We arrived on Saturday afternoon (2nd March) to a packed Church Centre and added our home-bakes for the tables already groaning under the weight of goodies from very many excellent home bakers around the parish. In another corner, a table for the exchange of accessories was being artistically arranged. Tables for us to sit at...
At Christ Church Academy, pupils have been learning about Holy Week and its importance for Christians. After reading the Gospel accounts of the events, they were given a choice of reflective tasks through which to show their understanding of the significance of the story in the lives of believers. A good number of children chose...
The old saying, “There are lies, damned lies and statistics” was attributed by Mark Twain to Benjamin Disraeli, the 1sts Earl of Beaconsfield, who twice served as Prime Minister. The saying has other possible sources too, such as this: "A well-known lawyer, now a judge, once grouped witnesses into three classes: simple liars, damned liars,...
In many denominations the Church’s Year is divided into two halves. The first half from Advent to Pentecost takes us step by step through the life, death and Resurrection of Jesus culminating in His Ascension and the outpouring of The Holy Spirit at Pentecost. The second half, starting on Trinity Sunday, is a wider approach...
This is the company which has supplied our coffee (& the equipment) for the last 10 years. Andy Stone did the research after he was asked to find a suitable supplier of ‘proper coffee’. The Indigo Valley Coffee Company is a small business which was set up in 2005. This was at a time when...