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It’s party time! 🎄💕🎅🏻🤩🥳😇🌟✨
It’s our last Little Lambs (Tuesday at St Mary’s) and Chapel Kids (Wednesday at The Chapel) of the term this week, bring&share Christmas snacks, and why not wear your Christmas Jumpers? We look forward to welcoming you.
*Remember to book for the Christingle Journey event on Saturday 20th* so you can make your Christingle, have a drink at the inn, make s’mores with the shepherds, visit baby Jesus and enjoy Revd Neil’s amazing food! #Christingle
Christmas Invitation 2025
Saturday 29th Nov—Christmas Chill-out 14:30-16:30 at The Chapel (Wharf Rd) Join us for festive fun, cake sale, hotdogs, raffle, free kids craft, hot chocolate and more.
Saturday 6th December St Nicholas Day Lantern Walk. Set off from The Chapel (wharf Rd) at 16:45pm, for an atmospheric lantern walk to St Mary’s on Vale Rd, visit St Nicholas at St Mary’s from 17:00 and enjoy the food, friendship and fun. Text to book: 07730 609446
Sunday 14th December Carols by Candlelight 18.30 Come and share the joy of singing our favourite Christmas Carols by candlelight at this very special service at St Mary’s, (Vale rd) followed by mulled wine (alcohol free available) and a mince pie.
Wednesday 17th Dec Carol Singing at Ash Vale Station Come and bless our commuters with carols! 18:15-19:15
Saturday 20th December Christingle Journey Event (time slots every 10 minutes from 16:00-18:00) Make a Christingle, visit the Innkeeper for a drink, see the Wise Men, follow the star, enjoy the bonfire with the shepherds, and see baby Jesus. Not forgetting Revd Neil’s amazing food! A Christmas adventure at St Mary’s (Vale rd) in aid of The Children’s Society. Text to book 07730 609446
Christmas Eve 24th Dec Midnight Mass 23:30 Come and celebrate the birth of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and the first communion of Christmas. Let’s rejoice!
Christmas Day 25th Dec: Christmas Service 10:30 Join us to celebrate our Lord Jesus’ birth. Children welcome, bring along your favourite gift to show & tell!
Christmas Generosity: This year we are asking for donations of Christmas treats and toys for the Foodbank please, also fundraising to support vulnerable communities in Uganda, and donations to bring some Christmas cheer to local Asylum Seekers & Refugees. To donate for any of our projects you can follow the link to see the projects donations list, donate in church, bring items in when we are open, or
contact us on 07730 609446.
Donations link: https://givealittle.co/c/61UABfqeCHjdTftgDlrsnD Thank you!
Have a blessed and peaceful Christmas
Christmas Chill-out at At The Chapel
Saturday 29th Nov 2:30-4:30pm
The Chapel, Wharf Rd, GU12 5AY
Pop in and join us for Christmas Craft Activities, Hot Chocolate bar, Christmas Bakes, and some fundraising fun for The Chapel and Foodbank. Try your luck with the Golden Bucket, guess the weight of the Christmas Food Hamper, have a go at Christmas Card Stamping and Make a Lantern for the St Nicholas event on 6th December. Hotdogs for tea, before you go to see Santa switch the lights on in the village. Why not visit Ash Fantasia too, before you come to us? Don’t miss it, come and support The Chapel!
https://www.ashvalechapel.com Facebook @AshValeChapel
Christmas Food Parcels 2025 – Can you help?
Our local Food Bank for Ash, Ash Vale, Tongham and Ash Green is appealing for Christmas Hamper items, toys and winter warmers for local families this Christmas. #AshVillagesFoodParcelsProject
Not everyone will be in a position to help this year, but if you can, we will be very thankful. Donations can be dropped off on or before Sunday 14th December at St Mary’s Church Vale Rd on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays 10:00-12:00 or at The Chapel on Wharf Rd on Mondays and Wednesdays 9:00-1400, or other times by arrangement (please contact 07730609446) THANK YOU!
Ideas for things to donate? Hot water bottles, warm socks, blankets, new or good as new childrens toys (no cuddly toys please), sweets and treats, cranberry sauce, mince pies, biscuits, Christmas cake, crackers, Christmas pudding, custard, chocolates, seasonal fruit and veg, gravy granules, christmas activity books, board games, festive toiletries… think about what makes your Christmas special – let’s share some of that Christmas joy! Thank you for your support.
If you prefer to donate funds towards Christmas Food, this is hugely welcomed towards Christmas meat and veg. https://givealittle.co/c/3ijYS6zC4gbOGqwer2tmdY
^Donations Link. Thank you for your support for local people in need this Christmas.
The Ash Villages Food Parcels Project is a joint project between the Ash Villages Support Circle and St Mary’s Church in Ash Vale, hosted at The Chapel Project, Ash Vale.
