St Michael's Church Tilehurst2014 Events
These are some of the key events at St Michael's which took place in 2014, listed in reverse order (with the most recent events at the top of the list).
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November 2014 - Breadline Africa Carole and Doug Aspinal arrive in South Africa with a very large consignment of knitted garments from St Michael's nimble knitters, just two days after they were blessed in our Church by the Rector at the Sunday service. The picture shows Doug and Carole with Edna Titus of Breadline Africa. |
November 2014 - Christmas MarketA lively event with Father Christmas, the Church Choir singing seasonal carols, and lots of stalls selling all manner of useful items for the Christmas period and beyond.
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November 2014 - Bishop of Reading blesses new roof
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October 2014 - Harvest Supper and Festival
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September 2014 - Patronal and Flower FestivalThis year is the celebration of the 825th anniversary of the Church, so a traditional Flower Festival was held over the Patronal weekend. The photos below show some of the flower arrangements on display. (Photos by Rosa Bardwell)
 Interview with Eileen White and Glenis Kerr Elliott - about the celebrations to mark the 825th anniversary of St Michael's church Interview with the then Rector, Revd John Rogers - about the 2012 Restoration and St Michael's church Interview with the then Rector, Revd John Rogers - about his life and his introduction to the ministry Interview with Jackie Chappell - about the Wednesday Lunches
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May 2014 - Medieval FayreA Medieval Fayre was arranged as part of the celebrations in the 825th year of St Michael's church. The sun shone brilliantly for the whole day. Much fun and laughter was had by all who attended, especially when the Rector was thoroughly soaked in the stocks by his parishioners. Many visitors took the opportunity of visiting the bell tower to try their hand at ringing a bell. The Knit and Natter group had a stall selling their hand-made crafts and knitted garments, and the usual cake stall did a roaring trade. Some were able to dress up for the occasion in medieval costume. A lot of effort went into arranging the day and some £1,700 was raised towards Church funds. Thanks to all who helped and attended the event.
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May 2014 - 100th Peal by Jo DruceJo Druce, who has been the Captain of Bells at St Michael's for well over 20 years, recently celebrated her 100th Peal on church bells. To mark the occasion she chose the method called Tilehurst Surprise Major (which has not been rung as a full peal at St Michael's since 1938). The peal took place on 11th May 2014, lasting for 2 hours 50 minutes. The band of ringers was from past and present St Michael's ringers (left-to-right: Jo Druce, Sarah Ewbank, June Wells, Giles Winter, Jo Knight, Stephen Smith, John Wells, Colin Newman). The milestones achieved by this Peal were: Jo scored her 100th peal; Sarah scored her 150th peal; John and June scored their 850th peal together; and it was the first time that Joanna, Colin and Sarah had ever rung that particular method. Jo dedicated the peal to all Tilehurst Ringers, past and present, especially Jane Antoniou, Rosalind Knight, Daphne Howcutt, Gordon Runham and Donald H A Drayton.
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Over the course of the weekend, a number of interviews were broadcast by BBC Radio Berkshire:
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