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PARISH NEWS Prize-winning choir visits Wargrave London-based Chamber Choir CORO will present a concert of music including madrigals, partsongs and spirituals on Saturday July 3, at St. Mary's Church, Station Road, Wargrave. In recent years CORO has won prizes at choral competitions in Italy, Estonia and France, and this performance will feature works from their winning programmes. The concert begins at 7.30pm. Tickets are £10 and available on the door. Taking the fear out of flower arranging A recent flower arranging demonstration in Hurley was aimed at encouraging people to take part in what can be a fun thing to do but were daunted at the thought of undertaking church flowers. The talented Joanna Butterwick from Pinkneys Green let them in on the secrets of the trade and showed what would work best in the church for maximum impact. Joanna demonstrated how to put simple flowers and garden greenery in a large jug rather than ornate arrangements of flowers. For maximum effect with minimum effort, the key is lots of foliage such as beech (which keeps well), oak, fir, box, eucalyptus and the like. Cow parsley and rapeseed also featured in her demonstration. Like the tree branches, they can be collected in the countryside or garden for free. Floral arrangements were created in minutes as she whisked stocks, valerian, aistroemeria, lilies and goldenrod into effortless displays. She explained it's better to have a few really big flower than lots of little ones when doing large displays for the church. She advised to 'let the air blow through the flowers' (ie leave space, not pack them in!). To get involved, contact Fiona Fieldhouse on 824574. Pebbles mums and mums with young children in the Parish will do the flowers for the family service. Contact Susannah Corley (824303) if you would like to join this (highly inexperienced!) team. |
Two draw results May's 200 Club prize draw took place at the Young at Heart lunch on Wednesday May 26, when the winners were Peter Jackson (83) and Pat Wylie (67). The June prize draw, held on June 23, saw first prize going to Ray and Anne Hood (number 57) and second to Peter Himmons (55). The next draw will he on July 21 at the Young at Heart lunch and, on August 1, at the Summer Garden Party. Law advice for WI Littlewick Green's WI will meet next on July 20, 2pm in the Gilchrist Hall. Speaker will be Carol Joel on the subject 'Living with the Law'. Money for repairs Thr Littlewick summer lunch raised £380 for church repairs. Vicar Keith thanked Lynn Penfold for producing 'a wonderful meal and arranging such an enjoyable event'. Cream tea invite On August 21, fundraisers will be serving that epitomy of an English summer, strawberry cream teas. The venue is the Soliau Centre where you can also enjoy the peace and beauty of the surroundings to Stubbings church. Teas will be served from 230pm to 5pm Donations will be welcome. Do you have a story preferably with a social or ecclesiastical angle - which will make the Parish News really interesting to everyone each month? Stories, or ideas, from any part of the Parish can be emailed to Lynn Penfold at lynnpenfold@waitrose.com (01628 825718). This website only contains an extract from the printed Parish News, for a copy of the magazine, only 40p per issue, please contact:- Hurley Ann Miller 01628 824414 Littlewick Green Mary Gilbert 01628 822828 Stubbings Andrea Burn 01628 626428 ...........or go to the back of any of our three churches. |