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CHURCH NEWS

Church services in the Rutland Water Benefice have stopped until at least when schools reopen. St Mary Magdalene and St Andrew’s, Ridlington remains open for private prayer on Sundays and Wednesdays 10am – 4pm;

 

You can still access the weekly services on YouTube or Facebook;

 

Church cleaning rota: thank you, this month, to: Suzanne Baines and Ruth Lees.

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ARTICLES FOR THE MONTHLY PARISH MAGAZINE

If you have any articles you would like to include in the monthly Parish Magazine, please email Anne Harvey acharvey@hotmail.co.uk by the 12th of every month, at the latest.

Thank you.

For information about Ridlington Village and St Mary Magdalene & St Andrew, Ridlington, please visit the website below:

http://www.rutlandwaterbenefice.info/ridlington

or the village’s own website.

https://www.ridlingtonparishcouncil.org/

 

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LANDS END TO JOHN O’GROATS: an update from Anne Harvey

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  2020 and ends up to 12 months later. I would be delighted if you would sponsor and support me!

“You will be pleased to hear that I arrived in Bristol on time and was surprised to be directed over the Severn Bridge! I really appreciate the pledges of support you have made, so far; these spur me on to keep going out in the bad weather! By the time the February magazine is published, I aim to have made it as far as Cannock Chase in the Midlands – just over 300 miles in total. My plan now is to step up the pace: I am currently lying 776th out of 1,934 starters.

Please message me if you would like to donate to either of the 2 causes above. Thank you 😊”

Lands End To John O Groats Virtual Run

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BOOKS! BOOKS! BOOKS!

A heavy slant this month on thrillers, as follows:

“Gone Girl”  –  by Gillian Flynn.  If you’ve not seen the film and like thrillers this is the book for you.  A gripping tale – Nick’s wife, Amy, is missing and he’s a suspect.  But, there are always two sides to every story…..;

“Black Leopard Red Wolf” –  by Marlon James.  To be frank, notwithstanding it reached the final of the National Book Award for Fiction in 2019, not my sort of book – a fantasy world of violence, suspense and mystery.  Set in an ancient Africa, narrated in flashback by Tracker, who possesses the gift of a heightened sense of smell, employed as one of a group of mercenaries seeking a boy who disappeared three years ago;

“The Wicked Girls” –  by Alex Marwood.  When Val McDermid says “So good I wish I’d written it myself” you know that this novel is at the top of the psychological thriller tree.  Well plotted, told in real time and flashback.  Also, an effective social comment on child murderers and their reintegration into society.  I enjoyed reading it; and

“Gaudy Night” –  by Dorothy L Sayers.  From one of the doyennes of 1930’s Golden Age of crime fiction – a mystery novel (no murder), full of suspense interwoven with a love story and an examination of women’s struggles to enlarge their roles and achieve some social independence – is it possible for a woman to have it all?

If you are interested in any of the above books or any others featured since April, please contact Debra Thatcher on 01572 823910 or by email debrathatcher@hotmail.com so delivery can be arranged.

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FOODBANK

The Rutland Foodbank is currently short of a few things, including:

Smash; Noodles
Chicken roll
Pot Noodles
Cereal Bars

Please see the following link for items currently needed:

https://rutland.foodbank.org.uk/give-help/donate-food/

Thank you everyone for your ongoing support.

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CHURCH NEWS

Church services have stopped until Sunday 21 February 2021.

St Mary Magdalene and St Andrew’s, Ridlington remains open for private prayer on Sundays and Wednesdays 10am – 4pm;

You can still access the weekly services on YouTube or Facebook;

Church cleaning rota: thank you, this month, to: Mary Aldridge; Anne Harvey and Jacky Morrell.

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DOORSTEP CAROLS – HAMPER RAFFLE

Thank you to everyone who donated prizes for our Christmas Hamper Raffle: we are truly grateful for your generosity and support. A special thank you to Janet Horwood, who made the beautiful wreath to adorn the lucky winner’s door. You will be pleased to hear that this event raised a much needed £325 for the church.

Winners were: Ruth Lees; Liz Simpson; Debra Thatcher; Mandy Hill; Jo Fairley (wreath)

We look forward to running both carols and raffle again in December 2021!

Thank you, keep safe and best wishes,

Louise Fox, Anne Harvey and Margie Wall on behalf of the PCC.

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PARISH MAGAZINE GOING ONLINE AGAIN

Following discussions between the Ministry Team and Editors of the Parish Magazine, the magazine will now be going online again for a couple of months. By mid-March we hope to see COVID-19 cases in retreat and many more people vaccinated, enabling a return to print.

You will be able to find the online magazine via the

https://www.rutlandwaterbenefice.info/magazine/

The downside is, of course, that far fewer people will see the magazine. So please do pass this message on and encourage all those you are in contact with to access it.

Thanks to Angela and Alice for dealing with the practicalities of making this change. And best wishes to all normally involved in distribution who are so important for enabling the magazine to reach every household in normal times.

Thank you and keep safe!