GUNTHORPE Contact: John Blakeley 01263 861008 jbconsult@btinternet.com www.gunthorpefriends.co.uk
FOGPC January
50/50 Club Draw Results February
John Blakeley £20.00 Linda Russell £20.00 Lynn Marr £15.00 Mike Whyman £15.00 Hilary B-J £10.00 Marianne Atherton £10.00 Rob Cutterham £5.00 Paul Tacon £5.00 David Ward £5.00 Hillary B-J £5.00 Vivienne Wilson £5.00 Colin Dewing £5.00 Marie Denholm £5.00 Jeremy Denholm £5.00 If you are new to the village or have not yet joined, and you would like more information on both the 50:50 Club and “Friends” memberships, please contact John Blakeley on 01263 861008. Another year has flown by, and at the end of May it is time for subscriptions to the Friends and 50:50 Club to be renewed – assuming of course that you wish to do so! The Friends subscription from Jun 16 to May 17 inclusive is a minimum of £5.00 per person (additional donations always welcome!) and the 50:50 Club is £12.00 – if you are a member of both a single cheque for £17.00 pp (or the multiple if you are paying for several subs) made out to FOGPC can be used. You can also pay by BACS – details below, but if you do this can you please drop me an e-mail at jbconsult@btinternet.com to ensure your subscription status is updated and that you do not miss any of the monthly draws. The Friends membership and any other donation can be Gift Aided and if you have not already completed a form we would be most grateful if you could consider doing this – provided you are a taxpayer of course.
those who have contributed raffle prizes and provided and dispensed refreshments for the coffee mornings. Myfi Everett & John Blakeley
ST MARY’S CHURCH NEWS We are very pleased to confirm that our 4th Sunday services are now being taken, on alternate months, by the Rev Oliver Folkard and the Rev Stephen Seamer. We welcome and are most grateful to them both. St Mary’s has a mole problem in the churchyard any advice on how to deal with this issue from our readers would be most welcome. Please remember to use our bottle bank, which is now back in the church car park, the revenue is much needed. Penny Brough Churchwarden
FRIENDS OF GUNTHORPE PARISH CHURCH The Friends Churchyard Clear-Up will take place on Sunday the 15th of May from 9am until about mid-day, when we will have sausages, buns and drinks to celebrate our achievements. (A vegetarian option will be available!) Please can all who are free come to help, even if only for a short time – it all makes a big difference. There are jobs of every size for all ages and abilities and it makes a great boost to the Spring start of the churchyard gardening season. Bring your secateurs, tools, etc. along if you wish, but we will have tools on hand. The provisional date for our AGM is Friday the 1 st of July at 6pm in the Village Institute. We hope to see many of you there. The meeting will be followed by fish and chips, and it’s a great time to come and see what we’re about if you are new in the village. The Friends is a secular charity raising money to support the fabric of St. Mary’s Gunthorpe Church. Further subscription details can be found in the 50:50 Club article in this issue. Please mark Saturday the 30th of July in your diary for the Friends Fete BBQ in the Gunthorpe Hall gardens. It begins at 7pm. Fruit punch will be included, but please bring your own wine. Tickets are £10 per adult (a small increase since the last one in 2011), £6 for children age 5 to 12 (no change), with under 5 year olds free. This is the evening before the village fete and is a
NAT WEST Bank plc Sort code 53-50-73 Account number 25727532 Finally can we also take this opportunity to thank you all members for their support for the past 12 months, and in particular we would like to thank all
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