Tilehouse Street Baptist Church: Outlook December 2008/ January 2009

Outlook December 2008/ January 2009

Church building and fundraising update

We are making progress! We have appointed a new mechanical and electrical engineer who, with our structural engineers and architect, will be involved in drawing up building regulations that we hope to get approved before Christmas. This will enable us to get tenders (quotations) from builders in January time and we aim to commence the building work in April.

Fundraising update

The recent organ concert organised by Ken was a great success and we raised £350. The two excellent organists Clifton Hughes and Keith Brown helped by donating their expenses, which was really kind.
Opera and the Bible was an enlightening evening led by Peter. As you would expect the refreshments were first rate! Donations raised £295
A Traidcraft day at the Manse raised £88 by people giving donations for refreshments.
Once a month we intend to put out donation envelopes for visitors or anonymous givers - we collected £15 with the first collection.
Also Liz is organising the collection of old inkjet cartridges and we have just received £102 for our first box load. So not only is this environmentally friendly but it makes money for our building funds. One person talked to their friends and family and collected a lot of cartridges - SO CAN YOU!
KEEP COLLECTING!

Please don't forget the catering committee has organised an open house at Maralyn Clarke's home on 6th December. Please attend and support.

Sheila and Sam are such stars! Sheila hosted a Pampered Chef evening where someone cooks scrummy food using cunning cookware and other kitchen accessories. We bought some cookware that may join the unused cook books (hope Debs does not read this!) .. But it was great fun and Sheila raised over £60 toward THS building fund! Please feel free to be inspired by Sam and Sheila's example...!

Forthcoming Events

Here is a draft schedule of events for 2009. As always we reserve the right to alter dates but we have a busy schedule planned for next year. In 2008 we have raised almost £3,000 so thanks to everyone for their support.

Date	Event	Groups
Saturday 21 February	Book Sale	Friday Groups
Spring - tba	Car Boot Sale	Catering Committee
April May (tbc)	Musical Concert	Carol Ward (Eileen Smith's daughter) and friends
May	General Auction	Ken King
June	Quiz
June/ July	Relax n' Ramble	Ken and Anne King
July	Deacons' Barbecue	Deacons
Summer	Sponsored Event
Autumn	Musical Concert	Audrey Jenkins
October	Quiz

John Maguire and Andy Turner

Inkjet Cartridges

THANK YOU to all of you who have been collecting old inkjet cartridges for recycling and for cash towards our fundraising.

CONGRATULATIONS as having sent our first box to the recycling company we have raised £102 20. An excellent effort and it has cost us nothing.

KEEP COLLECTING empty inkjet cartridges, not only from yourselves but your neighbours and friends, grandchildren as well as places of work. We need a lot of them to make any money.

The collecting boxes are placed in the vestibule to the church and outside the Pre-school room -just drop them in.

(NB All brands are accepted except Epson, Brother and all toner cartridges.)

Liz Turner