Come and Discover the Plant, Wildlife, and Nature in your local churchyard and grounds!This event ties in with the national Love Your Burial Ground Week & Churches Count on Nature (focused on nature, wildlife, history, food, and lifestyle).More details of the national week can be found at: https://www.caringforgodsacre.org.uk/churches-count-on-nature-faqs/Christ Church are organising their own Eco Fair and are inviting many local environmental and nature groups to take part as well as the local community.No booking necessary.Sat 8th June 2024 12-4pm at Christ ChurchThe day will include:🦋 Bug hunts🪱 wildlife specimens🎋 wild plant tours🎤 nature talks📖 storytelling🖍 colouring competition🎨 children’s activity tables🪧 local wildlife and environmental organisation’s displays and talks🎤 local history talks🍔 picnic area🥤🍪 refreshments… and much moreAll welcome! Come and DiscoverIf you are interested in getting involved in the day, please email: daphne@christchurchswindon.co.uk
In this week's video, Simon talk about his extended study leave, which starts this Wednesday for four months.You can watch this week's video on our YouTube channel here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fI3cc74IOSA#christchurchswindon #weeklyupdate #news #fromthevicar
It’s our 11th year and we hope it will be the best one yet. The festival is our biggest fundraiser of the year so please come along and support it!After the success of last year, we will be running the festival over FOUR DAYS again.On Thursday 9th May we will open the festival with our comedy evening in Christ Church.Doors and the bar opens at 6pm for an early sampling and food will be available to purchase from the fabulous Food for thought who will be serving their amazing fish and chips plus burgers, hot dogs etc.There will be top comedy from Headliner Fiona Allen as seen on: Smack the Pony, Mock the week, Alan Partridge, 8 out of 10 cats, never mind the buzzcocks, the Frank Skinner show.Support acts include Jonathan Elston ‘A comic with incredible talent’ The Guardian and Ian Macdonald – who has been gigging since he made 400 vicars laugh (at the same time!) and realised that Stand Up Comedy was the mid-life crisis he was searching for.Swindon local, the fabulous Sam Michael will be returning as our MC for the night.Friday 10th May will be our standard opening night of the festival. Come along and try some of the many beers and ciders on offer whilst socialising with others in Christ Church.On Saturday 11th May in the afternoon, there will be meet the brewer sessions with a chance for you to meet a few of our local breweries, grill them and try some of their ale.On the Saturday evening (from 5pm onwards), there will be live music from excellent local bands, Sweet Nightingale, The Lost Hills, Driftwood and the return of the fabulous What the Pluck who put on such a great performance last year.We are also delighted to confirm that SALOS Musical Theatre company will be hosting an evening of songs from musicals to close our festival on the Sunday evening.Come along and enjoy the sing-along. The ticket price includes all drinks and snacks for this one.Tickets for all events are NOW on SALE!Head over to our festival website to find out more and buy tickets HEREYou can also download our full festival brochure HERE or on the link in this post.You can also view the posters for all this year's Beer Festival sessions at the links in this post
In this week's video, Simon thinks about all the teams involved in running the Christ Church, and thanks them for all their time and support. He also thanks all those involved in putting together and volunteering at last weekend's successful 4th Swindon Jazz and Soul Festival held here.You can watch this week's video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LbbkrjR2tY#christchurchswindon #team #volunteering #nationalvolunteerweek #thankyou
