WHERE I LIVE

Your guide to everything that’s going on in your area

ALL SAINTS CHURCH, CHELTENHAM

» Sunday services at 8am said Mass. 10.30am Solemn Mass. Evening services on Sundays at 5.30pm, will be a Choral Evensong on the first and third Sundays and said service on the second and fourth.

Week day services. Wednesday 6.30pm Holy Mass. Thursday 11.15am, Eucharistic Service. Friday noon, Holy Mass. First Saturday of the Month, 10am Walsingham Mass.

» The Choir is looking to recruit new singers. All Saints Choir has a long history of offering a significant contribution to the church services by providing a wide range of sacred music.

We are looking for sopranos and tenors particularly, but other voice parts are very welcome. Committed singers, please come along on Friday nights at 7.30pm to sing with us and see if you would like to join us.

» All Saints Church is open for private prayer and for visitors, depending on the availability of volunteers. The Church Open sign will be put out when the Church is open, everyone welcome.

Services notwithstanding, the Church is usually open for private prayer and for visitors at the following times: Wednesdays: 3pm-6pm. Thursdays: 2pm-6pm. Fridays: 2pm-6pm. Saturdays: 10amnoon & 2pm-6pm. Sundays: 3pm-5pm.

» For information about all events in All Saints Church visit www.event brite.com/cc/ all-saints-churchcheltenham-events-445289

BISHOP’S CLEEVE

» The Seniors Club will host a Spring Fayre on April 6 at Denley Hall, Bishop’s Cleeve from 2pm until 4pm. There will be jewellery, crafts, books and puzzles, a tombola, a raffle and cakes. Refreshments are available and admission is free. All are welcome.

» Save the date, Saturday May 4, 7.30pm, an Auction of Promises will take place in St. Michael and All Angels Church.

» Next event at the Tithe Barn , Friday April 5, 8pm. The Jaguars performing all the hits of the Sixties. Tickets £12 on the night, 8pm, fully licensed bar, large free car park.

For more information contact kelvinfreer@outlook.com

» Cake & Company is a regular afternoon event held at St Michael’s Centre, Bishop’s Cleeve. It is an opportunity to meet with a friendly group over tea and cake. Cost is £3 on arrival. For further information please contact 07799 378121, transport is available for those with mobility issues.

» Volunteers needed, an opportunity to join our foodbank outlet team in Bishop’s Cleeve. We are open on Friday mornings at the St Michael’s Centre providing emergency food parcels to people referred to us.

We are part of the Trussell Trust network of Foodbanks. For more information go to www.north cotswold.foodbank.org.uk

» Bishop’s Cleeve Foodbank. Please can you take any donations to Bishop’s Cleeve Parish Office (next to Tesco’s car park) any Friday morning between 9am and noon.

Please refer to the latest shopping list for further details of shortages on the donating food link at https:// northcotswold.foodbank.org.uk also for making direct a monetary donation.

» Events in support of the Cobalt charity.

April 1: Photography Competition opens.

April 14: Rare Plant Fair & Open Garden at The Old Rectory Quenington.

Mid-april: Clothes Swap at Emmanuelle Church.

April 14: Arthur’s Spring Stroll in Stroud.

April 14, rare plant fair at the Old Rectory, Quenington.

» Methodist Church Wednesday fellowship events. April 10, NSPCC. April 24, Lillian Faithful Homes.

» New Setup for Children’s Groups. From Sunday April 14 there will be a new Sunday morning set up called “Sunday Morning Explorers”. This is to encourage children to explore and learn about Christianity. The aim is to make Sunday Morning Explorers the “Best hour of the Week”.

Further an added Youth Group session on the Second Sunday of the Month called GPS which stands for Grow/practise/serve to encourage young people to learn but also serve within the church community.

For more information contact Church Office, St Michael’s Centre, School Road, Bishop’s Cleeve, GL52 8BA, telephone number 01242 673612.

» Praise & Play, Bible Brick Club and Oasis sessions have all resumed.

