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VILLAGE CHRISTMAS CARD

Advance notice

Once again this year we will run the village Christmas card scheme – one card to all your friends and neighbours to be displayed in the church with donations to be shared between the Church, Village Hall and Playing Field.

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CHURCH ROTAS FOR 2025

Looking ahead to 2025 and to save a last minute rush, please let Debra Thatcher know if you are happy to help with:

* Opening/closing the church
* Cleaning the church
* Altar flower arranging
* Mowing the churchyard
* Setting up for services
* Leading services
* Taking readings and
* Providing refreshments after services

 

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CHURCH NEWS

CHURCH FLOWERS
This month, we thank Pat Roome and Anne Harvey for the lovely flowers on the church altar. Also, a huge Thank You to everyone who decorated the church for the Harvest Festival; I’m sure you’ll agree, it looked beautiful as ever!

CHURCH SERVICES – NOVEMBER
Holy Communion with Remembrance on 10th November
Morning Prayer on 24th November.
All services at 9:30 – please do join us.

SMALLS FOR ALL
Thanks to all who kindly donated to the annual collection.

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FOODBANK – REVERSE ADVENT CALENDAR

NEXT COLLECTION DATE IS DECEMBER 4th 2004

I realise that we’ve only just about finished Harvest and still have a couple of months to go before we celebrate Christmas but I hope you understand that at the Rutland Foodbank we would like your Christmas donations to reach us by late November/early December so we have time to distribute them in good time.

I’m pleased to attach this year’s Reverse Advent Calendar. This includes suggestions for what you might donate in the period leading up to Christmas. Please note we are not expecting anyone to donate the full calendar, rather that you team up with your family & friends or a local group to collect between you.

As the nights get darker and the weather cooler we know that there will be more households having to make difficult choices to eat or heat so we are expecting to be busy. Our wonderful volunteers (as always) are ready to respond and help those who are struggling across Rutland. Due to the wonderful support across the county we are still able to pack and deliver a 7-day emergency food & toiletries parcel.

In the coming weeks we’ll be adding seasonal foods and treats to the our emergency food parcels to bring a little joy to our clients.

Thank you for your ongoing support, together we create a strong and supportive community network, truly Multum in Parvo (Much in Little)

As always, if you have any comments or questions please do get in touch.

Kind regards,
Ali Wainwright
Chair of Trustees, Rutland Foodbank
36 Melton Road, Oakham, Rutland, LE15 6AY (next door to Domino’s Pizza)
Tel 07582 783363
info@rutland.foodbank.org.uk

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MONTHLY WALK

Following the fun Treasure Trail evening in Uppingham in September we are returning to morning walks with our four legged companions – meet at the church porch on Saturday, 26th October at 10:00.

Please let Debra Thatcher know if you will be attending.

 

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SMALLS FOR ALL

We continue our annual collection of gently worn bras and brand new pants for this charity that works in Africa and the UK.

Donations to be delivered to Debra Thatcher at 3 Main Street by 28th October.

 

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LET’S PLAY DOUGH

Richard and Karen Baines would like to say a BIG THANK YOU to all who joined us at home to “Play Dough” on Saturday, September 28th.

It was an extremely enjoyable evening which raised £200 for the Playing Field and Church Fund.

Richard demonstrated the making of an unleavened harvest loaf, making bread dough, moulding, baking, showing the difference between various flours, all the while answering questions.

While everyone’s dough creations were rising, and baking we had a supper party, much lifted by liquid refreshment brought by the guests.

 

 

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BOOKS! BOOKS! BOOKS!

Another mixed bag – my favourite is Nevil Shute’s last novel “Trustee from the Toolroom”.  He’s a great storyteller and the novel reflects on the modest life of an engineer/technical journalist in the 1950’s who travels across the world on a shoe string to secure the inheritance of his niece.  Who wouldn’t be captivated by a novel that begins with this quote: “An engineer is a man who can do for five bob what any bloody fool can do for a quid”?

“The Silent Boy” by Andrew Taylor is an historical mystery novel set in the time of the French Revolution – well written and plotted.

The third book, “Consolations – the Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words” by the poet David Whyte had good critical write up but it didn’t work for me.  Will it work for you?