Our annual Summer Music at Sandford series concluded on Friday 26 August in spectacular fashion with a witty and entertaining piano duet recital by Jonathan Lycett and Stuart Nicholson, which completed a series of great musical variety and consistently high quality. Our thanks to all the performers, and also to…
The 2016 St Philip’s Art Sale and Exhibition will take place in St Philip’s Parish Hall from Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 November. Opening Night with guest speaker and refreshments is at 7.30 pm on Thursday 3 November and the exhibition continues on: Friday 4 November: 3 pm to 8…
Guides to the Churches Self-guided tours have been prepared for Sandford Church and St Philip’s Church and these will be launched in both churches on Sunday 25 September. These leaflets will give a brief history of each church and provide specific information about particular features in our beautiful churches. The…
The Parish Development Committee is working with the Transition Year students (2016/17) at Alexandra College to produce a ten-minute documentary on the many and varied aspects of parish life in Sandford and St Philip’s. It is envisioned at this stage that, when completed, the documentary will be shown within the…
We had a great day in Sandford Church on 21 May at our hymnathon when we were joined by various organists and choirs, with people dropping in and out throughout the day. We sang a total of ninety hymns! Thanks to those of you who took the time to drop…
Choral Compline will continue in Sandford Church every Friday evening at 6.30 pm during the month of June and will then break for July and August, recommencing in September.
Choral Scholars will sing as a guest act as part of the Ranelagh Singers concert in Sandford Church on Saturday 18 June at 8pm. Both Parish Choir and Choral Scholars are looking forward to singing jointly in both Sandford and St Philip’s for Morning Prayer on Sunday 5 June, which…
The Strollers meet on first Tuesday of every month at St Philip’s Church and enjoy friendship, moderate exercise and hopefully refreshments afterwards. I can recommend all of the walks mentioned below and urge you to explore the attractions available on our doorstep. In March we braved blustery and rainy weather…
The annual luncheon in the newly refurbished Royal St George Yacht Club was very popular and thanks are due to Ian Roberts who, as a club member, vouched for us and thanks also to Ralph Mc Guckin for his annual social engineering with his carefully devised seating plan! In March…
Restoration work is due to begin shortly on the organ in Sandford Church. You will have read the details of the work in the Lent/Easter edition of SandMill News. Brian Winn, People’s Glebewarden