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An archive of social events, meetings and other activities at St. Andrew's and around our village in 2007.
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| January | |||
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| Date | Event | Time | Location |
| Thursday, 4th | Refectory Duty St. Andrew's is committed to helping out with refectory duty at Winchester Cathedral. If you can help for either a whole day or half a day please contact Mary Spinks on 01420 561440. No previous experience is needed and this is an equal opportunity job! |
Day | Winchester Cathedral Refectory |
| Saturday, 6th | Monthly Maintenance If you can spare a few hours, please join us to help keep the churchyard tidy. We meet at the Church Hall on the first Saturday of the month at 9.30am and work until about noon. Please come along, your help is always welcome! For more details please contact Stephen. |
9.30am | Church Hall & Church Grounds |
| Sunday, 14th | Family Service: The Three Kings This month's Family Service has an Epiphany theme with activities, organised around the visit of the three kings, especially for children to enjoy! We would love to see you, so please come along and join us! For more information please contact Kerry |
11.00am | Church Hall |
| Wednesday, 17th | Advent Study Group What's unique about Christianity? In an increasingly multi-everything society, can it really be said that all faiths are pathways towards a common end, or is each distinctive? The penultimate session in a course entitled The Uniqueness of our Faith which seeks to answer just that very question. Please contact Ben or one of the Churchwardens for more details. |
8.00pm | Cottesmore, Five Ash Road, Medstead |
| Wednesday, 24th | Advent Study Group What's unique about Christianity? In an increasingly multi-everything society, can it really be said that all faiths are pathways towards a common end, or is each distinctive? The final session in a course entitled The Uniqueness of our Faith which seeks to answer just that very question. Please contact Ben or one of the Churchwardens for more details. |
8.00pm | Cottesmore, Five Ash Road, Medstead |
| February | |||
| Date | Event | Time | Location |
| Saturday, 3rd | Monthly Maintenance If you can spare a few hours, please join us to help keep the churchyard tidy. We meet at the Church Hall on the first Saturday of the month at 9.30am and work until about noon. Please come along, your help is always welcome! For more details please contact Stephen. |
9.30am | Church Hall & Church Grounds |
| Sunday, 11th | Family Service: The Parable of the Sower This month's Family Service has as its theme Sowing Seeds, illustrated by Kathryn and the children making a batch of flapjack to enjoy after the service! We would love to see you, so please come along and join us! For more information please contact Kerry |
11.00am | Church Hall |
| Ash Wednesday, 21st | Medstead Lenten Lunch The first in a series of six lunches where you can come and enjoy home-made soup, bread, cheese and other delights, whilst supporting charities at the same time! This first Lenten Lunch is in aid of Motor Neurone Disease Association The lunch will be preceded, at 11.00am, by an Ash Wednesday Communion Service. Please contact Mary Spinks for more details. |
12.00-1.30pm | Church Hall |
| Saturday, 24th | Quiz Night Come and pit your wits against the best brains in the village at our annual quiz night! You can enter individually, or in teams of six, to enjoy an evening of fun, enlightenment and - assuming Tall Ships finish their refit! - a fish & chip supper. Please feel free to bring your own drinks. The more, as they say, the merrier. For tickets or for more information, please contact Sharon Blackshaw or Liz Gilbert. |
7.15pm | Church Hall |
| March | |||
| Date | Event | Time | Location |
| Friday, 2nd | Medstead Lenten Lunch The second in a series of six lunches where you can come and enjoy home-made soup, bread, cheese and other delights, whilst supporting charities at the same time! This lunch is in aid of Lighodo Village School, a Medstead Primary School project. Chestnut class have been learning about Kenya this year and have established links with the Lighodo Primary School. The aim is to purchase a kitchen and food for the newly renovated school. Please contact Mary Spinks for more details. |
12.00-1.30pm | Church Hall |
