Please have your say about what faith and non-faith activities you would like to see being held at St. John’s as the building is restored to a warm and friendly resource for all villagers. If you live in Ryhall or Belmesthorpe, you should have found a Consultation Survey inside your newsletter.
Removal of ivy, moss and brambles, dead-heading, trimming perennials, forking over borders, cutting back shrubs, sweeping paths, cleaning benches… and more Why not come along and join our happy band? Supervised children and dogs welcome. Bring your own tools. Tea, coffee, squash and cake provided.
As I write this, snow is thick on the ground in the churchyard but it takes more than that to stop the building work underway. Thanks to Tom and James for all their hardy work restoring and replacing the old, cracked, iron drainpipes and gutters of the church thanks to
50PLUS WINNERS FOR JANUARY 1st Prize £112-50 – number 05 – Sandy Ellis. 2nd Prize £56-25 – number 42 – Shirley Catlin. 3rd Prize £18-25 – number 16 – Tina Sanderson. Join the 50Plus Club TODAY for just £5-00 a month. This gives you a chance of winning one of
Betty Edwards just keeps on walking! Betty’s Challenge has now raised over £3,000 with her inspirational ‘Capt. Tom’ style walk fundraiser for St. John’s Church roof! Thank you Betty and also to your granddaughter Jordane who works as support team for the project. If you’d like to support Betty’s efforts,
Coffee Mornings are temporarily suspended 50PLUS WINNERS FOR DECEMBER 1st Prize £114-00 – number 75 – Stella Smith. 2nd Prize £57-00 – number 59 – Steve Jessop. 3rd Prize £19-00 – number 04 – Sheila Blowers. Join the 50Plus Club TODAY for just £5-00 a month. This gives you a
Happy New Year to everyone in our villages! Wishing you health and happiness in 2021 when hopefully life will get closer to resembling what we think of as ‘normality’. We’re still in Advent as I write this and we are indeed still ‘waiting in hope’ for a better future while
Thank you to all those who have supported fundraising activities or sent donations to save our church. If you would still like to, please go to our GoFundMe page at https://www.gofundme.com/manage/church-restoration-campaign or send a donation to Rev Jo Saunders revjosaunders@live.co.uk. We are very grateful for your support. November started with the
Michelle and Andrew Nebel have raised £170 with their latest bric-a-brac stall in memory of Ryhall villager Joan Caplan. Many thanks to Joan’s family who donated many of the items and to the Nebels for all their efforts fund-raising for the Church Roof, helped by Betty Edwards and Karen Blake.
Coffee Mornings are temporarily suspended due to the Coronavirus threat 50 PLUS DRAW FOR SEPTEMBER 1st Prize £114-00 – number 52 – Jean Williams. 2nd Prize £57-00 – number 56 – Marion Davis. 3rd Prize £19-00 – number 28 – Dameon Clarke. Join the 50Plus Club TODAY for just £5-00
