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CHURCH SERVICES – SEPTEMBER – DECEMBER 2024

Please find below a list of Ridlington Church Services to be held during September to December 2024. These can also be found on the Church’s homepage.

 

September 1: 9:30 Lay-led Morning Prayer (DH and AH).
September 8: 9:30 Holy Communion (Rev Jo Saunders).
September 15: No service.
September 22: 16:00 Songs of Praise (KB and MW)
September 29: No service

 

October 6: 18:00 Harvest Festival.
October 13: 9:30 Holy Communion (Rev Jo Saunders).
October 20: No service.
October 27: 9:30 Lay-led Morning Prayer celebrating Bible Sunday.

 

November 3: 9:30 Lay-led Morning Prayer.
November 10: 9:30 Holy Communion with Act of Remembrance (Rev Jo Saunders).
November 17: No service.
November 24: 9:30 Lay-led Morning Prayer celebrating Stir up Sunday.

 

December 1: 16:00 (Short) Calm Candle lit Contemplative service (silence and a few prayers)
December 8: No service
December 15: 9:30 Lay-led Morning Prayer celebrating St Tibba – a Rutland Saint.
December 22: 18:00 Carol Service.
[December 25: 9:30 Holy Communion TBC]
December 29: No service.

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RIDLINGTON OPEN GARDENS

We were blessed with dry weather for the event and it was visited by a number of villagers and visitors alike, all of whom thoroughly enjoyed viewing the four gardens  and tea on offer.

We are grateful to every garden owner who welcomed the public into their domain, every sandwich and scone maker and cake baker, washer up and car park attendant.  Thanks are also extended to the Trustees of the Playing Field for permitting the field to be used for parking and the Trustees of the Village Hall for allowing us to host the tea.

Grand total raised :£544.60

Debra Thatcher

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RURAL COFFEE CONNECT

Hello,

I work for the Rural Community Council Charity, a local charity supporting rural areas around Leicestershire & Rutland.

As part of this, we are working in partnership with the Rutland Citizens Advice Centre and have been visiting lots of locations in and around Rutland. We have been to many locations and have one more location to book in before our project finishes at the end of September.

We bring along our barista coffee van (https://www.ruralcc.org.uk/coffee/), park in the car park or roadside, set up our gazebo at the van & pop out a couple of chairs, and serve free hot drinks to local residents – this helps overall to reduce loneliness and isolation in the area, creates a lovely area for people to come along and have a chat, and also means that we can help to support people and tell them about what’s on in the local community, and how the Citizens Advice Bureau in Rutland may be able to help them in lots of ways.

We look forward to seeing you at Ridlington Village Hall, Main Street, Ridlington.

Tracey Pollard

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SUNDAY AFTERNOON TEAS IN AID OF THE CHURCH

We have been blessed with good weather for the four Sundays when we have organised teas in the village hall as fundraisers for the church – we have really enjoyed the events, meeting friends and making new ones.  Same again next year!

Sincere thanks to the Trustees of the Village Hall for letting us use the facility and to all those involved in setting up, baking, serving, washing up etc and particularly to Karen who masterminded the whole operation.

Thank you also for supporting the events and your very generous donations.

We raised £972.20 in total.

Debra

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BOOKS! BOOKS! BOOKS!

One for the beach – Belinda Jones’ “The Paradise Room”, easy reading.

Easy listening with a double CD of Jane Austen’s “Lady Susan” read by, amongst others, Harriet Walter.

Two murder mysteries – the first from one of my favourite writers- PD James’ “ The Private Patient”, an Adam Dalgliesh detective novel, full of suspense; and secondly, Alex Gray’s “Still Dark” set in Glasgow with a number of plot lines that are skilfully drawn together.

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YOGA CLASSES

YOGA classes will commence in Ridlington Village Hall!

 

Steven James will be giving an hour long Hatha yoga with meditation for beginners but it will equally be applicable for all levels of experience.  The sessions will take place every Friday evening.

The first session will take place in:

Ridlington Village Hall, Main Street, Ridlington
Friday, August 30th
07:00pm – 08:00 pm

If you are interested in attending, please book your session by emailing Steven as confirmation of your attendance at – 7stepsmeditation@gmail.com

Payment is “Pay as you go” and can be paid on arrival. The cost per session is £10.00

Please bring along your own mat and if you have any other materials feel free to take these along as well. But if you don’t have your own equipment, then Steven will have a few mats available for you to use.

For more information, please feel free to contact Steven James on 07780 382 919, or email him on 7stepsmeditation@gmail.com

 

 

TALKING GARDENS UPDATE

 

“Sangria at the Bus Stop” led to a few villagers enthusiastically showing up on Monday morning July 8th armed with steam cleaners and various dubious tools to tackle a Big Clean Up of the Bus shelter and The Village Green.

Work began promptly at 10:00 steam cleaning the shelter and benches, trimming the grass around the edges and curbs of the street, repairing and treating the wood, cleaning the signs and giving a sad old sign a newly painted refresh. But the biggest job was bringing back the footpath to a cleaner wider shape yet keeping it “au naturel”. So a BIG THANK YOU to all who came out to HELP OUT.

 

Instead of Sangria, the team were rewarded with delicious cake copiously washed down with coffee and tea; even that elusive sun came out in the end. There is still more work to be done and there are more plans afoot, so stay tuned or feel free to contact one of the “Talking Gardens” team.

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OPEN GARDENS – AUGUST 25TH

There will be  “Open Gardens” on the afternoon of Sunday, 25th August 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm with teas in Ridlington Village hall.  £5 will be the entry fee but there will be no charge for children under 16 and dogs.

Offers to help with car parking and teas, please contact Debra Thatcher.