HISTORY IN EDWALTON
Edwalton Parish Church was founded in the 12th century and is an outstanding example in the Church of England’s long history. The upkeep of such a historic building is a challenging task and the latest need for Edwalton is the complete replacing of the main path from the lych gate to the south entrance, a [...]
SUMMER SERENADE
Highly-acclaimed Nottingham-based choir, the Sinfonia Chorale, will be performing at the Methodist Church on Musters Road in West Bridgford on Saturday 26th June. The choir and its director, Richard Roddis, are well known throughout the East Midlands for performing an ambitious and wide-ranging repertoire to a high standard. The choir has prepared a varied programme [...]
ST GILES’ FASHION SHOW
St Giles’ Church are holding a charity fashion show on Monday 12th July at 7.30pm to raise funds for the church and Ha Fusi School in Lesotho, South Africa. A wide range of clothes will be modelled and available for purchase on the night. Refreshments will be available as well, so ladies are urged to [...]
WARNING AFTER SERIES OF CHURCH BREAK-INS IN RUSHCLIFFE
Residents are being urged to be vigilant following a series of break-ins at churches in South Nottinghamshire.
In the last three weeks, there have been six burglaries – or attempted burglaries – at churches in Bunny, Plumtree, Granby, Colston Bassett and Langar. Items stolen in the break-ins include a collection box, safes, and church records.
Police are [...]
ST GILES FELLOWSHIP – DO YOU REMEMBER?
Way back in the 1940s, unsurprisingly, things were very different. Most families had no disposable income and so the entertainment infrastructure that we have today had not materialised. Consequently, most activities for teenagers took place based upon the local churches and their halls. Each church had a thriving band of youngsters – a Youth Fellowship [...]
CHARITY RECOGNISED BY OFSTED
West Bridgford-based adoption agency, Faith in Families, has been honoured by Ofsted in a celebratory event recognising outstanding social care providers in England. Sumerjit Ram, chief executive of Faith in Families, attended the event at the Gibson Hall in London, which was hosted by Christine Gilbert, Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and [...]
PASSION PLAY AT ST. GILES
St. Giles are staging a passion play in the Church from Monday 29th March to Wednesday 31st March 2010. This is the first time for many years that a dramatic event of this nature is being performed in the church and the cast of 13 is made up of St. Giles’ members.
This moving play, written [...]
HELP THE COMMUNITY WITH FRIENDS OF BINGHAM PARISH CHURCH
Have you noticed the freshly painted clock face of Bingham Church? The lighting of the church path? The restored lych gate? These are just some of things that the Friends of Bingham Parish Church have helped to achieve over the last few years.
The church dates from 1225 and is nearly 800 years old, in fact, [...]