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Remembrance Service
Despite the rain, members of the Parish Council, church and Scouts, Brownies, Cubs and Beavers from Breadsall and Oakwood met to remember lives lost during the 2 world wars. The church was full and, following a service, met around the memorial to hear the names of the fallen and pause for 2 minutes.
Further information about those who are commemorated is being added to the site - please follow the History section. It may be a couiple of days before all the information is uploaded, so please be patient and check back.
Thanks to Stuart Brown of Littleover, we now have a link to a Roll of Honour site. This gives much more information on those commemorated on our War Memorial. Please follow the links section to find this site.
Rev. Nick Watson announced on Sunday 26th October that he has been appointed as Team Rector in Wednesfield near Wolverhampton. He will probably start his new position in March 2009. Prior to that, he will be having surgery again on his foot.
UPDATE 16 November
Nick will now have surgery on 2 December and will be out of action for at least 8 weeks. Please remember Nick in you prayers. During this time, please address urgent matters to other members of the ministry team.
The Harvest Supper and Barn Dance last Saturday (4 October) were enjoyed by all who attended. Thanks to all those who organised the event and the band for leading us though the dances. For many, the highlight of the evening was seeing Amber and Thomas enjoying themselves. For some photos of the event, please see the galleries.
The PCC has approved a request to seek FairTrade status for the church. This involves seeking to promote the use of Fair Trade products and to use them whenever possible for church activities.
A barbecue will be held in the Memorial Hall and playing fields area on Sunday 22 June. This will be a chance for all residents of the village to share in a time of food and fun. There will be games for all the family as well as the usual fare. Soft drinks will be available - alcoholic drinks will have to be provided yourselves as a drinks licence is not available for this occassion.
The event is being organised by the social committee of Breadsall church and invitiations will be sent to all residents of the village as well as church members and friends from Oakwood.
Open from 1pm to 4 pm - come and go as you please.
The pudding evening and quiz night on Friday 9 May raised the sum of £341.40 to be donated to Christian Aid. The evening was well attended and enjoyed by all. Many thanks to the girls of y:pig for organising the event and to David Wright from Oakwood church who acted as quizmaster.
The Annual Meeting was held in church on Monday 21 April. At the meeting, Mavis Collins and Ray Dennis were elected as Churchwardens for the coming year. Joyce Hufton was thanked for all the work she had put in over the last year. Ray will officially start in this role at the Archdeacon's visitation in May. Date to be advised. Also elected to Deanery Synod were Jane Williams, Fran Monahan and Chris Prior. One vacancy remains if anyone is interested. Elected to the PCC were Amy Rees, Kate Somerfield and Mike Allwood. Lizzie Paish agreed to take on the role of PCC Secretary.
During the Good Friday service, we took the unusual step of transforming the Christmas Tree into an Easter Cross, symbolising the wholeness of the Christmas and Easter stories as together displaying God's purpose for Christ on earth.
The tree was adorned with a crown and the letter INRI - Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews Presents of the peoples' prayers were brought to the foot of the cross. Ribbons representing Christ's blood outpoured were added to 'decorate' the tree.
In this photo, Amber is adding her ribbon. The tree was kindly donated by her parents last Christmas
