Vacancy - Pre-School Manager

Our current Pre-School Manager is retiring and so the Parish is now looking for a replacement.

For information including how to apply click here

Pandemic Prayers

Tuesday 21st Sept, 8pm

On Tuesday 21st September at 8 pm we will meet, using the church phone conference number, to pray for those affected by COVID. If you would like us to pray for someone, or would like to join the gathering, please contact the church office for details.

Coffee & Conversation

10-11.30am Thurs 13th Jan

Coffee, tea and friendly conversation will be available in the Lefroy Room. No age limit, everyone is welcome. Please bring your own cup!

Hearing Aid Hub

10am-11am Sunday 13th March

Come to the Lefroy Room between 10am and 11am on Sunday 13th to get your hearing aids serviced.

Memos & Memories Noticeboard Workshop

1-4pm Saturday 26th March

The price of £17 includes tuition and all the resources needed to make a notice board. Includes homemade refreshments.

More info

Cake Sale

10am-1pm Saturday 10th Sept

If you can donate cakes, gifts for the tombola or your time to help, please contact the office.

Help requested

Table for Live-streaming

Does anyone have a table that could be donated to us for our live-streaming setup?

Around 4 feet by 2 feet in dark wood and with 4 legs for stability.

Email the webmaster here. Thanks

Pandemic Prayers

Tuesday 17th August, 8pm

On Tuesday 17th August at 8 pm we will be praying for those affected by COVID using the church phone conference number.

If you would like us to pray for someone, or would like to join us to pray, please contact the church office and they will pass your message on to Mike Gibbons.

Enrolling on the Electoral Roll

April

If you are not currently on the Christ Church Electoral Roll, but would like to be, application forms are available can be obtained from Judy Roberts (Electoral Roll Officer), the Parish Office and in the Church.

Christ Church Pre-school

Early Years Practitioner Vacancy

Christ Church Pre-school in Crookham Parish is looking for an enthusiastic, qualified level 3 Early Years Practitioner to join our small, dedicated and friendly team. Further details including how to apply can be found here, and a full job description here.

Pandemic Prayers

Tuesday 18th May, 8pm

On Tuesday 18th May at 8pm we will be praying for those affected by COVID using the church phone conference number.

If you would like us to pray for someone, or would like to join us to pray, please email the church office and they will pass your message on to Mike Gibbons.

Quiet Days/Evenings

Revd Haydon Wilcox is running Quiet Days/Evenings at St Columba's Retreat House Woking.

Places are available for the day event on the 12th July, and for the evening event on the 16th June & 28th Sept.

For more information including how to book your place click here.

Songs of Praise

31st Oct, 9am Service

Reminder ...

Special 'Songs of Praise' service this Sunday!

Hart Foodbank

24th October

Hart Food bank continue to need our support.

They currently request donations of rice, pasta sauces, preserves, sponge puddings, custard, savory extras eg. crisps and sweet treats eg. chocolates.

Thank you.

Flowers of the Month

August

August edition of the regular article by Sarah Smith.

Click on the button to go to the page with the article.

Click here

Children and Families worker

The Parishes of Fleet and Crookham are jointly looking to appoint a Worker to engage with young families with children.

The successful applicant should have had some experience and will be prepared to train in this role, will have good interpersonal skills, and will want to see the kingdom of God furthered by Church growth among young families.

Closing date for applications is the 30th of September.

Contact administrator@christchurch-crookham.com for the full job description and details.

More information

Get Involved!

Please send your photos for our online Advent Calendar to webmaster

They should be autumn/winter photos of our local area; ones taken during lockdown would be lovely. We don’t promise to use them all as we’ll be matching them to an appropriate set of words, so the bigger the choice, the better.

Ones that fit the themes of darkness and light would be particularly welcome. We may need to crop photos to fit the required size.

Organ Music

If you are missing the sound of the organ played by Derek Canfield, click the image to go to the Music page for some recordings.

Parish Office

April

The 'virtual' office is open Mon-Fri, 10am to 1pm

Coffee & Chat

10-11.30am Thurs 16th Dec

Coffee, tea and convivial conversation will be available in the Lefroy Room. No age limit, everyone is welcome. Please bring your own cup!

Bird Calendar

Helen has produced a wonderful calendar with photos of birds as used in her articles in the Parish Magazine.

One (or more) can be ordered here. This will also take you to our JustGiving page to make a donation.

100% of your donation goes to the church.

Click here to go the calendar order page

The Great Christ Church Crookham Bake-Off

2pm Sat 5th Feb

Please bake any cake you wish with any ingredient. The judging will be done in a democratic way.

Click here for details and entry form.

Prayer Calendar - Help needed!

We would like to increase the library of photos we use to accompany the Prayer Calendar. We would be happy to use pictures of the parish from any of the seven areas on the map, and also pictures for any of the general topics (list of topics available here). When submitting photos to the Webmaster, please make sure you have permission for it to be used. All photographs will be credited.

Do you find is hard to decide which service to come to on a Sunday?

Wondering what the 11am family-friendly service is like?
We will be live streaming the 11am service this Sunday, the Feast of Pentecost.
Why not take a look and enjoy a slightly different style of service!

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Annual Parochial Church Meeting

7pm Sunday 2nd May

Our APCM will be in the evening of the 2nd May. Attendance will be predominately by Zoom with some spaces in church for those without internet access.

