So what does the Guild do for me, and why should I be a member? It provides the forum for Districts to arrange and run their monthly programmes, to have regional practices and activities available practically every Saturday of the year, and a number of times in between. Without the Guild would there be Districts? Probably not [...]
Guild Dinner last night. Preparing for it most of the day. The evening went very well, with grace from Rev Rod Pearce and excellent handbells from John Couperthwaite, Ruth Blackwell, Tom Page and Martin Turner. Many thanks to all for your contributions. Socialising and chat went on until pushing midnight, when the remaining hard core [...]
Last minute preparations for tomorrow nights Guild Dinner. Busy day tomorrow, picking up the beer (Dorking Brewery DB1), collecting table centre pieces, dropping all off at the hotel and helping set out the table plan, back to run through the speech (again), and then off to the dinner, DJ in hand. Not a bell in [...]
How many of our churches are having Summer Fates or Flower Festivals this year? Are you planning to use these for an Open Day or Recruitment opportunity? Feedback welcomed.
Interest for the Belfry Maintenance course are coming through, but still a couple of slots open. Delegates so far have generally come from the east end of the diocese. Would people from the west end of the diocese prefer a session more locally, in which case we could run another session more locally during Holy [...]
Busy time of year, but seem to spend most of my free time in meetings or planning ringing activities rather than on the end of a rope. Just publish notification of a Belfry Maintenance course for 6th March and started discussions with the District Training Offices on options for Holy Week activities. If you have [...]
Mike Bale