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Jubilee concert

10/6/2022

 
52 tickets were sold for the Jubilee Concert in aid of the SSAFA
It was a good night with performances from the Switched on Swing Band, Brian, Nicola Jayne and the choir. There was a lot of audience participation and we waved a few flags. So far just over £400 has been collected.
Extra money came from selling the lovely homemade cakes that had been donated.
We are grateful for all those who helped to make this evening such a success.
Many thanks to all.
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Homemade cakes
Switched on Swing band
Brian
Conductor Jill
Nicola Jayne
Nicola Jayne
Royalty came too

Sip, knit or knot

20/1/2022

 
A good introduction to the afternoon with nine people from all over the parish, chapel members and attendees from St Giles and Shustoke all gathered to try out the crafts and have a chat of course.

Christmas Bazaar

20/11/2021

 
The church was packed with many from the local community, who came shopping for festive products ranging from reindeer food to cakes. Tea and coffee was being served and many festive hats were to be seen.
Lynda Gascoigne won the hamper.
Jill Howell guessed the number of beads in the jar(188) 
Chris Mansel won the cherry cake  which contained 29 cherries 
Colin Bowerman correctly named the bears, Harry and Haimish.
​Over £700 was raised on the day, towards our Chapel maintenance fund. Many thanks to all our helpers for such a fantastic result.

Christian Aid success

24/6/2021

 
The final count up of cash and cheques donated for Christian Aid 2021 from the villages realised the fantastic total of £743.16.  Additional Gift Aid contributions will have added approximately £100 more onto this total. Bearing in mind that there could be no house to house collections this year and that donations all had to be ‘dropped off’ this was a superb result. Many thanks to all those who contributed so generously to Christian Aid this year and to Station Stores and the local pubs who helped us with the ‘drop off’ locations.

Christmas Sunday carols

20/12/2020

 
We gathered to sing some socially distanced carols on the grass in front of the church, beside the nativity scene. Two different groups of singers were distanced from each other for this and the singing was accompanied by Jill, our choir conductor. Quite a number of different people came to join in with the choir from the pavement. £47 was raised for Alzheimer’s society; mental health being at the forefront of people’s minds this year.

Live feed services announced

19/3/2020

 
​In response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the cancellation of worship services, the District will be broadcasting a worship service at 10:30am on Sunday morning via Facebook Live and it will also be available on the District Website:
If you are unable to join us on your computer, tablet or phone, the attached will enable you to journey with us as we worship together in our homes around the District.
From Ian Howarth - Chair of the Birmingham District - who was here in our chapel last month celebrating our bicentenary

Facebook live link
Website link
Service sheet for 22 March
File Size: 197 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File

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Alternatively if you miss this or want to follow the service more closely you can download the service sheet.

Open the book goes live

10/2/2020

 
As part of an ecumenical project to read the bible stories to young people in schools a group of readers have been trained many from our own congregation to deliver this programme in our local primary school. Shustoke is a C of E aided school and was one of the few in the area which was bereft of this programme. The first read happened today and was a great success judging from a few of the young people who were able to recount an outline of the event. Find out more about Open the Book here
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Open the book team Steve Miss Evans (teacher), Mike, Fiona, Carol, Anne, Arthur, Gina and Jill

Carol Singing

17/12/2019

 
A dry evening whilst cold but a happy band of about 18 adults and 4 children entertained households around the village. The merry band finished in the Railway pub and sang some more in the warm. With the previous singing in the Church End Brewery the Dog Inn the grand total for all is £510. This will be split between ​Methodist Homes for the Aged and Ronald Mc Donald charities.

Switched on Swing band

15/9/2019

 
Playing once again to a near full church Switched on Swing entertained with a range of songs from Uptown Funk to some Beatles songs. Interval tea and cakes were enjoyed with the chocolate being demolished. Many helped washing up afterwards including our young reporter. Ours thanks to the band for supporting the Methodist Chapel once again raising £272 in total.

Open gardens success

21/7/2019

 
A lovely sunny weekend allowed many to enjoy the twelve or more gardens open to view. Refreshments sold well with a wide range of cakes. Did you buy a plant to take home? We thank all those who opened their gardens and helps their visitors.
Can you spot the houses these flowers were seen in?
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