Dear All

I hope you are managing to keep warm through this cold snap, now’s the time to dig out hats, scarves and gloves – if you can find them!

This weekend sees another busy time for us all.

You can come to High Wych Memorial Hall to pick up a hoop at the ‘Let there be light’ workshop from 10.00 am to 11.30 am on Saturday 22nd November, some materials can be provided. Janet will give us a demonstration of what we can do. These hoops will be used to decorate the village for our ‘Light up High Wych’ event which takes place at 3.45 pm on 14th December 2025 just ahead of our outdoor Carol service again this year at St James. Come and have some fun and eat cake and drink hot drinks and spend time together with your friends.

Or you may want to join us on Saturday 22nd November in the afternoon from 2.00 pm at St Botolph’s, Eastwick for the last ‘tidy up the churchyard’ session for the end of the year. Refreshments are provided, we may also be planting bulbs around Eastwick if we have enough volunteers.

On Sunday 23rd November we have our usual Holy Communion service at St James at 9.30 am and we will have a Family service at St Botolph’s, Eastwick at 11.15 am.

There will also be a wedding in St James church on Sunday afternoon, so the church itself will be closed from Saturday morning as the flowers go in for the wedding.

As we are moving rapidly towards Christmas, I attach the 2025 Advent Challenge to help the Pop-Up Shop in Sawbridgeworth in case you want to get involved.

We have lots of opportunities to meet up this weekend, I hope I see you soon.

Every blessing

Alison