Tag Archives: St. Etheldreda’s Church

Reminder – Horley Summer Fete this Saturday (8th June)

Don’t miss Horley’s Summer Fete on Saturday 8th June!

If you have any plants, home made cakes or children’s books and toys that you could spare, please bring them along on the day of the fete or contact horleyladiesguild@gmailcom and we will collect them.

Horley Summer Fete – Saturday 8th June

Don’t miss Horley’s Summer Fete on Saturday 8th June.

If you have any plants, home made cakes or children’s books and toys that you could spare, please bring them along on the day of the fete or contact horleyladiesguild@gmailcom and we will collect them.

Save the date for this year’s progressive dinner – 10th August

Horley Progressive Dinner 2024 will be on Saturday 10th August. Always the Horley social event of the year and generally talked about for many months afterwards, many of the stories have now become part of Horley’s history!

It is such a lovely evening and the perfect way to connect with your neighbours, a big part of what makes our village so special.

Clear your diaries and book your babysitters.

Numbers increase every year so let’s see if we can make this a record breaking one.

Booking details to follow soon.

Reminder Posy Making Workshop at the Old School on Saturday 9th March

There will be a children’s workshop on Saturday 9th March in the Old School from 10:30am to 12pm for children to make Mothering Sunday flower posies and pictures. Please bring flowers if you have any available.

Everyone is welcome and there will be refreshments and cake!

 Please contact Sue Ashdown on 07580628794 if you’d like more information.


Posy Making Workshop – Horley Old School on Saturday 9th March

There will be a children’s workshop on Saturday 9th March in the Old School from 10:30 am to 12pm for children to make Mothering Sunday flower posies and pictures. Please bring flowers if you have any available.

Everyone is welcome and there will be refreshments and cake!

 Please contact Sue Ashdown on 07580628794 if you’d like more information.


10 Year Anniversary of Horley Bells

It’s 10 years this month since the bells in St Etheldreda’s Church were rung for the first time after a 25 year period of silence.  Prior to February 2014, it hadn’t been possible to ring the bells as they had been declared unsafe for ringing due to water damage to the ancient wooden frame.

After a fantastic fundraising effort in 2012 – 2013 led by Mike Patching, the bell frame was restored and two new bells were cast and installed to supplement the original four bells.

We will be ringing the bells to celebrate this 10 year anniversary next Saturday 17th February between 2pm and 4pm. 

Listen out – or better still, come and along and see the bells being rung. We have put a camera in the bell chamber so you will be able to see the bells in action as well as the ringers !

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.

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/