Lanchester Church Wives

Lanchester Church Wives have been meeting as a group since the early 1970's. We meet on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays from September until July when we have our AGM at our final meeting, which is on the 2nd Thursday in July. Our other activities consist of our Christmas meal out at our first meeting in January, our summer eat-out in June and our day-away in July. We meet in the Chapter House at 7pm and we are usually finished by 9pm.

A range of speakers are booked for most dates by Gladys Robson, our secretary. We also have two free dates each year for our faith suppers, when we entertain ourselves. We serve tea and biscuits after the meeting, and we have a tea rota of volunteers.

We pay our subs, which at the moment is £5 per year in September and we pay £2 each meeting which goes towards the speakers' fund.

We currently have 21 active members. If you would like to give us a try then please either just turn up and introduce yourself, or if you know another member then please come along with them. My telephone number is in the church magazine so please feel free to ring me if you need any more information.

Deanna Leyland

Our speakers / activity  until the summer break:-

11 Jan                                                                Christmas Eat out

25 Jan         Peter Weighill            Fire Brigade Funny Tales

8 Feb          James Masters           Mercy Ships

22 Feb       Lisa McDonnell          Wing and a prayer

14 March  Dave Dean                  Behind the chequered Band

28 March                                       Maundy Thursday Service

11 April      Richard Pears            Harriet Carr, Artist

25 April     Bernadette Hunt        Forensic Work

9 May        Morris Ward               Yves Saint Laurent

23 May      Rachael and Shelia    Music with the Harp

13 June     Ian Emerson               Donkey Sanctuary

27 June                                           Summer Eat out

11 July                                            AGM and Strawberry Supper