‘Summer Music’ at St Michael’s Church

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'Summer Music' at St Michael's Church

The weekend of 11th & 12th June sees two musical events in St Michael’s Church.

‘Summer Music’
Firstly, on Saturday 11th June, there is a concert called ‘Summer Music’. We welcome back the St Peter’s Singers from Peterborough, who will be singing beautiful choral music from Handel, via folk songs, to Cole Porter. Their musical director, Jeremy Jepson, will also play a couple of organ pieces,
The concert starts at 7.30pm.
Tickets are £10 (purchased in advance) and £12 (available at the church door on the night). To purchase your tickets in advance, contact Sue Shepherd (tel: 293479) or email her (shepnsue@btinternet.com). Your ticket price includes a glass of wine and nibbles in the interval.

Summer Music Concert poster 22


Please make sure you tell your friends!

‘Songs of Praise’
Then the next day (Sunday 12th), there is a ‘Songs of Praise’, starting at 4pm. This is the opportunity to sing your favourite hymns. and to learn something about the people who wrote these hymns.

If you have a favourite hymn you would like sung, then please contact Michael Keck (tel: 293357) or email (mpk357@hotmail.co.uk).

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St Michael’s repaired and reopened

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The restoration work to the east end of the north aisle has now been completed and the Church has had a thorough clean and is now open to visitors once again.

St Michael's Church Great Gidding restoration April 2022
St Michael's Church Great Gidding restoration April 2022

Read about the works undertaken

Enquiries

If you have any enquiries regarding the Church or services, please contact John De Val, telephone number: 01832 293417

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New glazed doors proposed for St Michael’s Church

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New glazed doors proposed for St Michael's Church

The PCC of Great Gidding is proposing to replace the outer doors to the south porch of St. Michael’s Church with new glazed doors of similar design. To do this we need to obtain a faculty (i.e. permission) from the Diocese of Ely. A condition for granting a faculty is that the PCC has consulted parishioners on the proposal. Hence this note.

Great Gidding in Winter 2021- St Michael's porch

If you wish to object

If you wish to object to any of the works or proposals you should write stating the grounds of your objection to: 

The Diocesan Registrar, The Bishop of Ely’s Registry, 1 The Sanctuary, Westminster, London, SW1P 3JT; 

or ely.registry@1thesanctuary.com 

www.elydiocesanregistry.co.uk 

so that it reaches the Registrar no later than: 10th February 2022 

A letter of objection must include your name and address and state whether you live in the parish and/or your name is entered on the church electoral roll of the parish or any other basis on which you have an interest in the matter. 

For further information

If you require any further information please contact John De Val on johnedeval@hotmail.com

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Act of Remembrance Service

By on November 8, 2021   /   Forthcoming events, Friends of St Michaels, Home page upcoming events, St Michael's Church   /   Leave a comment
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Act of Remembrance Service

There will be an Act of Remembrance in St Michael’s Church this coming Sunday 14th November.
The service will start at 10.45 am.


Everyone is very welcome, but we would seek your assistance in maintaining COVID 19 safety guidedance. We would request you to, please, wear your face covering whilst in church, and especially when singing.  We would also seek your help in respecting social distancing. There is hand sanitizer in the church porch. Thank you.


​“We will remember them”

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Annual Parochial Church Meeting 2021

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Annual Parochial Church Meeting 2021

This coming Saturday, 22nd May, Great Gidding Parochial Church Council will hold its Annual Parochial Church Meeting. The meeting will take place at 10am via a ZOOM link. This meeting will hear reports on church activities during the difficulties of 2020, as well as a financial review and fabric report on the two churches within the PCC’s care. Members of the PCC are also elected.

Your local church faces many challenges in the coming months, and we would welcome your support by joining us at that meeting. Besides providing a spiritual focus for our community, the PCC look after our beautiful parish church of St Michael, a place where members of this community have been christened, married and buried over the years. Likewise, the church of St John’s, Little Gidding is within the care of the PCC.

