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Remembrance Sunday (8th Nov) and Armistice (Wed 11th Nov) in Congresbury and Banwell:

As you will appreciate things are going to need to be a little different this year.

There will be a Remembrance Sunday Service in both Villages on Remembrance Sunday:

  • Congresbury at 10.30am
  • Banwell at 3.00pm

Unfortunately, we are not able to have the usual parade by members of the community and by the Uniformed Organisations, and the service will need to be limited to a very small number of invited participants. But we will be Livestreaming both services through the New Creation Facebook Page and also the Love Banwell and Love Congresbury pages.

You can access the Services by watching LIVE via the Facebook pages

Congresbury at 10.30am: –

www.facebook.com/NewCreationChurches

www.facebook.com/LoveCongresbury

Banwell at 3pm:-

www.facebook.com/NewCreationChurches

www.facebook.com/lovebanwell

or catch up later via Facebook, the New Creation website: https://www.newcreationchurches.org.uk/  or New Creation YouTube Channel : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXn34qIXlXBeOAmO1M1KbBw/

Armistice Day – Wednesday 11th Nov at 11.00am:

  • Congresbury – we will be livestreaming a short service from outside the War Memorial Hall. Unfortunately, we cannot invite people to join us as this is subject to ‘the rule of six’. We will be gathering at 10.45 and will be livestreaming to both the New Creation and Love Congresbury Facebook Pages.
  • facebook.com/NewCreationChurches
  • facebook.com/LoveCongresbury
  • Banwell – there will be a small service outside the Church in the Churchyard at 10.50am led by the British Legion.
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Giving to the LOCAL Marcus Rashford Initiative through Love Congresbury and Love Banwell:

In various parts of the country local Cafes, Pubs, Shops and other Food Outlets are offering children who would otherwise rely on Free School Meals the opportunity to get a simple free meal through their establishment.

After being approached by some local business owners, Love Banwell and Love Congresbury would like to offer their support towards this initiative.  As Half-term is upon us this coming week we will be working hard with those who have already approached us to make this possible and also try to liaise with key people at our local Primary schools especially to try and get the word out to those families they know are particularly vulnerable and would benefit most.

Initially, Beth Ashton-Hilton (New Creation Treasurer along with Bob Mitchell) is happy to manage small financial gifts towards supporting this project which we are calling the “Local Marcus Rashford Initiative.”  If you wish to give a small donation to this fund such as £2, £3 or £5 then details of how to do this are given below.  Being part of Love Banwell and Love Congresbury and therefore an existing Charity behind it means we can also claim the Gift Aid on donations if you are a taxpayer.

Once we have got through Half-term, we hope to then develop more established links between local businesses, the schools and others in order to prepare with a little more time for Christmas unless wider circumstances change.

Further details will be posted on the website www.newcreationchurches.org.uk, along with the New Creation, Love Banwell and Love Congresbury Facebook pages as we develop the scheme and co-operations with other local organisations so please look out for updates.

www.facebook.com/NewCreationChurches

www.facebook.com/lovebanwell

www.facebook.com/LoveCongresbury

In the meantime, donations can be made by bank transfer or cheque to the appropriate church which is then designated to Love Banwell or Love Congresbury.

Love Congresbury

Cheques made payable to St. Andrew’s Congresbury Parochial Church Council

Electronic Bank Transfer: Bank: NatWest Sort Code: 60-23-32 Account No: 72280484

REF: LCMRash

 

 Love Banwell

Cheques can be made payable to Parochial Church Council of Banwell

Electronic bank transfers: Bank: NatWest Sort Code: 60-23-32 Account No: 41720210

REF: LBMRash

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All Souls’ ‘Service of Remembering’ in Banwell this Sunday

Our annual All Souls’ Service will be held this Sunday, 25th October in Banwell and live streamed to our Facebook page from St. Andrew’s, Banwell at 4pm. It will be available to view on our website shortly afterwards.

If you would still like to add names, please email kirsty.bowles@newcreationchurches.org.uk or phone 07871 513151

Please note that by submitting names this year, you are giving permission for them to appear over the livestream.

