"Come follow me" Jesus said," and I will send you out to fish for people" Mark 1:17Our June meeting saw us combining with All Saints' Mothers' Union for our annual "Quiet Day" led by Revd. Margaret Davies. The day began with Holy Communion with Revd. Rebecca Harris officiating. After a coffee break, a circle of us gathered to listen to Revd. Margaret explaining the theme for the day which was:"ins and outs, ups and downs and roundabouts." An equilateral triangle representing us as equally made up of Spiritual, Physical and Mental parts, formed the basis of our listening, as well as our thinking and discussing. Amongst the discussions, we thought about what was important in our own lives as well as the life of the church. Which aspects were, or should be, in and which ones were, or should be out in the "ups and downs " of our lives and that of the church. Where did we think we would find Jesus if we were on an escalator going up and life was good, while many others were going down when everything seemed to be going against them. On roundabouts, where do we turn off? Which direction should we take? A very interesting day with Revd. Margaret's usual selection of readings and poetry giving us plenty to consider in our own lives as well as our local churches. We were also able to celebrate Revd. David's forthcoming 90th birthday as well as a younger birthday for Jocelyn, with a birthday cake for each of them. Forthcoming events include. The Triennial Festival at Salisbury Cathedral on June 20th. ( A report will be included next month) our outing to Tewkesbury Abbey on Thursday July 3rd. and looking ahead we have our Garden Party at Holy Trinity Church on Wednesday August 9th.God welcomes us just as we are, so let us have faith and reach out with confidence. Enid Holbrow.
On Saturday 28 June All Saints' Church welcomed many families and more into the church. There were crafts, tractors, Scalextric, home baking, tower tours, 70 (mini) tractors and more. Over £600 was raised for church funds.Thank you to everyone who contributed to a fun day by helping out, making donations of cakes and coming along.
I’m sure we have all heard the news that our Team Curate will be leaving us at the end of July.Her last Sunday with us will be Sunday 27 July when she will be preaching at a our All Age Service at All Saints at 10.00 am. We shall be saying farewell to her after this service, from about 11.00 am and everyone from across our parishes is welcome to come along for drinks and nibbles and an opportunity to thank her for all she’s done and to wish her well for the future. Please come along if you can.Please note that Holly has now moved from the curate’s house in Leigh Park and is currently living in Staverton. Her work phone number is: 07835 915580. Her email address is the same, until the end of the month.
The Westbury Festival is being held from 14-27 July. We have a number of events going on at All Saints' Church, including a concert on Tuesday 15 July at 7.00 pm and lunchtime concerts taking place from Monday 21 to Friday 25 from 12.30 – 2.00 pm. The concerts will be advertised locally. All are welcome. The lunchtime concerts are free (donations are welcome) and tea, coffee and cakes are available from 12.30 pm with the concert starting at 1.00 pm. If anyone is able to help at these events, please make yourselves known to us. We hope we can support these popular events which are important part of our local calendar.The Festival concludes on Sunday 27 with Songs of Praise at 6.00 pm at All Saints.We are inviting people to select their favourite hymn or song to be sung at this service. If you would like to choose your favourite hymn or song and introduce it at the service with a few words about what it means to you, please be in touch directly with our choir leader, Ruth Hann at wcw2@whtministry.org.uk and let her know your choice. We shall need to have these by Sunday 13 July at the latest so we have time to put the service together. It would be great to have choices from our different churches across Westbury Area Churches Together, as this is part of the Westbury Area Churches Together programme of Songs of Praise.We look forward to welcoming you to this very enjoyable event.
