2024 Programme
A printable pdf of this programme is also available here.
(Wednesday 15th May, 2.30pm
How to Read a Church
Looking at our church with new eyes – Mary Anne draws on ideas in the book ‘How to read a church’ and shares her personal thoughts on how some features of our beloved church might speak to a visitor.
Tickets £4.00 / £3.00 for members. Tea and biscuits will be served after the event. Venue: St Michael’s
Wed 5th June 2024, 6.00 pm
Summer Social (Members only)
This is our chance to say “thank you” to all of you for your support. 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.
Saturday 15th June, 1.30 onwards (last entry 5.00 pm)
Open Gardens
Six gardens of Ledbury residents in New St and Pound Meadow will be open to the public (with tea served at The Croft in Woodleigh Rd, home of Andrew and Cath Beech). Enjoy the variety of garden styles and enjoy a delicious cream tea with a wide range of cakes to follow. Flyers for this (with a map of the gardens on show) will be available shortly in church. Please tell all your friends and pass the flyers on. Tickets £5.00 (at the first garden you choose to visit). Contributions for tea requested.
Wednesday 10th July, 2.30pm
War Memorials in Ledbury (1918 - 2024)
The war memorials in the church and in the 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 14th August, 2.30pm
The Natural Environment of the Church
Rory Johnson will guide us around the perimeter of the churchyard and reveal to us the rich arboreal tapestry in which our church stands.
Tickets £4.00 / £3.00 for members. Tea and biscuits will be served after the event. Venue: St Michael’s Church & churchyard
Wednesday 25th September, 2.30pm
Hymns with a Hinterland (revisited).
Many of our best-loved hymns and anthems were written for a very particular reason at a particular time in the life of the writer or of a Christian community. Kate Cheetham, Tim Keyes and others will take a further look at the development of church music (and give you the chance of some audience participation)
Tickets £4.00 / £3.00 for members. Tea and biscuits will be served after the event. Venue: St Michael’s Church
Wednesday 20th November 2.30 pm
AGM & Annual Lecture (members only)
Please note:
We ask for a minimum donation from members of £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): https://stmichaelsledbury.org/
Chairman Tim Keyes
Secretary Val Houghton
Welcomers Coordinator David Houghton
Treasurer Ian James
Membership Sec Jenny Silcock
How to Read a Church
Looking at our church with new eyes – Mary Anne draws on ideas in the book ‘How to read a church’ and shares her personal thoughts on how some features of our beloved church might speak to a visitor.
Tickets £4.00 / £3.00 for members. Tea and biscuits will be served after the event. Venue: St Michael’s
Wed 5th June 2024, 6.00 pm
Summer Social (Members only)
This is our chance to say “thank you” to all of you for your support. 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.
Saturday 15th June, 1.30 onwards (last entry 5.00 pm)
Open Gardens
Six gardens of Ledbury residents in New St and Pound Meadow will be open to the public (with tea served at The Croft in Woodleigh Rd, home of Andrew and Cath Beech). Enjoy the variety of garden styles and enjoy a delicious cream tea with a wide range of cakes to follow. Flyers for this (with a map of the gardens on show) will be available shortly in church. Please tell all your friends and pass the flyers on. Tickets £5.00 (at the first garden you choose to visit). Contributions for tea requested.
Wednesday 10th July, 2.30pm
War Memorials in Ledbury (1918 - 2024)
The war memorials in the church and in the 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 14th August, 2.30pm
The Natural Environment of the Church
Rory Johnson will guide us around the perimeter of the churchyard and reveal to us the rich arboreal tapestry in which our church stands.
Tickets £4.00 / £3.00 for members. Tea and biscuits will be served after the event. Venue: St Michael’s Church & churchyard
Wednesday 25th September, 2.30pm
Hymns with a Hinterland (revisited).
Many of our best-loved hymns and anthems were written for a very particular reason at a particular time in the life of the writer or of a Christian community. Kate Cheetham, Tim Keyes and others will take a further look at the development of church music (and give you the chance of some audience participation)
Tickets £4.00 / £3.00 for members. Tea and biscuits will be served after the event. Venue: St Michael’s Church
Wednesday 20th November 2.30 pm
AGM & Annual Lecture (members only)
Please note:
We ask for a minimum donation from members of £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): https://stmichaelsledbury.org/
Chairman Tim Keyes
Secretary Val Houghton
Welcomers Coordinator David Houghton
Treasurer Ian James
Membership Sec Jenny Silcock
