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December Market
Many thanks to the fundraising committee and all the helpers who set up for the December market. No idea where they managed to stow all the chairs… but a good job they were out of the way!
Stations of the Cross
During Lent, St Mary’s church will be privileged to house an exhibition of the Stations of the Cross by local artist Michael Fletcher. While these Stations are modern in execution, they had followed the tradition by being Fourteen in number. … Continue reading
Organist recognised in New Year Honours
News tonight that Graham Wadley has been awarded the British Empire Medal for services to church music. He’s had to keep the secret since last November which, he said, had been really hard. Many congratulations to Graham on a well-deserved … Continue reading
Spring Gift
It foams in creamy-white unfurlings, cresting the bluebells’ receding wave; turning woodland shade into shimmering delight. Dreamlike it rises, an airy froth riding up the boles of old oaks; drawing the eye up their stately heights to blue-pierced canopy above; … Continue reading
Pentecost
When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to … Continue reading
New Year’s Resolutions
Making New Year’s resolutions is like starting in a brand new school notebook when you were at school: you weren’t going to mess it up and this time it wasn’t going to have any of those could-do-betters or must-try-harders in … Continue reading
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