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  October 2019....
  • Afternoon Cream Teas at Dalby:  from 2.30pm on Sunday 6th Oct:  An invitation to come and escape the wet and wind and be cosy by the fireside in Dalby schoolrooms. Come eat home-baked cake and a full afternoon cream tea surrounded by the warmth of colours and flowers of a traditional Harvest ! Please note this is by prior booking only, ring Gilly on 844031 to reserve seats @ £10 a head and let us know if you have any special dietary requirements or are booking to be seated as a group. Proceeds after costs will go to our two charities of the year: Mannin Sepsis and the Pahar Trust Nepal, as well as the Church Restoration Fund.
 
  • Dalby Harvest Home is a Songs of Praise Celebration at St James Church at 5.30pm on Sunday 6th Oct: led by Local Minister Cheryl Cousins with traditional Harvest hymns, the Manx Choir Cliogaree Twoiee and soloist Paul Costain and with reflections by farmers and members of the community who are sharing their harvest stories . The Service will be followed by refreshments in the schoolrooms, everyone always welcome!

  • Tues 8th : Dalby Whilst Drive 7.30pm with Raffle & refreshments

  • Wed 9th Oct. Dalby Ducklings 10.00am - 11.30am
 
  • Thurs 10th: Sorry Meditation has been cancelled for this week
 
  • Sat 12th Oct :Dalby Movie Night: 7.30pm                                  CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME (15)  (101 mins) Melissa McCarthy, in the role of Lee Israel, is totally believable as the irreverent down-and-out writer who resorts to lies, deceit and crime to ‘revive’ her career.  Based on Israel’s own memoir, the film also stars the Oscar-nominated Richard E. Grant as her outrageous partner in crime. No need to book; refreshments served, bring your own wine/beer. Donations to cover costs much appreciated.
 
  • Sun 13th : Holy Communion 6.30pm with the Very Revd. Nigel Godfrey.
 
  • Wed 16th. Dalby Soup Stop: serving from 12.30pm - 1.30pm with Home made Soup, bread cakes & coffee. Donations to cover costs much appreciated. 
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  • Sat 19th Oct 7.30pm. A Hollantide Hooley in Dalby schoolrooms with traditional music by the East Ronague Combined Services Military Band and Soloist Cath Kelly. This evening follows  the rural tradition of post-harvest merry making with a hot supper and pudding, bring your own wine/beer! To book ring Gilly on 844031, admission @£12.50 includes your hot supper and pudding. Proceeds after costs go to the two charities for this year: Mannin Sepsis and The Pahar Trust Nepal, as well as Dalby Church Restoration fund! 

  •  Sun 20th: 6.30pm:  Taize Worship 
 
  • Tues 22nd : Films in the afternoon : 2.30pm                          WHALE RIDER  (PG)  (97 mins)  Set on the beautiful east coast of New Zealand, this story of love, rejection and triumph as a young Maori girl, Paikea, fights to fulfil her destiny in a patriarchal world, is funny, poignant and relevant.  It won the audience awards as the most popular film at both the Toronto and Sundance film festivals in 2003 and was re-released last year on its fifteenth anniversary. Everyone welcome!
 
  • Wed 23rd: Dalby Ducklings; 10am - 11.30am
     
  • Sun 27th : Celtic Communion: 6.30pm 
 Look out for our summer exhibition which continues in the Church and schoolrooms ....... 
“ Life in Dalby” : This is a new exhibition reflecting the village, the landscape and the lives of the people who make up this community today.  It’s an exhibition of Dalby Village by the people of the village, with over 150 images of what  living in the village means to us.
It's open daily, no admission charge.     ​
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!