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CHRISTMAS THANKS

A huge thank you to everyone who helped clean and decorate the church, provided the music, readings and refreshments over the Advent and Christmas period.

 

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A WALK – FRIDAY, JANUARY 6TH

FEAST OF THE EPIPHANY

We cannot guarantee wise men nor the weather but please join us for a walk mostly on roads to Preston and back (when we will be travelling from the east), starting at 9:30am from Ridlington church porch, followed by light refreshments and a light-hearted quiz at 3 Main Street.

Not up for the walk?  Just join us for coffee – please let Debra know if you want to attend.

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CHRISTMAS SERVICE – DECEMBER 25TH

A Communion Service will be held in the Church on Christmas Day starting at 09:30 am.

Do come and join us when we celebrate the story of Jesus, how He gave Himself completely to give us a better life, a new start, and a fresh relationship with God.

Equally, the spirit of Christmas is in the “togetherness”,  it is in the thought to which you put into thinking about others, it is a selfless time, where we forgive and take stock of what’s important…

If you need some help getting to the Church Service, no doubt there will be someone you will be able to call upon to lend you a helping hand.

We look forward to welcoming you.

 

 

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PETERBOROUGH HOMELESS COLLECTION

 

Donations for the Peterborough homeless continue to come in and we have delivered a goodly number of useful warm items of clothing as well as dog food. We are approaching the cold season so warm clothing and stout footwear will be very much needed. Worn down soles and heels will be of no use to folk who live on the pavements.

Items needed:

Sleeping bags, 2-person tents (not pop-up as these are not weatherproof and they blow away), yoga/camping mats, torches and anything camping related.

Trainers/boots with good soles sizes 8 – 10, men’s jeans 30” – 32” waist, M/L joggers or similar, winter/waterproof coats M/L, new/unused boxers medium, new or used socks with wear left in them

Dog food – self-opening cans or dried food

Homeless people are rarely XL, so please no bigger than large size.

Neither duvets nor pillows can be accepted.

Many thanks for your generous donations and for your support. The donations are always very gratefully received.

 

Margie & Martin Wall
8 East Lane
Ridlington
Mob: 07928378668
Tel.:  01572 821397

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BOOKS! BOOKS! BOOKS!

On recommendation, I read Alan Hollinghurst’s  “The Stranger’s Child” – it was every bit as good as I was told.  Successive generations interpret a legendary story in different ways.  An excellent book and I too recommend it.

For those more interested in fact than fiction try  “The Shortest History of War” by Gwynne Dyer, an acclaimed historian.  Published last year and a vital read to understand the role of war – why we do it and how we can stop it.

To round off this month, two Hamish Macbeth novels by M C Beaton  “Death of a Dentist” and  “Death of a Gossip” – I preferred the latter.

 

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CHURCH ROTAS – DECEMBER

Thank you this month to:

Church cleaning:
Ruth Lees; Karen Baines; Annie Harvey

 

Church flowers:
Louise Fox (please note, there are no flowers during Advent).

The flower displays around the church in celebration of Christmas are kindly provided by Liz Simpson; Jan Powley; Sue Hatcher; Karen Baines; Debra Thatcher; Pat Roome and Jane Moubray;

 

Front of House:
Annie and David Harvey; Ruth Lees.

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CHURCH NEWS

CHRISTMAS CARDS
Our community Christmas card scheme means that you can send one card to the whole community to pass on your festive greetings and make a donation to be shared between the church, playing field and village hall.  Cards and donations, please, to Debra Thatcher, Ruth Lees and Pat Roome.

CAROL SERVICE
You are warmly invited to the village carol service on Sunday, 18th December at 6pm.  Come along and enjoy singing some of your favourite carols.

CHRISTMAS DAY
Please join us at our Communion Service at 9:30am.

 

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CHURCH YARD AUTUMN TIDY

Thanks for the autumn tidy of the churchyard to Steve Fox, Dave Johnson, Jacky Morrell, John Morrell, Shelagh Page, Debra Thatcher and Richard Thatcher.

Thanks are due also to Richard Baines for removing the bags of clippings to add to his bonfire.

More volunteers requested for next year’s tidy and ploughman’s lunch.