Welcome to the June 2025 edition of Connected.

This month, Revd. Roy Shaw writes about the importance of saying “yes” to God. I’m not sure about Roy’s conclusions – “Should I have another whisky God?” wouldn’t normally result in the answer “yes”. Not according to Mrs Clarke anyway.

There is a very moving article by Jean and Clive Dunn that concerns the early death of their granddaughter Milly. I urge you to read the text which is very sad, but it does have an uplifting ending.

St Wilfrid’s held its Spring fair on a gloriously sunny Saturday afternoon in May. We also hear from Lynn Allan about a meeting of the mothers’ union in April, which I managed to omit from last month’s Connected, about a talk given by Kath & Clive Richardson entitled “the woman who didn’t exist”. Unfortunately, the talk didn’t exist, because of child demanding duties, and so they gave a different talk called “I don’t believe a word of it”. Words often heard in relation to Connected…

We also have a notice about the deaths of Nan Sherwood and Nora Hurst, both staunch members of the Parish - they will be much missed.

Finally, Brayton WI eats a ton of cake at Saltmarsh Hall Open Gardens, Yvonne Green celebrates the reappearance of Fred the spider at St Francis, and the PCC celebrates the work of Ruth Breeze over the past year, in the hope that she will continue in the role, obviously.