The AGM for the Friends of Garvald Church will be held on Wednesday 24th February at 7 pm via Zoom. If you would like to attend please fill in the contact form below and you will be sent a Zoom invitation.

Sadly, due to current restrictions there will be no Sunday morning services at Garvald or Morham Churches for the next few weeks.

A notice will be put on the website when we are able to re-open.

The photos from the lovely night we had Rockin’ around the Christmas tree are ready to view. You’ll find them on the Christmas 2020 page in the Gallery. Wishing everyone a peaceful Christmas.

Thanks to everybody who came out yesterday and contributed in any way to our Christmas event. It was great to feel part of a small community again (although slightly scary to see so many people in one place, even if it was outside!) A special thanks and welcome to all the newcomers. For those of you who are ill or vulnerable and couldn’t join us – we missed you.

Thanks to Peter and Elaine for delicious soup and mince pies.

Thanks to our Buskers in the bus-shelter and and the Little Drummer Boy in the van

Thanks to Murray and Tracey for the use of their gazebo – it will probably never be quite the same again.

Thanks to Liz for masterminding the whole thing, and particularly the wooden decorations for the tree – there are more available from Kirklands, beside the Church.

Thanks for all the raffle prizes and your enthusiastic participation in that activity – we raised a stunning £264.80 for Crisis, the homeless charity.

Wishing everyone a very Happy and Healthy Christmas.

PS Watch this space for the photos.

Don’t forget to come and pick up your Christmas decorations for personalising before Sunday.

They will be available from the bus shelter on the Village Green between 10.30 and 11.30 am on Saturday morning.

Drop off your soup money to Anne at the Old School at the same time.

And on Sunday, wrap up warm and bring your brolly!! 4.30 pm – 6pm

Exciting raffle prize of a night in holiday cottage plus the usual sorts of liquid raffle prizes!

Rockin’ Around the Garvald Christmas Tree

Something to help us get into the Christmas spirit on Sunday 13th December.

We would really like to get some idea of numbers  so please drop your £3s in to Anne at The Old School in advance.

Special raffle prize – a night in a holiday cottage!

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2020 Rockin around

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In the absence of the usual Family Christmas Theatre trip we’re posting information about some of the alternatives available to watch at home this year:

We usually go to the Lyceum Edinburgh, they are offering Lyceum Christmas Tales

On 1 Dec, a free 15 minute Christmas story will appear on The Lyceum Website for families to share at bedtime. Then, a brand new story will appear every other day until the 16th of December – 8 free stories in all. You can visit us here to watch them on the website as they appear or sign up to receive them by email. The final 4 Christmas Tales will be performed together in a special live show with musical interludes on a transformed Lyceum stage between 16-20 December, £10.

Other options:
All available free to stream at home but please do consider donating if you can.

National Theatre of Scotland – Rapunzel

Brunton Theatre – Rapunzel

Scottish Ballet – The Secret Theatre Christmas Special