints’
 
12 SUN 1830 Benediction St Mary’s
14 Tue 1415 Infant School carol service St Mary’s
18 Sat 1000 Christian Aid Carol Singing Sainsbury’s, Oakley
 
19 SUN 1830 Carol Service St Mary’s
20 Mon 1830 LMT St Nicolas’
21 Tue 1900 ‘Celebration of Christmas’ St Nicolas’
22 Wed 1900 Wakefield Mystery Play The Plough, Mill Street
 
29 Wed 1330 Wedding St Mary’s
 
see Christmas Services from 24th December to 1st January
 

January 2011 Diary
2 SUN 1830 Evening Prayer St Mary’s
6 Thu 1830 Sung Eucharist and Epiphany Supper St Mary’s
 
9 SUN 1830 Benediction St Mary’s
12 Wed 1930 PPY Executive Committee
 
16 SUN 1500 Service to Celebrate the Scriptures Gloucester Cathedral
    1830 Evening Prayer St Mary’s
17 Mon 1945 LMT St Nicolas’
18 Tue 1430 Buildings & Fabric Committee St Nicolas’
20 Thu 1930 PCC meeting St Nicolas’
    1930 Flower arranging demonstration St Mary’s
 
23 SUN 1830 Evening Prayer St Mary’s
25 Tue 1800 Infant Governors Infant School
    1930 MU St Nicolas’
29 Sat 1000 Marriage Preparation Day St Nicolas’
 
30 SUN all services   Team Vision Presentation both churches
    1830 Evening Prayer St Mary’s
 

February 2011 Diary
1 Tue 0930 Final Alpha session Prestbury Vicarage
3 Thu 1930 NCTM Liaison Group St Nicolas’
5 Sat 0900 Diocesan Synod St Nicolas’
 
6 SUN 1830 ‘Reach’ Service St Nicolas’
    1830 Evening Prayer St Mary’s
7-14     National Marriage Week
7 Mon 1930 LMT training session St Nicolas’
9 Wed 1600 Junior School Governors
10 Thu 1900 Friends of St Mary’s Prestbury AGM St Mary’s
 
13 SUN 1600 Exploring Lent in the Year of the Bible St Nicolas’
    1830 Benediction St Mary’s
15 Tue 1930 Mothering Sunday planning meeting Prestbury Vicarage
17 Thu 1930 Deanery Synod Emmanuel, Leckhampton
    1930 Finance committee
      Deadline for PCC reports
 
20 SUN Education Sunday
    1830 Evening Prayer St Mary’s
21 Mon 1830 LMT Meal St Nicolas’
22 Tue 1930 MU AGM and Eucharist St Nicolas’
23 Wed 1430 Stained Glass of All Saints’ talk All Saints’
24 Thu 1930 Churchwardens meeting Prestbury Vicarage
26 Sat 1930 Charity Quiz Evening St Nicolas’ Hall
 
27 SUN 1830 Evening Prayer St Mary’s
28 Feb - 13 Mar Fairtrade Fortnight
 

March 2011 Diary
28 Feb - 13 Mar Fairtrade Fortnight
1 Tue 0915 Cheltenham Ecumenical Ministers Meeting Hospital
    1930 PCC St Nicolas’
2 Wed 1930 PPY Executive comittee The Rectory
3 Thu 1945 Severn Forum lecture Park Campus, University
4
 		 Fri
 		   Women’s World Day of Prayer
(see Magazine for times and venues of services)
5 Sat 0945 Into Top Gear Children’s Work conference Quedgeley
 
6 SUN 1830 Evening Prayer* St Mary’s
7 Mon 1400 Fabric comittee St Mary’s
    1930 LMT training St Nicolas’
8 Tue 1000 Bishop’s Quiet Day Cathedral
9 Wed 1030 Said Eucharist & Imposition of ashes St Mary’s
    1930 Sung Eucharist & Imposition of ashes St Nicolas’
 
