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PARISH POSTBAG
Wedding Bells are ringing. On April 5th coming Victoria Williams will marry Robin Davis. We know Victoria not only as a member of the choir but also as the daughter of our retired Vicar, Michael and Miranda Williams. I’m sure the congregation will join me in sending our very best wishes to Victoria and Robin and that the day itself will be delightful and the future most pleasurable. Congratulations all round.
Churchyard cleaning. I promised in the last Newsletter to expand a bit on the work which is being done to the church’s environs. Every month Community Service sends a “gang” to do all the remedial work like cleaning all the algae from steps and maintaining the Parish Hall garden. They have also cleaned up the back of the church which we cannot see. They are now undertaking cleaning the tombstones and tombs. I think they are doing a first class job and I’m sure Fred Partington will concur – and who in fact is delighted because the garden itself was becoming difficult to maintain. I have written two letters to Community Service to congratulate them.
The silent sermon. It was most disappointing that the last sermon I preached was not heard by a large part of the congregation due to a technical fault with the microphone. To overcome my disappointment I was advised to at least publish it in the May newsletter and this I will do. As a consequence my next instalment on “Our Parish Church” which would have been on the workings of the Parish Church Council will be delayed by a month..
The Lent Lectures. As per custom over the last ten years Rita and I have attended the talks each Thursday during Lent. Originally 32 people from a number of denominations in town attended but the numbers have diminished to approx.20. My own thoughts on the matter is that the presentation of 20 minutes using five known people on a CD recording was in itself distracting and as a result I believe that the five “disembodied” voices were confusing. I much prefer speakers I can see. I have spoken with the Revd Phil Mason of the Victoria Hall, who is a member of the planning group, and gave him my views and the probable reason for the decline in numbers attending. This article does give me the opportunity to thank all the ladies who, as usual, prepared the first class lunches
Ouch, I didn’t mean to do that. When his revolver failed to fire at his intended victim during a hold up the would-be-robber did something that can only inspire wonder. He peered down the barrel and tried the trigger again. This time it worked!
Shelve your worries. Decide on a way of storing your worries each evening before you go to bed. Whisper them into an envelope or write them in a diary, then store and forget them. Chances are they’ll be greatly reduced, if not solved, by morning.
Thanks to God. Hello God, I called tonight to talk a little while. I need a friend who’ll listen to my anxieties and trials. You see, I can’t quite make it through the day just on my own. I need your love to guide me so I’ll never feel alone. I want to ask you, please, to keep my family safe and sound and come and fill their lives with confidence. Give me faith, dear God, to face each hour throughout the day and not to worry over things I can’t change. I thank you God for being home and listening to my call; for giving me such good advice when I stumble and fall. Your number, God, is the only one that answers every time. I never get a busy signal; never have to pay out money. So thank you, God, for listening to my troubles and my sorrow. Good night, God, I love you and I’ll call again tomorrow! Anonymous
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Sorry the quality of the photo is not very good, (see page 5) given the awful weather when we put the two trays up this morning [20 March]. I saw both birds perched in the stone ornamental tracery just below the top of the tower, one on the S face and the other on the E face, from the car park afterwards - I guess they were there all the time we were up there.
On the advice of the luminaries present at the Rare Breeding Birds Panel meeting yesterday, we put 2 trays on the roof - the larger, brown one was made at 24 hrs notice by our box maker Ken Haydock and the other is a very poor one I just happened to have in the garage, which I added some holes and ridges to. They were placed so that they will avoid the worst of the weather. |
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There were plenty of pigeon feathers on the roof, especially in the turrets behind the grilles, where they can't blow away.
Anthony Bremner reported that they were displaying round the town hall on Wednesday - I wish they would make their minds up where they want to be!
I have applied for a nest inspection licence.
Judith Smith
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Installation of the Peregrine Falcon nest boxes |
