Contents

Contents

Services

Minister’s Letter

Appointments made at the September Church Meeting

Wanted:  Your Junk!!!

Open Weekend

Buildings Fund Update

Thanks

Job Opportunities

From Nick, Pam, Laura and Matthew Thompson

Poem of the Month

Help wanted on Trinity Alpha Course

Events

Chalfont Club

Earley Youth Net

Church Walk

Parents & Toddlers

Wednesday Group

Pilots

Nursery Service

Prayer & Praise

Harvest Supper

Trinity Fun Day

Quiz Night

Autumn Fayre

News in Brief

Pastoral Pages

Prayers for the Parish

Diary

Deadline for November Diary and Magazine:

Services

Minister’s Letter

Well, Autumn seems to be kicking in now, and this month we’ll be celebrating the opening of the church to the community, as well as Harvest – something I gather has been very popular in recent years with loads of non-Trinity visitors.  This will be a significant time for Trinity and it’s exciting for me to be here getting involved in all that’s going on.  Please do come along on 6 and 7 October and bring friends with you.  It’ll be interesting to see how leafleting the whole parish went.  Do pray that we have loads of visitors and that, through the events and the new facilities, especially the chapel, we can build many new relationships with folk in the neighbourhood.  A big thank you to all who have been putting the weekend together.  For a number of people, this has meant many hours of work.  THANK YOU.

As I write, it’s been nearly two weeks since my licensing!  The time has whizzed by!  Many thanks to all who helped make the licensing service happen so successfully.  So far, I’ve been on a roller coaster of committee meetings, which have been extremely helpful and useful in getting me introduced to many of the people and activities of Trinity.  It is impressive to see lots of people so committed and involved and I’m looking forward to talking and praying with as many of you as possible in the coming weeks and, as I do, seeking God for what he wants us to be working together on in the coming months. 

It’ll be good to get through the current round of committee meetings, to free up some time in the evenings to begin inviting you round to the house for some nosh and a natter.  Jo and I hope to begin doing this soon.  I am also planning to visit all the organisations based around Trinity, to say “hello” and to get a feel for how they see Trinity and how our relationship with each of them may develop over time.  It’ll interesting to see whether the inter-agency group that used to exist at the District Centre could begin again, with Trinity perhaps taking the lead.

As a family, we’re settling in and happy to be here.  We’ve joined the leisure centre and are enjoying the great facilities there.  Lily and Nancy are getting used to the Piggott School and Jack commutes to Bracknell each day to college.  I’m out and about running too and was delighted to hear from one of you who does jog.  I’m not sure whether he’ll be up for applying for the London Marathon next year – something he’s done several times.  Do get in touch if you fancy having a go.  We can talk about doing it for charity.

Thank you for wearing your name badges in September – a great help!! 

I’ve been struck afresh in recent days about the benefits of living each day very much in God’s grace, about noticing all the ordinary things in life which are too often taken for granted, but which are gifts from God.  I’ve found reflecting on the 23^rd Psalm very helpful.  Why don’t you have a look at it.

Every blessing,

Jon

Appointments made at the September Church Meeting

At the Church Meeting on 17 September 2007, the following were elected as Church Stewards:

            Alan Minns, for a second term of three years,

            Mandy Creed, for a first term of three years.

The following appointments were also made at the Church Meeting:

·         John Brimicombe as Authorised Person (Marriage Act 1949)

·         Jean Crawley as Flower Rota Co-ordinator

·         Barbara Carrick as Missions Committee Secretary

·         Ann Baker as a lay representative on Churches Together in Earley &           East Reading

These appointments are for a first term of three years.

The following re-appointment for a further three-year term was made:

            Jean Crawley as Bible Reading Fellowship Link.

The Church Meeting expressed thanks to the following who were retiring from appointments:

·         John Goddard as a Church Steward, having completed the permitted two three-year terms,

·         David and Doreen Newell as Communion Stewards, having completed nine years’ service,

·         Pam Thompson, as Missions Committee Secretary, Flower Rota

·         Co-ordinator and Sacristan, after varying lengths of service.

It was noted that there were unfilled vacancies for:

·         Three Church Stewards

·         Four Communion Stewards

·         Three Anglican Deanery Synod Lay Representatives

·         One member of the Education & Nurture Committee.

There will be a need to find and appoint a new Captain for Pilots in December, and to find new officers for Pilots and Boys’ Brigade

Wanted:  Your Junk!!!

