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Event
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Date, Time & Location |
Details / Contact |
Report / Results |
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2009:- |
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Shoeboxes for Romania |
Autumn through to early December |
Shoeboxes are filled, ready to be taken for distribution to children by Link Romania |
# See separate sub-page & photo |
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Christmas Coffee Morning |
Friday 4th December
10.30 - 12.30pm in the Church |
Rosie Dawson
01525261425
robin.rosie@zen.co.uk |
A total of £588.45 was raised towards the general running costs of the church |
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Sponsor a Light on the Christmas Tree |
During Advent & Christmas outdoor lights at the Church |
Dedication Forms available just inside the church |
A total of £55 was raised in aid of St Mary's 2000 |
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Christmas Greetings Tree |
During Christmas period "Christmas Card Tree" in the Church |
Donations in lieu of sending individual Christmas cards Envelopes and tree by the bookcase in the church |
# £260 was raised in aid of Nuevo Reto, an orphanage in Guatemala. See separate sub-page & Photos. |
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Carol Singing around the Village |
Saturday 19th December
4.00 - 7.00pm:- Meet at the Three Trees at 3.50pm |
Phillipa Cook
01525 261251
neilacook@aol.com
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A collection of £213.91 was made in aid of general Church funds |
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The Nativity |
Sunday 20th December
The grounds of the Parish Hall / Cricket Club at 11.30am |
An open-air enactment of The Nativity |
See photo gallery in the "Photos" section.
For report as a PDF file:-
Click Here |
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2010:- |
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Snow Drop Walk |
Sunday 28th February
& Sunday 7th March
2.00 - 4.00pm |
Annual Snowdrop Walk in Great Brickhill with refreshments available in the Church.
(Due to the atrocious weather on the first Sunday, the walk was repeated on the following Sunday). |
See photo gallery in the "Photos" section.
Over £1000 was raised for the running costs of the Church |
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Planning Meeting for Special Family Service |
Tuesday 9th March
The Rectory at 8.00pm |
An Open Meeting to plan the Special Family Service on Palm Sunday, 28th March |
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Visit to Appletons Bellhangers |
Saturday 13th March
10.30am
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A visit to the workshops of Whites of Appleton in Abingdon to see the bells being assembled in the new bell frame |
# See separate sub-page for details of visit and photos of the new bell frame |
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Special Family Service |
Sunday 28th March
11.00am |
A Special Family Service for Palm Sunday. There was an opportunity to make plams and process through the church. There was a dramatised reading of the Passion with everyone invited to take part. |
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Restoration of the church bells |
October 2009 through to Spring 2010 |
The bells were taken away to be restored in October. After work to the tower and bell frame the 6 bells will be re-hung along with 2 new bells |
A photo gallery appears in the "Photos" section |
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Plant Fayre |
Saturday 10th April
The Parish Hall
12.00 - 4.00pm |
The annual Plant Fayre with stalls hired by a number of local nurserymen.
Refreshments available. |
# See separate sub-page for full details, and also the photo gallery.
£2270 raised in aid of St Mary's Church |
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Annual Church Meeting |
Thursday 22nd April
in the Church
at 7.30pm |
The Annual Church Meeting including elections to the P.C.C.
Go to the "Annual Church Meeting" page in the "Great Brickhill" section for full details of the Meeting and Agenda etc. |
# See separate page for full details of the Meeting and to download Annual Report etc. |
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Music in the Brickhills Concert |
Sunday 9th May
Time: 7.30pm
Great Brickhill Church |
A Music in the Brickhills concert at Great Brickhill church including Rutter's Gloria and a Bach's Cantata. More details in the "Music and Choir" section. For enquiries and tickets contact:-
jerrybreslin@hotmail.com
or robin.rosie@zen.co.uk |
A total of £1374 was raised in aid of St Francis Society (MK) and Great Brickhill Church |
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A Moveable Feast
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Saturday evening, 19th June
The Parish Hall
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A Midsummer Evening of eating, drinking and convivial company around the Parish. Primarily a social evening with the hope of raising some money for the Church.
Everyone is invited!
# See separate sub-page for full details |
From the ticket sales over £600 was raised for Church running costs |
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Macmillan Coffee Morning |
Friday 24th September
13 Holts Green
Great Brickhill |
Macmillan Coffee Morning
10.30 - 12.30pm |
£1331 was raised! |
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Handel's Messiah |
Sunday 3rd October
Time: 7.30pm
Great Brickhill Church |
The fourth annual performance of
Handel's Messiah with the Brickhills
Choir and local orchestra. For enquiries and tickets contact:-
jerrybreslin@hotmail.com
or robin.rosie@zen.co.uk |
Over £4100
was raised
in aid of Willen Hospice |
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Church & Churchyard Tidy-up |
Saturday 9th October
Time: 10.00am |
All help would be much appreciated
to give the Church and Churchyard
an autumn tidy-up before next
weekend's Harvest and Bells
Celebration.
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Harvest & Bells
Celebration |
Sunday 17th October:
Great Brickhill Church |
9.30am: Harvest Holy Communion
2.15pm: Ringing of the Bells
3.00pm: Service of Re-dedication
of the bells led by the
Bishop of Buckingham.
Followed by Harvest &
Bells Tea Party. |
For a report, go to the "Bellringing" page in the "Great Brickhill" section.
There is a photo gallery in the "Photos" section. |
Shoeboxes
for Romania |
Throughout the summer and autumn |
Shoeboxes are filled, ready to be taken for distribution to children by Link Romania
# See separate sub-page for details |
71 boxes were
filled in 2010 |
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Sponsor a
Light on the
Christmas Tree
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During Advent &
Christmas outdoor
lights on the tree
at the church |
Dedication Forms available just
inside the Church - the messages
are transcribed into the Memorial Book |
A total of £110
was raised in
aid of St Mary's 2000 |
Donations to
Nuevo Reto
Orphanage in
Guatemala |
Activities & events during Advent |
Collection from Sunday 12th December "Evensong for Kay" and donations from Christmas Greetings Card Tree |
Total sent to Nuevo Reto = £912
See separate sub-page and photo gallery in the "Photos" section |
Carol Singing
around the
Village |
Saturday 18th December
4.00 - 7.00pm:- Meet at the Three Trees at 3.50pm |
Phillipa Cook
01525 261251
neilacook@aol.com
N.B. Due to heavy snow, postponed until Tuesday 21st December, 7.00-9.00pm
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A collection of £235.35 was made in aid of general Church funds |
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The Nativity |
Sunday 18th December, 2.00pm
at the bottom of
Pound Hill
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An open-air re-enactment of the Nativity |
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