Dear all,

CONGREGATION DAY, SUNDAY 31^st October 2010

I would like to take this opportunity of inviting you all to join me on the 31^st October for what we are calling a "Congregation Day". One of the important aspects of life at St Magnus which was highlighted at my appointment in the early summer was the need to enhance communication. If we are going to grow together as a family of faith here then good communication is of course vital, and the first skill of communication must surely be listening. We need to listen to each other.

The Congregation Day will hopefully enable this communication to happen more.

It will be based around our normal Sunday worship and we will begin at 10.45 as usual with the Eucharist. Coffee and refreshments will follow in the Hall, followed by a soup lunch during which we can begin listening and talking to each other. During the afternoon I hope we can focus on some issues which I have become aware both the Vestry and the Congregation want to begin to air and I can also share some of my feelings now a few months into being your Rector.

I propose to bring Evening Prayer forward on this day to 5.00pm so that we can conclude the day in corporate worship and prayer as we began it.

The day or any part of the day is open to you all. Join in as much or as little as you feel able, and come and go should you wish. Whatever time you feel able to spend at St Magnus on this day will be a valuable contribution to our ongoing life together. If there is anything that can be done to facilitate you in being able to take some part in this day then please do not hesitate to ask.

This day will greatly enhance hopefully the life and direction of St. Magnus congregation and ministry in this place. In November probably, the Annual Meeting will be taking place and The Vestry will be setting and presenting goals for the future. We are in an exciting future, let us all feel part of who we are in this place.

With every blessing,

Your friend and priest,

Neil

Dear all,

CONGREGATION DAY, SUNDAY 31^st October 2010

I would like to take this opportunity of inviting you all to join me on the 31^st October for what we are calling a "Congregation Day". One of the important aspects of life at St Magnus which was highlighted at my appointment in the early summer was the need to enhance communication. If we are going to grow together as a family of faith here then good communication is of course vital, and the first skill of communication must surely be listening. We need to listen to each other.

The Congregation Day will hopefully enable this communication to happen more.

It will be based around our normal Sunday worship and we will begin at 10.45 as usual with the Eucharist. Coffee and refreshments will follow in the Hall, followed by a soup lunch during which we can begin listening and talking to each other. During the afternoon I hope we can focus on some issues which I have become aware both the Vestry and the Congregation want to begin to air and I can also share some of my feelings now a few months into being your Rector.

I propose to bring Evening Prayer forward on this day to 5.00pm so that we can conclude the day in corporate worship and prayer as we began it.

The day or any part of the day is open to you all. Join in as much or as little as you feel able, and come and go should you wish. Whatever time you feel able to spend at St Magnus on this day will be a valuable contribution to our ongoing life together. If there is anything that can be done to facilitate you in being able to take some part in this day then please do not hesitate to ask.

This day will greatly enhance hopefully the life and direction of St. Magnus congregation and ministry in this place. In November probably, the Annual Meeting will be taking place and The Vestry will be setting and presenting goals for the future. We are in an exciting future, let us all feel part of who we are in this place.

With every blessing,

Your friend and priest,

Neil

Ladies and gentlemen, visitors.  The St Magnus website has been running for several years now and is overdue an overhaul.  That process is about halfway complete at the moment.  If anything appears to be missing or broken, rest assured it will be back in the next week or so.  Thank you for your patience.  If I've missed anything blindingly obvious, please catch me before or after the service on Sunday and let me know.

Hi everyone, St Magnus is now registered with easyfundraising 
it's a great website where you can raise funds for the good cause of your choice simply by shopping and searching online. 

You can shop online with 2000 well known retailers at www.easyfundraising.org.uk, including Argos, Boden, Amazon, John Lewis, Boots, Vodafone, M&S, Play.com, Debenhams, eBay and many more. Just use the links provided on the easyfundraising site whenever you make a purchase and up to 15% of the price will be donated to any good cause you choose to nominate - at no additional cost to you! 

easyfundraising also features www.easysearch.org.uk, a search engine with a difference. Search the Web with easysearch instead of Google or any other search engine and you'll raise funds for your chosen cause with every search you make. Make just 10 searches a day and you could raise around £20 a year - just by searching the Web. easysearch is powered by Yahoo!, Ask.com, Bing and several other well-known search engines. 

Plus, if you sign up before 30th June 2010, they will enter you into their FREE PRIZE DRAW to win a 32in LED Samsung HD TV complete with Freeview worth £800 from Viking. 

easyfundraising and easysearch are both completely FREE to use and if you select St Magnus Episcopal Church - Lerwick when you register as the cause you wish to support, you'll help our cause to raise much needed funds. 

Imagine what a difference we can make if we all use easyfundraising and easysearch every time we shop and search online. 

Please forward this to anyone you know who might be able to help us by doing their shopping with just one extra click! 

Best Regards 
Rachel 

Phase 1.  Get a Posterous blog sorted out so that the Vestry as a whole can update the news and photos.