St. John’s and St. Peter’s Churches Autumn Fayre
A very successful Autumn Fayre raised £1147 towards the day-to-day cost of running the church. Thank you to everybody who helped in any way: to the stallholders, to those who baked, or gave prizes and to those who came and supported us. The Summer Fete and the Autumn Fayre are our two main fundraisers each year.
Thank you also to everyone who supported the Tabletop Sale. We made £317 towards funds. Unfortunately, we rather lacked customers.
We would ask everyone in the village and surrounding areas to come and support us. These events are not just for church goers and we would love to see more of you there.
A huge 'thank you' goes to the Church Fellowship who gave us a very generous donation which is most gratefully accepted.
You will always find a welcome at both Chelford and Lower Withington churches.
Our Plough Sunday service was a little different this year. We decided that as we do not have as many farms about we should widen it to include all gardeners.
Thanks to Joe Norbury we had the old plough in church and lots of the congregation brought their garden tools to be blessed. All the adults went away with some seeds to sow, in the hope that they might be able to bring some produce back to our Harvest Festival.
The children sowed mustard and cress and, hopefully, they will let us know if they come up. I look forward to an egg and cress sandwich in a few weeks time!
Our next Family Service without communion is the first Sunday in March and the theme is Temptation. What tempts you - chocolate, cake, money! Come and see what we are talking about!
Chelford Church has a 4p.m. Sunday service virtually every month. We have a couple of songs, a prayer and a little talk and a lot of activity.
This Sunday the theme was Spring and New Life and the children had great fun making Easter cards with a little chicken whose beak opened when the card opened.
We heard how there are different things that have new life in Spring - flowers, baby animals and birds and trees. Lauren and Sophie brought some frog spawn which, the children told us, would become tadpoles and then frogs.
We had a Treasure Hunt for pictures of little rabbits which were exchanged for an Easter Egg. We finished off with a drink and a lovely iced fairy cake.
If you would like to join us our next meeting will be at 4 p.m. on Sunday 25th April. This is a very informal and lively event so no need to worry if they run around or don't sit still. Everyone is most welcome.
For more information contact Vicky on 01625 861541
A beautifully decorated church welcomed us on Easter Sunday morning. The church was full of people and very welcoming. The service was bright and the hymns told of the risen Lord. The choir sang a beautiful anthem. After the service the children looked for small paper cut outs of rabbits which were then swopped for Easter eggs.
For the first time in a while we have a team of apprentice bell ringers and on Sunday they rang for the first time with a team of experienced ringers. It was a real pleasure to hear the sound of our bells again.
Many thanks to everyone who decorated the church including the Brownies' Easter Garden, to the bellringers, the choir and anyone else who added to the beauty of Easter.
