2023 Programme
A printable pdf of this programme is also available here.
Saturday January 28th, 7pm
(Please note this is the correct day and time. Some fliers show incorrect information for which we apologise!)
Burns Night Supper
We will celebrate the birthday of the great Scottish poet with a traditional meal (Haggis, neeps and tatties followed by cranachan) with the Selkirk grace, addressing the haggis, the immortal memory and other traditional (short!) speeches. There will be a choir singing Scottish ballads. St Katherine’s Hall.
Tickets £15.00 must be purchased in advance (contact [email protected] / 07577 720154 or (from Jan 4th) Jenny Silcock 01531 636594). Bring your own drinks.
Wednesday 15th February, 2.30 pm
War Memorials in Ledbury
The war memorials in the church and in the centre of town are well known but how did they come to be set up, and could you name the other four memorials which exist in our town? Jenny Harrison will put all the pieces of the jigsaw in place.
Tickets £4.00 / £3.00 for members. Tea and biscuits will be served after the event. Venue: St Michael’s Church.
Wednesday 22nd March, 2.30 pm
They have left behind a name......
Churches tend have many memorials, commemorating the lives and deeds of more prosperous citizens.
Celia Kellett will show you some of the best examples and explore the names immortalised in statuary and glass.
Tickets £4.00 / £3.00 for members. Tea and biscuits will be served after the event. Venue: St Michael’s.
Wednesday 19th April, 2.30pm
Hymns with a hinterland
Many of our best-loved hymns were written for a very particular reason at a particular time in the life of the writer or a Christian community. Kate Cheetham and Tim Keyes will explore 6 hymns in terms of their words and music (and give you the chance to join in singing them).
Tickets £4.00 / £3.00 for members. Tea and biscuits will be served after the event. Venue: St Michael’s Church.
Wednesday 17th May, 2.30pm
Lives beneath our feet
Peter Tattersall will introduce us to the Ledger Stones of St Michael’s, the many memorials set into the floor of the church, and explore in a little more detail the lives and times of some of those whom the stones commemorate.
Tickets £4.00 / £3.00 for members. Tea and biscuits will be served after the event. Venue: St Michael’s Church.
Wednesday 14th June, 6pm
Summer Social (Members only)
This is our chance to say “thank you” to those who have signed up as members for the year. We will have drinks and nibbles at the church (outside, weather permitting) and simply enjoy each other’s company.
Venue: St Michael’s. No charge.
Wednesday 28th June, 2.30 pm
Facing outwards, drawing in
We are used to noticing and finding out about things inside the church. How well do we understand the external features of the buildings and their environment? At this event we will benefit from the wisdom and experience of Tim Bridges, former Church Buildings Officer for the Hereford Diocese, to help us better appreciate the external features of the church buildings.
Tickets £4.00 / £3.00 for members. Tea and biscuits will be served after the event. Venue: St Michael’s Church.
Wednesday 5th July, 2.30pm
Walking the windows
Adrian Lamont will repeat his walk-and-talk around the stained-glass windows of the church, many of which were produced by leading artists in this field from the late 19th century to early 20th century. They are without doubt some of the finest examples of stained-glass in the county.
Tickets £4.00 / £3.00 for members. Tea and biscuits will be served after the event. Venue: St Michael’s Church.
Wednesday 20th September, 2.30pm
When is a Chapter House not a Chapter House?
What do we know about this distinctive part of the church buildings? All will be revealed: how it came to be built, how it might have been used over time and what are its most unusual features.
Tickets £4.00 / £3.00 for members. Tea and biscuits will be served after the event. Venue: St Michael’s.
Wednesday 18th October, 2.30pm
Tour of the Bell Tower
Tim Keyes, Tower Captain, will conduct a 75 minute tour of the bell tower in which major work has been done to the bells and all the main spaces over the last two years. You will learn about the history of the tower, about craftmanship old and new and about the art of bell ringing.
Maximum number 20. Places must be booked in advance. ([email protected] / 07577 720154).
Tickets £5.00 / £4.00 for members.
Wednesday 15th November, 2.30pm
AGM & Annual Lecture
Please note:
Membership is £5.00 per annum. Non-members are welcome to attend all events except the Summer Social. Membership forms are available at the back of church or by email ([email protected]).
This programme will also be published on the church website (with updated details if appropriate): http://www.ledburyparishchurch.org.uk/
Chairman Tim Keyes
Secretary Val Houghton
Welcomers Coordinator David Houghton
Treasurer Ian James
Membership Sec Jenny Silcock
(Please note this is the correct day and time. Some fliers show incorrect information for which we apologise!)
