If you would like to join them, see the notice posted elsewhere on this site.You'd be very welcome.
June 19th was a special night for St John the Baptist. Not only was it the Archdeacons Visitation but our superb bell ringers rang a quarter peal of plain Bob Doubles.To the uninitiated, this involves changing the order of the bells 1260 times in 39 minutes - without stopping and without mistakes. Wow.Congratulations to Lance (Bell Captain), Tayeed, Linda, Brenda, Viv and Rupert.
On Thursday evening we rang a quarter peal. This means we change the striking order 1260 times without stopping which took 42min. The method we rang was Devon Place Doubles, and was new to all our ringers. It was an honour to ring and a great achievement by all our ringers. I believe about 1300 churches throughout the country also rang on the 6th. Many other churches rang on the Wednesday 5th. All the ringing is listed on website. Just type the word bellboard, click ringingworld bellboard. The team of ringers can be seen on our page - 'The bells, the bells'
Baptism Preparation will take place quarterly on the following dates in 2024 from 10.30 - 12pm3rd August - CANCELLED2nd NovemberWedding Preparation will take place on Saturday 27th January from 12-1.30pm. A buffet lunch is provided.Drop-ins for initial Baptism and Wedding enquiries with the vicar will continue to be held on the last Friday of the month between January and October at 6- 6.30pm Baptism Prep, Wedding Prep and Drop-ins are all held at the Church of the Holy Spirit, Mount Road, Etching Hill.
