Notices
Thank you
To everyone who worked at the summer fair, especially Lin, Barbara Phil, Alistair and the BVCA -well done. Your time and effort is precious and acknowledged. A special thank you from St Barnabas to Heather, Andy, Ian, Gill, Clive, Lesley, Julie, Jenny H and Sue who did a fantastic job making the church welcoming and raising £175 through donations and the small games. The kneelers on the book rests look amazing and are well worth a look. We will leave them like that for a few weeks so that people can see. If you were around in 1982, which one did you do?
Confirmation at St Barnabas Limassol
We pray today for their confirmation and for our sister Edna who worshipped with us while her sister here in Bromborough was dying.
Garden party at Thelma and Ian’s home
9 Westminster Drive CH62 6AN
Everyone is invited to Thelma and Ian’s house on Saturday 21st June between 3.00 pm and 5.00 pm. Plenty of prosecco, cups of tea, scones, jam and cream. Let’s all pray that the weather is as good as it was last year. There is no charge for this but donations for church funds will be welcome.
The new cake/biscuit list is out
Please sign up if you would like to donate cakes or biscuits for our Church refreshments. They can be bought or homemade. You could also donate money so we can buy the cakes for you. Thank you. Fiona
The next PCC meeting
The PCC meet in the Centre at 7.00 pm on Thursday 19th June. We are still looking for one more member. Anyone? You need to be baptised and on our electoral roll.
Rectory Garden gates
Parishioners are welcome to cut through the rectory garden. However, please make sure that the gates at the start and end of the path are firmly closed. There have been a couple of times lately when one or other has been left open. It is an easy mistake to make – I have done it. Thanks for your help. Jenny
Book your place for our upcoming Craft Evenings
Secure your place via Heather (07970 481686), Gill, Kay or email crafts@stbarnabasbromborough.org.uk £5 for each evening to be paid on the night, cash/phone or card.
- Friday 11th July 7-9pm: Craft Pick & Mix – choice of 5 crafts in one evening, includes sketching, crocheting, colouring, and decorative lighting. Choose your craft(s) on the night. Maximum 30 places.
- Friday 19th September 7-9pm: Fun, flowers & fizz- with a Harvest flowers theme. Maximum 18 places. There will be a follow-on opportunity to showcase your floristry skills on Saturday 27th September, ready for Harvest Festival on Sunday 28th September!
Flower arranging workshop in Neston
Neston Flower Society to invite anyone who may wish to become involved in arranging church flowers, to a workshop on 16th September 2025 at Neston URC Church Hall between 10am and 3pm, cost is £15.
If you are interested please contact Barbara Fisher Neston Flower Society Secretary barbfish54@gmal.com
Link with St Barnabas Church Limassol
My grateful thanks to Dianne Dagnall who has agreed to be the link person for St Barnabas Limassol in Cyprus. Edna will send news to us through her (and me) and we can therefore add their life to our prayers as they add ours to their own. Links with other churches are important: it reminds us that we are not alone. It reminds us that faith looks different in different places but even so, we share in one Lord. In my experience, links add to who we are and make us stronger.
Pastoral Visiting Team
We thank Carol for her many years of making sure that everyone at home or unwell was regularly contacted and I was kept up to date about your well-being. Carol feels that currently this is not a role she can continue though she is pleased to still answer the phone on behalf of the parish. I have always appreciated her team working approach and trusted her judgement in terms of when to contact me and when not.
Moving forward, I would like to set up a Pastoral visiting Team. Volunteers would have some training with particular focus on issues of Safeguarding. People will then be encouraged to visit in pairs and build relationships with a small number of individuals. Naturally, one of your roles will to keep me updated about how people are. If you are interested in doing this work (it could be as much as one visit a month) then please let me know either via email, phone or by text. We will then gather people together to do some training and planning.
In the meantime, please may I remind you that only visits to people you know well and as an act of friendship should be undertaken. Apart from those who currently take Holy Communion, no one is encouraged to visit people you are not friends with in a way that someone might interpret as on behalf of St Barnabas.
Notice of funeral
Jean Horan’s memorial service will take place in St Barnabas Bromborough on Thursday 3rd June at 12 noon. Jean was a long serving faithful member of the parish and your support in this final act will be appreciated by her family and her life-long friend Wendy.
Barbaras Baxter’s friend Anne
…would like to thank everyone for their love and prayers. She is still in Walton Hospital but it appears that the problems were caused by a virus and not a bleed on the brain. Lots of healing still to do but thank you Jesus for bringing her safely to this point now.
Help needed on Tuesday 17th June at lunchtime.
Is anyone available to make tea and coffee for chapter on Tuesday? It is needed for about 12.30 am. I am happy to clear away after so that you do not need to stay once it is served. Many thanks Jenny
About The Electoral Roll
You do not have to be confirmed to be on the electoral roll. Forms available at the back of Church. Lots of people still not signed up. Do talk to me if you are holding back for any reason.