Notices

Full Annual Accounts...The full accounts for year ending December 2009 are now available here or on the downloads page.

The Word for Today and the Word 4 U Today: … copies of the United Broadcasters' booklet for August, September and October are now available at the back of St. Andrew's. Please take one.

Hanford Church – Licensing Service … Shaun’s licensing as Resident Minister of Hanford and Associate Minister of Trentham will take place at St Matthias’ Church, Hanford on Thursday, 9 th September at 7.30 pm. Further details will follow, but members from both our congregations are warmly invited to attend.

North Staffordshire & Stoke-on-Trent Funding Fair … Wednesday, 6 th October 2010, 10.00 am – 3.00 pm at the Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Hanley. Newcastle Community & Voluntary Support, Staffordshire Moorlands Community & Voluntary Services, Voluntary Action Stoke-on-Trent, The Saltbox and Stoke-on-Trent City Council are giving an opportunity to organisations in the North Staffordshire region to meet external funders and learn about funding opportunities. The free event is open to anyone from North Staffordshire, working in the voluntary and community sector, schools, social / community enterprises or is looking for funding. For further details contact: Helen Anderson at Saltbox telephone on: 01782 207200 or email Helen@saltbox.org.uk

The Knitwits Group … will continue to meet at St Peter’s, Room 2 through the whole of August. Everyone is most welcome. We meet from 2.00 pm until 4.00 pm each Monday afternoon. As you know we knit for many charities and our stock of wool is running very low. If you have any double knitting wool or 4 ply to spare we would make very good use of it Many thanks. June Holford (614469).

Please Note … Michelle will no longer be in the Church Office on a Tuesday as she will be working in Newcastle Methodist Church on that day.

Sunday Holiday Club … many thanks to everyone who has agreed to lead the Sunday Holiday Club over the summer in the Parish Room. Please see the rota below:-

Sunday 5 th September Holiday Club 3 to 11 years Simon & Lynne Wright

St Andrew’s Working Team … is looking for volunteers to help out and undertake small items of painting and repair in and around the Church. Our recent Quinquennial survey has identified a number of small DIY tasks that we plan to complete over the summer months. Please contact Alan Swanborough (616152) or Bob Baker (613064) if you can offer help.

World Watch Prayer Link from Tearfund … This is sent out each week from Tearfund.It shows examples of areas of the world where prayer has transformed lives and also where prayer is required. It is a snapshot of how God is working in the world. Each week Tearfund identifies places,people and issues that really require prayers and are not necessarily areas which dominate the news headlines. Please do stop and read the prayer link on the mission noticeboard as you leave St Andrew’s and shape your prayers on some of the issues highlighted. Prayer does change things. www.tearfund.org

Prayer Rota ... Did you know that day by day we pray for each street in the Westlands and those who live there ? Leaflets entitled "Praying for the Westlands Area" are available in both Churches. Please pray with us, either at home each day at a time to suit you, or join us in Church (7.30 a.m. Monday to Saturday; 9.00 p.m. each Saturday evening and 10.00 a.m. every third Thursday of the month).

Book of Remembrance...On the first Thursday of every month, at 10 am there is a Holy Communion service in St. Andrew’s at which the names for that month in the Book of Remembrance are read. Coffee afterwards in the Parish room.

Fair Trade Stall ... Fair Trade goods will be on sale on the 3rd Sunday of each month in St Andrew’s Church Hall , following the 10.30 am service. Rice, pasta, biscuits, chocolate, coffee, tea etc will be on sale - please purchase and make a difference to people living in the undeveloped world. Find out more on the Fairtrade page.