News from Turweston

ST MARY’S CHURCH

Services for May

Sunday 6th  May     11.15am     Holy Communion
Sunday 13th May    10.30am     Holy Communion with the Benefice Choir
Sunday 20th May     10.00am Coffee and croissants followed by Village Worship at 10.30am

Easter Report

The Lent Lunches were a great success and well attended. We hope to repeat them again next year. With the support and extra donations from those attending we raised £169.00p for the Unicef Jar of Grace appeal. This, together with some individual donations, has been sent to Unicef.  The Church looked beautiful for our well attended Easter Service. Many thanks to all who contributed the lovely flower arrangements. It is always so nice to have the flowers back again after Lent.

OTHER VILLAGE NEWS

Parish Council: Village Tidy Up:   Many thanks to all those of you who helped with the Village 'tidy up' on the 31st March.  A great turnout and we were all well rewarded with much appreciated refreshments kindly provided by Phil &  Liz at the Stratton Arms.

Annual Parish Meeting:   This will be held on THURSDAY 24th MAY at 8.00 pm in St Mary's Church.  Everyone is welcome to attend for an update on the work of the Parish Council including a progress report on HS2.  Refreshments will be available.

Quarterly Skip Service
AVDC has suspended this service due to financial cutbacks, so we will have no further rubbish skips.

National Garden Scheme
This will take place in Turweston on Sunday, 20th May from 2-5pm.  Again, we are very lucky that the following gardens will be open to the public – Versions Farm;  Turweston Mill;  Turweston House and Oatleys Hall.  Our thanks to their generous owners for allowing us to view their lovely gardens.   Teas will be at Versions Farm whilst there will be plants and preserves at Turweston House.  Please make a note in your diaries to support this delightful afternoon.

The Queen's Diamond Jubilee - The Turweston Jubilee Street Party - Monday 4 June 2012

As promised, here are more details of the Turweston Diamond Jubilee event. A Jubilee committee has been formed comprising members of the Parish Council, Parochial Church Council and Village Hall Committee.  The outline plan is to have a street party for residents, their family and friends.  We have applied for permission to close Main Street, using the village hall and the church as venues. The celebrations will commence at 3p.m. until approximately 10.30p.m. when we light a beacon at the church as part of a national event. During the afternoon we will have a pig roast, street entertainment, followed by a band in the evening.  There will be NO CHARGE for the event, but we will be asking for contributions of food (salads, puddings etc). There will be a paying bar.

A personal invitation will be sent out to you in due course. If you have not yet replied, a gentle reminder to do so ASAP and no later than 8th May

If you have any suggestions or can offer help please contact a committee member. 

Susan Tighe