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RIDLINGTON CHURCH NEWS

View of the Ridlington Church from Church Street
  • A lovely Harvest Festival was held in the church on Sunday 4th October. As ever, there were some beautiful floral displays in the windows and church porch, so a huge thank you to our flower ladies who decorate the church so beautifully for such special celebrations: Liz Simpson; Jan Powley; Sue Hatcher; Karen Baines; Pat Roome; Jane Moubray and Debra Thatcher;
  • Remembrance Sunday will be marked with a service of Holy Communion, conducted by Rev’d Jenni Duffy on Sunday 8th November at 9.30am;
  • Christmas Hamper: following the success of last year’s Christmas hamper raffle, we are planning to repeat this again this year. You will all receive a flier shortly explaining the details, so please keep a lookout;
  • Please see the rota at the back of the Parish magazine for November’s pattern of services across the Rutland Water Benefice. St Mary Magdalene and St Andrew’s, Ridlington remains open for private prayer on Sundays and Wednesdays 10am – 4pm.
  • You can still access the weekly services on YouTube or Facebook. If you would like any help with this, please let Anne Harvey know and she’ll give you a hand;
  • Church flowers: we are now enjoying church flowers again each week. Thanks for November to Anne Harvey and Pat Roome;
  • Church cleaning rota: thank you, this month, to: Mary Aldridge; Karen Baines; Anne Harvey and Louise Fox for keeping our church clean and well maintained.