Race night

Wednesday 22nd APRIL:

AN EVENING AT TAUNTON RACES. 

Our very popular annual visit - Coach leaves Whitchurch (via Charmouth) at 3.30 pm and gets back around 9.00 pm.  

Cost £30 per person (£28 for Members of The Friends of St Candida) includes Grandstand ticket, Race Card, return coach travel – and exceptionally unreliable tips. 

Booking essential michaelwest@ryallfarm.com  or 01297 489795. Usually a sell-out so best to book soon!

April dates for your diary

Saturday 6th April: WITE’S WEEDERS: Join us for a friendly couple of hours to tidy up the
Car Park and gravestones. Bring garden tools if you can. Details 489323.
10 am – 12 noon Church (if wet, postponed until the following Monday)

Sunday 7th April: FREE EXCHANGE CAFE - Fresh croissants, coffee and friendly
conversation, as well as the exchange table. Children’s activities and story-time with Ros at
11 am. The First Café of the Year! 10.30 - 12 noon Church

Palm Sunday 14th April: ANNUAL PROCESSION through the village to the Church, led by
the Ryall Donkeys (weather and temperament permitting!). 10.45 am, Five Bells

Wednesday 24th APRIL: AN EVENING AT TAUNTON RACES. Our very popular annual
visit - Coach leaves Whitchurch (via Charmouth) at 3.30 pm and gets back around 9.00 pm.
Cost £30 per person (£28 for Members of The Friends of St Candida) includes Grandstand
ticket, Race Card, return coach travel – and exceptionally unreliable tips. Booking essential
michaelwest@ryallfarm.com or 01297 489795.

Sunday 28th April: CHORAL EVENSONG, with the Whitchurch Occasional Choir, directed
by John Bain. 6pm Church

Monday 29th April: WHITCHURCH FILM SOCIETY showing Lady Bird. An artistic 17-year
old comes of age in California (comedy/drama). 6.45 pm Village Hall

A winter view of Whitchurch Canonicorum

Winter time in Whitchurch, can you spot our church?

Date for your diary.....

The next SHORT AND SWEET childrens service on the 17th of February @ 11am. 

More details to follow

Short and Sweet ( Angels ) Dec 16th

Sunday 16th December: 

SHORT & SWEET CHILDREN’S SERVICE 

- all about angels.   

Ros and Sue Langdon will be leading the service together with Clare Colby, helping us all to produce a multitude of angels! 

11 am Church

Choral Evensong this coming Sunday

THIS SUNDAY, 29th JULY, AT 6 PM

CHORAL EVENSONG  at

ST CANDIDA AND HOLY CROSS

WHITCHURCH CANONICORUM

Introit: Bogoroditse devo (Rachmaninov)

Preces and Responses: Ferial

Canticles: Wood in D

Anthem: Blessed be the God and Father (Wesley)

The Whitchurch Occasional Choir, directed by John Bain

Organist: Dr. Richard Godfrey

Flower Festival July 21st and 22nd

Spring time at the church with plenty of parking......

Short and Sweet service on Mothers day - NEXT SUNDAY

Sunday 11th March: SHORT & SWEET FAMILY SERVICE FOR MOTHERING SUNDAY:

A jolly, half hour get-together for children, their parents and anyone who just enjoys it!

The children will be making posies and everyone will be decorating a heart tree for
their Mothers.

Stories and refreshments.

11am, Church

Do you have time to lend a hand?

The Guild of St Candida looks after the cleaning of the Church and needs to replace
two members who have retired recently. An hour or so every couple of months is all
that is asked. If you would like to help, please call Tricia Fry (01297 489082).

Other Odd Jobs in and around the Church crop up from time to time and, if you could
be available every now and again, please call Sue (01297 489375), who will be
delighted to hear from you.

Entertainment....February 4th

A reminder that Bowjangles! will be performing their exciting new show - Excalibow!-  at the Village Hall in Whitchurch Canonicorum on Sunday 4th February at 3 pm.

'BOWJANGLES ARE A STRING QUARTET WHO CAN REALLY PLAY. THEY DANCE WHILST THEY PLAY. THEY SING WHILST THEY PLAY. THEY LEAP, TUMBLE, JUGGLE AND JOKE WHILST THEY PLAY...'

