The Lea needs more volunteers on the distribution team

Did you know that The Chimes is a free local magazine produced entirely by a large team of volunteers who work for the benefit of their village communities?  All the costs of the magazine's production are met through advertising and any donations received.  

In The Lea we distribute 476 Chimes magazines to residents each month (apart from July and December when the double issues are out).  This is only made possible by our wonderful team of 15 distributors who pop the magazine through letter boxes come rain or shine.  The distributors receive their bundles of Chimes from 2 distribution coordinators who sort the magazines into bundles for each distributor, then drive around the village dropping the bundles off in each distributors' safe place.  

We currently have two vacancies: for one distribution coordinator and one distributor for occasional holiday relief.  

I am one of the distribution coordinators as well as being the Lea village sub-editor and I really enjoy both roles, however, our second coordinator can no longer spare Friday mornings. 

The work of a distribution coordinator takes up about two hours from 9.15 to 11.15am 10 times a year, usually on the last Friday of the month.  

The distributor role varies depending on each ‘round’. Our distributors drop off anything from 6 to 46 magazines, depending on the number of homes in their close neighbourhoods. The relief distributor role would be only occasional, covering any round where the usual distributor is unable to distribute that month. This is a great way to get to know the village layout.

If you are at all interested in either of these roles, or if you simply want to find out more, with no commitment, do get in touch with me – my details are above.  Very many thanks, Angela Kirton

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News from Lea Church

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Hello everyone, I hope you are all well and not eating too many cream eggs!

We are now well into Lent and looking forward to Easter. If you have given something up for Lent, keep up the good work! We will be doing the 'Lilies for Easter' again after a couple of years break from it. There will be forms around the village and in the church.  If you are unable to find one, please ring me on Contact Details on PDF copy on Home Page and I'll make sure you get a form. There will also be the ‘Book of Remembrance' in the church for all to read.

Our Easter services start with the Benefice Service on Palm Sunday, where we hope to progress from the village hall car park to the church with the donkey/pony accompanying us! The Holy Week walks will also be starting on Palm Sunday until Maundy Thursday between the churches of the parish. Please see further on in the Chimes for more info on that. 

The Children's church will be having their Good Friday workshop (please keep an eye on the noticeboard for the time) and then we have our Easter Sunday service at 9.30am - with Family Communion and refreshments afterwards. Do come along and join us in celebrating the most holy event in the church's calendar!

We have had our planning meeting for fund raising events and will be holding another Spring Fayre on Saturday 28th March at the village hall from 10.30am - 1.30pm where we will have stalls and also, as last year, will have jacket potatoes and various filling for lunch, along with hot cross buns of course! Entrance is free and all proceeds go to Lea church. Keep an eye out for other events during the year! 

Take care all and God Bless

Marion Martin, Churchwarden

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News from Gateway Lodge Nursery at Lea School