The Corby Glen Group of Churches would like to invite you to #FollowTheStar with them this Christmas.Our Carol Services offer a time when we can come together to hear the Christmas Story and to sing traditional Christmas Carols ~ a marvelous way to pause and reflect on the true meaning of Christmas.You are also invited to our other services during the Festive Season.If you live locally, watch out for the leaflet giving details about all the services. This will be delivered to all households in the benefice in the coming week or so. A low-resolution version of the leaflet can be downloaded from this site. Details of the services will be added to the website calendar over the coming days.
Prior to Remembrance Sunday, street poppies were installed around the village marking where the 24 Corby men who died in active service in WW1 had lived.On the Friday before 11th November, Year 7 students from Charles Read Academy gathered at the war memorial, where an address by Reverend Buckman was followed by a poem, and the laying of a wreath by a cadet. On 11th November, the village marked the 100th anniversary of the end of World War One. • The day started with prayers and the lighting of candles for the 24 Corby men who died in active service in WW1. A single bell was tolled for each of the 24 as their names were read aloud. • The annual Remembrance Day service took place at St John’s Church which was full to capacity. Wreaths for each of the 24 men were collected by relatives, servicemen, and residents of the village. • The wreath bearers processed to the war memorial in silence.• At the memorial, the 24 wreaths were laid around the war memorial, followed by the village civic wreaths. • After the two minutes silence, those present were invited to plant poppies around the war memorial, as a Field of Remembrance, which many did. • In the evening, following prayers for peace at St John’s Church, a peal of bells followed to mark the centenary of the end of WW1. • The evening was rounded off by a Walk of Peace to the village beacon, via the war memorial, and the lighting of the beacon, as part of a national chain of over 1,000 beacons.
