Following the harvest festival service held on Sunday 13th September St Mary’s, Billingsley has made a donation, from the service collection, of £60 to the charity ‘Mary’s Meals’. This very worthwhile charity provides a healthy, balanced meal to thousands of children in deprived areas of the world each day. The meals are served at schools […]
In praise of spontaneity The day dawns fine and clear. Unexpectedly, there is a window in my diary; the expected work has not yet materialised. I have a day of freedom! A few months ago, there were endless opportunities when this happened. I do recall some years ago when the trains were in chaos with […]
This is the time of year when we celebrate harvest but what does harvest mean for you? Perhaps it’s the familiar hymns that we sing, or the church decorated with flowers and home-grown fruit and vegetables. Here we live in a very rural part of the country and we see evidence all around us of […]
Dear All, Details of events this coming week are below: all are welcome! Please pass these invitations on to anyone who you think might be interested. 1) Wednesday evening catch-up Sept 16th, 2020 07:00 PM London Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3592851895?pwd=cksyL0t5TlhFUURRenpxMG9yQTVhUT09 Meeting ID: 359 285 1895 2) Friday Morning Prayer, 9.00am Sept 18th, […]
Details of events this coming week are below: all are welcome! Please pass these invitations on to anyone who you think might be interested. Zoom services 1) Wednesday evening catch-up Sept 9th, 2020 07:00 PM London Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3592851895?pwd=cksyL0t5TlhFUURRenpxMG9yQTVhUT09 Meeting ID: 359 285 1895 2) Friday Morning Prayer, 9.00am Sept 11th, 2020 09:00 AM […]
A reminder that St Mary’s, Billingsley will be holding their Harvest Festival on Sunday at 6 pm. The service will be lead by Mary Rayner, Reader. The service will include music, reading and poetry which will focus on the personal meaning of harvest to individuals together with a traditional celebration and thanks appropriate to this […]
On Friday the final evening guided walk of the Summer took place. The event was once again well attended and David guided the walkers through fields and woodland, tracks and farmyards, from Glazeley Church to Chelmarsh Church and back. The journey out was one of discovery as several tracks were difficult to find but undeterred […]
The inaugural draw of the Billingsley 100 Club took place at 5pm on Friday 4th September at Lincoln Fields. The first number out of the bag was 22 belonging to G Davies who took the top prize of £53. The next two numbers drawn were 91 and 10 belonging to M Stepney and D […]
I was on my weekly tour of inspection at Billingsley church, noting how the weeds were starting to sprout again on the path. Then I was stopped in my tracks by a large mushroom. I’ve no idea what it was, all I knew was that I thought it was beautiful. Well, beauty is in the […]
Dear All, Details of events this coming week are below: all are welcome! Please pass these invitations on to anyone who you think might be interested. Zoom services 1) Wednesday evening catch-up Sept 2nd, 2020 07:00 PM London Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3592851895?pwd=cksyL0t5TlhFUURRenpxMG9yQTVhUT09 2) Friday Morning Prayer, 9.00am Sept 4th, 2020 09:00 AM London Join Zoom […]