13 SUN 1830 Benediction* St Mary’s
15 Tue 2100 Compline St Mary’s
 
20 SUN 1830 Evening Prayer* St Mary’s
21 Mon 1945 LMT St Nicolas’
22 Tue 1800 Infant School Governing Body
    1930 MU St Nicolas’
    2100 Compline St Mary’s
23 Wed 1900 Junior School Governing Body
26 Sat 1200 ‘Super Soup’ lunch for Christian Aid St Mary’s
 
27 SUN 1800 PPY AGM St Nicolas’
    1830 Evening Prayer* St Mary’s
29 Tue 2100 Compline St Mary’s
 
    * Please check the weekly notice sheet for confirmation of evening services
 

April 2011 Diary
1
Fri 1900 Friends of St Mary’s talk and meal St Mary’s
 
3 SUN 1830 Parish Annual Meetings St Nicolas’
      NB no evening service in St Mary’s today
 4 Mon 1930 LMT training St Nicolas’ Room
5 Tue 1930 Open meeting to discuss women bishops St Matthew’s
    2100 Compline St Mary’s
8 Fri   Cobwebbing St Mary’s
    1430 Friends of All Saints’ talk All Saints’
9 Sat 1000 Church spring-clean & churchyard tidy-up St Mary’s
    1030 Cake Day & Coffee Morning Swindon Village Hall
 
10 SUN 1830 Benediction* St Mary’s
12 Tue 0800 MU Wave of Prayer St Mary’s
    2100 Compline St Mary’s
16 Sat 1130 Charity Clothes Swap St Nicolas’ Hall
    1930 Churchdown CS concert All Saints’
    1930 Musica Vera concert St Peter’s, Leckhampton
 
17 SUN 0930 Procession leaves St Nicolas’ St Nicolas’
    1000 Liturgy of Palms Capel Court, Burgage
    1100 Sung Eucharist St Mary’s
    1430 Baptism St Mary’s
    1530 Baptism St Mary’s
    1830 Evening Prayer* St Mary’s
18 Mon 1930 Said Eucharist & Stations of the Cross St Nicolas’
19 Tue 2100 Compline St Mary’s
20 Wed 1930 Said Eucharist & Stations of the Cross St Mary’s
21 Thu 1030 A Service of the Word St Mary’s
    1100 Chrism Eucharist Cathedral
23 Sat 1400 Wedding St Mary’s
 
24 SUN 1830 Evening Prayer* St Mary’s
26 Tue 1930 MU St Nicolas’
 
  * Please check the weekly notice sheet for confirmation of evening services
     See further details of Holy Week, Triduum and Easter services
 

May 2011 Diary
1 SUN 1830 Evening Prayer* St Mary’s
3 Tue 1945 Severn Forum Lecture University, Park Campus
7 Sat 1930 CSO concert All Saints’
 
8 SUN   World Partnership Sunday
    1500 World Partnership Celebration Service Tewkesbury Abbey
    1830 Benediction* St Mary’s
9 Mon 1400 Buildings & Fabric committee St Nicolas’
    1930 LMT training St Nicolas’
12 Thu 1800 Infant School Governing Body
14 Sat 1500 Baptism St Mary’s
 
15 SUN   Vocation Sunday & Christian Aid Week begins
    1830 Evening Prayer* St Mary’s
17 Tue 2000 FOSMP committee Dunelm House
21 Sat 1130 Service of Celebration of Shared Ministry Gloucester Cathedral
    1300 URC 145th anniversary weekend URC, Deep Street
 
22 SUN 1430 URC 145th anniversary weekend URC, Deep Street
    1830 Evening Prayer* St Mary’s
23 Mon 1930 LMT St Nicolas’
24 Tues 1930 PCC meeting St Mary’s
25 Wed 1900 Junior School Governing Body
 
