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Village Working Party – Sunday 15th October
We need your help! Please spare a couple of hours on Sunday 15th morning to take part in the annual village clear up. We need help with:
Many thanks – Brightwalton Parish Council – [email protected] We have a few dates coming up in September which are going to be lots of fun!
Saturday 2nd Sept - Music Concert, village hall 4pm organised by Bella Tryon Monday 4th Sept - Youth Club Summer BBQ, village field & hall 5 - 7pm Monday 25th Sept - Church Mouse Kitchen Soup Lunch, Church 12 - 2pm special guest talk from Barrie Hedges, Reliance Motor Services Saturday 30th Sept - September Social, village hall, doors open at 7.15pm, live music from the PUGS from 7.30pm, Bar & Snacks available Monday 30th Oct - Kids Halloween Party, village hall 4 - 6pm more details to follow. I'm looking for a few people to help me run the bar on 30th Sept, if you'd like to help let me know! Katherine Moore Brightwalton Community Coordinator Join us on the playing field on the 4th August for a family brunch, bring what you are eating, activities and games will be out for the kids. All welcome 9.30 till 11.30
Youth Club Summer Party BBQ On the playing field Monday 4th September at 5pm. For more information please contact Katherine - [email protected] Katherine, our Community Coordinator has booked the PUGS (Peasemore Ukelele Group) for the September Social in the village hall. Bar and snacks will be available.
30th September 7pm  Brightwalton Parish Council is pleased to announce that Brightwalton Youth Club will be restarting at Brightwalton Village Hall from Monday 17th April 2023 5.30pm to 6.30pm. The Youth Club will be run by a team of volunteers and is affiliated with Berkshire Youth. Open to all primary school aged children, each week we will have games and activities as well as a craft table available. We have also booked in some activity sessions through Berkshire Youth. During the summer months we hope to make use of the field and play a range of outdoor games. There will be lots to do and a chance for the children to relax and enjoy spending time with friends and making new ones. There will be free fruit available at each session as well as a tuck shop where the children can purchase a snack. We will run term time on the following dates: 17/04/23, 24/04/23, 15/05/23, 22/05/23, 05/06/23, 12/06/23, 19/06/23, 26/06/23, 03/07/23, 10/07/23, 17/07/23. To book your child/ren into youth club please use this form: or you can contact [email protected] for further information. A separate payment request will be sent once you have completed the form with either a termly donation, weekly donation or pay it forward option (if requested). You can also pay by cash. All forms must be completed by 15/04/23 All regular volunteers are DBS checked and have received safeguarding training. If you’d like to volunteer to help at a session please contact us on the above email Wednesday morning 8.30 till 10am drop in for tea and coffee and the church. Every Wednesday during term time.
The Parish Council has organised a qualified instructor to provide Emergency First Aid at Work training on Saturday 4th March 2023 in the Village Hall from 9.30 till 4.30. Successful completion of the course will result in a certificate valid for 3 years, useful for your own knowledge, volunteering and work.
Cost will be £55 each - we have a few places still available, please get in touch if you are interested in attending. Email - [email protected] Come and join in with this special festive event in Brightwalton Churchyard on Wednesday 21st December at 6.30pm. The Christmas tree will arrive in early December and will be lit up as a central point for the Carol Service, which has now become a village traditon. We will be warming the festivities up with mulled wine and soft drinks. Put the date in the diary, bring the family, invite friends and neighbours, we look forward to seeing a great turnout!
