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 […]
Zoom events for week beginning 14th September
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, […]
Zoom events for week beginning 7th September
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 […]
Harvest Festival - 6pm Sunday 13th September
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 […]
5th September - Evening walk from Glazeley Church to Chelmarsh Church
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 […]
Friday 4th September - Inaugural draw of the 100 Club
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 […]
Thought for the week - 7th September 2020 - Inspired by a mushroom
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 […]
Zoom events for week beginning 2nd September
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 […]
Thought for the Week - 31st August ‘Singing or Song’
Thought for the Week, 29th August; Singing our song The life of faith has challenges. We are called to be citizens of the Kingdom of Heaven and to reject the values of this world. Jesus spoke of how we are called to pick up our own cross to follow him; Paul, who endured much hardship […]
September events
Friday September 4th 5.00pm Inaugural 100 Club Draw, on the grass, Lincoln Fields, followed by Guided Walk, 5.30pm meet Glazeley Church, to Chelmarsh and back; bring a sandwich to eat en-route. 4 miles, easy walking, back by 7.00pm 100 Club numbers still available! Sunday September 13th 6.00pm Billingsley Church; Harvest Festival. Lead by Mary […]