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S. Helen's Luncheon Club

On the second Tuesday of the month we are serving meals in the Parish Centre to the elderly. A bus will be provided for those who cannot make their own way there. On arrival they will have coffee, take part in a Mass and enjoy a good lunch and some entertainment before returning home.

Lent Lunch 2011

Parishioners and friends enjoying lunch on
Wednesday, 6th April, 2011

It is pleasing to announce that the Lent lunches raised £210.00 in 2010 which was donated to Kibi schools in Ghana

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Spring Fayre and Daffodil Tea
April, 2011

Blessed with a fine, warm spring day today's fayre and tea proved to be an immense success. With some ten stalls raising in excess of £700 for the church and with a buffet table laden with freshly made sandwiches, savouries and cakes visitors were able to sit down at well prepared tables and enjoy a most relaxing, enjoyable tea.

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Easter Sunday 2011

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Fr. and Mrs.Vaizey's 'At Home'
May 2011

Fr. and Mrs. Vaizey kindly ran an 'At Home' on Saturday, 7th May, 2011 to raise money for St. Mark's School Building fund in Kibi, Ghana. Despite the first rain for many a day and a wet afternoon over £1000 was raised from afternoon teas, a raflle, tombola, bring and buy and a cake stall. Many simple, but sincere, thanks to all who so ably supported the event.

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The Ordination of Deacons
Durham Cathedral
Sunday 3rd July, 2011

Today a number of parishioners attended the service at Durham Cathedral for five young men who were to be ordained to the Diaconate, among them Grant Naylor who has become the curate of the parish. After the morning service in the cathedral Fr. Naylor then participated in his first service at St. Helens in the evening and attended a welcome given in his honour in the Parish Centre where he was able to meet not only those who had attended the cathedral service but others who had been uable to do so.

Gift Day
Sunday 10th July, 2011

THANK YOU – the gift day was a tremendous success. With donations & the cake stall we raised in excess of £1400– not that much short of what a Summer Fayre would have raised

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Organ Tube Collection
Thank you to all who put loose change into the organ tube and raised £248 towards the Extension Fund.

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Vicarage Tea
Sunday 27th November 2011
Thank you to all who supported the Vicarage Tea and raised £130 towards the church funds.

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St. Nicholas' Fayre
Sunday 4th. December 2011
Despite the miserable, wet, dismal day the fayre in the Parish Centre was extremely successful and admirably supported by parishioners and friends alike. With some twenty or so colourful, attractive stalls ringing the hall and with a seating area for tea and refreshments there was a lively buzz of camaradarie and good-fellowship among all who were there. Perhaps all of this was just as important as the amount of money raised which was in excess of £2700.

Christmas Crib
2011

Coffee Morning in aid of Kibi schools, Ghana
On Saturday 28th. January, 2012 Fr. and Mrs. Vaizey kindly held a Coffee Morning at their home in Bishop Auckland to raise money to be added to that which they had made last May and which is being sent to Kibi in Ghana with Fr. McTeer when he next visits the area. In total, in excess of £1600 was raised so Fr. and Mrs. Vaizey, and all who helped to make the events so successful, are most deserving of our thanks

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