Dear All,
St John the Baptist
- Sunday 28th July – Family Service 11.15am taken by the Family Service Team
- Sunday 4th August – Holy Communion 11.15am taken by Revd Julie Nicholson
- Sunday 11th August – Matins 11.15am taken by Revd Steve Bullock
- Sunday 18th August – Holy Communion 11.15am taken by Revd Julie Nicholson
- Sunday 25th August – Animal Service 11.15am taken by Revd Julie Nicholson. Bring your dogs, cats, hamsters etc for a blessing! The more the merrier.
Classes in the Village Hall
Here are the current classes being held in the Village Hall.
Mondays
- Art Group 2 – 4pm Barry Barnes. 01666 503926.
- Pilates 7 – 8pm Sue Cole 07876 542319. Booking essential.
Tuesdays
- Pilates 9.30 – 10.30am and 10.45 -11.45am Lindsay Hilton. 01666 880500 or 07768 191262
- Bridge Club 1pm – 5pm South Cotswold Bridge Club. rmw748@icloud.com
Wednesday
- Pilates 5 – 6pm and 6.15 – 7.15 Lindsay Hilton. 01666 880500 or 07768 191262
Thursday
- Pilates 7 – 8pm Sue Cole 07876 542319. Booking essential
Laetitia Hardy
Many thanks to all those who contributed to the fund for the maintenance of the Churchyard in memory of Laetitia Hardy. £540 was raised.
Coffee Morning
A reminder that the ever popular coffee morning is on Tuesday 20th August at the Cat and Custard Pot at 11.00am. All very welcome.
Mobile Post Office
This comes to the village on Mondays and Thursdays from 10.30am to 11.30am, and provides a range of post office and banking services. Do use it!
Message from Stroud Police
Rural Church Burglaries
I am messaging our Community Alert members to highlight a relatively recent group of crimes that may be connected. In the last four weeks three rural churches in the south of the Cotswold district have been burgled. It would be fantastic if a detail mentioned below prompted you to recall a piece of information that might help us to identify an offender. More realistically, my hope is that those members who live in our rural villages pay closer attention to the church buildings near their homes and look out for suspicious activity in their immediate vicinity.
Overnight 20th into 21st June St John the Baptist church in Kingscote near Tetbury was burgled. A church window was broken and thief or thieves have forced entry to the church collection box. The church safe was also stolen. An angle grinder or similar was used to remove ecclesiastical silver and church papers from within before the safe itself was discarded. Our crime reference number is 24529/24.
Overnight 10th into the 11th July St Bartholomews church in Newington Bagpath near Tetbury had the padlock cut from its main door. Nothing was stolen from within the church but approximately 500 Cotswold stone roof tiles were stolen from one of the church roofs. Crime number 28034/24.
On 21st July damage was discovered inside St Kenelm’s church in the village of Sapperton. Offenders have gained entry to the church and attacked the lock and surrounding wood panelling of the church safe. In this instance they were unable to remove the safe or its contents. Crime reference number 29297/24
If you see something suspicious in your town or village then you can report it hereSomething you’ve seen or heard | Gloucestershire Constabulary
Clearly if that suspicious activity is going on and you believe that a crime is being committed then please call 999.
Thank you for your help.
Sgt Garrett Gloyn
(Police, Sergeant, Stroud NPT)
Any more news let me know,
Beth
shiptonmoyne@gmail.com
Village Website: www.shiptonmoynevillage.co.uk