| Friday, 2nd | Benefice Julian Meeting During Lent we give up something we value - and what is more valuable, to most of us, than time? We would like to invite you give up an hour on a Friday evening to come to one of our Julian Meetings. Time spent with God in quiet contemplation is a wonderful source of peace and refreshment and an excellent discipline in preparation for Easter. For more information please contact Chris. |
8.00pm | Cottesmore, Five Ash Road, Medstead |
| Saturday, 3rd | Monthly Maintenance If you can spare a few hours, please join us to help keep the churchyard tidy. We meet at the Church Hall on the first Saturday of the month at 9.30am and work until about noon. Please come along, your help is always welcome! For more details please contact Stephen. |
9.30am | Church Hall & Church Grounds |
| Thursday, 8th | Medstead Lenten Lunch The third in a series of six lunches where you can come and enjoy home-made soup, bread, cheese and other delights, whilst supporting charities at the same time! This lunch is in aid of the Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths. FSID is a charity which aims to prevent cot deaths. It funds research into and disseminates information on infant health and death and supports bereaved families. Please contact Mary Spinks for more details. |
12.00-1.30pm | Church Hall |
| Sunday, 11th | New Organ Dedication A benefice-wide Holy Communion service, with Bishop Trevor of Basingstoke in attendance. The service will include a dedication and blessing of the new organ, followed by lunch in the church hall and an opportunity to meet the Bishop. For more details please contact the Churchwardens. |
10.00am | Church & Church Hall |
| Monday, 12th | Medstead Lenten Lunch The fourth in a series of six lunches where you can come and enjoy home-made soup, bread, cheese and other delights, whilst supporting charities at the same time! This lunch is in aid of SSAFA. The Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families' Association is a charity committed to helping and supporting those who serve or have served in our Armed Forces and their families. Please contact Mary Spinks for more details. |
12.00-1.30pm | Church Hall |
| Friday, 16th | Benefice Julian Meeting During Lent we give up something we value - and what is more valuable, to most of us, than time? We would like to invite you give up an hour on a Friday evening to come to one of our Julian Meetings. Time spent with God in quiet contemplation is a wonderful source of peace and refreshment and an excellent discipline in preparation for Easter. For more information please contact Chris. |
8.00pm | Cottesmore, Five Ash Road, Medstead |
| Saturday, 17th |
Make Mother's Day! A Benefice activity morning for children with lots of activities, including gifts to make for Mum for Mothering Sunday on March 18th! Cost: £2.00 per child and bring a plate of food to share to keep energy levels high! We would be grateful for 'greenery' to be brought to the Church Hall from 9.00am so children may make posies for the Mothering Sunday Services. Oh yes, and you'll also need a named carrier bag to take home all Mum's presents! You can download an application form here. Simply complete the form and return it to one of the contacts below. Medstead Primary School Bentworth Primary School Michelle Rankin: 01256 381273 Antonia Hammond: 01420 561614 Kathryn Flenley: 01420 563218 Kerry Magennis-Prior: 01420 562629 Please contact Kathryn Flenley if you would be willing to help on the day. |
9.30-12.30pm | Church Hall |
| Tuesday, 20th | Medstead Lenten Lunch The penultimate lunch in a series of six, where you can come and enjoy home-made soup, bread, cheese and other delights, whilst supporting charities at the same time! This lunch is in aid of the Kathryn Mercy Home which provides board, lodging and an education for 80 deprived children in South India. It relies almost entirely upon a network of sponsors and is undertaking a major fundraising effort to buy land adjacent to the school for much needed facilities. Unlike most other schemes there are no hidden costs or overheads, all the money raised will go directly to the Mercy Home and make a direct and real difference to a child's life. Please contact Kathryn Flenley or Mary Spinks for more details. |
12.00-1.30pm | Church Hall |
