A Fabulous Tea
A superb Afternoon Tea was served to parish volunteers by the Ministry Team on Sunday 21 April. Parishioners sat at tables and were offered a wonderful selection of homemade sandwiches, cakes and biscuits. It proved to be a great time of fun and fellowship.
Many thanks to our churchwardens, Hilary & Ticia, for organising such a lovely event, and thanks to the Ministry Team for serving up a fabulous afternoon!
Car Boot Sale Success
We were blessed with a sunny day. Over 20 cars arrived, were expertly directed into parking positions, then opened their boots and set up their stalls. A happy community event with refreshments consisting of hot dogs and various drinks available, and with some serious trading going on, resulted in a fun day which raised over £1100 for the Stained Glass windows repair fund. Well done to everyone who helped and took part.
Bishop Adie
Many of you will remember Bishop Michael Adie who passed away recently. The Rt. Revd. Michael Adie, Bishop of Guildford from 1983-1994, died on 4th March, 2024. His funeral will be at 11.30am on Monday, March 25th at Guildford Cathedral. All are welcome.
Mothering Sunday
It was a memorable service on Sunday March 10th at St Thomas. Look at the fun everyone had making over 90 beautiful posies to give out to the mothers on Sunday.
Tilford's Parish Magazine
The March edition is ready. Click here for the flipbook version
Brambleton Hall Newsletter
We're nearly there!
A cleaning day was held last Saturday to prepare for the final stage of decorating inside the newly laid out area at Brambleton Hall.
Keith Newman has prepared a super Newsletter to bring us all up to date with the work done so far and the work still to do. Click here.
The Bourne Parish Eco Group News
Plastic fantastic! by Alison Ousey
Last year I took on the challenge of plastic free July and tried to go single-use plastic free for a month…. and failed. Miserably. Amazing to think that just 70 years ago we wouldn’t have seen much of it at all.
Did you know:
- Every piece of plastic that has ever been created still exists.
- 430 million metric tonnes of plastic are produced worldwide every year of which 2/3 is for short-lived usage.
- 8 million tonnes of plastic end up in the ocean every year.
- Only 9% of plastic produced is recycled. 79% ends up in landfill or the environment.
The UN report, “Turning off the tap” considers “How the world can end plastic pollution and create a circular economy”. Change will be driven by governments and companies, but what can we, as individuals and consumers do ourselves?
WHAT CAN YOU DO?
Take part in the big plastic count between 11-17 March!
Without a proper understanding of the problem they face, governments and companies cannot devise suitable manufacturing and waste management regulations and systems. By recording all your household plastic waste between 11-17 March and uploading the data, it can be analysed as part of finding the solution.
Sign up HERE!
WANT TO DO MORE?
There are just over 28 million households in the UK. If each household were to reduce the amount of single use plastic by just one item per week, that would make 1,456 million fewer single-use plastics thrown away per year in the UK alone. Why not give it a go?
NEED SOME HELP AND MOTIVATION?
Why not try the Giki Zero app / web pages? Giki is a step by step guide to help you understand, track and reduce your carbon footprint – Find out more HERE!
Why not join the St Thomas Eco Committee and help our church community move towards a more environmentally friendly future?
For more information contact Ticia: churchwarden_ticia@thebourne.org.uk
Phyllis Tuckwell Fundraising Recruiting for Open Gardens
Needing funding more than ever with the project of rebuilding the Hospice well underway, this is a delightful way to raise money.
Would you like to Open your Garden?
Please help if you can. To find out more please call 01252 729446 or email fundraising@pth.org.uk
Tilford's Parish Magazine
The February edition is ready. Click here for the flipbook version
A warm welcome to Rachel Sturt
Rachel was born into a Christian family in Aldershot as the daughter of a businessman and a teacher. Her father was a church warden at Holy Trinity and she later married Tim, the son of the organist.
She trained as a nurse at St. Thomas’ Hospital. After qualification children intervened and she took a break from nursing; Tim and Rachel are parents to three grown-up sons.
The family became members at St. John, Churt, where Tim was appointed organist. It was here that Rachel heard the call to train as a Pastoral Assistant, and subsequently to ordination. She trained at STETS and was ordained in 2011. By this time she had returned to nursing at Farnham Hospital and later as a Practice Nurse in the town. More recently she has assisted with Covid-19 vaccinations. She served her curacy at Wrecclesham and Hindhead and was a volunteer hospice chaplain. She was appointed Associate Priest at St. Lawrence, Alton. At the same time she took the role of Anna Chaplain for the Alton area. Recently she has been considering where God is now calling her.
Rachel is helping at The Fridge and the Ridgeway School and will be assisting Sandy across the parish, including at Anchorstone Care Home and Highfield School.
A big thank you to Patrick O'Farrell on his retirement
On January 16th, Patrick presided over his final communion service at St Thomas' and there was a large gathering at Tuesday Coffee morning after the service to thank him for his wonderful ministry here in The Bourne Parish.
He will be greatly missed as our priest but we hope to share some of his retirement time with him and Wendy as they enjoy a little more time together.
January 2024 Update on Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice
Local charity Phyllis Tuckwell is continuing to provide the same expert, compassionate Hospice Care as it always has, from alternative locations, while building work on its new Hospice progresses.
Its In-Patient Unit (IPU), which offers symptom management and end-of-life care, has been temporarily relocated to Camberley. It is under Phyllis Tuckwell management and the care provided there is given by the same Phyllis Tuckwell staff as in the old Hospice.
Its community team continues to care for patients in their own homes or care homes, providing support for them and their families as they live everyday life with their illness, and offering compassionate end of life care for patients who are spending their last days at home.
Its Living Well services for individual outpatient appointments and groups are based at the Beacon Centre in Guildford, which has recently been refurbished and now includes new consulting and group session rooms, updated IT infrastructure, energy efficient LED lighting throughout, and flooring materials and colours appropriate for dementia care.
Phyllis Tuckwell provides Hospice Care for people who are living with an advanced or terminal illness, such as cancer, and its new state-of-the-art Hospice will enable its specialist teams to care for more local patients and families in the coming years.
“We are very much open for business throughout the duration of the build – whether patients come to us and are cared for on our IPU or at our Beacon Centre, or we visit them in their own homes or care homes,” said Sarah Church, chief executive at Phyllis Tuckwell. “There’s nothing more important to us than caring for people who are living with an advanced or terminal illness, supporting them through to the end of their lives. We are delighted to be able to continue providing all our services whilst we build our much-needed new Hospice for our local community.”
To find out more about Phyllis Tuckwell’s new Hospice project, visit www.pth.org.uk/new-hospice