Category: St Giles

St Giles Services Christmas 2020 -January 2021

Christmas 2020

Due to COVID restrictions there will not be the usual service of
Nine Lessons and Carols.
  • December 24th           11.30pm    Midnight Holy Communion
  • Christmas morning  11am          Carols in the churchyard.
    (Mulled wine. Please observe social distancing)
  • Sunday December 27th       No service in St. Giles.

January 2021

  • Sunday  3rd     11am             Service of The Word
  • Sunday  10th   6.30pm       Evensong
  • Sunday  17th   11am.            Holy Communion
  • Sunday 24th   9.30am        Holy Communion
  • Sunday 31st     11am             Service of The Word

VJ Day Bell Ringing

[posted on behalf of Diana Day]

Yes a bell rang out over Dallington on Saturday to mark VJ Day, duly rung by David Wilson. We wish we could have rung all 6 bells but that is for the future, hopefully not too far off.  Diana Day

Ringers Return

(Posted on behalf of Diana Day)

Ringers Return
Photo of Dallington Church TowerNo, the Swan Inn has not changed its name, the Bellringers have taken up ringing again at St Giles Church, Dallington. With churches now open and Services occurring, we are chiming the bells on Sundays. We are only allowed to ring for 15 minutes, social distancing restricts us to alternate bells only to sound out. There will be no practice on Mondays for the foreseeable future, no visiting bands, but it’s a start. Diana Day

March 2020 events in Dallington

(from Bobbie Steel)

  • St Giles Church services in March
    • Sunday March 1st             11am.            Service of The Word
    • Sunday March  8th.          6.30pm.      Evensong
    • Sunday March 15th          11am.            Holy Communion
    • Sunday March 22nd         9.30am.      Holy Communion
    • Sunday March 29th.         11am.           Service of The Word
  • Library Cafe  Saturday March 7th from 10-12 and every Monday afternoon from 2-4.  Books, refreshments, friendly company.
  • Art Club  (weekly) Monday mornings from 10-12
  • Book Club (monthly) Monday March 9th 4-5pm
  • History Group There will be meetings of the History Group on
    March 10th (Doug Edworthy on the history of Dallington Forest) and
    March 24th (Pauline Ridley on Dallington Reading Room 100 years ago)
    All at 7 for 7.30pm in Dallington Old School Village Hall.
  • Poetry Group (monthly)  Monday March 16th 4-5pm
  • Villagers Group (monthly) The Dallington Village Group will meet on Thursday March 19th at 7pm  in the hall. (Please note the change of time). The subject will be ‘Who’s done that?’

December 2019 Services & News

(posted on behalf of Bobbie Steel)

Church services in December

Sunday  1st             11am                 Service of The Word
8th                            6.30pm            Evensong
15th                           11am                 Holy Communion
22nd                       6.30pm             Lessons and Carols
24th                       11.30pm     Christmas Holy  Communion
29th.                      11am.               Service of The Word
After the carol service there will be coffee and mulled wine and mince pies. The repaired heating in the church is working very effectively. One rather imagines that for years we have been heating the space under the foundations and now the heat is being directed inside. The disruption in the vestry made it a very good time to clean and paint, and a working party, led by John Day, has made a remarkable difference. A new carpet has been laid and now our Treasurer, Douglas Sewell,  is negotiating with our insurers as to the division of fiscal responsibility, or, who pays for what?

The Christmas tree will be brought into the church and decorated on Saturday December 14th. This will be after the school Nativity Service and in time for the children’s Carol Service before they break up.
Everyone is welcome to help on tree-decorating morning. It is always a very jolly time, just arrive between 10.30 and 11ish.

Dallington WI.
By the time this article is published in the magazines the W.I. here in Dallington will have held the Annual Meeting at which it will be wound up. There will be one last Christmas lunch on December 19th, in the Old School Village Hall at 12 for 12.30.

News September 2019

(Posted on behalf of Bobbie Steel)

September St Giles Church services:
  • September 1st.              11am.             Service of The Word
  • September 8th.            6.30pm.       Evensong
  • September 15th.           11am.            Holy Communion
  • September 22nd.          9.30am.       Holy Communion
  • September 29th.          11am.            Service of The Word
    Dallington WI

    Our August meeting was in the form of a garden visit and cream tea. We chose Merriments because of its proximity and the number of flat paths on which less able members could walk easily. The weather was perfect, the garden looked beautiful and the tea was delicious.A very happy afternoon.
    At our September meeting Brian Freeland will be talking about  ‘Women of The Raj’. Visitors are always very welcome, Thursday September 19th, at 2pm in the Old School Village Hall.

    Old School Village Hall.

    The usual Saturday morning opening of the library/ cafe was somewhat interrupted by a power cut. The power had gone off in phases, starting with the first houses at 8pm on Friday, and everywhere was blacked out by 11pm. It was not restored until Saturday afternoon. Cakes which were in the oven in preparation for the cafe were ruined, so biscuits and cold drinks were on the menu. The Monday and Saturday sessions have been enhanced by the sale of produce and flowers from the school garden, so the lack of hot coffee was more than compensated for by the lovely bunches of sweet-peas.

Also in the village hall: Art Club – every Monday 10-12

Dallington News for August

(From Bobbie Steele)

St Giles Church Services in August
  • Sunday 4th      11am.           Service of The Word
  • Sunday 11th     6.30pm.      Evensong
  • Sunday 18th.      11am.             Holy Communion
  • Sunday  25th.      9.30am.        Holy Communion

The churchyard has been looking very beautiful.  Whilst keeping the grass cut in the main areas Douglas and David have left the wildflowers to the left of the path and  there has been a wonderful show of ox-eye daisies and other lovely flowers.We are very grateful to our two willing volunteers, it is a delight to walk through both of the resting places.

Charlotte and Nick have kindly offered to host an Opera and Supper Evening in aid of church funds. This will take place on Sunday, August 18th. More details from Charlotte.

In July the children will have had their Leavers’ Service in the church. We wish them all a happy holiday and send our good wishes to those who are going on to new schools. We hope they remember their times in St. Giles and the words they heard there.

The Old School Village Hall

The wine tasting evening was great fun and now the  committee are taking a summer break from fundraising, the next event is planned for September. More about that when dates etc. have been confirmed.

Womens Institute

The August meeting of Dallington W.I. will be a garden tea here at Staces. This will be to plan the year ahead. Visitors would be welcome. Thursday August 15th, 2pm at Staces , The Street.

Ringing Remembers

(Posted on behalf on Diana Day)

Over the past few years we have all been thinking about WW1. At Dallington tower we rang to commemorate the 100 years since the Armistice and Peace in 1918, on 11/11/2018.

A ringer from Rainham in Kent designed this badge for all ringers to wear in future years especially on Remembrance Day. We have put our orders in and await the arrival. Diana DayBadge