Website: https://ash-vale.org.uk/foodparcels-2/
Thank you for sharing Christmas joy with local families in need.
Please vote for St Mary’s:
https://www.bridges.co.uk/bridges-big-christmas-give-away/vote-now/
Bridges are giving away funding to local charities, but we need your votes please! This will be a huge help with keeping all our projects going (We co-manage the local Food Parcels Project, Community Cafe, Chapel Cafe, 2 Toddler Groups and lots of community events at St Mary’s and The Chapel). Please everyone vote for St Mary’s, as we co-fund / co-run the Chapel Project as well, so a vote for St Mary’s is a vote for The Chapel Project too.
Thank you for your support!
Please vote today!
St Marys Church Ash Vale
Charity Number 1152717
Address is St Mary’s Church, Vale Road, Ash Vale, GU12 5JE.
Thank you for your support!
#CommunityAction #Bridges #PleaseVoteNow #ItTakesAVillage #Community #LoveWhereWeLive #AshVale
And big thanks to Bridges, what a wonderful Christmas Give Away!
https://www.bridges.co.uk/bridges-big-christmas-give-away/vote-now/
https://www.bridges.co.uk/bridges-big-christmas-give-away/vote-now
The Mayor of Guildford’s Christmas Charity Concert is on Sunday, 14 December 2025, 7pm, at Holy Trinity Church, Guildford.
This popular charity carol concert will include a mixture of traditional and contemporary carols sung by Vivace Chorus along with your favourite audience participation carols.
See vivacechorus.org for tickets and more information.
The local Food Parcels Project for Ash, Ash Vale, Tongham and Ash Green is appealing for Christmas Hamper items, toys and winter warmers for local families this Christmas.
Not everyone will be in a position to help this year, but if you can, we will be very thankful. Donations can be dropped off on or before Sunday 14th December at St Mary’s Church Vale Rd on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays 9:30-12:30 or at The Chapel Wharf Rd on Wednesdays 9:00-14:00 or at other times by arrangement (please text 07730609446) THANK YOU!
Ideas for things to donate? Hot water bottles, warm socks, fluffy scarves, childrens toys, sweets and treats, cranberry sauce, mince pies, festive biscuits, Christmas cake, crackers, Christmas pudding, custard, evaporated milk, stuffing mix, gravy granules, chocolates, seasonal fruit and veg, tinned ham, christmas activity books, board games, crisps, festive toiletries… think about what makes your Christmas special – let’s share some of that Christmas joy!
The need is greater than ever this year, and we are likely to need parcels for over 100 families. We need your support please, to be able to help them all, and bring some wonderful festive cheer to every family in need.
If you like, you can download the ‘Bank the food’ App which lists suggestions and shows what items are most urgently needed. It’s a great way to keep in touch. You will find us listed as the Ash Villages Food Parcels Project.
Thank you everyone for your amazing help to make this happen. We can’t do it without you!
Thank you for your support, and may you be wonderfully blessed this Christmas.
More about the project on the foodbank blog here: https://ash-vale.org.uk/foodparcels-2/
Download the ‘bank the food’ app here:
Project Manager: 07730609446 projectmanager@ash-vale.org.uk
Did somebody say Harvest? Look at this wonderful display! Congratulations to all involved at Normandy Village School with your Harvest decorations and foodbank collection. What a beautiful array of art work and brilliant donations for the local food parcels proect.
The Ash Villages Food Parcels Project would like to say a HUGE HARVEST THANK YOU to all the staff, students, parents and carers at Normandy Village School for this fantastic assembly of boxes, packets, jars and tins which will all go to local families in need in the local villages.
Your choice of items shows great care and thoughtfulness, as well as huge generosity. We received your gifts today and will be sending them out to families next week in their food parcels, to put food on their tables and smiles on their faces. Thank you from our team and from all the families whom this will feed.
Happy Harvest!
More about the school here on their website: https://www.normandyvillageschool.org
More about the foodbank here: https://ash-vale.org.uk/foodparcels-2/
#Harvest #Foodbank #HarvestDonations
A huge HARVEST THANK YOU to all at St Mary’s Ash Vale, for the wonderful foodbank donations from the Harvest Festival on Sunday.
We collected your gifts on Tuesday and they went out in the food parcels today, with some items left for the parcels on Friday. The Wednesday team fed 22 families with your generous donations today, some large families, some single people in need, food for 61 people in total. And more parcels will go out on Friday to other families too.
Thank you for your support! #AshVillagesFoodParcelsProject
Our web page has more info here:
https://ash-vale.org.uk/foodparcels-2/
The Creation by Haydn is an accessible, joyful work that is easily one of the favourite choral works of all time. Vivace Chorus are delighted to be performing this piece with the chamber orchestra of the National Symphony Orchestra and professional soloists.
Saturday 15 November at 7.30pm,
Holy Trinity Church Guildford GU1 3RR. Tickets available at vivace.chorus.org