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Bill’s Letter June 2015
I have just had the great privilege of spending three weeks in East Africa. For the 3rd week, my daughter Susie and I went on a road trip adventure. This involved hiring a 4×4 and driving down to Tanzania to visit our link parish and for Susie to deliver a training course for her women’s…
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Bill’s Letter May 2015
I have spent some time recently in Kenya visiting our daughter, and travelling back to Tanzania to help with the ‘Water for Life’ project. It has been running for 7 years now and so far over £75,000 has been raised and sent to the project. We began by helping train people to build hand dug wells and…
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Bill’s Letter April 2015
Since the demolition of the old church we have been working to establish a long term place of worship in the village. There has been recent change in the legal designation of the Church Centre. It is now a ‘Parish Centre of Worship’. A Parish Centre of Worship is a church or other building licensed as such by the diocesan bishop in…
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Bill’s Letter March 2015
One of the great themes of God’s relationship with his people throughout history, is helping them move from slavery into freedom. As we approach Easter we see this powerful picture of hope displayed in a number of ways. At Passover the Jewish people remember how God set his people free from slavery in Egypt, using…
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Bill’s Letter February 2015
This is the first magazine of 2015, so I would like to begin with wishing you a Happy New Year. This time last year I was writing about the imminent dismantling of the old church building, and inviting people to a service that we held to commemorate its place in the community. We had a…
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Bill’s Letter December 2014/January 2015
I came across this picture some years ago, as an idea for a Christmas card. It’s a picture that set me thinking about a number of messages that are important for Christmas. The focus of the picture is Jesus as a baby, but with the star that shows this is not an ordinary baby. The star…
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Bill’s Letter November 2014
We are moving towards the end of 2014 already. The clocks have gone back and the dark evenings are drawing in but we are seeing the beautiful autumn colours beginning to show as we move into the next season. Plans are also progressing for the site of the old church. The idea is to make…
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Bill’s Letter October 2014
After a bit of a break, work has continued on the site of the old church. The ground has been prepared for grass seeding and we are waiting for the grave stones that were moved for protection to be replaced. It is now possible to see more clearly what the state of the site will…
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Bill’s Letter September 2014
This August we have lost two of our village’s real characters: Muriel Bell and Lilly Noble. Muriel was well known for her involvement in the community over the years and for supporting the family business of funeral directors. The family were very involved in supporting the Scouts and Muriel was a founding member of the…
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Bill’s Letter Summer 2014
Thank you to everyone who worked so hard to make our Summer Gala such a success, and thank you to all who came to support us, despite the rather miserable weather. The gala is always timed to be as near as possible to the feast day of St Peter, our patron saint, which is celebrated every…