After missing a year due to Covid-19, the Friends of St Bartholomew’s are pleased to announce that this year’s Annual General Meeting will be held at 2pm on Thursday 27 May 2021. All Friends are most welcome to the meeting … Continue reading
The Friends of St Bartholomew’s have been raising funds for years to maintain the church, but the structural problems with the East wall have made the work more urgent. If you’re a UK taxpayer, one of the ways you can … Continue reading
Since our last post on the problems with the East wall, we have had some survey work done, and the news is not good. The East wall is being forced away from the rest of the building by pressure from … Continue reading
Sadly, we have discovered serious structural problems with the church’s east wall. This means that the church is unsafe and we cannot open it at all until it is repaired. We are investigating the options for repairing it, but it … Continue reading
Due to the Coronavirus outbreak, we have sadly had to cancel the Flower Festival for 2020. We hope to be back for 2021. We have also had to postpone the Friends of Foston AGM. We’ll post details of the new … Continue reading
Due to the outbreak of coronavirus, all regular Communion services are cancelled until further notice. The AGM and Flower Festival are under review: more news nearer the time.
Dine India evening Provisionally 2 March 2020 Dina India, Countesthorpe We have provisionally arranged for the “Dine India” event to be held on 2nd March 2020. The actual date will be announced once booked. Tickets will be then available from … Continue reading
Thank you to everyone who took part and made this year’s Christmas Tree Festival such a success. Thank you also to Gerard Lowe for these photos of the Festival.
Christmas Tree Festival 7-8 December We’re holding our annual festival over the weekend when the church will be decorated with Christmas trees. Click here for details. Festive calendar for services at Foston The Annual Carol Concert will be held on … Continue reading
This popular event is being held again this year from 10 am – 4.30 pm on each day. There will be musical performances, as well as the Christmas trees themselves. There will also be refreshments available and a raffle. With regard … Continue reading