The following reminders come from Rev Linda Porter: We will be running a Lent Course again this year. It will take place on a Tuesday evening from 7 0’clock at the Exchange, Brighstone, commencing 3rd March when we will enjoy a film evening together, ‘The Greatest Showman’, on which this year’s course is based. Thereafter, […]
As most of you will be aware, Rev Clive is leaving us at the end of the month to take up a new post in Lincolnshire. We are all very sorry to be preparing to say goodbye, although we will of course be wishing him well in his new post. There will be a farewell […]
A very Happy, but somewhat belated, New Year to everyone. Although of course it was Chinese New Year yesterday on 25th January, so I can claim that I was waiting for that before writing the new year newsletter. We are now officially in the year of the Rat! The weather has not been kind to […]
As the nights close in and we begin to shut down for winter, we are preparing for the arrival of the scaffolding to herald the beginning of the work on the big east window. Our amazingly supportive friends at Wight Stonemasonry and Southern Lights have bent over backwards to help us this year, moving their […]
A huge thank you to those who have already signed up to the new Friends of Shalfleet Church group. And to Rhod Powell for all his hard work and enthusiasm for setting it up. This is a great way for everyone to help look after our wonderful church and its churchyard and meadow, and for […]
Well we made it – again! Rev Clive very generously agreed to go at half speed, and with Rhod away on his travels, and my friend Ben otherwise engaged, it was your trusty Churchwarden on his tod who mounted his bike and set off in the Vicar’s wake. Simultaneously, Chloe set off on foot. Read […]
It was wonderful to see so many people in the church for last Friday’s concert, and we were thrilled with the response we received. We had 95 punters through the doors, and with ticket sales, donations for refreshments and private donations towards the cost of putting on the event meant that we raised just over […]
We are very much looking forward to welcoming Ed and Katherine Clarke back to Shalfleet Church on Friday 9th August. The brother and sister duo will be laying on a wonderful evening of music at 6pm, with a programme ranging from Chopin and Debussy to Flanders & Swann. There will be a short interval, during […]