| Saturday, 24th | Medstead Lenten Lunch The last in a series of six lunches where you can come and enjoy home-made soup, bread, cheese and other delights, whilst supporting charities at the same time! This lunch is in aid of the Treloar Trust which provides education, therapy, medical support and training in independence for young people with physical disabilities in a caring and supportive environment. The Trust, based in Alton, gives students the opportunity to develop their confidence and skills to enable them to achieve their potential in all aspects of life. Please contact Mary Spinks for more details. |
12.00-1.30pm | Church Hall |
| April | |||
| Date | Event | Time | Location |
| Tuesday, 3rd | Medstead Gardeners Club Ray Broughton, John Negus and Sandy Worth: Gardeners Question Time For more details, please contact Gill. |
7.30pm for 8.00pm | Village Hall |
| Saturday, 7th | Monthly Maintenance If you can spare a few hours, please join us to help keep the churchyard tidy. We meet at the Church Hall on the first Saturday of the month at 9.30am and work until about noon. Please come along, your help is always welcome! For more details please contact Stephen. |
9.30am | Church Hall & Church Grounds |
| Saturday, 7th | Easter Garden Calling all children: you are invited to create an Easter Garden. Bring your entries to St. Andrew's Church. Prizes for every garden! For more details please contact Kerry. |
10.30am | Church |
| Sunday, 8th | Family Service This month's Family Service especially for children to enjoy! We would love to see you, so please come along and join us! For more information please contact Kerry |
11.00am | Church |
| Thursday, 12th | Medstead WI Pat Brockway on Sir Edward Grey For more details, please contact Gill. |
2.15pm | Village Hall |
| Saturday, 14th | Jumble Sale Our Jumble Sales are good fun, raise much needed cash for the Church and are always very popular, so be sure to arrive early for the best bargains! If you would like to donate good quality clothing, toys, books, curios, etc. please contact one of the Churchwardens |
2.00pm | Church Hall |
| Sunday, 22nd | Spring Charity Concert An Evening of Musical Entertainment by talented local young musicians, including a variety of musical styles, from classical piano concertos to rhythmically contagious jazz! Tickets are £10 for adults and £5 for children. All proceeds will go to Amery Hill School's designated charity for the year 2006-2007: St Norbert's Love and Care Crèche, which is located in a small township outside Cape Town, South Africa. The aim of the crèche is to help young children affected by the HIV virus. For tickets or for more information please contact Ian. |
7.00pm | Church |
| Saturday, 28th | Alton Deanery All Age Training Day Led by Nick Harding, well known Worship Leader and author, looking at practical worship planning, content, liturgy and songs, with activities, prayer ideas and physical liturgy. A donation of £5 on the day will cover costs. Please bring a packed lunch. For more information, or to book a place, please contact the co-ordinator: email Derek Bailey, or telephone him on 01420 82657. |
10.00am - 3.30pm | Andrews' School, London Road, Holybourne |
| Saturday, 28th | Pig Racing Spend an evening Pig Racing, using battery-operated, not real, pigs(!), with the Medstead Bowls Club. Includes cooked supper. |
7.00pm | Medstead Bowls Club |
| Sunday, 29th | Medstead Annual Parish Meeting All residents of the Parish and members of the congregation are welcome to attend our annual Parish meeting. Responsibility for running and maintaining the Church is delegated to Churchwardens and the Parochial Church Council (PCC). At the Annual Parochial Church Meeting the PCC present their annual report and Churchwardens and members of the PCC are elected. Anyone on the Electoral Roll is eligible to vote. If you would like to nominate someone to be a Churchwarden for the year, or a member of the PCC or to fill vacancies on the Deanery Synod, then nomination forms are available. Please contact one of the Churchwardens. |
7.30pm | Church Hall |
| May | |||
| Date | Event | Time | Location |
| Tuesday, 1st | Medstead Gardeners Club Tim Butler, from the Lavender Farm, Selbourne, will talk on Lavender. A visit to Tim's farm will take place on Thursday, 5th July. The cost will be £8, including a cream tea. For more details, please contact Gill. |
7.30pm for 8.00pm | Village Hall |
