OCTOBER NEWSLETTER 2026
DATES:
Thursday 1st – Ladies’ Group, 7.30pm. Talk by John Richmond on 200 years of the railway (1825–2025). Visitors welcome.
Wednesday 28th – 7.30pm. 100 Club draw in The Plough.
VILLAGE HALL – The Village Hall Committee is short of members and would welcome anyone interested in joining the current small group to keep our lovely hall in order. Contact June on 01536 770046 for more information.
The free coffee morning, with barista coffee and hot drinks, continues at the Hall on 30th September and 14th October. Why not come along for a chat between 10.30am and midday?
CHURCH NEWS – The services continue as before, on three Sundays a month. Notices of service times are on the church noticeboards.
October 11th at 11am will be the Harvest Thanksgiving, when gifts of produce and flowers will decorate the church. After the service, they will be sold in aid of the Addington Fund, as in previous years. Please leave offerings in the church on Saturday 10th or bring them to the service.
REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY – November 8th – The service will begin at 10.50am, in order to be ready for the two-minute silence at 11am. The open collection will be sent to the Poppy Appeal.
QUIZ – Saturday 9th November – More details later.
TRAFFIC – Please contact [contact details] with offers of help, as requested in flyers put round recently. There is a notice on the church noticeboard.
FOOD BANK – We deliver monthly to the pick-up point. Donations may be left in the church or at 14 Main St.