What's On
Christmas Services at Westlea this year are:
- 14th December at 10am - Nativity Service
- 21st December at 6.30pm - Carols by Candlelight
- 24th December at 3pm - Crib Service
- 25th December at 10am - Christmas Morning Service
The collections over the Christmas period will be going to the Swindon Food Bank. At the Nativity Service on 14th December £150 (and various groceries) were collected for the Food Bank - thank you to all.
For details of services at churches elsewhere in the Partnership this Christmas click here
The following other activities are coming soon:
- Saturday 27th December (8 - 9am) - Monthly prayer meeting.
- Sunday 1st March 2009 - Church Annual General Meeting following Church Service.
See Regular Events for more information.
News
During the week of 11th - 17th May, members of Westlea Church visited streets through Westlea and Eastleaze to deliver envelopes and collect for Christian Aid Week
This year we managed to raise £946.03! Thank you to all who donated. If you missed the chance to give and wish to do so, please go to Christian Aid Week
On Saturday 26th April, 18 members from all 5 churches in the Partnership (and friends) and 1 dog enjoyed the beautiful spring sunshine by walking round part of the Cotswold Water Park. The walk followed a mixture of paths and quiet roads and led to the Cricklade Water meadows where we picnicked among the dandelions, cowslips and snake’s head fritillaries. 80% of the UK's snake's head fritillaries grow here. After lunch we followed the Thames Path back to the start. Click here for more details of where the walk was and pictures of the walk and the flora we saw.
On Sunday 20th April, 15 members of Westlea Church (and friends) headed down to walk round West Woods. The weather in the run up had not been ideal so the Bluebells were not as spectacular as on previous visits. Another week or two and the blue carpets may well be greater. Despite the previous week, the weather was fine and despite everyone's comments there was NOT that much mud! Click here for more details of where the walk was and pictures of the walk.
We proved a fortnight later that it could be muddier and the Bluebells were better as can be seen in the walk report.
On Thursday 17th April, 30 children ranging in age from 0 to 8 with their carers took part in a variety of activities at Westlea school arrived at Westlea Church in the School for an afternoon of stories, songs and crafts on the theme of God’s wonderful creation.
After hearing the story of the creation the children scattered to enjoy various crafts. These included decorating animal biscuits, planting seeds, making bird cake, animal masks, stained glass fish,
finger puppets and many more. Energy was expended on some parachute games before the children sat down with their drinks to hear some more stories. More crafts followed and everyone went home tired but happy.
During the afternoon, thanks to the skill of one of our members, the children completed a banner with a creation theme. This will be used each week in Church to help us all focus on God’s wonderful world.
On Sunday 2nd March, Westlea Church celebrated Fairtrade fortnight by having a Fairtrade breakfast. We followed the breakfast with the Church's Annual General Meeting. The following is a summary of the meeting
- The Leadership team and other positions within the Church were approved.
- The accounts for 2007 were accepted and the budget for 2008 approved. It was noted that the budget for this year will be a challenge for all.
- The charities that Westlea Church support were agreed to be the Emerge project in conjunction with NCounter for the next three years and the Swindon Harbour Project for the next year.
All Saints
Lydiard Millicent
Holy Trinity
Shaw
St Mary’s
Lydiard Tregoze
Toothill
Westlea
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