Wow! What an amazing day! Photos and details of how much was raised will follow but for now, HUGE thanks to all involved and all who supported our lovely event. What a great community we have 
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Come along for;
* fun and games in the Guides games zone, this year with added 'Tin Can Alley'
* bet on the 'Pig' Racing & meet some adorable Donkeys
* enjoy some shopping with our local traders and charity crafts and plants
* pick up a bargain from our pre-loved stalls
* let your little ones enjoy the Pre-school play area
* get your face painted
* enjoy a BBQ lunch with tea, cakes and a cream tea after
* relive your childhood with sweets, candy floss and a Mr Whippy
* visit the bar (for the grown ups only, of course!)
* and try to be a winner on the brilliant PTFA Tombola!
SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE!
And, if it is a wet day, then come and be dry with us inside the school!
All in aid of our Church, our Primary School, Our Pre-school and our Girl Guiding units.
See you there - thank you, in advance, to the massive amount of people who have helped with the planning and organising of stalls and set up. What a lovely community we have.❤️
The Not So Young Club holiday to North Wales was a big success again this year.
We had great fun at the super hotel in Bodelwyddan and a very full programme of trips and events from aqueducts to Anglesea, Llandudno to Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch!
Summer Family Concert
The Great Day Choir are holding their Summer Family Concert on Sunday 7th July in our church - we have the most wonderful acoustics!
The choir sings a range of feel good songs from through the decades from the 60’s right through to current chart topping hits.
The concert, raising money for the British Heart Foundation, starts at 6pm and tickets are available using the link below.
https://www.thegreatdaychoir.co.uk/events/
The choir sings a range of feel good songs from through the decades from the 60’s right through to current chart topping hits.
The concert, raising money for the British Heart Foundation, starts at 6pm and tickets are available using the link below.
https://www.thegreatdaychoir.co.uk/events/
Thanks to Deacon Vincent for your Reflections for Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B.
1st Reading from the prophet Ezekiel 17: 22-24. Ezechiel a priest was most probably amongst the first exiles to be deported to Babylon. His dramatic vision of God which happened by the river Chebar in Babylon was his central driving force. God refers to him as, “Son of Man”, a very intimate address and shows how familiar God and Ezekiel’s encounters became. Ezekiel’s main theme is trying to explain where God is amid this terrible disaster that befell Israel. This particular passage we have before us, is to give hope to the exiles. God sets the image of the tree. God will plant it on a very high mountain in Israel, it will become very noble, and every kind of bird will live beneath it, and rest in its shade. This is expressing that one-day God will restore his people to Israel and those mighty ones who Lord it over them now, God will humble and bring low, for it is God who exalts and humbles. It is a message of great hope for his people. They must not despair, God is at hand and very close to them, in fact God is with them, wherever they are. It is a great message for us, as well, when we look at the state of the world, we sometimes think we are at the mercy of uncontrollable forces, but we are in God’s hands, we are his special people we are God’s creation and God loves us. We just do not have the capacity to understand what is happening, so that is when we need to remember to Hope and Trust in the Lord. Ezekiel’s experiences are very relevant for all of us today. It is well worth studying his work.
Psalm 91: 2-3, 13-16. This song of “Thanks for God’s Faithfulness”, continues the vision of the tree. It enables the psalmist to apply the story of the tree to the people of God. If we remain planted in the house of the Lord, we will flourish and still bear fruit when we are old. What a beautiful thought, even in old age we can be useful to God, never a burden.
2nd Reading from the second letter of St. Paul to the Corinthians 5: 6-10.
This reference to Christ’s Tribunal may be a reminder of the tribunal in Corinth before which Paul was hauled, but more than this, it serves as a reminder that for Paul, Jesus has taken over another role, hitherto reserved for the Father. We are away from the Lord whilst still living in the body, so it is by the palpable presence of the Spirit that we experience Christ, not by our sight. So, for Paul, we must constantly work towards being in the actual presence of Christ when we shake off this mortal coil. We prepare to meet him by how we live today.
