The following activities are taking place each week. All are welcome to join us:
Sundays
- 8:00am – BCM Communion Service
- 10:00am – Contemporary Service (Communion service on the first and third Sunday of the month, informal morning praise on the second and fourth Sunday of the month)
Mondays
- 9:00 – 9:30am – Morning Prayer on Zoom with St Thomas and St Mark’s – Parish Prayer zoom link
Tuesdays
- 9:00 – 9:30am – Morning Prayer on Zoom with St Thomas and St Mark’s – Parish Prayer zoom link
- 1:30 – 4:00m – Strictly Come Crafting. 2nd & 4th Tuesday at the Community Hall. Contacts Dorothy Davies 01590 676163 or Shirley Saunders 01590 677628
- 2:30 – 3.45pm – Friendship Teas 1st Tuesday in month (except in August) at the Community Hall. Contacts Shirley Saunders 01590 677628 or Pat Wright 01590 678416
Wednesdays
- 9:00 – 9:30am – Morning Prayer on Zoom with St Thomas and St Mark’s – Parish Prayer zoom link
- 10:15 – 10:30am – Morning Prayer at St Mark’s Church (4th Wednesday only)
- 10:30 – 11:30am – Coffee at St Mark’s Church (4th Wednesday only)
Thursdays
- 9:00 – 9:30am – Morning Prayer on Zoom with St Thomas and St Mark’s – Parish Prayer zoom link
- 12:00 – 12:45pm – Advice Outreach, from NFDC and Citizens Advice
- 12:45 – 1:45pm – Fareshare Larder – St Mark’s Community Hall Car Park
Fridays
- 9:00 – 9:30am – Morning Prayer on Zoom with St Thomas and St Mark’s – Parish Prayer zoom link
Saturdays
- 9:00 – 9:30am – Morning Prayer on Zoom with St Thomas and St Mark’s – Parish Prayer zoom link
Do you mourn a loved one?
Special Creative Space session – in memory of Jane Nicholson
Friday 25th October 2024, from 2.00 – 4.00 pm, at St Luke’s Church, Sway
Following the passing of Jane Nicholson, who also served as parish administrator for St Luke’s church at Sway, Jane the vicar of Sway invites members of our congregation to join them at a creative afternoon in her memory.
Take time today to paint or draw or write or simply be giving thanks for your loved one through creativity. Sit and be and know the peace of God around you.
Vicar Jane Mitchell will reflect on some scripture – asking God to lead us in remembering those whom we love but see no more.
Sunflowers were Jane Nicholson’s favourite flowers. She had a bag with them on, her e-mail included ‘sunflower’ and it spoke of her sunny personality. You are invited to study the flower, how it is made, its colours and it’s uses and its beauty and if you would like to paint or draw sunflowers – go ahead.
You might like to bring other special objects of a loved one to remember them especially at this time of year.
God does not forget our loved ones – he holds them in his heart and we hold them in ours.
Some art materials will be available if you’d like to use those, or you are welcome to bring along your own creative project to work on.
For the final half-hour, refreshments will be served and there will be time to talk together.
Please call St Luke’s Church office, 01590 682358, before Wednesday 23rd October if you plan to join us – and do leave a message including your name and contact number if no one is available to answer. We look forward to seeing you.
Funeral Service for Jane Nicholson
This will take place on Friday 1st November at 2pm and will be held at St Marks’s Church, Pennington, followed by a committal at the lychgate. We will be welcoming back Rachel Noël to lead this service and all welcome to attend.
Funeral Service for Linda Fudge
All are welcome to attend the funeral of Linda, recently deceased and a good friend of St Marks. This service will take place at the New Forest crematorium in New Milton from 1pm on Wednesday 6th November.
Churchyard Maintenance
More volunteers from church /community are needed: please speak to Ingrid or Eve about our meetings and joining in (even occasionally) our meetings, normally on the 1st Thursday of the month, if you are interested in keeping the churchyard looking tidy!
Study Group in autumn
The study group will be pausing for the time being, following the unexpected and tragic passing of our friend and group leader, Jane Nicholson. Further details will be made available when we’re able.
All Saints Church Hordle – Jazz Concert
Our friends at All Saints, Hordle are organising a Jazz Concert at 7:30pm on Friday 25th October, to which they hope members of our congregation may wish to attend! Promising to be an entertaining evening of Traditional & Popular Jazz music, further details and tickets are available from their website:
https://hordleandtiptoechurch.churchsuite.com/events/afr2c7ie
Culture in Common Sunday Drama
- David Mynne in Dracula: The Vampyr
Sun 3 Nov, 7pm. St Mark’s Community Hall Pennington - £12, £6 u18s, £30 family
- Tickets available from Eve: 01590 679310 / Linden: 01590 675079 or Pat: 01590 678416
- Tickets and further information are available from cultureincommon.co.uk/whats-on
“I am the last of my kind. Let them pursue me to the ends of the earth. I shall be waiting…”
Beware! He is unearthed. And he is coming. Keep your windows locked and hang up the garlic! The man that brought us A Christmas Carol has got his teeth into Bram Stoker’s classic tale. Devised and written in their inimitable, irreverent style expect a better and bloodier one-man performance of Dracula: the Vampyr!
There are bats. And more bats; Garlic and gore galore; Vicious Vampirellas and a psychiatrist who smokes a pipe! They’re all here in this brand-new adaptation of Stoker’s famous gothic horror! Be warned – this monstrous, disturbing and utterly batty tale of dark deeds and the undead, will thrill and beguile you! Deliciously Dark! Horribly Hair-raising! Suitably Silly!
Doors open from 6:30pm. Light Refreshments & Raffle available (cash only)
www.cultureincommon.co.uk
Remembrance Concert by Choralia Milford
This will be held in All Saints Church, Milford on Sea on Sunday 3rd November at 5pm. Tickets: £15 (children free) from The Bridge MoS box office – 01590644861 or online:
https://choraliamilford.org.uk/events
Pennington Community Hub
The Community Hub continues it’s successful work on Thursday in the Community Hall from 12pm to 2pm.
Ecochurch Recycling
- Milk Bottle tops: we are now collecting these as Stewarts Garden Centre are turning these into garden furniture!
- Ground coffee/coffee bean packets: a notice at the back of church shows which bags are now being collected. Please support our effort to reduce waste.
Daily Prayer
With St Thomas in Lymington, we continue to ‘pray for our nation, for its leaders, its health and essential services and all those who suffer’ this week at 9am on Zoom. Led by members of St Mark’s and St Thomas congregations, this now runs Monday through Friday.
Daily prayer is also taking place in St Thomas church from 9am on Saturdays
Coming together, we offer daily prayer for the situation in Ukraine.
Please do join them either by computer or phone:
- https://us02web.zoom.us/j/
- Meeting ID: 895 2990 2640 Passcode: 2020
- Dial in from a landline phone: 0131 460 1196
St Mark’s Flower Decoration
If you would like to give flowers to commemorate an anniversary or other special day, or remember a relative or friend, please enter your name on the poster at the back of church against the date you would like your flowers to decorate the church and/or contact:- Lin Haley on 01590 677904
YouTube and Facebook
All our services can be found on our YouTube channel here. We also post details about or services and events on our Facebook page too, here.
Online Connection Information
Zoom Details
- Pennington Church General Zoom link:
- From a landline phone: 0203 481 5240 Meeting ID: 944 5816 8956 Passcode: 1839
- Parish Prayer Zoom Link:
- From a landline phone: 0203 481 5240 Meeting ID: 895 2990 2640 Passcode: 2020
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/PenningtonChurch
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StMarksChurchPennington