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St Mary’s invites you to celebrate Christmas 2021
Mon 6th Dec. St Nicholas Lantern Walk 4-6pm Celebrate Advent with a lantern walk from The Chapel (Wharf Rd) to the church garden at St Mary’s (Vale Rd), where you can meet St Nicholas, enjoy the bonfire and taste Rev Neil’s famous home made pizza! Text to book a start time: 07730 609446
Continue reading “St Mary’s invites you to celebrate Christmas 2021”Sunday 31 October 21
4pm-7pm Free Community Fun!
Contact us to book! 07730 609446
Book Today! Our Love & Light trail this year starts at St Mary’s on Vale Rd and finishes at The Chapel on Wharf Rd with music, fairy lights, food, sweets and hot chocolate. (outside if fine, inside if wet) Start times and group sizes will be advised once we know what the covid rules are, but please book now to secure a place. If you complete the trail you will also receive a messy church Love and Light kit to take home, so be sure to get your name on the list and we will have your bag ready for you.
Do you live between The Chapel and St Mary’s? Please fill your windows and gardens with lights and hearts on 31st October! If you’re happy to display a trail clue in your window on the day please get in touch, Alex would love to include you! Thank You xxx
projectmanager@ash-vale.org.uk / 07730 609446 (Alex)
A Christmas tree display with the theme of Christmas Carols will be held in St. Peter’s Church on 4th and 5th of December. Groups or individuals can join in the fun by choosing a Carol and decorating a tree, real or artificial and any size. The church will be decorated with nativity sets, greenery and candles and help us all get in the Christmas season. If you would like get creative for Christmas please contact Barbara Rose 07761808727.
Regular Events at St Mary’s and The Chapel:
Sundays
10:30am Church Service at St Mary’s church, Vale Rd GU12 5JE followed by refreshments & chat
Mondays
11:30am Coffee Zoom for parents and carers text Alex 07730 609446
Tuesdays
10:00am -11:30am Babies at St Mary’s Support Group, for parents and carers and their little ones 0-12mths. Join us for cuppa & chat and we finish with some songs. Text Alex to book 07730609446
12:00—12:30 Prayer time at St Mary’s
8pm Choir practise at St Mary’s, no auditions, contact the parish office if you’d like to join. Christmas Choir starts after half term. All welcome
Wednesdays
11:30am-1:30pm Chapel Kids baby and toddler group at The Chapel on Vale Rd, play, story and craft followed by lunch club. Fruit snack and tea & coffee provided. (Bring a picnic lunch) contact Alex to book 07730 609446
8pm Chapel Craft Club, bring your latest project and chat while you craft.
Thursdays
7:30pm Chapel Filmshare, our neighbourhood cinema. Fortnightly film fun. Contact Dick 01252 694314 or email Richard.elsey45@gmail.com
Fridays
10am-11:30am Community Cafe at St Marys, all welcome.
10am-11am Hear hear is back! Pop over to St Mary’s in Vale Rd and have your hearing aid batteries and tubes changed by Jackie. (First Friday of the month)
10:30am bible study in church
Regular Bible study and homegroups – We have several groups running at different times during the week, please get in touch. parishoffice@ash-vale.org.uk
Chapel Poetry Group
Monthly zoom workshop with Poet in Residence Max Alcazar. Join our next session on 1st October 7:30om or text us for future dates 07730 609446.
All the above events are free / by donation, and your support is welcomed so we can keep offering these events for the community. Donations link: https://givealittle.co/campaigns/47eb21e6-c2b0-4a23-a526-8d13fd24fa56
Thank you!
What’s on in October & November 2021
Chapel Monthly Makes
Creative workshops led by Artist in Residence Debi Retallick. Once a month on Thursday afternoons, contact Debo for details and bookings debiretallick@googlemail.com
Music & Wellbeing Workshops
Fridays in October & November at The Chapel 12:30, see page 19 for more information. Come to our taster on Friday 1st October!
