Will you come and see our Poppies?
They will be in the SJB churchyard between 30th October and 15th November and you can visit at any time.
As dusk falls the area will be lit to show off the poppies.
PLEASE DONATE TO THE BRITISH LEGION POPPY APPEAL TO SHOW YOUR APPRECIATION OF THIS AND FOR THE LIVES LOST.
donations.britishlegion.org.uk
Thank you.
Christmas Gift Fair
This is on Saturday 28th November and we are starting to collect items for the TOMBOLA. If you have any unwanted new gifts, cosmetics, bottles of drink etc then we would be delighted to collect them at the back of the church from now onwards.
If you receive any deliveries from Amazon in the next two weeks and they come in
sturdy boxes please don’t flatten them for re-cycling or throw them away! At the end
of November, Aylesbury Prison Fellowship will be wrapping and posting approximately
60 Christmas gifts to children around the country who won’t have their fathers with
them at Christmas…………
Jenny Pickup will be pleased to collect any boxes from you and remove any address
labels from them before re-using them. Any that are surplus to requirements will be
put into re-cycling for you.
Email: J.Pickup@stonedintonhartwell.com
Tel no: 01296 748170
Thankyou!
Role description: Christian Aid Coordinator for Stone, Bishopstone and Hartwell
Please contact Richard Smith for more information or if you would be interested in this role: Richard.Smith@stonedintonhartwell.com
We are seeking someone to be a link person for Christian Aid for Stone, Bishopstone and Hartwell. Sue Spinks, who has held this responsibility for many years, has recently retired.
Christian Aid is a global charity whose aim is to eliminate poverty, particularly where this has come about through natural disaster.
There are many ways in which churches can work with, and support Christian Aid, but this is most often done by raising funds and raising awareness of the work of the charity, particularly during Christian Aid week (10-16 May 2026), and around Harvest and Christmas.
The traditional fundraising method of door-to-door collections is becoming less popular and less effective as fewer people carry cash these days, although envelopes now carry QR codes for those who wish to donate on-line.
Christian Aid has many resources including posters, leaflets, video presentations, special orders of service and other fundraising materials which can be ordered or downloaded free of charge. It is also possible to book speakers to give live presentations at local events.
The main responsibilities of our local Christian Aid coordinator will be to work with the SJB committee by:
To find out more, you are welcome to contact David Blackmore, who is a very experienced Christian Aid coordinator based in Weston Turville (davidbblackmore@gmail.com)
Here at St John the Baptist, Stone,
We have always welcomed dog walkers to enjoy our beautiful churchyard.
However, Recently there have been several incidents where our grounds have been damaged by dogs that have been left to freely roam and a lot of dog mess has been left behind which our gardening volunteers have had to deal with.
In light of this, we have had to make the decision to designate our churchyard as a dog on leads only area. We did not want to make this decision as we would love to keep the churchyard as a safe place for dogs to play, but the actions of a few have caused this to be necessary. We hope to be able to reverse this decision if things improve.
