Confirmation
Wednesday June 11th is the day when Bishop Tony will visit our Parish Church to administer the sacrament of Confirmation to several candidates from our parish and elsewhere.
Do come and give them your support at 7.30pm that day. Refreshments will be served after the service.
Sunday Evening Concert
Although not being organised by the Parish Church we are delighted to be hosting another of the evening concerts produced by the Bingham Community Arts Group on Sunday June 22nd. This will be at the later time of 8.00pm (after evensong) so do come along for some more wonderful music making.
Further details will be found elsewhere in this copy of Butter Cross.
Charity Summer Fair
We shall hold our usual Summer Fair in aid of Charity on Saturday 28th June from 10.00am to 12 noon in Church House. There will be Tombola, Cake stall, Bric-a-Brac stall, Bookstall, Raffle, the Flower Group stall and a competition to Win a Breakfast. There may also be some games for all ages.
To find out more and to support these worthy causes (Framework, Rainbows Children’s Hospice, Medical Centre project in Uganda) please come and see what is on offer on the day.
Holy Island Tour
A 4-day trip has been arranged from 1st – 4th September including days at Holy Island and Alnwick Gardens. Please contact Pam (875 826) for further information if you are interested in joining this tour.
Mothers Union Outing.
This year our Mothers Union day outing will be on Monday June 16th leaving the Co-op at 9.00am but picking up first at Garden Road at 8.50am. We shall have our first stop for coffee at Byrkley Garden Centre, then on to Lichfield where there are lots of small shops and cafés for lunch (or you can take a picnic). In the afternoon we shall visit the National War Memorial and Arboretum at Alrewas – which the Queen officially opened last year – and this is only a few miles from Lichfield.
We shall have several spare coach seats so if anyone would like to join us you will be very welcome - the coach fare will be £11.50.
I am sure we shall have a very enjoyable day.
Please phone to book or for any further information.
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PLEASE BE A FRIEND.

The Parish Church is a magnificent and prominent feature of Bingham which dates from
c1225. Over the past few weeks you may well have visited the Church for Christmas services or concerts and this will have raised your awareness of the wonderful architecture and dedicated work of craftsmen carried out within the building over many years.
You may not attend the weekly services but, perhaps, you would hope to use the Church for Christenings, Weddings and Funerals. Or maybe you just enjoy seeing this historic building standing proudly and expect it to remain so.
The Friends of Bingham Parish Church is a registered charity formed in the 1950s with the sole purpose of restoration, development, maintenance and repair of St Mary and All Saints.
If you would like to share in preserving the Church for future generations, you are warmly invited to join The Friends, who with their subscriptions and gifts, contribute to this ideal to keep the Church and Victorian Church House as living places within the community.
We would emphasise that The Friends only use subscriptions and donations to help maintain the church buildings and not for any of the religious activities which take place there.
Membership forms are available in Church or you can write direct to:
Mr. H I Ockelford, Sunnyside Cottage, 77 Kneeton Road, East Bridgford, NG13 8PH, or Mrs. G Bailey, 20 Tythby Road, Bingham, NG13 8GN.
We can also give you any additional information you may like or need.