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On the death of our Queen 

"I am the resurrection and the life, the one who believes in me will live even though they die" John 11:25
 
This week, is a time for us all to reflect on the fact that a very good person has been quietly working on behalf of the British people around the globe for the whole of her reign. We can all take pride in that fact and also mourn the passing of, not just an iconic figure, but someone who lived their life well, to the very end.
 
I think the positive thought we can hold onto, is that whilst we are all mortal we should and can make every moment count and it is never too late to do so. She made every hour, right up to the end, count. We can also take comfort in the fact that she brought up her children to believe in the endurance of the crown, not as a personality contest, as so many things have become, but as an institution - something to serve and to aspire to and to endure.
 
When words fail me, or even when they don’t, I have often turned to verse. The poem I penned below is simply a testimony to her long and fruitful reign.
  
May she rest in peace and rise in glory!
 
Helen

Her Majesty
 
She was both youth and age to life,
Unchanging pillar upholding the vast structure of our culture.
Embodied in that face,
The place of glamour, beauty and truth,
Elegant in both old age and youth.
 
Her image remains, the calm, kind, sometimes stern, statue.
The icon of our age that broke through, lit up the world changing and changeless.
Now no more.
 
The wisdom of those years, that went before,
Before us all, a life well lived, the price she paid, and played her part,
Leaves a collective hole in our collective heart.
 
The world mourns, moved by the sheer stretch of her reign.
The duty, the selfless symbol of something pure, in an age where few endure.
She prayed.
She gave.
She made the lives she reached shine.
The souls she touched, now just revealed,
Stretch far and wide.
In death as in life, our joy and pride.
 
So light shines through still old and ever new, captured and passed down,
A testimony to the endurance of the crown.

This week: 
Sunday 18th:     10:30am Special Commemoration Sevice for HM Queen Elizabeth II (refreshments will be served afterwards).
                             11:30am Holy Commuion (said)
Monday 19th :     10:30am - 1pm Coverage of the Queen's funeral live in church.
Wednesday 21st: 9:00am Pop up prayer at Erica's (See below)
Thursday 22nd:   9:30am Tots & Toddlers in Church.
                              6:45pm Prayer meeting on Zoom (join here
Sunday 25th:       10:30am Morning Praise.

Screening of the Queen's funeral
We are really pleaased to be screening the Queen's funeral live on the big screen on Monday with coverage starting from 10:30am and running until 1pm. Refreshements will be available throughout. Do think of inviting friends and neighbours who might otherwise be watching this historic event on their own. Revd Helen 

Services this Sunday.
We have two shorter services this Sunday interspersed by refreshments. Firstly there is a speical commemorative service for out late Queen at 10:30am which will be followed by a short said Holy Communion in the chancel at approximately 11:30am. Revd Helen

Pop up Prayer this Wednesday (21st) at 9am at Erica’s (Telephone 07842 922597), tea and pastries provided.
Pop up Prayer will appear on different days, times and venues, so keep a look out.  As we all know prayer is so important, we also know that life is busy and sometimes we have regular activities on regular days, so by doing this hopefully we can all reach out and pray together at different time’s or even better at all of the prayer dates, including Thursday evenings, Sunday’s, in Tesco’s, in our community whenever and wherever. Erica Coomber

Harvest festival and shared lunch 2nd October
This year's Harvest festival will be on the 2nd October when we will be having a shared lunch immediately after the service. Please sign up on the sheet if you hope to be attending so that we can gauge numbers. Thanks, A food list will be out next week. Michelle Renwick

Decorating the church for Harvest
We will be meeting to clean and decorate the church on Saturday 1st October from 9:30am. Please do try and come along and help. Michelle Renwick

Church Fete & Village Market - Thank you 
Thank you to everyone who helped in the planning, on the day or just by buying things! We are still waiting for a final figure but the total will be around £1,000! Michelle & Vic

Volunteers needed for October Messy Church
Our next Messy Church will be on October the 6th and we will be short of helpers. Can you help? If so please let me know. Thanks. Claire Ives

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