The Foodbank is currently short of soup, baby food, fish and pasta sauce. Thank you for your ongoing support.

Wool wanted (and it should be wool if possible) required for knitting slippers for decile one school. Have you any scraps –even little bits- that you are willing to part with? Please bring them along to Church or phone Jill in Taradale area (845 2392) or Dorothy in Napier (843 1266) if you would like wool collected. If you would like to make slippers, the pattern is in the parish newsletter of May 2012.

The Linden Singers present a concert at St Matthew’s Church, Hastings on Sunday 20th May at 2.30pm. ‘From the Sublime to the Ridiculous’ – including sacred music, choruses from Opera with soloists Carolyn Hickman
and Frank Carter and a selection of folk songs and Negro Spirituals. Tickets at the door $20, $15 and free for children.

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE we need more volunteers to man the shop. We are having trouble filling roster places when people are ill or having holidays. Some of our helpers are working 3 or 4 times a month and that is not fair. If you could work 1 or 2 (3 hours shifts a month), that would be great. We also need some people who could be called on in an emergency – ie. Fill in for an unexpected illness or other reason. PLEASE contact either Phyllis – 843 0991 or Anne – 844 8381. Plastic shopping bags are needed and thank you for your donations of goods to sell.

Foodbank is currently short of soup, baby food, fish and pasta sauce. Thank you for your ongoing support.

Wool wanted (and it should be wool if possible) required for knitting slippers for decile one school. Have you any scraps –even little bits- that you are willing to part with? Please bring them along to Church or phone Jill in Taradale area (845 2392) or Dorothy in Napier (843 1266) if you would like wool collected. If you would like to make slippers, the pattern is in the parish newsletter of May 2012.

The National Council of Women Annual Dinner will be held at Havelock North Community Centre on Wednesday 16th May. The speaker is Dr Russell Wills, Commissioner for Children – ‘The State of Nation’s Children’. Tickets from Jill McConnochie $35 each.

Thai Meal and Mission to Muslims 25th & 26th May. On Friday 25th May from 6pm Chris will cook a Thai meal (please bring a donation to cover the cost of ingredients) and then speak to us.
The speaker has lived and worked in Muslim Southeast Asia for 10 years with OMF. Please RSVP for catering purposes to St Columba’s 844 5004 or office@stcolumba-taradale.org.nz Saturday 26th from 1-4pm – Making Mates with our Muslim Neighbours – a seminar on Christian-Muslim Understanding