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YOUR
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Bishopstoke Players
t 02380 693032 for forthcoming productions or to get
involved
Bishopstoke Tennis Club
t 023 80 693928
Age Concern Bishopstoke
t 023 80 693310 - Entertainment, talks, shopping bus
Bishopstoke Historical Society
t 023 80 617481
BISHOPSTOKE GOOD NEIGHBOUR
SCHEME IS HERE TO HELP YOU!
If you need help with any of the following:-
• Local or Hospital Transport
• Escorts for Wheelchairs
• Shopping
• Form Filling
•
Visiting
Please contact 8061 6916 or 8069
3094
A VOLUNTARY ORGANISATION SUPPORTED BY HAMPSHIRE
VOLUNTARY
CARE GROUPS ADVISORY SERVICE
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Parish Council News
Grants to local organisations
Councillors were pleased to be able to approve a grant of £750
to the Methodist Church to assist it in meeting the costs of
essential repairs to the roof. A grant of £250 was also made to
The Bishopstoke Paro-chial Charities, an organisation providing
subsidised accommodation in Fair Oak to local people in need.
Further information on this is available from the Fair Oak and
Horton Heath Assistant Parish Clerk.
New notice board
Following the removal of the vandalised notice board on
Blackberry Drive, a new board has been installed near the
junction of Fair Oak Road and Stoke Wood Close by the pharmacy
and the doctors’ surgery and thanks are given to County
Councillor Chris Thomas for making some funds available from his
devolved budget.. Notices of local interest for all the boards
should be e-mailed or posted to the Clerk and will be displayed
on a space available basis.
Bishopstoke Carnival
The Bishopstoke Carnival has gone from strength to strength over
the past decade or more and has be-come a fixture in the local
calendar of events. Unfortunately, it now suffers from a lack of
willing volun-teers to help with its organisation and as a
result the Parish Council has taken the decision to provide
lim-ited administrative support to the Carnival Committee from
April this year. Although very grateful for this, the Committee
would nevertheless welcome new people to help them both plan the
event and organ-ise it on the day which this year is Sunday 12
September. Those interested should contact Glynis Elliot -
e-mail
bishopstokecarnival@sky.com or phone: 023 8022 7578 or come
to one of the meetings which are held on the third Monday of
each month in Meller House starting at 7.00pm.
Stoke Park Woods and footpaths
Exciting plans exist to improve the recreational facilities in
Stoke Park Woods and the Parish Council is grateful to County
Councillor Angela Roling for making a grant from her devolved
budget to allow the Parish Council to replace a frame on one of
the footpath information board and to fund the installation of
one of the new information boards to be erected at the entrance
to the Woods.
Asset transfer
Arrangements are well advanced for the transfer of
responsibility for management of both the Cemetery and the
allotments from the Borough Council to the Parish Council with
effect from 1 April 2010. More details on this and who to
contact will be published nearer the time.
The next meeting of the full Parish
Council will be on Tuesday 23 February 2010 at 7.30pm in the
Methodist Church Hall, Sedgwick Road, Bishopstoke.
The Planning Committee meets on the second and fourth Tuesdays
of each month at 7.00pm and the Finance and General Purposes
Committee meets on the second Tuesday of each month at 7.30pm.
All meetings of the Parish Council and its Committees are open
to the public.
Mr P J Storey OBE FCIS
Clerk to Bishopstoke Parish Council
2 Old Fromans Farm
King’s Somborne
Stockbridge SO20 6QD
All applications will be acknowledged. The closing date for
applications is Friday 12 February 2010. Short-listed candidates
will be called forward for interview in late February 2010.
All meetings of the Parish Council and its Committees are open
to the public and full meetings of
the Parish Council normally take place on the fourth Tuesday of
each month except August and
December when no meetings are held.
For further information, please contact the Parish Clerk: Peter
Storey OBE
telephone number 01794 389220 or email:
bishopstoke.pc@btconnect.com
or visit the Parish website at:
www.bishopstokepc.hampshire.org.uk
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Church News
The Church of England in
Bishopstoke
In Bishopstoke, there are two Church of England buildings, but
we think of ourselves as one Christian family – because we are!
St Mary’s is on Church Road in Old Bishopstoke,
and the main service is normally at 11 am on a Sunday.
St Paul’s is on Old Fair Oak Road (opposite The Welcome), and
the main service is normally at 9.30 am on a Sunday.
Each week there is at least one service that is appropriate for
children, or has children’s Christian activities.
We also have various mid-week activities, including a toddler
group and groups that meet for friendship, prayer and to look at
the Bible together.
We are always happy to hear from people who would like to be
prayed for or ask anything about Christianity.
For more details or to ask about anything, please contact Revd
Richard Wise or see our website.
tel. (023) 8061 2192
website.
www.bishopstoke.org.uk
Bishopstoke Evangelical Church
Stoke Park Road, Bishopstoke
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Bishopstoke Methodist Church
Our church building in Sedgwick Road has been recently
modernised to include disabled facilities, large meeting room
with patio and a smaller meeting room. We have been raising
funds to update our building over the last five years and in
doing so have strengthened many links with the community in
Bishopstoke.
Sunday Services: are at 10:30, with the 2nd Sunday of each month
usually being Holy Communion, and the 4th Sunday of each month
being all age worship appropriate for any age children.
Monday Ladies Fellowship meets at 7:30 each week, and the men’s
Man Friday meets on the first Friday of each month at 7:30. Look
out for various social events.
We meet with Rev Richard Wise and other members of the Anglican
Church each Tuesday morning at 8:45 to hold a half-hour of bible
reading and prayer in our new meeting room. Anybody is welcome
to join us, or if you have any prayer concerns please feel free
to contact me, Rev Lesley Martin
Tel: (023) 8060 2588
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