Tongham Baby & Toddler Groups:
Baby Plus Thursdays 10:30-12
Toddler Plus Wednesdays 10:30-12
Contact Claire to book on:
communityworker@stpaulstongham.org.uk
Local walking group: Walk & Talk – enjoy a local social walk and get to know your neighbours. Facebook or contact Naomi 07932649133
3rd October New Ramp Opening at St Paul’s church on Poyle Rd in Tongham, come and join the celebration! 2pm
10th October 10:30am Harvest Festival at St Marys in Ash Vale, we are collecting donations for the local Food Parcels Project. (Store cupboard food items, cash donations and toiletries all much appreciated)
21 Oct & 18 Nov Messy Church Packs available from St Paul’s Tongham, and 24th Oct & 28th Nov On site Messy Church at St Paul’s Tongham, Contact St Paul’s to book. http://www.stpaulstongham.org.uk/
31st October Love and Light Trail, finishing at The Chapel with food, fun, messy church kits and hot chocolate, contact Alex to book your start time 07730609446 (More info on our inside back cover)
14 Nov Remembrance Day a short service at St Mary’s and then we will all join the civic service in the village. The Churches Together team will serve tea & coffee afterwards.
20th November Quiz Night at St Mary’s doors open 7pm for a 7:30pm start. Book with Nikki, tickets £12, Food included, byob. We have a Grand Raffle being drawn too, win a Robot Vacuum cleaner! (see page 11)
20 November: Vivace Chorus will perform Elgar’s “The Dream of Gerontius” at Dorking Halls, 7.30pm. phone 01306 881717 www.vivacechorus.org To book.
Messy Church at Frimley Green Methodist Church: 3rd Sunday of the month. Contact Gina 01252 517045
Save the dates for December:
3rd December Christmas Fair at St Peters in Ash
6th December St Nicholas day lantern walk from
24th December Christingle services & Midnight Mass
Great News! Nikki, Brian, Alex and the team are back, with a November Quiz Night for your enjoyment!
St Mary’s Church, Vale Road, GU12 5JE
20th November, doors open 7pm for a 7.30pm start.
Tickets £12 include Quiz and food. BYOB and the Grand Raffle includes a top prize of a robot vacuum cleaner!
Tickets: parishoffice@ash-vale.org.uk or call Nikki on 07747 561280
Limited tickets! Please book ASAP to avoid disappointment.
All proceeds after costs will go towards church funds to keep St Mary’s & all our projects running for our community
Online ticket donations: https://givealittle.co/campaigns/7b3dc738-0ad1-4ff5-b99b-ef24a2830254 (please contact Nikki for availability to book before you pay)
Picnic & Play in the Holidays
12:00 -14:00
Wednesdays in August
Outside in the garden at
The Chapel, Wharf Rd, GU12 5AY
Come and join us for a picnic, a chat and a play in the Chapel garden.
Please text Alex to book 07730 609446
Booking is essential so we can manage numbers
& cater for your picnic lunch.
We are planning to revive our film evenings at the Chapel early in September when we anticipate that all Covid restrictions will have been lifted and that we’ll be able to offer our usual tea, coffee and cakes along with some enjoyable film entertainment.
For those who are not familiar with our group, we hold fortnightly film evenings at the Chapel on Thursday evenings. We normally start meeting up from 7.30 p.m. to share tea or coffee and cakes. We show some cartoons, ‘shorts’ or trailers, followed by a main feature at around 8 p.m. Each film is usually preceded by a short introduction with a follow-up discussion afterwards – not too deep in content!
We try to offer an interesting mixture of cinema entertainment; including feature films, both fairly recent and ‘classic’, occasional world cinema offerings, some ‘made for television dramas’ and a few documentary style presentations. Most are on dvd, some of these being bought in whilst others are provided by members.
We operate under a church video licence which gives us access to films from a wide variety of distributors, including MGM, Disney, Paramount, Sony Classic and more recently, Studio-Canal. Our projection equipment is provided under the British Film Institute’s neighbourhood Cinema scheme and we have our own large screen.
Anyone is welcome to join us. There is no charge for the film viewing although we’re happy to receive donations towards refreshments and are always grateful for any help with moving chairs and equipment.
If you enjoy tea, coffee and cakes and appreciate films you’re welcome to join us fortnightly in September at the Chapel in Wharf Road, Ash Vale, GU12 5AY from 7.30 p.m. To sign up to our e-mail newsletter contact Dick Elsey at richard.elsey45@gmail.com or on 01252 694314.