For Trinity Fun Day

We are organising a fabulous fun day for children, called “Chaos to Creation”, to be held on Saturday 13 October, here at Trinity Church.  (See below for more information.)

We are planning some fantastic crafts and we need YOUR JUNK, so please look in your garages, tool boxes, stationery drawers, sewing boxes, kitchens, etc.

We need:-

SMALL metal and plastic junk, such as metal washers, nuts, bolts, old keys, coins, hinges, small springs, cogs, old broken jewellery (not valuable), used fuses, circuit boards and other small components/parts from electrical items, metal beer bottle tops, small plastic bottle tops, paper clips, metal chain, curtain hooks, unwanted board game pieces, press studs, flat buttons or any other similar odds and ends.

BIG metal and plastic junk, such as used or unwanted CD, DVD, MP3 discs (not the cases please), unwanted or broken kitchen, garden or DIY implements/items – such as spatulas, spoons, sieves, old cutlery, paint rollers, worn out paint brushes, tools or other similar odds and ends (nothing sharp please).  If it is made from metal or plastic and looks interesting, we can probably use it.  Also, we are looking for electrical wire, electrical tape, plastic garden netting and plastic or metal tubing. 

NB: We DO NOT require plastic bottles or any cardboard/paper items this time.

There are two boxes in church, marked SMALL JUNK and BIG JUNK, for your donations.  Thanks so much for your help.

Cathy MacLennan

Open Weekend

6-7 October

Saturday

11.00am Service of Dedication

11.30am Church Open for people to drop in and see the new facilities and find out what goes on.  There will be craft activities for younger children to join in with.

Community at Trinity:  The church is used by many organisations, some run by the church, others not.  There will be poster displays of their activities throughout the weekend and many of the groups will be putting on short presentations during Saturday afternoon:

12 noon   Chalfont Club

12.45pm  Worship Group

1.45pm   Brownies and Guides

2.45pm   Nursery Service and Parent & Toddler groups

3.45pm   Short sketches on Relationships

4.45pm   The Pilots

5.45pm   The Boys’ Brigade

6.45pm   Sketch: “Who wants to inherit eternal life?”

Between presentations, there will be musical performances by Trinity musicians and the Trinity Concert Band.

The New Chapel

We want this to be a valuable, spiritual space for use by anyone wanting somewhere quiet to think, pray or perhaps read (it will have its own library).  Drop in during the weekend and see how it feels.  Although silent most of the time, there will be short periods of led prayer on the following themes:

1.30pm   The local community

2.30pm   The integrity of the planet

3.30pm   The family

4.30pm   Communities needing food and medical aid

5.30pm   Christ’s work in Lower Earley

6.30pm   Peace and Justice

Maria Shkhyan

There will be a small exhibition of some recent work by Maria, an Armenian artist who has donated a beautiful work, “Nativity”, to hang in the chapel.

Schools’ Art Display in the Hall

The New Kitchen

Refreshments will be served throughout the day. Also:

Ploughman’s Lunches from 12 noon - 2.00pm

Cream Teas from 3.00pm - 5.00pm

7.00pm 'Sounds of Salvation' - High energy Christian ska / rock band

Sunday

8.00am   Holy Communion

10.00am Harvest Festival service of thanksgiving

11.30am Church Open for people to drop in and see the new facilities

Refreshments will be served throughout the day.  Also:

Ploughman’s Lunches from 12 noon - 2.00pm

Tea and Cakes from 3.00pm - 5.00pm

3.00pm-5.30pm   Relay reading of the 100-minute Bible

Buildings Fund Update

Although we are close to our target, we still need to find the remaining £8,400 and need your help with this, please.  If you can make a donation or set up a standing order or organise a fundraising event, please contact either Richard Munday or Alex Robinson.

A big thank you to all who have helped in any way so far!

Thanks

Job Opportunities

Schools Worker

Reading Schools’ Christian Work Trust ...... is growing!

·         Do you have a heart to reach young people in schools
with the good news of Jesus?

We need a second schools worker to:

·         Further develop the work in secondary schools through
assemblies, RE/PSHE lessons and clubs

·         Work in partnership with the existing schools worker, volunteers and youth workers

·         Help to expand the transition work from year 6 to 7

·         Support Christian groups in schools

·         Inspire and encourage churches to serve their local schools

In return we offer:

·