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St Mary’s Building Project

Remembrance poppy

St Mary the Virgin sees change in staff

St Mary’s Building Project

This edition of St Mary’s News reports on the Church’s building project, Christmas and also provides listings of services and contacts.

Prayer Weekend

Praying together is an important part of our life as a church and so we have arranged for a special prayer weekend with three opportunities to meet together to pray for our church and community:

  • Friday 1st Nov: 7.30pm—9pm—prayers by candlelight,
  • Saturday 2nd Nov: 3pm-5pm,
  • Sunday 3rd Nov: 11am-12 noon (after the morning service).

Remembrance

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Hotel Transylvania 3 – A Monster Vacation

Hotel Transylvania 3 Poster

Hotel Transylvania 3 – A Monster Vacation at Half Term

The West Bergholt Film Club is showing the Sony Pictures animation Hotel Transylvania 3 – A Monster Vacation on Thursday 31st October.  Taking place in the Orpen Hall, doors open at 2:30 pm for showtime at 3 pm.

Tickets are £5.00, including:

  • hot dog, drink & ice lolly for each child, and
  • hot dog, tea/coffee & biscuit treat for adults!

They are available in advance from Scissorhands, with proceeds going towards a new playground at Orpen field.  Although the film is rated U, children should be accompanied by an adult please.  Being Halloween there is also Continue reading “Hotel Transylvania 3 – A Monster Vacation”

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The Big Bang Quiz for 11-18 Year Olds

The Big Bang Quiz poster

The Big Bang Quiz posterThe Big Bang Quiz

The Big Bang Quiz is aimed at any 11 – 18 year-olds who would enjoy a quiz and several other activities this Friday 11th October.  All you need to do is turn up at St Mary’s Church between 7:45 pm – 9:30 pm, donations optional.  The quiz is being organised by the Wired Youth Group.

As well as the quiz (teams will be formed on the day) other attractions include: Continue reading “The Big Bang Quiz for 11-18 Year Olds”

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Harvest Festival at the Allotments

Harvest Festival bountyHarvest Festival at the Allotments

St Mary’s will be starting their Harvest Festival at the Allotments this year.  This edition of St Mary’s News also provides listings of services and contacts.

Harvest Festival Celebrations!

This year we will be starting our Harvest Festival at the Allotments at 9.15 am for a short service of thanksgiving and to sing ‘We plough the fields and scatter’.  We will then Continue reading “Harvest Festival at the Allotments”

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BYG Autumn Term – Activities & Events

BYG Logo

BYG LogoBYG Autumn Term Calendar

BYG started their Autumn term last night and welcome all in school years 6 -10 to join them.  The costs are only £3 for the school year plus 50p each night attended.  Activities for the rest of this term are:

20th September Rugby ballRugby World Cup – Touch Rugby.
4th October Athletes runningWorld Athletics Championships.
18th October Normal Activities + Dodgeball.Dodgeball
1st November Fancy DressHalloween Fancy Dress & Games.
15th November PudseyChildren in Need – Special fundraising activities with Donations to Pudsey.
29th November Paper chainChristmas Cards & Decoration Making.
13th December Father Xmas & TreeChristmas Disco – cost £3 including free food.

 

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Change at St Mary’s – New Administrator

St Mary the Virgin
St Mary the Virgin sees change in staff
St Mary the Virgin

Change at St Mary’s

It’s all about change in this edition of St Mary’s News, it also provides listings of services and contacts.

Change in the Church Office

Liz Dixon will be retiring from the role of 3 Parishes Church Administrator from 1st October but we are pleased to announce the appointment of her successor. Rev Mandy Elmes tells us more.

I am delighted to say that we have appointed Continue reading “Change at St Mary’s – New Administrator”

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Consultation Update on Playground Equipment

Imagination of what the new playground might look like

Consultation update on what the new playground might look likeConsultation Update on Playground Equipment

This consultation update follows the announcement of the SurveyMonkey questionnaire in April.

The survey carried out by the Parish Council on the proposal to upgrade and expand the range of the play equipment at the Lorkin Daniell Field produced an encouraging response from 114 interested parties.  An analysis of the responses shows overwhelming support of 93% for the project.

The Trustees of the Lorkin Daniell Field have given the results their consideration and approved the development of the project.  They will now use the responses to the questions and added helpful comments to form a more detailed plan for the project.  The detailed analysis of the responses, along with a qualitative summary of the outcomes is shown below.

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