St Ninian's & St Clement's

St Ninian's & St Clement's, Catholic Churches Together

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St Clements / St Ninian’s

Almsgiving Update

Grow your fiver graphic

This weekend sees the end of our fundraising efforts for Lent. There’s still time to make a donation by taking a guess at the Gin/Whisky trails, buying cards and raffle tickets or placing a donation in the box for Rosily at the back of church.

For parishioners who have taken part in the “Grow your Fiver” challenge, Louise is asking if you could please return your profits to her or in an envelope marked Grow your Fiver which can be placed in the box for Rosily. It would be great if you could write what you did on a star and stick it on the board.

Thank you so much for everyone’s efforts, it is very much appreciated and has brought some lovely community spirit too 🙂

cookery / St Ninian's Primary School / St Ninian’s

Fund raisers!

Since our fund raising appeal was launched for the church and Rosily, (see the last post for suggestions) parishioners have rallied around amazingly! Here’s just a couple of examples of what’s been happening and it’s so fabulous to see the young ones leading the way in ‘building their fiver’!

Child with bread

Niamh made very good use of her day off school last week. She made a batch of Irish bread! It sold out very quickly after Mass today and she’s taken orders for next week! Watch out Clarks’ Bakery- you’ve got serious competition with this budding baker! To see her in action, click here

Niamh enlisted her brother to help sell the loaves
Car washing

Meanwhile, outside the church, Chandi, Niza and their families were braving the cold washing parishioners’ cars! They did a brilliant job and the Vigil parishioners will be glad to know that they will be returning next Saturday night with their buckets and sponges.

Car wash 1
Niza and family working very hard. The boys did help too but had left for football when I took this photo.

St Clements / St Ninian’s

Lenten Almsgiving

Grow Your Fiver!

Raising money as a joint parish community (St Clement’s and St Ninian’s) links in really well with our Journeying Together programme. Here are some of our ideas for the next six weeks for our *Lenten Almsgiving appeal and please do encourage the children to take part. They are wonderful and enthusiastic! 

  • Grow your Fiver! Ask someone from the Fundraising Group for £5 after Mass or feel free to use your own £5! Do let us know what you are doing so we can celebrate your efforts on our church board!
  • Whisky Trail and Win the Gin! Pay £1 to guess where the prizes are. Posters on the board at the back of church: one bottle of whisky and one bottle of gin 
  • Christmas cards and Easter activity books for sale – grab a bargain or take a bag full of cards to sell as your Grow your Fiver challenge 
  • Make a cash donation for Rosily into the box at the back of Church – either anonymously or in an envelope with a message for the family 
  • Contribute using the online giving page (still to be set up)

*We are raising money to support Rosily who is undergoing cancer treatment in India where medical treatment is very expensive. Though not a member of St Clement’s or St Ninian’s, she is closely related to us through family and friendship in Christ.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND EFFORTS 😊