Ashburnham

Film Club is tonight, December 14, showing ‘Tea with Mussolini‘. Doors open at 7.45pm and the programme will start at 8.15pm. Seating is limited so it is essential to reserve your place in advance by contacting Brian Holdstock (email [email protected] or phone or text 07836 716723). The film club’s licence means it will operate as a members only closed club so at the first screening you come to you will need to decide to either pay for the one screening as a ‘taster’ or to subscribe for the whole season of five films. The ticket prices are £6. The price does include a glass of wine at every screening! Future films for the remainder of the season are: January 11 2013, ‘The Usual Suspects, February 8 ‘Days of Heaven’ and March 13 ‘The Big Sleep’.

The next Coffee Morning is on Monday December 17 in the Church Hall, Ashburnham Place 10:30am - 12pm. You are welcome to go along for a good friendly chat. For further information, please contact Tina on 01424 843728.

The East Sussex County Council Mobile Library service will next be in Ashburnham (by the chapel) on Thursday December 20, 9.50am - 10.10am.

The Ashburnham & Penhurst Book Club is growing! with increasing numbers their discussions are getting even livelier, on a host of issues: social, political, personal, international and very local. All inspired by the themes of the month’s reading matter. During December they will be reading ‘Night Song of the Last Tram’, Robert Douglas’ poignant memoir of growing up in a one-room tenement during and after the Second World War. Their December get together will be at 2pm on Friday December 21. During January they will be reading Catherine Hall’s ‘Days of Grace’, the story of a 12 year old East End girl evacuated to rural Kent during the Second World War, and life with her new ‘family’ there. The January gathering will be at 2pm on Friday January 25. If you would like to read either of these books or would like further information on the group, please call Nicky on 01424 892474.

2m@1 (2nd Monday of the month @ 1 O’clock), are meeting on January 14 with “Putting on an Opera” with Freddie Stockdale of Pavilion Opera.

The Ashburnham and Penhurst Gardening Club are meeting on January 28, 7.30pm at Ashburnham Church Hall. This months topic is ‘Soil types and their cultivation’. For more information Contact Rhod Jones on 01424 892689 or see their website: www.gardeningclub.solidwebhost.com.

Don’t forget that you can look to see what is going on in Ashburnham and Penhurst on the community website: www.ashburnham-penhurst.net.

Church services for St Peter’s, Ashburnham:

December 16, 10.30am Morning Praise with children’s activities

December 23, 6.30pm Carol Service followed by mince pies at Ashburnham Place

December 24, 4pm Christingle Service - a lovely service for all the family

December 25, 10.30am Family Communion Service with Carols

December 30, 10.30am Morning Praise with children’s activities

Church services for St Michael the Archangel, Penhurst:

December 16, 10.30am Holy Communion

December 23, 5pm Carol Service followed by mulled wine and mince pies ar the Retreat Centre

December 25, 9am Christmas Day Service

December 30, 10.30am Morning Prayer

Services for Ashburnham Chapel:

December 16, 3.15pm Communion Service

December 23, 3.15pm Afternoon Service

December 30, 3.15pm ‘Do It Yourself’ service with all taking part

Prayer and Bible reading meetings on Tuesday at 2.30pm at the Chapel. Contact Fay Ramsden on 07860 113413 for further information.

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