
Children's Gardening Club
Now CLOSED

Covid Update
Unfortunately the Children's Gardening Club will not be running for the 2020 season






Final Report 2021
November 2019 - End of Season Report
October 2018 - Rain, rain and more rain
July/August 2018 - Thank you Smita!
May 2018 - An enthusiastic start
Winter 2017 Celebrations and so to bed . . . .
October 2017 - Sheds and Scarecrows!
- Ursula
- Jan 29, 2024
Dates for your diary.
3rd February, 10.30am-12pm
Coffee morning, craft and art exhibition
16th March, 12pm-2pm
UNICEF Community Lent Lunch
20th April at 6pm
Quiz Evening
19th May at 10.30am
Benefice Pentecost service, followed by a picnic
26th and 27th May, 10am-4pm
Wedding Dress Exhibition
8th June, 10.30am-12pm
Plant & produce sale at Churchfields, coffee and cake
29th June, 7pm
The Complete Works of Shakespeare, touring production
6th July, 10.30am-12pm
Coffee and cake in the garden at St Brelade’s
20th July, 2.30pm-4pm
Cream tea at St Brelade’s
3rd August, 10.30am-12pm
Knit’n’Natter display, ‘The Four Seasons’, coffee and cake
14th September, 10.30am-2pm
Church and Tower Open Day
19th October
Bellringers attempt a full peal*
20th October at 11am
Harvest Festival and Ploughman’s lunch
15th November at 7pm
A Comic Evening with Bob Blake
7th December, 10.30am-12pm
Christmas coffee morning and handbells
*Other bellringing events throughout the year include four quarter peals, and ringing a ‘touch’ for every bell ringer.
- Ursula
- Jan 29, 2024
December17th 2023
The bells were ringing and the path to St. Leonards Church door was candle lit. A lovely welcome to the Annual Carol Service. On entering, it was a ‘WOW’ experience, - each window beautifully decorated and even the pillars
were festooned. Sherfield English residents certainly showed their talents when given the theme ‘What Christmas means to You’. Red and green being the predominant colours for the foliage, floral arrangements, and
pom poms, but snow was clearly in evidence. A sleigh with reindeer gliding
across the frozen landscape, a beautiful old globe on which sat a dove, depicted ‘Peace on Earth, Goodwill to all men’. Knitted choristers made their way to church, as the bells above glinted in the starlight. A glowing fireside invited one to sit and enjoy the warmth whilst children played with their
toys. The next window showed a mouth-watering feast…..all knitted, including the sprouts and Christmas pudding, and the table adorned with candelabra. Above the altar -:-‘The Angel of the Lord Shone round about
them’…...beautifully displayed. So the service began……… the choir sang the opening verse of ‘Once in Royal David’s City’ followed by the well
attended congregation. Lessons were read and more traditional carols were
sung, as written in our programmes. A very thoughtful poem was read and
‘Gabriel’s Message’ sung by the choir. In our prayers we were encouraged to think of the homeless, refugees and those suffering in child poverty, all
those less fortunate than ourselves. We also thought of the real meaning
of Christmas – Christ’s birth. After meaningful contemplation, a skit followed, - ‘While Shepherds Watched their Flocks by Night.’…..complete with washing bowl and socks, and the participants were ‘seated on the ground’. Hilarious. Still in light heartedness, the congregation was invited to
participate in the ‘Twelve Days of Christmas ‘with all the accessories, dancing shoes, pipes, gold rings and ,YES - A partridge in a Pear Tree! The
service closed with the Benediction read by Vicar James. A cup of wassail and a mince pie was offered to all. Another memorable Carol Service at St. Leonards in 2023.