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Southampton Church with Roof
Southampton Church with No Roof

As you may be aware we had our Church roofs stolen for the tenth year running, I have located some new roofs that will fit perfectly at my Brother's storage yard, but I cannot afford to buy them and get them fitted as Church funds are very tight during this financial quarter, so I call upon you faithful Tenpasenta's to put your generous hands into your pockets and once again help us reinstate the Church to its former glory.
We were able to raise £70,000 last year so I have raised the bar for this year's fundraiser to £98,000, this should easily cover the cost of the roof and leave me a little something extra to use at our humble head office in Mayfair London, talking of which has a viewing salary on level 80, it has excellent views across London and Buckingham Palace gardens, only £15 per person entry, open from 9am-8pm, bring your own binoculars.

RECYCLE

 

 

More hip joints for recycling

Femoral components are a common by-product of many of our cremations, by doing our bit for the environment and recycling them, they have become a very lucrative by-product too.
Metal prices have not been too steady over the past year, if they continue to fall we may have to cancel our annual staff trip to Disney world Orlando.

 

 

More hip joints for recycling

Titanium prices
Whilst there are some that consider the recycling of metals recovered from cremation is illegal or could be challenged it is worth considering the following points: The law does not say that it is illegal so therefore a challenge would need to be made in the Courts to obtain a judgemental. The bereaved are asked to give consent for recycling and recycling only takes place after consent is given therefore challenge from consenting bereaved people will not be apparent. Those bereaved wishing to go through our stock prior to shipment are more than welcome, it will be for them to prove that the metal came from their loved one.
SUGAR
lord sir alan sugarKwik save brand sugar. We invited Business Guru Lord Sir Alan Sugar to put his wrinkly old face to this years Diabetes fundraiser.
As Mark the vicar creeps into middle age and spread, he noticed that many life threatening or debilitating conditions that once only effected other people were now effecting him. Many celebrities will suddenly support one charity or other when an illness effects them or their own family, and Mark the vicar is no exception in taking advantage of such a money making opportunity.
Being recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, and told to lay off the sugar, he looked into the statistics for diabetes in the UK, it appears that it could be around 1% of the UK population, the chances are that many of these people had already purchased a bag of granulated sugar before being diagnosed, and were now at a loss as to what to do with it, this is where we come in.
Our Send your sugar to Sugar campaign, where we collect unwanted sugar from diabetics cupboards throughout the UK, with 50 collection points nationwide we have been able to collect over £1million worth of sugar in only 3 months. Our new re-packing centre has enabled us to distribute all this grade U sugar as Kwik Save own label, a name known for its low quality products, we then sell it to our many customers in Africa who don't worry too much if packs contain old crap.
So each time you see Lord Sir Alan point his bendy finger, think testing blood glucose levels, think diabetes, think sugar, think send your sugar to Sugar.
All money raised will go the the Tenpasenta Church where we will distribute it among our various departments and personal bank accounts.
Thank you.
Diabetic test.
Our sugar warehouse in Woolston.
Sugar wrapper.
RUN

Our first Charity run of the year took place on the 11th January, as usual it was the "Run for Alzheimer's", it has become quite a tradition here at the Tenpasenta Church over the past two years.
We invite elderly residents from over sixty three old peoples homes within a five miles radius of the Tenpasenta estate here in Woolston. To qualify all entrants must suffer stage 7 Alzheimer's, they can then come and take part in five laps of our V.I.P. Car park.
This year was a real bonus as somebody actually remembered the correct date, and time for the event, he even turned up.
Self confessed coffin dodger Chester Drawers 88, was the sole entrant and very nearly won the £10 prize, unfortunately five feet from the finishing line he collapsed due to having an embolism, had he only fallen forwards he would have passed the finish line and his children would have inherited the prize money just four days later.
Good old Chester, we look forward to cremating him.

Chester Drawers
WILL
Mark the Vicar

Make us a gift in your will.

