The True Spirit of Christmas Giving – World Gifts This Christmas:
Thank you all who contributed, we collected £170.10. The chosen gifts are as follows:-
Chirpy Chicks x 1 £20, Emergency Water x 4 £20, Emergency Food x 1 £50, Self Watering Gardens x 2 £40, Weatherproof Crops x 3 £36, Colouring Pencils x 1 £4, Total sent to CAFOD £170.
would like to thank Choir Members of South Down Singers, Sally Purcell & Helen Fuller, for the beautiful arrangements, created for our concert on 3rd Dec, for the Children With Cancer Fund.
: On Sat 17th Dec from 10.30am until 11am, there will be Carol Singing in the Polegate Precinct near the Station. All voices welcome!
Our next afternoon tea will be Thurs 29th Dec at 2pm, “Pre New Year’s Party” also £5 please. Music for all along with quiz and bingo. Let’s make it a great party, see you there!
Our visit to Staverton Nursery was very enjoyable. Hiring the Cuckmere Bus was the best idea. Ramp for our walkers, very polite and helpful driver who is a Catholic. We will certainly use the bus for our future outings; not until Spring though. Read this newsletter for future outings.
James Leslie Westcar (15th Anniv.) on 13th December & Margaret McLean Westcar RIP
Evenings of Reflection for Confirmation Candidates/Youth Groups:
St Martha’s, Bexhill on Sea on Friday 3rd February from 7pm to 9pm. You can book your places here Evenings of Reflection (03-Feb-2023) · ChurchSuite Events
Sunday 4th December, 15 years anniversary.
This will take place on Sunday 11th December at 3pm, in St Wilfrid’s Church followed by mulled wine/tea & coffee/mince pies and tombola in our hall. Everyone is invited Catholics and Non-Catholics, so if you have friends who would like to come, they are very welcome. Any prizes for the tombola for men/women/children, bottles of wine/spirits! Or variety of gifts including mince pies either homemade or boxed from the shop. Please leave in our hall/church porch Wed 7th or Sun 11th, before or after Mass.
CAFOD – The True Spirit of Christmas Giving, World Gifts this Christmas: We are collecting for gifts for the poor and needy throughout the world. Many new ideas for helping “those in need” have been introduced this year. Due to your great generosity for this worthy cause, we have collected £161 so far. The collecting box will be available for one more week in the church porch/hall. Lets see if we can make this a record for 2022. We will publish the result in next weeks newsletter with the various gifts we have chosen. Thank you.
Sunday 4th December, St Wilfrid’s Church after Mass.
