No 20 Brislington community and churches news

Brislington community and churches news

The newsletter is offered to all the people of Brislington  by the people of St Anne, St Christopher, St Cuthbert and St Luke

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And another Summer holiday Treasure Hunt

This time: Find a Free Book in the Brislington Churchyards

Then send a photo of the finding to The Big BS4 Book Hunt Here

Celebrates play and participation and encourages children to engage in reading, games and sports, in any way that best suits them.

Children are challenged to get reading over the summer holidays. By taking part in the free Challenge, children will be able to join a superstar team and their marvellous mascots as they navigate a fictional summer obstacle course brought to life with illustrations by children's illustrator Loretta Schauer.

How to take part

Children can join at the library and pick up a Ready, Set, Read! folder or do the digital challenge online or do both!

To take part in the library, simply pick up a free folder, collect stickers and then read at least 6 books. At the end the reward is a brilliant Summer Reading Challenge medal!

To take part online go to summerreadingchallenge.org.uk/ where children create their own profile with the assistance of an adult. They set their own reading goals and can read any books they choose! Each time they finish a book; they add it to their profile and write a review.

Rewards and Incentives

Children are rewarded with stickers and a medal if they take part in the library. Online, the rewards are fun digital activities and incentives along the way, with online badges and games. When they complete the challenge online, they receive a downloadable certificate.

Accessing Books and Joining the Library

All of our libraries are now OPEN – Please check here for more details: https://www.bristol.gov.uk/libraries-archives

Socks from and for Ukraine

It says on your socks "Доброго вечора, ми з України" "Good evening, we're from Ukraine". When Russians were trying to take Chornobaivka and Mykolaiv in the south of Ukraine, they thought they already accomplished their goal and thought they liberated Russians living there, but oops, Ukrainians stood against them and greeted

Russians: "good evening, we're from Ukraine" gracefully reminding Russians that people in the south of Ukraine are not Russians and don't need to be "liberated".Oleh

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Become a host for Ukrainian refugees

We need more sponsors and hosts in Bristol to help us find homes for Ukrainian refugees.

How to sponsor or host Ukrainian refugees, information on thank you payments and what support you'll get. You can sponsor an individual or a family if you have enough space to accommodate them.

Read how Here

St Luke’s Church Remembrance Poppy Cascade

We would like decorate inside the church with a poppy cascade for Remembrance Sunday – 12 November. Anyone can help to make knitted or crocheted poppies for this important annual commemoration. Patterns can be found on YouTube or you can contact Barbara on baberesford@gmail.com who will send you a pattern. Finished poppies will need to be in church by 22

October

Beyond Brislington

"Didn’t I realize that if the bombs hadn’t been dropped many more would have died, including him, which meant I would not exist!

Read more Here

This Sunday with the bible

Every Sunday we have three short passages from the bible to reflect on. There's usually one from the Old Testament - the Jewish bible as well as Christian; one from the life of the early church after Jesus; and one from the gospel stories of Jesus' life.

Have a read Here

What to do in a storm

In all our lives there are times of stormy weather - in our relationships, our finances, our purpose and meaning - when we doubt ourselves and begin to believe that we will not survive. In today's story we have a classic example of the many layered meanings of the stories about Jesus - the historical, the physical and always the spiritual. In this storm and in our storms: "Jesus immediately reached/s out his hand and caught him/us"

Read it Here St

Walking Rugby

A number of us from St Anne's regularly start our week with a game of walking rugby. It's great fun, great exercise and great cake at the end. If anyone over 55 years would like to join us you would be very welcome. First session is free. for more info contact Andy and Gill Luxford on 07968430551

Eyes down, Look in....

Wednesday Bingo

St Annes Church Hall, Langton Road

2pm every week. Running all through August. Everyone very welcome

St Christopher's

St Christopher's doors repainted Proper Job!

16th August Over 55 Lunch Club

19th August Coffee morning

All welcome

St Luke's

Tour and Talk at St Luke's Church Brislington Saturday, August 12 at 2.0pm.

Jonathan Rowe of Brislington Conservation and History Society will be giving a talk on the history of St Luke's, Brislington's 15th century parish church, together with some stories of its literary associations (some more tenuous than others!) including, Hannah More, Jane Austen, Agatha Christie and even Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein"!

Tea and cakes will be available afterwards and there will be a retiring collection in aid of St Luke's and Brislington Conservation and History Society. No booking needed

No more Oasis

A big thank you to Karin and Simon who have donated some chicken wire to St Luke's for flower arranging. We have recently become aware that Oasis is terrible for the environment,as it never biodegrades but just breaks into smaller and smaller pieces., Our flower arrangers are challenging

Kids Eat Free

Places where kids eat free (or for £1) during school half terms and holidays in 2023. Here

It's so hard keeping the kids entertained for long periods of time without spending a fortune. Here are all the restaurants and cafes that are offering ‘kids eat free’ (or for £1) during every UK school holiday in 2023

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Brislington Ward Councillors

West Brislington

Jos Clark

Andrew Varney

We believe in keeping residents up-to-date on local issues and publish a quarterly newsletter, ‘Focus on Brislington West’, which is delivered to every household across the ward. You can also sign up for a monthly eFocus at: Bristol LibDems.org/localefocus. You can follow us on our own social media pages:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BrislingtonLibDems/ Twitter: @BrisLibDems @AndrewJVarney @josclark6 Instagram: andrewjvarne

☎ 07584 370429 cllr.andrew.varney@bristol.gov.uk ☎ 07584 183381 — with Jos Clark in Brislington West.

East Brislington

Katja Hornchen

Tim Rippington

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