Raising funds for Ukraine
Donating via the Disasters Emergency Committee A CONCERT IN BRIGHTWALTON CHURCH A mix of light classical and Eastern European music Featuring: - Piotr Jordan, a professional freelance violinist originally from Lodz, Poland. Piotr performs Eastern European music in addition to his classical repertoire and Chris Terepin, a professional freelance cellist, whose family home is in Brightwalton Both are donating their time to come and play in support of the people of Ukraine Sunday, 31st July 2022 7pm There will be a request for donations on the night for the DEC Ukraine Appeal Refreshments will be available to purchase Join us for the Brightwalton Village Fete from 1pm - 4pm on Bank Holiday Sunday  Thames Valley Police – Tool Marking Event Our Thames Valley Police Rural Crime PCSO team will be running a tool marking event in Brightwalton Village Hall car park on Sunday 27th March 2022 from 10.30am to 14.00hrs. This is for people to bring along garden tools, such as power tools, mowers, strimmers, chain saws etc. They put an identifiable mark using CRE Mark security kit – all free of charge. They will also be offering security advice.  St All Saints Church, Brightwalton will also be holding an Open Air Carol Service around the Christmas tree on Wednesday 22nd December at 6pm
A copy of the the Order of Service can be found here media.acny.uk/media/Open_Air_Carols_2021_Download_for_Phone__4XlL6Uf.pdf Refreshments will be held after the service in the Churchyard, wrap up warm! For a full list of all the Christmas Services please visit A Church Near You website Act of Remembrance Service will be held at Brightwalton War Memorial today, Thursday 11th November at 10.50 led by Year 6 Brightwalton School Pupils.
An Act of Remembrance Service will also be held in Leckhampstead at the War Memorial on Sunday 14th November at 10.50 The United Benefice Carol Service will take place in All Saints Church, Brightwalton on Sunday 19th December at 6pm. Choir rehearsals are under way - please contact Judith Orpen if you would be keen to join.
Carols around the Brightwalton Christmas Tree will take place at 6pm on Wednesday 22nd December. Following on from the success of last year the Parish Council will supplying and decorating a Christmas Tree in the Churchyard, Carols will be held around the tree at 6pm - lovely family event. As published in the Brickleton News, there will be a 2.30pm service on Good Friday in the churchyard. It will be a short reflective service with poetry and music.
A copy of the pew sheet can be downloaded here. Spring Services in the West Downland Benefice
7th March 10.45am Zoom Church 14th March Mothering Sunday 10.45am Zoom Church All Day Posies & Prayers in the churchyards 15th March 11am Seated Holy Communion at Chaddleworth 21st March 10.45am Zoom Church 22nd March 11am Seated Holy Communion at Chaddleworth Passiontide & Easter Services 28th March Palm Sunday 9.00am Open Air Matins at Fawley 10.45am Zoom Church 29th April 11am Seated Holy Communion at Chaddleworth 1st April Maundy Thursday 8pm ‘Remembering Gethsemane’ in Chaddleworth Churchyard 2nd April Good Friday 9.30am The Passion Reading & Prayers in Welford Churchyard 10.30am Café Church Open Air Storytime at Great Shefford 2.30pm ‘Standing at the foot of the cross’ in Brightwalton Churchyard 4th April Easter Day 6.30am ‘Christ is Risen’ Open Air Holy Communion in Leckhampstead churchyard 10.00am Zoom Church Special please note the earlier time 5th April Bank Holiday Monday No seated Holy Communion this week Zoom Links We want everyone who attends our Zoom services to feel safe and welcome. Please use these links to invite family, friends and neighbours to join you for these services, but do not share them on social media or other generally circulated media. Mothering Sunday 10.45am Join on your computer, laptop or device https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85991215455 Dial in on your landline 0131 460 1196 United Kingdom 0203 051 2874 United Kingdom 0203 481 5237 United Kingdom 0203 481 5240 United Kingdom 0203 901 7895 United Kingdom Meeting ID: 859 9121 5455 Easter Day 10am Please note the earlier start time Join on your computer, laptop or device https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86178722900 Dial in on your landline 0131 460 1196 United Kingdom 0203 051 2874 United Kingdom 0203 481 5237 United Kingdom 0203 481 5240 United Kingdom 0203 901 7895 United Kingdom Meeting ID: 861 7872 2900 Sunday 20th December 2020 6.30pm in Brightwalton All Saints Churchyard Let’s keep everyone safe! We are delighted that we shall be able to sing carols together as long as households and bubbles are socially distanced from one another. Please come wrapped up warm and bring a torch! If you have Covid-19 symptoms, or are self-isolating, please do not attend. Please download your service sheet in advance and bring with you on your phone or printed - thank you. Open Air Carol Service Sheet  From 15th November we’ll be returning to Zoom Church at 10.45am every Sunday another ‘good thing’ that showed us week by week that we are part of a community who with God’s help and his love in our hearts will pass through this season with hope for new beginnings.
