News update

On February 20th we celebrated the licensing of the Reverend Canon Nick Buck as Priest in Charge of the benefices of Branston and Metheringham. The Reverend Sister Liz CSF was also licensed as Assistant Curate of the six parishes (Branston, Potterhanworth, Nocton, Metheringham, Blankney and Dunston). Sister Maureen and Sister Judith were commissioned for ministry in the deanery. This well attended service was held at St. Peter's Dunston. It was a truly joyful and welcoming service. We all continued to enjoy the evening at the Methodist chapel, with tasty refreshments and lots of chat.

The restoration work is progressing well. Work on the north side of the nave roof is nearly complete. Smaller repairs, eg to the pulpit and lamps are also being addressed. It is hoped that most of the work will be finished by the end of March. We are planning to be in the church cleaning on Saturday March 31st and Sunday April 1st starting at 2.00 pm. It is extremely likely that the builders will be back working on the church on Monday morning. So if you are able to help at all please come along. We will need lots of helpers. Any queries please phone - Ruth Tel. 322285 or Nicholas Tel. 322930. Please bring any cleaning equipment eg dustpan and brushes, dusters, buckets etc.

We are hoping to celebrate Easter in our beautifully restored church on Sunday April 8th at 9.30 am. We look forward to seeing you there.

Easter Fayre - please support this!

Green fingers wanted

Calling All Potential Flower Arrangers!

Would you like to help decorate our beautiful church? All Saints organise a monthly flower arrangers rota and some new helpers would be wonderful. Everyone is welcome - you do not need to be a "church goer". If you would prefer not to be responsible for a month you can share or help. Previous experience is not necessary!


Plant Stall

Sheila Redshaw and Jim Eagle are organising a plant stall as part of the Flower Festival weekend (June 29th-July1st). Funds will go towards the church restoration project. We would be grateful for any contributions - so pot up your cuttings and any plant divisions you can spare. Name labels would be appreciated if possible please. More details will follow but if you have any queries please contact Sheila Redshaw Tel. 321932 or Jim Eagle Tel. 322285

Latest Nocton Doodle

Here it is!

February 2012 Doodle.pdf

Calling all Mr & Mrs Mops

We're getting the church back soon! Volunteers are needed for the weekend of Saturday 31 March/Sunday 1 April to start to get the church fit to be used. The builders will still be working on the west end of the nave roof, but we will be able to get in and use the building. The first scheduled service at the moment is the Maundy Thursday Celebration of the Last Supper and we definitely plan to be back in church for the great celebration of Easter Day.

Please come and join us on the 31 March/1 April for the great 'get the church back' clean. Details of times to be announced shortly.

See you there!

On Monday 20 February, Rev Canon Nick Buck will be licensed as Priest-in-Charge of the benefices of Branston with Nocton and Potterhanworth, and Metheringham with Blankney and Dunston. At the same service, Sister Liz of the Community of St Francis will be licensed as Assistant Curate to the two benefices. The service will take place at Dunston St Peter's at 7.30 pm.

We hope that as many people as possible will attend the service to welcome Canon Nick Buck and Sister Liz into their formal roles; they have been supporting us informally for some time!

Church roof update

Repairs to the chancel roof are now almost complete and work has now started on the south side of the nave, where the original tiles are being re-used. The recent mild weather has enabled good progress to be made, but any wintry conditions over the next few weeks could cause delays. However, we are still hoping to have the church back in use before Easter. We're getting there...

A new member welcomed into the church family

The Baptism of Ryan Grant Bassett (aged 7 months) of Parklands Avenue, Nocton took place at St Andrew’s Church Potterhanworth on 18 December 2011. Ryan is the son of Andrew and Sarah Bassett and his godparents are Emma Mathewson and Martin Davies. The Revd Les Whitfield officiated. Ryan’s elder brother, Owen, was baptised at All Saints’ Church, Nocton in December 2009. Welcome Ryan!

Nocton Doodle

The latest edition of the Doodle is now available! Click here for lots of news on what's happening around the village.

Happy New Year!

A very Happy New Year to all our readers! We hope to have All Saints back in use in the near future - further updates will be posted when available.

Carol Singing

About a dozen intrepid singers and bucket rattlers, aided and abetted
by Nana the dog, took to the streets of Nocton under cover of darkness
on Sunday evening, inflicting their voices on the unsuspecting residents
of Wellhead Lane, Manor Court and The Avenue. Actually we were
told we sounded rather good!

A grand (and it was grand) total of £56.86 was raised, which with further
donations, including from the Village Hall Management Committee, came
to £35 for the church and £47 for our chosen charity, the Nomad Trust.

Thanks to all who donated and were so encouraging, to the Village Hall
Management Committee for the donation and the most welcome mulled
wine and mince pies, and of course to all those who took part in the singing.

We'll be back next year.... you've been warned!

Carol singing - reminder

Just a reminder that we will be singing carols round the village on
Sunday, 18 December. Meet at the village hall at 5 pm. It doesn't
matter if you can't sing! We need collectors too so all welcome!

Carol Singing

If you would like to join us for carol singing please meet at
the Village Hall on Sunday 18th December at 5.00pm.  We will
sing till around 6.30 and then we are invited to return to the
Village Hall for mince pies and mulled wine, kindly provided by
the Village Hall Committee. We need plenty of voices so come
along and have a festive sing!

Child sponsorship

All Saints has recently decided to sponsor a child in Gambia. We have
chosen to do this through a local charity named Snowballs in The
Gambia.  Linda Carpenter-Coxon who lives in the village regularly
visits the Tambana School project and keeps us up to date with
developments and provides photographs.  In her last visit, Linda
took out new school uniforms for the children. The money we
provide goes in some way to support our child with books and
uniform.

If you are interested in sponsoring a child, you can contact Linda on
01526 322410 and she will give you more details.  The cost is £30
a year to sponsor a child.

Church Clean Up for Village Wedding

There is a clean up planned at Nocton Church on Sunday 6th Nov at 2pm to get the church fit and ready to hold the wedding of Polly Hardy on Nov 12th. The building works have been put on hold for a week to allow this to happen.

The Churchwardens ask anyone who is available on Sunday at 2pm to give up a little time and help out.

Thanks