Friends Newsletter
We were very excited to hand over 4 blankets to John Wilemsen
at the end of October for the Link Shoebox appeal. They will be
packed around the shoe boxes as an exta gift for those in need.
Special thanks go to Teresa Dickie,
Lesley Hummerston and Audrey
Hogston for the amount of squares
they produced between them and all
the sewing up they did. Also to
Wendy Rutterford for all the wool she
supplied.
We are now nearly fully booked for Christmas lunches. At the time of writing we have just 7 spaces
left at 12.15pm on Tuesday 9th
December, 5 spaces left at 12.15pm on Wednesday 17th
December
and a quite a number of spaces available on Thursday 4th
December 12.15 & 1pm or Wednesday 17th
December at 1pm. If you have booked please make sure you have paid your £5 deposit and told us
your menu choices by November 17th
.
We will, very shortly, be making a start on the volunteer’s rota for December and particularly the
Christmas lunch days. It may mean that our normal shift pattern will need to change and we
definitely will need more staff on a Christmas lunch day. Do please consider if you are able to do an
extra shift on 1st
, 4th
, 9th
, 12th
or 17th
and let us know ASAP.
On the subject of Volunteers, Bethan has been organising the Saturday rota for next year and there
are still a few gaps. For those of you who don’t know, the Saturday rota is on a 6 week rotation so
each team only works 1 Saturday in 6. You can volunteer for as little as 2hrs once every six weeks, to
as much as a whole day, 10am-3pm. If you have never volunteered with us before or it’s been a
while, we are more than happy to give training/ refresher training.
In the run up to Christmas, we will be taking a selection of
Cornerstone stock to a number of events in the local area. On 22nd
November 2.30-4.30pm, we will be at St John’s Autumn Fair and on
5th
December we will be at Wantage Dickensian Evening. Please do
pray that our stalls will be successful, not just in sales but in
promoting the Cornerstone. If you are available to help at either of
these events, do let me know.
Our main meal this month will be a Roast Dinner on Wednesday 26th
November. Do look out for
posters in the shop and on our website for more information.
Don’t forget our Prayer Breakfast this Saturday 8th
November. I won’t be able to make it, I’m afraid,
but I will be with you in spirit.
God Bless
Sarah Shewring