Usual Services at St. Mary’s1st, 3rd. 4th, 5th Sundays 10.45am Parish communion

6.00pm Evensong

2nd Sunday 10.45am Family Service

6.00pm Holy Communion

Every Wednesday 9.45am Holy Communion

Every Thursday 10.30am–12pm Coffee Morning

Please join us. A warm welcome awaits.

For further details of Church activities, Weddings, Baptisms etc. please contact: Rev. Philip Watson Tel – 01455 446993

Our thanks go to The Barwell Knitters, The Barwell Bloomers, to Barwell Parish Council, to The Methodist Church and to our schools and play groups, for helping to

make our celebrations a village event.

800th Anniversary CelebrationsJanuary – December 2020

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Welcome!To celebrate our 800th anniversary we are holding a year of special events and services.

We hope you will join us for some or all of these events. We will begin with a special Peal of Bells on the 4th January and end with a Peal on 29th December.

EventsJanuary 18/19th Nostalgia Weekend

Saturday 10–5pm in the Church and Village HallSunday 2–5pm in the Church and Village Hall

February 15th Band concert – Lutterworth Town Band

March 22nd Mothering Sunday – 10.45amWelcoming Children from local play groups and schools displaying craft work

April 18th Social Evening in the Village Hall

May 31st Mission Service at Pentecost with guest speakers

June 19th Barwell C/E Academy Teddy Bears’ Picnic

July 25th Summer Fayre/Strawberry Tea in The Village Hall

August 23rd

Teddy Bears’ Picnic 2 – 5pm at Kirkby Road ParkDrum Head Service led by the Church Lads & Girls Brigade 4.30pm at Kirkby Road Park

September 12–14th Patronal Festival Weekend, Flower Festival Theme 1220–2020: 800 Years Of HistoryChurch open: Saturday 10–5pm Sunday 2–5pm Monday 10–4.30pm Tuesday for school visits

Saturday evening Brigade Concert 7.30pm in ChurchSunday morning Thanksgiving Service with Bishop Martyn

10.45amSunday Evening Songs of Praise 6.00pm

Barwell-Coventry Cricket Match Date and time to be announced

October 10th Harvest Supper 7.30pm Village Hall

November 1st All Saints Service 10.45am in churchAnnual Memorial Service 6.00pm in churchVictorian event with Barwell C/E Academy

December 5th Christmas Concert – Cantamici Choir 7.30pm in Church

For further details of events, concert ticket prices etc. please contact Rev. Philip Watson Tel 01455 446993 or see the Church Notice Board.

Some of our events are being run by the Mother’s Union and the Church Lads and Girls Brigade. Please contact Rev. Philip for further details of these organisations, or any other matters to do with the Church or the Christian faith.

About St Mary’s ChurchIn 1043, Earl Leofric and his wife, Godiva, established a Benedictine Abbey at Coventry and gave the Abbot and the twenty-four monks with him lands for their upkeep. Barwelle, along with nineteen other villages passed into the hands of the Abbot of Coventry.

“Wella” is the word for stream and “Bar” the name for boar, and so this clearing in the woods was known in the Saxon tongue as Barwelle.

As we look back over history, though there have been hard times there have also been many good times and we have much to be thankful for. I hope you will join us for some, or even all of these events as we give thanks for 800 years of Christian love and work in our Village.