The Church Of The Holy Rood -- Wool, Dorset, U.K.
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The Church Of The Holy Rood -- Wool, Dorset, U.K.
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Details of our Services in 2010Are to be found on the Services page, here.
Coming Attractions . . .
Coffee Morning & Ploughman’s LunchTuesday 10th August 10.30 – 2.00 pm 23 Hillside Road, Wool Bric-a-brac - Books - Raffle - Cake Stall - Produce - Bring & Buy
Come and meet friends over coffee, and then stay for a Ploughman’s Lunch, as we help to raise money for this year’s Shoe Box appeal !
All are very welcome to come along to this annual event for such a very worthwhile cause. If you have any doubts about whether the shoe boxes ever reach their intended destination, come along anyway and find out for yourself by speaking to Pauline Matthews who can tell you what happened when she went out on the other end of this giant operation to give some of the finished boxes to the children. (This year Pauline is hoping for a target of 600 shoe boxes.)
You may also like to bring along shoe boxes and/or items* to put in them. The age groups range from 2 up to 16 years, boy or girl. *ITEMS SUCH AS: Toiletries; Hair Care; Writing Materials; Small Toys; Sweets (small bag of wrapped sweets not chocolate) Clothing (hats, scarves, gloves, socks, mittens, pants/knickers)
There will also be a box in Church (Holy Rood) for anyone who would like to make a donation.
The next "Revive" service will be in Wool First School Hall on 1st August at 4.30pm (Tea) and 5.00pm (Service) Theme: What makes us sick?
Future ServicesSee the Services pages for brief details of planned services and some other future events.
Recent Events
Connect 2010
Sir Tom Lees (left), part of a Christian Community holding camps on this site 40 years ago, praying with Revd Rob Richards for God's blessing on Connect 2010
Connect 2010 was a five-day teaching and worship event, held at Holton Lee from Wednesday 14th July to Sunday 18th July 2010, where hundreds of people of all ages could connect and grow together in Word and Spirit. The last three days included family camping and a change of flavour as many young families invaded the site. More than 30 South Dorset churches were involved (including our own Holy Rood and our friends from Wool Methodist Church) in what turned out to be a huge event. It was held at Holton Lee (between Poole and Wareham), just a few minutes walk from the sea in Poole Harbour and with its own stunning heathland walks in its 350 acres. The programme was varied and packed with possibility: days and evenings were filled with teaching and worship sessions (all were optional and all were popular!) interspersed with walks and craft activities. As time did not permit doing them all, some difficult choices had to be made. The family weekend (July 16, 17, 18) included a full programme of children’s activities in their own separate marquee, a chill out zone on Saturday evening for 13's to 17's plus a variety of fun family events throughout the weekend. The event was a great source of both blessing and challenge to all of us who went. There will be some more details on a separate page shortly. Most of the comments we heard included sooner or later the phrase, ". . . I do hope we can do this again next year!". So - if you agree, (or if you wish you had gone but just couldn't manage it) now would be a great time to begin to pray. We'll need a real desire genuinely sent from God, and his gifts of vision, good health and energy in the organisers, to enable Connect 2011 to happen. And thank you to all those who helped this initiative from God to become a reality. Those who had the vision all those months ago, those who prayed, and all the heroes who worked so hard from all those churches, fellowships and denominations - you all make an amazing team.
High Street Close Fayre - Saturday 3rd July 2010We were very fortunate to have a good day with plenty of sunshine and a little wind to help keep the temperature down. We would like to express our thanks to the residents of High Street Close for holding the Street Fayre. We would also like to thank all those hard working people who gave their time tidying the Close beforehand, erecting bunting, putting up signs, transporting tables and chairs, manning stalls and providing scones and jam, etc for the cream teas and the ladies who prepared them. The superb raffle was well supported and we are very grateful to those who donated prizes (a list of prizes and winning numbers is available on request). Of course a big “thank you” to all those who supported us by coming along and making a successful afternoon. The total raised, so far, is £1338 And very well done and thank you to all the hard working organisers. It was a happy and fun occasion!
Bishop's Appeal for Trevor and Tina Stubbs' work in JubaPlease see the separate page.
Church maintenanceThere are many small ongoing jobs in the church and the churchyard that need to be done on a regular basis. If you feel you could help in any way or you would like to know more details please contact one of the Churchwardens. Ken Baynton 405025
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