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Green Rd Park work starts!
Work on the refurbishment of Green Rd Park has finally started. This is the result of 2 years of work from members of Reconnect working with some fantastic people in the local community. £110,000 has been raised to ensure that the plans that were developed through consultation with the local community can be carried our fully. Its going to be a great park and we pray a source of pride for Old Town.
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Easter Gathering
Its now something of a tradition for Reconnect to gather at the beach at Baiter for our Easter morning gathering. This year we worshiped as the tide came in (!), John, leading worship, had one foot in the sea by the time we sang our last song. Together we made an Easter garden and worshiped the risen Jesus in the beauty of his creation which we trust will be renewed. We finished off with bacon butties and barbecued fish!
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Community Garden Seed Morning
Great morning at the community garden getting it up and running for the new growing season. Kids enjoyed planting runner bean seeds in single pots to take home and grown on. They’ll be brought back to be planted in the garden next month. Next community garden session Saturday May5th 10am – 12pm.
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No 34 – community cafe on Poole High St.
The longer story of No34 needs to be told at some point elsewhere. The short version here is that when The Old Stables cafe went bust at the end of October 2011 we prayed about whether to take on the running of it. It seemed an opportunity not to be missed as a way of connecting with the local community and using the place to build relationship and form community. We quickly formed a team which took responsibility for various parts of the huge task of refurbishing, recruitng volunteers, raising money, sorting out the legal issues etc etc.
The process was exhilirating, hard work, pressurized but a great lesson in the faithfulness and provision of God. We raised £17,000, recruited enough volunteers to open with,learnt to make coffee, and transformed the look and feel of the place. David Rowe, warden of Lee Abbey came and spoke at our opening event on the 31st Jan. Two days later we opened to the public and have had a great first week.
The cafe is being run as a community cafe with a missional community at its heart. We aim to bless people in the way they are served and welcomed. Then we aim to run various groups and events in the beautiful first floor lounge, all of which can be advertised in the cafe as well as in the community. Space for Life, which has met in the cafe for over a year, will continue on Tuesday mornings from 10am, offering a group based aroung textile art, creativity and the space to think and breathe.
Number is open Tuesday – Saturday 10 – 3pm. Great Fairtrade coffee. Homemade cakes. Excellent lunches. Free Wi-Fi!
For anyone interested in getting involved in the cafe as a volunteer, or to enquire about using the 1st floor lounge, do get in touch with Emily at emily@reconnect-poole.org.uk.
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Community Garden
Morning Happy New year to you all
The Old Town garden meeting date will be the 4th of February 2012. I expect we will have a cup of tea/ coffee and chat a bit about what we would like to grow and perhaps tidy if it needs it. It would be really nice to get lots of Poole people involved so if anyone knows anyone or if your interested please come along. Children are very welcome as it is a fun safe area to play.
Thanks for reading
Sarah
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No:34
Reconnect and Poole Missional Communities (its parent charity) have had an association with a cafe in Poole High St for some time, renting an office there for over 2 years. In the past year the cafe has hosted Space for Life, a group of local women coming together around creativity and textile art. It has been called many things even it the short time we’ve known it; Cafe Lounge, Coffee Cake & Candy, The Old Stables. At the end of October the cafe went out of business and we began to pray and consider whether we might take it on. Every time we took a step forward on this it seemed like God was giving us what we needed to continue, so we did!
So we are going to open in mid/late January as ‘No:34′, running it as a community cafe, staffed mainly with volunteers drawn from the church community. We aim to offer a really warm and friendly environment for people and lots of homemade sandwhiches and cakes. The first floor lounge gives us the opportunity to continue to develop things like Space for Life and our work with SMILE who serve a network of single parents. at the heart of the whole place will be a missional community of Christians with a heart to serve and bless the people who come through the door. The potential is huge! But there is much work to do! This week we started the refurbishment and redecorating work – no turning back now! If you’d like to get involved or give in anyway to this project do let us know paul@reconnect-poole.org.uk
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Community Garden Update Dec 2011
The veggies in the garden have been successful and we have all enjoyed seeing them grow we had a lot of potatoes, beetroot, salad stuff and our last dig this year we pulled up very big parsnips ! Mmmmm ready for christmas yay.
The meeting date for next year will be Saturday 5th of February 2012 between 11am and 1pm, we will be meeting every 1st Saturday of the month from then on.
If anyone knows any one that would like to do a spot of veg growing who lives in Poole then we would love to see them, no experience necessary, we have a spot of cake and tea too.
It’s a brilliant place for children because it is in the Old Town Childrens centre.
Bye for now
Happy Christmas and a Happy new year
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Green Road Park V
Following the consultation event in the summer a final design (above) was developed for Green Rd Park. On 20th October in the park the group presented its plans to the community. The park will have a sea-faring theme with a large central boat providing a really striking focus for the park. Its a really exciting design that blends with the charater of the area and we hope will be a park that Old Town residents willbe really proud of. The plans met with a really enthusiastic response from everyone present.
The next step is to take the proposal to an Area Committee meeting on November 30th where it is hoped funding will be approved. If it is then Old Town could be opening its new park by May 2012!
L -R caption is:- Mike Gotobed – Play Development Officer Paul Bradbury – Reconnect , Richard Nicholson – Greenspace Development Team Leader, Emily Bradbury & Jemima Fricker – Members of the Green Road play park action group.
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Space for Life – Come and Learn to make Fabric Flowers and Corsages!
Want time out for you in a busy week? Fancy learning a new skill with a friendly group of people? No experience necessary – it’s easy and will be really chill…
On Tuesdays in October there will be the opportunity to get together with a friendly group of people in the upstairs lounge of ‘The Old Stables’ (the cafe opposite ‘This is it’ on Poole High Street) to learn how to use scraps of fabric to make fabric flowers and corsages.
We will use a mixture of hand and machine sewing to make these eye-catching flowers which make fab gifts (for brooches, hair accessories etc). They are incredibly easy and really effective!
When: Tues 4th, 11th, 18th October 9.45-11.15am
The is no charge for the session, and you are welcome to buy coffee and cakes from the cafe (please don’t bring your own refreshments). You will need to make your own childcare arrangements.
These workshops are part of ‘Space for Life’ – a welcoming, life-giving space for local people exploring creativity, community and Christian spirituality. It’s a place to breath, relax, play and chill out and is open to all. ’Space for Life’ will continue to meet on Monday mornings (10-12.30) and Tuesday mornings when there is no workshop (10-12.30).
So why not join us? You can come to one or more of the sessions – we’ll learn different techniques each week. If you then want to come on the Monday to play with what you’ve learnt you are very welcome. If you want more information contact: emily@reconnect-poole.org.uk -
New Worship pattern
After a year of using a local school Reconnect will now be gathering most Sundays at The Old Stables, a lovely independent café on Poole High St. We’ll be using the 1st floor room for a very informal time of worship for all ages. We start at 11am with coffee ad pastries provided by the cafe and finish about 12.30pm. On the 1st Sunday of each month, we will be ‘Out & About’ either doing something fun together or serving the community in some way. This last Sunday we tried to make the most of a dwindling summer and met at the beach for some volleyball.
If you‘d like to join in with any of the above it would be great to see you.
For more info email paul@reconnect-poole.org.uk
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