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in St Mary Magdalene’s Parish Centre, Wilson Stree,t on Satuurday from 10am to 1pm. Tables are £5. To hire one, ring 5656318.
St Luke’s Church has started messy church for children and parents. The next session will be on Tuesday, February 14, from 4pm to 5.30pm. Contact The Reverend Alison Hampton for details on 5651789.
Deptford and Millfield Community Centre’s bric-a-brac shop is open on Thursdays from 10.30am to noon. Any donations of items to sell there would be very welcome and can be handed in to the community centre.
In Accord, Adrienne, Enid and Margaret, will provide Musical Entertainment at Ewesley Road Ladies’ Fellowship meeting tomorrow at 7.30pm.
Barnes, Pallion and Millfield Residents’ Association meeting will be held tonight at 7pm in St Mary Magdalene’s Parish Centre, Wilson Street.
A soup lunch will be held at St Nicholas Church on Saturday, February 25, in The Haver Hall at 12.30pm. Getting together over lunch is a perfect opportunity to catch up with friends, make new ones in a relaxed hour. The cost is £3 per person and includes a choice of soup, bread, homemade cake and tea or coffee.
Call into St Luke’s Church, Pallion, for tea and toast on Mondays from 11am to 1pm. Event is free, just visit for a chat and some company.
West Karate Club meets in West Community Centre, Chester Road, every Sunday and Monday from 5pm to 6pm. All ages and abilities welcome. Pop along or for more information ring 07413630303.
St Nicholas Karate Club meets in the Haver Hall of St Nicholas Church every Saturday from 9am to 10am. Contact Rebecca on 07979538992 for more details.
Burn Park Methodst Church holds a coffee morning on the third Saturday of each month. The next is on Saturday, February 18, from 10am to noon.
Deptford and Millfield Community Centre presents a panto, Snow White and the 7 dwarfs on Saturday, March 18, at 3.30pm and 6.30pm and on Sunday, March 19, at 3.30pm only. Tickets are £4 and can be booked by calling into the community centre Mondays and Wednesdays from 4pm to 7pm and Thursdays from 1pm to 2.30pm or ring 07944884114. Sunderland Antiquarian Society’s next talk will be on February 21 in the Tom Cowie Business Suite at Thornhill School. Speaker Michael Johnson will talk about Sunderland’s Classical Buildings. Doors open at 7pm and the talk commences at 7.30pm .
Sunderland Intergenerational Singers are looking for new voices. If you would like to sing for fun, make new friends and sing in the community then this is a great new opportunity. Sessions will be starting today, at Donnison School, Church Walk (SR1 2BJ) at 6pm. Ring 5654835 for more details.
Sunderland Pianoforte Society will meet in the Sunderland Pottery Room at Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens, Burdon Road, will meet on Tuesday, February 14 for its 447th recital at 7.15pm. Award-winning British pianist Maria Marchant will be making a return visit to Sunderland. The programme will include Grieg Wedding Day at Troldhaugen, Liszt A Petrach Sonnet, Granados: Selections from ‘Goyescas’, Prokifiev: Selections from ‘Romeo and Juliet’. Full subscription (six recitals) £60, individual recitals £12.50, accompanied children (16 and under) free, full-time students and those in receipt of unemployment benefit £6.
Friends of Sunderland Museum (Fosums) will meet on Saturday in Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens, Burdon Road, at 2pm. This will be the AGM and will be followed by speaker Edmund Foster with a talk entitled From Caesar to Boudicca. Visitors are welcome, charge £2.
Sunderland Maritime Heritage Centre, 2 Church Street East, is open Monday, Wednesdays and Fridays from 10am to 4pm and on Saturdays from 10am to 2pm. Admission is free. Go along to hear about its future plans while having a free cup of tea or coffee. Volunteers thank you for your donations of artefacts, which will enable them to authenticate the shipyard experience for school visits. If you have any blunt tools take them along as the centre is now offers a tool sharpening service. For more details email info@ sunderlandmaritimeheritage.org.uk
Hendon Community Association is based in Seafarers Way, Moor Terrace . For further information about activities, ring 565 5648.
Toddler Group meets on Tuesdays at Sunderland Minster from 9.30am to 11.30am. Refreshments are available for parents and children. All are welcome
If you have some time to spare, why not join the volunteers at the Donnison School? Everyone is welcome to this friendly group. Ring 565 4835.
Hendon Karate Club meets at Cheers public house on Wednesdays and Fridays from 6pm to 7pm. For further details, ring 07932 724720.
Sunderland Antiquarian Society Archives at Sunderland Antiquarian and Heritage Centre, 6 Douro Terrace, are open for research Wednesdays and Saturdays from 9.30am to noon.
Drop in sessions are held at the YMCA Centre at 2-3 Toward Road each Tuesday from 2pm to 4pm. They offer advice on the types of accommodation at the YMCA for 16 to 35-year- olds. Or you can ring 0191 567 6160 for advice. Tonight Mr R Batey will preside at the 7pm evening service held in Seaham Spiritualist Church, Vane Hall, Cornelia Terrace. There is a charge of £3.50 on most services. Everyone is welcome.
Seaham Methodist Church will host its first Take and Bake Coffee Morning for 2017 this Saturday from 10.30am. All the usual cream delicacies, pies and scones will be available. Go along and receive a warm welcome.
Sunday (third Sunday before Lent) services at Christ Church, are as follows: