St Augustine's COLOURFEST 2018

Saturday 30th June ~ 12noon until 4pm.

It is going to be a fantastically colourful day with lots to see and do & eat and drink - BBQ and bars, festival facepainting, bouncy castle, afternoon tea stall, tombola, toy pig racing, PLUS a local graffiti artist will be there making name plates - we are even staging a series of mini “Colour Runs” for all ages throughout the afternoon! We would love you all to be there to enjoy the day together as a Parish Community and to help us welcome many others from our wider community too and to raise much needed funds and local promotion for the Parish, the School, the Preschool & Uniformed Units. Thank you, from Fr Frank & the Summer Event Committee.

* RACE MARSHALLS NEEDED * We need your help! Could you volunteer to help with marshalling the colour run on the day? Can you help by coming along to the event, relaxing & enjoying the day, then popping on a ‘high viz’ jacket to help direct the runners for the short, fun, mini runs during the afternoon? Please contact the parish office if you can help.

* * Could you donate a bottle or a box of chocolates or an unwanted but new gift for our Tombola stall? Please bring any donations to the parish office  (PLEASE, NO 2nd hand items) 

* * We would love donations on the afternoon before or morning of the event of bought or homemade, cakes or scones for the afternoon tea stall. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

What a fantastic day!

 On Saturday 18th November it was another fantastic Community event at St Augustine's for the "Countdown to Christmas" Bazaar. With approx 375 visitors to our event all shopping, eating, drinking, trying their luck, decorating biscuits, having their face painted, spotting the Christmas trail, making Christmas Wishes and then telling them to Santa, it was a Wonderful Day!
Thank you to the community who came out and supported the event and to all the hardworking helpers and stallholders! Merry Christmas to you all!

Baaaa-rilliant fun!

The sun shone on our 'Country Fair' on Sat 4th July where the whole community got together in the grounds of the School for Farmyard Fun, a theme chosen to build on the excitement of the impending Shaun the Sheep trail in Bristol.

The school even made their own "St Augustine's Sheep" and the winning design was revealed in front of the 300 strong crowd that had turned up to help raise money for the School's PTFA, the Parish funds and for the Scouts and Guides Supporters Association.

Shaun the Sheep himself even made an appearance to open the fair and lead the Farmyard Fancy Dress Parade to the amusement of the children (and to the terror of others!) and with the School's own Brass Band playing and the Shaolin Kung Fu Academy performing, the visitors has plenty to keep them entertained.

The crowds met the animals from Brandon Trust's Mini Farm, had pony rides, played 'Moo-pla', Splat the rat, Coconut Shy and many other Countryside games as well as enjoying the delicious BBQ and afternoon teas, betting on a Pig Race and fiercely competing in the Tug O' War and Bouncy Animal Space Hopper races in the central arena!

There was even a Farmer's Market Marquee with local stallholders selling an amazing array of produce, from home made rough cider to home grown geraniums!

"Seeing a crowded field of families enjoying themselves whilst raising funds for our community groups is such a pleasure to witness! Even if I didn't manage to bag some of the horse manure for my roses as I'd hoped to!" said one of the team of organisers.

So many of our Parish Groups got involved, running stalls and helping with the planning etc. Not-so-Young club manned the entrance table, The Unit Leaders ran the BBQ, Youth Club ran the coconut shy, BBT's facepainting stall, Parish Projects 'Splat the Rat' and jewellery stall, Governors Tea Rooms, CWL Home Produce in the Farmers Market, the Teacher's ran the Tombola and many PTFA helpers and extra volunteers ran the other stall around the arena.

As this goes to print, it looks as if we have made £2,700 profit from the event, so together with the profits from the Prize Draw, each of the 3 groups will have made over £1,000 each for their funds.

Great work everyone!

Happy Easter!

On behalf of Fr Jim, the four Deacons and myself, I wish you all a very Happy Easter.

This Parish Community is a joy to work with and I would like to thank everybody

for all the voluntary work for the good of the Christian Community.

Many people have been involved in preparing for Easter which is the highlight of the Liturgical year. Without mentioning any names, I wish to say a big thank you to all.

God Bless. Fr Frank.

The Church was a wonderful place to be over Holy Week and on Easter Sunday.  Beautiful displays by the Church Flower Group were enhanced by the children of the Parish at Liturgy Sessions and at Youth Club who decorated Easter Eggs and Crosses to hang off the 3 Easter Gardens created for the window displays.
A fitting tone was set for the Easter Vigil with the candles held by the congregation and on Good Friday the children presented a fantastic Way of the Cross, following Jesus on his last journey on earth.
What a wonderful celebration of our most important week in the Church.
 

St Nicholas Fayre

What another successful Christmas Community Event this year!

Our Annual Christmas Bazaar was held on Sat 6^th December and was a bumper turn out for the community. We had many rooms within the school packed with stalls and games and amazing amounts of food to eat!

This year was Themed as “St Nicholas Fayre” and when Santa opened the Fayre by ringing his bell then we welcomed in over 400 visitors during the afternoon!

Various Parish Groups such as the Catholic Women’s League,  Toddler Group, Pre-school, Scouts & Guides & Youth Club ran the stalls, we had several outside companies with stalls for Christmas Shopping & 3 charity stalls with items on sale and games to play to raise money for The Great Western Air Ambulance, “Let the Children Live” and HCPT Pilgrimage Trust as well as many individual Parishioners helping out to give a fantastic array of things to do.

A great day together to help raise funds for the Parish. At last count it looks to have raised over £1,800! Thank you to everyone involved for the hard work and support.

Merry Christmas.

St Augustine's Youth Club

*** Currently not running *** Please contact the Parish Office if you can help re-start the club.

St Augustine's Parish provide a Youth Club on a Wednesday evenings, fortnightly, for the leavers of St Augustine's school to be able to meet back together after they have gone their separate ways in secondary school. It is run by a committee of that year's parents to provide this lovely opportunity, who volunteer and are cleared through the safeguarding process, working in teams.

The Year 6`s are invited to join in July. They are then able to socialise with classmates outside of school hours. They are encouraged to return in September when they start at secondary school and are hence given a chance to see people with whom they might otherwise lose contact. We provide an environment that stimulates a growth in friendship.

We play team games, quizzes, bingo, sports and play-station games. We have at least one outing per term, such as laser quest, bowling or ice-skating.

It runs 7.30pm to 9pm every other Wednesday. 
(Membership and Subscription is needed)