Zoom details and APCM documents will be sent by email.

The documents are:

Agenda
Minutes of the APCM held on the 15th Sept 2020
APCM reports for 2021

Lent Soup Lunches

We invite you to join us for food and fellowship as we share a simple lunch of soup, bread, fruit and tea/coffee.

Suggested donation £10. Please click the button for where, when and how to book.

Click here

Midday: Wed 30th Mar, Thurs 7th Apr

Church Warden election and APCM

7pm Sunday 24th April

Meeting for the election of Church Wardens

Those entitled to vote are:

People on the church electoral roll of the parish
People resident in the parish whose names are entered on the local government electors

Annual Parochial Church Meeting

Entitled to attend are:

Those whose names are on the Electoral Roll
Member of the clergy licensed to the parish

Forms & information (click the button):

Notice of APCM
Nomination form for Church Warden
Nomination form for election to the PCC
Application form for enrolment on the Electoral Roll

APCM report covering 2021 now available

Information and documents are also available in church (main noticeboard)

Forms & info

APCM Report

Christmas Greetings in the Parish Magazine

Dec/Jan edition

If you would like your name(s) added to this year’s Greetings page in the December/January magazine, please complete one of the forms available in the church and return it with your donation to the Parish Office by Monday 14th November. Or you can submit the information and make a donation by clicking the button below.

A minimum donation of £5.00 is suggested.

Submit name(s) and make a donation by clicking here

Trees-of-the-Month

See here for an article about trees by Sarah Smith

10th-16th May

Christian Aid Week

Envelopes will be available in church on Sundays 9th, 16th & 23rd May, but if you prefer you can donate online here through JustGiving.

Donations made through this button are identified as being for Christian Aid, and we can also claim Gift Aid if you are a tax payer.

Donate to Christian Aid

Parish Office

May

The 'virtual' office is open Mon-Fri, 10am to 1pm

Lucy Roose ordination service

Sunday 4th July, 3pm

This service will be live-streamed and can be seen by clicking on this link here

The service leaflet can be downloaded by clicking here

Night Prayer

Tues 8th Feb, 8pm

Quiet, reflective service with a periuod of silence. All welcome.

FACCTS School Worker vacancy

Fleet & Crookham Churches Together in Schools have a job vacancy for a schools worker. For more information click here.

Flowers of the Month

August

August edition of the regular article by Sarah Smith.

Click on the button to go to the page with the article.

Click here

5+5 Readings

5+5 is an encouragement to spend five minutes a day reading the Bible and five minutes praying. Here are a set of 5+5 Bible readings and prayer ideas for this week, a taster for a longer series in November.

Sun 2 Oct: Nehemiah 1.1-11 – ask God to forgive us for the many ways we let him down
Mon 3 Oct: Nehemiah 2.1-8 – ask God to help you to both pray and act
Tue 4 Oct: Nehemiah 2.9-20 – ask God to show you where you can build and repair
Wed 5 Oct: Nehemiah 4.7-23 – ask God to strengthen all who suffer opposition
Thu 6 Oct: Nehemiah 5.1-13 – ask God to help you stand against oppression and injustice
Fri 7 Oct: Nehemiah 8.1-12 – ask God to help us hear and obey him as we read the Bible
Sat 8 Oct: Nehemiah 12.27-43 – thank God that he blesses and supports our efforts

"Baby Bells"

New and Future Parent Coffee Morning

Offering support and a safe space to ask questions

For more information click the button or contact Sarah at littlebells

No need to book, just come along (main church)

Weekly on Thursdays 11am to 12.30pm

Website Members Area (top menu)

A 'member', is a rather flexible term but likely to include PCC members, those involved in supporting services, and those in church groups.

Information found here includes: service rotas, committees make-up, church groups contacts, documents, policies. Please contact the webmaster here for the password.

Christmas Greetings in the Parish Magazine

Dec/Jan edition

If you would like your name(s) added to this year’s Greetings page in the December/January magazine, please complete one of the forms available in the church and return it with your donation to the Parish Office by Monday 15th November. Or you can submit the information and make a donation by clicking the button below.

A minimum donation of £5.00 is suggested.

Submit name(s) and make a donation by clicking here

Bird Calendar

Helen has produced a wonderful calendar with photos of birds as used in her articles in the Parish Magazine.

One (or more) can be ordered here. This will also take you to our JustGiving page to make a donation.

100% of your donation goes to the church.

Click here to go the calendar order page

Church Warden election and APCM

7pm Sunday 24th April

Meeting for the election of Church Wardens

Those entitled to vote are:

People on the church electoral roll of the parish
People resident in the parish whose names are entered on the local government electors

Annual Parochial Church Meeting

Entitled to attend are:

Those whose names are on the Electoral Roll
Member of the clergy licensed to the parish

Forms & information (click the button):

Notice of APCM
Nomination form for Church Warden
Nomination form for election to the PCC
Application form for enrolment on the Electoral Roll

APCM report covering 2021 now available

Information and documents are also available in church (main noticeboard)

Forms & info

APCM Report

5+5 Readings

5+5 is an encouragement to spend five minutes a day reading the Bible and five minutes praying. This week’s theme is the new start for Israel when they returned from the Babylonian exile.

Week 4