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
Images: Views of St. Nicholas Nippers
