St John's Church
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We will remember them
August 4th 2014 is the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of The First World War. At 9.30pm we will be holding a commemoration of all those who served during the war and particularly remembering the five men from our own parish who did not return. The evening will commence with refreshments and end with a candle lit vigil at 11pm – all welcome. if anyone has any photographs or other memorabilia, particularly of the immediate area, we would be grateful for contributions towards a display in the church.
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Rogation Sunday
Sunday 25th May at 4pm Join us as we walk around the village asking for God’s blessing on the land. Help plant seeds in the allotments, visit the Jacob sheep and the bees and finish with a picnic tea. Meet at the church for a 4pm start. Everyone welcome, come dressed for the weather!
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Military Wives Choir Concert
As I am sure you are all aware, The Friends are proudly presenting a concert in St John’s Church by the Military Wives Choir from Plymouth. The Military Wives is a huge success story after their initial start by Gareth Malone and there are now 83 choirs worldwide – fantastic! We are starting off with a bar and hog roast being served in the churchyard from 6pm. We have a young and up-coming star, Johan Alderfeld, playing the piano before the concert and during the interval. The concert starts at 7.30pm and there will be an interval of one hour when more food and drink may be consumed! After another…
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Photographs of the Church
Sarah Shorthouse is on the look-out for good photos, old & new, of St Johns to use on the forthcoming Church page on Village Voices!
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FRIENDS AGM
Don’t forget: The AGM of The Friends of St Johns will be held on Tuesday 18th February at 7.30pm in the Parish Hall Look forward to seeing you there
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Friends of St. John’s AGM
The AGM of the Friends of St. John’s is approaching. As members of our community, you may be interested in joining the Friends. As a totally separate body from the Parochial Church Council, our function is to raise funds in order to provide monies to be used for the restoration and maintenance of the structure of our lovely Parish church. If you are interested I can supply details of our AGM on Tuesday, 18th February to which all would be most welcome. There is also a membership form available. It would be good to hear from you! Yours Debbie Jenkin, Secretary of the Friends of St, John’s
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Saturday Fair
Hi All, I would like to encourage you all to drop into our Craft Fair this Saturday in the Village Hall. It opens at 11 am and will run to 4.00 in the afternoon. We will be serving light refreshments throughout the day including delicious baps, Cornish Pasties and Cheese & Onion Slices for lunch. In addition to some of the Crafts we had in May we have quality ironwork, local woodwork, ceramics, jewellery, Arran sweaters, exciting socks (bet you didn’t know socks can be exciting!), and, new to North Bovey, we’ve produced local Christmas Cards which the Friends will be selling. Come and find out why we’ve described this…
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Harvest Supper! 6th October!
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Have your say . . .
There is some discussion over the plans for St John’s Church and other communal facilities. Please see the comments on the previous post. Village Voices blog is an open forum where you can have your say. If you don’t know how to do it simply ask anyone who you see uses this blog. Please note that in this spirit anonymous contributions or obscured identities will be deleted. You are encouraged to use it. Have your say – and put your name to your views.
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Friends of St John’s News
From Wendy Spiegel . . . Our charity, The Friends of St Johns North Bovey, was set up in 2006, following the quinquennial report, which is required by the Diocese, on the church in 2005. It was created to act as a fund raising body for the essential repairs that were required to keep the church building in a viable state. This year, the Object of the Charity was changed to more accurately reflect the perceived reasons for its existence. The new Object reads: ”The object of the Society shall be to promote the preservation, repair, maintenance, restoration, improvement and ornamentation of the fabric of the Church of St John’s…