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Creeting St Peter
vicar
As a result of Christine Everett's retirement last year, we are
currently 'in vacancy'. However we are extremely lucky to
have a dedicated group of volunteer ministers, working hard to meet
the needs of the four parishes in the benefice, including Creeting
St Peter. In the first instance of anything to do with
the church, please contact either Alice Mathewson, Churchwarden on
722271 or Revd. Barbara Gallagher, Local Priest on 711337.
Thank you
Christmas at Creeting St
Peter Church
It was very good to see so many people in church over Christmas,
luckily it was not so cold this year. We had various
different events and services, starting with Father Christmas
switching on the Church Lights. This was organised by the
Friends of Creeting St Peter Church, who raise funds to maintain
the fabric of the building, and the PCC. Next was the Toy and Gift
service.
Donations of toys and gifts were made for the West Villa Homeless
Family Centre in Ipswich. As always, the church looked magical lit
by candles for the Carol Service. It is lovely to see the
church full for such an occasion. Special thanks for all the extra
effort made to make the Church look so special for Christmas:
Flowers - Mrs Pennel, Mrs Martin, Mrs French, Mrs Wrinch and Mrs
Risby; Christmas Tree -donated by Mr Wrinch and decorated by the
Mathewsons and Hitts; Floodlighting - Mr Warnes; Carol service
candles - Mr and Mrs Pennel; Organ playing, despite a bad cold -
Janet Bailey; Parking – Mrs Sims for use of her field and Ken for
directing; All the readers; All those who made
refreshments.
Village
Pub
Last month’s Quiz was a lot of fun. We really could have
not fitted one more person into the Church Room for the hotly
contested competition. There were people standing in
corners and sitting on knees! Russell and Steve did a
fantastic job.
The next Pub is on Friday 20 April.
Future dates for your
diary
Plant Sale and Coffee morning – 12 May
Summer concert with Acafella – 7 July
Harp Concert by Candlelight – 27 October
Coffee
Mornings
The next ones are 10 – 12 on: 11 February, 10 March, 14
April
Church Room
availability
The exterior and interior of the Church Room have recently been
painted by the Community Payback Team from Ipswich and it all looks
very smart. The cost of hiring the room is £15 and this
includes electricity and the tables and chairs. The tables
and chairs can also be hired separately for £10. Please call
Violet on 672756 for bookings.
Friends of Creeting St
Peter Church
Nearly two decades ago, St Peter’s Church was
facing possible closure; the Nave and Chancel roof were leaking
badly and the West wall was cracking but the regular congregation
was shrinking and, with it, income. Several people in the village
and surrounding area, the majority not churchgoers or of CofE
denomination did not want this to happen, particularly as the
church was the last community building in the area. So the
‘Friends’ was formed to raise money to pay for the repair and
maintenance of the fabric of the church.
Over the years, we have organised a wide variety
of fund raising activities, including an Auction of Promises, many
different music concerts in the church and elsewhere, fashion shows
and Lighting the Church. Our most recent event was the Harvest
Horkey, which consisted of a two course hot meal and an evening’s
entertainment by Winston the Singing Farmer – a good time was had
by all!
We always welcome new faces into our happy band
for the social activities. You don’t have to be a churchgoer to
join, merely to have an interest in keeping the church in decent
repair for future generations, as previous generations have done
for the last several hundreds of years. For further information,
please telephone our secretary Mrs Houndsfield on 774911 for
details of our next meeting or gathering.
Church
Cleaning
If anybody feels they could volunteer to clean the church for
two hours once a month, we would be pleased to hear from them.
Alice Mathewson 722271
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