St. Nicholas Nippers

St. Nicholas' Nippers - Mums' and Toddlers' Group

Every Tuesday morning between 9.30 and 11.00 St. Nicholas Church is transformed. A carpet is rolled out in the chancel area and the whole Church is filled with toys, music and children’s laughter for St. Nicholas’ Nippers, our pram service.

This “service” is especially for babies and young children and their parents, grandparents or carers. Don’t worry if you can’t get there by 9.30 just come whenever you are ready and join in the fun. During the morning we will have a story (usually from the Bible), a drink and biscuit, simple craft activity and some singing, as well as time to play.

Message from Diane :
It is lovely being back in Church for our Sunday services again, even if we are sharing the building with the scaffolding. Because the whole ceiling in the Nave and Lady Chapel needs to be replaced (rather than the small repair job we had originally thought was needed) the cost has escalated to nearly £40,000. We will need to do a lot of fund raising over the coming months, not just to cover the cost of repairing the ceiling but also the urgent repairs that are needed to the bell tower and the disabled access. We have applied for grant funding towards the cost of the ceiling and hope to hear whether or not we have been successful at the beginning of March. In the meantime it is business as usual in the Church.
We do have a number of weddings booked at St. Nicholas over the next few weeks and so we will be decorating the scaffolding to make our Church look as attractive as possible for these special days, and think the happy couples will be pleasantly surprised to see what a difference some flowers and ribbons can make to scaffolding, to have a sneak preview look on the Gallery page.
We will continue to hold St. Nicholas Nippers at The Manor Mission (next to Lidl’s) on Tuesday mornings until the scaffolding is removed and the works are completed, and will be having our Sunday services at Laindon Park School once the actual building works start but I will let you know when that happens. Meanwhile, I look forward to seeing you at St. Nicholas on Sundays.
God bless,
Diane


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