Wolds & Coast Churches Festival weekend raises hundreds

Last weekend saw the long-awaited return of the Lincolnshire Wolds & Coast Churches Festival - and here at High Toynton we celebrated in style.

The grounds and chancel of St John the Baptist were transformed for a weekend of celebration marking the history, present and future of our wonderful church.

There was excellent live music, courtesy of Bell & Booth, Foxrose and Nicky Harby. There was also a stunning mural by local village artist in residence Toni Cunningham. Ton’s offer to immortalise loved ones by painting portraits of people into the church mural proved very popular, and the offer remains open. All that’s needed is a photo and a donation towards the church.

There was plenty of delicious food and cakes and guided tours of the newly refurbished chancel and church yard by Alison Bell.

Thanks to the generous donations of visitors, we managed to raise more than £650 towards the restoration of the church. Our hard working project managers have now got the body of the National Lottery Heritage Fund application in place - if all goes to plan then hopefully by next year’s Festival the churchyard will look very different!

Thank you to every one who turned out to explore our church and grounds, and to the village for making it such a success.

To donate to our fundraising efforts, please visit our Just Giving Page.