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                                                               Call for caring volunteers

                                        Christmas Care will provide temporary shelter for homeless and lonely people and those in need over the
                                        Christmas period from Thursday 24 December until Tuesday 28 December at Queen’s Drive Methodist Church.
              Lawn & Hedge Cutting • Maintenance   Reliable volunteers and shift leaders are needed to help run the project. Preparation meetings take place
               General Garden Tidy • Patios • Turfi ng  at 8pm on Thursday 11 November and Wednesday 17 November.
               Give your garden a makeover  Details of how and when to donate items such as blankets, towels, clothing, food and money to the project
              Call John Dowell on 07892 436198  will be published in the December Link.
                  [email protected]     For details call Patsy Maloney on 642368 or Betty Spence on 485483.

              TERRY WINTER                                                   Shoebox appeal gets help
              MONUMENTAL  STONEMASON                                      from cast of new Narnia movie
             New memorials - Additional inscriptions
              Old memorials cleaned and renovated                  Spread some Christmas cheer to children in Africa, Eastern Europe
              Free estimates • BRAMM accredited                    and Central Asia - and this year to youngsters in Haiti.
                  Over 25 years’ experience                          To mark the twentieth anniversary of the Operation Christmas Child
             Tel: 01793 861035 or 07935 309644                     shoebox appeal, 20th Century Fox and the cast of the new Narnia movie
                email: [email protected]                  Voyage of the Dawn Trader are helping to promote it.
                                                                     Locally, members of the Church of Christ the Servant in Abbey Meads
                                                                   are hoping for a bumper year by collecting 1,000 shoeboxes, a target
                   Stitches Sewing                                 which they’ve almost reached in the last two years.
                     Service                                         If you can help call North Swindon co-ordinator Diane Charlesworth-
                                                                   Herbert - Mrs Shoebox - on 700618.
               Dressmaking, Alterations and                                   Narnia appeal video: http://bit.ly/xmaschild
                Repairs, Bespoke Costumes
                                         Mobile Hairdresser                     www.operationchristmaschild.org.uk
             Also Furnishing – Curtains, Cushions and Blinds etc.

                 Friendly, reliable service  Mobile: 07970 079681

              Contact Jean on 07887 600319  Home: 01793 323400
                                                                     Church celebrates tenth year in North
                                                                   North Swindon Baptist Church (NSBC), perhaps the lesser known of
                                                                   the churches in the area, fi rst met at the end of November 2000 to show
                                                                   the love of Jesus, and to meet needs within the community.
             ANYTHING TRANSFERRED ONTO DVD DISC                 HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT . . .  The  church  has  no
              Specialist in Cine Film Transfer, Camcorder   RAINWATER HARVESTING   HEAT PUMPS  building,  so  meets  in
               Tapes, VHS Tapes, Camcorder Discs  SOLAR WATER HEATING   WIND TURBINES
              We collect and deliver over a wide area  SOLAR ELECTRICITY         . . . then give us a call  Abbey  Meads  Com-
                                                                   munity School, both on
              T: 01793 705333 / M: 07831 575758  Tel: 01793 772277   www.rainwindsun.com   Sundays and through-
              PO Box 2079, Manvers St, Bath BA1 3TJ  E-mail: [email protected]
                                                                   out the week.
                                                                     All ages are catered
                                                                   for  through  the  wide
                                                                   range  of  activities:
                                                                   Sunfl owers parent and
                                                                   toddler group, the Best
                                  Join us in worship on Sunday mornings  Club Ever (for primary
                                       Westlea Church, Westlea School: 10am  school  children),  The
                           St Mary’s, Lydiard Tregoze - the church in the park: 10am  Friday  Night  Thing
                        All Saints’, Lydiard Millicent - the church in the village: 10.30am  for secondary aged pu-
                                                                   pils), teen Bible stud-
                                              Holy Trinity, Shaw: 10.30am  ies, Preacher’s Football   Leading the church Pastor Fraser Kay with his wife Casey
                                                Toothill Church: 10.30am  held  at  the  Haydon   and children Cameron and Harrison
                                     For details of these and our other services                                                       Centre,  family  fun  events  and  a  Details of all these activities can be
                                         call the Partnership Offi  ce on 874221  recently introduced Over 50s group.  found at www.nsbc.org.uk
                                                                     The  church  also  runs  regular
                                                                                                Up to 100 people gather on Sun-
                                    Email: partnershipoffi  [email protected]   Christianity  eXplored  courses  days at the school and all comers
                                www.wswinlyd.org.uk                where  people  can  fi nd  out  more  are welcomed. See the advert below
                                                                   about  what  Christians  believe.  left for contact information.
                Anglican • Baptist • Methodist • United Reformed Church


                                                                                                On Thames Avenue
                                                                                                next door to
                                          Sunday Worship 10.30am                                Morrisons
                                         Sunday School and Creche                               Contact:
                                             Meeting at Abbey Meads                             Revd Raymond Adams
                                                 Community School
                                                                                                Tel: 634258
                                                                         St. John’s Haydon Wick

                                                                                      Sunday Services
                                                                            9am    Traditional communion service
                                                                            11am   Eventful, contemporary worship
                                                                                   with children’s groups meeting
                                                                                www.stjohnshaydonwick.org.uk




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