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Far Right:Pat Ponting presented books to all the children moving up to secondary
school wishing them well and reassuring them that they would soon settle in
and have a wonderful time.
Centre:The children starting out at Infants school were also presented with a book
by Tessa who helps run our very successful Mother and Toddler group
Open Church
The open church was highly successful. People form near and far visited the
church. There were produce and handicraft
Left:What is the answer-under the watchful eye of Donald
Right:Someone else tempted to buy just one more thing
The service on August 3rd was a busy family service. Despite many
families being on holiday, the church was full. There were lots of
birthdays to celebrate and the two children in the congregation came
forward to light candles and everyone
sang happy birthday.
items
for sale and cream teas were served. The children enjoyed learning about the
church by taking part in quiz and the members of the congregation showed
people around. Some tried their hand at ringing the bells while the more
adventurous climbed up the tower.
A
truly successful project which will be undertaken again next year and many
of the people who visited were residents in the village but had never been
in their local parish church.
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Rob's September Letter My summer reading for 2008 has included the autobiography of JPR Williams; arguably the greatest rugby union full back in history. He speaks highly of another Wales captain, Steve Fenwick. Steve and his wife Wendy were neighbours and friends of Tessa and mine when we lived in Wales in the 1970’s. I remember sharing a pint with him at the Angel Inn at Caerphilly and bemoaning the fact that we had been forced to enter a contracts race in order to buy the cottage in the hills that we so hankered after. I remember his exact words: "You deserve a kick up the backside if you don’t win". It was not very subtle but it worked. I was spurred-on and took the responsibility upon myself and eventually we became the proud owners of Spout Cottage. The Bible makes it clear that St Paul regularly had to spur-on church members in his day. This autumn, as we face new challenges, new schools, new jobs, new problems and new ambitions let us never tire of spurring-on each other and giving one another encouragement and comfort, and let us do it in the name of Jesus. With love Rob |