St. Andrew's Church, Collingbourne Ducis

Welcome to the information page for St. Andrew's Church.

 

Service Timetable

St Andrews Church Services for February 2010

Date	Time	Service	Readings
Sunday 7th (2nd before Lent)	8.00am	Holy Communion	Genesis 1: 4b-9, 15-end Luke 8: 22-25
Sunday 14th (1st before Lent)	9.30am	Parish Communion	Exodus 34: 29-35 Luke 9: 28-36
Wednesday 17th (Ash Wednesday)	9.30am	Holy Communion
Sunday 21st (1st of Lent)	6.00pm	Evensong	Romans 10: 8b-13 Luke 4: 1-13
Wednesday 24th	10.30am	SCAMPS (formerly Pram Service)
Sunday 28th (2nd of Lent)	11.00am	Family Service	Philippians 3: 1, 4-17 Luke 13: 31-35

Christmas Services:

School Advent Services The children from Year 6 planned and took part in the school's Advent Services in the run up to Christmas - quite a daunting thing to do at age 10 and during a particularly busy and exciting time of year. The children's acting and singing was simply brilliant and really appreicated by the parents and adults who came.

We hope you were able to join us and enjoy one of our services over the Christmas period. Our carol services, St Peter's in Everleigh and St Andrew's in Ducis, were both well attended despite the cold wintry weather outside. At the end of the services the mulled wine and warm mince pies were very welcome as people chatted and exchange seasons greetings.

St Peter's at Christmas

 

St Andrew's at Christmas

The 'Come to Bethlehem' service turned out to be a little like Bethlehem itself with very little room! This again was a very popular service with members of the community being key players. This year's service will be similar with a few changes to keep you on your toes!! All those who wanted one received a Christingle towards the end of the service and when the candles were lit and the church lights put out the 'Oooohs' said it all.

A big thank you to our flower arrangers, bell ringers, organists, cleaners, Collingbourne School, christingle makers and those providing the refreshments, and not forgetting our vicar, Mary, who all worked hard to make our our Christmas celebrations a success.

The Tower Light

We had a donation, for which we are grateful, to run the tower light through the night over the Christmas and into the New Year. The light undoubtedly was particularly appreciated in bad weather and by travellers coming into the village over Shaw Hill or from Tidworth - especially in snowy and icy weather.

Clock

The clock was re-installed in the tower early in December and, after a few adjustments, has run reliably since and is now being regulated a little at a time. It is good to see it working again and to hear it on the hour - thank you Parish Council for having the work done.
The work on the clock revealed other, unrelated, work to be needed - in particular, some of the stonework around the roof of the tower was found to need attention and the wooden mounting behind the clock face will need work before too long. This is now in the hands of the architect to establish the scale of the problem.

Our Church Loo extension

We are delighted to say that the work on our extension has started albeit a little later than expected due to the rather seasonal weather we have had. We are still a few pounds short (quite a few actually) - if you want to donate towards it, you can do so through the link at the top left of this page.

Church Council

The devastating events in Haiti were at the forefront of everyone's thinking at the January meeting. It was agreed St Andrews would make what we hope will be a useful donation to the disaster fund to try to help in some small way. Donations can be made online at www.dec.org.uk, by phone, or over the counter ay any post office or bank.

Dates for your diary.

9th February - Bible Study Group at Vicarage 2-3.30pm. Please read Book of Judith before coming along.

11th February - Pancake races at school

17th February - Ash Wednesday service at 9.30am

24th February - SCAMPS (formerly Pram Service) for mums and young children at 10.30am

24th February - Lent Lunch at 12.30pm All welcome for some soup, a roll and good company. Proceeds will go to the Wiltshire Air Ambulance

24th February - There will be no Drop in tea afternoon because of the Lent lunch.

10th March - Bible Study Group at Vicarage 2-3.30pm. Please read Wisdom of Solomon before coming along.

14th March - Mothering Sunday Service at 9.30am at St Andrew's. Mums and Grandmas especially welcome.

24th March - Lent Lunch at 12.30pm All welcome for some soup, a roll and good company. Proceeds will go to the Wiltshire Air Ambulance

28th March - Palm Sunday service 11am at St Andrew's. Watch this spot!

 

The Collingbournes & Everleigh Society of Ringers
The band practice every Monday 7.30 - 9 pm, at Ducis on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of the month, at Kingston on 2nd and 4th Mondays and on a 5th Monday at Everleigh. For further details contact Mike Holt, Tower Captain, on 850621.

 

General Information

The Parochial Church Council would always welcome you should you wish to read a lesson at one of our services.

Contact Us

For any other information please contact us by e-mail to st.andrews@savernaketeam.com

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