29 SUN 1830 Evening Prayer* St Mary’s
31 Tue 1230 MU lunch Glenfall House
 
    * Please check the weekly notice sheet for confirmation of evening services
 

June 2011 Diary
2 Thu 1930  Team-wide Ascension Day Sung Eucharist   St Mary’s
    1945 Severn Forum lecture University, Park Campus
4 Sat 1400 Prestbury Open Gardens & cream teas
  Sat 1530 Wedding St Nicolas’
 
5 SUN 1230 Roots Group picnic Pittville Park
    1400 Prestbury Open Gardens & cream teas
    1830 Evening Prayer*
6 Mon 1930 LMT Training St Nicolas’ Room
7 Tue 1930 Deanery Synod Meeting St Matthew’s
8 Wed 1930 PPY Executive
9 Thu 1200 Ecumenical Ministers’ Meeting Vicarage
    1930 Preparation for Trinity Sunday (St Mary’s) Vicarage
    1930 Friends of All Saints’ talk All Saints’
11 Sat 1000 Diocesan Exploring Vocations Day
    1200 Baptism St Mary’s
    1400 Wedding St Mary’s
    1415 Wholeness and Healing Celebration
(with commissioning of Deanery Advisers) 		Tewkesbury Abbey
 
12 SUN 1100 Baptism at Parish Eucharist St Mary’s
    1700 Installation of Revd Stephen Lake as Dean of Gloucester Cathedral
    1830 Benediction*
14 Tue 1900 Diocesan Synod
14-15   Lifepath: Diocesan Event for schoolchildren Cathedral
16 Thu 2000 Finance committee
17 Fri 1900 C4 children’s choir performance URC, Deep Street
18 Sat 1330 Wedding St Mary’s
    1400 Parish Fête St Nicolas’
 
19 SUN 1830 Evening Prayer*
20 Mon 1930 LMT St Nicolas’
21 Tue 1930 NCTM Liaison Group St Nicolas’
22 Wed 1800 Infant School Governing Body Infant School
23 Thu 1930 Team-wide Sung Eucharist for Corpus Christi All Saints’
25 Sat 1000 MU African Fun Day Cathedral
 
26 SUN 1830 Evening Prayer*
28 Tue 1930 MU St Nicolas’
29 Wed 1900 Junior School Governing Body Junior School
 
    * Please check the weekly notice sheet for confirmation of evening services
 

July 2011 Diary
2 Sat 1130 All Saints’ Summer Fair All Saints’
    1300 Swindon Village Fête Swindon Village
    1400 Wedding St Mary’s
    1630 Ordination of Priests Cathedral
 
3 SUN 1015 Ordination of Deacons Cathedral
    1500 Celebratory tea party for Liz Palin Glenfall House
    1830 ‘Reach’ service St Nicolas’
    1830 Evening Prayer St Mary’s
4 Mon 1400 Prestbury Buildings & Fabric committee St Mary’s
9 Sat 1000 Celtic Spirituality Longhope
 
10 SUN 1530 Baptisms St Mary’s
    1830 Benediction St Mary’s
12 Tue 1900 Visit to Cheltenham Free Evangelical Church Whaddon Road
    1930 PCC St Nicolas’
13 Wed 1930 Musica Vera concert with Helen Gill Ballet St Nicolas’
16 Sat 1200 Service (Bishop Michael’s pilgrimage) St Mary’s, Cheltenham
    1400 Strawberry Fayre Moat House, Uckington
    1500 approx Bishop Michael will be at St Mary’s, Prestbury
 
17 SUN 1030 Meeting of Parishioners St Nicolas’
    1530 Baptisms St Mary’s
    1830 Evening Prayer St Mary’s
24 SUN 0930 Summer Celebrate! begins St Mary’s
    1230 Friends of St Mary’s barbecue The Plough, Mill Street
    1830 Evening Prayer St Mary’s
26 Tue 1930 MU St Nicolas’
27 Wed 1000 St Mary’s Fabric Working Group St Mary’s
 
