The Electoral Roll is being revised prior to the Annual Meeting. Anyone who is not already on the Roll (if you have joined the church in the last 12 months for instance) and now wishes to be added, please obtain the appropriate form from the back of the Church or from Margaret Seaman, Electoral Roll Officer.

The annual meeting itself will be held on Sunday 25th April, after the 10.15 service.  This meeting will be an important step in the church as we will for the first time be appointing a joint Ecumenical Parish Council rather than two separate committees, so please do turn up.  The meeting should be expected to last until almost 1pm, when anyone who wishes to is invited to a bring-&-share lunch.

Salmon forms with full details of the Away Day on Saturday 24th April have been available at the back of both churches for the last couple of weeks.  The day will cost £10 each (to cover the buffet lunch and a donation to St Mary’s Church), and is on the theme of Discipleship.  The day runs 10am – 4pm.

Please strongly consider going, and return your form to the parish office as soon as possible.

Title: Sing with the band
Location: St Alban’s Church
Link out: Click here
Description: An event by the RSCM for Bristol and Swindon. This workshop includes the Flowers Brass Band from Gloucester and choirs and individuals are invited to attend for a rousing session of singing.
Please contact Nigel Walton or Andrew Kirk if you want to take part (via webmaster@westburyparkchurch.org.uk if you don’t have contact details).
£3 per head.
Start Time: 14:00
Date: 2010-02-27
End Time: 17:00

Title: Darkness into Light: an Evening of Sung Music, Food and Drink
Location: St Alban’s church and hall
Description: Please support this fund raising event for the church fabric fund (i.e. maintenance and repairs).
To mark the gradual lengthening of the evening through Lent, we are presenting an evening of sacred and secular sung music from Europe. We shall sing music by the Romantics – Rachmaninov, Grieg, Bruckner, Rheinberger – and Early musicians – Monteverdi, Palestrina and Tallis.

This will be accompanied by a light buffet with savoury and sweet period food, deliciious wines and frothing Bath ales.

Adults : £8
Concessions : £4
Families (up to 4 children) : £20
Drinks from the bar extra.
Start Time: 19:30
Date: 2010-03-06

(With Churches Together in the Westbury Area)

The year’s Lent Course will be based upon the book Planetwise by Dave Bookless, and is an opportunity for each of us to explore how we care for God’s world.

For venues, days and times – starting February 23 – see this month’s Tandem.  Fliers and sign-up sheets available from the back of church or the parish office.

Title: Parish Awayday
Location: St Mary’s, Leigh Woods
Description: The theme of the day will be discipleship. Many of the details are still to be decided, so please pass any ideas onto the office. Cost will be no more than £10, with concessions and family discounts.
Book the date now!
Date: 2010-04-24

The next St Alban’s Players production will be The Snow Queen.

26-28th November,  7.30pm

Also Saturday 28th November, 3.30pm

£7.50 (£4.50 for children)

Reflections on Human Dignity from a Children’s Hospice.

Guest Speaker: Fr Mark Birch,
Chaplain of Helen House, Oxford
Thursday 19 November
St Alban’s Church
7.30 pm Mass – Requiem for Fr John Bradley
8.00 pm Fr Mark Birch:  Reflections on Human Dignity from a Children’s Hospice.

ALL WELCOME
Further details from: Liz Badman

Messy Church

Ever thought that church was too neat and tidy?  Well, come to Messy Church instead. There will be an hour of craft, a short service and then we’ll all have dinner together and finish about 6 o’clock.

Once a month at 4pm at Westbury Park Methodist Church.

For all ages – but especially primary school aged
children and their families and it’s absolutely free.
Come straight after school and have a drink and
biscuit before we start at 4pm.

Contact us for more information.  The next Messy Church is on October 14th.

You are invited to

a service of celebration

for all that Westbury Park Methodist Church has been

and all that the partnership will be

at 10.15am on September 20th

at which our preacher will be

Revd Ivan Selman

(ex-Minister of WPM)