Diary dates

Diary Dates for St Mabyn church 

Two events are being kindly organised by the Friends of St Mabyn.  We are still fundraising to pay for our kitchen / toilet building project. 

Johnny Cowling at the church 6.30 pm on 28th  April, 2019 with a Rock Gospel concert. Tickets £10.00, (include light refreshments )available from Esther Dudley. Tel: 841534

 Choral Concert  - Saturday 11th  May, 2019 –  7.00 pm in church.

Exultate Singers are an accomplished chamber choir of 45 singers based in Bristol. They have performed in more than 150 concerts, broadcasts on BBC Radios 2, 3, 4, the World Service and Classic FM and have appeared on BBC’s Songs of Praise and The One Show. See their website exulate.org.uk for more information on this outstanding choir – a date not to be missed!

Tickets £10 from Fina Stannard (01208-840176 or fina.stannard@gmail.com) or online from www.exultatesingers.org.

St. Mabyn Church kitchen and toilet project

After many months of planning and fundraising, we can now confirm that our new kitchen and toilet are installed and ready for use!

To bring our beautiful church in to the 21^stcentury, the plans of having this sort of luxury seemed insurmountable. Our churchwarden Rob Turner, however, took a different view and has worked tirelessly to see the project through.

Plans were drawn up by architect – Ian R. Jamieson (services given gratis) and eventually approved. Thanks to some great fundraising, building commenced in early January 2019. Bright Ideas of St Tudy (Dave Holborow, ably assisted by Si, Charlie, and Mash) have made an incredible job for us. They were clean, tidy and considerate workers. A great team, faultless workmanship and always punctual too! We thank you.

The whole project would have been much harder to come by however, without the very generous donation of £6,000 by the Friends of St Mabyn led by Esther Dudley, through their own fundraising efforts. We also secured a grant of £1,125 from the All Churches trust for which we were also very grateful.

Two further grant applications are still pending, and it is hoped that these and further Friends fundraising planned for the first half of 2019 (concerts in church by Johnny Cowling and Bristol’s acclaimed Exultate Singers) will cover a further significant proportion of the balance, financed in the short term from PCC funds.

The project will mean that as a church we can offer better catering facilities for church services and events. Mores to the point, visitors can use the 'throne room' and stay comfortable – very valuable for the children and elderly who use the church.

Do drop by to see the new kitchen or come along to our Pancake party on Tuesday 5^thMarch at 7pm, to see it in full action. No charge ~ Jan Fisher

St Mabyn Christmas Donation

On a beautiful sunny day after our heavy snowfall in February, Jenny Coltart and myself set off for an afternoon visiting Little Harbour, Children's Hospice South West at Porthpean, St Austell.

We were unsure of what to expect as I clutched a very full donation box – money raised from donations in lieu of Christmas cards last year, and from our Christmas Crib service at St Mabyn.

We were greeted by Ann and Mary, 2 volunteers from the hospice who showed us around the beautiful grounds and Little Harbour building.

Wow! We were overwhelmed with the facilities there for families and children with life limiting illness. Beautiful kitchen, family lounge and dining room, hydrotherapy pool, soft play area, games and craft rooms. A beautiful multi-sensory room and sensory garden. Love and regard poured into every aspect including the beautiful chapel area and memorial room.

The attention to detail that the design team had considered was incredible. From the staff – the care and thoughtfulness was simply staggering to the point that when a child returns for respite, their room is just as they left it – even though it had likely been used many times in between. Their favourite bedding is on, favourite toys at the ready and so on.

The hospice is truly an inspirational place, filled with love (laughter and noise when the children are there) and where families can be themselves, recuperating and supporting each other during tough times.

We were very pleased with our donation - £122.74p – so thank you to EVERYONE who contributed to this worthy cause last Christmas!

For more information about Little Harbour and how to donate, take a look on chsw.org.uk – Jan Fisher

Johnny Cowling LIVE!

Diary Dates for St Mabyn church

As we all settle down to the new year and start a new diary for 2019, we thought we would give you some advance notice of events planned at St Mabyn church! Two events are being kindly organised by the Friends of St Mabyn.  We are still fundraising for our kitchen / toilet building project and we hope to announce further information about this soon!

Pancake Party – Tuesday 5^th March, 7pm. All welcome! There will be light entertainment following the pancake feast. For more information – please contact Carol Grigg: 841276

Johnny Cowling at the church 6.30 pm on 28^th  April, 2019 with a Rock Gospel concert. Tickets £10.00, (include light refreshments )available from Esther Dudley. Tel: 841534

 Exultate Concert  - Saturday 11^th  May, 2019 –  Ticket prices / time to be confirmed

Exultate Singers is an accomplished chamber choir of 45 singers based in Bristol. It has gone on to perform in more than 150 concerts, broadcasts on BBC Radios 2, 3, 4, the World Service and Classic FM and has appeared on BBC's Songs of Praise and The One Show. See their website exulate.org.uk for more information on this delightful choir – a date not to be missed!

We hope to see you there!

St Mabyn Church Remembers....

We are preparing for our Remembrance Day service this year, somewhat special as most of you will know that this year it is 100 years since the guns fell silent on the world's first truly global war. To commemorate this day, we are organising a special display in church with 100 hand made poppies and a display about the 11 fallen men whose names appear on the village war memorial. Those men were so young.....If there are any individuals or organisations in the village who would like to add to our poppy collection please ring Jan Fisher on 01208 852182. They can be knitted, crocheted, paper, card, painted pebbles or so on! The display will be open from 6th November until 24th (BUT poppies can be added to this display anytime up until the 24th!). We do hope you will pay a visit to the church to say Thank You to those men and all, who lost their lives during this war in particular.'To the Glory of God and in grateful memory of the men of St Mabyn who fell in the great war'
AKH

Prayer Group

The Revd David Seymour and The Revd Steve Williams will soon be starting a Cluster prayer group. It will probably meet fortnightly, with dates and venue to be confirmed. 

The sessions will particularly explore the riches of silent and contemplative prayer but will also include periods of Bible study and shared prayer. If you would be at all interested in knowing more, please contact David on 01208 850088 or at drrseymour@hotmail.co.uk.