Sunday, 26 May 2013
Fun at Pentecost
On
Sunday 19 May, fifteen children from the group of six parishes to
which Nocton belongs gathered in Potterhanworth Church to celebrate
Pentecost. After hearing a brief introduction from Revd Jonnie
Parkin about the story of the Holy Spirit descending on the disciples
with a rush of wind and flames of fire, Judy Dickin (Branston parish)
explained, using figures on a stage of red cloth, that after Easter
and the Ascension, the Holy Spirit descended on the disciples,
guiding them to go out and spread the Good News about Jesus Christ.
This was the beginning of the Church, which is more than a building –
it is the people who all work together, and stand on each other’s
shoulders, who make the Church. What better way to celebrate than
with a birthday cake, beautifully made and presented by Rachael Eades
of Potterhanworth parish. Afterwards, the children guided each other
in games of pin the tail on the donkey. Then they did three
different activities on the themes of wind, water and fire. Everyone
enjoyed forming two teams to blow cotton wool balls with straws
across a table. The water activity was at the font, where each child
tried out baptising and naming a doll. Fire was an activity where
the theme was lighting a candle in the dark, and lighting the way in
the darkness, so that eventually all the countries in the world heard
about the Good News. The children wrote prayers on paper doves and
attached them to a tree during an act of worship. They marked each
other’s palms in the shape of a Cross with a scented oil blessed by
Bishop Christopher called chrism. Two children read
beautifully from the Bible, and the afternoon ended with the singing
of ‘Shine, Jesus, Shine.’
The
next event is a Saints and Heroes party at Nocton Church on
Halloween, Thursday 31 October. It’s a reminder that Halloween
means the eve of All Hallows, that is, the eve of All Saints Day, and
it isn’t all about ghosts and goblins. If anyone who has a Key
Stage 1 or 2 child who is interested in coming along, please let
Carol Bennett know (01526 322930).
Wednesday, 1 May 2013
Annual Parochial Church Meeting
All
Saints held its Annual Vestry Meeting (to elect the churchwardens)
and Annual Parochial Church Meeting (the church's AGM) on 24 April
2013. Ten people attended the meeting at which Nicholas Bennett
stood down as churchwarden. The PCC wishes to record its thanks to
Nicholas for all his work. Liz Murray was elected unopposed but we
are now a churchwarden short as we should have two.
The
qualifications for being a churchwarden are that the person must:
be
baptised
be
named on the church electoral roll of the parish
be an
actual communicant
be at
least 21 years old
not be
disqualified from being a charity trustee under section 72(1) of the
Charities Act 1993
not
have been convicted of any offence mentioned in Schedule 1 to the
Children and Young Persons Act 1933
not be
disqualified under section 10(6) of the Incumbents (Vacation of
Benefices) Measure 1977 (No. 1)
If
anyone fulfils these criteria and would like to discuss what being a
churchwarden might involve, please contact Liz Murray for more
details on 01526 323357.
The
Parochial Church Council (a parish church's governing body) is
re-elected each year. Elsie Horton stood down and again the PCC
wishes to thank Elsie for all her work over many years. The
following were elected as members of the PCC:
Carol
Bennett
Nicholas
Bennett
Ruth
Eagle
Doreen
Green
Chris
Howard
Ann
Kennedy
Ruth
Eagle announced her intention to stand down as Deanery Synod
representative in the near future. Our thanks go to Ruth for
fulfilling this role for a good number of years!
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