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Information on services in January
Apologies. This is late. Here are the details of the services being held at Appleshaw Church this month (January 2022).
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Christingle service last Sunday
Another day, another Advent festivity… On Sunday we had the annual Christingle service. (Sweets, oranges and lit candles: what could possibly go wrong?) The origins of the Christingle service can be traced back to 1747 when a German minister, John de Wattville, gave the children in his congregation a lit Read more…
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Wreath making was a giggle
So the weather is getting colder and the Advent festivities are slowly starting…. A wreath-making workshop was organised in the village hall on Thursday 2 December. The dormant creativity known to pulsate through the veins of so many, in and around Appleshaw, was coaxed into life by a glass of Read more…
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Information on services in December (including carol service & Christmas Day)
Although it seems a little ‘de trop‘ to be talking about Christmas in mid November, we have posted information relating to the Church services for November and December on our website. https://www.appleshawchurch.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/APPLESHAW-Church-details-of-services-including-carol-service-and-Christmas-day-Nov-Dec21.pdf We also thought that it might be helpful to send you the information set out in this update.
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Church services in October and November
Please click on this link if you would like information on when the services are being held at Appleshaw Church.https://www.appleshawchurch.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Appleshaw-Church-Sunday-Services-Oct-Nov-21.pdf Apologies – this is somewhat late in being uploaded – but the website had encountered some ‘challenges’.
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Chelsea Flower Show… … has competition at Redenham Park this Saturday afternoon (2.30 to 5.30pm)
As you probably know, Chelsea Flower Show has been rescheduled to this week as a late summer festival to gardens, plants and flowers. So you could go through all the hassle of buying tickets, getting up to London, elbowing your way through the crowd, flinching every time someone coughs – Read more…
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Ride and Stride – 11 September
The annual Hampshire and the Islands Historic Churches Trust (HIHCT) https://hihct.org.uk/ ‘Ride and Stride’ fund raising event https://hihct.org.uk/cycling/ will happen this year on Saturday 11 September. For further information please click on this link: https://www.appleshawchurch.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/210901-1_Ride-and-Stride-poster-for-11-September-2021_HIHCT.pdf For further information please contact Caroline Tomlinson on 01264 772 414
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Fund-raising update August drinks
The rain stopped. The wild flowers, although slightly past their prime, put on a good show. The demographics were impressive – from some very young to, er, a few no longer quite so spring-chicken, although definitely a ‘spring’ in the step. The recently refurbished vestry was put through its paces Read more…
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Summer evening drinks in the churchyard – Saturday 7 August
August. Sand. Ice creams. Optimistic vats of sun-cream. Mewing – and often plain annoying – sea gulls. Early starts with suitcases and other paraphernalia spatula-ed into the car. The pure joy of Heathrow and the madding crowds. Slightly wobbly surfing in Cornwall with figure-enhancing wet suits. The strangely melodic clink Read more…