Beautiful daffodils at the altar on Sunday- tokens of all the love and kindness we receive from one another and from God
Next Parent & Little ones
Our next meeting will be Saturday April 6th at 10.30am till 12.00. Refreshments provided but do bring any special drink your little one may like. We do serve fruit and biscuits and juice as well as tea and coffee for parents. We look forward to meeting up this Saturday. My phone number is above.
Tea Room – new hosts
Thank you to Carol and Barry, Ann and Mike and Gillian and her daughter Lisa who have volunteered to host the tearoom on a Sunday. This with the help of Viv, Kat and Amy and Teresa and Sally who have been running the tea room for a few years now, makes a massive difference and means that we can continue to run it weekly.
Tea Room is open today
Need a cup of tea and a piece of cake this afternoon? The team at the tea room will be waiting for you from 3 this afternoon.
Be sure to take your mum out for afternoon refreshments and say hi to Viv, Kat and Amy .
Lent lunch today
In aid of the kidney research charity.
Why not pop along today and have a feast on lasagne or Thai curry.
It’s sure to be a lovely afternoon, why not dine outside.
Poetry winner
Many congratulations to our very own Claire Barracliffe who won the poetry competition at the recent Methodist Festival of talents.
Here it is in full for your pleasure.
By the Waters
She gave me a single, silver leaf,
From the branch of the willow tree;
As it bowed down to touch the pool
Of the tears that were both her and me.
She smiled as I gave her my blessing;
She sang as I looked on her heart;
She danced on the bank by the willow tree
And wept when she knew we must part.
But I can go back to the willow tree;
To the place where I found that lost child;
I can speak kind words and reclothe her
And she will not be betrayed or beguiled.
Her rags are no longer her garment,
She has something more fitting to wear
And the shame and the grief that subsumed her
Are held in the love and the care
Of another, who offers her blessing,
Another, who knows we must part,
Another who weeps as I weep by that tree,
Another, both child and apart.
So I will go down to the willow tree,
Where the branches dip guileless to see;
I’ll bear my silver leaf in my hair,
As it drops gold in the pool by that tree
© Claire Barracliffe
Congratulations Claire.
Healing & Wholeness – March update
What a privilege to pray together yesterday, and enjoy Christ’s presence through our beautiful Ionian liturgy.
A gift from our Lord – the evening sun lighting up the Cross on our High Altar:
You, Lord, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light
Our next Wholeness and Healing Service will be on
Sunday 28th April at 6pm
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