It’s easy to make or alter a Will. So making a gift to us in your Will, however small, is a simple and cost-effective way to show you care for the Tenpasenta Church and all it stands for.

Why make a Will?

Although it’s easy to put it off, the decision to make a Will and keep it up to date can:

  • Set your mind at rest and ensure your assets go to the people and causes closest to your heart
  • Make life easier for those you leave behind by avoiding confusion and misunderstanding
  • Avoid a situation where your estate is divided up by the courts, not you.

Why consider the Tenpasenta Church?

You may have practical or emotional links with our Church– perhaps you’ve been here for a wedding or other special service, attended as a volunteer. Or you may just want to show your support for our work.

Whatever your reason, you’ll be making an enduring legacy to this ancient and special place that will help ensure its future.

If you wish to support us, all you need to do is:

  • Instruct your solicitor or bank, whoever draws up your Will for you
  • If you already have a Will, arrange for a codicil (a supplement) to be drawn up.

Many people decide to keep things simple by expressing their gift as a percentage of their estate rather than a fixed sum.

We’d be happy to talk to you further about making a gift in favour of the Cathedral in your Will – see below.
My company name is Mark, and most of the time I'm broke. This is where those without a Will come in, by adding me to your Will I will personally see to your belongings, organise your funeral, and profit from anything left over.
Simply add Mark A Collyer to your official witnessed will.
Why not send me an email to vicar@tenpasenta.org or leave a message on 02380555476
Or write to me at
19 Broadwater Road
Southampton
Hants
SO18 2DU

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SPONSOR
Sponsor a grave from only £10 a month. Sponsor Wilf

My name is Wilf, after my owners death I became so lonely, nobody visited me or gave me treats, even the flowers on me are plastic, and they've been there seven years now. Will you be my friend?

Cemetery: Tenpasenta Church Woolston.

Age: 8 Years old.

Gender: I'm a boy.

Breed: White Marble with cut grass to front.

Visit status: Yes you can visit me, I'm plot 1365, twenty graves left of the wishing well.

More info: Playing football and eating food were my two main passions in life! I enjoy a more sedentary time now.

You can sponsor any of our graves, either for yourself or for someone else.
Your chosen grave will write to you on your birthday and send a begging card at Christmas.
Many people can sponsor a single grave, and rest assured that your sponsorship money may actually help the upkeep of your chosen grave.

We want a loving home.
FUEL
Give!
ASDA Do you feel the the same deep regret brought on by the jealously thousands, It's just not Cricket.
Fuel Price.
Guilty
PAY BACK YOUR TERRIBLE GUILT DEBT

Lucky drivers thought it was an April Fool joke after hearing that ASDA were selling unleaded petrol at less than a tenth of the £129.9p it should have been charged at. What made us feel very sad was that the Asda in question was too far away for us to drive to.
Cars jammed the road as drivers queued for the automatic pumps at the 24 hour all night station..

We feel that all you lying cheating bastards should do the right thing and donate £5 to the Tenpasenta Church.
The guilt could kill you.

EFFORTS
Sponge Brian
Southampton run
Tombola.

"Sponge Brian" raised £40 last Wednesday when he locked himself in the Church stocks by mistake, I would like to thank the window cleaner for the bucket of water and sponge, and I was more than happy to donate £40 out of my own pocket for the privilege of drenching the silly retard. Don't worry I took the £40 out of his wages.

Last years 100 yard fun run was a big success, with more 200 runners registering at only £5 each.
This is one of the few opportunities for the sick to take part and collect money for themselves, although 3 patients from a nearby hospice couldn't be arsed to turn up, their loss I guess.

Our Church fete Tombola was not so popular, for the 5th year running we sold no tickets, we may boost the prize from a pint of milk to maybe a four pack of buns or even a bar of whole nut chocolate, don't people realise we depend on this tax free income for our own real ale supplies.