Our Parish Mission Statement is “to show and nurture the love of God by caring for those within our community and worldwide”. If you can help and support us on this journey, then please do join us at that meeting.
To obtain the ZOOM link, please contact John De Val (tel: 293417) or email him: johnedeval@hotmail.com
You will be very welcome.

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Robin Hayden

By on March 4, 2021   /   Forthcoming events, Home page upcoming events, St Michael's Church   /   1 Comment
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Robin Hayden

Robin’s funeral service will be held on Monday, 15 March, 2021 at 2.00p.m. at St. Michael’s Church, Great Gidding.

Covid restrictions

Sadly, Covid regulations restrict numbers attending the service to 30. 

Around the village

However, if you would like to show your appreciation for one of Gidding’s great characters, you will be able to do so on the day as Robin’s journey to the church will be preceded by a final circuit of the village he so loved and where he spent his entire life.

Starting at approximately 1.40p.m., first passing Flittermere Gate, the hearse will travel from the Glatton end of the village, down Main Street, then up Chapel End, Mill Road and back to Main Street before arriving at St. Michael’s.

Kind words

Gill wants to thank everyone for their very kind words, emails and notes of support.  She is extremely grateful for your kindness and hopes that as many people as possible will take a moment to pause and pay their respects, either standing by your gate or at the roadside, as the hearse passes by.

Donations

If you would like to make a donation in Robin’s memory you can do so through Crowson’s Funeral Directors or direct to the charity. 

All donations received will go to support the work of The Air Ambulance Service

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Church Services January and February 2021

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Church Services January and February 2021

In response to the current lockdown, Great Gidding Parochial Church Council has unanimously agreed to suspend public worship for the months of January and February. This means there will be no services of Holy Communion or Evensong at either St Michael’s or St John’s Church for the next two months.

Services continue online

However, services will be continued to be streamed on line. Details of services, and how to access them, can be found on the North Leightonstone website at www.norleigh.org.uk

This coming Sunday (17th January) there will be a service of Morning Prayer, starting at 9.30am, led by our Lay Reader, Jim Hogg. This will be via a ZOOM link. If you would like to join this service, then contact Jim. He, in turn, will email you a link you can click on, and thereby, you can take part in this service. His email address is: james.hogg@norleigh.org.uk

St Michael’s still open twice a week for private prayer

Whilst public worship is suspended, St Michael’s Church, Great Gidding will continue to be open twice a week for private prayer i.e. Thursday (9.30am – 1pm) and Sunday (1pm – 4pm).

St John’s Church, Little Gidding remains closed until further notice.

If you have any questions, then please contact the churchwarden, John De Val (tel: 01832/2934170)

Need a chat or help?

Finally, if you are aware of anyone who would welcome a phone call for a chat, or needs any help, then once again please contact John.

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Service of Holy Communion

By on December 16, 2020   /   Forthcoming events, Home page upcoming events, St Michael's Church   /   Leave a comment
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Service of Holy Communion

A Service of Holy Communion will be held at St Michael’s Church, Great Gidding

If you wish to come to this service, can you please help us by informing John De Val of your intention to attend – this will be much appreciated. 

You may either telephone him on 01832/293417 or email him 

johnedeval@hotmail.com

COVID requirements of masks, sanitizations, self distancing etc. will be followed.

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St Michael’s Church, 2 minute silence

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St Michael's Church, 2 minute silence

Owing to the recently announced COVID-19 restrictions we are unable to hold our usual Remembrance Service at St. Michael’s Church this coming Sunday. The Royal British Legion have suggested that one way of remembering together those who have lost their lives in war, would be to step outside our front doors at 11.00 on Sunday and keep a 2 minute silence together.

We think this is a good idea and we will ring the Church bell to mark the beginning and end of the 2 minutes.

We hope you will join with us in this act of gratitude for those who gave their lives in the cause of freedom.

John De Val

Churchwarden

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