The lunch teams are taking a well-earned break during August, and lunches will resume on 5 September.  We would like to recruit more teams to join the rota to provide lunches.  Please consider whether you could help in this way.  The lunch convenor, Sheilah Fletcher, will be pleased to hear from you.

Summer Borderline Reels will take place on Thursday 22 July from 7.30pm to 10pm at The Mansel Centre, Trinity Church, Mansel Road, Wimbledon SW19 4AA.  For further information, please see the notice board in the hall.

This year is the 20th anniversary of Borderline, the charity which supports homeless and insecurely housed first and second generation Scots in London.  The congregation has been generous in its support of Borderline over the years.  Most recently Chris Majcher raised over £600 by running in the Edinburgh Marathon, and we donated half the proceeds of the stall in Covent Garden (£165.05) to the charity.

On 3 October, Willie Docherty, Chief Executive, will be running in the Loch Ness Marathon in support of Borderline.  There is a sponsorship form on the notice board in the hall so please sign up to support him in this effort.  You can also sign up for the 300 Club by setting up a regular standing order.  For more information call Ross on 020 7240 3718

A huge thank you to everyone who contributed in any way to the success of our stall in the Piazza last Sunday.  We raised a total of £330.10, which will be shared between the Aburi School Project and Borderline.  In addition to raising money, we also raised the profile of the church, as many folk asked questions about the church and commented fabourably about the quality of our produce.  Well done everyone!

On Friday, Saturday and Sunday 18, 19 and 20 June Covent Garden is celebrating the 180th anniversary of the Market Building.  As part of these celebrations, we are planning to take a stall in the Real Food Market on the Sunday.

This will be great publicity for the church, and will also contribute to our outreach into the community.  But in order to make the most of the opportunity, we will need people to man the stall, as well as donations of home baking and preserves to sell.

So if you have any time to spare and/or are able to offer home baking etc, please contact the church secretary or add your name to the noticeboard in the church hall.

The proceeds of the stall will be shared between the Aburi School project and Borderline.  Please give as generously as you can of your time and talents to support the church in this venture.

The new bibles which will be used for readings in church from now on are the New International Version.  A number of extra copies, price £10, are available for purchase by members of the congregation who would like to use this version at home.  If you would like to buy a copy please see the Church Secretary.

Members of Crown Court Church who rattled collecting buckets at mainline and tube stations in central London on Thursday and Friday 13 and 14 May managed to collect £3,855.  Together with additional donations received, the grand total raised will be almost £4,000.

Many thanks to all who helped in any way.

On Sunday 23 May, Chris Majcher will be taking part in the Edinburgh Marathon in support of Borderline.  To sponsor him, please go to www.justgiving.com/Borderline-Marathon.