If you know someone who would like to attend this service in the physical church building, please do get in touch as we can accommodate a few people in church.

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Annual All Souls’ Day Service – a Time of Remembering:

Each year we remember those how have gone before us, and particularly this year, it has an added poignancy both for those who have sadly lost loved ones during this time of the pandemic and also for those who have felt the loss of loved ones during this time from years past more acutely because of the Lockdown and isolation.

We are going to be holding two All Souls’ Day Services over the coming weeks:

For Banwell on the Sunday 25th October at 4.00pm

For Congresbury on Sunday 1st November also at 4.00pm

Anyone is very welcome to join us online as Kirsty and the Technology Team will be Livestreaming both services.  (As to how to do this Please see Kirsty’s instructions below)  PLEASE ALSO have a candle available to light at home as part of the service.

We also have space for a small number of people to attend physically, based on the usual Worship Guidelines for both Churches. But, PLEASE you will need to let us know, in advance that this is you wish.  You can do so via email, phone, or by dropping us a line (see details below).

If you would like your loved one’s name read out as part of the service, please can you let us know again by email, phone, or by dropping us a line.  Due to the service being online as well this year, we can only read out those names we have been given permission to read so WE NEED YOU to get in touch and let us know – doing so complies then with GDPR rules.

To get in touch re names, and/or wishing to attend in person, please contact:

  • for email – Lisa Stannard at lisa.stannard@newcreationchurches.org.uk
  • for phone – Congresbury Church Office (for both Banwell and Congresbury) on 01934 833126. PLEASE include the names you wish to have remembered, and leave ALSO YOUR name and phone number, and also which Church you are wishing to attend, so we can get back to you.
  • For written replies – Congresbury Church Office (for Banwell and Congresbury), Station Road, Congresbury, North Somerset BS49 5DX. Again, PLEASE include the names you wish to have remembered, and leave ALSO YOUR name and phone number, and also which Church you are wishing to attend, so we can get back to you.

 To join us online:

You can access the Services by watching LIVE via the “New Creation Facebook Page” : https://www.facebook.com/NewCreationChurches/ or catch up later via the New Creation website: https://www.newcreationchurches.org.uk/  or New Creation YouTube Channel : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXn34qIXlXBeOAmO1M1KbBw/

Please pass these details on to anyone you feel being part of such a service may be helpful.

Thank you.


Matt Thomson.

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Church APCM’s

The Annual Parochial Church Meetings and Election of Churchwardens will be taking place over the coming weeks. These have been postponed from April due to the COVID restrictions.

Anyone may attend these meetings and all are very welcome, although the churches themselves are obviously subject to the same restrictions as church services, so we will be welcoming the majority of people via zoom.

Please see joining details below.

Banwell APCM

Friday 16th October 2020 at 7 PM

Please log on to zoom at 6:50pm for 7pm start.

To Join the Zoom Meeting – please click the link below

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83342933361

Meeting ID: 833 4293 3361

 

Congresbury APCM

Wednesday 21st October 2020 at 7:30 PM

Please log on to zoom at 7:20pm for a 7:30pm start

To Join the Zoom Meeting please click on the following link and, when prompted, enter the passcode.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85023159350?pwd=a3RuRGk3TGFrYlVnQko5aFpzTk9aUT09

Meeting ID: 850 2315 9350

Passcode: 796275

 

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Special Harvest Service THIS SUNDAY 11th October

Join us this Sunday 11th October for a special joint Harvest Service at 10.30am.

We will be LIVE in both Churches, St. Andrew’s, Banwell and Congresbury with a video link between the two which will also be Live-streamed to our Facebook page and will be available to view here on the website afterwards.

This is the first time we’ve attempted anything like this so please do bear with us, but we hope to bring Harvest blessings to our physical and online communities.

We will be collecting donations of food, specifically long-life items e.g. rice/pasta/sauces as well as snacks crisps/biscuits and drinks tea/coffee for the Foodbank and Somewhere to Go.

Donations can be dropped off at either church either the days before the service (please note that the churches will be closed on Saturday for cleaning as per COVID regulations) or for the week following the Harvest service.