Vicar: Arthur Napier
Offertories
The monthly collections will follow much the same order as last year, except that the October one will be for Foreign Missions instead of for the special object of last year.
January – Parish Sick Fund
February – Church Army
March – Bishop of Salisbury’s Fund
April – Easter: Special
May – Temperance Society
June – R.S.P.C.A.
July – Fresh Air Fund
August – Prevention of Cruelty to Children
September – Hospital Fund
October – Foreign Missions
November – Mission to Seamen
December – Waifs and Strays
Lent
The Lenten Season begins on Ash Wednesday, February 25th. The Commination Service will be read on that day at 7 p.m., and a special service on the following Wednesdays with an instructive reading.
Rifle Club
I wish to hold a Rifle Club meeting at the Vicarage, on Wednesday, February 11th, at 7 o’clock; this will be the only notice issued, so will all the men interested in our shooting please be present.
Confirmation
The nearest places at which the Bishop will hold confirmations are as follows:
Wareham – March 24th, 3 p.m.
Langton – May 4th, 5 p.m.
Swanage – November 22nd, 3 p.m.
There will be no regular classes formed, but if there are any who wish to be prepared for either of these dates, I shall be very glad to arrange times most convenient to them, provided they let me know at least seven weeks before one of the three above mentioned dates.
Additional notes
During the past year, 1913, there were:
Ten Children Baptised
Five Persons Buried
Six Couples Married
Three Hundred and Eleven Communicants
Baptisms
Jan 11 Linda Kathleen Jefferies
,, ,, Philip Dennis Neale
,, ,, James Albert Haskett