Ringmer

ST MARY’S: Services on the Second Sunday of Lent. 8am Holy Communion, 10am Eucharist, 6.30pm Lay-led Evensong. Our Lent course follows a programme alongside many other Sussex churches and meets at 3.30pm and 7.30pm every Thursday. You do not have to attend all sessions, but they do promise to be interesting and challenging. Further study of the Stations of the Cross continues every Tuesday at 5pm, a short time of mediation and prayer around images of Christ. On Wednesday at noon, a small group will meet in the church for Lenten Prayers. You would be most welcome to join them. On Monday at 9am, our prayer group also meets to set aside a quiet time in God’s presence. On Tuesday March 19 from 7.30pm, you are invited to Join Us for a drink at The Anchor. It’s an open invitation for anyone who find themselves alone with a dark evening stretching ahead. Come and find some friendly faces and company.

COUNTRY MARKET: Please remember the Country Market which takes place in the village hall each Tuesday from 10am to 11am. We sell a selection of sweet and savoury items including ready meals, pies, cakes, biscuits and bread. We also sell plants and preserves including a tempting variety of marmalades, as well as jams, jellies, and chutney. Hand made greeting cards and other craft items are usually available. If we do not have what you require orders can be taken.

BRIDGE CLUB: At its meeting on Wednesday March 6 the result of the duplicate pairs played was: 1, Liz and Tim Owen; 2, Hazel North and Hugh Bailey; 3, Valerie King and Jacky Lovill. The club next meets in the St Mary’s room of the village hall next Wednesday at 7.30pm. Contact 07821 379313 or [email protected].

DRAMATIC SOCIETY: Ringmer Dramatic Society present their Spring Production House Guest, a thriller by Francis Durbridge, directed by Johnnie Walker. March 20 to 23, at 7.45pm in the village hall. The action is set in the lounge of the opulent Surrey home of married actors Robert and Stella Drury. Their cosy world is turned on its head when they are blackmailed into allowing a man, identifying himself as Major Crozier, to stay with them for a period of two days. The story has several twists which keep the audience in suspense until its final scene. Tickets £8 available online at www.ticketsource.co.uk /ringmerdramaticsociety or from The Pet Store in Ringmer, or contact [email protected].