October Blog
Dear friends
Thank you to all of you who came and supported our Harvest lunch following our morning service. A lovely gathering much enjoyed by those who attended.
For various reasons we had to change from a Thursday evening to Sunday lunch this year, but all being well we shall be back to normal next year. A big thank you to all those that helped provide the meal, and also to all our flower arrangers for making our beautiful church look even more amazing.
Our church has a wonderful relationship with Kingsland School, and at the end of their Autumn term, we hosted their Harvest Festival Service. 156 children and some 50 parents packed out the church for the service and to hear them singing their hearts out was an amazing experience. A big thank you to Stuart and all the teachers for organising it, we are truly blessed to have such brilliant school in our village.
Although it could be deemed a very difficult year from a farmers’ viewpoint, we do still have much to thank God for. Despite the lack of rain for a huge part of our summer, we have experienced numerous sunny days, an abundance of fruit and then following the long awaited rainfall, an abundance of late grass, autumn planting well in hand and newly sown crops looking amazing.
All of our new season university students will now be settled in and hopefully enjoying their courses. Good luck to you all from all of us.
Later this month, we will be joining in with the deanery Confirmation Service at
Bodenham and welcoming five young people from Kingsland in becoming full members of our church congregation.
Our search for a successor to Julie continues a pace. We have completed our Parish CV for any possible applicant to read and gain an understanding of our Benefice and its four churches, and the post has now been advertised in the Church Times. We hope that all being well, we shall be interviewing possible candidates in November. In the meantime, the Diocease is taking the opportunity to improve the Vicarage and to install a new kitchen for the next incumbent.
We will be holding a Coffee Morning at The Corners Inn on Friday 5th December,
10a.m – 12 noon. Entrance £5 to include coffee and mince pies.
Do come along to meet up with friends and maybe obtain one or two Christmas gifts at the same time. We will, of course, be holding all the usual Christmas services this year and details will be published in the December magazine, as well as on our Church website, KingslandChurch.co.uk
If you were part of our Tuesday lunch group which was held last term, or indeed would be interested in joining something similar, please contact Rev. Rosie Roberts at:-
Rev.rosieroberts@mortimerscrosschurches.co.uk
Jean and Peter
Previous Blog Posts
Julie’s Leaving
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February Blog
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December Blog
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August Blog
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