Forthcoming Events
Friday 19th March 2010
Lent Lunches
12.30 pm to 1.30 pm in the Digby Memorial Church Hall. Join us for a delicious home-made soup, bread & cheese, fruit, tea and coffee for just £3. Please come and support Christian Aid. The Fairtrade stall will be in attendance on 26 February and 26 March.
Saturday 20th March 2010
Learning for Discipleship Taster Session
A ‘taster’ session has been arranged at our own St Paul’s Church, from 9.30 am to 12.30 pm. This is described as a free-of-charge workshop session for those seeking ways of making their local church outreach more effective, and also a no-obligation ‘taster’ for the ten-week Learning for Discipleship course starting in April 2010. Entitled What Mission means Today, the morning will be run by our own Mark Greenstock, The Reverend Dr. John Rennie from Evershot, and Anne Bond from Corfe Mullen.
For more details, and to register for the morning, please contact Mark Greenstock on 01935 812561 or email him at mcgreenstock@btinternet.com
Saturday 20th March 2010
Longburton Concert
St James the Great Longburton 7.30pm
The Volunteer Band of HMS Heron Yeovil
Ticket £8 to include refreshments
available from Sheila Sherman 01963 210 486
in aid of St James’ Church
Friday 26th March 2010
Lent Lunches
12.30 pm to 1.30 pm in the Digby Memorial Church Hall. Join us for a delicious home-made soup, bread & cheese, fruit, tea and coffee for just £3. Please come and support Christian Aid. The Fairtrade stall will be in attendance on 26 February and 26 March.
Monday 29th March 2010
Men's Ministry Discussion Evening
Discussion Evening with Mark Greenstock - ‘How dead is the church?’ , 7.30 pm to 9.30 pm, starting with refreshments and ending with prayer at St Paul’s Church.
RSVP to St Paul’s Church Office: please telephone 01935 816444 or email stpauls-sherborne@btconnect.com
Friday 30th April 2010
Sherborne Abbey Festival
From Friday 30 April to Tuesday 4 May.
A feast of music throughout the Bank Holiday weekend by performers including Lesley Garrett, Emma Johnson and the Tallis Scholars, a performance of Elgar’s great Oratorio, The Kingdom, by Sherborne Festival Chorus, and festival evensong sung by the joint choirs of Sherborne and Romsey Abbeys.
Ticket go on sale to the general public on 15th February. See www.sherborneabbey.org or separate leaflet for full details.
Saturday 12th June 2010
Rachmaninov Vespers by Candlelight
Tenebrae
Director Nigel Short
Presented by the Summer Music Society of Dorset
This concert will be sponsored by the Duff Family.
Please note the later starting time of 8.30pm.
Tickets £8-£28
General booking opens April 17th at Sherborne Tourist Information Centre, 01935 815341
Saturday 10th July 2010
Sherborne Abbey Choir
The choir’s annual concert of anthems and motets taken from the year’s repertoire.
Director of Music Paul Ellis
Organist Peter Bray
Retiring collection for choir funds
Wednesday 14th July 2010
Gala concert of the Third International Children’s Choral Festival
Children and youth choirs will perform works by European and American composers in a gala concert in aid of St Margaret’s Hospice, Yeovil.
The young singers are taking part in a five-day festival of intensive music making with two top International choral directors at Sherborne School. The concert gives each choir the opportunity to show off its musical skills in the spectacular setting of Sherborne Abbey.
Free entrance with donations on the door. All proceeds to St Margaret’s Hospice Yeovil
Saturday 31st July 2010
The Wings of a Dove
Orlando Singers
Conductor David Everett
Thompson The Peaceable Kingdom
Mendelssohn Psalm 43, Lift thine eyes, Hear my prayer
Bairstow Five Poems of the Spirit
Parry Blest pair of sirens
Parry I was glad
Ticket details to be announced.