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Wight Church Newsletter No 705

             


Wight Church Network
 
      Transformation Partnership Connection
 
All Saints Freshwater
Islandwide Church Noticeboard

No 705       Circulation:  608    1st May 2025

Next Issue - 15th May 2025
FEATURED EVENT

Important to Book Your Place Here




With Paul Woolley and Ken Benjamin

Imagine what it would look like if Christians lived knowing every day matters because they knew God cared about their everyday matters! Just think about the difference that would make in the places where you show up. It would change the Isle of Wight. It would change the UK. It would change the world.
We're excited to be partnering with LICC (The London Institute of Contemporary Christianity) once again. Their dream is that every Christian would go out into their bit of God’s world confident that God can work through them, confident that Jesus is good news for the people they met, good news for the things they do, good news for the organisation they engage in. This is our dream, too.
Join us for an evening of presentations, films, interviews, and more to think through how this whole-life perspective can transform the way we see our daily lives and work – and how we might partner together to make a difference at this pivotal moment in our culture.

Video


Also Leaders Breakfast on Saturday

 
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Revival Prayer Diary for the Island - May 2025 - authored by Richard Buxton

Events

May
Thursday 1st May - Foodbank May Day Quiz at Quay Arts Newport
Friday 2nd May - Journey to Paraguay - John McDonnaugh  Church on the Roundabout Newport
Wednesday 7th to 10th May - Jigsaw Festival at St Mary's Church Cowes
Thursday 8th May - Newport Minster Open Invitation to commemorate 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day.
Thursday 8th May - VE 80th Memorial at St Andrew's Church Chale - 6pm
Friday 9th May - The Julian Meetings at Carisbrooke Priory
Friday 9th May - LICC Vision Event - "Every Day Matters"  at Newport Minster
Saturday 10th May - Leaders Breakfast with LICC Team at Gunville Methodist Church
Saturday 10th May - All Saints Gurnard - Worship Band Lunch Time Concert
Saturday 10th May - Abbey Brass in Concert at Newport Minster
Sunday 11th May - Taste of Taizé - All Saints Gurnard
Saturday 17th May - Foodbank - Promenade, Wedding, Bridesmaid One Day Dress Sale
Saturday 17th May - Plant and Bake Sale at St John's Church Ryde
Saturday 17th May - Quizaid at Ryde United Reformed Church
17th and 18th May - The Beloved Son - a new play by Murray Watts at Newport Minster
Saturday 24th May - Two Exciting Events with Simon Guillebaud, MBE    

June
Sunday 8th June - Free the Wight 2 - Wight Church Outdoor Prayer Event  MORE DETAILS
Friday 13th June - IOW YFC 25 Years - Thanksgiving/Celebration. SAVE THE DATE

July
22nd and 23rd July - Mellow Drama returns to Ventnor Fringe     Date Now Set

August
22nd - 24th August - Big Church Festival 2025 -West Sussex - Opportunity for discounted Tickets

2026
Friday 30th January 2026 - Pete Greig on the Island for a Wight Church Event - Details to follow

Ongoing Events

                  All Ongoing Events are now listed  Here


Notices and Nuggets

Newport Youth Café (NYC) need Youth Worker Volunteers
Social Transformation projects taking place through the CofE churches in Ryde
Newport Good Friday Walk of Witness Photos
Street Pastors - Help Needed with IOW Festival
BeaconLight - Free Give away Cards
Good News Isle of Wight - Digital Newsletter
We have expanded our recycling at Ryde Methodist Church
Post for Male Sessional Youth Worker at SWAY
IOW Foodbank Most Needed Items for May 2025
Job Vacancies at All Saint's Ryde Church  - Job Description Added
New - Job Opportunities Available at Westbrook - Urban Saints
Bible study material for your group
 
Newsletters from other Organisations

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Quick Links
Wight Church Website
Directory of Island Church Congregations
Directory of Island Christian Organisations
Directory of Island Christian Businesses 
If your organisation or church has a regular newsletter or notice that you
would like others to see, send us a copy and we'll include it here.


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Newport Minster will hold a special service to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day.

The event will take place at 5pm on Thursday 8th May, and members of the public are invited to take their seats by 4.45pm.

Marking a moment in history
VE Day marks the formal end of the Second World War in Europe.

This year, the Minster will bring together residents of the Isle of Wight to remember the significance of that day, 80 years on.

Music and memories
The service will include VE Day memories, shared as part of the commemoration.

Music will be performed by the choir of Newport and Carisbrooke CE School, alongside the combined church choirs of the parish.

Open invitation
Newport Minster extends the invitation to all who wish to attend.

The organisers hope the community will come together to reflect on this important milestone in modern British history.

