Pope’s
July Intention: For Lapsed Christians:
That our brothers and sisters who have strayed
from the faith, through our prayer and witness to
the Gospel, may rediscover the merciful closeness
of the Lord and the beauty of the Christian life.
Quarr Abbey, Nr
Fishbourne, Ryde, Isle of Wight PO33 4ES Thursday 6 to
Tuesday 11 July 2017 10am to
5pm FREE ENTRY to Exhibition, Abbey and
grounds
Isle of Wight Ceramic Artist,
Andrew Dowden, will be showing a collection of unique and
distinctive handmade, hand-carved ceramics and
complementary textured wall art at the Quarr Abbey
Art Gallery.
Quarr Abbey is sited in
tranquil grounds with landscaped gardens, the tea
shop and farm shop being particularly popular with
visitors. The Gallery holds weekly exhibitions,
and is one of the main venues for exhibiting local
art on the Island, having built up a regular
following since opening in 2011. This is an
opportunity to view Andrew Dowden's work and buy
directly from the artist. A percentage of all
exhibition sales goes to the Abbey.
Ideas
and designs for Andrew's ceramic work come from
various sources including nature, machinery and
engineering, architecture, and archaeology. Andrew
was inspired to take up ceramics whilst
researching a book on Isle of Wight pottery.
'Pottery has been made on the Island since
Neolithic times,' says Andrew. 'Learning about
pottery and its history, and actually working
through the different stages of each making
process, has made me appreciate this ancient art.'
Surface texture and form are Andrew's main
interest, and textured designs have also been
incorporated into his oil-painted wall art. A
carpenter for 20 years, Andrew made the teak
frames from a 1950s sideboard.
Ceramic tile
panels, wall plaques and standing forms such as
Tumbling Squares, Standing Stones and Wheel Forms,
together with new work, will be on show. 'I
primarily make pieces for my own interest and
satisfaction,' he says, 'but it pleases me to know
that people who buy my work appreciate it
too.'
The gallery will be open from
10am-5pm each day. Admission is
free.
Additional venue
information: Disabled access - Licensed Tea
room and gardens - Farm shop - Visitor centre -
Bookshop - Old abbey ruins - Woodland walk -
Toilets - Large free car
park
What
could be better than an hour spent in good company
with wonderful music? Come and join Francesca
at All Saint’s Church, Gurnard
for a new Summer series of
piano recitals!
Featuring firm
favourites such as Nessum Dorma, Somewhere Over
the Rainbow, Come Back to Sorrento, Black Eyes,
Someone to Love, Nocturne in C# Minor, The 1812
Overture, Ballade Pour Adeline, The Mary Poppins
Medley and many more hidden gems.
Friday 7th
July and Friday 4th August at
2pm. Tickets £5.00 per person. See you
there!
All
Saints Church, Tuttons Hill, Gurnard -
Summer Fair
Saturday 8th July, 2017
1100hrs to 1500hrs. A variety of stalls will be
available including ‘Home Made Cakes and
Preserves’, White Elephant, Tombola, Books, Toys
and a super Raffle. Light Lunches/Teas,
Coffee.
Games INCLUDING an 8FT SQUARE
Scrabble Board, Bean Bag throwing through a
ladder, Tin Can Skittles and a Boule
challenge.
Subject to weather the event
will be held inside and outside of the
church. Come and enjoy a time
together.
Open
Door Speakers for July and August 2017
– Open Door Meeting
every Thursday at 12
Noon
13th
July
Heath Monaghan
(tbc) 20th
July
Elizabeth
Lilley 27th
July
Ian & Pat
Attrill
3rd
August
Dennis Lloyd 10th
August
Special Service for Colin & Marja
Thornton 17th
August
Lynn New 24th
August
Phillip Dixon
(tbc) 31st
August
Worship in the style of
Taizé
A light
lunch is served after the
service
Activities
@ The Priory
Poetry
Past & Present with Anne Linington – Friday
14th
July
10.30 a.m. Creative Writing with Lynn New –
July meeting to be
confirmed
10.00 a.m. Music and Melodies with June Cox –
Monday 24th
July
2.00 – 3.30 p.m. Walking with Maggie –
Wednesday 26th
July
11.00 a.m.
Some of our Activity
Groups may be taking a break in August – please
contact the Priory for
information.
All enquiries to
Carisbrooke Priory Trust Phone:
01983 523354
Prayer Ministry
available by arrangement – Please ring 01983
523354 for
appointment
The
church of St Saviour-on-the-Cliff in
Shanklin is desperately trying to avoid
being returned to the dark ages if the electricity
supply fails. To escape this bleak and depressing
possibility, which could plunge them into the dim
and gloomy world of candle power, it needs to
raise funds to renew and improve the electrical
wiring. This is a major task and the church funds
were seriously depleted last year by the need to
carry out dry rot eradication work. The electrical
work cannot realistically be done on a piecemeal
basis so until they have the total funds they are
unable to make a start.