The Holy Gospel according to Mark 4: 26-34.
We are given a flavour of Jesus’ teaching, by using everyday happenings. The sower and watching and waiting, whilst unable to be sure what is happening out of sight, yet he trusts that the seed is gradually growing to provide the harvest. This is very much like our lives in Christ, we carry on not being quite sure what is happening, but trusting in his word, and that it will produce a good harvest for the Lord and enable us to enjoy the fruits of our labour with him. Also, Jesus uses the imagery of Ezekiel’s birds sheltering in the shade of the mustard tree, which starts life as one of the smallest seeds, yet grows and branches out large enough for the birds to shelter in its’ shade. These stories seem to encourage his disciples to explore the deeper meaning whilst leaving others to be uninitiated. We rely upon the power of the Spirit to encourage us to explore the depths of scripture, we begin to see here how the New Testament reflects the Old Testament; there is a flowing back and forth that helps us realise that God has been working in us and with us all along. Our exploration of scripture opens the eyes of our spirits to discover the depth of God’s love for each and every one of us.
God grant us the vision to discover the depth of what Jesus did for us.
Deacon Vincent.
1st Reading from the prophet Ezekiel 17: 22-24. Ezechiel a priest was most probably amongst the first exiles to be deported to Babylon. His dramatic vision of God which happened by the river Chebar in Babylon was his central driving force. God refers to him as, “Son of Man”, a very intimate address and shows how familiar God and Ezekiel’s encounters became. Ezekiel’s main theme is trying to explain where God is amid this terrible disaster that befell Israel. This particular passage we have before us, is to give hope to the exiles. God sets the image of the tree. God will plant it on a very high mountain in Israel, it will become very noble, and every kind of bird will live beneath it, and rest in its shade. This is expressing that one-day God will restore his people to Israel and those mighty ones who Lord it over them now, God will humble and bring low, for it is God who exalts and humbles. It is a message of great hope for his people. They must not despair, God is at hand and very close to them, in fact God is with them, wherever they are. It is a great message for us, as well, when we look at the state of the world, we sometimes think we are at the mercy of uncontrollable forces, but we are in God’s hands, we are his special people we are God’s creation and God loves us. We just do not have the capacity to understand what is happening, so that is when we need to remember to Hope and Trust in the Lord. Ezekiel’s experiences are very relevant for all of us today. It is well worth studying his work.
Psalm 91: 2-3, 13-16. This song of “Thanks for God’s Faithfulness”, continues the vision of the tree. It enables the psalmist to apply the story of the tree to the people of God. If we remain planted in the house of the Lord, we will flourish and still bear fruit when we are old. What a beautiful thought, even in old age we can be useful to God, never a burden.
2nd Reading from the second letter of St. Paul to the Corinthians 5: 6-10.
The Holy Gospel according to Mark 4: 26-34.
We are given a flavour of Jesus’ teaching, by using everyday happenings. The sower and watching and waiting, whilst unable to be sure what is happening out of sight, yet he trusts that the seed is gradually growing to provide the harvest. This is very much like our lives in Christ, we carry on not being quite sure what is happening, but trusting in his word, and that it will produce a good harvest for the Lord and enable us to enjoy the fruits of our labour with him. Also, Jesus uses the imagery of Ezekiel’s birds sheltering in the shade of the mustard tree, which starts life as one of the smallest seeds, yet grows and branches out large enough for the birds to shelter in its’ shade. These stories seem to encourage his disciples to explore the deeper meaning whilst leaving others to be uninitiated. We rely upon the power of the Spirit to encourage us to explore the depths of scripture, we begin to see here how the New Testament reflects the Old Testament; there is a flowing back and forth that helps us realise that God has been working in us and with us all along. Our exploration of scripture opens the eyes of our spirits to discover the depth of God’s love for each and every one of us.
God grant us the vision to discover the depth of what Jesus did for us.
Deacon Vincent.
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