Framework Coffee Morning
This Saturday at 10am
In the Burton Joyce Community Church hall
Please come and support the Framework Christmas Challenge
Saturday 15th December 2018
Community Church hall
10am - 12 noon
Cakes, coffee, stalls - all the usual things!
Carols by Candlelight at BJCC
Don't forget! This Sunday!
4.30pm
Our carol service at Burton Joyce Community Church this year is at 4.30pm on Sunday afternoon. Arrive early. Space is limited. But it is always good to have a crowd.
There will be a collection in support of charities for the homeless in Nottingham.
This Sunday, 16th December 2018
Burton Joyce Community Church
Carols by Candlelight
4.30pm
Carol Singing
Carol singing in Burton Joyce
This Thursday!
A group from local churches will be singing carols round the village on Thursday evening this week. So, if you see them or hear them, do stop and join in. The more the merrier! Meet outside the charity shops in the centre of the village at 5.45pm on Thursday 13th December with first stop at Westwolds and then ... well, other places around the village.
Nativity at BJCC
It's up! Our new nativity scene is up and in position above the main entrance to the church on the corner of Meadow Lane and Main Street opposite the BJ Chip Shop and opposite the Post Office. And there are more nativity sets inside the church for you to look at when you visit the Christmas Tree Festival this weekend.
Come on in! The church is open on Saturday and on Sunday from 4pm.
And at 4.30pm on Sunday, we have Carols by Candlelight.
Come in to look at the christmas trees or come and sing carols, or both.
You will be very welcome.
Many different societies and organisations and village institutions have decorated a tree for the Festival. At last count I think it was fourteen. Or perhaps fifteen. There are trees from the BJ Library, Brownies and Guides, Womens Institute, drama, choir, flower arranging, village lunches - Oh help! Now I'm going to get into trouble because I've missed someone out. You can come and count them and check who is there. But no one is missed out because we have a Village Tree for everyone who hasn't got a tree of their own.
And there is a Memory Tree where you can write a label to tie on the tree (It's the white one) for someone or something you want to remember this Christmas.
Christmas Trees & Carols ... & libraries?
Saturday 1st December & Sunday 2nd December
Burton Joyce Community Church
For the homeless in Nottingham/shire
The opening weekend of the Christmas Tree Festival at the Community Church was an outstanding success. Loads of people from the village came into the church after the village Christmas lights event on Saturday evening. Well done to everyone involved especial all of you good people who set up a tree and decorated it. The lights sparkled and glowed and the sense of community was palpable.
A special mention for the Library tree and its attendant who was doing brisk business on Saturday afternoon encouraging visitors to make use of the library if they didn't already do so. More strength to the village library, that's what I say!! We need these village institutions to thrive so that everyone in the community can feel that they have a place where they belong. Keep borrowing those books!
(By the way, look at all this stuff with the library:
... and there's a book group, I think. And a jigsaw out on the table you can help with.)
Sunday, there was a good turn out for the informal Carol sing-in in the Community Church hall. In fact, there were so many people that extra tables and chairs had to be found and we ran out of scones. (Did I mention the scones?)
Next weekend, let's see if we can make it as good.
Saturday 8th & Sunday 9th December
Burton Joyce Community Church
Christmas Tree Festival
Everyone welcome. Entry free
Open both days from 4pm
Come along & join in!
All gifts and donations will go to Framework or The Friary
Your generosity may give someone a bed this Christmas or even save a life
