Diary​
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Please be aware that all this diary is subject to change. This list will be kept up to date.
​MAY
Thursday 1st May
10 am - St Edmund's Church Hall - Baby & Toddler Group
Saturday 3rd May
9.30 am - St Edmund's - Groundforce
Sunday 4th May – 3rd Sunday of Easter
Food Bank Sunday - Please leave any donations in St Edmund's Church, Primrose's shed in St Edmund's Church Hall carpark or in St Matthew's Fellowship Room by Tuesday 6th May. Thank you.
10 am - St Edmund's – Morning Prayer, led by Rachael Brooks
12 noon - St Edmund's - Burial of ashes of Clifford Dobson
10 am - St Matthew's – Holy Communion, led by John Rice
6 pm – St Matthew’s - Evensong, led by Clive Lemmon
Monday 5th May
3.30-5.30 pm - St Edmund's Church Hall - VE Day 80th anniversary picnic with music from the Handbell Group
Tuesday 6th May
2 pm - St Matthew's Fellowship Room - Medical Detection Dogs by Harold Palmer
7.30 pm - Zoom - St Edmund's Standing Committee Meeting
Wednesday 7th May
10 am - St Edmund's - Holy Communion, led by John Rice
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Thursday 8th May
10 am - St Edmund's Church Hall - Baby & Toddler Group
Saturday 10th May
9.30-12 noon - St Matthew's carpark - Refills on the Road
Sunday 11th May - 4th Sunday of Easter
10 am - St Edmund's – Holy Communion & the baptism of Phoebe Moriarty, led by Rachael Brooks
10 am - St Matthew's – Morning Prayer, led by Clive Lemmon
6 pm – St Edmund’s - Choral Evensong, led by the Choir
Monday 12th May
2 pm - St Edmund's Choir Vestry - Bookworms: Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult
7.30 pm - Ascension Prayer Group at Catherine McAuley House Community Room
7.30 pm - St Edmund's Choir Vestry - Handbell Practice
Tuesday 13th May
12 noon - St Edmund's Church Hall - Luncheon Club
7.30 pm - St Edmund's Conference Room - PCC Meeting
Wednesday 14th May
10 am - St Edmund's - Holy Communion, led by Lee Martin
11.30 am - St Edmund's - Burial of ashes of Dorothy Hilda Perry
Thursday 15th May
10 am - St Edmund's Church Hall - Baby & Toddler Group
Saturday 17th May
10-12 noon - St Edmund's Choir Vestry - Plant Sale
7 pm - Dalesman Male Voice Choir - There is no admission charge but there will be a retiring collection.
Sunday 18th May - 5th Sunday of Easter
10 am - St Edmund's – Morning Prayer led by Dwayne Engh
10 am - St Matthew's – Holy Communion, led by Rachael Brooks. The APCM will follow the service.
6 pm - St Matthew's – Choral Evensong, led by Rachael Brooks
Monday 19th May
12.30 pm - St Matthew's - Funeral of David Richard Ling
7 pm - St Matthew's Fellowship Room - PCC Meeting
Wednesday 21st May
10 am - St Edmund's - Holy Communion, led by Rachael Brooks
Thursday 22nd May
10 am - St Edmund's Church Hall - Baby & Toddler Group
Friday 23rd May
8.30-10.30 am - St Matthew’s Fellowship Room – Community Café
Saturday 24th May
9.30-12 noon - St Matthew's carpark - Refills on the Road
Sunday 25th May - 6th Sunday of Easter
10 am - St Edmund's – Holy Communion, led by John Rice
10 am - St Matthew's - Morning Prayer & the baptism of Lucy Elvie Lydon, led by Rachael Brooks & the All Age Team
6 pm – St Edmund’s – Evening Prayer, led by Clive Lemmon
Tuesday 27th May
10.45 am - Holy Communion at Stanley House
11.15 am - Holy Communion at Abbeydale
12 noon - St Edmund's Church Hall - Luncheon Club
Wednesday 28th May
10 am – St Edmund’s – Holy Communion, led by John Rice
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Thursday 29th May, Ascension Day
7.30 pm - St Matthew's - Choral Communion
Saturday 31st May
9.30 am - St Matthew's - Churchyard Working Party - Come & help to make the churchyard clean and tidy
10 am - St Edmund's - Brass Cleaning
3 pm - St Matthew's - Wedding of Lois Wilkinson & Dempsey White
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JUNE
Sunday 1st June – 7th Sunday of Easter
Food Bank Sunday - Please leave any donations in St Edmund's Church or in St Matthew's Fellowship Room by Tuesday 3rd June. Thank you.
