Do some DIY
Saturday 4th February has been designated as the day for a Working Party to attack a list of jobs which have been pending for quite a while. Various jobs available, with different (or even no) skill levels needed. To discuss how you can fit into this party please have a word with Philip Norman beforehand, or just turn up on the day.
Church Anniversary 2012
Missing from the list of dates for the year in December Spotlight: the Church Anniversary 2012 will be held on 10th June, when the speaker will be Revd Neil Durling, minister of Bessels Green Baptist Church, Sevenoaks.
Youth weekend away
The youth weekend away will be happening from February 10 -12. Please pray for preparations being made. Further details next month.
All of the services in the church are recorded digitally and for the last couple of years a CD has been created of each one. In recent months the take-up of CDs has been very low – most weeks nobody borrows the CD and it ends up just being put on a shelf. While the cost of creating the CDs is low, there is little point in doing it if nobody is going to listen to them.
Starting from January, I have proposed that we stop producing the CDs automatically for every service, but that we continue to record them digitally and store the recording on computer (which costs nothing). This way, it is then still possible to create CDs from those recordings at any point in the future. If anyone would like a CD of any service (even if it’s a while ago) I am very happy to create one for you at any time.
When this matter was discussed at a Deacons’ meeting, concern was expressed that those who are housebound due to illness may be missing out on hearing the service because nobody has thought to take them a CD. If anyone is going to visit a member of the congregation who is housebound and you think that they would value being able to catch up with recent services, let me know and I will happily provide you with a bundle of CDs (please give me a couple of days’ notice).