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Seeing where some of the
Stitches Sewing
Service Christmas boxes go

Dressmaking, Alterations and After 15 years of fi lling and sending shoeboxes with small gifts for
Repairs, Bespoke Costumes
Mobile Hairdresser Also Furnishing – Curtains, Cushions and Blinds etc. deprived children overseas, Jo Fox from Abbey Meads will be travel-

ling to the Ukraine in January to see where some of them go.
Mobile: 07970 079681 Friendly, reliable service

Home: 01793 323400 Contact Jean on 07887 600319
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MONUMENTAL STONEMASON
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Transfer your favourite
vinyl record or cassette
onto CD-R disc and Jo, front right, at a shoebox collecting session in November
play it back in HI-FI
on your CD player. Jo, 55, a member of North Swin- churches, schools and clubs. “I, and
For details call Re-starting week of don Baptist Church, has been in- others, are addicted to shoebox-
volved with shoebox coordinators ing. We collect throughout the year
01793 527226 16 January Operation Christmas Child since and many of us have set up craft
[email protected]
[email protected] her daughter brought home a leafl et clubs to knit items for the boxes. It’s
Monday 6.30pm - 7.30pm
Eastrop Infant School, Highworth about the project in 1997. extremely rewarding.
By helping with the distribution, “The recipients of the shoeboxes
Monday 8.00pm - 8.50pm and hopefully overcoming her fear respond with gratitude and joy.
Red Oaks Primary School, Redhouse
of fl ying, Jo hopes to gain a deeper For many it will be their fi rst pres-
HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT . . . Tuesdays and Thursdays 6.30pm - 7.20pm understanding of the need. ent. Sadly so many children in the
RAINWATER HARVESTING HEAT PUMPS The Commonweal School, Old Town Jo said the six day trip, paid for world do not receive a gift at any
SOLAR WATER HEATING WIND TURBINES followed by Zumba Toning 7.30pm - 8pm by sponsorship and fundraising, time of year, so each box makes a
SOLAR ELECTRICITY . . . then give us a call Call Claudia on 07933 793851 will help her talk about the work tremendous difference.”
Tel: 01793 772277 www.rainwindsun.com of the charity on visits to Swindon www.operationchristmaschild.org.uk
E-mail: [email protected] or email: [email protected]
St. John’s Haydon Wick
On Thames Avenue
Sunday Worship 10.30am
next door to Sunday School and Creche
Morrisons Meeting at Abbey Meads
Contact: Community School
Revd Raymond Adams
Tel: 634258
Sunday 9am Traditional communion service
Services 11am Eventful, contemporary worship
with children’s groups meeting
www.stjohnshaydonwick.org.uk
Open to all, serving tea, coffee, cakes & light lunches
Fridays and Saturdays: 10am - 2pm

Join us in worship on Sunday mornings
Westlea Church, Westlea School: 10am
St Mary’s, Lydiard Tregoze - the church in the park: 10am
All Saints’, Lydiard Millicent - the church in the village: 10.30am
Holy Trinity, Shaw: 10.30am We will provide trained teams to pray for you. We do not
Toothill Church: 10.30am offer advice or counselling. Everything is confi dential,
For details of these and our other services there is no charge and no appointment is needed.
call the Partnership Offi ce on 874221 We are part of a Christian organisation, the International
Email: partnershipoffi [email protected] Association of Healing Rooms.
www.wswinlyd.org.uk

Anglican • Baptist • Methodist • United Reformed Church

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