Notices and Events

Easter Lilies:  any donations towards the lilies for Easter would be very welcome. Thanks Pam Holland

Messy Church: our next Messy Church session is on Saturday 28th March. 3-5pm, when we’ll be meeting to think about the story of Holy Week and Easter. All families with children are welcome to join us for activities, craft and food.

Eco Corner: Whether you are into gardening or not it can be nice to have a patch of flowers to cheer up a garden or balcony and can also be good for wildlife. You don’t have to buy expensive plants from the garden centre. Instead swap plants and cuttings with friends. If you are not sure what will grow well, look at neighbouring gardens to see what thrives there. If you do have a garden and a plant that you like and is spreading or reseeding then place it also in another part of the plot – or gift it. As we know flowers and plants make beautiful present.

APCM: This year’s APCM takes place on Sunday, 26th April, after the 10am service. If you are interested in joining the PCC, we have 12 places available. We will also be electing 3 Deanery Synod Representatives as well as Church Wardens. Nomination forms are at the back of church. In order to be a PCC Trustee, you must have been on the Church Electoral Roll for at least 6 months. All elected PCC Trustees must undertake safeguarding training and a DBS check. You can read more about what it means to be a Trustee here.

Nottingham Chamber Singers: ‘Cathedrals of Sound’ concert, Saturday 25th April, 7.30pm, at St John’s. The programme uses the spaces of the church to enfold the audience in music composed for special buildings and occasions. Bruckner’s sonorous Mass in E Minor, scored for eight-part choir and wind ensemble, takes us to the ‘new’ cathedral in Linz, Austria, while other composers convey us through England, France and Poland to Italy – from Durham Cathedral to St Mark’s in Venice, via Warsaw’s Chopin Airport! Programme to include music by Bruckner, Gorecki, Arvo Part and Vaughan Williams. Tickets are £15 full price, concession £14, child/student £5, and can be booked online at https://www.music-for-everyone.org/whats-on/concerts/ or by calling the Music for Everyone box office on 0115 9589312.