10 am - St Edmund's – Morning Prayer & the baptism of Nora, led by Rachael Brooks & the All Age Team
10 am - St Matthew's – Holy Communion, led by John Rice
2 pm - St Matthew's - Baptism of Thomas Stanley Murfin
6 pm – St Matthew’s - Evensong, led by Melonie Hambly
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Monday 2nd June
7.30 pm - St Edmund's Choir Vestry - Handbells
Tuesday 3rd June
2 pm - St Matthew's Fellowship Room - A Life of Crime, recollections of a Criminal Solicitor - Peter Stubbs
Wednesday 4th June
10 am - St Edmund's - Holy Communion, led by John Rice
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Thursday 5th June
10 am - St Edmund's Church Hall - Baby & Toddler Group
Sunday 8th June - Pentecost (Whit Sunday)
10 am - St Edmund's – Holy Communion & the baptism of Florence Redgate-Malewski, led by Rachael Brooks
10 am - St Matthew's – Morning Prayer, led by Clive Lemmon
6 pm – St Edmund’s - Choral Evensong, led by Rachael Brooks
Monday 9th June
2 pm - St Edmund's Choir Vestry - Bookworms: The Hand that First Held Mine by Maggie O'Farrell
7.30 pm - Ascension Prayer Group at Catherine McAuley House Community Room
Tuesday 10th June
12 noon - St Edmund's Church Hall - Luncheon Club
Wednesday 11th June
10 am - St Edmund's - Holy Communion, led by Rachael Brooks
Thursday 12th June
10 am - St Edmund's Church Hall - Baby & Toddler Group
3.30-5.30 pm - St Matthew's Fellowship Room - Derbyshire Wildlife Trust: Making Your Garden More Wildlife Friendly
Saturday 14th June
9.30-12 noon - St Matthew's carpark - Refills on the Road
9.30-12.30 pm - St Matthew's Fellowship Room - Second Hand Saturday - find items you no longer use and swap them for new ones
7.30 pm - St Matthew's Church - The Derwent Singers - £15 per ticket, available from the website www.derwentsingers.org.uk or on the door, cash or card
7.30 pm - St Edmund's Church - An evening of music from the High Edge Recorder Orchestra & Derby City Singers
Sunday 15th June - Trinity Sunday
10 am - St Edmund's – Morning Prayer led by John Rice
10 am - St Matthew's – Holy Communion, led by Cathie & Aidan Watson
6 pm - St Matthew's – Choral Evensong, led by Clive Lemmon
Wednesday 18th June
10 am - St Edmund's - Holy Communion, led by John Rice
Thursday 19th June
10 am - St Edmund's Church Hall - Baby & Toddler Group
Friday 20th June
8.30-10.30 am - St Matthew’s Fellowship Room – Community Café
Saturday 21st June
3.30-5.30 pm - St Edmund's Church Hall - we will be celebrating 250 years since Jane Austen's birth. There will be fantastic entertainment and cream teas. To book your tickets please call 01332 552031 or e-mail steds.stmatts@outlook.com by 15th June.
Sunday 22nd June - Trinity 1 (Proper 7)
10 am - St Edmund's – Holy Communion & baptism of Diya Louise Sarkar, led by Cathie Watson
10 am - St Matthew's - Morning Prayer, led by Melonie Hambly
There will be no evening service in either church. The choirs will be singing at the Diocesan Evensong at Derby Cathedral at 5.30pm. Both congregations are warmly invited.
Tuesday 24th June
12 noon - St Edmund's Church Hall - Luncheon Club
Wednesday 25th June
10 am – St Edmund’s – Holy Communion, led by Geoffrey Marshall
Saturday 28th June
9.30 am - St Matthew's - Churchyard Working Party - Come & help to make the churchyard clean and tidy
9.30-12 noon - St Matthew's carpark - Refills on the Road
Sunday 29th June
10 am - Joint Holy Communion service at St Nick's
4 pm??? - St Edmund's Church - Ann Miller concert