Our evening Advent study group will be on a Wednesday evening in the Lilac room in the Village Hall at 7:30 pm beginning on 15th November. We are wondering if anyone would be interested in joining an afternoon group. The proposed dates would be: Thursday afternoons the 16th Nov, 23rd Nov, 30th Nov, 7th Dec,…
Dear Friends I’m writing this letter during the period of Twixmas! A relatively new word to me that advertising and marketing companies have used to describe the time between Christmas and New Year. They encourage us to take some much needed ‘down time’ to fully relax, wear pyjamas all day and spend time doing nothing,…
Thank you so much to all those who prepared the church with a wonderfully decorated tree, the prayer tree, wonderful flower displays and this year an Angel Installation (with thanks to Maria and those helping at the school with this lovely initiative). Take a look at some of the pictures here
The sessions are growing which is fabulous news – recently we had 30 attendees including 2 mums (and a grandma) each with their young children. We also had three new helpers who were delightful and a great help. Please do let anyone know who may be interested in attending; every Thursday in the village hall from 11:30 until 3pm – all totally…
The children’s corner is bursting with Christmas excitement! Take a look at what they have prepared so far
Thank you to Johan and Alison for preparing and running the Christingle service today; we raised an amazing £172.57 for the Childrens Society
Christmas Cards and Tea towels are on sale on the table by the south door. Please see June Allen.
Someone once said to me that we ought to hand out loyalty cards for December throughout the village and to everyone in the congregation. The idea would be that for every event you attend during Advent, hosted at St Bartholomew’s Church, you would receive a stamp; perhaps a star or angel shape in black ink…
Rev. Andrea will be leading an angel themed collective worship session at the school in early December with an angel theme. Each child will contribute by writing or drawing on an angel shaped piece of card. These will be displayed in church as part of an angel display over Christmas. If anyone would like to help by…