CENTRAL CHURCH DOVERCOURT

CHURCHES TOGETHER ON THE HARWICH PENINSULA

HARWICH, DOVERCOURT & NEIGHBOURING VILLAGES

Churches Together Chairperson - 

Revd Erwin Lammens

Secretary - Melita Frost

Participating Churches

Church of England: Harwich Peninsular: including All Saints Dovercourt, St Michael's Ramsey & Lt.Oakley, St Paul 's Parkeston, St Nicholas Harwich. 

Website: www.harwichpeninsulaparish.co.uk

TeamVicar: Revd Peter Mann

Rev Erwin Lammens Tel:01255 880291 email: [email protected] 

Contact: Rev Sue White  Tel: 01255 504322    email: [email protected] 

Also Wix, Wrabness, & Gt Oakley: 

Contact: Revd Eric Fisher

Methodist: Parkeston, Ramsey, Upper Dovercourt

Contact:  Rev Ian H Wales

Tel: 01255 502054   

Methodist/United Reformed: Central Church Dovercourt  

Minister: Rev Ian H Wales

Secretary: Iris Hatch  

Tel: 01255 503688 email: [email protected] 

Roman Catholic: Our Lady Queen of Heaven Dovercourt

Contact: Fr. Michael Stokes 

Tel: 01255 503383 email: [email protected]   

Website: www.harwichcatholics.net  

Salvation Army: Harwich Citadel Major Barry Sampson and Major Mrs Maria Sampson 

Tel: 01255 502502   

Kingsway Evangelical Church

Contact: Mr Maurice Barker 

Tel: 01255 503716

What we do

The Churches of the Peninsula worship together during the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity in January, Lent and in Advent.

The Women's World Day of Prayer is a popular annual event.

A procession of witness takes place on Good Friday from the Park Pavilion to Central Church Dovercourt concluding with an open air service.

See below for dates of forthcoming dates and events

Peninsula Youth Ministry

Churches Together support the Peninsula Youth Ministry currently led by Paul Sparrey and volunteers.

Tel: 01255 886080 or email [email protected] 

Contact also Bryan Grinyer or Lynne Barker, Assistant Secretary on 01255 553922.

For up to date calendar and information on events of PYM in 2007 go to our special PYM News Page

Traidcraft fairly traded goods

Contact: Louis Roskell :  01255 504174).  A stall is held every Friday at Central Church 9.30am to 11.30am, and on Sundays after morning church service.  The stall is available for church activities.  Also orders taken.

Castle Books  for Christian Literature

Jean and David Stannard are agents for the above Bookshop based on the Isle of Wight and have a good stock of Bibles, books and card, etc and are happy to obtain items not in stock normally within one or two days. Tel: 01255 506713

Seafarers Centre

( Mission to Seafarers)on Parkeston Station

Crews from cruise ships calling at Harwich International Port are pleased to make phone calls home etc.  Volunteers are needed to run the Centre when a ship is in and chaplains go aboard.  Reading matter, wooly hats and gloves are gratefully received. 

Chaplain: Major Barry Sampson (Salvation Army) 01255 564499.

Contact National Christian Aid - click above

Christian Aid Committee

Contacts: 

Organiser - Denis Nolan Tel: 01255 507935

Chairperson - Rev Colin Knight 

Treasurer - Carmel Sadler

 

MakePovertyHistory

CHRISTIAN AID

Street Collections are held in Dovercourt in Christian Aid Week, usually preceded by a United Service on Sunday. Collections are also held at Morison's and Fiveways Supermarkets.

Our popular annual Coffee Morning/Garden Party is held in the early summer.

Other events have been held at Candlemas, One World Week in October and at Christmas. Occasional social events are held from time to time to promote the work and encourage participants in our public collections.

Individual churches also distribute envelopes, and hold their own fund-raising events for Christian Aid, as well as supporting their denominational programmes such as CAFOD, TEARFUND and SALVATION ARMY Appeal, and Christian Missions Abroad work.

A video club distributes videos of current projects with Christian Aid Partners throughout the world, to anyone interested.

Some members of the committee, clergy and lay persons, visit our local schools to promote Christian Aid work.  The schools support this work in various ways.

We support such Campaigns as Fair Trade, Break the Chain of Poverty and Make Poverty History.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS

Christian Aid 

Next Committee Meeting:

 30th January 2008 at 7.30pm at RC Meeting Room

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£230 has been sent to the appeal for Bangladesh (November 2007)

The collection at Morrison's on Saturday  13th October  raised the 
splendid total of   £ 197.89.    Well done everyone!

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Christian Aid Week

CA Week 2007 Amounts raised:

                                                                        £

CA United Service Upper Dovercourt                 200.00

Ramsey Methodist Lunch                                  103.50

All Saints Lunch                                                74.20

Wrabness Lunch                                               92.50

Street Collections                                              215.82

Fiveways Collection                                           135.27

Church Envelopes:        

All Saints                                  167.50

St Pauls                                    22.00

U D Methodist                          68.00

St Nicholas                               33.64

Central URC /Meth                    55.00

Central URC /Meth Stall             3.75

Wix Donation                            5.00

Wrabness Donations                  32.00

Wrabness Envelopes                 10.00

Gt Oakley                                 61.47  

Total                                        1,315.40

Thanks to all who collected, donated, prepared lunches, or contributed in any way.

Colin Knight, Chairperson of CA Committee and

Denis Nolan, Christian Aid Organiser

Women's World Day of  Prayer

Friday 7th March 2008 at 1.45pm at Central Church, Main Rd, Dovercourt

Men and Women & Young People Welcome