Remembrance Sunday & Armistice Day Acts of Remembrance will take place, but with this, from the Government website, at the forefront of our minds: “For the avoidance of doubt, the following people are legally permitted to attend events to commemorate Remembrance Sunday as participants. Attendees should observe social distancing at all times. Attendees should also take advantage of opportunities for wreath layers to represent wider groups. · people attending as part of their work (such as local councillors, local faith leaders, the local MP) · people attending in a voluntary capacity on behalf of a recognised organisation · members of the armed forces · veterans of the armed forces, and/or their representatives or carers Members of the public are legally permitted to stop and watch the event as spectators, but event organisers should take reasonable steps to discourage the public from attending events, and be mindful of the risk that such events pose, especially to veterans who are often elderly.” In order to enable every member of our communities to honour those who left our villages to serve but who never returned, we are encouraging all those who do not fall into one of the authorised groups to hold a ‘Doorstep Remembrance’ at home at 11am on Sunday morning. You may wish to observe the silence in your own way, perhaps lighting a candle, laying a wreath or poppy; you may prefer to listen to the radio coverage from London, or you may wish to use the short order of service I am attaching to this email. I hope that in much the same way that ‘Clap for Carers’ offered us an opportunity for a collective thanksgiving ‘Doorstep Remembrance’ will be a poignant collective pause to remember that the service of every one of the Fallen began on the doorstep as they left their home and is remembered by us. I am grateful to our Parish Councils and all those who have been working with me to interpret and enact the most recent regulations and accompanying advice. The following Acts of Remembrance will take place subject to Government Regulations Remembrance Sunday 8th November Leckhampstead War Memorial 10.50am Welford &Wickham War Memorial 10.50am Armistice Day Wednesday 11th November Brightwalton War Memorial 10.55am On 11th November (Wednesday) we shall be gathering on Zoom for ‘Prayers for Peace’. In a troubled world this will be an opportunity to pray for peacemakers and peacekeepers of all sorts and from all nations and communities. The Zoom link is in this week’s pew sheet Revd Miriam Keen Despite the cancelled fete, the Parish Council would still like to go ahead with the competition of dressing the front of the village houses and, or gardens in honour of all the heros for VE Day. There is a prize for the winner, pictures can be posted on the Facebook page and also shared for the website and Brickleton News. Please email to [email protected] Judging will take place on Sunday 10th May , we look forward to seeing the display!  Tickets on sale now for the Brightwalton Summer Ball at Green Farm, in aid of the ASPIRE project .  Enjoy a magical, uplifting performance from The Newbury Rock Choir  the UK’s favourite contemporary choir as featured on BBC, ITV SKY & Radio 1
Saturday, 28th March 2020 7pm at Brightwalton Church Followed by a fish and chip supper & a drink £15 p/p £7 for under 15 yrs Ticket inc. a drink. There will be a bar Proceeds will go to the Choir’s chosen charity Bucket List Wishes, and the village ASPIRE Project Contact Gill Judge for tickets: [email protected] The Brightwalton Quizmasters invite you to challenge your general knowledge in a
wide-ranging, fun quiz. Friday, 24 January 2020 7.00pm arrive for a 7.30pm start at Brightwalton Village Hall Come as a team of eight, or come along and make up a team Everyone welcome Prizes for the winners Bring your own picnic supper Tickets: £10 per person which includes a welcome drink This event is held in aid of the Aspire project, which is working to develop the church building for greater and more varied use by the community RSVP Please reserve your place by replying to [email protected] |
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