The ‘Church
Restoration Appeal’ has therefore been set up to
raise funds for this purpose and will be aided by
a concert given on Saturday July
15thby the popular
Phoenix Choir.
St
Saviours was designed by Thomas Hellyer of Ryde.
The foundation stone was laid on Ascension Day in
1867, it was consecrated in 1869 and has some
beautiful stained glass windows. The
Nativity window on the south side of the church
was designed by Christopher Whall, a leading
stained glass designer and fine examples of his
work can also be found in Canterbury and
Gloucester Cathedrals.
The 50-strong
mixed choir, in additional to some new songs this
year, will also be singing tunes from well-known
musicals and other favourites. The concert
starts at 7.45pm, admission is free with
a retiring collection. There will be a raffle and
interval refreshments.
The church
hopes that you will support this event and help it
continue to see the
light!
Dinner at The Chequers Inn,
Rookley on Monday 17th July 2017 at
7.15pm for 7.30pm.
The guest speakers will
be Matthew and Ruth Reading
Matt, is the son of David Reading, a
long-time member of the Isle of Wight FGB Chapter,
has recently married Ruth in Melbourne Australia.
Matt has completed his second year studying at
Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry in
California, which was where he met Ruth in 2015.
He will return to the USA to complete his studies
in September. Ruth works for an organisation
called HOPE City where she is using her experience
as a teacher.
All Welcome
The cost of the
evening will be £13.50 per person. To book please
contact Sue or Steve Woodford Tel: 528586 or
Email: suepwoodford@outlook.com
The
Summer "STAY AND PLAY GROUP" will meet during the
School Summer break every MONDAY 9.30 - 11.30am
from July 31st until August
21st at Cowes Methodist Church,
Birmingham Road This is open to all ages but
babies and young children must be accompanied by
an adult. Free to play but refreshments
will be on sale.
UNITED
CHURCHES TOGETHER IN COWES "SONGS OF PRAISE"
SERVICE for COWES WEEK
will be on
SUNDAY 30TH JULY AT 6.00
PM
at Cowes Methodist Church, Birmingham
Road led by Rev David Plumb.
All will be made very welcome. Tea
and coffee served after the service
During
COWES WEEK the Church will be open from TUESDAY
1st August to FRIDAY 4th August from
10.30am-2.30pm serving light refreshments.
There
will be an exhibition by Cowes Heritage of the ORP
Blyskawica and Cowes Blitz. There will
be various stalls, including books, nearly new
clothes and bric a brac. All
proceeds for the Church Funds.
August
Events
Foodbank
- Outdoor Table Top
Sales
COME ALONG
AND SELL YOUR CRAFTS, HOMEMADE GIFTS AND SECOND
HAND GOODIES
– AT THE SAME TIME AS OUR
TEXTILE
SALE
DATES: AUGUST
5TH & SEPTEMBER 2ND SET-UP AT 9AM START
AT 10AM UNTIL 1PM CALL US ON (01983) 292040 TO
BOOK YOUR PITCH
(Suggested Pitch fee £5)
Sunday August
13th. 3.00pm. The Old Church
Tower on St. Helens Duver Old
and new Hymns - “The Stop
Band” Peter Wells and his sketchboard - “ A
life story”
Come and join us as we
sing these joyful hymns, and enjoy
this lovely spot
Donations to be
shared between Bembridge Lifeboat Institute and
Admiral Nurses.
Bembridge Area
Christians Together. Tel. 873507 &
874324
La
Folie is a Baroque Consort founded by
harpsichordist and organist Luke Haydn in the
autumn of 2016. La Folie stems from previous
projects with students in the Chichester
area. It has now branched out and includes many
players from further afield; the aim of the
orchestra is to bring some of the lesser-known
works of the Baroque to a wider audience, and to
show that Baroque …older music…doesn’t mean
boring! With a combination of musicians from
across the South coast and London, La Folie brings
historically-informed performances with a grand
sense of excitement.
The Wight
Christian Walkers are visiting the Stones
on August 19th.
Start 10:15 am, 8.5 miles. Ascend to
Longstone, then to Chessell Down (sea views to
south). Through the grounds of Brook Hill
House, down to the Sun Inn at Hulverstone for
lunch. Back through woods and uphill, skirting
the grounds of Mottistone Manor.
