Sunday, 28 October 2012
Sunday, 7 October 2012
150th anniversary of All Saints – 16 December
All Saints celebrates the 150th
anniversary of its consecration on 16 December. The Bishop of
Lincoln has graciously agreed to to lead the celebration service,
which is at 11 am (not the usual 9.30). This will be followed by a
celebration lunch in the Village Hall. Further details to follow but
please mark the date in your diary now.
Harvest Thanksgiving and supper
Around 45 people attended the Harvest
Thanksgiving service on Sunday 30 September to give thanks to God for
all His gifts. The church looked lovely and a selection of produce
was on display. This was later auctioned at the Harvest Supper,
Nicholas Bennett acting as auctioneer. Another career beckons,
Nicholas! The supper was also well attended and featured local
delicacies such as Lincolnshire chine, followed by the usual
delicious crumbles and pies, and, of course, Lincolnshire plum bread
with cheese. Almost £400 was raised for the church restoration
fund. Thanks to all who donated produce or dishes for the supper,
decorated the church, did the washing up or helped in any other way!
Sunday, 30 September 2012
Heritage Open Weekend 8 – 9 September
All Saints church saw a steady stream
of visitors for the Lincolnshire Heritage Open weekend, an annual
event with special openings and events across Lincolnshire. This
year's theme was Trade and Travel. Guided tours of the church were
conducted by Carol Bennett, who talked herself hoarse explaining the
church's history and many points of interest to the visitors. Light
lunches were served and featured home-made sandwiches and cakes as
well as cups of tea. Some visitors had made a special trip to visit
All Saints, others called in when they saw the 'open' signs. All
were welcome and expressed amazement at the quality of the interior.
The Saturday coincided with the annual
Ride and Stride so we were also visited by a number of intrepid
cyclists, including Gill Stokes and Ruth and Jim Eagle, who cycled a
magnificent 43 miles. All funds
raised by the ride are shared between the Lincolnshire Churches
Trust and a church of the cyclist's choice.
Wednesday, 25 July 2012
Events coming up in September
Sat 8 Sept - ‘Ride & Stride’
Sponsored
bike ride around Lincolnshire's churches. Sponsor Ruth and Jim Eagle,
or have a go yourself. Contact Ruth and Jim on 322285 if you would like
to sponsor them or Liz Murray on 323357 if you would like to take part
yourself. Half the money raised goes to a church of your choice (it
doesn't have to be All Saints Nocton, but we'd like it to be!) and the
other half to the Lincolnshire Churches Trust.
Sat 8/Sun 9 Sept - ‘Village Heritage Weekend’
Nocton
Church will be open for Heritage Open Days from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on
Saturday 8th September, and from 12 noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday 9th
September. Light lunches and refreshments will be on sale for the
church repair fund.
Sun 30 Sept - ‘Harvest Thanksgiving and Supper’
Service
in Church at 4pm followed by the Harvest Supper at the village Hall.
Tickets £10 for adults, £5 for under 12s. A delicious supper and a
glass of
wine / fruit juice. For tickets please contact Ann 322739, Doreen
322323 or Carol 322930.
Thursday, 19 July 2012
Flower Festival reflections from Carol Bennett
(In case you wondered why there was no 'live' coverage, I've been away)
The best thing about the All Saints
Church Flower Festival was that so many people in Nocton and
Potterhanworth got involved. Whether it was growing plants and
selling them, arranging flowers, doing the Preview catering, baking
cakes and refreshments and serving them, stewarding, making a
donation towards the flowers or the wine, doing a reading at the
Songs of Praise – the age range was from 4 and upwards. The second
best thing was that the week-end of 29 June to 1 July was fairly
sunny with just a few showers. The worst thing was that while the
flowers were being arranged, the heavens opened up, and the south
aisle roofs leaked like sieves. Out came the buckets and mops –
reminders that although the main roofs have been renewed, the south
aisle, vestry and memorial chapel roofs all still leak very badly.
As Sheila Redshaw, one of the organisers of the plant stall said, you
can keep patching up, but eventually, after 150 years, you just have
to do things properly. The south roofs are for a later stage of
repairs, but the week-end raised an impressive amount towards the
target of £40,000 needed to pay for just the current repairs. Work
has stopped on the chancel wall paintings, as they will cost over
£20,000 to put right. Our beautiful church is high maintenance!
The theme of ‘our village in 1862’
was just right to celebrate the church’s 150th
anniversary. The flower arrangers had learned that there were no
pedestal arrangements at the time of the church’s consecration, so
other equipment came into use as flower stands: a milk churn for the
farmers; a cradle for the children baptised at the font; logs for the
game keeper’s window; Victorian plant stands to represent the
cottage gardeners; and tiered stands, using cake stands one on top of
the other, on the high altar and in the housewives’ display in the
vestry. The miller, wheelwright, village shop, hall gardeners, the
Vicar, stonemason and the Royal Ripon Lodge were all represented by
the imaginative use of flowers and period objects.