Due to demand - we expect to be sold-out, as we were last time - we are now taking advance bookings for this event. For reservations please email Cynthia Bain - cbain7@gmail.com or call 01297 489629. 

Two members of the band studied at the Purcell School and the concert is promoted jointly by the Whitchurch Purcellians and The Friends of St Candida.

We do hope you will join us - you will love it!

Neighbours Lunch

Please come to the 

Neighbours Lunch

at the Church

on Saturday 13th of January

from 12.30pm 

Soup, Fruit and Cake, Tea/coffee

Donations to the Matthew Rusike Childrens Home in Zimbabwe and Weldmar Hospice

SHORT & SWEET SERVICE NOVEMBER

CHRISTMAS PUDDING 

STIR UP

ST CANDIDA AND HOLY CROSS CHURCH, WHITCHURCH

SUNDAY 26TH OF NOVEMBER

11AM

PLEASE BRING A WOODEN SPOON

ARTIST -  ANNABELLE

November Free Exchange.......

The popular Free Exchange Café is open on Sunday, the 5th of November from 10.30 to 12 noon, in the Church at Whitchurch Canonicorum.

Enjoy freshly-brewed coffee, tea, croissants and pastries straight from the oven. Catch up with friends and neighbours, or browse the Sunday papers. Come for ten minutes or stay for an hour. 

Ros will be hosting the Children's Corner

The Free Exchange Table is open, too. Bring something you no longer need, take something away if you like it or both or neither - whichever you choose, no money changes hands. Plants and Produce are always welcome. 

There's no charge for the Cafe (but feel free to leave a donation).

We hope to see you on Sunday.

Wedding flowers in the church

Photographs of some Wedding flowers in the Church - purple, cream and green.

Archway, pedestals and on the font - some of these arrangements where then taken to the reception venue whilst others stayed in the church for all to see.

Flowers were arranged by Tina Hedditch

Free Exchange Cafe - October

The popular Free Exchange Café is open next on Sunday, the 1st of October from 10.30 to 12 noon, in the Church at Whitchurch Canonicorum.

Enjoy freshly-brewed coffee, tea, croissants and pastries straight from the oven. Catch up with friends and neighbours, or browse the Sunday papers. Come for ten minutes or stay for an hour. 

Ros will be hosting the Children's Corner

The Free Exchange Table is open, too. Bring something you no longer need, take something away if you like it or both or neither - whichever you choose, no money changes hands. Plants and Produce are always welcome. 

There's no charge for the Cafe (but feel free to leave a donation).

We hope to see you on Sunday.

LOCAL WEEKLY EXERCISE CLASS........

TRIDPUDIO MOVEMENT GENTLE EXERCISE CLASS

LED BY JULIA WILLIAMS

AT WHITCHURCH VILLAGE HALL 

from 6-7pm 

Sept 4th, 11th, 18th, Oct 2nd, 9th, 16th, Nov 6th,13th, 20tH, Dec 4th,11th

Costs £5 per person per session

Please wear loose and comfortable clothing, socks and/or soft shoes

More details are on our the Village Hall website www.whitchurchcanonicorumvillagehall.wordpress.com

Or phone Sue on 01297 489375

Gibbins Family Concert Sept 23rd

Gibbins Family Concert

3 Generations of the family playing a variety of musical instruments and singing all types of music

at St Candida and Holy Cross Church
Whitchurch Canonicorum

Saturday September 23rd

7pm

Tickets £10 to include Buffet

More information available from Sue Johnson 01297 489375 or PCC members

Fundraising event - Auction of promises

WINE AND CHEESE EVENING

WITH AUCTION OF PROMISES

WHITCHURCH CANONICORUM

VILLAGE HALL

SATURDAY OCTOBER 14^TH

FROM 7PM ONWARDS

Auctioneer Mr James Rowe

From Symonds and Sampson

Joint fund raising event by the Village Hall Committee

and the Friends of St Candida  

PRE BOOK TICKETS @ £7.50

to include Lyme Bay ‘Wine tasting’ and buffet

From  01297 489375 or 01297 489185

IF YOU HAVE ANY PROMISES YOUR WOULD LIKE TO GIVE PLEASE CONTACT SUE OR CAROLYN ON THE PHONE NUMBERS ABOVE. ALL PROMISE WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.