Volunteers wanted - free show tickets available.There are some gaps on the rota for running the Church Rest Tent at the Gillingham and Shaftesbury Show on August 13th and 14th this year. Please consider volunteering.We share with friends and colleagues from the Shaftesbury Benefice two-hour shifts to make coffee and tea, serve cakes, clear tables, and so on. It is friendly, often busy and fun. You can spend the rest of the day visiting the show.Have a word with Kate or Tom Wickson for more details.
We have eight bells at St Mary’s Gillingham, which are rung regularly.Bell practice is on Monday evenings from 7:30pm to 9pm. The bells are rung for the 10am Sunday morning Eucharist from 9:30am.We have a small friendly team of ringers, but need a few more people to join us.If you would like to learn to ring (age from about 11 or adult), why not come along to one of our practice sessions to see us ringing and find out what is involved?Bell ringing is good fun for people of all ages, as well as being a service to the church. And it’s excellent exercise!Possibly you are already able to ring and would like to take this up again and join us.If you are interested, please contact the Ringing Coordinator, Alan Jeffs, on awjeffs@btinternet.com.
