Thank you for taking your bundles of Hope Unlimited. It contains details of GFEC's Easter services, so the sooner they can be delivered the better. If you find that you need extra copies, June Dyer has some spare and will be happy to provide you with them, please contact her. If you have any difficulties with the deliveries 'on your patch' please contact Lesley Baker when she returns from holiday. If possible can you please return the labels and elastic bands and place them in the blue ice cream tub at the back of church (or pass on to Lesley) – many thanks.

Charlotte Middlebrook is appearing in the Abingdon Operatic Society production Crazy for You in April. you would be most welcome at any of the performances.

Wantage Christian Fellowship has organised a Ladies Breakfast on Saturday 31 March at Charlton Centre in Wantage.

Gary Belcher is launching a new card project. He is selling cards in aid of GFEC's Church Development Fund. Suggested donation of £2.50 per card, all of which will go to the Dev. Fund. Monies to be given direct to the church Treasurer or in an envelope marked 'GFEC Development Fund' and placed in the offering. Gary is happy to make cards to order, if given a couple of weeks' notice. Please email Gary for more information or with requests to: .

There will be a Prayer Space at Grove CE at the end of this term, on Monday 26th - Wed 28th March, with an Easter theme. The organizers would love to have you involved in helping run the event.

To celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Grove needs you on Monday 4th June at Grove recreation ground (rugby fields). In particular Grove Free Evangeluca Church needs your help to make the Family Entertainment Zone the diamond in the crown. Please let Barbie Margetts know how you can help.

The planning application for the new housing development on the airfield site has been submitted and there are four weeks in which to make comments before the council considers the application. You can view the plans in Grove Library or online. Please do and make your comments.

The Shoebox Appeal 2012 is already gathering pace – after such a successful result last year we have a high standard to achieve (and hopefully surpass) so we are starting earlier. We know several folk are already gathering items from the "essentials" list (which is available on the Shoebox Appeal 2012 page of our website) and finding out where the bargains are! If you would rather give a financial donation than go shopping, please put your gift in the Sunday offering, in an envelope marked "Shoebox" – or give it to one of the deacons.

Oh yes –Shoebox Packing Day will again be held at Old Mill Hall on Sunday 21st October. Please make a note in your diary – Don't miss it!

John & Margaret