To view all Regular and
Ongoing events as a PDF Click
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Ongoing events as a Word Document Click
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Future
Events
PROPHETIC
FOUNDATIONS
True Vine Church in Newport will be hosting a
Prophetic Foundations course from September 26th.
This year we are making it available to the wider
Island Church family.
It will be a fortnightly Tuesday Course with
manuals and workshops. The duration is
approximately 7 months. However, because it's
module based, you can attend the modules that
interest you if you are unable to commit to the
whole series.
The course is free, however manuals and
journals will be needed; this will be at a cost of
£14.
The course is DVD based, with teachings by
Kris Vallotton from Bethel Church, Redding,
California. Kris leads alongside Bill Johnson and
has a credible, established prophetic ministry.
All these teachings are accompanied with manuals
and journals, to help map your prophetic journey,
your relationship with God and to meditate on new
found truths.
Each session will also include 'workshops' so
that you can activate what's been taught and grow
in confidence towards God and others.
This is for beginners and for those who would
like training to move forwards and deeper into the
prophetic gift.... and has already proven to be
helpful and fruitful.
"The chief role of a New Testament
prophet is not to prophesy. Primarily it is to
teach people how to hear the voice of God for
themselves. It is to teach people how to find and
live in the will of God for themselves. It is to
teach people how to move in the prophetic, but
even those things are not the prime gifting of a
prophet. The real ministry of a prophet, I
believe, is to make God radiant, is to tell people
how wonderful, how amazing, how astonishing He is
and to introduce superlatives back into our prayer
language and our witness of who God is."
From APPROACHING THE HEART OF
PROPHECY by Graham
Cooke
Please contact me at maxinestubbings@sky.com
if you are interested or have further questions or
phone 01983539952
Please let me know by
August 30th so I can send off for the manuals
.
Isle
of Wight Songs of
Praise
Sun
24th September 2017 at Cowes
Enterprise College
Thursday
evening 5th October. All day
Friday 6th and Saturday 7th October
2017 Times to be arranged but probably
7 -9.30 pm on Thursday & 9.30 - 4.30 pm on
Friday and Saturday.
VENUE TO BE
ARRANGED BUT MAYBE at CITY GATES
SALISBURY.
Cost will be between £50 -
£60 per person (cheap for someone flying from
USA!!)
This may seem a long way
ahead, but Pastor Patti travels all over the
world and has to plan ahead so we need to have
some idea that there will be a viable
group.
To attend this, you must first
have attended a beginners seminar.... Please
indicate your interest to Maureen and Pennant
Jones in Salisbury at pennant@surfanytime.net We
will try to help with
accommodation.
FREE
training course about terrorism / hate crime
particularly against faith
groups
Workshop
to Raise Awareness of Prevent (WRAP) – Train the
Trainer Target Group: Any
delegates interested in delivering WRAP training
in their workplace Course Aims: Prevent
is part of the governments counter terrorism
strategy, the aim of which is to reduce the risk
to the UK of terrorism by stopping people becoming
terrorists in the first place. The programme
has three main aims:
•
Respond to the ideological challenge of terrorism
and the threat we face from those who promote
it •
Prevent people from being drawn into terrorism and
ensure they are given appropriate advice and
support;
and •
Work with sectors and institutions where there are
risks of radicalisation that we need to address
In order to implement this training across the
island we are asking people to attend a one day
train the trainer event which will accredit
delegates to then deliver basic Prevent Awareness
to other staff within their
organisation. Notes: It is important to
remember that Prevent has come direct from the
Home Office, and as such anyone who agrees to
attend the Train-the-Trainer course will then be
responsible for cascading Prevent Awareness to
others in their service areas/organisation, and as
such must have the time available to do so. To
book a place on this course, please use the
Training Catalogue that can be accessed via the
Employee Self Service Portal.
https://www.iwight.com/trainingcourses/courseDetail.aspx?catId=6&subCatId=25&courseId=2048 If
you do not have access to the corporate network
please complete an online application form and
return to learning.development@iow.gov.uk We
also ask that all delegates complete the online
training module, which can be found here Course
Trainer: Jonathan Finch
Places
of worship: security funding
scheme Apply for
funding for security measures to prevent hate
crime. About the scheme The scheme is one
of the main commitments contained within the
Government Hate Crime Action Plan. It will provide
protective security measures to places of worship
that have been subject to, or are vulnerable to a
hate crime attack. Funding will not be
available for improvements, security upgrades,
crimes such as anti-social behaviour, burglary and
theft of lead from church roofs. You
can bid for funding from 3 April
2017.
