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.
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.
The next Parish Council meeting will be held on Wednesday, January 4th at 7:00 pm in the Village Hall. All members of the Public are welcome.
Please click the link below to access the Agenda for this meeting…
Alternatively, you can access these on the Website under the heading of Minutes, Agendas and Accounts.
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.
Hello everyone,
Feel like starting off the Christmas festivities? Why not come to the Village Hall Social evening tonight? There will be a licensed bar, a good choice of drinks and tasty nibbles to kickstart the festive cheer….
All children are welcome, their drinks will be free of charge as usual…
We hope you will brave the cold tonight to come and join us for a cosy night in at the Village Hall starting at 7:00 pm until 11:00 pm. If you need some help getting down to the Village Hall, let one us know and we will get someone to help you.
Come and join us we look forward to welcoming you…
The Trustees
Dave, Pat, Keith, David Harvey, Henry
Oh and don’t forget… the next Seasonal event will be the lovely Carol Service in the Church on Sunday, December 18th from 6:00 pm onwards. So don’t miss that one either….again if you need help to get to the church, I’m sure there will be someone to lend you a helping hand.
Tis the Season to be Merry…
Please find below the link to Rutland County Council’s weekly update giving the Christmas and New Year bin collection dates.
https://mailchi.mp/d379467df5fc/covid-19-latest-news-13773436?e=85edba0215
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
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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