Sadly due to a rainy start we moved venues back to the chapel for our Harvest Festival service and lunch today. A good number of us praised God for the blessings we have with our food offerings being delivered to the Tamworth food back next week. After the service our now legendary question master Vince put forward another challenging and tightly fought quiz which had only points in each of the four teams before the picture round clinched victory for one team. Our thanks to all those who bought our food to share, the washing up and tea crew and of course our quizmaster Vince.
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We had our first coffee morning since the start of the pandemic today. We raised £71.57 for Hearing Dogs for the Deaf which was our opening nominated charity. A good range of people came filling most of the tables and it was good to put actual faces to people rather than hearing them on the phone or seeing them on zoom! A good raffle also ensured that many did not go home empty handed. Put in a date in your diary for next month. *** Updated to £85 - a great total *** "God gave me a sense of humour" was all that was needed to describe Jean on her cake as she celebrates her 90th birthday this week. All attending the service this morning lead by Gina and Arthur enjoyed the tea and cake after we had all sung "Happy Birthday" of course. Our ramble for 2021 was a pleasant afternoon walking along some new footpaths for your reporter despite lifetime associations. We were graced with two trains to watch as we walked across the new footbridge and then around our circular walk. Upon our return Phil was busy at the BBQ and sausages and burgers enjoyed by all. Our thanks to Pauline and Phil and others for their help - thanks washer up crew too. We finished our event with a service lead by the Rev Warren Bardsley who was our minister from 1977 to 1982. He was prevented from attending the bicentennial celebratory service in the middle of lockdown and based his service on the story of strangers welcoming people. Our fence to the drive next door has been held together with the ivy for some time. Decision time to replace. The demolition was not hard and the skip rapidly filled. The new wooden fence was erected and looks much straighter and nicer now. Our minister Farai leaves us today after five years. Her last service today was celebrated afterwards with cup cakes and tea and coffee. We all wish her well in her new appointment in Harbourne The final count up of cash and cheques donated for Christian Aid 2021 from the villages realised the fantastic total of £743.16. Additional Gift Aid contributions will have added approximately £100 more onto this total. Bearing in mind that there could be no house to house collections this year and that donations all had to be ‘dropped off’ this was a superb result. Many thanks to all those who contributed so generously to Christian Aid this year and to Station Stores and the local pubs who helped us with the ‘drop off’ locations.
Today due to COVID restrictions further easing we were finally able to have a cup of tea and cake after the Pentecost service lead by Gina and Arthur. Our socially distanced tables waited on for tea and coffee proved to be a great success.
At the end of our service today a presentation was made to Mike and Anne who celebrated their golden wedding anniversary yesterday. Both support the church in many ways and had brought "golden foil covered chocolate sweets" to help the rest of us celebrate with them. Our Lent Collection for Water Aid has been counted and raised a magnificent £70 this year. A superb result considering the lower number of services and pandemic. Many thanks to all who have supported this appeal.
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