| Saturday, 5th | Monthly Maintenance If you can spare a few hours, please join us to help keep the churchyard tidy. We meet at the Church Hall on the first Saturday of the month at 9.30am and work until about noon. Please come along, your help is always welcome! For more details please contact Stephen. |
9.30am | Church Hall & Church Grounds |
| Thursday, 10th | Medstead WI With Hazel Whitehead from the Naomi House Children's Hospice. For more details, please contact Gill. |
2.15pm | Village Hall |
| Thursday, 10th | Juliantide Celebrate the love of God at Juliantide with the Julian Groups in the Diocese. For more details please email Lynda Bunting or telephone her on 02380 269418. |
8.00pm | Winchester Cathedral Quire, South Door |
| Saturday, 12th | Medstead Gardeners Club Plant Sale Don't miss out, come along and buy locally grown plants at very reasonable prices at our annual plant sale! For more details, please contact Gill. |
10.30am | Village Hall |
| Sunday, 13th | Family Service This month's Family Service especially for children to enjoy! We would love to see you, so please come along and join us! For more information please contact Kerry |
11.00am | Church |
| June | |||
| Date | Event | Time | Location |
| Saturday, 2nd | Monthly Maintenance If you can spare a few hours, please join us to help keep the churchyard tidy. We meet at the Church Hall on the first Saturday of the month at 9.30am and work until about noon. Please come along, your help is always welcome! For more details please contact Stephen. |
9.30am | Church Hall & Church Grounds |
| Saturday, 2nd | Benefice Family Rogation Walk This year we have planned a special Rogation Walk. The Bishop of Winchester will join us as we walk the benefice on a circular route, starting and ending at Medstead, via Shalden, Lasham and Bentworth. Our benefice pilgrimage will take in breakfast at St. Andrew's, arriving in Shalden for coffee, Lasham for lunch at the Royal Oak and Bentworth for cream tea, before arriving back at Medstead. You may choose either to walk the whole route, or join in between any two or more churches. Sadly, the route is not suitable for pushchairs or buggies, so baby-carriers or shoulders will have to suffice! The cost will be £5 per head or £10 for a family, to cover all meals, however many you have. Application Forms - to help with the catering - are available here on this website, or from our benefice churches, Medstead and Bentworth Schools, the Rectory, Bentworth, The Sun Inn, The Star Inn or The Royal Oak. You may also download a map of the route. |
8.30am for 9.15am | Church Hall |
| Tuesday, 5th | Medstead Gardeners Club Members Evening with Ploughman's Supper. For more details, please contact Gill. |
7.30pm for 8.00pm | Village Hall |
| Thursday, 7th | Refectory Duty St. Andrew's is committed to helping out with refectory duty at Winchester Cathedral If you can help for either a whole day or half a day please contact Mary Spinks on 01420 561440. No previous experience is needed and this is an equal opportunity job! |
Day | Winchester Cathedral Refectory |
| Sunday, 10th | Family Service This month's Family Service especially for children to enjoy! We would love to see you, so please come along and join us! For more information please contact Kerry |
11.00am | Church |
| Thursday, 14th | Medstead WI Mrs Carter on the aims and work of The Donkey Sanctuary in the UK and abroad. For more details, please contact Gill. |
2.15pm | Village Hall |
| Friday, 15th | Midsummer Fair The Alton branch of the NSPCC are holding a midsummer country craft fair at Jardinique. Includes over 30 varied and interesting stalls: handmade jewellery, clothing, accessories, decorative china, unusual plants, original present ideas, beauty products, homemade produce and more. Light refreshments will also be available. Entry £3.50. For more information email Jardinique. |
9.30am-3.30pm | Old Park Farm, Abbey Road, Beech |
| Saturday, 16th | Medstead School Fête Come and meet the reptiles at Medstead School Fête! Many other fun and interesting things to see and do: plant and cake stalls, grand draw, tombola, bouncy castle, school gym and dance displays, percussion music, tea room, ice cream parlour, beer tent and barbeque, Honda Goldhawk rides, assault course, speed football, crafts, stalls and games galore. If you have any children's toys, books or games you could donate, please leave at the school office or contact Judy Totman, telephone 01420 564332. |
11.00am-2.00pm | Medstead School |
