Christmas Flowers in the Porch 2012
Thank you to everyone who attended the Carol Service this afternoon – it was wonderful to see the church so full!
Snowmen decoration 2012
We hope you enjoyed the bell themed service and were able to take a few moments to look at the wonderful decorations and flower arrangements around the church.
Crib 2012
Christmas Tree 2012
On Sunday 16th December 2012 at 3pm at St. Mary’s there will be a bell-themed carol service.
Everyone is welcome – so please come and join in with this festive celebration!
There is a project currently underway in Saxlingham Nethergate to research the lives of those named on the Village War Memorial and the Church War Memorial. If you have any information about any of those named on the Memorials and would like to contribute to this project, please send us an email at info @ saxlinghambells.org.uk (remove the spaces).
Memorial – those who fell in The Great War
“For the Fallen” by Robert Laurence Binyon
With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children,
England mourns for her dead across the sea.
Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit,
Fallen in the cause of the free.
Solemn the drums thrill; Death august and royal
Sings sorrow up into immortal spheres,
There is music in the midst of desolation
And a glory that shines upon our tears.
They went with songs to the battle, they were young,
Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow.
They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted;
They fell with their faces to the foe.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
They mingle not with their laughing comrades again;
They sit no more at familiar tables of home;
They have no lot in our labour of the day-time;
They sleep beyond England’s foam.
But where our desires are and our hopes profound,
Felt as a well-spring that is hidden from sight,
To the innermost heart of their own land they are known
As the stars are known to the Night;
As the stars that shall be bright when we are dust,
Moving in marches upon the heavenly plain;
As the stars that are starry in the time of our darkness,
To the end, to the end, they remain.
On Saturday 10th November, between 10am and 1pm, members of the Bell Project team will be in the Church Room (as part of the Church Gift Day), if you have any questions about the project please feel free to pop in and have a chat.
Alternatively, leave a comment here or send an email to info @ saxlinghambells.org.uk and we will do our best to answer your questions.
On Saturday 13th October historian Kate Smith took around 20 people on a tour of local churches raising £165 for the Bell Fund.
Many thanks to Kate for sharing her vast knowledge of our local heritage!
Historian Kate Smith is holding a “Church Crawl” on Saturday 13th October, costing £6, to raise funds for the Bell and Tower Project.
Kate will start her tour of local churches at Long Stratton St. Mary – the round towered church on the A140 – at 10 am sharp. Please park down the road, to the south of the buildings. She will continue to Hardwick, Shelton, Bedingham and will finish at St. Mary’s Saxlingham Nethergate.
Kate will explain all about the churches, what everything is used for and how they have changed over the centuries and will point out some of the treasures and curiosities in our local churches.
There will be a break for lunch after visiting Shelton so please bring a picnic or contact Kate if you would like to have a pub lunch at Woodton’s King’s Head (to be paid for separately) (so she can give Chef an idea of numbers).
Kate’s contact details can be found in the September issue of “Saxlingham Contact” or by dropping us an email at info @ saxlinghambells.org.uk (please remove the spaces before and after the @ sign.)
Welcome to the website for the Bells and Tower Restoration Project for the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Saxlingham Nethergate.
We will be using this website to keep you up-to-date with everything this project involves – we actively encourage everyone to get involved and will be holding events to allow you to see the project as it progresses, learn about the history of Saxlingham Nethergate, the Church of St. Mary the Virgin and bell-ringing.
Currently we have displays in the Church and Church Room giving the history of the bells, we will be organising talks on the history of the Church, village, bell-ringing and bell founding and hanging, as well as family history seminars amongst other things.
If you have any ideas for events or any specific questions you would like us to address please do not hesitate to leave a comment or send an email to info @ saxlinghambells.org.uk (remove the spaces before and after the @ sign).
This is an opportunity for the community to learn about bells and the art of bell-ringing. The last time the bells were brought down from the tower was in 1908. This really is a once in one hundred years event we look forward to sharing with you!