George
Verwer, founder of Operation Mobilisation coming
to speak on the
Island
He is provisionally
coming on the weekend of 25/26
November. The programme will probably
include a ministers’/leaders’ breakfast, an open
meeting at Ryde Baptist Church and then worship at
RBC on Sunday morning.
Friday 26th January 2018
with Roy Crowne - Venue yet to be
agreed When we met together this January about
350 of us from across the Island gathered to
worship and benefit from an excellent
speaker. Our prayer is that an even
greater number of us will take these opportunities
once a year to come together as one church on the
Island. Put the date in your diary
now!
More about Roy Crowne Roy
became HOPE Together Executive Director in March
2010 and was previously the National Director of
Youth for Christ in Britain for 12 years. Roy has
written and edited a peer-to-peer evangelistic
training course, called 'The Art of
Connecting'. He was one of the founders of
HOPE 08. HOPE 08 closed its office in 2009, but
since then many churches, denominations and
agencies have endorsed its re-commencement. He is
very excited about Hope going forwards, which will
bring Word and Deed missions to many villages,
towns and cities. He is the most positive and
enthusiastic HOPE visionary you could ever meet.
He will continue his preaching, teaching and
mentoring younger leaders. Roy is married to
Flossie, lives in Rugby and they have two sons,
John and Michael.
If you need to get
Euros for your trip please contact
Nick
Due to
our car breaking down on the M25 our holiday to
the Netherlands was cancelled. ditto collecting
our Dutch tent. As a result we have 1750 Euros
which we are anxious to convert back into Pounds.
So if you are about to go to Europe please contact
me to buy your Euros as the buy back rate is poor.
Obviously I will match the current exchange
rate. I am Nick Mills 07774758101 or millsbuildersiow@live.co.uk
Looking for
Staff
Medina Valley Centre is a Christian
80 bed Field Studies and Activity Centre just
outside Newport and is currently looking for staff
in the following
position:
Domestic Worker
This is a part time non-residential
position of 16 hours a week, early morning shifts
starting from 07.30 am, with some weekend work, to
start as soon as possible. He/she will be
joining a domestic team, the duties include making
up beds before guests arrive, daily cleaning
throughout, including showers and toilets. The
ability to be flexible on which mornings worked is
essential. National Minimum or Living Wage
Rates are paid.
For further
information and an application form contact Frank
Cope, Medina Valley Centre, Dodnor Lane, Newport,
Isle of Wight PO30 5TE, or email frank@medinavalleycentre.org.uk
. For further information about the Centre please
look on our web site: www.medinavalleycentre.org.uk
Source:
Frank Cope frank@medinavalleycentre.org.uk
Centre Manager, Medina Valley Centre, Dodnor Lane,
Newport, Isle of Wight. PO30 5TE . Tel:
01983 522195 Fax: 01983
825962
Free
Guide Tours - St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Ryde
High Street
There
are (free) guided tours of this Grade II Early
Victorian church, designed by Joseph Hansom (of
“Hansom cab” fame). The church has some fine
stained glass by Nathaniel Westlake R.A., as well
as an ornate Lady Chapel with a “Pugin” altar and
wall paintings depicting biblical and devotional
scenes from the bible. It contains a rare
example of a private family chapel within a
Catholic church; that of the church’s foundress,
Elizabeth, Countess of Clare. The church crypt
(open Wednesday to Friday mornings) contains a
pictorial display of the Catholic history of the
Island.
Guided tours are
every Wednesday (until 13th
September). Meet at 11-00am at the
back of the church
External
PT Chaplain – Free Church Non-Ordained Deacon or
Lay Person, HM PRISON ISLE OF WIGHT - ALBANY HOUSE
NEWPORT
An
external PT vacancy for Chaplain – Free Church
Non-Ordained Deacon or Lay Person, HM PRISON ISLE
OF WIGHT - ALBANY HOUSE NEWPORT in Newport (Isle
of Wight) has recently been
advertised (18.5Hrs per
week).
Detail of the post can be found on
FCG website here.
Revd
Bob Wilson, Free Churches Faith Advisor to NOMS
& Secretary for Prison Chaplaincy, Free
Churches Group, 27 Tavistock Square, London, WC1H
9HH 020 3651 8336 bob.wilson@freechurches.org.ukwww.freechurches.org.uk
Volunteer for
NYAS
•
Do you want to make a difference to a young
person’s
life? • Do
you have 1- 4 hours per month to
spare?
We urgently require more
volunteers, so why not volunteer as a
mentor/befriender for NYAS as an Independent
Visitor for children and young people in
care.
As a volunteer you
will: •
Have fun, take young people on outings and maybe
share a hobby, sport or
interest. •
Offer support and a listening ear and be a
positive influence in a young person’s
life. •
Help build self-esteem and
confidence.
