Church Services
Services & Events
On Saturday 14th December 4-6pm, we are having 'Mulled Wine and Carols by Candlelight' in West Deeping Church. We would like to encourage people to bring along a table decoration with a candle to light up the church. Everyone is invited to come and admire and vote for their favourite decoration whilst enjoying homemade mince pies, cookies and mulled wine including a non-alcoholic option. There will be a prize for the favourite decoration including one for children. The candles will then be lit as a backdrop for the West Deeping Handbell Ringers who will be performing followed by informal carol singing. It would be lovely if you could support this festive event. Donations gratefully received (there will be a card reader for electronic donations) shared between Sue Ryder (Thorpe Hall Hospice) and the church maintenance fund. Suggested donation £5 per person.
On Sunday 15th December starting at 11am, there will be an 'All-Age Nativity' family service in the church. Our bell ringers will be ringing from 10:30am to remind you to please come along to sing your favourite carols and see our nativity drama. We will be serving light refreshments after the service and the heating will be on!!
On Tuesday 24th December you are very welcome to come along to the 'Midnight in Bethlehem' Christmas Holy Communion service STARTING AT 9PM (midnight in Bethlehem!). Father Aran will be leading with carols accompanied by the Andy McCormack players. What better way to start Christmas. We look forward to seeing you.
Our next service after Christmas will be in the New Year ... morning prayers on Sunday 12th January starting at 11am.
On behalf of Father Aran and the West Deeping PCC, we wish you a very Happy Christmas and ook forward to seeing you in church in the New Year.
We hold a Morning Prayer service at 11am on the 2nd Sunday of each month and All Age Worship at 11am on the 4th Sunday. Please come along - it would be lovely to see you.
For details of all services/events in the Uffington Group of churches please see Towers & Spires.
Foodbank
Thank you to everyone who has donated to Foodbank each month. Your donations are very much appreciated. Collections will be over the last weekend of each month: please leave your donations in the box in the church porch. The most needed provisions are listed on the West Deeping Foodbank WhatsApp page. Thank you to everyone who has given. If you would like to join the WhatsApp Foodbank group for updates straight to your phone please contact Janet on 07730377015.
Messy Church
Messy Church is an informal, craft-based form of church for children of all ages. The principle is a fun and informal form of church, consisting of craft activities based around a Bible reading/theme followed by a short period of celebration (an activity, singing, some prayers), and a meal together. It is welcoming for people of all ages, but is particularly suitable for families with young children - adults stay with the children, thereby also having the chance to get to know more about Jesus and to get to know each other. Please feel welcome to come along and join in. Tell your friends and invite anyone who you think would be interested. Also volunteer to help if you can - we need people to welcome families, to run crafts, to assist with catering and to set up and clear away afterwards. For more information please contact Les Baillie 01780 765908 bailliesinuk@aol.com or Fr Aran 07590055905 aran.beesley@gmail.com.
Reordering Project
The Church toilet/servery improvement project building work is now complete. You may be interested to read the Final Report on the Project is here.
The church is open daily during daylight hours notionally 9am to 5pm. Please go and have a look at the new facilities + the newly repaired/lime washed Nave West Wall - and let us know what you think. We would like to take this opportunity to thank the many people who have supported the project which has enabled us to provide modern facilities for everyone in the local community.
Notices:
Look out for the next Friends’ Group email for further details about forthcoming events in our church. If you are not yet a member of West Deeping Friends’ Group and would like to join, please contact Colin.