31 SUN 1830 Evening Prayer St Mary’s
 

August 2011 Diary
5 Fri 1430 Wedding St Mary’s
 
7 SUN 1830 Evening Prayer St Mary’s
13 Sat 1330 Renewal of Marriage Vows St Mary’s
    1800 Pig Roast Elmstone Hardwicke
 
14 SUN 1830 Benediction St Mary’s
 
21 SUN 1830 Evening Prayer St Mary’s
26-29   Greenbelt Festival Racecourse
 
28 SUN 0930 Last Summer Celebrate! St Mary’s
    1500 Praise in the Park Swindon Village
      NB no service in St Mary’s or All Saints this evening
 

September 2011 Diary
1 Thu 1945 Team Vision Working group (St Mary’s)
3 Sat 1330 Wedding St Mary’s
    1600 Burial of ashes St Mary’s
 
4 SUN 1530 Baptisms St Mary’s
    1830 Evening Prayer St Mary’s
6 Tue 1430 Buildings & Fabric Committee St Nicolas’
9-11 Fri-Sun Heritage Weekend St Mary’s & The Plough
10 Sat   GHCT ‘Ride & Stride’
    1930 Simply for Vicky fundraising evening Prestbury Hall
 
11 SUN 1100 St Mary’s Patronal Festival Eucharist St Mary’s
    1830 Benediction St Mary’s
13 Tue 1930 Christmas planning meeting Rectory
15 Thu 1930 PCC St Mary’s
17 Sat 1930 Friends of St Mary’s talk St Mary’s
 
18 SUN 0945 Celebrate! Picnic Infant School
    1500 Choral Evensong Gloucester Cathedral
    1830 Evening Prayer St Mary’s
23-25 Fri-Sun NCTM Weekend Sidmouth
 
25 SUN 1830 Evening Prayer St Mary’s
27 Tue 1800 Infant School Governing Body
    1930 MU St Nicolas’
28 Wed 1930 PPY Executive committee
29 Thu 1230 Ecumenical Ministers’ Meeting Rectory
    1930 Deanery Chapter Meeting St Mary’s
 

October 2011 Diary
1 Sat 1130 Wedding St Mary’s
2 SUN   Harvest Festival
    0930 Baptisms at Celebrate! St Mary’s
1500 Baptism St Mary’s
1800 Concert by Gloucester Cathedral Choir St Mary’s
      NB this replaces the 6.30pm evening service
4 Tue 1430 Infant School Harvest Service St Mary’s
1800 Family Harvest Celebration St Mary’s
5 Wed 0930 St Mary’s Fabric working group St Mary’s
1930 Junior Outreach group
8 Sat 1930 Harvest Barn Dance St Nicolas’ Hall
9 SUN 1830 Benediction St Mary’s
13 Thu 1930 NCTM Liaison Group St Nicolas’
14 Fri 1900 CHADS production Prestbury Hall, Bouncers Lane
15 Sat Diocesan Synod
1900 CHADS production Prestbury Hall, Bouncers Lane
16 SUN 1100 Baptisms at Eucharist St Mary’s
1530 Baptisms St Mary’s
1830 Evening Prayer St Mary’s
17 Mon 1930 Prestbury LMT St Nicolas’ Room
18 Tue 1015 Junior School Service St Mary’s
20 Thu 1930 Severn Forum lecture & AGM Park Campus, University
22 Sat 1230 Quiet Afternoon St Christopher’s, Warden Hill
23 SUN   Bible Sunday
1830 Evening Prayer St Mary’s
25 Tue 1930 MU St Nicolas’
26 Wed 2010 Bereavement Supporters St Mary’s
29 Sat 1000 A day with the Bishop of Baghdad Cathedral
1430 Wedding St Nicolas’
30 SUN 1430 Celebration of Life Party St Nicolas’ Hall
1830 Evening Prayer St Mary’s
31 Mon 1430 Churchwardens’ meeting Vicarage