St Mary’s Church, Vale Rd, Ash Vale
(Contact 07730 609446)
26th September 4pm
31st October Love & Light Event
6th December St Nicholas Lantern Walk
Frimley Green Methodist Church
(Contact 01252 517045)
19th September
(3rd Sundays of the month)
St Paul’s Church, Tongham
(Contact 01252 783081)
19th August, 16th Sept
Details online here: https://www.stpaulstongham.org.uk/messy-church
What’s on this Summer:
Summer at St Mary’s Vale Rd, Ash Vale, GU12 5JE
Church Services on Sundays 10am in the garden (or join on zoom)
Community Café Fridays in August 10:30-12:00 in the Small hall & Astroturf area (just turn up, all welcome, no need to book)
Summer Ball in aid of the Children’s Society Saturday 21st August – contact Jan for tickets jan@tompot.co.uk (see page 5 for details)
Prayer Evening Friday 13th August Contact Karen for details via the office parishoffice@ash-vale.org.uk
Summer at The Chapel Wharf Rd, Ash Vale GU12 5AY
Picnic & Play in the Chapel garden. Wednesdays in August 12:00-14:00 text to book 07730 609446 (see inside back cover for details)
Chapel Poetry Workshop 7:30pm on Friday 13 August on Zoom. Text for the link 07730 609446 (see also page 22&23)
Food Parcel donations accepted at The Chapel on Wednesdays and Fridays 9am-10am thank you. Summer snacks while the children are off school would be a huge help. If you are in need of a crisis parcel please contact Alex 07730 609446 or Carla 07843 489796
Also please watch this space for a community fridge! The project is starting soon — we will keep you updated!
Summer at St Paul’s Parish Church in Tongham
Churches Together Picnic! 29th August 3pm in the vicarage garden(byo). RSVP via the Church office: 01252 783081
Messy church: August 19th 4pm: details to be confirmed on our facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/stpaulstongham
What’s on in the Autumn Term?
Sundays:
10am –Join St Mary’s for our weekly Church Service. both in person and on Zoom for those shielding or isolating.. Evensong is back too, contact the office for timings. Contact: Parishoffice@ash-vale.org.uk
Mondays:
ChapelKids & LittleLambs CoffeeZoom 11am for parents and carers. All welcome, come and have a chat. Contact Alex for the link 07730 609446.
Meet up Mondays 10:30am at ‘The Church on the Green’ in Frimley, just pop in.
St Paul’s Tongham: Mondays 4-4.30pm. Toddler Storytime – stories, actions and songs Church office: 01252 783081
Tuesdays:
St Mary’s Babies Support Group 10am-11am A lovely baby group for parents and carers and their little ones from new-born to 12mths old. (Term time only, text to book) Alex: 07730 6094446
St Paul’s Tongham Tuesdays 2.30-4pm Mum Plus— friendship and facilitated discussions. Church office: 01252 783081
Choir Practice at St Mary’s 8-9pm Come and join in making a joyful noise! We currently range in age from 9 to 79, all are welcome, just turn up and sing. Contact: Parishoffice@ash-vale.org.uk
Wednesdays:
ChapelKids baby & toddler group at The Chapel on Wharf Rd (term time only). Call for details and bookings. Alex: 07730609446
St Paul’s Tongham Wednesdays 4-4.30pm. Toddler Storytime. Contact us via the Church office: 01252 783081
Chapel Craft evenings 8-10pm at The Chapel on Wharf Rd. Join likeminded crafters, bring your latest project and craft while you chat.
Thursdays
Chapel Filmshare: Fortnightly Filmshare evenings at The Chapel—See page 25 for more information
St Pauls Tongham Thursdays 10.30-12noon Baby Plus – Informal chat session for mums, with some singing and action songs for the little ones. Church office: 01252 783081
Save the date!
Have you enjoyed our Parishioner Magazine, community events and support groups? We would welcome a donation to help us keep everything going. Donations link: https://tinyurl.com/StMAshVale Thank you!
Summer Ball in aid of the Children’s Society
The St Mary’s Ash Vale Children’s Society Support Group have pleasure in inviting you to a Summer Ball in aid of The Children’s Society. It is the 140th Anniversary of this outstanding Children’s Charity in August and to mark the occasion and raise vital funds for them please come and join us on:
Saturday 21st August from 5.30 – 10pm
Ticket prices: Adult £10 / Child £3.50
Tickets on sale now from Jan at jan@tompot.co.uk
Ticket price includes:
* Other alternatives will be available, please enquire
This is a ticket-only event. After costs, all remaining proceeds will go to The Children’s Society.
Message from our sponsor Apteriors :
“Apteriors are delighted to be able to contribute towards The Children’s Society Summer Ball 2021; we love to create inspiring learning environments for children, and without the hope and happiness that The Children’s Society fights for, the seed of curiosity and inspiration cannot grow.”