You don’t need any
special qualifications. We are looking for
reliable and dependable people from all walks of
life.We will provide training and on-going
support. We will pay expenses to a set
limit.
Here is what some of our young
people and volunteers have to say about this
rewarding
role: • I
like how my Independent Visitor isn’t anything to
do with social services and is here to support me,
not to
judge. •
They have boosted my confidence. Now I feel
like when I go places I can just relax and have
fun. • My
Young person always looks forward to me coming.
They have had such a disjointed life and I'm a
stable figure in their life. This has to be
important for them as everything else changes
around them a lot.
If you would like
to apply, please visit our website www.nyas.net
Enquiries can be made via: Rebecca
Ludlow, NYAS Independent Visitor Co-ordinator –
Isle of Wight 07768 790037 rebecca.ludlow@nyas.net
Revive
Newport now has an active You Tube channel
We are uploading a new Video every other
Friday with updates on how and what we are doing
together as the church of Newport. Like,
share and subscribe to stay up to date with all
things
Revive.
Click on the image to see
the
Video
The
Greenhouse
The
Greenhouse is a Place of Prayer and Worship. A
place of Enounter with God. A Place Where You Can
Grow
The Greenhouse Christian
Centre is situated between Poole
and Bournemouth and just a 20 minute walk
to the beach. The Centre holds Led and Silent
Retreats, Quiet Days, Healing Services, Art Weeks,
Discipleship Training Days and so much more. You
can also use it as a base to explore the
surrounding area. It can be booked as B and B,
half- board or full board accommodation. The food
is delicious and home cooked and the hospitality
is excellent. There are lounges, a library, and
conservatory to relax in and read, a chapel in
which morning and evening prayer takes place and
an Art room/tv lounge and swimming pool.
More information can be found on
their website. www.the-greenhouse.org
If
you have a love of the Isle of Wight Heritage, and
wish it maintained and conserved, three hours
working at Great Whitcombe Manor each
Saturday from 9 a.m. to 12 noon
will bring a fantasy into a
reality.
First recorded in Domesday
Book in 1086, Great Whitcombe Manor is the
oldest residence in the Isle of Wight and the
first domestic property to be listed Grade II as
being of Historic Interest and Architectural Merit
by the Ministry of Works in 1952.
The
Tithes show that the Plantagenet Catherine Pole
lived in the Manor in the sixteenth century, her
in-laws were executed by the Tudor King Henry
VIII, King Charles 1 was assisted to escape from
imprisonment from Carisbrooke Castle by the
Worsley family who lived at the Manor in the
seventeenth century , signalling and hiding the
ponies for the escape to the Coast in the Ancient
Woodland of Whitcombe Hangar. In the
eighteenth century John Churchill, M.P. for
Newport made the Manor his home.
We
would also welcome Volunteers willing to undertake
historical research and assist in maintaining the
grounds of 8.5 acres which include a Walled
Garden, Hanging Garden, Rose Garden, Woodland
Garden, 3 acres of Ancient Woodland , 3 acres of a
Wild Flower Meadow and a Pond.
The site of the findings of Neolithic and Bronze
Age tools and weapons in the 1930’s. The base
of The Isle of Wight Heritage & Field Studies
Centre, this is a stimulating and interesting
environment.
Further enquiries, and
applications, to: The Administrator, Great
Whitcombe Manor, Whitcombe Road, Nr.Carisbrooke,
Newport, PO30 3DY.
Seeds4change
looking to receive applications from
Trustees
Seeds4change Family
Therapy Ltd, is a locally home grown Isle of Wight
grass roots Christian charity and is looking to
receive applications from Trustees in the areas of
business, finance and fundraising.
Revive
Newport are trying to raise money so that they can
put on Park Life, a free family fun festival that
we put on for over 3,000 people from our community
nearly every year... This is a big part of what
we do as churches together in Newport, but in
order to make it happen this year we need
financial support, so if you would like to make a
contribution, please click on the
link. Park Life
2017
Is something worrying you. Want
someone to listen to you. Why not come to the
Living Room in Newport (next to the
Baptist church) for chat over a cup of coffee.
We have someone here you can chat to every
Monday from 11am - 2pm.
Are you lonely and not
particularly enjoying facing life on your own?
Do you wish God would answer your prayers for a
soul mate? Then you should contact Friends1st
the off-line Christian friendship and
introductory agency who've been introducing
Christians to each other since 1999. Click
here to find out
more.
ning with a milk shake bar
and lots of reasonably priced tasty snacks, games,
quizzes, prizes to be won!
Multiple video
A variety of stalls will be
available including
