Carol Service at St Mary’s on Sunday cancelled

A message from the Reverend Robin Figg.

It is with great sadness that we have taken the difficult decision to cancel this year’s Carol Services at St Mary’s, Borwick on Sunday 19th and at St Oswald’s, Warton on Tuesday 21st and the Crib Service at St John’s, Yealand on Friday 24th. This is due to the current Covid situation with the increasing concerns about the spread of the omicron variant. We have not made this decision lightly. We apologise for the inconvenience this may cause and understand that it will be disappointing news for many.

Our Choir Director, Steph Burford, and our choir have worked immensely hard to prepare for the Carol Services and I am sure you will join me in thanking them for their hard work. It is our hope to record their pieces and prepare an online Carol Service as we did last year. The Crib Service will also be online. Both online services will be streamed on our Benefice YouTube channel; the links will be shared in the coming days. We hope these online services will enable you to connect with the local Church as we celebrate Christmas.

The health of our community remains our priority and we therefore feel the very difficult decision to cancel these in-person services is the most appropriate option at this time.

The Midnight Eucharist at St Oswald’s and the Christmas Day Eucharists at St Mary’s and St Oswald’s will still take place in-person.

FUNDRAISING EVENT FOR THE MORECAMBE BAY FOOD BANK

PLANT AND SEEDLING SALE WITH REFRESHMENTS AND RAFFLE. 

TO BE HELD OUTSIDE THE BORWICK AND PRIEST HUTTON MEMORIAL HALL.

ON SATURDAY MAY 22nd FROM 10am TO 1.00pm.

All proceeds from the Fundraising to be donated to the Morecambe Bay Foodbank.

We hope to have an enjoyable morning where we can all safely meet up and buy home grown plants and seedlings, and have tea, coffee and home bakes.

We have some fabulous RAFFLE PRIZES to be won.

*A voucher for AFTERNOON TEA FOR TWO at Booths Café*

*A voucher for a BLOW DRY and NAIL TREATMENT at Jo and Cass Hair and Beauty Salon*

*Vouchers for Gilded Dreams Beauty Salon & Woodcrest Garden Centre*

*Bottles of wine, chocolates, etc*

Please do come and support our fundraising event for a local cause and have an enjoyable morning.

The event will be run in accordance with the government guidelines on social distancing.

Village Lunches menu w/c 15th Mar

The menu choices for Thursday 11th March are:

– Chilli con carne with rice

-Mixed bean chilli with rice (V)

Please pass your orders to Fiona at the Longlands by Tuesday 1pm.
Either by email sales@longlandshotel.co.uk Or call Fiona on 0777 187 4040

Payment is by Bacs and you are asked for a donation with a minimum amount of £4. Please make your donation via Bacs payment and put BPY and your surname in the reference box (e.g. BPY-DUNN) Bacs details: “The Community Cupboard” – Account No. 71838015 – Sort Code: 015490

After costs are deducted the surplus will come back to us for onward donation to the Morecambe Bay Foodbank. We estimate that will be a little over £1 per meal. 

Claire and John Helme along with Phil and Fiona Horsfield will be delivering your meals this week.

If anyone knows of someone who may not have heard of the scheme or is not yet on internet banking, maybe you could let them know and help them with the payment.