ST. BARTHOLOMEW’S CHURCH
The service on Sunday 26th January is “Worship for All”. The service starts at the usual time of 9:15am and once again everyone is welcome.
PARISH COUNCIL VACANCY
Please note that a vacancy exists on the Parish Council and interested parties are invited to contact the clerk to the council to discuss requirements. If this is a role you may be interested in, then please send a brief resume by email to the clerk@suttoncumlound .net on what you feel you could bring to the Parish Council. Alternatively if you would like to find out more about what the role entails then, using the same email address, send a contact number to the Clerk who will arrange to call you back for a chat. You can see more about the Parish Council on the village website.
The closing date for applications is Friday the 31st January 2020.
MOBILE LIBRARY VAN
Please note that the library van will visit the village on Monday 27th January 2020 stopping at the usual places:
- Sutton Lane / North Road crossroads @ 9:40am
- 22 Station Road @10:00am
- 46 Station Road @ 10:10am
- Town Street @ 10:25am
- Portland Meadows @ 10:45am
- Portland Place (garages) @ 10:55am
As Retford library is closed for refurbishment at present this could be an ideal time to make use of a facility brought almost to your doorstep. Give it a try!
GARDENING CLUB
The Sutton and Barnby Moor Club will hold their next meeting on Tuesday 4th February at Barnby Moor village hall at 7:30pm. For further details about the club and its activities please contact Jenny Bailey on (01777) 708 155. New members and visitors are always welcome
PARISH COUNCIL MEETING
The next meeting of the council is scheduled for Wednesday 12th February at the usual starting time of 7:00pm. The chair and fellow councillors invite you to join them!
CHURCH SERVICE
The second Sunday in Epiphany, held at the local church on Sunday 19th January was a “Family Service” and was conducted by Lay Reader Joan Herrington. A warm welcome awaited worshippers as they arrived for the service, a somewhat smaller attendance than usual, with some regular members of the congregation away for reasons various and others suffering from seasonal bugs that appear to be doing the rounds. General notices were given out before the service itself commenced. These included a reminder about the Parish Lunch, scheduled to take place on Tuesday 21st January at the usual time of 12noon at the Gate Inn. As the service progressed, readings from John 1 -29 -42 were performed by Dylan Boddy. Intercessions: Janet Webb. Organist: Geof Webb.
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.
More About …
District Councillor
Your District Councillor for Sutton Ward is Darrell Pulk. Please see here for contact information.
Gardening Club
You can discover more about the Gardening Club on the Sutton website here.
Meet the Neighbours
You can discover more about the Neighbours group on the Sutton website here.
Visit the Village Hall website for more details.
Mobile Library
The mobile library van normally visits the village on a monthly basis on Mondays.
You can discover more about the Mobile Library service on the Sutton website here
Nottinghamshire County Councillor
Your Nottinghamshire County Councillor for Sutton is Tracey Taylor. Please see here for contact information.
Police
You can discover more about the Police on the Sutton website here.
Post Office
The Post office operates out of the Village Hall on a regular basis. Please check the Village Hall Calendar of Events for days and times.
Please call in and support this much needed facility operating for the benefit of all.
St Bartholomew’s Church
You can discover more about the church on the Sutton website here, and more current information may be available on the church Facebook page here.
Sutton Art Group
You can discover more about the Sutton Art Group on the Sutton website here.
Sutton Parish Council
The Parish Council normally meets on the second Wednesday of the month at 7:00pm in the Village Hall, but please see the Village Hall calendar for confirmation.
You can discover more about the Parish Council on the Sutton website here, and more topical information may be available on the Parish Council Facebook page here.
Sutton Spotlight
The Sutton Spotlight is funded by Sutton cum Lound Parish Council and is produced and delivered by volunteers.
You can discover more about the Sutton Spotlight on the Sutton website here.
The W.I.
You can discover more about the W.I. on the Sutton website here.
Village Hall
You can discover more about the Village Hall on the Sutton website here.
See a full description of the hall and all its activities on the Village Hall website here.
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.