Dear Friends

We were very fortunate to have had a dry service of Remembrance and it was lovely to see so many in our village in High Wych turn out for that. Also, our service of Remembrance was well attended at St Botolph’s with record numbers. All on the first day of the road being open again. On Wednesday I led an act of Remembrance with Year 2 children which was absolutely lovely and the children were so respectful and quiet as they observed the silence – I even managed to play the Last Post and Reveille with my speaker!!

This week we have our Safeguarding Sunday at both St James and St Mary’s and I am very thankful for Cath and all that she does to help us with this really important work. She will be joining me on Sunday as we talk about all things safeguarding whilst keeping at the front of our minds why this is a theological imperative.

So, we will be having our services as usual at 9.30 am at St James and 11.15 am at St Mary’s and these will both be communion services.

At 3.00 pm we will be, once again, getting messy at Messy Church where we will be looking at the story of Jonah and the Whale. This will be the last Messy Church of the year as by December we will be having our outdoor carol service.

I look forward to seeing you over the weekend.

Every blessing

Alison