Getting involved: 1st February 2026

Activities

• Sapling Saturday volunteers work to remove plants and saplings growing by and damaging graves. We also work on increasing churchyard biodiversity and access.  In 2026 there will be two opportunities each month to volunteer for this work - the 2nd and 4th Saturday each month, 9.30 to 11, finishing with coffee, cake and a chat. 

The next dates are 14th and 28th February.

 

• Gravestone and memorial recording project. Supported by local historian Andy Buchan, we are creating a record of every church and churchyard memorial which will be lodged with the local records office and the church. Training is provided and we arrange to work in pairs to complete this exciting project.  This activity is arranged at times convenient to volunteers. A session is available on the 4th Saturday in the month where volunteers can work together - next dates 28th February.

 

For information about any of these volunteering opportunities, please talk to Nick Stephenson or Caroline Plaice (warden).

 

• Restarting in April Green Gym runs from 2-5pm on Mondays, mowing, strimming and trimming the churchyard. Training is given in using any equipment.

 

• Welcome Conversations – Third Saturday of the month, usually 11am –midday.    

 

• Shared Reading

2026 is the UK National Year of Reading, so there is no better time to treat yourself to the pleasure of reading with others! Helen Currie will be starting a Shared Reading group will run in church on selected Saturday mornings each month from 10.45 – 11.45 am.   The next sessions will be on 7th February and 14th March.

 

Shared Reading is a perfect community activity - it involves coming together through a text, sharing our own responses and developing our thinking by listening to other people's ideas. There is no pre-reading or preparation involved and no HW is set! Helen will provide one or two readings each session which may be a short story, an extract from a longer text, a poem, an essay or even a play. Readings will come from authors from all places, cultures and periods in history. We read through the text together, with no efforts to be 'literary', just giving our personal responses to the text.

 

It's handy to know how many copies of the texts we need, so if you would like to come along then please let Helen know or email her on fergandhelen@blueyonder.co.uk,

 

• Craft Club  - "Weekly 'Craft Club' every Monday. Bring along your own craft work to do or have a go at the craft of the day (materials supplied). 

 

• Visit to Muller Museum You are cordially invited to an afternoon excursion to the George Muller Museum. We will be meeting at church on Saturday 25th April at 1.45pm, for those who would like to car share.  The museum is a short trip away in Ashley Down. There will be a sign-up sheet in the welcome area in church so we can confirm numbers and ensure car spaces for the trip. We will be back at church by 4PM to enjoy tea and cake together. The museum website offers an interesting taster into the life and work of George Muller in Bristol: https://www.mullers.org/museum

 

• Open Afternoon @ HTH– following the success of the event last October, a provisional date of Saturday 30th May 1-5pm, has been agreed for the 2026 Open Afternoon – have a go at ringing, playing the organ, joining a churchyard tour, eating delicious cake and so much more. Further details to follow.

• Performance of Pianoforte Saturday 6th June 7.20pm in the Hall. A play about the life of Mary Frost, Chartist. More details to follow. Save the date.