| Saturday, 16th | Jazz Night & BBQ Join us for the Castle Of Comfort's annual Jazz Night & BBQ with the Excel Jazz Men. |
7.30pm | Castle Of Comfort |
| Sunday, 17th | Shalden Fête Includes stalls selling cakes, bottles, gifts, bric-a-brac, toys, books and plants, raffle and bottle tombolas, horticultural show, bouncy castle and helter skelter, coconut shy, skittles, egg throwing, classic car show, cream teas, homemade cakes and ice cream. In aid of local charities. |
2.00pm | Shalden Manor |
| Saturday, 23rd | Medstead Summer Ball Come and enjoy a wonderful evening on your doorstep at our Midas themed summer ball. Reception cocktails, a three-course meal and dancing to Beatroute. Tickets are £32.50 each, from Pat Brough, telephone 01420 561028 or 01420 562092. All proceeds will be divided between Medstead Preschool and Medstead Village Hall. |
7.15pm | Village Hall |
| Sunday, 24th | Praise In The Park The united churches of Alton and district invite you to join us with a picnic, for parachute games and an ecumenical Praise In The Park service. |
4.00pm-6.00pm | Alton Public Gardens |
| Saturday, 30th | Bentworth Fête Experience our Aunt Sally, coconut shy, cake stall, tombola bottle stall, crockery smashing, face painting, obstacle course, paintball art, raffle with wonderful prizes, flower arranging, school displays, terrier racing, plant sale and a tug of war. Hampshire Fire & Rescue will present a static display. Pimm's bar, teas, barbecue, bar, and lots more! Enjoy all the fun of our traditional Village Fête. |
2.00pm | Bentworth Village Green & Hall |
| July | |||
| Date | Event | Time | Location |
| Sunday, 1st | Open Garden Event The Earl and Countess of Portsmouth are kindly opening their 10 acre gardens at Farleigh House on behalf of CPRE Hampshire, a local charity campaigning to protect the Hampshire countryside. There will be experts on hand to answer your gardening queries and garden tours by the head gardener. There will also be a garden quiz, a raffle full of wonderful local prizes and activities for children, so the whole family can come and enjoy the day! There will be a variety of local produce stalls, including a range of nursery and plant stalls, gardenware, designer baskets, handmade floral greeting cards and much more. CPRE will be selling refreshments on the day, including tea, coffee, soft drinks, locally picked fresh strawberries with cream and a stall packed full of a variety of delicious cakes. Entrance will be £3 for adults, whilst under 12's go free! For more details please email Becky French. |
11.00am - 4.00pm | Farleigh House, Farleigh Wallop, Basingstoke |
| Tuesday, 3rd | Medstead Gardeners Club Sarah Coles on the Historic Roses of Mottisfont. For more details, please contact Gill. |
7.30pm for 8.00pm | Village Hall |
| Saturday, 7th | Monthly Maintenance If you can spare a few hours, please join us to help keep the churchyard tidy. We meet at the Church Hall on the first Saturday of the month at 9.30am and work until about noon. Please come along, your help is always welcome! For more details please contact Stephen. |
9.30am | Church Hall & Church Grounds |
| Saturday, 7th | Hog Roast Come to St. Andrew's fifth annual Hog Roast - a not to be missed evening! Why not make up a party and enjoy good food and excellent company on a summer's evening in the open air, in the gardens of the Castle Of Comfort? There will also be a play area for children and, if Adrian's legendary roast does not tempt you, a vegetarian option will also be available, along with salads and rolls. Tickets, which usually go very quickly and are limited in number, are the same price as last year: £7 for adults and £3 for children under 12. For tickets and more information, please contact Sharon Blackshaw. Please bring your own chairs, crockery and cutlery. Drinks can also be purchased at The Castle. |
6.00pm | The Castle Of Comfort |
| Sunday, 8th | Family Service This month's Family Service especially for children to enjoy! We would love to see you, so please come along and join us! For more information please contact Kerry |
11.00am | Church |
| Sunday, 8th | Alton Show Organised by the North East Hants Agricultural Association, the show includes: four ring horse show, cattle, sheep, goats, heavy horses and private driving, local food, farming and craft marquees, trade stands and motor show. Arena events include Stallions of Substance, the Princess of Wales Tigers Parachute Team, birds of prey, ferrets, Arab horses and sheep dog demonstrations. Admission: Adults £7.50, Senior Citizens & Children £5.00, pre-school children free. Reduced price pre-show tickets are avilable from the Alton Tourist Information Office. For more information visit the Alton Show website or email the Show Secretary. |
