News from the archives
The following page includes archive information from previous What's On pages. See What's On and News for current and recent activities.
On Sunday 1st March, 2009, Westlea Church celebrated Fairtrade fortnight by having a Fairtrade breakfast.
. Donations from the breakfast raised £95 for
safe water projects run by Samaritan's Purse.
We followed the breakfast with the Church's Annual General Meeting interleaved with the service.
At Christmas 2008, rather than giving gifts and Christmas cards to everyone in the Church, donations were received and instead we bought a bog (toilet) and safe water for 36 people from Oxfam as an "alternative gift from the Church to the Church". At the Nativity Service on 14th December 2008, £150 (and various groceries) were collected for the Swindon Food Bank - thank you to all involved!
During the week of 11th - 17th May, 2008, 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, 2008 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, 2008, 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, 2008, 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. This banner is now regularly displayed at the Sunday morning services.
On Sunday 2nd March, 2008, 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.
In May 2007 we walked, from Barbury Castle to Ogbourne St George and back.
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