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REP: John Parker johnwincanton@gmail.com DISTRIBUTOR: Susan Ferdinand
Photo: Nick MacBean
News from St. Michael’s Church Our opening on Wednesdays and Sundays for private prayer is continuing. We do look forward to when our church can be open every day as it should be. On 2 August we hosted the third Sunday service in the current Gifle Valley rota within the overall Three Valleys Benefice. We took the opportunity to have a thorough clean and polish and were delighted to welcome an attendance of twenty seven adults and children, including the Matthews family who moved to Clifton Maybank last July. Richard Mentern played three hymns on the organ and the congregation were able to follow the words even though we were prevented from singing. Veronica Crane kindly supplied this simple but beautiful rose decoration from her garden.
We will be holding our Annual Parish Church Meeting (APCM) in mid September and hope for everyone’s sake that the lockdown rules will permit safe progress into the autumn. We should also thank our Three Valleys clergy team for their regular, thoughtful and prayerful support via the internet on Zoom and Facebook. This has certainly become part of our ‘new normal’. Well worth a try if you haven’t already. John Bingham 9
