Thank you for your continued generosity to the Rutland Food Bank. In the past year over 1800 people including 800 children have been fed.
Collections in May will be on Wednesday, 12th and Wednesday 26th. The boxes are in the church porch.
Please see the following link for items currently needed: https://rutland.foodbank.org.uk/give-help/donate-food/
Ridlington is going all St Mary Mead in September! In the midst of stunning whodunnit floral displays we will present a one act play entitled “Death at the Deanery.” Mystery and shenanigans and the usual troop of Agatha Christie characters will abound in the Deanery household. Will you, our brave audience, solve the puzzle before all is revealed?
More details to follow in next month’s magazine. So, watch this space and watch your step….!!
Margie Wall
Anyone who reads the book reviews will know that I am fond of whodunits. Having been introduced to the works of Agatha Christie at the age of 11, I have been hooked for life!
To celebrate 100 years since the publication of Agatha Christie’s first novel and her great detectives Hercule Poirot, Jane Marple and the Beresfords (Tommy and Tuppence) we are staging a flower festival in September based on her works. Re-reading the novels has been one of my lock-down projects so I have plenty of ideas – if you would like to help please contact me.
Debra Thatcher
email – debrathatcher@hotmail.com
After so many colourless months it was wonderful to see the beautiful Easter flowers in church. Thank you so much to the rota team members for the lovely displays.
I am happy to say that we can now continue with the rota.
May: Margie Wall, Kath Partridge, Sue Hatcher
Thank you for your much valued help in making our church so welcoming.
Margie Wall
Tel.: 07928378668
Church services in the Rutland Water Benefice have recommenced. Please see the magazine for details. Meanwhile Ridlington church will still be open on Wednesdays and Sundays for private prayer 10am-4pm;
We are seeking new members and a Treasurer for our Parochial Church Council (PCC). If you are interested in finding out more about the role, please contact any of the current members: Bart Hellyer; Margie Wall; Louise Fox; Richard Thatcher; Andy Hoult; David Harvey; Anne Harvey. This is a great opportunity to be involved in a range of aspects and decision making about the church, including its future development.
Church cleaning rota: thank you, this month, to: Louise Fox; Julie Hoult; Jackie Ike and Anne Harvey;
Following suggestions and discussions a new sound system will shortly be provided for the church. Thank you to Graham Madgwick for his advice and support;
Church coffee mornings will be starting again soon – details will be in the June magazine.
I have registered to take part in the ‘End to End’ Land’s End to John O Groats Virtual Run (874 miles) and hope to raise money for Cancer Research and Church Funds. The event started on October 26th and ends up to 12 months later – I am pleased to say that I am making great progress and well ahead of schedule.
If you would like to sponsor me for either of the 2 causes, please email or message me. And a huge thank you for those cheques already received 😊
“I have now clocked up 600 miles (approx. 275 left to go) and my position is 559th out of 1,934 starters. I am now fast approaching Loch Lomond and the Trossachs Country Park. This is an amazing way of travelling the length of the country whilst staying local! Please give me a wave when you see me out walking…”
A real mixture this month.
First, is Sophie Heawood’s “The Hungover Games” – not the book that was made into a film. This is a more modern version of Bridget Jones’ diary, an amusing memoir about what happens when you are more at home on the dance floor than in the kitchen and have an unplanned pregnancy in your mid-thirties before you have even worked out how to look after yourself, let alone a child. Emotionally raw – finding love where you would least expect it. I enjoyed the book.
Next, is fiction – Susan Lewis’ “Forgotten”, which was billed as a romantic drama. My personal view is that the descriptions of places and clothes were OTT, that it was longwinded and quite predictable. Having said that, I was more interested in the subject matter than the characters – can’t go into detail for fear of giving away the plot, you’ll have to read it for yourself.
Keeping the best to last, the deeply moving book by Bart van Es’ “The Cut Out Girl: A Story of War and Family Lost and Found”, which won the Costa Book Award in 2018. This is the story of a young Jewish girl in Holland during WW2 who hides from the Nazis in the homes of an underground network of foster families, one of them the author’s grandparents. She was raised as one of their own and then post-war there was a falling out: what was the story? The author makes contact with Lientje and a remarkable friendship blossoms and is recorded in the book bringing together Lientje’s personal account and the author’s efforts to piece the story together. I recommend this book.
If you would like to borrow any of the books, please contact Debra Thatcher on 01572 823910 or email debrathatcher@hotmail.com.
APRIL 2021 – FOODBANK COLLECTIONS
Rutland Foodbank has invested monies donated to it, in purchasing its own (bright orange) van which from this month will be used for collections and deliveries.
Our donations of food and other items will be collected from the church porch on Wednesday, 14th and Wednesday, 28th April.
Please continue to donate generously to support others in our Rutland community – in the past year 1845 people including 800 children have been fed
Items that are requested include:
Please see the following link for further items currently needed: https://rutland.foodbank.org.uk/give-help/donate-food/
Thank you for your generosity and ongoing support.
Debra Thatcher
