Pray. Our most important work will be to hold this process up to the Lord in prayer and pray especially for candidates and for those deciding how to vote. The Church of England will be distributing daily election reflections in the three weeks in the run up to Election Day and you can sign up to receive these here. Pray Your Part: General Election 2024 | The Church of England Encourage people to use their vote. It is so important that the Christian voice is heard in this election and that means getting our people out to vote. The new regulations around providing proof of identity at the polling booths may need some explanation to some of our people. There may also be volunteers in your congregation who can assist older people with transport Model good disagreement. There is so much that is unhealthy in our political dialogue at the moment. At events such as hustings and in our own internal conversations, we can model what it means to disagree well
We shared happy memories of travel, either by cars, horses, trains and trams. Robert delighted us with a song about couples ‘Riding in the Car’ (aka tram) on the top deck. We had to cut it short as it got a bit risque! What fun!For more pictures please click the link!Our next meeting is Tuesday18th June at 1.30pm Our theme is ‘Best Days out’ Do come and join us – all welcome.
The following were elected: · Church Warden: Clare Turnham was accepted and will be appointed in June by Archdeacon Mark Ireland. A second post of churchwarden remains vacant · New / Returning PCC members: Andrew Chamberlain, Shelley Verran, Caroline Stansfield, Rosemary Hartley, Amanda Tattersall, Jenny Yerkess