2023 News
John Wesley - 'The best of all is GOD IS WITH US'
Flower Festival- 130th Church Anniversary
The Radcliffe on Trent Grange Art Group were pleased to respond to the suggestion that a small art exhibition might form a suitable backdrop in the School Hall where coffee and cake were on offer during the weekend’s Flower Festival.Thirty-two paintings were produced and hung for sale by the art group with the intention of donating a contribution from the sales to help fund the Festival. In all eight paintings were sold raising a total of £190.Many members of the art group and their...
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Fun Days for the Young at Heart
Hi all. Well, what a wonderful 3 days we had at the fun days, much laughter, singing and joy. It started on Monday with tea and biscuits, as did every fun day morning, then on to the nitty gritty. Board games. Who knew that our fun dayers were so competitive? There were cheers of YEAH. Groans of OH NO, which I am sure could have been heard in the village. At 12.30 a light lunch of egg, ham and cheese sandwiches were served, along with salad and crisps, which was very well received. The afternoon...
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Fun Days for the Young at Heart
I am co-ordinating 3 days of Fun and Friendship from 7th to 9th August from 10.30am to 3.30pm in the church. This will include morning sessions of board games, Treasure Chest and 'Wish you were here', and afternoon sessions of sing-along, craft and musical entertainment.Lunch and refreshments will be provided.For this to be a success I need Help – people to coordinate/lead activities, people to provide and serve lunches and refreshments, people to do the heavy work of moving chairs...
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Coronation of King Charles the Third
Thank youI would just like to say a massive thank you to all the people who helped to make the Coronation celebrations such a huge success.From the people who put up all the bunting and made it look wonderful, to the people who decorated tables so painstakingly and fabulously.To all the sandwich makers, cake bakers and scone makers.Not forgetting the master of ceremonies who called the raffle and looked very regal in his crown. The people who came to help tidy up at the end, without you we would...
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Christian Aid Plant Stall
The Plant Stall for Christian Aid made £355.Thank you to everyone who helped, provided or purchased plants. ...
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Memory Cafe Marathon
Thank you to all those who participated in the sponsored Walk-Run-Cycle in aid of the Memory Cafe. We raised over £5,600 for the four local Memory Cafes. A special thanks to the Singing Group at West Bridgford.Radcliffe Memory Cafe meets on the third Tuesday of the month from 2pm-4pm at Radcliffe Methodist Church. ...
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A Special Word of Thanks to all the Team On Friday Coffee and on Saturday Community Coffees
You are so fabulous doing the regular coffee mornings each a Friday to sometimes up to 45 people! A great success and good to meet so many there. And great tea cakes and cards!And thank you to the team who do Community Cafe with always those lovely cakes and to give proceeds to charity – marvellous. Not forgetting the Soup Lunch each month, and the Tuesday Afternoon Fellowship and the Memory Cafe – all of which have a splendid team of volunteers and bakers! and many people to help an...
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Thank You Radcliffe Junior School
Not only did some of you come and sing at Memory Cafe this week and looked after the people who were so pleased to see you and hear you sing, but you also were building paper airplanes and having such fun with people old enough to be grandparents or even great grandparents!We looked out for your return on Wednesday last as classes came and we talked about the things you always find in a church, about grandparents dying and where they went, about what makes a Christian building special and about...
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Memory Cafe
Well done all who walked, ran and cycled from the singing group in aid of the four local Memory Cafes. It was a terrific turn out, bright and early last Saturday at 8:30 am, starting from Radcliffe Methodist Church where Gillian and Maria had set out lovely cakes together with Jane James and Jon to welcome loads of fit and energetic looking people. And incredibly the marathon sponsored cycle / run raised over £5,600 in aid of the four memory cafes. That’s an incredible help to t...
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What kind of Pilgrimage do You want to go on?
It is very popular now in its many forms - travelling with a purpose, pilgrimage for the sake of your soul, walking with Jesus, walking with a purpose!And in Radcliffe we did ‘enjoy’, though that’s not quite the right word, the Good Friday Walk of Witness. We walked through the town with German friends, members of the Catholic Church and some Anglicans and when we looked back there were over 80 of us walking so not an insignificant witness made better when Father John dashed ou...
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Does the UK Government “Do God”?
An independent review has declared that life in the UK would be very different indeed were it not for the huge contribution made by people of faith and leaders of worship. It says: "imagine if churches and other places of worship removed their time, money and creativity from public life? What would happen to Foodbanks or parent and toddler groups? What about the army of volunteer chaplains in prisons, hospitals, universities? What about those volunteers who faithfully visit the sick or the...
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Looking to Lent
Looking to Lent with Justice and Hope.We start Lent on Ash Wednesday with a service at church led by Revd. N Jones Ash Wednesday Service- 22nd February at 7.00pm.We mark Maundy Thursday at church with communion on this very holy day of remembering.Maundy Thursday-6th April at 7:00 pm. Groups At Church For Lenten Journeys You are invited at 10:30 am each Monday at church to follow the Bible themes of justice and hope: Monday 27th February, Monday 6th March, Monday 13th March, Monday 20t...
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