ST. BARTHOLOMEW’S CHURCH
The service on Sunday 8th December (the second Sunday of Advent) is a sung Eucharist. The service starts at the usual time of 9:15am and everyone is welcome.
You can find more information about the church on the Sutton website here, and it also has its own Facebook page here.
PARISH LUNCHES
The next Parish Lunch (Christmas Lunch) will be held at the local hostelry on Tuesday 10th December at the usual time of 12:00noon.
MEET THE NEIGHBOURS
The next MTN will be held on Friday 13th December at 5:00pm in Sutton Village Hall when we will be celebrating Xmas together. There will be a buffet followed by music and carols with a brass band. This is always provides a festive start to the season and everyone is welcome to join us. To book a place call Joan on (01777) 818 492.
PARISH COUNCIL MEETING
The meeting of the Parish Council took place on Wednesday 4th December in the Village Hall, (a week earlier than usual, in order to avoid prior engagements in run the up to the Christmas). A report will follow when to hand.
GARDENING CLUB
Members attending the December meeting of the gardening club, held on Tuesday 3rd December were looking forward to making a Christmas flower arrangement when the group met at Barnby Moor village hall. Details to follow! Further details about the club and its activities please contact Jenny Bailey on (01777) 708 155. New members and visitors are always welcom.
MOBILE LIBRARY VAN
The library van visited the village on Monday December 2nd, stopping at all the usual places.
CHURCH SERVICE
On Sunday 1st December the service at St Bartholomew’s Church was a service of “Lessons and Carols”. This was conducted on this occasion by Worship Leader Janet Webb. Organist: Geof Webb. The season of Advent began as the gathering celebrated Advent Sunday, a fitting start to the festive season.
SUTTON AND BARNBY MOOR W.I.
The ladies met on Wednesday 20th November in Sutton Village Hall at the usual time of 7:15pm. The guest speaker/demonstrator was Karen Kaye was on hand to show the ladies how to gift wrap presents the easy way. The ladies were delighted to learn the tricks of the trade and those receiving gifts during and after the festive season will be impressed by the wrapping of them as well the gifts inside. Well done girls!
For further details about the W I please contact Secretary Fiona Padgin on (01777) 703 532.
QUIZ NIGHT
The quiz continues to take place in the Village Hall every Sunday night, £1.00 entry per person which is paid back as prize money! The bigger the crowd – the bigger the prize! New contestants always welcome. Following the quiz “Play your cards right” – Cash Prize! Can you beat the local teams? Come along and try. 8:00pm start and bar open.
Want something publicising?
Don’t forget, if you have any event or item of interest for the village, just email it to webmaster@suttoncumlound.net and our resident website monitor will do his best to accommodate you. All posts go out to our increasing list of email update subscribers as soon as they’re published.
We also have the Sutton Spotlight, which goes out to every house in the village on a quarterly (ish) basis. Space is sometimes limited, so try to get your entry in early.
We’re also lucky to have a village Journalist who collates news and updates for the Retford Times on a weekly basis. Get your copy in on Monday morning for the Thursday issue.
All our website updates are also sent down the village “X formerly Twitter” feed, @SuttonCumLound. So, follow us there for these and other items in and around our area.
The Parish Council has a Facebook presence for all things of a council nature. Contact the Clerk if you want anything on this feed.