HERMITAGE
REP: Tom Beels
tom@beelsandco.com
photo: Jeremy Cozens
Watching the news from war-torn Ukraine has brought a tremendous reaction from the people of Hermitage. From the collection made at our evening service on 6 March, with further generous donations from our community and from PCC funds, plus the addition of Gift Aid, the church was able to donate £700 to the Disasters Emergency Committee’s Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal. The Village Hall and Village Green Committees have added a further £400 to bring that total up to £1,100. We have also taken supplies of food, hygiene items, sleeping bags etc. to a collection point in Dorchester to be transported to Poland and into Ukraine.
Open church Our church is open for everyone, all day, every day. It is there for the whole community, for regular services and festivals, for weddings and funerals. It is not a private club and everyone is welcome; anyone can go in for quiet reflection or enjoy the spring flowers in the churchyard. We are now a very small Parochial Church Council and George Grazebrook is stepping down as Secretary with plans 22
to move; we are grateful for his minutekeeping and information-sharing, and our newly-reprinted service sheets will be a continuing reminder of his work.
PCC – new members We very much need some new members on the PCC to help keep our church going – can you join us? Could you take the meeting minutes, co-ordinate our ecochurch plans, or bring fresh ideas and energy to running events now that we can meet up again? Do talk to Elizabeth Kenton (churchwarden), Jan Pescott (Treasurer), Joss Buck (Safeguarding) or Martin Savage (Fabric). We are a friendly lot! Elizabeth Kenton
Photo: Faith Bellamy
