Well not really, but at the end of September, Chris will stop selling the stick-on happy smiling faces and smiley slogans. The profits have been going to the Talent Scheme for the Building Together Fund and the money is due back in September. She still has a stock of smiles to sell, and from then on she will smile for free.

Please contact her on 01772 682503 if you want to buy any of the remaining stock.

I am organising Out of nothing, a labyrinth-like installation for Harvest weekend (24^th–25^th September) and am collecting together various things I need.

Do you have any of the following?

• large globe, preferably one that lights up inside
• glass prisms or other light effects,
• nice oil lamp, lava lamp or similar
• orrery (motorised solar system)
• large hour glass
• small astronomical telescope
• a goldfish (in a bowl)

If you have any of these and are willing to lend them for the weekend, can you please contact Peter after 4^th September?

Thanks.
God Bless.

Peter

A prayer handbook, to accompany the Coast to Coast Walk has just been published. We would encourage you to download it and use it in your prayers next month, whether you are walking or not.

The BBC reports:

The 90-year-old founder of the French-based Taizé Christian ecumenical community has been stabbed to death at a prayer service.

More from the BBC.

We are pleased to report that we have now raised £79 850.37. The final total for the Moor Park event is a staggering £2 148.50 which has exceeded our wildest dreams. Thank you once again to all who took part, raised money and helped out. We shall certainly be running a similar event next year. We have also received another generous donation of £450 from the Keep Fit women and another £50 from Evans Halshaw. Our grateful thanks to them and to Richard Holyfield.

The book sale brought in £375.24. We were pleased to see that it was supported by folk from outside the church family. Our thanks to Liz Huddleston, Jan Astley, Morag McManus, Lin Fenton, Janet Porter and Joan Hardman for selling the books; to Edna Armstrong for serving the refreshments; and to Sue Penrith, Cynthia and Steve Grice and Ann Done for tidying up, etc. at the end.

Sponsored Coast to Coast Walk

The next major fund-raising event will be the Coast to Coast Walk (1^st - 17^th September). Sponsor forms are available and you can even sponsor the walkers here. You can also find the timetable which was published in the last NftP. Please use the timetable as a reminder for your prayers each day as we travel along this journey of faith, joy and hope.

Forthcoming events

Some more distant dates for your diaries:

Thursday, 29th September

Mike Atkinson will continue His Story.

Saturday, 15th October

Autumn plant sale in the afternoon and we welcome the Avenham Singers in the evening.

Saturday, 22nd October

The jigsaw puzzle sale has now become a craft sale. We hope to be selling jigsaws on Saturday, 12th November.

Saturday, 26th November

Christmas Fair

Wednesday, 14th December

we hope to arrange an informal carol singing evening in the parlour.

The collection on NCH Sunday raised £97 (£59 of which was Gift Aided). On behalf of NCH, thank you very much.

The NCH house to house collection will take place during September. There are never enough collectors for the designated roads but this year we have a particular problem in that several of the regular collectors will be involved in the Coast to Coast walk. If you could help out this year, please contact Barbara Hothersall (716203) before the end of August. Thank you.

There will be a Craft Day at Church on Saturday, 22^nd October at 10.30. This will include lots of craft demonstration, displays and sale stalls and refreshments. Please note the date in your diary and tell your friends.