The aim of the Ladies’ Group is to demonstrate Christian love and provide opportunities for ladies to get to know each other, to make new friends and build up relationships. We aim to be fully inclusive and encourage ladies to invite and bring along their friends to share in the enjoyment and fun.
The current Ladies’ Group has been running since December 2021. We now meet bi-monthly, usually on a Thursday evening, and try to arrange activities to suit all ages. We have had a wide range of events, including a curry night, ten pin bowling, greens bowls with fish and chips, quiz night with nibbles, a picnic with live music from a saxophonist, bingo and pizza, our birthday celebration, 60/70’s night with popular music, quiz and foods of that era, a Pudding (dessert) night and a summer Fashion Show by ‘The Gap in the Market’ with a finger buffet. Our final event before the summer break was Barbecue foods and a music night with the St Peter’s Wellbeing Choir and a sing-a-long, with FUG’s (Feelgood Ukulele Group). As is always popular at Queens Road, nearly all our events involve food!
- Ladies Group Update
Our March event ‘Everything goes well with Chocolate’ proved to be a very popular evening, with many of our ladies bringing along their friends and neighbours.
Carl Whitehead, the Captain of the Salvation Army in Ramsgate, started the evening by sharing his testimony with us, explaining how he became a Christian and the way in which he felt led into the Lord’s service within the Salvation Army.
Prior to going into the ministry, Carl used to work at Cadbury’s and gave us a very informative talk, with slides, about how chocolate was first discovered and the processes that occur to give us the wonderful tasting chocolate we have today. He provided milk and plain chocolate samples for us to try and identify the brand and then rate in order of preference and taste. There was also a quiz on when different brands of chocolate bars were first introduced, which was quite enlightening!
As usual, food and drinks were provided and there was a great atmosphere throughout the evening.
In May, we invited the ‘The Gap in the Market’ shop to put on a Fashion Show. Once again, this proved to be a very popular evening in which we watched some fantastic volunteers (male and female) model a range of clothing for all occasions.
During the evening, the ladies were able to sit and chat or view and purchase clothing, shoes and accessories, that had been been modelled, and items donated to the shop.
It was good to be able to support the ‘Gap in the Market’ shop which raises money for many community based projects. It has some fantastic items for sale and is well worth a visit.
Future events for this year, all at QRBC.
Thursday 18th July – An Afternoon Tea (in the evening) with music by David Burrin.
Thursday 19th September – Chris and Curry Night (an evening of Poetry)
Thursday 21st November – Christmas Craft Night
- Ladies Group 2023 Round Up!
The Ladies’ and Men’s Group combined for a joint afternoon activity in September when we joined the St Peter’s Village Tour. This was an interesting tour in which we learnt a great deal about St Peter’s village and life in the past, from our guide and the amazing volunteers that dressed up as different characters on route and gave us more historical information. If you have never been on the tour, we recommend you giving it a go.
September also saw the ladies go Ten Pin Bowling at Bugsy’s in Cliftonville. This was a great evening in which to have fun, competition and socialise. It was lovely just having time to chat with other ladies in a relaxed atmosphere.
In November, we had a Craft and Cake evening. This proved to be very popular, and the ladies were able to participate in a variety of Christmas activities ranging from paper craft, card making, sewing, making Christmas tree decorations, flannel craft and decorating bottles/jars for lights and night lights. For the first time in the history of the group, people were so engaged many didn’t even want to stop for food!!
Our next event is on Thursday 18th January 2024, which will be a Fun Bingo Night with Jacket Potatoes with a selection of fillings. For more details, please look out for the leaflets and sign up on the notice board outside the Worship Area.
We are thrilled to say that Liz Roberts has agreed to join our Ladies’ Committee. We look forward to working with Liz and her input which we know will be invaluable.
- 60’s & 70’s Party!
A small look at the fun and games we had at our Sixties and Seventies themed party in January. Music, quiz and food, all from those two groovy decades! A number of our ladies dressed up and we all had a lovely evening!
- Ladies Group Birthday Celebration!
In December, we celebrated our 1st Birthday as a Group! We’ve had a great year, with lots of varied activities for all ages. We’ve had a curry night, ten pin bowling, greens bowls with fish and chips, quiz night with nibbles, a picnic with live music from a saxophonist, bingo and pizza and then a celebration party to close the year! We look forward to many more fun evenings to come!