£198 was raised today for Toybox charity. Lovely spring flowers on the tables and delicious home made cakes, including Fiona’s fresh cream meringues.
 A well attended quiz night with nine teams battling it out with Vince once again keeping us all in order. A undisguised "bribe" present was seen on the quiz masters table but this did not stop the winning team "still ain't got a clue" defying their name and taking top prize with a score of 65. The runners up question for to be best of the rest demanded how may people in the UK were there in 2024 who were over 100 years of age. With a relatively low number guess range from most teams the closest answer to the 16000 answer was 35000 but most teams thought much less than 100. However even at 16000 individuals this is only 0.02% of the population. A fantastic night, fed well with chips and enjoyed the fun of the quiz. We met today to raise £219 for our own chapel. There were some cakes to celebrate a 50th birthday for Helen this week and an 80th birthday a little later on for her mum Hazel. This month the Open the Book team have visited the Story of Joseph and his dreams and how he helped Egypt and the Pharoah survive the good and bad times. His chariot was a work of art.  We met this morning to raise £140 for UK Breast Cancer. Some people were put off by the weather and others are still struck down with the winter flu bug but they gave money to support the charity and several of the ladies present have received treatment for this disease and know how important research is.
Thanks to Jacky, Jane and Alison who provided the cakes and service . The choir and other hardy souls supported the round the village carol singing raising £240, on what was a lovely evening but very much in the bleak mid winter! Our thanks to all the singers and the householders who supported us raising money for British Heart Foundation. A total of £822.44 will be sent off in the New Year to support this cause thank you. Our annual candlelit carol service was led this year at short notice by Jackie as Rev Karen was ill. However the readings and the carols were still completed along with accompanied by the choir who raised decants to most of the carols and sang their own selection of choir carols. Thanks to all our readers, Jackie, the choir and everyone involved with refreshments afterwards for a lovely service. After a very slow start (we thought the awful weather had put people off) we ended up with around 38 attendees, and made £249 for Coventry Open Christmas; a homeless charity, Today we met to raise £241.50 for Action for Children who provide long-term, stable support to children and young people. They also help run vital community services that local authorities can’t fund. A good number of people came and supported the morning thank you.
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