The sun shone for the annual ‘Big Lunch’ and ‘Have a Field Day’ on the recreation field in Great Gidding on Sunday 2nd June. Picnics and drinks were followed by a well fought rounders match (which ended in a very fair draw)! Free kites and footballs supplied by the ‘Fields in Trust’ scheme kept the children (of all ages) amused.
Thanks to Michael and Julie Trolove, Paul Hodson and many others for organising the event.
Sunday, June 2nd on Great Gidding Recreation Field and if even just the weather repeats itself as last year then it will be a grand day out.
The Big Lunch is all about community coming together to share a meal which in our case is more of a picnic but the aims are still the same. Meeting neighbour’s and villagers who you don’t often see, catching up with all the latest news or just taking up the challenge of the mass rounders game.
Have a Field Day is the formal recognition that our Recreation Field is now in trust and will never be built on
Details of the Big Lunch nationally can be found with this link
Date – Sunday 2nd June
Time – 12:00 until 4:00pm
Title: An Evening in the Garden
Location: Crown Cottage, Main Street, Great Gidding
Description: Come along to a Garden Party at Crown Cottage, Great Gidding on Saturday 22nd June 7.30pm featuring the Peter Shepherd Jazz Trio and King’s School Swing Band. (In support of Emily Read’s expedition to the Arctic).
Tickets £10.00 per person. Catered bar and buffet.
Dress code ~ smart as you please.
Call 01832 293 479 or email shepnsue@btinternet.com
Start Time: 19:30
Date: 2013-06-22
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 marking it with a Rogationtide Walk, followed by a picnic.
We meet in St Michael’s Church at 11am, and then walk around the village stopping at a number of points for readings and prayers. Please come dressed for all weathers! Some rain won’t put us off.
Afterwards, we go to Churchside House (John De Val’s home next to the church) where we will enjoy our picnic – outdoors if fine, indoors if wet!
Please come and join us and bring your own picnic – drinks (of all sorts) will be provided.
Please do come along and find out the acheivements and challenges faced by your local church.
Over the last few years, many things have happened in St Michael’s Church which have enhanced the beauty of this place of worship as well as improving the facilities.
On Sunday 21st April we are holding a Service of Thanksgiving to reflect our thanks to God for his goodness as well as recognising the generosity of so many people, both in terms of giving and creating. After the service there will be refreshments.
May we extend a warm welcome to you to join as at this service. St Michael’s Church is an important part of the infastructure of the village, and this is obviously recognised by the number of people who give so generously of their time, money and talents.
The service starts at 3pm.
An exhibition of landscape and cityscape paintings by Great Gidding residents Krystyna Wojcik and Paul Joseph-Crank will be on display at The Dolby Gallery, Oundle from the 13th to 27th April 2013.
Paul and Krystyna both work in acrylics and watercolours and as husband and wife they occasionally find themselves sketching and painting from the same subject. Some of the results of their land and city interpretations will be displayed alongside each other at their joint exhibition ‘LandscapeCityscape’.
Paul studied fine art at Manchester Polytechnic before taking up a career in graphic design and illustration, and Krystyna trained as an art teacher before joining forces with Paul to set up their own design business.
Travel is a strong influence for both but whilst Paul is drawn to light and dark and patterning elements within a city environment, Krystyna’s paintings are darkly atmospheric across land and skyline.
Download the catalogue for the exhibition (PDF 2.2MB)
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.
A big ‘thank you’ to everyone who contributed to making the Chilli Evening with the “Auction of Promises” such a huge success. It was a really enjoyable evening, mainly as a result of the wonderful food and drink, followed by the excellent performance of our auctioneer who succeeded in persuading people to bid generously (and occasionally unwittingly!) for the many items up for auction. We were delighted to welcome friends from Winwick and to be able to “get our own back” – in the nicest possible way! The evening raised the staggering sum of over £2000 for church funds.
None of this would have happened but for the hard work of Mary Read, Sue Shepherd, Jane Edwards, Anthea Keck and all the team who organised the event. Yet this effort would have been for nothing had not the evening received the tremendous support it did from people far and wide.
Once again thank you to everyone for your time, generosity and support.
Revd Mary Jepp, Lois Jordan & John DeVal
Blast away the winter blues with a night of chilli and tequila, and auction of promises, at the village hall on Saturday 26th January.
The bar opens at 7pm, followed by a chilli meal (mince or veggie option if you prefer), and then the bidding begins!
Tickets cost £7.50, price includes entrance and evening meal; contact Sue Shepherd, tel: (01832) 293479; email: shepnsue@btinternet.com
In aid of St Michael’s Church.
