2009
Christmas services at St Paul's: in addition to Advent services at 9:15am each Sunday, all were welcome to the Midnight Mass Communion service at 11:30pm on Christmas Eve.
Saturday 19 December: Vista Crew Big Sing, 2-6pm with the Ukulele Orchestra of Spalding; £1, proceeds to Christian Aid
Christmas Eve at St Paul's
11:30pm Midnight Mass Christmas Communion service, with Rev Vaughan Pollard
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Friday 18 December: Christmas meal cancelled due to adverse weather
Tuesday 1 December: 6 - 7pm CTS&D Prayer Meeting @ St Thomas's Road Methodist
Thursday 17 December: 2pm, St Paul's school Christingle with Rev David Clune (pictured, right), remembering the meaning of Christmas
David Clune's apiary Elloe Honey on sale at St Mary & St Nicolas shop (November 2009) and at St Paul's (13 December 2009)
Sunday 29 November: 9:15am worship with Rev Andrew Burnett
Sunday 29 November: 3.00 pm Light up a Life celebration, remember a loved one and support St Barnabas Hospice
Monday 9 November: PCC in the church hall
Sunday 1 November, All Souls Day: 4pm service on Sunday 1 November; an opportunity to remember those who have been close to us.
Flower Festival planning: 7pm on Thursday 29 October at 27 Elloe West Avenue
Sunday 18 October: worship at 9:15am was led by Rev Peter Garland
Saturday 28 November, 9am - 12 noon: Jumble Sale and Bric-a-Brac stall in our church hall, raising over £100.
Sausage & Mash with Lance Corporal Derrick 'A Kenyan Experience' on Saturday 21 November has been cancelled.
Parish Profile remained available on both this website and St Mary & St Nicolas; the closing date for applications was 15 October; interviews on Wednesday & Thursday 18 & 19 November 2009 with notification of the new vicar on 29 November.
Worship on Back to Church Sunday was led by Rev Andrew Burnett
Art Classes began again on Friday 18 September in our Church Hall from 10am -12 noon.
St Paul's PCC met in the church hall on Monday 21 September
Harvest Festival with Rev Peter Garland; collection for Tear Fund at our 9:15am service
Harvest Festival lunch: 12:30pm on Sunday 4 October at St Mary & St Nicolas, and
Harvest Supper: 7pm on Monday 5 October in our church hall
St Paul's school harvest service: 9:30am, Thursday 8 October, with Rev Vaughan Pollard including hymns and songs: The Farmer comes to scatter the seed; Lord of the Harvest; We plough the fields and scatter and Paint Box with a collection supporting a children's village in Gambia.
Sunday 11 October: extended communion at 9:15am with Peter Gorton
Flower Workshop, Saturday 10 October 2009
For those who would like to improve their flower arranging skills at St Paul’s on from 11.00 am - 4.00 pm.
Canon Tim Barker: 3:45pm Collation service was on Sunday 6 September at Lincoln cathedral
Sunday 13 SeptemberA warm welcome to Rev David Curran, leading our service this Sunday.
Sunday 6 September We were delighted to welcome Rev David Hill, previously of St Mary's, Pinchbeck, as celebrant on Sunday.
26 July: Communion is now being distributed by dipping the bread in the wine in accordance with national recommendations - suspending use of the Common Chalice - as a precaution during the Swine Flu outbreak; communion reverted to normal distribution in mid-December.
19 July: Farewell Parish Lunch for Canon Tim Barker and services at St Mary & St Nicolas. Picture shows the Barker family at the farewell lunch; l-r Tim, Judy, Christopher and Katherine
May: Those who had been part of the 11am congregation at St Paul's leave the 9:30am Family service at St Mary & St Nicholas, moving to the Parish Church Day School on Stonegate, Spalding. See also 3 July & 10 July 2011.
February: St Paul's 11am congregation departs to join the 9:30am Family service at St Mary & St Nicholas.