Landkey Village

Landkey residents, especially those who live on the western side of the village, may have noticed that the church clock has recently begun chiming again.

A lightning strike on the church in January 2015 caused damage to the clock and this has taken quite a while to repair fully. The clock was brought back into service a year or so after being damaged but then suffered further (minor) damage when repairs to its cement surround were being carried out.

A clock specialist was brought in recently and has managed to restart the mechanism and we hope that the clock will continue to run as smoothly as it did before it being struck.

All are especially welcome to join us as at St Paul's Church as we celebrate Easter this week. We will be holding a Reflections of the Cross service on Good Friday, 19th April between 2pm and 3pm.

Our Easter Sunday service will follow on Sunday and we expect this to be a joyful occasion as we rejoice in the knowledge of the risen Lord.

There will also be services in other churches in our Mission Community:

• On Maundy Thursday, 18th April, a service will be held at 7pm at St Michael, East Buckland.
• On Good Friday at 7:30am, there will be a procession carrying a cross to the top of Hooda Hill, Swimbridge.
• At 6:30pm on Good Friday at St James' Church, Swimbridge a service of readings and prayers will take place.

St Paul's Church  have arranged a number of services and events to take place during Lent and Easter and we hope that all will feel welcome to join us at this special time of the year. These include:

• Lent lunches each Wednesday at 12:30 pm - details on the Events Calendar
• Mothering Sunday service on 31st March at 10:30 am
• Palm Sunday service at 10:30 am on 14th April
• Easter Day service at 10:30 am on 21st April

Fuller details may be found on the Events Calendar.

The efforts of several local organisations in contributing and decorating Christmas trees for the St Paul's Church Christmas Tree Festival this year was much appreciated.

The Festival ran from 14th-16th December and 8 Landkey or local organisations tool part. These were:

• Landkey W.I.
• Landkey Village Hall
• Landkey Horticultural Society
• Landkey United Fellowship
• Swimbridge Nursing Home
• Landkey Brownies
• St. Paul's Mothers Union
• Landkey Parish Council jointly with Tracey's Tiddlers

Lyncroft Stores helped to sponsor this event.

Visitors were invited to vote for the tree which they felt was best decorated and the winner was Landkey Brownies, followed by the Horticultural Society.

St Paul's Church has organised a range of services and events to celebrate Christmas this year and we hope that many parish residents as well as any visitors spending time in this area will feel welcome to join us on these occasions.

Details of all of these events can be found on the Events Calendar but, in brief, this is what has been arranged:

• 14th-16th December - Christmas Tree Festival
• 20th December - Carols by Candlelight
• 23rd December - Nativity play
• 24th December - 2 services: Christingle and Christmas Communion.