 
 

The Wight Church Team welcome you to:



With Paul Woolley and Ken Benjamin

Imagine what it would look like if Christians lived knowing every day matters because they knew God cared about their everyday matters! Just think about the difference that would make in the places where you show up. It would change the Isle of Wight. It would change the UK. It would change the world.
We're excited to be partnering with LICC (The London Institute of Contemporary Christianity) once again. Their dream is that every Christian would go out into their bit of God’s world confident that God can work through them, confident that Jesus is good news for the people they met, good news for the things they do, good news for the organisation they engage in. This is our dream, too.
Join us for an evening of presentations, films, interviews, and more to think through how this whole-life perspective can transform the way we see our daily lives and work – and how we might partner together to make a difference at this pivotal moment in our culture.

Video

Important to Book Your Place Here



Also on Saturday 10 May at 9am

Leaders’ Breakfast at Gunville Methodist Church
 
A chance to munch, meet and engage with Paul Woolley and Ken Benjamin from LICC who are speaking the night before at Newport Minster.
 
A Wight Church event – please book now via kevinfarrow@hotmail.co.uk

Donations invited on the day
 
Gunville Methodist Church – Gunville Road, Newport PO30 5LS 
Some parking available and also in local streets
   
 


Source:  Wendy Peskett   mandwp@outlook.com
 
 


Source:  Simon Smith     simonsmith1968@yahoo.co.uk
 
 



  
Source:   Mike Peskett     mandwp@outlook.com
 

Source:    Isle of Wight Foodbank    info@isleofwight.foodbank.org.uk

 
 



Source:  Alexandra Bruce    alex.inryde@gmail.com


 
 

Source:  Martin Stock      martinstock741@gmail.com

 
 
 


Register to attend the Breakfast for free via Eventbrite: simong-breakfast.eventbrite.co.uk

Source:  mparsons@truevinechurch.org.uk 
 
 

‘Free the Wight 2’
(another really exciting and significant prayer event at locations all over the island }

Many of you, participated in this event last year. We had such good feedback afterwards with churches right across the island, from all different denominations and Christian fellowships, joining together for this hour of prayer. Hundreds participated in over 40 different locations. We have been hearing reports of positive spiritual changes that have been happening since last year.

As we had many requests for us to repeat this powerful time, we are organising it once again  for: 
Pentecost Sunday 8th June, from 4.00pm - 5.00pm

More Information has gone out to Island Church Leaders. Please let the leaders of your congregation know if you want to participate.
 

Revs Richard & Rajinder Buxton 
Prayer Mobilisers
Wight Church Network

prayer@rydeelim.org

 
 
 

 at the Pier Street Playhouse based at Ventnor Baptist

Source:   Andrew Hough   avdlhough@hotmail.com
 
 
 

Big Church Festival 2025 -West Sussex 
Opportunity for discounted Tickets


I am a member of St James's Church Ryde and  we are gathering a group of people to go to the Big Church Festival (West Sussex) on the August Bank Holiday this year. We had a group go last year and it was such a blessing with 30,000 people all worshiping together! This year, we wondered if other Christians across the island wanted to have a weekend worshipping God and spending time with His people.  It is such a fantastic festival and caters for the whole spectrum of ages and tastes and this year they are running kids groups too.  
The group tickets are effective as it enables you to access a good discount, which you otherwise can't get, but you don't have to arrive, leave or stick together! It is just a form of booking and the more people go as part of the group, the cheaper the tickets are.

We really wanted to open this up to others and would love for your congregation to be part of it. If you are willing, I would appreciate you sharing the below link. If you don't feel that you can for whatever reason, no problem.

Big Church Group - Isle of Wight Link

Yours in Christ

Alex Hay   alexphay@gmail.com
 
Notices and Nuggets




"Revive Newport is nearly 20 years old and is now a Christian charity that represents the Church in Newport to the young people of the town, who have nowhere else to go.  We are committed to helping young people living in Newport through life's challenges. We see each person as created by God with unique worth and loved by Him. We want to help enable them to become the best that they can be.

This is done through our twice weekly youth club - Newport Youth Café (NYC), which is attended annually by more than 200 different young people.   Our aim is that NYC is a place that they can come to and just be themselves, play pool, do creative activities, and play video games and other activities, but can also do homework and chat about the problems they may be facing.  The café supports young people through their time at Secondary School from ages 13 - 17.  Our goals are to reduce Anti-social behaviour, tackle loneliness and isolation, improve mental health and improve education standards.
Our youth work team also go out and around Newport Town Centre, 2 - 3 times a week and engage with the young people we meet.  We are annually talking to over 1000 young people, checking they are ok, offering support and sometimes defusing situations if things are getting out of hand.

