To all Spring Cleaners -
Thank you all for working so hard to spruce up our beautiful church. It
was wonderful that so many people came & made it a lot of fun too. It was a record turn out! - a real community effort.
Thank you for all your enthusiasm.
Here are some of the highlights:
The west window hadn't been cleaned properly for years... until David got to it.
Graham looks rather threatening with that extending mop...
Ann, Sheila and Janet hard at work in the sanctuary.
A welcome break (thanks to Ruth for the bikkies and sausage rolls!)
"What do you mean, I've missed a bit?"
From our bell ringers -
On Thursday 21 April the church bells will be rung in the evening as part of a change of celebratory ringing between Branston & Blankney to mark the Queen’s actual 90th birthday.
Ringing will take place at Nocton from 6.30 – 6.50 pm (approx) and will consist of call changes be rung based on the pattern named ‘Queens’ which is the bells rung in the order135246 (odds & evens).
Also the Church spire will be floodlit that evening to mark the Queen’s birthday. On Thursday evening beacons are being lit all over the UK to mark the Queen’s Birthday so we thought it would be nice to floodlight our spire as a sort of beacon.
The main bulk of ringing for the Queen’s birthday will take place over her official birthday weekend Fri 10th – Sun 12th June when nationally bells will ring out all over the UK.
Visitors to the church may have noticed that the churchyard is looking a little 'shaggy' at the moment. It seems a shame to mow over the lovely primroses and we generally don't start mowing after the winter until the primroses have died back. Please be assured that the churchyard will be mown, but in the meantime, enjoy the wild flowers!
After a recent check of the safety of the gravestones in the churchyard,
it has become apparent that many are potentially unsafe and one or two
are so loose as to be dangerous. We are seeking to address this as a matter of urgency. Please could we ask everyone entering
the churchyard for whatever reason not to lean on any gravestones. The
most insecure stones will be cordoned off. If anyone
can help locate the family of John Pullen, who died in 1903 and whose
headstone is particularly loose, please contact Liz Murray on 01526
323357 or elisabeth.c.murray@gmail.com.
Just a reminder that the church is open on Friday afternoons between 2 and 4 pm (until the clocks go back at the end of October). You are assured of a friendly welcome!