Nocton School did a lovely display on
the theme of the Victorian school room. As well as their garden
flower arrangements, the children’s own embroidery contrasted with
the Victorian sampler made by a village child that hangs on the walls
of Nocton School. Like the church, the school was the gift of just
one family – the Earl and Countess of Ripon and their son, the
Marquis of Ripon. We felt privileged to have with us during the
week-end the Earl of Buckinghamshire. He represented the Countess’s
family, the Hobarts, whose estate of Nocton and Dunston the Countess
of Ripon inherited. Hermione, Aaron and Holly read an extract from
Lark Rise to Candleford in the Songs of Praise on Sunday
evening, which like the Flower Festival had the theme of our village
in Victorian times. Afterwards, Hermione asked the Earl of
Buckinghamshire for his autograph!
The Lincoln Minster School Chamber
Choir gave a concert on the Saturday evening in which the singing was
quite amazing by any standard, especially considering that the
performers were mostly aged 16 and under. The whole week-end was a
rich mix of history, artistry, music and entertainment. It helped to
put Nocton on the map with visitors from near and far. Our thanks go
to all who helped to make this such a successful and enjoyable event.
[Photos below are by Richard Free.]
Monday, 25 June 2012
It's nearly here...
The Flower Festival is almost upon us! Just a reminder of the highlights:
Friday 29 June Preview Evening (ticket only)
Saturday 30 June church open 10 - 5, concert 7.30 pm
Sunday 1 July church open 10 - 5, Songs of Praise 6 pm
See you there!
Tickets from Sue Morris
(01526 321455) or email: sue@sjmtjm@myzen.co.uk
www.noctonfestival2012.vpweb.co.uk
Tickets from Sue Morris
(01526 321455) or email: sue@sjmtjm@myzen.co.uk
www.noctonfestival2012.vpweb.co.uk
Sunday, 17 June 2012
Flower Festival countdown
Nocton's Flower Festival starts in just 12 days!
Friday 29 June
Preview Evening starts at 7.30 pm, admission is by ticket only. Tickets include wine and canapes and cost just £5.
Saturday 30 June
Church open 10 am - 5 pm for viewing, refreshments and plant stall.
7.30 pm concert by the Lincoln Minster School Chamber Choir (Choir of the Year 2010 finalists)
Tickets £9 (Supporters of Nocton Church £8), includes glass of wine, under 16 free
Why not buy a combined preview/ concert ticket for just £12?
Sunday 1 July
Church open 10 am - 5 pm for viewing, refreshments and plant stall.
6 pm - Service of Songs of Praise
Tickets from Sue Morris
(01526 321455) or email: sue@sjmtjm@myzen.co.uk
www.noctonfestival2012.vpweb.co.uk
Tickets from Sue Morris
(01526 321455) or email: sue@sjmtjm@myzen.co.uk
www.noctonfestival2012.vpweb.co.uk
Sunday, 10 June 2012
More about the Flower Festival concert!
Lincoln
Minster School Chamber Choir Concert on Saturday 30 June in Nocton
Church, 7.30p.m.
Six
months ago this choir premiered a new work by Howard Goodall CBE,
composer of the signature tunes for Blackadder,
The Vicar of Dibley and
Mr Bean. They
were summoned to Westminster Abbey to sing the first performance of
Every Purpose Under
the Heaven, with
words from the King James Bible. They will sing selections from this
piece as part of a varied programme of choral music at our Flower
Festival concert. Don’t miss the chance to hear this outstanding
school choir, in which many ex-Lincoln Cathedral Choir choristers
sing.
Tickets
are £9 (Supporters £8), and children 16 and under are free. Why
not buy a combined ticket to the Flower Festival Preview and the
concert for just £12?
Our
wonderful village church needs your help!
Can
you please steward at the Flower Festival, serve refreshments and/or
make a cake
or two?
Please
contact Ann Kennedy (01526 322739)
or
email Sue Morris – sue@sjmtjm.myzen.co.uk
Flower Festival - only 3 weeks to go!
Nocton
Flower Festival Weekend
Friday
29 June to Sunday 1 July 2012
Our
Village in 1862: Celebrating Nocton
Church’s 150th anniversary
The
finest Gothic Revival church in Lincolnshire is undergoing
major repairs to preserve it for future generations.
Friday,
7.30pm - Flower
Festival Preview Evening
Admission
by Ticket only - £5 - Wine and canapés
Saturday,
10 a.m. - 5 p.m. - church open
Refreshments
& plant stall.
Concert at 7.30 p.m.
Lincoln
Minster School Chamber Choir
Choir
of the Year 2010 category finalists
Tickets
£9, Under 16s Free, Supporters £8.
Combined
ticket preview/concert - £12
Complimentary
glass of wine at the interval
Sunday,
10 a.m. - church opens
Refreshments
& plant stall
6.00
p.m. - A Service of Songs
of Praise closes
the festival
Tickets
from Sue Morris
(01526
321455)
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