» Praise and Play: Monday and Thursdays at St Michael’s Centre.

Oasis: Thursdays St. Michael’s Centre.

Brick Bible Club: Thursdays St. Michael’s Church.

» A New Life Group has started. This is an opportunity for people who are relatively new to faith to study and pray together and look at what it means to be a Christian today. The group will meet in homes on a fortnightly basis on a Thursday evening. If you would like to register an interest in this group, please contact the church office on 07354 874617 or admin@stmichaels bishopscleeve.co.uk

» As a church we want to preserve the Creation, serve our local community and the wider world. The following initiatives are a way to do our bit.

1) Litter Pick, we are planning a litter pick around the village later in the month and would welcome all to come and help.

2) Terracycling, we are proposing to set up collection points for any hard to re-cycle items. These items will be sent onto Terracycle for recycling. The funds raised by this programme will be donated to charity.

» Foodbank donations at St Michaels Church. We are experiencing shortages of food items to go in our food parcels. If you are able to donate, the list of shortages is on our website: https://northcotswold. foodbank.org.uk/give-help/donatefood/

» For more information about all Church activities contact Church Office, St Michael’s Centre, School Road, Bishop’s Cleeve, Cheltenham, GL52 8BA, telephone number 01242 673612 or online at the following addresses:

https://www.facebook.com/ groups/stmichaelsbishopscleeve/

www.stmichaelsbishopscleeve. co.uk

https://www.achurchnearyou. com/church/14402/

Biblewatch: https//www.facebook. com/groups/stmichaelbishops cleeve/

Children’s Ministry: cafministry. stmichael@gmail.com

» Baking Making and Shaking WI are an evening group, meeting at St. Michael’s Centre, School Road, on the first Thursday each month, 7.45pm for 8pm. April 4, Spring Swishing. May 2, Trip to Garden Centre.

Visitors (£3), and new members are always welcome. Please contact by email: bakingmakingandshaking@ gmail.com

» The Bishop’s Cleeve WI host meetings in the Tithe Barn on the third Tuesday of each month, 7.15pm -9pm.

April 16, Gloucestershire Events & Traditions.

May 21, Resolutions/talk on fraud awareness.

For more information about meetings, contact www.bishops cleevewi.org.uk or 07871 993919.

» Gotherington, Woolstone and Oxenton WI, host monthly meetings on Wednesdays, in Gotherington Village Hall at 7.30pm. April 24, 71 st Birthday party. April 27, Open Morning at Gotherington Village Hall, 10am-noon.

For more information contact 01242 317276 or www.gwowi.org.uk Visitors always welcome.

WOODMANCOTE

» The Woodmancote Society always welcomes new members. For more information contact 01242 672541.

» Save the Date, Monday May 6, the annual May Day in Woodmancote celebration. The theme this year is “Pirates”. Prizes will be awarded for best costumes in many categories, including best decorated bicycle.

The main parade will start from Woodmancote School at 1pm to arrive at Woodmancote park at 1.30pm. There will be a number of events and stalls on the field including a quiet area for children to draw and make a pirate hat.

» Saturday May 11, 11am-4pm, a Spring Craft Fair will be held in Woodmancote Village Hall.

There will be a selection of stalls selling all manner of crafts, please note as many stall holders do not have card readers, cash will the preferred method of payment.

Entrance free, refreshments and limited parking available.

» Woodmancote Probus Club host meetings on Tuesdays at Woodmancote New Village Hall.

Meetings start at 9.30am, followed by the talk at 10.30am.

April 9, special meeting, not open to the public.

April 16, Sir Henry Morton Stanley, I presume.

April 23, around the world in 80 images.

» Woodmancote WI, meet on the third Thursday of the month at 7.30pm in the village hall.

April 18, a beauty evening with Clarins.

May 16, You couldn’t make it up – The Mitford Family.

» Ann Lewis

01242 702573 maggieann1949@hotmail.com