Events

On Saturday 29 February from 10am we need volunteers to help dispose of brash and small branches to the bonfire at Stoney Villa following pollarding of the Yew to the North West of the Church. Other wood that is not reserved for craft work will be stacked just to the West of the Church tower for parishioners to take away. (The Churchyard path to the North-West of the Church will be closed from Wednesday 26 February and access may be restricted afterwards until everything is cleared up.)

Cradley church dates back to Anglo-Saxon times, and is also a beautiful example of Victorian church restoration. Tim Bridges, Church Buildings Officer for the Diocese of Hereford, and an expert on Victorian buildings, will talk about the Victorian restoration of Cradley church and explain how, and why, Cradley church was transformed in the 1860s and 1870s.

All are welcome to come and join in the singing and practice some of the hymns to be included in services in the coming month.

COMMUNITY LUNCHES for Charity (home made soups with bread and cheeses), at Cradley Church WR13 5NH All welcome - Come and go as you please between 12.00 and 2.00 p.m. Donations of at least £2 are invited, towards this year's nominated charities: the Salvation Army locally and the work of 'Embrace' among refugees in the Middle East

This first talk is by Canon Michael Brierley, who is in charge of music and worship at Worcester Cathedral. All welcome, free of charge (donations welcome).

The Mothers Union are organising a service in Cradley church to participate in the World Day of Prayer, which is a wave of prayer encircling the globe. It begins as the sun rises over Samoa and ends some 36 hours later back in the Pacific as the sun sets over American Samoa. We will be joining with people in over 120 countries and islands around the world as we pray. Each year the service is prepared by a different country and this year it has been prepared by the Christian women of Zimbabwe. Please come along and join in - everyone is welcome.

COMMUNITY LUNCHES for Charity (home made soups with bread and cheeses), at Reafields, Grittlesend, WR13 5NR, on the road out of Cradley by Mill Bank, 1/2 mile east of the Halesend: by invitation of Chris and Di Roberts. Parking available. All welcome - Come and go as you please between 12.00 and 2.00 p.m. Come and go as you please between 12.00 and 2.00 p.m. Donations of at least £2 are invited, towards this year's nominated charities: the Salvation Army locally and the work of 'Embrace' among refugees in the Middle East

This second talk is by Canon Richard Mitchell, Canon Precentor at Gloucester Cathedral. All welcome, free of charge (donations welcome).

Cradley church has a beautiful stained-glass window showing St. Francis of Assisi preaching to the birds. The window is linked to a Cradley family. Roy Albutt, expert on stained-glass church windows and author of the book "The Stained Glass Windows of A.J. Davies of the Bromsgrove Guild", will give a talk on the windows designed and made by Davies in Bromsgrove, including the St. Francis window. Davies, who died in 1953, also made fine windows for Hereford and Worcester Cathedrals.

COMMUNITY LUNCHES for Charity (home made soups with bread and cheeses), at Ferndale, Westfield, Cradley WR13 5HZ, (on the bumpy lane between Chapel Lane and Finchers Corner: by invitation of David and Caroline Strickland-Eales. Limited parking on-site: otherwise on Chapel Lane or Huntingdon) All welcome - Come and go as you please between 12.00 and 2.00 p.m. Donations of at least £2 are invited, towards this year's nominated charities: the Salvation Army locally and the work of 'Embrace' among refugees in the Middle East

This third talk is by Canon Chris Pullin, Canon Chancellor at Hereford Cathedral. All welcome, free of charge (donations welcome).

COMMUNITY LUNCHES for Charity (home made soups with bread and cheeses), at Queenswood, Cradley, opposite Buryfields, just south of Cradley School: by invitation of Stuart and Pauline Diplock. Parking available. All welcome - Come and go as you please between 12.00 and 2.00 p.m. Donations of at least £2 are invited, towards this year's nominated charities: the Salvation Army locally and the work of 'Embrace' among refugees in the Middle East

COMMUNITY LUNCHES for Charity (home made soups with bread and cheeses), at Yew Tree House, Mathon Road, Colwall, WR13 6EW, on the Colwall Road from Mathon, on the boundary between Mathon and Colwall: by invitation of Paul and Karen Seymour. Parking on-site and on-road. All welcome - Come and go as you please between 12.00 and 2.00 p.m. Donations of at least £2 are invited, towards this year's nominated charities: the Salvation Army locally and the work of 'Embrace' among refugees in the Middle East

All are welcome to come and join in the singing and practice some of the hymns to be included in services in the coming month.