St Mary’s Church Hemyock, has two days of celebrations during August – the church patronal festival/gift day and a special retirement. The gift day and festival will take place on Sunday, August 16th. The congregation have been invited to put forward their favourite hymns with some being sung during the service. The Rev Vanessa Cole, …
The yew tree at All Saints’ Church, Culmstock, has been nominated as one of ten Trees of the Year by the Woodland Trust – and you can vote for it to win! The trust says on its website: “Leaning from the top of a 20-metre-high church tower is one of the last places you’d expect …
St Mary’s Church, Hemyock, marked Sea Sunday at the weekend. Here is their report … Sea Sunday is a date in July when churches recognise the work done by the Mission to Seafarers. There are about 1.5 million seafarers across the world whose life can be lonely, dangerous and uncertain. Recent news bulletins have shown …
The glorious weather attracted a large number of visitors to the annual summer fete of St Mary’s Church, Hemyock, which made more than £1,550. It was opened by the Rev Vanessa Cole, Rector, who thanked the organisers David Bawler and Patricia Fuller for their hard work and hoped everyone would have a pleasant afternoon supporting …
The ancient custom of ‘Clipping the Tower’ of St John’s Church was revived today (Saturday) as the first event in the church’s Patronal Festival. To the sound of bells, members of the multi-faith community, humanitarians and those interested in ancient ritals and heritage ringed the church after passing through a floral arch before holding hands …
The ancient tradition of ‘Clipping the Tower’ is being revived by Wellington Folk and Custom Society at St John’s Church this weekend. The organisation is calling on the Wellington community to take part in a ‘Human Chain of Unity’ as part of the revival of the historic custom, which was last recorded in 1889 before …
Ad Hoc Voices provided the music at the Upper Culm Valley Mission Community service of Holy Communion held at St Mary’s Church, Hemyock. They were under the baton of well-known Musical Director, Laurence Blyth, and accompanied on drums, keyboard and guitar It was a rare chance to hear The Jazz Missa Brevis written in 2017 …
Wellington United Reformed Church is holding a Coffee Morning on Saturday in aid of two charities. Reminiscence Learning and Sue Ryder will benefit from the event which will run from 10am to 11.30am. Reminiscence Learning is a dementia charity based at Tonedale while Sue Ryder, which has a shop in Fore Street, helps people reaching …
Wellington Choral Society’s Come and Sing event today (Saturday) brought together regular members of the choir with those interested in joining them for one or more of their scheduled concerts over the coming months. New singers were welcomed to the event at Wellington Prep School Hall. Musical Director Laurence Blyth introduced the singers to some …
Wellington Choral Society are holding a Come and Sing event at Wellington Prep School Hall this Saturday from 9.30am to 12.30pm. This is a free event with an open invitation for everyone interested in singing to join the choir’s Musical Director, Laurence Blyth. Music will be provided. A spokesperson for the choir said: “Wellington Choral …
The St John’s Church Coffee Morning on Saturday was extremely well supported and raised an incredible £1,172 towards church funds. The church reports … The coffee morning team worked hard to produce many delicious cakes and preserves and were very grateful to those who bought them as they raised over £300. However, it was the …
