Nativity service at St Etheldreda’s – tomorrow at 5pm

Confirming that the Nativity service at St Etheldreda’s tomorrow, Sunday 17th December, is at 5pm, not 6pm as stated in the Horley Views magazine.

Ukraine Appeal – Update Dec 23

Although the situation in Ukraine is not front page news so much these days, donations of food and other items are still urgently needed.  A truck will be making at least one more trip this year following a contribution towards the cost of petrol from the proceeds of the monthly village coffee mornings. Please put any items you can contribute in the box under Rita’s porch as soon as you can. 

Items especially needed are food (cans, packets of rice, pasta etc), warm winter clothing and bandages. All donations are much appreciated and Rita continues to do great job collecting and taking the items down to central hub.

Village Defibrillator available again

‘The Defibrillator sited at the Red Lion Public House has now been re-commissioned and tested.

In case of emergency please dial 999.

Site – Red Lion Public House, The Square, Horley  OX15 6BQ ‘

David Beck – Horley Parish Clerk

Services at St Etheldreda’s during December

Christmas services at St Etheldreda’s are as follows:

Sunday 17th December at 5pm – Nativity (not 6pm as stated in the Horley Views Magazine)

Christmas Eve at 11:30pm – Midnight Mass

Details of all services in the Benefice in December can be found here:

https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/477/news/notice-sheet/grid/

Village Defibrillator not currently available

‘Please note that the village defibrillator is in need of a spare part and is not currently available.

I am in contact with the maintenance company to expedite this.

In the meantime in case of emergency please ring 999.‘

David Beck – Horley Parish Clerk

Christmas Refuse Collections

Refuse, recycling, and food waste collections will change over Christmas and New Year.

From Tuesday 26 December 2023, collections will be a day later than scheduled.  This is for all collections across Cherwell District Council and includes green bin, blue bin, and food caddy collections.

Please make sure bins are out for collection by 7.00am.

The green bin, blue bin and food caddy collections will resume as normal on Tuesday 2nd January.

Normal collection dateChristmas collection date
Tuesday 26 DecemberWednesday 27 December
Wednesday 27 DecemberThursday 28 December
Thursday 28 DecemberFriday 29 December
Friday 29 DecemberSaturday 30 December

Garden Waste collections

Collections will be suspended for two weeks from Tuesday 26th December until and including Friday 5th January, to allow our crews to prioritise the additional recycling and food waste that accrues over Christmas.

If you have any garden waste over this time that can’t wait for the next collection, you can take it to your local Household Waste Recycling Centre.

Christmas tree recycling

We’ll be collecting real Christmas trees from Tuesday 9th January until and including Friday 19th January. Please ensure that all lights and decorations have been removed from the tree. Any tree that is over 5ft tall must be cut in half.

Best wishes

Environmental Services – Waste and Recycling team

Christmas Presents for the Sunshine Centre

As a Benefice of eight churches we have once again offered to provide Christmas presents for the children of The Sunshine  Centre in Banbury.

For those of you who don’t know about this amazing facility, The Sunshine Centre was created to act as a hub for a range of family and childcare support services for the community in Bretch Hill and the surrounding area, this includes Early Years and the Childrens’ Centre.

It is an Ofsted rated, ‘outstanding’ nursery, which provides childcare for children from 3 months to 5 years, organises classes and courses for families in the community, and hosts a range of baby and toddler groups. It also partners with other organisations such as the NHS to provide weekly antenatal clinics.

It is proposed that any presents that are donated should be wrapped in Christmas paper and marked with a post-it note or similar as to what they are and what age and gender the child is to whom they’d be best suited.  Small presents with a value of £5 to £10 are what are required.

If you are minded to contribute please leave the presents on or near the main altar in St Etheldreda’s, from where they will be collected no later than Monday 4th December, and taken to the centre.

Thank-you from the staff and children.