From 9.15am | Froyle Park, Upper Froyle |
| Thursday, 12th | Medstead WI Member's day: Getting to Know You, including plenty of tea and chat! For more details, please contact Gill. |
2.15pm | Village Hall |
| Saturday, 14th | Medstead Annual Village Fête Could you be Medstead's very own James Bond or Bond Girl? The traditional, annual fund-raising Fête has a 007 theme this year, with prizes for the best Bond lookalikes and a 4-Bonds-4-A-Night auction for the services of the Fête Committee to cook you dinner! There will be a grand parade, craft and trade stalls, bar and barbeque, tea and cakes, train and traction engine, free driving simulators for teenagers, dog show, grand draw and arena entertainment including dance, bands and displays, throughout the afternoon. At our Casino Royale stall, in aid of St. Andrew's Church, there will also be a rare opportunity to purchase our sought-after, limited edition Medstead sweatshirts, as well as the return of our ever-popular Hook-A-Duck for children! To help with Oddjobs such as donating small prizes for children or sharing in running the stall on the day, please email Kerry. For more information on the Fête email Andy Stubley. |
1.30pm | Village Green & Hall |
| Saturday, 21st | Medstead Gardeners Club You are invited to come along and enter our Annual Flower Show. For more details and a schedule, please contact Gill. |
2.45pm | Village Hall |
| August | |||
| Date | Event | Time | Location |
| Saturday, 4th | Monthly Maintenance If you can spare a few hours, please join us to help keep the churchyard tidy. We meet at the Church Hall on the first Saturday of the month at 9.30am and work until about noon. Please come along, your help is always welcome! For more details please contact Stephen. |
9.30am | Church Hall & Church Grounds |
| Monday, 6th | Karamoja Prayer Meeting Prayers for the work of Alton Deanery's project in Karamoja, Uganda. |
8.00pm | Church of the Good Shepherd |
| Thursday, 9th | Medstead WI Gwen Carlton on Canal Capers. For more details, please contact Gill. |
2.15pm | Village Hall |
| Thursday, 23rd | Refectory Duty St. Andrew's is committed to helping out with refectory duty at Winchester Cathedral If you can help for either a whole day or half a day please contact Mary Spinks on 01420 561440. No previous experience is needed and this is an equal opportunity job! |
Day | Winchester Cathedral Refectory |
| September | |||
| Date | Event | Time | Location |
| Saturday, 1st | Monthly Maintenance If you can spare a few hours, please join us to help keep the churchyard tidy. We meet at the Church Hall at 9.30am and work until about noon. Please come along, your help is always welcome! For more details please contact Stephen. |
9.30am | Church Hall & Church Grounds |
| Saturday, 1st | Evening of Entertainment Entertainment to be followed by supper and wine, tickets £20 each. For more details please email Sally Turner. |
7.00pm for 7.30pm | Alton Abbey |
| Tuesday, 4th | Medstead Gardeners Club Geoff Lunn on wildlife on your doorstep. For more details, please contact Gill. |
7.30pm for 8.00pm | Village Hall |
| Sunday, 9th | Family Service This month's Family Service especially for children to enjoy! We would love to see you, so please come along and join us! For more information please contact Kerry |
11.00am | Church |
| Thursday, 13th | Medstead WI Natalie Scott on Osteoporosis and Armchair Exercises. For more details, please contact Gill. |
2.15pm | Village Hall |
| Friday, 14th | Harvest Supper A traditional celebration supper and harvest thanksgiving for everyone in the village, with entertainment and organised activities for children. Tickets are only £3.00 for adults and £1.50 for children, so bring all the family, friends and neighbours, young and old! Please bring your own cutlery, crockery, glasses and drinks. For tickets or for more information, please contact one of our Churchwardens. |
6.30pm for 7.00pm | Medstead Village Hall |
