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Winter 2019 VILLAGE LiFE YOUR community magazine
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Exclusively provided free for the communities of Werrington, Cellarhead and Wetley Rocks - by the Werrington Community Volunteers. Page 3 From the Editor... And the good news is Firstly, Scarecrow Village Hall Committee delivered exactly Weekend. Super array what they promised and everyone can of top quality entries, see where the money went. Great stuff! the best ever so a big And finally some really good news about thanks to everyone who the success of your Community Library took part and thanks & Wellbeing Centre. In just over three to Alison Morgan for years since the volunteers took over they organising. Can’t say that your handsome have mounted over 1,500 activities to editor was wildly keen on the Surgery help residents with their welfare which scarecrow – not so much the image, has resulted in over 17,000 new visits. which was remarkably lifelike, but the Library wise the picture gets better by the caption “Private” Shaw. Surely someone day. From a high point years ago of 3,600 in my position should be Captain at least! members this had eroded to under 800 Well done girls, thought it was great!!! when the volunteers took over and was When I saw it I thought I was going to dropping 20% per year so by now, had need some pills. With next year’s theme this continued, todays figure could be as wonder if they will have me playing the low as 400. Instead of this the volunteers Ukulele!!!!! have multiplied the figure of 800 by an Next is the Village Hall Car Park. It was astonishing decided to keep the Honesty Boxes 135%!!!!! rolling so that a fund could be built up to cover continual maintenance to avoid The good news big bills in the future. Amazingly the box just keeps take has gone up since the work was getting better. completed. This can only be because the
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Next issue of Village Life is Spring 2020 - circulation early March 2020 - copy date 15th January 2020 Please email articles to: [email protected]
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www.werringtoncommunitylibrary.org.uk Page 4 Page 5 Christmas is, however, the Carol Service 6pm News from the pews celebration of the birth of Sunday 15th December Werrington Jesus Christ after whom Methodist Christmas is named. Nativity Service 10.40am us every Sunday and at Christmas Eve, 11:30 pm Jesus was born to the Sunday 22nd December St Philip’s special seasonal services: Church Virgin Mary, in a stable in Holy Communion – Midnight Service 11pm and Bethlehem. His birth was Tuesday 24th December Community Carol Christmas Day, 9:30 am As another year draws the most significant event St John’s Service at Moorside towards its close we in world history since the Christmas Day Service High School – Thursday Our usual Sunday can look back at a time Creation. at 10am Christmas will soon be 19th December at 7:00 services are 8:45, 10:15, of political uncertainty Every year, all Christian Our weekly Sunday upon us, whether we like pm (tickets available from 18:00 at St Philip’s, and concerns about our Service always starts at 8:00, 10:45, 18:30 at St Churches, throughout it or not. Most people I the churches and the planet’s future but it is the world, hold special 10.40am and we have think welcome this time library) John’s – but do check our not all doom and gloom services to mark this many groups which meet of year, though there are website at wwrchurches. because Christmas is momentous event and either weekly or monthly St John the Baptist, com coming and “Jesus is the your church