Welcome to St Giles' Church Shrewsbury
Our regular services are held at:

St Giles':
Sunday:
0800 BCP said Eucharist
0930 sung Eucharist (except 1st Sunday of each month)
1100 sung Eucharist on 1st Sunday of each month NB 4 OCTOBER!
Wednesday:
1000 said Eucharist (in the Fellowship Room)

St Eata's:
Sunday:
1100 sung Eucharist (except 1st Sunday of each month)
1100 non-Eucharistic service on 1st Sunday of each month
Other services via Zoom as announced, links in the panel on the right >>

The orders of services are in Documents , together with PewsNews
(Please also see "A Church Near You" for further information)

Foodbank: particular needs this week: 
Dried pasta; Tinned tomatoes; Rice; Cereal; Toothpaste; Soap Bars

Catch-up Café: Term time after-school for children of all ages to play together, with crafts and activities, while parents enjoy a catch up. Free food and drinks from  Shrewsbury Food Hub in a relaxed atmosphere. Wednesdays 3.30-5.00 at St Giles Community Hall.

Zoom coffee mornings: If any of the congregation would like to chat with others at St Giles on Zoom coffee mornings, please contact Norman Davies (07713 476809) 

Thanks to all who helped with the Summer Festival - a huge success, also raising over £1100

ABC coffee club Termtime Tuesdays. 10–11.30 St Giles’ Church Hall, Sutton Way. For babies and pre-school children with their adults. Only £1.50 per family. Could you volunteer to help with this group? Contact Debbie 07814 628887 or just pop in.

Prayer meeting on Thursday 8 October at 12.30 in the Fellowship room. All are welcome

Friday Creators–Knit, Natter & more. Be crafty! (No need to be a good maker)
Share ideas, learn new skills and enjoy tea, cake and chat: 2nd and 4th Fridays, 2-4 in the Fellowship Room. Next 9 October. Anne Povey 243303 or Rita Makin 3344749

Celebration of Harvest: Sunday 11 October. Our main act of Worship will be taking place at 4.00 to celebrate our Harvest Festival. We will be joined by St Giles Community Choir and gather together in an act of Celebration and thanksgiving. This service will re-place our regular 9.30 service and everyone is welcome. More details to follow.

The Longest Yarn trip - postponed.  We are proposing to go instead on Monday 12 October to see it in St Giles’ church, Wrexham. A sign-up sheet is on the table at the back of church. Please indicate if you can offer or need a lift.

Come for Company(C4C) last Weds each month 2.15-3.45 Church Hall, next 28 October, see Documents. Enquiries to gillcarding@btinternet.com or 01743 369325.  
All welcome, especially those living alone and carers. Tea, cake, and company.

Mothers' Union are collecting items suitable for young people aged 16 - 25 as Christmas stocking gifts, also chocolates, decorations and toiletries. There will be a box at the back of church where donations can be left. At our 5 November meeting 2.00 we will sort and pack them for the 16+ care leavers: Further info: Debbie 07814 628887.

St Giles’ Christmas Market will be held at the Church Hall, Sutton Way, on Saturday Nov 28, from 10  to 1.00.  Stalls will be selling cakes, produce, crafts, plants, etc., a raffle and a bottle stall, Donations of raffle prizes, items for all stalls will be gratefully received.  To volunteer, or for more information, speak to Penny Hughes or Julie Bound.

Revd Zoe is now Rector of the Benefices of Edgmond with Kynnersley and Preston Wealdmoors in plurality with Tibberton with Bolas Magna & Waters Upton. Zoe writes: Thanks for a fantastic farewell, for the lovely cards and gifts, and for the financial gift, which will be well used on a wonderful garden set, and towards my own chasuble. Whenever I wear it I will think of you all. Thank you for making my time at St. Giles' and St. Eata's so enjoyable. I will miss you all.

Thanks to all who attended or helped at St Eata's famous Fete and Duck Race!

The Diocesan safeguarding campaign "It’s Not Just Policy, It’s Personal" highlights how safeguarding is about people, not just processes, and the importance of the four Rs: Recognise, Respond, Record, Refer. See poster in Documents for more details

Thanks to all involved in the Open Garden fundraiser for Mothers’ Union at Debbie and Andy's, which raised over £500!

Thanks to all who helped with the Church grounds tidy up.  Please contact John Fannin on 01743 354743 if you can help in future.  Thanks

Join the Friends Of St Giles! The Friends act in the interests of the Church and Parishioners, raise the Church profile and raise funds.  Annual subscription or one lifetime payment.  
Details on Documents or see Les Wilkinson 

St Giles' Community Choir rehearses each Sunday 3.30-4.30 in the Fellowship Room, with refreshments.  All welcome. It's free, no auditions, nor need to read music. Just drop by!  
Our 'Songs from the 70s' raised almost £2000!  Also, listen to Derry's composition 

Christian Aid  St Giles' parish residents have donated over £10000 over recent years, to tackle the root causes of poverty and enable communities to thrive. Thanks all who helped

The roof repairs presentation is in Documents.
If you are able to help with organising Fund raising, or Project managing the processes needed to get us to construction, please let Andrew and the PCC know

A Tile In Time: The Church roof is in a very poor state, and is over 100 years old. 
Re-roofing will cost over £400,000.  Although over half of this has now been raised we still need to raise the rest - and are seeking sponsors at £10 for each new tile, which can be marked with a message of up to 12 words.  Please see Documents for details, and see the Church Wardens.

Cake Stall to raise funds for the roof:  in the Fellowship Room after morning service every 4th Sunday. If you can make cakes to support this venture, please bring them on the day. Thank you

Messy Church in St Giles Church (not Hall!).  Please watch this space, and tell all younger members of your families.  If you would like to come along to support and join in the various activities, you are most welcome. Please speak to Pat Davies and see Poster in Documents

The Food Share: at St Giles Church Hall on Sundays 1030-1130. All are welcome to purchase surplus food (see Documents). Shropshire Council may be able to help families: look here or call them on 0345 6789078; also see here for help for Shropshire people living on a low budget.

Our Organist Dr Derry Bertenshaw composed and played 'Nocturne-for the suffering of Ukraine' as the finale of a concert that raised over £1000 for the DEC Ukraine fund. Derry's video https://youtu.be/dzNxlX2tXnk  is a wonderful, but intensely sad, piece of music.   Please listen!

St Giles' Church is committed to Safeguarding and has adopted the National and Diocesan Safeguarding Policies. 
Our Safeguarding Coordinator is  Alyson Saunders, 07910 358420.
The diocesan safeguarding advisor is Neil Spiring 01543 306147 neil.spiring@lichfield.anglican.org.
Please see Documents for our policy document and reporting procedure

Please follow the links for:
Our Facebook page
The Church of England website

Covid:  Although restrictions are no longer in place, the Church recognises that Covid remains a risk. If you are ill or think you have Covid please be considerate and do not attend until you are better. At St Giles we do not operate an open chalice policy. At Holy Communion we intinct the bread (wafer) with the wine and both are received together