The March news letter is full of initiatives within the Diocese designed to bring down the carbon footprint of the Church. It makes for an interesting and inspiring read.Copying and pasting the following link will take you directly to the WEB edition of the newsletter.Creation Care News (mailchi.mp)
There follows below an important message from Toni Martin to all ladies within our parish concerning the disbanding of our Womens` Institute branch and replacing it with a super new club, Spice of Life.<div><font size="4">I won’t bore you all with the reasons behind it, but the WI will be suspending. We are starting up a new ladies/women’s group - similar in some ways to the WI but a lot more flexible and inclusive, and better value for money! We still intend to do good things in the community and support the Parish Hall but it will be under a different guise. The name is to be confirmed.</font></div><div><font size="4">I wonder please, if you could forward this flyer and introductory newsletter to your normal email contacts so we can spread the word. We have already had interest from people who didn’t want to join the WI previously! I think there might be more out there! And as we work through the covid road map and start to be able to do more, I’m hoping people will take the opportunity to join this group and start doing some activities again!</font></div><div><font size="4">Many thanks and hope you are all keeping well?</font></div><div><font size="4">Toni </font></div><font size="4">The flyer is attached as a downloadable pdf.</font>
`Grapevine` announces and gives news of services and events in our Egloskerry and Moorland group of churches, lists church wardens and sets out prayers and reflections appropriate to the time.You can download a printable pdf simply by clicking on the link.
This brand new feature gives the opportunity for all laymen and women in our community to give a point of view on topics with a strong religious bias.The February topic is a comment on God's response to prayers by groups, large or small.We are well into the month of February and, with death and infection rates dropping markedly and vaccinations being administered at an extremely rapid rate, it is undoubtedly a time for renewed hope that we may at last be starting to win our battle against the terrible Covid-19 virus.I would imagine that more prayers have been said by more people than ever before for this dreadful virus to get out of our lives. So we can safely assume, can we not, that the incredible success rate of the magnificent biochemists across the world and the results of the phenomenal dedication of doctors, nurses, carers and all other key workers, is truly an answer to all our prayers?Spurred on by just having completed an excellent Prayer Course run by the Rev'd Nicki Farr, it has got me thinking about the power of praying in groups, large or small.If only one or two people had prayed for a successful response to all of the scientific research and care undertaken over the last year then would the response of our Lord have been the same? Clearly a hypothetical question, which raises a lot of other questions, without any way of coming to an answer, but one worth thinking about don't you think?Best wishes,Ken (Co-editor).To contribute please e.mail your point of view to the church through our "Get in Touch" page on this website. If any amendments are required you will of course be sent the final copy before publishing.