This month we welcome Revd. Glyn Diggins to St Wilfrid’s Parish. Glyn provides the Dear Friends text on the importance of looking after our bodies as well as our religious health.We also hear from Connemara’s favourite son, Father Paddy, who was thanked recently for his hard work during the interregnum; we wish him well on his day visit to Cleethorpes. We hear from Ruth Breeze in her regular update of the comings & goings in the Parochial Church Council. I have no doubt that all of this will feature in a Netflix series shortly – who ate the extra Jaffa Cake? Find out in the next episode!And finally, Mrs Clarke reports on the recent Mothers Union meeting.
This month we are delighted to announce the imminent arrival of the Revd. Glyn Diggins to St Wilfrid’s Parish. It is well over a year since Revd. Pete left us for Wakefield, and almost nine months since Revd. Phil departed. How wonderful it will be to have a Rector in charge once again!Revd. Roy Shaw comments on Lent and his forthcoming denial of chocolate. There is also an article from Parish Pump about the opportunity that Lent provides to be sorry to God.Carole Wilson seeks new members for the Open the Book Group in Thorpe Willoughby, and we note that Open the Book celebrates 25 years in 2025.Ruth Breeze updates us on PCC matters, and I contribute some nonsense on Gen Z being unable to tighten a nut with a spanner.Finally, I provide a guide for the bewildered – which includes me - on the process to select a new Archbishop of Canterbury. Wouldn’t be a lot easier if they just moved everything to York?
The Christmas and New Year break caused me to play catch-up this month, and I have included some articles that would ordinarily have been published in the January Connected.I am indebted to Margaret Seager for her update on the length or son Robert's hair, and also to Ruth Breeze for the Parochial Church Council update.Jan Tetley provided some excellent images from the recent Card Making Morning at St Francis, and roving reporter Leita Hunter travelled to Whistler in Canada just to wish us all a Happy New Year. Who knew that the Connected budget extended to travel abroad? Not me, but expect to receive an article from me adjacent to a swimming pool on a Greek Island shortly.
Happy New Year!The Brayton Parish Magazine celebrates its 150th anniversary this month. Started by Revd. Crosthwaite on 1st January 1875, the Parish Magazine Heart & Hearth limps on in the form of Connected!I've also reproduced some examples of adverts that were included in the earlier copies of Heart & Hearth. I wonder if the Page Woodcock Wind Pills are still available?Thanks to Martin Pearson for arranging the Brayton Headstart Christmas Celebration, which appears to have been a great success, and also to Ruth Breeze for her contribution this month.
