WEBSITE ADDRESS:  https://uptonbishop.gov.uk/

WHAT’S ON IN UPTON BISHOP 
AT THE CHURCH: 
Vicar - David Howell            Church Warden - Jane Ayres Detail on PDF copy on home page
The church is open every day - a quiet space for all to enjoy.
 

SUNDAY SERVICES at 10.30am in the church during APRIL. 
7th Mattins
14th Communion
21st Communion
28th All Age Service
9th May Ascension Day service. Please check the church notice board for venue and time.
PLEASE NOTE our All Age/Family Service has moved from the 1st to the 4th Sunday 
EVENSONG is said every Tuesday at 5.30pm A quiet way to end your day. During the winter months we meet at Graham and Ann’s house Detail on PDF copy on home page. All welcome.

BCP COMMUNION Wednesday 3rd April at 9.30 am in the Millennium Hall meeting room, followed by prayer group.

BIBLE STUDY GROUP All welcome. Venues vary so ring Graham Detail on PDF copy on home page
DOGS are welcome on a lead in the churchyard. Please do not use the churchyard bin for dog waste and please do not leave a neatly tied bag in the lane. Please take it home for disposal.

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AT THE MILLENNIUM HALL: for hall bookings and correspondence please email:  Detail on PDF copy on home page Would you be interested in becoming involved as a member of the Management Committee? Please contact the secretary.

UPTON BISHOP WI Tuesday 9th April, 8-9 pm you're invited to a talk about Millinery: Hillary Wilson will be talking about the history of millinery and how she makes her hats and showing us some of her exquisite creations. £5.
 

SOCIAL AFTERNOON Monday 22nd April, 2.30 till 4.30pm. We do hope you will join us for a cup of tea and some home-made cake. Please note the new start time.

INDOOR SHORT-MAT BOWLS Tuesday 23rd April, 7-9pm, £2 per person including tea/coffee and biscuits. All abilities very welcome. Contact Dave Powell Detail on PDF copy on home page for more information or just come along!

MARKET TO YOUR DOOR will not be here in April. We look forward to seeing you for fresh, local produce on 4th May. There will also be coffee and cake in the Hall.

NEW! LEGO CLUB Starts Saturday 4th May and then on the 1st Saturday of each month from 10.30 - 11.30am alongside the Market Van and Coffee Morning, 50p per session including squash and biscuits for kids. We will have Lego available. Bring your own if you wish although we can’t guarantee that it won’t get muddled up with ours. If you or your kids would be interested in coming along, please let Jane know on Detail on PDF copy on home page

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WOMEN’S CIRCLE Offering a safe, non-judgemental space for women to connect, heal and learn from each other. Open to all women. Please contact Amy to enquire: Detail on PDF copy on home page

200 CLUB DRAW FOR MARCH: £20 Clive & Wendy Beavan; £10 Dennis Stringer; £5 Andy Church. New members of the 200 Club are always welcome.

BEST WISHES to John Carroll following his recent operation. Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone who is not too well, is undergoing or waiting for treatment at present. 

UPTON BISHOP NEWS 
THE CHURCH 
By the time you read this, Lent and Easter will have come and gone. Our Lent study group met every Wednesday for discussion and finished with a bring-and-share lunch in the Millennium Hall. Our Mothering Sunday Service was well attended, and posies of flowers, so beautifully made by Pam Steadman, were distributed to all the Mums in church and delivered to others in the village who couldn’t make it to the service.
 

The Holy week walks saw parishioners and dogs walking each day between the six churches of the benefice, finishing with the traditional Maundy Thursday foot-washing and the benefice choir sang a very competent unaccompanied Bach Choral during the service.
The clocks went forward on 31st March so that the 6am Dawn Service for Easter meant getting out of bed even earlier than most years. For all that, it’s a very beautiful way to start the day in darkness and finish with the church blazing in light and those who attended felt it was well worth the early start.
LOOK OUT! There may be one or two chocolate eggs from the Easter bunny still in the church yard to hunt for. They’re not good for dogs, so please watch out if you’re walking your pooch.

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THE MILLENNIUM HALL has times available for anyone who wants to set up a new regular event and make a booking with the secretary. 

UPTON BISHOP WI By the time you read this, UBWI will have had our AGM and started on our 2024/25 programme. Many of the events on our programme are open to the public and we'd love to welcome you.  The open events are in April, May, June, August, November and October. Please note that in last month's Chimes we said that UBWI would be celebrating its 125th Birthday, it is in fact only 105 years old! We are still having a party - so see you there, Tuesday 11th June at The Millennium Hall. Contact Frances on Detail on PDF copy on home page

CHRISTIAN AID Just over a month to go before our annual effort to raise funds and help to beat extreme poverty. There will be envelopes for donations and April is the time to pot up those cuttings and seedlings for the yearly plant stall. There will be floral and vegetable plants in all colours of the rainbow - some that you may not find anywhere else! This is a chance to make a difference somehow, somewhere, for someone. Do, please, join in. Linda. Detail on PDF copy on home page

UPTON BISHOP ECOMAP Come for coffee at the Millennium Hall on Saturday 4th May (not April as previously published) 10am-12 to learn more about the EcoMap which is discovering how UB residents are managing the village for nature/sustainability. You can email us on uptonbishopecomap@gmail.com.