WHAT’S ON? ST.MARY’S CHURCH & ST. EDITH’S CHURCH LITTLE BENEFICE Saturday, 23rd March Fish and Chip Supper 7pm served in Fotherby Church by The Fryer £8.50 for a delicious 2 course meal Please contact Barbara (01507 605016) to reserve tickets. NEWS Sunday, 31st March Lambing and Mothering Sunday Service 3pm at Nut Tree Farm, Peppin Lane, Fotherby, by kind invitation of Tim and Judith Hunter. February/March 2019 Please join us at this service with a difference, wearing suitable outdoor clothing. Advance Notice The NGS Open Garden season begins in April. Teas will be served at Woodlands, Have you spotted your first snowdrop yet? Often it’s the Peppin Lane, Fotherby in aid of Fotherby Church, at the openings of gardens in one that has escaped and is on the edge of the path or Peppin Lane, April to October. hedge, and it is a wonderful surprise. Soon, I suspect, Look out for posters and signs. many of us will be making our way to Hodstock or Doddington to see their glorious displays. ST. MARY’S CHURCH Saturday, 23rd February & 23rd March Big Breakfast 10am - 1pm A friend of over 50 years, who with his wife has had Join us in St. Mary’s Church Hall for a good quality breakfast; £5.00 for a large awful health problems, wrote on their Christmas card, “The snowdrop breakfast, tea and toast, £3.50 for a small one. Vegetarians catered for. gladdens our hearts when we acknowledge how they have pressed on through the dark, damp, cold season, to cheer our hearts and to Church Hall Bookings herald warm, bright days.” The room is available for parties, functions, meetings, classes etc. There is a kitchen Hopefully things are good for you and your family, but as a nation, with cooking facilities. whatever our politics, I’m sure you’ll agree we are going through an For further details and bookings please contact Ann Lambert - 07516 048691 age of great uncertainty and there seems little light at the end of the ST. ANDREW’S CHURCH UTTERBY tunnel. Sunday, 24th February Snowdrop Celebration 10.30am until 2-00pm But we are not alone. We have a God who in Jesus came into all the Our ancient churchyard is renowned for its beautiful display of snowdrops. pain and darkness of our world and went through death itself, and his Wrap up warm and wander round the flowering plants outside, then come inside, see promise to each of us, whatever our situation, is “I AM WITH YOU more snowdrops and enjoy a cup of hot soup and homemade cake. ALWAYS TO THE END OF THE AGE” Plants available to buy to take home. He is with us, even in the dark.

Saturday, 16th March Spring Coffee Morning Ian Enjoy refreshments in the church from 10.30 until 12.00.

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