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.
Ditch the plastic and reduce food miles!
Fresh milk deliveries in glass reusable bottles on Monday and Thursday mornings by Ferneley’s based on the Rutland/Leicestershire border – see their website: https://ferneleysicecream.co.uk/
Pasteurised but not homogenised – 75 pence/pint and £1.30/litre.
If you are interested in supporting this local business, please contact them direct.
Is it too early to mention Christmas yet?
This is just a reminder that we run a community charity Christmas card scheme. Sending your Festive Greetings along with a donation will help to keep the much needed village funds going. The monies donated will be shared between the Church, Playing Field and Village Hall.
Your cards will be pinned up in the porch of the Church for all to have the opportunity to read your message.
Please give your cards and donations to either Debra Thatcher, Ruth Lees and Pat Roome.
The Food Bank is issuing a “reverse” Advent Calendar this year. This will help those who wish to donate see what they need, thereby allowing the volunteers to pack and deliver the boxes in time for the Festive Season.
The next collection date from the Church Porch is on Wednesday, 30th November.
Please find below the link to view their website for the “reverse” Advent Calendar…
https://oakham.nub.news/news/local-news/rutland-foodbank-launch-advent-calendar-appeal-2022-155636
Please continue to give generously – the Food Bank will be under increasing pressure during the winter months.
Thank you
Debra Thatcher
The Ridlington Singers’ concert which took place last month was a resounding success!
The audience were entertained by a varied programme of items from Elgar to Simon and Garfunkel, and from Chicago to Gilbert and Sullivan. Starring and highly entertaining performances were given by Margie Wall and Richard Thatcher as well as a stunning solo by Caz Dibble singing ‘Summertime and the Living is Easy.’ And this all made possible by our choirmaster extraordinaire, Martin Wall!
Donations totalling £365 were made and to be shared between the Church and the British Red Cross Ukrainian Crisis Appeal. Thank you to all who attended and made such a wonderful evening.
And dare we say it: now we start to prepare for Christmas!
Thank you this month for:
Church cleaning rota:
Mary Aldridge; Jacky Morrell; Julie Hoult; Louise Fox;
Church flowers:
Margie Wall; Pat Roome (please note, there are no flowers during Advent);
Front of House Rota:
Annie and David Harvey; Debra and Richard Thatcher; Steve and Louise Fox.
We were delighted to welcome Bishop John to Ridlington church on Saturday, 8th October.
We enjoyed the opportunity to hear from him about steps being taken at national level to achieve net zero carbon by 2030 and tell him of the many projects we have undertaken to achieve the bronze award in Eco church.
Bishop John took the opportunity to present Debra Thatcher with the Eco Bronze Award.
Have you enjoyed watching the TV series Karen Pirie? Why not read the book on which the series was based – “The Distant Echo” by Val McDermid. Recommended highly.
Or try “The Bastard of Istanbul” by Elif Shafa – a really beautiful book drawing on the history and aftermath of the Armenian massacres and how it impacts on two families – one in Turkey and one in USA.
Another M.C. Beaton – “Death of a Dreamer” – well plotted police procedural, a joy to read and finally for this month, …..
“Nothing Ventured” by Jeffrey Archer – the first of the William Warwick series, and a good story which gallops along.
