Remembrance Sunday Our service on Remembrance Sunday took a different form from previous years. Instead of including a short act of remembrance in the normal service of Holy Communion, this year’s service followed the customary form as used at the Cenotaph and throughout the country, but with traditional hymns and lessons from the bible appropriate …
Category Archive: Church
Nov 26
Family Funday Sunday
Sunday 15th November saw a totally new departure for our church service. We all met in the Village Hall; over 50 were there. There were a number of different activities connected with the story of Noah’s Ark. We made paper boats that floated, created animal faces on paper plates, made Lego arks and sorted animals …
Nov 08
News form St Andrew’s , Ashford Bowdler
Once again, we are extremely grateful to Susannah Hall for riding for us in the annual ‘Ride and Stride’ event in aid of the Shropshire Historic Churches Trust on Saturday, 12th September. She visited 22 churches this year and her sponsorship raised £293.30 which, as usual, will be divided equally between the Trust and our …
Oct 11
Historic Churches Sponsored Bike Ride
This year three people set off from the village to support this valuable charity, raising money to help to keep our beautiful churches in the county in good repair. Janie and Jackie were the two “new “ cy-clists – a special WELL DONE . JUST as important was the fact that our church was manned …
Oct 11
News form St Andrew’s , Ashford Bowdler
Our Harvest Festival evensong will be on Sunday 18th October, starting at 6.30pm. The collection will, as usual, go to the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution and the service will be followed by refreshments at Church House, to which everyone will be welcome. Note for PCC members: The next meeting of the PCC will be on …
Sep 05
St Mary Magdalene Restoration Update
Many of you will be aware that part of the church roof is badly in need of repair. Indeed, many of you have already given generously to the appeal in money and time. You’ll obviously also be aware that nothing is happening on site. So what’s been going on? The Restoration Committee (Under the Parochial …
Jul 07
Patronal Festival - 22 July
There will be an Patronal Evensong service at St Mary Magdalene on the 22nd July, at 7.00pm, following which Lynsey and Ben Jackson at The Avenue are kindly hosting a drinks party at their home to which everyone is invited and we will all look forward to a delightful evening in a lovely setting.
May 03
Lee Jones concert in St Mary Magdalene Church
A small but select audience was royally entertained by Lee Jones on his jazz guitar accompanied by Geff Ockenden on bass, playing pieces ranging from Horace Silver, Miles Davies, Sonny Rollins and the perennial Dave Brubeck number, Take Five, through to Lee’s arrangement of “Sunny One so True” and “Some Day My Prince will Come”, …
May 03
Message from Audrey Thomas, Church Organist
After 20 years, and because of increasing age-related problems, I have just given up my honorary post of organist of St Mary Magdalene. It has been a much valued privilege as well as a commitment. In addition, the formation of a small mixed voice choir of (mainly but not exclusively) “golden oldies”, who regularly rehearsed …
May 03
New Service Schedule
Sunday May 3rd. Please note that the new service schedule comes into operation and there will be no 8.30am Communion Service on this day and succeeding months. (see the service rota on the back page of ‘The Ashfords’ magazine)