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Hermitage
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
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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 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.
photo: Jeremy Cozens
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
Hilfield Church Easter service will be on Easter Day, 17 April at 4.00pm, to which all are very welcome.
During the summer there will be a Hog Roast and Croquet event to raise funds for the church. The date is yet to be confirmed, so watch this space.
A special thanks to Joyce Dibble for the lovely article about the Vickery family and Church Farm, Hilfield. How it has changed over the years.
I had countless happy days working at Church Farm. I was educated by Geoff Perry on many things about Hilfield. Geoff lived there for several years and we would sit down over a cup of tea talking about land drains, sheep, the Second World War and numerous other things. Richard Vickery was a good topic of conversation with the things he did and did not do. We had so much fun and laughter with both of those lovely characters.