Burns Night Supper
We will celebrate the birthday of the great Scottish poet with a traditional meal (Haggis, neeps and tatties followed by cranachan) with the Selkirk grace, addressing the haggis, the immortal memory and other traditional (short!) speeches. There will be a choir singing Scottish ballads. St Katherine’s Hall.
Tickets £15.00 must be purchased in advance (contact [email protected] / 07577 720154 or (from Jan 4th) Jenny Silcock 01531 636594). Bring your own drinks.
Wednesday 15th February, 2.30 pm
War Memorials in Ledbury
The war memorials in the church and in the centre of town are well known but how did they come to be set up, and could you name the other four memorials which exist in our town? Jenny Harrison will put all the pieces of the jigsaw in place.
Tickets £4.00 / £3.00 for members. Tea and biscuits will be served after the event. Venue: St Michael’s Church.
Wednesday 22nd March, 2.30 pm
They have left behind a name......
Churches tend have many memorials, commemorating the lives and deeds of more prosperous citizens.
Celia Kellett will show you some of the best examples and explore the names immortalised in statuary and glass.
Tickets £4.00 / £3.00 for members. Tea and biscuits will be served after the event. Venue: St Michael’s.
Wednesday 19th April, 2.30pm
Hymns with a hinterland
Many of our best-loved hymns were written for a very particular reason at a particular time in the life of the writer or a Christian community. Kate Cheetham and Tim Keyes will explore 6 hymns in terms of their words and music (and give you the chance to join in singing them).
Tickets £4.00 / £3.00 for members. Tea and biscuits will be served after the event. Venue: St Michael’s Church.
Wednesday 17th May, 2.30pm
Lives beneath our feet
Peter Tattersall will introduce us to the Ledger Stones of St Michael’s, the many memorials set into the floor of the church, and explore in a little more detail the lives and times of some of those whom the stones commemorate.
Tickets £4.00 / £3.00 for members. Tea and biscuits will be served after the event. Venue: St Michael’s Church.
Wednesday 14th June, 6pm
Summer Social (Members only)
This is our chance to say “thank you” to those who have signed up as members for the year. We will have drinks and nibbles at the church (outside, weather permitting) and simply enjoy each other’s company.
Venue: St Michael’s. No charge.
Wednesday 28th June, 2.30 pm
Facing outwards, drawing in
We are used to noticing and finding out about things inside the church. How well do we understand the external features of the buildings and their environment? At this event we will benefit from the wisdom and experience of Tim Bridges, former Church Buildings Officer for the Hereford Diocese, to help us better appreciate the external features of the church buildings.
Tickets £4.00 / £3.00 for members. Tea and biscuits will be served after the event. Venue: St Michael’s Church.
Wednesday 5th July, 2.30pm
Walking the windows
Adrian Lamont will repeat his walk-and-talk around the stained-glass windows of the church, many of which were produced by leading artists in this field from the late 19th century to early 20th century. They are without doubt some of the finest examples of stained-glass in the county.
Tickets £4.00 / £3.00 for members. Tea and biscuits will be served after the event. Venue: St Michael’s Church.
Wednesday 20th September, 2.30pm
When is a Chapter House not a Chapter House?
What do we know about this distinctive part of the church buildings? All will be revealed: how it came to be built, how it might have been used over time and what are its most unusual features.
Tickets £4.00 / £3.00 for members. Tea and biscuits will be served after the event. Venue: St Michael’s.
Wednesday 18th October, 2.30pm
Tour of the Bell Tower
Tim Keyes, Tower Captain, will conduct a 75 minute tour of the bell tower in which major work has been done to the bells and all the main spaces over the last two years. You will learn about the history of the tower, about craftmanship old and new and about the art of bell ringing.
Maximum number 20. Places must be booked in advance. ([email protected] / 07577 720154).
Tickets £5.00 / £4.00 for members.
Wednesday 15th November, 2.30pm
AGM & Annual Lecture
Please note:
Membership is £5.00 per annum. Non-members are welcome to attend all events except the Summer Social. Membership forms are available at the back of church or by email ([email protected]).
This programme will also be published on the church website (with updated details if appropriate): http://www.ledburyparishchurch.org.uk/
Chairman Tim Keyes
Secretary Val Houghton
Welcomers Coordinator David Houghton
Treasurer Ian James
Membership Sec Jenny Silcock