November News from St Mary’s

As we move from October into November, the clocks have already gone back, we’ve had an “autumn” clean inside the church and tidy of the churchyard, and we have just celebrated All Saints and All Souls.  £500 was raised for Church Army, our chosen charity for September-October.  Our Restoration Appeal is well-underway, various grant applications have been submitted, St Mary’s appeared on the front cover of the October Roundabout and we have received donations both directly and through our justgiving page https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/St-Marys-Church-Restoration-Appeal

There are lots of events planned in November – fun social events, fundraising events and craft events.  Details of all these and more can be found in the November Newsletter.
It can be viewed here Newsletter-nov-2016

All our monthly newsletters can found on this website on the “newsletters” page under the “info” tab.  Alternatively a  newsletter can be be emailed to you each month.
For those not on email / internet, there are always copies available to pick up in church. If you cannot get to church, you can have a paper copy delivered.

Our chosen charity for November-December is Population Matters: Women’s Choice.
See the  charities page on this website (under finance) and the charities noticeboard at the back of church for more information .

Church rotas for November and December are published here.

All Souls Service

 Sunday October 30th 2016 is All Saints and All Souls’ Day.We celebrate All Saints at our regular morning services (8am and 11am).  All are welcome to the All Souls Service in St Mary’s at 4.00pm when candles can be lit in memory of loved ones and their names read out.

Come to the Light Party

 

Download a booking form here light-party-bdct-event-booking-form-2

The Peregrine Recorder Orchestra

The last concert in our 2016 concert series.  On Saturday 22nd October at 7.30pm “The Peregrine Recorder Orchestra” make a welcome return visit. Forget whatever you remember about learning to play the recorder in School ….. this is on a totally different, and thoroughly enjoyable, level!

Tickets £10 (£8 concessions), a complimentary glass of wine at the interval.  Tickets from 01480 812777

Work has started on St Mary’s chancel roof

There’s not a lot to see with the covered scaffolding but we can hear a lot of work going on this morning.  As the work goes on, so does the fund-raising.  As we await news on our grant applications, we welcome every contribution however small https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/St-Marys-Church-Restoration-Appeal