ST GILES FARNBOROUGH - EVENTS, NEWS AND NOTICES

 

 


Fabric Maintenance Morning

Saturday 25th October
9:30am to 12:30pm


Calling the gentlemen and ladies of St. Giles.  Please come along and spend a few hours helping in our Churchyard and Church. Bring rakes, tree saws, forks, shovels, spades, brooms etc.



Meet in the church grounds

Andrew Bailey

Charity in Focus

St Giles Centre Refurbishment Appeal

Our regular charitable support activities are curremtly mostly suspended in favour of fundraising for the refurbishment of St. Giles Centre.

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Monthly Bulletins

It has now been 5 years since we started sending out our monthly Bulletin as a result of the Covid pandemic and I know from various feedback that the Bulletin is very much appreciated. 

Going forward I remain very committed to making sure that all of us who love St. Giles are kept informed not only of what is going on at our Church but encouraged in the understanding and practice of the Christian faith. 

In the future we will continue to write to you but every other month making sure that our bulletins coincide with the important occasions in the Church's year.  Our next Bulletin will be sent out in September.

Matthew

Recycling Stamps for Charity

Thank you to everyone who has donated stamps for Against Breast Cancer UK. As I write this, you have donated over 1kg of stamps. I will be removing the box from the porch of St. Giles at the beginning of March and sending off the collection.

Please continue to save your stamps. I have collected for my chosen charity for two years now, and I think it has been very successful. If you would like to use this as a means for collecting for your chosen charity in the future, please create a box and put a notice in the pew sheet and the magazine.

Helen Roberts


St Giles Coach Trip to
Canterbury Christmas Market

Wednesday 3rd December 2025

Join us for a festive day out at the magical Canterbury Christmas Market — a perfect start to the Christmas season!



Tickets: £18. These sell out fast, so book early to avoid disappointment!

Carol:Fryer 07951 725069
carol@stgileschurch.uk

St Giles Children's Groups

This term we are trialling a slight change to how we run things for our children and young people at St Giles.  

Sunday School will be for both juniors and seniors, working on the same themes. I have put together a booklet of extension activities for the older children which they can work on alongside the juniors. These older children may now join us whenever Sunday school is running.  



Youth Group is for any secondary school aged child/young person and so those seniors who worked with us last year are invited to join us, as is anyone else who fits into that age group. 

I hope these new arrangements will suit everyone's needs. Do get in touch if you need any further information.   The children's area at the back of church will always be there for our younger under 3s and at All Age Worship.

Irene Dancer

Bromley Food Bank

I am writing to express our heartfelt thanks to your congregation for supporting Bromley Borough Foodbank this Harvest season.  Your continued support of our charity is invaluable, enabling us to assist those who are most vulnerable in our community.



Please find attached your
Food Bank Certificate, which you are welcome to print and display. Please accept my apologies for the delay in sending this out to you.

Thank you once again for your continued support of Bromley Borough Foodbank. Many thanks and kind regards,

Gabrielle  
Bromley Borough Foodbank




ABOUT ST. GILES CHURCH



All Souls Service

Sunday 3rd November 6:30pm

At this time of year it is our custom to gather together to remember our loved ones who have died.  This year the All Souls services will take place on Sunday 2nd November. 

The invitations to the services are in the process of being distributed to all those who responded in writing last year.  The Parish Secretary has put in the Church porch invitations addressed to those people she recognises as regular congregation members.  If there is not an invitation letter for you, and you are expecting one, it may be that it is in the post. 

Any letters not picked up by Friday 18th October will be posted as the closing date for responses is Fri. 25th October.  Spare invitation letters are in the Church porch.

Community Larder &
Warm Space

Tuesdays from 10:30am

Just a reminder that our Community Larder runs every Tuesday morning at St. Nicholas church.



We are now also opening up our building as a 'Warm Space' from 10.30am - 12.30pm every Tuesday. Anyone can come along and enjoy the Warm Space from 10.30am, and will also be able to access free fresh food and grocery items from the Community Larder from 11.30am onwards, along with a free cup of tea or coffee.

Please do advertise the Community Larder and the Warm Space initiative to anyone you know who may be interested,