Now CLOSED
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
5TH FEB MR G LEWIS
12TH FEB MR LEE PHILLIPSON SASRA
19TH FEB MR JEREMY SYKES
26TH FEB REV JANICE MORGAN
5TH MAR MRS GWEN LESLIE
Please contact for information or transport Mr Graham Wigmore 01794
389000 or Miss S Caplen 01794 521774. A warm welcome to everyone.
4TH DEC MR M NEW
11TH DEC REV C KING
18TH DEC MR S IRISH CAROL SERVICE 6PM.
25TH DEC NO SERVICE
1ST JAN NO SERVICE
8TH JAN MISS S CAPLEN
Prayer meetings for Wellow and Sherfield English areas, on Wednesday 14th
December at 6.30pm followed by light refreshment
The church year moves on apace as we approach the end of 2022. We are
grateful to the Reverend Nick Grew for once again taking our service of
Remembrance. It was good to see so many people from the village joining
in and we are especially grateful to Eric Hounslow for decorating the church
and once more organising the laying of the wreaths and crosses.
Of course, once Harvest and Remembrance are past it is time to start
thinking about our Christmas services. In St Leonard’s we begin the festive
season with our Christingle service on 27th November and continue with our
evening Carol Service at 6pm on the 11th December. A reminder that our
‘Midnight’ Communion service is at 8pm on Christmas Eve, and our service
at 11am on Christmas Day will be family friendly and (hopefully!) funpacked.
Saturday 3rd December sees a special Christmas coffee morning
with additional stalls and a harpist. Our fabulous team of flower arrangers
will be decorating the church on the morning of the 10th, and you can get a
sneak peek of the decorations (this year’s theme is Christmas Carols) at a
talk and book signing given by local author, Claire Gradidge at 5.30pm later
that day. Claire has family ties to Sherfield English and will be talking about
her murder mystery novels set in and around Romsey during the 1940s. On
the evening of Monday 12th the choir will be leading carol singing at the
Hatchet Inn from 7.30pm. We were delighted to have been invited back by
new landlord, Tom Moody, and hope you will join us for this rousing
tradition!
In the run-up to Christmas we are continuing to run our Parish Pantry
scheme, providing small food parcels to any resident of the village who
might be struggling with the recent rise in prices. Parcels can be collected
anonymously from the church porch at any time. Thank you to those who
have provided donations to keep the scheme going. Take-up has so far
been slow and should we find there is not a need for the scheme within the
village (something for which we will be extremely thankful) then donations
will be passed on to Romsey Foodbank or to the Parish Pantry scheme in
West Tytherley. 3rd December Christmas Coffee Morning Julia Noble
4th December Holy Communion Revd James Pitkin
10th December 5.30pm Talk and Book Signing by local author, Claire
Gradidge
11th December 6pm - Carol Service
12th December 7.30pm Carol Singing outside Hatchet Inn
18th December Morning Prayer Clare Durham
18th December 6pm Wellow Wood Methodist Carol Service
24th December 8pm – Holy Communion Revd James Pitkin
25th December Christmas Day – Family Service Julia Noble
St Leonard’s Dates for your diary 2023
1st January 2023 11am Holy Communion Revd James Pitkin
8th January Morning Prayer Clare Durham
15th January Family Service – Epiphany Revd James Pitkin
22nd January Morning Prayer Clare Durham
29th January 11am hosting Wellow Wood