To celebrate our 800th anniversary we are holding a year of special events and services. We hope you will join us for some or all of these events.
We will begin with a special Peal of Bells on the 4th January and end with a Peal on 29th December.
Events
January 18/19th Nostalgia Weekend
Saturday 10–5pm in the Church and Village Hall Sunday 2–5pm in the Church and Village Hall
February 15th Band concert Lutterworth Town Band
March 22nd Mothering Sunday – 10.45am
Welcoming Children from local play groups and schools displaying craft work
April 18th Social Evening
Social Evening in the Village Hall
May 31st Mission Service
Pentecost with guest speakers
June 19th Teddy Bears’ Picnic
Barwell C/E Academy Teddy Bears’ Picnic
July 25th Summer Fayre
Summer Fayre/Strawberry Tea in The Village Hall
August 23rd Teddy Bears’ Picnic 2 – 5pm
Teddy Bears’ Picnic at Kirkby Road Park
Drum Head Service
led by the Church Lads & Girls Brigade 4.30pm at Kirkby Road Park
September 12–14th
Patronal Festival Weekend,
Flower Festival
Theme 1220–2020: 800 Years Of History Church open: Saturday 10–5pm Sunday 2–5pm Monday 10–4.30pm Tuesday for school visits
Saturday evening Brigade Concert 7.30pm in Church Sunday morning Thanksgiving Service with Bishop Martyn 10.45am Sunday Evening Songs of Praise 6.00pm
Cricket Match
Barwell-Coventry Cricket Match Date and time to be announced
October 10th Harvest Supper
Harvest Supper 7.30pm Village Hall
November 1st All Saints Service
10.45am in church
Annual Memorial Service
6.00pm in church
December 5th Christmas Concert
Cant amici Choir 7.30pm in Church
For further details of events, concert ticket prices etc.
please contact Rev. Philip Watson Tel 01455 446993 or see the Church Notice Board.
Some of our events are being run by the Mother’s Union and the Church Lads and Girls Brigade. Please contact Rev. Philip for further details of these organisations, or any other matters to do with the Church or the Christian faith.
About St Mary’s Church
In 1043, Earl Leofric and his wife, Godiva, established a Benedictine Abbey at Coventry and gave the Abbot and the twenty-four monks with him lands for their upkeep. Barwelle, along with nineteen other villages passed into the hands of the Abbot of Coventry.
“Wella” is the word for stream and “Bar” the name for boar, and so this clearing in the woods was known in the Saxon tongue as Barwelle.
As we look back over history, though there have been hard times there have also been many good times and we have much to be thankful for.
I hope you will join us for some, or even all of these events as we give thanks for 800 years of Christian love and work in our Village.