The 2005 Christmas Tree Festival

at St Laurence Church, Stroud

Our first Festival was held in 2005. We had 30 decorated trees in the Church, some were displayed at pew height and the rest at floor level. We were very grateful to all groups for spending so much time decorating the trees.

The list of groups who took part were

• 5th Stroud St Lawrence Rainbows, Brownies and Guides
• All Saints, Uplands Choir
• Bar Bar Nursery
• Care and Repair (Stroud) Ltd
• Centre Christian Book Shop
• Clockwise (St Laurence Clock Keeper)
• Grove Park Sheltered Housing
• Holy Trinity Church, Slad
• Home-Start Stroud & Dursley
• St John The Baptist Church, Randwick
• Revd Canon Barry Coker, Vicar of St Laurence
• Save The Children, Stroud Branch
• St Laurence Bell Ringers
• St Laurence Flower Arrangers
• St Laurence Junior Choir
• St Laurence Thursday Lunch Club (TLC)
• Stroud and Swindon Building Society
• Stroud Choral Society
• Stroud High School
• Stroud Local History Society
• Stroud News and Journal
• Stroud Town Council
• Stroud Valleys Project
• Stroud Video Makers
• The Rotary Club of Stroud
• Traidcraft
• Uplands Mothers Union
• Western Carpet Fitters
• Whiteshill and Paganhill Churches
• Wilkinson