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St Laurence Church 1325 Celebrations
On Sunday 11 May Dr Alison Ray, Archivist at Lincoln College, Oxford, gave a fascinating talk on the history of Combe Church.
Dr Ray’s talk can be accessed via the attached links
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LeAhghPpANUjwEE-6nuEUxblGzHBNhfc/view
Sunday 8 June · 4-5pm · School Hall
Life at North Leigh Roman Villa. A talk by Byron Russell on the social setting and the Romano-British way of life during the time of the occupancy of the Roman Villa at North Leigh.
Weekend 14 & 15 June · 10-6pm · St Laurence's Church
Flower Festival and exhibition of children’s art work
Our 700th anniversary celebrations continue during the weekend of the 14th and 15th June with displays of flowers in the church with the theme of ‘Village Life’ and alongside which will be a display of artworks created by the children of Combe School – floor tiles and paintings inspired by our village church, combining with the floral displays to celebrate our village life and 1325 celebrations.
Saturday 14 June · 5-6pm · St Laurence's Church
Concert by ‘Sounds Historical’, The concert will focus on important and influential music by women composers from medieval times to the eighteenth century. The quartet specialises in early music and will play a range of period instruments fascinating in their own right. Tickets for this concert are £10, (£5 for under 16’s) and will be available online in advance, or on the night.
Tickets can be booked via the link below.
https://www.combeparishchurch.org/s/Pre-payment-link.pdf
Saturday 5 July · 5-7pm · St Laurence's Church
A special two-part ‘700th Anniversary’ summer concert. A musical evening with Captain Noah and his Floating Zoo performed by Combe Primary School, and a light-hearted programme of contemporary music and song, with opportunities for everyone to join in.
Do come and join us on the night.
Combe Feast Celebrations
Saturday 9 August – Church Fete, Gift Day and Open Tower
Sunday 10 August – Service of Worship on the Village Green
The Church Building various matters in progress
There are a number of projects upon which we are currently working, these include,
We hope to shortly to place a notice board adjacent to the churchyard gates.
Preparatory work is in progress to replace the stone cross to the apex of the chancel roof.
South Wall
We hope shortly to commence on repair of the south wall plaster followed by redecoration of the Nave. The Chancel will be redecorated in entirety.
We have a small group who are looking at the present heating and lighting arrangements, with a view to upgrading.
The Vestry
The repair and redecoration of the Vestry is long overdue. We hope to tackle this shortly, in conjunction with a review of our catering arrangements, to make the best of the increased available space in the Nave.