This will follow our Family and Parade Service.

There will be a bouncy castle, stalls, tombola, games, raffle as well as  delicious BBQ food. More details will be in June’s Emmanuel Life. Look out for the boxes in the vestry in the next few weeks for donations for the chocolate and bottle tombola. We are very grateful to Laura Barber and her team for organising this event on behalf of the Mission Committee. The proceeds will go to our Overseas Charity for 2016/17 – “The Torch Trust” which works with blind people in Malawi. Mark your diaries now!!

Drinks provided, bring your own picnic.
11.30 am after the Morning Service on Sunday 25th June

At St Mary’s Church (The Avenue) July 8th at 7:00pm

At Emmanuel United Reformed Church (The Grove) July 9th at 3:30pm

Old Testament Heroes

We invite singers from choirs, music groups and congregations to join us for this concert which is in aid of Bromley Welcare. (Music reading is not essential).

Rehearsals will be on various Thursday and Friday evenings at St. Mary’s, St Francis and Emmanuel Churches starting in March.

A full schedule and other details are available from Geoff Mussard 020 8650 8389.

Works include “David” by Roger Jones; “The Daniel Jazz” by Herbert Chappell; a medley of songs from “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” by Tim Rice & Andrew Lloyd Webber; and “Zadok the Priest” by George F Handel.

Elmers End Free Church will be holding a
Western-Style HOEDOWN

in the Centenary Garden (weather permitting).  The Hoedown will consist of a barbeque, with puddings to follow, games and quizzes to amuse and even some line dancing!!

This event will be held around lunch time to enable families to come along and join in the fun.

Time yet to be decided. We should be most grateful, as ever, for the support of members and friends at Emmanuel and hope it will be an enjoyable afternoon.

Wishing you all God’s blessings

A long way in advance, but there may be an Emmanuel organised trip. The following is from the Internet:

Estimated Passion Play 2020 Timeline:

End of 2017: There will be more information about prices for tickets and processing *

End of 2017: Estimated setting up the “Passion Play office” in Oberammergau *

Beginning of 2018: Start sales of packages *

Ash Wednesday 2019: The “Hair Decree” – from this date on all the men in Oberammergau taking part in the play are requested to let the hair on their heads and faces grow *

April 2019: Leading actors are chosen for the play

* May – September 2020: The 42nd Passion Play takes place

Some members and friends may remember a few years ago the United Reformed Church Pilots Group organised an outing to Longleat in Wiltshire to which all people young and not so young from every URC across the county were invited. You may recall that we ran a coach from Emmanuel and Elmers End and a most enjoyable day was had by all.

A similar event is being planned this year. The date is Saturday 20^th May and this time the venue is Warwick Castle. It has been suggested by some members that we may wish to hire a coach again and join in the event at Warwick. If you are interested in coming on the trip please mark your diaries now and look out for more details in Emmanuel Life in the coming months.