Diary

—what’s happening in our village?

One-off Events:

17-21 April - Easter

The sun is shining, clocks have sprung forward, April has started and the Village Hall committee have been planning some family fun for Easter weekend!

As in previous years, we would love our village to be adorned with outdoor Easter decorations and are asking if you could put up wreaths, bunting, eggs hung in trees, rabbits, hare, chicks etc , in fact any way that you could decorate the outside of your house and garden. All we ask is that your decoration uses sustainable products which means reusable and no plastic.

We would like all decorations to be up by April 17th (Maundy Thursday) as there will be an Easter Trail on Good Friday and Easter Saturday. This is for families to walk around the village,admiring the Easter displays and looking for 12 hidden letters and culminating in a Village Hall gathering on Easter Saturday afternoon (see this poster). Entry forms for the trail will be available to collect on the village hall noticeboard from Good Friday morning.

We do hope that you can join us, with family and friends, to celebrate a fun filled Chiselborough Easter.

Easter Services & Church events

Good Friday, 18 April: 3pm, Gawlers Hill, Three Crosses

Family Tea@4 in Chiselborough Church: After the Good Friday service on Gawlers Hill at 3pm why not join us for a cup of tea and a hot cross bun or slice of cake as we meet for an hour of tea, songs and music, bible story and crafts. We will be outside if the weather is nice and will be making Easter gardens. Starts 4pm. All are welcome.

Easter Sunday, 20 April, 9.30am, Holy Communion in Chiselborough Church

Saturday 26 April - Plant Fair

Norton and Chiselborough Plant Fair 11 - 3pm at Norton Village Hall

Saturday 10 May - Willow Obelisk workshop

10am – 1pm – Make a Willow Obelisk for your Garden. Craft your own 5ft willow obelisk with Warren. All materials and tools provided. Cost: £25 and just a few spaces left!

All workshops include refreshments. Interested in coming? Just book your place in advance by emailing Deb, here.

Thursday 5 June - Watercolours workshop

1.30 – 4pm - Happy Floral Watercolours. Learn to use liquid watercolours with tutor Natasha Eveleigh and you’ll take away 2 colourful pieces of art. Suitable for beginners and improvers. £35

All workshops include refreshments. Interested in coming? Just book your place in advance by emailing Deb, here.

Saturday 7 June - save the date! - Village Garden Party party

Village Garden Party, 12-2

Summer Cocktails

With a superb Raffle

At Candleford House, North Street

A chance to catch up with friends and raise funds for our village Church

Everyone warmly welcome ; please come, it’s a great chance to meet up with friends old and new —and please bring a plate of nibbles if you can!

Friday 11 July - Chalk Painting Furniture workshop

6.30 – 9pm – Gain the skills and confidence to apply chalk paint to your furniture projects. A friendly and very practical evening with Sara Morley, learning about the magic of chalk paint, colour layering, and finishing techniques. This will be step-by-step workshop in which you’ll have the fun and satisfaction of completing a small supplied project. £25 to include chalk paints, waxes, brushes and all other materials.

All workshops include refreshments. Interested in coming? Just book your place in advance by emailing Deb, here.

Sunday 13 July - Village cricket match

The annual village cricket match between Chiselborough/Norton v West Chinnock will take place at the West Chinnock Cricket Ground on Sunday the 13th of July.  If you’re interested in playing, please contact Sam Watson on 07759 044320.

Regular Events:

Music Night - monthly, through the winter

Cure all ailments! Alleviate your worries! Ameliorate those toxins! 100% approved, testimonials available! With the extraordinary... Chiselborough music night! (all rights reserved, no actual guarantee of improvements to health)!

Please tell your friends! And bring something along to perform if you wish...

Music begins at 7.30pm at Chiselborough village hall. Performers of all sorts and abilities are very welcome, and listeners too. Entry is by donation - Suggested contribution £3 for adults, £1 for teenagers, under 12 free. Bring your own drinks. Snacks will be available. —Patch Tucker

Church events

Chiselborough Housegroup continues on Wednesday evenings, in members homes—Bible study, prayer and fellowship. New people very welcome. Contact Chris Howat for details. The Ladybirds Toddler Group has moved to All Saints Hall in Stoke.

Mobile Library: monthly on Tuesday mornings

The library bus will be near the Village Hall at a time between 9.30 and 10am

Book Club

2nd Tuesday each month. Contact Janet Hutton or Anne Fairweather.

Our Church is open daily

Daily 10am – 4pm : for individual prayer / visitors (except during services)

Church Services : every Sunday morning

Chiselborough Church has a regular 9.30am service on the 1st, 3rd and 4th Sunday of the month.  On the 2nd Sunday we join with the rest of the Benefice in a 10.30 Café Church which rotates around the Benefice, while for 5th Sundays we join together as a benefice and have one united service.  For further details of all services in the Benefice see here.

The Fish Van: every Tuesday, 9.20am

Not entirely sure this is an event!.. but here’s a quick mention for the weekly visit of Daren’s fresh fish van, enjoyed by a queue of appreciative villagers. Daren stops outside the Village Hall every Tuesday around 9.20am.

There is an independently run village email newsletter, which includes a wealth of practical, social and community information. Typically it is updated and circulated once or twice weekly. If you would like to receive this, please call Alexandra on 881476.