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What's New? Collecting information Work goes on in analyzing the responses which 166 of you sent to our questionnaire. This very good response is a sign that many of you have a stake in St Ursula's, as it is, and as it develops. Our computer program has produced a digest of the results, and a team is in the process of analyzing them. Council looked at the profile revealed by the questionnaire at its February meeting, and we shall be making a short presentation to the whole church at the AGM on 28 March. Analyzing the information is one matter. Using the information to produce a strategy for future developments takes longer, and Council plan to spend a day away planning for this in the spring. Watch this space! Old Pictures Do you know that we regularly put pictures of church events on our Picasa website? They are worth taking a look at to see if there are faces you recognize, or memories you recall. For example, there are some pictures of the afternoon tea party on Saturday 16 January, of the Nativity Play on 13 December (when we took the opportunity to wish Maxine Wildhaber a happy birthday, and, alas, to give a farewell blessing to Isabel Jordan and her family). And there's plenty more! Collecting more information We also want to keep our address lists up to date, so that we can contact you if the need arises. We now have cards in the seats for newcomers to give us their details. If you have not yet filled one of these cards in, please help us by doing so and leaving it in the box in the porch, or giving it to the sidesperson. Communications We want you and all users of this website to make the most of the information we have available. Have you looked at our sitemap to see just what there you can find out about? Have you tried clicking on some of the links on our pages to find out more? In addition to photographs on this website (see the magazine index page for a list), the church has a Picasa site, with pictures of church events, new and old, and many of the sermons in St Ursula's in recent years have been recorded for you to listen to. If you have ideas for improving the information we can give, or if you have pictures of the church or our activities that you would be willing to share on this site, do please contact us. And the magazine Beginning with the April issue, the church magazine will be appearing every two months. It will be published simultaneously in paper format and on the web. If you are interested in saving paper and reading the magazine on line, please use this link to ask us to provide you with details. And the notices, too! Some people have also said it would help to have the weekly notices available on line. You can see them by clicking here. The readings are available too. Peter is now Archdeacon of Switzerland Bishop Geoffrey has appointed Peter, our chaplain, as Archdeacon, which means that he is in charge of coordinating the work of all the Anglican chapaincies in Switzerland. He was "collated" (i.e. installed) by the Bishop at a meeting of all the clergy in September. There are some pictures here. Shrinking the Footprint Our Council member, Brian Morgan, is Diocesan Environmental Officer. This post, along with similar posts in the Dioceses in England, is part of the Church of England's environmental campaign, Shrinking the Footprint. The aim is to reduce the whole church's consumption of non-renewable resources, and specifically to cut carbon emissions by 60% by 2050. You'll find the diocesan environmental policy document on the diocesan website. Stefan Germann has now taken on the task of environmental officer within the chaplaincy, whose task is to look at ways of making our activities greener. Baptism To help with service planning, and to avoid having series of baptisms close to each other, we plan to set aside four Sundays in 2010 when candidates may be presented for baptism. The dates are: 14 March 13 June 15 August 26 September If for some reason none of these dates is possible for you, please have a word with the Chaplain.

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