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[2 Apr 2010 | No Comment | ]
Fundraising Concert

St Mary’s Church, Oatlands Avenue, Weybridge on Saturday 24th April at 7.30 pm.
Choir ‘Vox Cordis’ (whose members sing with The Sixteen, The Gabrieli Consort, Tenebrae, The Monteverdi Choir and both English and Welsh National Operas) will sing sacred music by Byrd, Brahms, Gibbons and others, culminating in a performance of Fauré’s Requiem. Tickets (£10 adults / £8 concessions) available from Oatlands parish office on 01932 231274. All proceeds will go to the British Sjogren’s Syndrome Association.

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[27 Mar 2010 | No Comment | ]

St Mary’s and St John’s would be very grateful to receive donations in memory of loved ones. Please mark your envelope ‘Easter Lilies – St Mary’s’ or ‘St John’s’ and leave at the Parish Office. St Mary’s would also be grateful for small plants for the Easter garden, and both churches would like flowers and foliage for decorating. Please bring these along next Saturday, 3rd April, between 9.00 and 10.00 am at St Mary’s, and from 10.00 am at St John’s. Thank you.

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[7 Mar 2010 | No Comment | ]
Bell Restoration Project

The eight bells date back to 1606, so for four hundred years they have been ringing across the town to mark services, weddings and celebrations. The last major restoration took place in 1883.
The proposed work requires removal of the bells from the tower for fitting new headstocks, gudgeons and bearings, clapper assemblies, wheels and rope pulleys; then all to be rehung in a new steel frame.

The Tower Clock
The tower clock dates from 1905 and has to be manually wound each week. This is an ideal time to carry out repairs …