November 2011 Diary
1 Tue 1000 All Saints’ Day Eucharist St Nicolas’
2 Wed 1930 All Souls’ Day Sung Requiem
and Commemoration of the Departed 		St Mary’s
3 Thu 1130 Buildings & Fabric Committee St Nicolas’
    1930 Talk by Bishop Richard Llewellin University, Park Campus
    2000 Finance Committee
5 Sat 1000 Christian Aid Autumn Fair St Andrew’s, Montpellier
    1100 MU Festival Cathedral
 
6 SUN 1530 Memorial Service St Mary’s
    NB no service at 6.30pm
9 Wed 1930 Deanery Synod Holy Apostles
10 Thu 1430 Friends of All Saints’ talk All Saints’
12 Sat 1000 Churchyard Tidy-Up St Mary’s
 
13 SUN 0930 Act of Remembrance during Sung Eucharist St Nicolas’
    1045 Act of Remembrance Prestbury War Memorial
    1530 Baptism St Mary’s
    1830 Benediction St Mary’s
    1830 ‘Reach’ service St Nicolas’
15 Tue 1930 PCC St Nicolas’
19 Sat 0930 Intercessions Workshop
    1800 FoSMP Bridge Evening Prestbury Hall
 
20 SUN 1830 Evening Prayer St Mary’s
22 Tue 1800 Infant School Governing Body
    1930 MU St Nicolas’
 
25-27 Fri-Sun   LMT residential Glenfall
 
27 SUN 0930 Eucharist with a Difference St Nicolas’
    1830 Advent Carol Service All Saints’
    NB no evening service in St Mary’s
29 Tue 1930 Education Group
30 Wed 1530 Junior School Governing Body
 

December 2011 Diary
3 Sat 1400 ‘The Real Christmas’ St Mary’s
 
4 SUN 0930 St Nicolas’ Patronal Festival St Nicolas’
  1600 Christingle Service St Mary’s
    NB no evening service today
6 Tue 1900 MU Christmas Social St Nicolas’
9 Fri 1900 C4 Christmas Musical URC, Deep Street
10 Sat 1230 Wedding St Mary’s
  1900 Musica Vera concert All Saints’
  1930 ‘Simply Vicky’ Fundraiser Prestbury Hall, Bouncers Lane
 
11 SUN 1100 Guest preacher: The Archdeacon of Cheltenham St Mary’s
  1830 Benediction St Mary’s
12 Mon 1930 LMT St Nicolas’
13 Tue 1015 Junior School service St Mary’s
15 Thu 1415 Infant School service St Mary’s
16 Fri 1900 C4 Christmas Musical URC, Warden Hill
 
18 SUN 1830 Parish Carol service St Mary’s
20 Tue 1900 Celebration of Christmas St Nicolas’
 
see services from 24th December to 1st January
 

January 2012 Diary
 
1 SUN 0930 Said Eucharist with carols St Nicolas’
  1030 Said Eucharist with carols St Mary’s
  No other services today
6 Fri 1830 Epiphany Sung Eucharist followed by Supper St Mary’s
 
8 SUN 1830 Benediction St Mary’s
9 Mon 1400 Buildings & Fabric Committee St Nicolas’
10 Tue 1930 Easter planning meeting The Rectory
11 Wed 1900 Celebrate! Leaders Prestbury Vicarage
  1930 PPY Executive Committee meeting
 
15 SUN 1830 Evening Prayer St Mary’s
17 Tue 1930 PCC St Mary’s
19 Thu 1930 Malawi MACS talk St Mary’s
21 Sat 1930 Burns Night Supper Uckington Village Hall
 
22 SUN 1830 Evening Prayer St Mary’s
24 Tue 1930 MU St Nicolas’
25 Wed 1800 Infant School Governing Body Infant School
28 Sat 1000 Marriage preparation day St Nicolas’
 
29 SUN 1830 Evening Prayer St Mary’s
31 Tue 1000 Junior School service St Mary’s
 
 

 

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