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Joyous and blessed Easter

Thursday 7 April 7.30pm Village Hall: Easter Vestry meeting and APCM. This is an important and
informative meeting in the life of our village church. All parishioners are invited to attend, to hear about the plans and outreach of St Michael's.

2010 was a year of exciting growth, especially through our Youth Worker, Richard Saunders. After 12 years of dedicated and devoted service, Ian Pemberton is stepping down as Church Warden. We give thanks for his commitment to the church and its community.

Please hold St Michael's in your prayers and ponder whether God is calling you to step forward for the
PCC. If you wish to know more details, please phone the Rector or Angela Smythe.

Dates for the Diary

3 April - Mothering Sunday: Family Service and Hugging of the Church, led by Angela Smythe and Richard Saunders.

17 April - Palm Sunday: Parish Communion and mini Passion Play.

22 April - Good Friday: Workshop, crafts and activities for all children. Village Hall, 10- 12am. Please wear scruffy clothes.

24 April - Easter Day: Family Communion and Baptism of Samuel Cummins.

Angela Smythe
                                                         BUTCOMBE FESTIVAL YEAR

Butcombe firms up its Festival timetable

This is a festival year in Butcombe, with events of all kinds scheduled right through until it concludes in the New Year with a revival of the Butcombe Pantomime. The timetable was still being finalised as we went to press, but we thought you'd like a glimpse of what's coming up later in the year. All proceeds will go to the Village Hall Roof Fund, so get those diaries out.

Timetable 2011-12 April (date tbc) Village walk, followed by tea and cakes at the Hall

20-22 May Weekend of craft taster events, finishing with workshop "Introducing Opera"

3 July Village Picnic

17 July Ploughman's lunch at the Hall, plus table games and grand potato weigh-in

7 August Family games day, outdoors or in the Hall

30-Oct 1 Sept Art Exhibition in Village Hall

1 October E-commerce workshop

12 November Barn Dance

December (date tbc) Community singing

February 9-12 (date tbc) Butcombe Pantomime.

Butcombe Evening Group