We are currently looking to increase our Volunteer staff, which would enable more engagement with the young people.  There are different ways in which you can volunteer. It could be by helping with the tuck shop, manning the door, playing pool or a board game, or by sitting and doing some arts and crafts. If you feel this could be you, then please do get in touch by emailing admin@revivenewport.org.

If volunteering isn’t for you we would also really value your support by praying for our work and also helping financially which you can do by visiting our website at and click on donate. We look forward to hearing from you!"
 
  Source:  Liz Day    admin@revivenewport.org
 



 
Last year IOW Street Pastors were allowed to patrol inside the Festival for the first time. This was in addition to patrolling the outside route, along Fairlee and the Riverbank, working alongside the police and security. 
This year we will once again be patrolling onsite and off site at the festival but in addition we are opening our Safe Space in Newport Bus Station in the evenings from the Thursday to the Sunday and we have also been allowed to have a gazebo up on site this year which will be operating alongside the same strategy as our Newport Bus station Safe Space. 

A national call out has gone out to mainland volunteers to come and assist us due to the mammoth task of four days of the festival with 90,000 people attending. Last year we had 29 mainland volunteers assist us. 
Some of the volunteers are unable to camp onsite so we are looking for anyone that would have a spare bed or two that would be willing to host a volunteer or two. Due to most of these volunteers coming as foot passengers, Newport and Ryde areas would be easier with public transport but last year we did have some hosts in the Bay area. 
If you are able to help, please get in touch by emailing Suzanne (Street Pastor Coordinator) on suzanne@iowstreetpastors.org.uk or Ella (Administrator) on ella@iowstreetpastors.org.uk  
 
We are also asking for donations towards the festival patrols. Please see the Poster above
 
Suzanne McCaffery
 
Street Pastor Coordinator
Isle of Wight Street Pastors
 
Street Pastors Coordinator: 07511163632
School Pastors Coordinator: 07879776281
 
 



BeaconLight have produced give-away A7 cards (bigger than business cards but smaller than postcards) which are designed to lead people to see how the Bible answers key questions about the resurrection.  Click on the QR code to access the site and then click the Bible links after the questions and see what you think! 

If you or your church/ministry could use quantities of these Examine the Evidence cards, please email Sue Cox at books@beaconlight.co.uk stating how many you would like.  They are completely free of charge.

BeaconLight Websites   -  BeaconLight    CrossCheck    Word@Work
 
 

We have expanded our recycling  here at Ryde Methodist Church.

Please tell everyone nothing is wasted , and nothing goes to landfill. It doesn't matter if anything is broken that can be dealt with correctly all they have to do is to pop in on any Tuesday morning to the hall, or get in touch.. Many thanks

Pete Bourne 
Western12000@pm.me




 
 




  
Source:   Joanna Richards    joanna.swaymail@gmail.com
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Church Based Jobs at Ryde

There are exciting opportunities at Ryde.church based at All Saints.  We are recruiting for two 20-hour posts for a Children and Families Leader and a Youth Leader.  

Salary scale is: £22,300 - 23,300 which would be pro rata for 20 hours.  

Job Description

These roles could be combined into one for the right person.

For further information contact June Morell  june@ryde.church

We look forward to hearing from you!
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New Job Opportunities Available at Westbrook
We have a number of job roles available whereby, ideally, we would like to recruit those with a Christian background where possible.

Click on the Link for more information
Urban Saints: Changing the future, one life at a time
 

 
Westbrook is due to re-open from April 2025. In the meantime, please direct any enquiries to Darren at westbrook@urbansaints.org
 200325
 




Looking for free Bible study material for your group?
 
I have a number of copies available of Chris’s book ‘I don’t believe it ’ for small group Bible studies. Chris, who was priest in charge at St Paul’s Barton and later chaplain at Carisbrooke Priory took his title from Victor Meldrew!
 
                                  
 
In each chapter, he focuses on a different passage from the Bible that he had always struggled with and, as he was so skilled at doing, encourages us to look at it from a different perspective. The style is very relaxed but thought provoking.
 
 It is particularly designed for group Bible study as there are questions at the end of each chapter. My own Bible study group were used as Guinea Pigs at the time of writing and found them very helpful. I am happy to give away a set of books as I would like them to be used. They could either be collected from Carisbrooke or, given a bit of time, I would be happy to deliver them. If you would like a sample copy first, then let me know by email   annhawkeriw@gmail.com

I also have some copies of his book The Holy Caterpillar which is more autobiographical. A friend recently said that it was the best Christian book that she had ever read!!  

                                  

Source: Ann Hawker (Lane)   annhawkeriw@gmail.com
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