Fundraisers

Pastime with Good Company

A  Tudor evening in the church has been arranged by Shirley Linford, with the proceeds being donated to ACTnow - Amberley Church Tower Appeal.

The a capella group "Cantamus" will sing and the evening will be enlivened by glimpse of life at the Tudor court, provided by historian Robert Hutchinson.

Saturday 13 October 2018 at 7.30 pm.

Tickets, £10, are available from Hazel Allinson 01798 831159 or on the door on the night.

The ACTnow team invite attendees to a glass of wine in the church hall after the event.

Great Political Resignations

In aid of ACTnow - Amberley Church Tower Appeal

This promises to be a highly entertaining talk by Theo Barclay.  Theo, a barrister based in London who lived in Amberley as a boy, started writing about politics in 2010 and has written extensively about the blurred line between politics and law.

His first book Fighters and Quitters: Great Political Resignations charts the scandals and controversies that obliterated dreams of high office: from the ex-minister who faked his death in the 1970s, to Geoffrey Howe’s plot to topple Margaret Thatcher in the 1990s, Chris Huhne’s journey from despatch box to jail cell in 2013 and up to Damian Green’s demise in the ‘Pestminster’ furore of 2017. Then there are the sex and spy scandals that heralded doom, from peers busted in bed with prostitutes, to MPs caught cavorting in public parks and, of course, the infamous Profumo affair.

Who jumped and who was pushed? Who battled to keep their job and who collapsed at the first hint of pressure? Who returned, Lazarus-like, for a second act? From humiliating surrenders to principled departures, Fighters and Quitters lifts the lid on the lives of the politicians who fell on their swords.

Friday October 26th at 7pm, in the church.

Tickets are £10, with a glass of fizz or wine included in the price, and will be available from Valerie Galbraith, Simon's Lee (01798 839006) from Wednesday 9 October.

Citi Choir & Vocal Fusion

In aid of ACTnow - Amberley Church Tower Appeal

Another date to keep free: Sunday 2 December 2018, at 4pm, in the church.  An opportunity to hear a combination of award-winning barbershop choir, Vocal Fusion, and the Citi Choir, finalists in Gareth Malone's BBC TV series The Choir: Sing While You Work, this promises to be a not-to-be-missed event.  Tickets, £12, will be available from 3 November, from Jeff Feakins, Little Court (01798 831538), from Valerie Galbraith, Simon's Lee (01798 839006) and online here.

 

Special Services & Community Events

for regular Sunday Services see Services page

 

We Will Remember Them

An oral history of the Great War told through the voices of the men and women who were there. Poetry, music and an exhibition. No charge but there will be a retiring collection for 'Combat Stress'.

Wednesday, 7th November, 1930 in the church

 

Armistice Centenary Vintage Tea Party

Tea with 'proper cakes', children's games, community singing.

Saturday 10th November at 3pm in the church hall. Tickets £3.00 adults; under 12's free.

 

St Michael's Remembrance Day Service

At the War Memorial, followed by Eucharist in the Church.

Sunday 11th November, 1045

 

Amberley School Remembrance Service

Monday 12th November, 1100

 

Amberley School Christingle

Wednesday 5th December, 1100

 

Special Service: Eucharist and Licensing of The Reverend Geraldine Burgess as Priest of the Wildbrooks Benefice

Wednesday 5th December, 7.30pm.

Refreshments after the service

 

St Michael's Carol Service

Saturday 15th December, 1500. A family-friendly service of lessons and carols, by candlelight.

 

Amberley School Carol Service

Wednesday 19th December, 1400

Wedding

23rd December, 1200