Rogation Sunday is traditionally the Sunday when the rural community walk around their village to places where crops grow and animals are kept, to seek God’s blessing on their work, and especially to pray for a good harvest. Rogation Sunday falls on 5th May this year, and we are
Read more →On Tuesday 23rd April, the Vestry Meeting and Annual General Meeting of St Michael’s takes place in the church.At the short Vestry Meeting, the churchwardens are elected. The AGM, which follows, is like any other such meeting of an organization, offering reports of the church’s activities during the
Read more →On Sunday 21st April we are holding a service of thanksgiving to reflect our thanks to God for his goodness and for the generosity of so many people who help maintain our church
Read more →Sadly the Palm Sunday procession and service have had to be cancelled thanks to the dire weather we are experiencing this weekend. We apologise for any disappointment.
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Great & Little Gidding Parish Council Clarion – March 2013 The Giddings Website www.giddings.org.uk In March 2012 the new Giddings website was launched with funding from the Great Gidding Charity. A calendar has been added so now it’s really easy to keep up to date with what’s
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A big ‘thank you’ to everyone who contributed to making the Chilli Evening with the “Auction of Promises” such a huge success.
Read more →The big clean out Townsend Pond or the Horse Pond as it is known in the village had reached crisis point. Almost completely silted up and giving off a foul smell when the water was low, it was becoming a bit of an environmental hazard. Long gone
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Ash trees are under serious threat from a fungal disease that has spread to the UK from Continental Europe. Chalara Fraxinea or Ash Die-back Disease has been noted in East Anglia and Scotland. If the disease takes hold as expert’s predict it will then it will be
Read more →We’re lucky in Gidding to have the only village shop in the area. The range of services offered by Aruna and Jed is terrific.
Read more →Rainfall problems around the village The weather in 2012 will probably be recorded as a record rainfall year and low sunshine levels. In reality since the last week of March its been nothing short of “bloody miserable” Everyone has felt the impact, events have been cancelled,
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