Events

Event Information:

  • Thu
    08
    Nov
    2018
    Sun
    11
    Nov
    2018

    St Mary's Poppy Festival

    10am-4pmSt Mary's Church

    St Mary's Poppy Festival - 10am-4pm Thursday - Saturday | 12pm - 4pm Sunday 

    St. Mary’s Church will be decorated with Poppies and memorabilia from WW1, in addition St. Mary’s is celebrating the award of “There but not there” Twenty One Silhouettes funded by the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust which will form the major part of our Festival and we hope will bring our Community together to remember and to think about the Armed Forces today.

    Entry is free, donations are welcome. Detailed below is a list of planned features on display around the Church, please do visit.

    • Windows full of Poppies, WW1 Medals, Memorabilia and War Poems from WW1
    • “There but not there” Twenty one Silhouettes located around the Church to remember the Twenty one soldiers from the Village who lost their lives.
    • Model of an Unknown “Tommy” Soldier
    • Window full of Cornflowers, French memorabilia & display to other nations who lost their lives
    • Poppy Screen of remembrance at the Church Entrance and War Memorial
    • Remembrance Exhibition of those who lost their lives in WW1
    • Solitary display of Twenty One soldiers “BOOTS” who lost their lives in WW1
    • Window display remembering Women in WW1
    • Remembering display to Horses and other animals from WW1
    • Places for reflection and Private Prayer

     

     

Regular Events

BaconCoffee and a Bacon Sandwich
Last Saturday of the month
9.30am – 11.30am | Sherburn Community Centre
Pop along for a cuppa, bacon or sausage butty and good old chat.

Knit and Natter
Every other Tuesday
1.30pm  – 3pm | St Mary’s Church
Everyone is welcome, we can provide wool, needles, patterns, cup of tea. You need only provide the natter.

 

Mothers’ Union
2pm | 3rd Monday in the Month, St Mary’s Church
St Mary’s Mothers’ Union meets monthly, usually on a Monday afternoon. The group is concerned with all issues affecting family life in modern society, and is involved in charitable work at home and abroad.  Men and women, of all ages and in any family circumstance, are very welcome to join us.
For more information about the Mothers’ Union generally, have a look at the Mothers’ Union website. If you would like to find out more about our group at St Mary’s please contact Jean Wilkinson, our local branch organiser.