kilmingtonvillage.com
Village Matters
Information
home 
st giles’ churchlatest church news
PALM SUNDAY PROCESSION AND SERVICE
The Palm Sunday Procession on 28th March is planned to start at 10.30 am from Kilmington Common led by a donkey, routing along The Hill and down The Street stopping for songs, prayers and Readings en route to St Giles’ Church for a combined Family Service with the Baptists at 11.15am. Palm crosses will be handed out on the way and everyone is invited to join this colourful event as we remember the ride through Jerusalem by Jesus on a donkey some 2,000 years ago. Refreshments will be served in the Village Hall afterwards.
ST GILES’ CHURCH FLOWER ARRANGERS MEETING
A Coffee Morning for St Giles’ Church flower arrangers will be held on Wednesday 24th March at 10.30 am in The Cider Orchard to discuss the rota for the next Church year and to resolve any problems/questions. Individual invitations will be sent to the usual team but anyone who is prepared to join it would be most welcome, even if only to help; please contact either of the undersigned.
Coral Dunmow 01297 33337
Caroline Lavender 01297 34922
MOTHERING SUNDAY SERVICE AND TEA
Mothering Sunday this year falls on 14th March and will be celebrated by a Family Service in St Giles’ Church at 3.00 pm to which all families and friends are warmly invited. The Service will obviously be very child friendly and posies will be available to present to all mothers present. Afternoon tea will be served in the Village Hall afterwards, with entertainment, tickets for which will be available from Hurfords Stores or the Church Wardens at £4 per adult, children free.
THE REV'D LINCOLN JONES
Lincoln celebrated his 90th birthday on 20 November having served as a Parish Priest all his life, actively supported by his wife Valiant. He was born near Cardiff, the younger of two brothers and a sister. He realised at Grammar School that he wanted to become a Minister and went on to theological college at Llandaff being ordained in Llandaff Cathedral in 1943. He served in a number of parishes in Wales before moving across the border to parishes in Somerset until retirement as Vicar of Bishops Liddiard at the age of 65. He moved to Kilmington in 1981 and continued to preach in churches in the Benefice supporting Shute Church in particular. He was Chaplain of the Kilmington Branch of the Royal British Legion for over 20 years. We congratulate him and thank him for his long ministry.
Clive Garner kindly agreed to conduct a Quiz night in the Kilmington Village Hall at 7.30 pm on Saturday 27 January in aid of St Giles’ Church funds. Subsequently, he slipped on ice and damaged his head and back, but if he is not fit enough, the Quiz will go ahead somehow! Tickets will be on sale from Hurfords Stores or from the Church Wardens at £5 to include a Ploughmans supper with coffee or tea. You are welcome to bring your own drinks for which glasses will be provided. Come along to join a team for an informal and fun evening with the chance of winning prizes. Donations for the raffle would be much appreciated. Meanwhile, our best wishes to Clive for a speedy recovery.
Caroline & Brian Lavender
Not in St Giles' Church, Kilmington! Hundreds passed through its doors over the Advent/Christmas
Season this year. Most were to attend the scheduled Services, large numbers to raise
funds for restoration of the Tower bells, many to hang golden stars on the Memory
tree recording the names of nearly 500 absent loved ones, a good number to see the
Church beautifully decorated with red poinsettias loaned from residents, some to
attend two funerals and a baptism, and a few to offer silent prayer at a very holy
time of year. Increased attendance by young people was very notable, perhaps due
to the enormous success of the monthly Messy Church activities that take place in
the Village Hall and Church in conjunction with the Kilmington Baptist Church. The
Vicar, the Rev'd Alastair McCollum, who is also Vicar to the four other Parishes
in the Five Alive Mission Community, ably supported by the Rev'd Anne Mills, the
non-
CHRISTINGLE AT ST GILES'
St Giles' Church, Kilmington, was very crowded for the Christingle Service with Baptism, conducted by the Rev'd Alastair McCollum, on Sunday 13th December. With Christingles adorning the altar, the Christmas and Memory Trees lit and candles flickering in the windows, it was a very festive scene which brought a wholehearted response from the 40 plus children present. The Vicar welcomed everyone and after songs, prayers and readings, he baptised Joshua and Jasmine Bargery while their parents, godparents and everyone present welcomed them as members of the Church with candles representing the Light of the World. The Vicar then explained the significance of the Christingles which most of the children seemed to know already. The children, some with their parents, collected them from the Vicar and after they were lit the children sang Away in a Manger; there were even some spare Christingles to give to neighbours and friends. It was a colourful and vibrant Service buzzing in anticipation of the Christmas celebrations to come. £232 of the collection was donated to The Children's Society.
