Download the Schedule for the 2017 Village Show in Great Gidding.
Click to download the PDF file Schedule_2017v2.
We are fortunate in having a willing team of people who regularly mow the churchyard. However there is a limit as to how close the mowers can get to gravestones and the church building. So we need someone who can devote some time to strimming around the gravestones etc. in the churchyard. If you can help please contact either John De Val (293417) or Michael Keck (293357).
The Tuesday morning services of Matins on 8th, 22nd and 29th August are cancelled – services will resume again in September. However the scheduled service of Holy Communion will take place on Tuesday 15th August at 8am.
Just a reminder that the Gidding Gobblers Café is open every Sunday in the Village Hall from 10.00 am to 2.00pm.
Come along for delicious homemade cakes, rolls and coffee.
Read the Sunday papers and catch up with Gidding gossip!!
Great Gidding’s new Cycle Café selling coffees, teas, homemade cakes and filled rolls opens this Sunday. Open to cyclists and non-cyclists every Sunday 10.00am – 2.00pm.
Starting on Sunday 30th July 2017 in Great Gidding Village Hall.
Julie and Krystyna look forward to welcoming you!
Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/giddinggobblers
Great & Little Gidding Community Public Access Defibrillator (CPAD) APPEAL
We as a Parish are currently trying to raise £2000 to purchase and site a Defibrillator and Cabinet.
Cardiac Arrest or Heart Attack claims 150,000 – 200,000 lives each year in the United Kingdom. If a person’s heart has stopped the only thing that will get it working again is an electrical charge passed through the heart muscles. The first few minutes are the most vital and often an ambulance will be over five minutes away.
If you would like to help fund raise or donate towards this worthwhile equipment please contact;
Lydia James
22 Main Street, Great Gidding
07962 099922
lydiajames2010@hotmail.co.uk
Thank You
The Induction of Revd Mary Jepp took place at Holy Trinity Church, Kilmarnock on Thursday 15th June. A number of people from the Benefice travelled north to attend.
The church was packed for the service taken by the Bishop of Glasgow & Galloway. Besides Mary’s parishioners and members of other churches, the Provost (Mayor to you and me) of Kilmarnock and the local MP attended. After the service, there was an amazing spread in the church hall attached to the church, and we ‘Sassenachs’ were made to feel very welcome. We were left in no doubt as to the warmth of a community in very different surroundings from ours, and feel Mary and Mike will be very happy in this new chapter of their lives.
The two pictures reflect two aspects of the evening. The first might be said to show the formal Mary, with the Bishop. The second shows the real Mary with two of her new parishioners.
Michael Keck
The Revd Mary Jepp’s final service took place on Sunday 21st May at St Michael’s Church. The service was one of Choral Evensong. We were delighted to welcome back “Divers Voyces” to lead the music, and they sang settings by Bruckner, Morales, Holst and Peter Phillips. The organist, appropriately, was Paul Herring, one of Lois Jordan’s sons.
Before the service Mary re-dedicated the organ in memory of Lois, whose legacy paid for the additional work to be done. After the service, Mary Read made a presentation to Mary of a book on Icons and a cheque for £450. After the presentation, the two Mary’s were seen dancing down the nave together like the conclusion of a Morcambe & Wise Show. An appropriate ending, which highlighted the joy and happiness that Mary Jepp brought to her ministry in our community.
We wish Mary and Mike every success and happiness in the latest chapter of their lives, about to start in Kilmarnock.
Michael Keck
We have heard the sad news of the death of Bernard Foster. Known as “Bocky” to most people in the village, he worked in Trolove’s butcher’s shop in Main Street for many years. Our thoughts and prayers are with Betty and the family at this time.
There will be a Service of Thanksgiving for his life on Monday 12th June at 12 noon in St Michael’s Church.
Michael Keck