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St. Andrew's Grange
‘Opening the Doors to the Grange Community’
St. Andrew’s Grange Parish Church
Join us for Tea’n’Toast at our
COMMUNITY CAFÉ
on Tuesday Morning's
10.00am to 12 noon
Tuesday is Tea Toast Day!
Fancy taking the weight off your feet for a few minutes; or somewhere to meet and chat with friends and neighbours, or just some quiet time for yourself? If so, then why not visit our
‘Tea & Coffee Shop’
OPEN 10.00am to 12noon
We have a small selection of cards, books for sale
Also we have a Fairtrade stall with a good selection of goods at fair prices.
Catalogue available
for a wider selection of goods
GIVE A SOLDIER A GIFT
While our lads and lassies are out in Afghanistan fighting for our country why not show your appreciation and join with St. Andrew's in sending gifts, How about a shoe box of goodies to cheer them up or even drop them a line to keep their minds occupied during their free time!
You will find a list of ideal things to put into shoe boxes and if you cannot afford to fill a shoe box why not donate something off the list now and again and we can box things up when we have enough goodies!
We also have a "shoe box bank" scheme where we ask you to donate your unwanted shoe boxes to the church and we can give them to families who needed them
JUST bring any donations along to St Andrew's Church on a Sunday morning at 10.30am or to our Tea and Toast morning on a Tuesday between 10.00am and 12 noon.
You can also come along to weigh and wrap your parcels on a Tuesday morning, during Tea and Toast. We have scales, brown paper, sticky tape and blueys for everybody's use
121 shoeboxes dispatched
in 10 weeks
Idea’s of suitable gifts
Mp3 players -electronic games
Cotton boxer shorts, cotton knickers, cotton sports socks (all sizes) Toothbrushes and toothpaste
Lip salve, Small tins of Vaseline (green and yellow)
Shaving oils, shaving gels/creams (no aerosols)
Disposable razors, Stick/roll-on deodorants (unperfumed)
Small packs of wet wipes, Small baby powder
Foot powder, Shower gels and shampoo sachets ~
Panty liners and tampons,
Pot Noodles, Super Noodles, curry powder....~
Small tubes of mustard, tubes of condensed milk
Small variety boxes of cereal packs
Small tins of macaroni cheese, ravioli etc. Cup-a-soups
Lunchbox sizes of: Cheddar biscuits, Jammy Dodgers, chocolate chip cookies, All varieties of Pringles (large or small packs),
Tea bags (all types including fruit teas), coffee sachets (all types) Hot chocolate sachets, Ovaltine sachets
Boiled sweets (all types)
Starburst fruit chews, Chewing gum
Travel size board games, pens (all types) flip flops
Marmite sachets, Cereal bars
Fruit bags or boxes (dried)
Hair scrunchies, Nail boards, Combs, Small hand body lotions
DVDs or CDs computer games wii, Xbox etc remember it gets cold at night
Heat packs or compacts (not electric & should be a good size to travel with), Extra socks, Gloves (Tough, not cute and fuzzy please!) Undershirts I t-shirts, Hats (Please be aware of the approved colour for whatever service branch you send to.) you are safe with black
Coffee Teal Hot Chocolate Mixes
Please DO NOT INCLUDE: AEROSOL CANS (solvents, deodorant etc).
Personal messages are encouraged
Biscuits, Chocolate
Coffee (sachets with milk)
Gravy Granules
Cereal
Toothpaste
Wet Wipes
Crisps
Drinking
chocolate. Tea bags
Dried onion crispies Instant Smash
Magazines Newspapers
Roll on deodorant Soap
Playing cards Travel games
Pork Scratchings
Among the many troops serving in Afghanistan is the 1st Batt. Mercian Regiment. This regiment was formed from the former Cheshire Regiment, many soldiers in this regiment are local lads. Some you may recall have sacrificed their lives so this country can remain terrorist free. Many, also have been injured. It is a thankless mission in that country, all the more reason for supporting our boys and girls out there. Please be generous with your gifts.
In St. Andrew’s Church there is a prayer list with soldier’s names thereon. We pray for their safe keeping. Please come along and add your treasured names to that list.
We also have a prayer list for any person in this parish community. special to your heart, call in, we welcome you. You can call on a Sunday for Morning Worship at 10.30am or we are open informally on a Tuesday between 10.00am and 12 noon.
Please join us then for ’Tea n Toast’.
121 shoeboxes dispatched
in 10 weeks
Join our 'Give a Soldier a Gift' GROUP on facebook (we have over 400 members)
Next fund raising event -
Friday October 1st
Community Bingo -
Doors open 6.00pm
Start 7.00pm
Refreshments available.
Heavens Above—Did you hear the story about………
The Parrot
There was a mild mannered fellow named Dave who received a parrot for his
birthday. The parrot had previously been owned by someone else and had a bad
attitude and worse vocabulary. Every other word was a curse word.
Dave tried very hard to change the bird's attitude and was constantly saying
polite words, playing soft music, anything he could think of. Nothing
worked. One day in a moment of desperation, he put the parrot in the
freezer. For a few moments he heard the bird squawking and kicking and
screaming, and then, suddenly, there was quiet.
Dave got frightened that he might have actually hurt the bird and quickly
opened the freezer door. The parrot calmly stepped out onto his extended arm
and said: "I'm sorry that I might have offended you with my language and
actions and sincerely ask for your forgiveness. I will endeavour to correct
my behaviour."
Dave was astounded at the bird's change in attitude and was about to ask
what had changed him. Before he could ask, the parrot looked back toward the
freezer and said, "May I ask what the chicken did?"
Tuesday is Tea & Toast Day!
Fancy taking the weight off your feet for a few minutes; or somewhere to meet and chat with friends and neighbours, or just some quiet time for yourself? If so, then why not visit our
New! ‘Tea & Coffee Shop’
St Andrew’s Church will be open every Tuesday morning from the 2nd of September2008 from 10am to 12noon for tea & toast, coffee and cakes.
(check with notice board if event is planned)
As time goes on, we hope to include sales of second hand books ‘bric-a-brac’, toys and clothes.
All welcome; please feel free to come in and take a break, there will be a small charge for toast and cakes.
All enquiries: 07590 756374 or 574411
If the Earth were only a few feet in diameter.
Floating a few feet above a field somewhere
People would come from everywhere to marvel at it.
People would walk around it marveling at its big pools
of water, its little pools of water flowing between the pools.
People would marvel at the bumps on it and the holes in it, and they would marvel at the very thin layer of gas surrounding it and the water suspended in the gas.
The people would marvel at all the creatures walking around the surface of the ball, and all the creatures in the water.
The people would declare it PRECIOUS because it was the only one and they would protect it so that it would not be hurt.
The BALL would be the greatest wonder known,
And people would come to behold it, to be healed, to gain knowledge. To know beauty and wonder how it could be.
People would love it and defend it with their lives, because they would somehow know that their lives, their own roundness would be nothing without it.
IF THE EARTH WERE ONLY A FEW FEET IN DIAMETER.