| Saturday, 15th | Organ Recital To celebrate the installation of our new organ and to hear it at its very best, a recital by Jeffrey Williams, Organ Advisor to the Diocese of Winchester. The recital will feature works by Hollins, Albinoni, J.S. Bach, Whitlock, Franck, Michel and Lefebure-Wely. Tickets are priced at £7.00, including a glass of wine and refreshments afterwards. For tickets and more information, please contact Adrian or Patrick from the Music Committee, or put your name(s) on the list at the back of the church. |
7.30pm | Church |
| October | |||
| Date | Event | Time | Location |
| Tuesday, 2nd | Medstead Gardeners Club Dr. Roland Fox on Fungi & Truffles. For more details, please contact Gill. |
7.30pm for 8.00pm | Village Hall |
| Saturday, 6th | Monthly Maintenance If you can spare a few hours, please join us to help keep the churchyard tidy. We meet at the Church Hall on the first Saturday of the month at 9.30am and work until about noon. Please come along, your help is always welcome! For more details please contact Stephen. |
9.30am | Church Hall & Church Grounds |
| Saturday, 6th | Medstead Candle-lit Bowls For more details please contact Les on 01420 563180. |
Evening | Bowls Club |
| Sunday, 7th | Mick Carter Memorial Walk In aid of the Medstead over-60s Christmas Party which will be held on Sunday, January 6th, 2008. The main, sponsored, walk will be over a ten-mile off-road route. Sponsorship forms are available from The Castle Of Comfort and The Handy Stores. Anyone wishing to take part without sponsorship is also welcome, and a donation of £10 is suggested. The family walk, starting an hour later, will be about four miles in length, over a different off-road route. This shorter walk is for parents and children to enjoy our lovely countryside together. Entry to this walk is by donation on the day. |
9.30am and 10.30am | The Castle Of Comfort |
| Thursday, 11th | Medstead WI Anne Breakwell on Gemstones and Jewellery. For more details, please contact Gill. |
2.15pm | Village Hall |
| Friday, 12th | Annual Abbey Lecture Professor John Oldfield on Anti-Slavery Activity in Hampshire, to be followed by supper and wine. For tickets, at £20 each, or more information please contact Mrs Barbara Henry on 01372 452024. |
7.30pm | Alton Abbey Church |
| Sunday, 14th | Family Service This month's Family Service especially for children to enjoy! We would love to see you, so please come along and join us! For more information please contact Kerry |
11.00am | Church |
| Friday, 26th | Instant Wit Quick-fire comedy improvisation show from Instant Wit Tickets, at £7 each in advance only, are available from The Handy Stores or telephone Mike Overy on 01420 562378. A Hog The Limelight production. |
7.15pm for 8.00pm | Village Hall |
| November | |||
| Date | Event | Time | Location |
| Friday, 2nd | Valaam Ensemble A unique and, genuinely, not to be missed concert of folk and liturgical chanting in the tradition of northern Russia, by the Valaam Ensemble. Formed in 1993 by five professional male singers, the Ensemble is dedicated to restoring the Valaam Monastery, a spiritual center for Russian Orthodoxy located on a group of islands in Lake Ladoga, northern Russia, which suffered considerable destruction during the Soviet regime. |
7.30pm | St Mary's, Bentworth |
| Saturday, 3rd | Monthly Maintenance If you can spare a few hours, please join us to help keep the churchyard tidy and sweep up the yew berries which stick to our shoes and finish up on the church carpet! We meet at the Church Hall on the first Saturday of the month at 9.30am and work until about noon. Please come along, your help is always welcome! For more details please contact Stephen. |
9.30am | Church Hall & Church Grounds |
| Saturday, 3rd | Medstead Charities Fair Come and do your Christmas shopping and support local and national charities at the same time! Cards, Christmas decorations, gifts and refreshments: tea, coffee and light lunches. Admission free. |
10.30am-2.30pm | Village Hall |
| Tuesday, 6th | Medstead Gardeners Club Annual General Meeting. For more details, please contact Gill. |
7.30pm for 8.00pm | Village Hall |
| Thursday, 8th | Medstead WI Annual Meeting. For more details, please contact Gill. |
2.15pm | Village Hall |
| Sunday, 11th | Family Service This month's Family Service coincides with Remembrance Sunday and will include banner making in the Church Hall especially for children to enjoy! We would love to see you, so please come along and join us! For more information please contact Kerry |
11.00am | Church |
