CHURCH NEWS

 

The last few Parish Magazines are presented here for you to view:

FINNINGLEY PARISH PLAN

 

After the successful launch of the Plan and a break of a few weeks to holiday the group is re-convening with a meeting arranged for Mon. 23rd June at 7.15 in the Village Hall.  We have had several expressions of interest from villagers and are now going to work towards the objectives named in the Plan.  There is a lot for us to do in order to achieve success and anyone wishing to join us will be very welcome.  The areas in which we hope to work are as follows

· Activities for young people

· The Environment: improving the quality of our village surroundings.

· Traffic Management.

· Activities for the elderly.

· Events to encourage a community spirit.

· Play and recreation facilities.

If you have an interest in any of these matters please give us your practical support.

 

Contact: Cynthia Scully on 770992     or Maureen Marson on 770862  

Finningley Youth Club

 

More Volunteers Needed !

 

Some of you may not be aware that the Youth Club, which runs fortnightly in Finningley Village Hall, is sponsored by Finningley Church.

 

It opened in September last year and caters for young people from 9 –13 years of age.  The leader is Phil Mearns, who, although not a member of our church, is a practising Christian and feels he has a real calling to run this group.  There are now on average about 20 children who attend on a regular basis, which would indicate that the Club is flourishing.

 

Including Phil, and Ruby Metcalf there are just four people who regularly  help at the club nights, this is really not enough if one of them happens to be away for any reason, and he would really appreciate some extra help.

 

So would any of you consider helping in some way? Phil would appreciate people who would on occasions like to share a skill or interest they might have – e.g. drama, photography, sport crafts…. Or would commit to helping on a regular basis –once month – two months – six weeks – whatever they could manage  or be prepared to be ‘on call’ if regular helpers not available.

 

Contact Phil for more info on: 01302 772924

 

Cricket Team

 

Bawtry Church have taken up our challenge and are happy to play a match, but because of the holiday season almost already underway, not until early September.!

 

– contact Chris or Stephen on 770607 for more info

SUNDAY CLUB CELEBRATION

 

This September our Sunday Club, here in Finningley, celebrates its 25th Anniversary - we stareted way back in September 1983.

This is something that I feel needs celebrating and I hope that you agree. We are therefor going to hold a service to mark this occasion on September 14th at 3pm (15.00 hrs) in Finningley Parish Church. This will be a short and informal service, followed by refreshments in the church.

If you, or someone you know, has been a Sunday Club teacher or were one of the kids who came (or still comes) and after 25 years this must amount to an awful lot of people, please take this as an invitation to come to this service - it really would be great to see you all - come and join the celebration.

We really look forward to seeing you.

Karen Robinson

More info on 01302 770607

 

 

 

Copyright: Len Hornsby 2008