Churches across Notts celebrate older people with three events
 
Three special services this week will all celebrate the lives of older people – as part of the International Day of Older Persons.
 
The services all on Friday, 1st October 2010, in Newark, Langar, near Nottingham and Gedling in Nottingham, will include guest speakers, visiting musicians and choirs and will all be followed by refreshments. At St Andrew's Church, Langar, there will also be a display of crafts and hobbies older people are engaged in.
 
Director of Partnerships and Mission for the Diocese of Southwell & Nottingham, the Revd David McCoulough, said: “These services build on the event we held last year in Southwell Minster and give people an opportunity to get together and celebrate the lives of older people in our communities. We hope young and old will come together and enjoy giving thanks to God for the older generation."
 
Details of all three services are listed below.
 
1st October 2010 - at 2pm, Christ Church, Boundary, Road, Newark
Talk by Philip Hmphreys; Singing from Hawtonville Junior School
For more information contact: The Revd Sam Tredwell 01636 704969; Email: samantha@stredwell3.orangehome.co.uk
 
 
1st October 2010 - at 2pm, St James’ Church, Porchester, Gedling
Alan Johnson Singers; Soloists Hannah and Jessica
For more information contact:  Paul Howard: 07854893270 or Lynn Bradbury: 077382490
 
 
1st October 2010 - at 4pm, St Andrew’s Church, Langar NG13 9HG
'Come and join us having fun, rejoicing over the benefits of getting older!'
For more information contact: Sister Mary A’Herne-Smith, Evangelist with and for Older People
within the Wiverton Group of Churches: Email: mary.smith@churcharmy.me.uk, or tel. 07948272669
 
 
 
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