| Friday, 16th | Karamoja Supper Part of Alton Deanery's fundraising efforts for Karamoja. Always a very popular event, in addition to a sumptuous chicken casserole meal, the supper will also include short presentations from Kennett Westmacott, James Campbell and John Ellison following their visits to Karamoja during 2007. For more information and tickets, at £5 per person, please contact David Hayward. |
7.00pm | Four Marks Village Hall |
| Saturday, 17th | Jumble Sale Our Jumble Sales are good fun, raise much needed cash for the Church and are always very popular, so be sure to arrive early for the best bargains! If you would like to donate good quality clothing, toys, books, curios, etc. please contact one of the Chris, or drop it off at the Church Hall between 9.30am and 11.00am on the day. |
2.00pm | Church Hall |
| Saturday, 24th | Operation Christmas Child Collection of filled shoe boxes: by the simple donation of a shoe box containing gifts for children, you will be able to make a difference in the lives of those whose Christmas will be the direct opposite to that which we will enjoy. Let's try and fill as many boxes as possible - we were able to send over 180 last year! |
12.00am-2.30pm | Church Hall |
| Sunday, 25th | Patronal Festival Concert Featuring Laura Jurd and Martynas Vilpisauskas in concert, followed by light refreshments in the Church Hall. For tickets, at £8 for adults and £4 for children, please contact Ian Jurd. In aid of the Karamoja Bursary Scheme. |
7.30pm | Church & Church Hall |
| December | |||
| Date | Event | Time | Location |
| Saturday, 1st | Monthly Maintenance If you can spare a few hours, please join us to help keep the churchyard tidy. We meet at the Church Hall on the first Saturday of the month at 9.30am and work until about noon. Will you join us for the last maintenance session of the year? Please come along, your help is always welcome - and needed! For more details please contact Stephen. |
9.30am | Church Hall & Church Grounds |
| Saturday, 1st | Judy and Me A musical tribute to Judy Garland. Premiered at Edinburgh last year, this is a stunning show performed by two internationally acclaimed performers. She's French, he's Dutch, she sings, he plays the piano, she dances, he acts, she acts, he sings... Licensed bar, booking essential. For tickets at £7 each, telephone (01420) 562378. A Hog The Limelight production. |
7.15pm for 8.00pm | Village Hall |
| Sunday, 2nd | Advent Sunday & Posada During Posada the figures of Mary and Joseph from St. Andrew's Nativity display journey each night over Advent through Medstead, re-enacting their search for lodgings. The idea is Mary and Joseph stay with a different family, or in a different place, every night, returning to our Church for the Crib Service on Christmas Eve. |
11.00am | Church |
| Friday, 7th | Puss In Boots Medstead Players' Christmas pantomime. |
8.00pm | Village Hall |
| Saturday, 8th | Puss In Boots Medstead Players' Christmas pantomime. |
2.30pm & 8.00pm | Village Hall |
| Sunday, 9th | Christingle & Family Toy Service Christingle is a beautiful Christmas service especially for children, which raises money for The Children's Society. Children are also invited to bring along toys to donate to Social Services for distribution to local families in need at Christmas. |
11.00am | Church & Church Hall |
| Tuesday, 11th | Carols On The Green The village gathers on the Green for festive carols led by Ben, mulled wine, mince pies, Christmas lights and, who knows, maybe even a guest appearance by Father Christmas, himself! Organised by the Village Hall Management Committee. |
6.30pm | Village Green |
| Thursday, 13th | Medstead WI Christmas Celebration. For more details, please contact Gill. |
2.15pm | Village Hall |
| Sunday, 16th | Carol Service A festival of nine lessons and carols, followed by mulled wine and mince pies in the Church Hall. |
6.00pm | Church & Church Hall |
| Monday, 24th | Crib Service The figures of Mary and Joseph from our Nativity display return from their Posada journey through Medstead, at our Christmas Eve family service, whilst children dress up in costume to participate in our touching, and occasionally anarchic, nativity play! |
3.30pm | Church |
| Monday, 24th | Midnight Communion Our traditional Christmas Eve midnight communion service. |
11.30pm | Church |
| Tuesday, 25th | Family Communion Join us to celebrate the birth of our Saviour, Jesus Christ! |
11.00am | Church |
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