ST JAMES DALBY - CHURCH & COMMUNITY
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St James Dalby  - Community Events


Never believe that a few caring people can’t change the world.
For, indeed, that’s all who ever have.   
           Margaret  Mead                                                             

Love is the doorway through which the human soul passes  from selfishness to service
    and from solitude
        to kinship with all humankind.                                      Anonymous
Diary Dates for April 2019....
Celebrating Easter at Dalby :
  • Thurs 18th : Maundy Thursday. A shared meal at 7.30pm - 8.45pm   
  • The Meal: To mark the last supper we’re sharing a meal in the schoolrooms around the fire. A time of togetherness; a gathering of friends. The meal closes with a brief time of reflection. If you’d like to join us please bring some simple cold food to share with others, +wine/beer, bring friends or just come on our own, you’re always welcome                                                                    
  • A Silent Vigil : 9.00- Midnight around the fire; we read “The Story” together; a narrative version of the events of the First Easter. There’ll be short times for reflection between readings. You’re very welcome to join us for part or all of the evening:


  • Easter Morning Sunrise at Cronk ny aree Laa: Sun 21st April. Meeting at 5.30am at the car park on the bend at the of the Sloc Road to walk to the top of Cronk ny aree Laa for sunrise at 6.05am.  Please bring breakfast, flasks of coffee or whatever + water- proofs & woolly hats as its’ cold on the top of even a small mountain!  Everyone welcome, including dogs on leads 

  • Easter Communion at 6.30pm : with traditional hymns in a church bedecked with flowers! With the Very Revd. Nigel Godfrey, Cheryl will preach and lead  ....... we’d love you to join us, there will be tea and home-cooking after the worship.    
Wed 24th :  Dalby Ducklings  10.00am - 11.30 Everyone welcome. With toys & snacks, crafts and action songs.
   
  • Fri  26th    : Music Session at Dalby Hub  from 7.30pm : everyone welcome, come to sing, to play or to listen; bring our own wine/ beer and nibbles to share + contribution to help cover the rent  . NB> You'll need  a torch  as there's scaffolding across the path  
 
Bank Holiday Monday May 6th: Collectors Fair at Dalby                            12 noon 5.00pm                                    We invite you to come and join us on May Day for our Country Kitchen serving home cooking : Soup and sandwiches, cakes and coffee, afternoon cream teas and baking throughout the day.  

There will also be a range of stalls with Collectables in the Church and schoolrooms, and a bric a brac stall in the Hub, as well as books and plants and our home baked cake selection!  A chance for a trip out to Dalby to search out a few bargains, catch up, and have a cuppa and skeet.
If you have any bric a brac looking for a good home, please feel free to drop it into the school rooms during the week...thanks
Other Events and activities
Proceeds after costs go to our restoration fund  ( we're starting work on the water ingress on the North side of the church and roof )  as well as to our two charities for the year : the Manx based charity : Bridge the Gap, and the Manx overseas Charity The Koru Hospital Fund working in Kenya.
Almost every month we have at least one event :  be it a concert, a slide show, quiz night, World Bonnag Championship, speaker or music night, it inevitably has a supper and approx 60 people attending. These nights are fun and fundraising, with proceeds going to the ongoing maintenance and restoration of this unique historic building + 10% to our charities for the year.  
Margy is our events coordinator  : magot@manx.net 

Our " Dalby Booking Office " is but a grand term for a very amazing family who volunteer to do this out of the kindness of their hearts in amongst the busyness of their own lives...... it'd be good if you could therefore please ring within normal working hours if possible; thanks.  


​NB: Details and dates could well change between the point of visioning and the time of happening....so do please check it out or see additional advertising before making the trip out!