EASTER
Easter egg
Four times per year we hold our charity Easter egg hunt. Unlike many hunts around the country, we hide our eggs in designated digging locations around our cemeteries. Each possible location of the hidden Easter egg is carefully marked with a large rectangle, every egg will be found no less than six feet down, thus adding an extra dimension to the competition.
Eggs may not be in every marked location.
For an entrance fee of only £50, you too can join the dig for a Cadbury's Easter cream egg. If you were to find an egg in any of our digging areas nobody would be more surprised than us, but if you did, you can keep it.
Easter egg hunt Southampton Church
SHOEBOX
Shoebox appeal contents. We would like to thank the local school children who sent in over a thousand beautifully decorated shoeboxes over the Christmas period.
However we didn't ask for them and have no idea what to do with them, we opened a couple and found nothing but crap inside, the kind of stuff only a poor person would appreciate, certainly not a wealthy Church like us.
We have decided to sell the boxes themselves as part of our festive budget funeral urn range, and the contents will be sorted for either the dustbin, or our own personal use.
As Mark the vicar is a nonsmoker he will be donating all the cigarettes back to the junior schools from where they came for the teachers to smoke during play time, we assume nothing has changed since the 70's.
Shoeboxes taking up space.
FUNDRAISERS
Southampton Church fundraisers. Unsung Heroes
Here at the Tenpasenta Church we welcome help from anybody and everybody, we recently noticed of handful of people helping promote our application for a second crematorium, this one to include facilities to handle fat corpses, coffin widths up to 55", which is handy, we may charge more for charging these cremators.
Great news, our application was successful, by early 2012 we will be offering cremation facilities able to handle well over fifty funerals per day, and with reduced prices we aim to attract 60% of all local cremations, while many crematoria think 30 per week good.
Thanks to all those involved.
MESSY
MESSY DAY!
Messy Church

We've just noticed a great scheme on other Church sites, Messy Day!

Read this and you won't believe how simple it is.
On a summer day in the future we invite families of friends of the Tenpasenta Church to come and clean up our grounds. Spend a fun morning picking up rubbish, then gather for a free drink of orange squash before going home to put your feet up for a well earned rest.

Only £5 per family.

We couldn't believe it either, so from July 22 2012 we are introducing this great idea, come along and enjoy.

TEA
Tenpasenta Church hall Following the lead of other Churches, we now have a Saturday tea club.
Come in for a friendly chat, admire our vicarage, basically see how the other half live. We will not pressure you to donate money, in fact making money is the last thing on our minds.
Staff only chocolate fountain
Tea and a biscuit................ £5.50p
Coffee with milk................. £6.20p
Bacon sandwich................ £12.08p
Cheese sandwich.............. £10.65p
Cheese & onion roll.......... £14.80p
Beaker of orange squash..... £3.50p
TRUFFLES
Senior market researcher and media front man Dr Graham Collyer, Co Vicar

Our senior market researcher and vicar Graham Collyer, (who knows a thing or two about connoisseur cooking) told us that Truffles are a very high value food commodity, and to find them people had to use specially trained pigs or dogs because of their difficulty to locate without these animals yourself, they truly are a rare delicacy, especially the rare white truffle, once common place in 70's.
However while he was passing through the local park, he noticed people were training their dogs in the art of truffle hunting. As they were only training, these dog owners were throwing the found truffles away in one of the specially marked bins, dog after dog could be seen crouching over where they found this strange dark fungus, the owners could then be seen picking up the truffles with a plastic bag just to throw them away.
Because of this obscene waste, we have decided to send resident grave digger Brian down to empty these bins under the cover of night. We will then sell these foul smelling truffles on our Sunday market stall for a knockdown price of only £1200 per 100g, and donate the cash to ourselves.
A great way to raise money and bring luxury to many, imagine as buyers grate the truffles onto their evening meal, a real treat indeed.

Truffles found position
Truffles collection point.
Rare white truffles
  Mark the Southampton Vicar "Whatever way you choose to raise money for the Tenpasenta Church, every penny is much appreciated with very little going to myself in lucrative expenses and unessential luxuries"
Mark the vicar.

Your effort, our gain.

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