All Saints Church

Two men, deep in conversation, walked down a bustling city street. One is at home, the other visiting from the countryside.

Passing a tree, the visitor suddenly stopped. ‘Can you hear that?’ he asked as pedestrians squeezed and bumped past them.

‘Hear what?’ his friend replied.

‘The cricket singing. It must be in the tree.’ He leant with one ear towards the tree to tune into the source of the song.

Years ago a wealthy widower, shared a passion for art collecting with his only child, Mark. Together they travelled around the world, adding priceless works to their collection by the likes of Picasso, Van Gogh and Monet.

As winter approached, war engulfed their nation, and Mark left to serve his country. After only a few short weeks, his father received a telegram; his beloved son had died saving the life of a fellow soldier. Distraught, the old man faced the approaching Christmas with anguish and sadness.

Solar power for the Saxon Church

Our Anglo Saxon church, recognised as being one of the finest in England, is being fitted with state-of-
the art solar panels.

The Church of England has a Shrinking the Footprint national environmental campaign and a recent
BBC’s Songs of Praise programme came from St Denys Church, Sleaford, Lincolnshire and showed what
was possible with the technology. All churches face east and therefore have the south facing roofs ideal
for solar installations - but could modern equipment be installed on such an ancient monument as ours

It was our final night as we were walking towards the Big Top at Spring Harvest. I recalled friends returning from this 10 years ago saying how everyone had been given £10 and asked to use it to raise £100 and send the money back to the charity. I had wondered how I would turn £10 into £100. However, this night, I thought if that happened now I would use it to kick-start the café and send the first £100 to the charity. When we arrived at the meeting, everyone was handed an envelope with the instruction not to open it until told to do so.

Another: On the 1st day, God created the dog and said:
‘Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. For this, I will give you a life span of 20 years.'
The dog said: 'That's a long time to be barking. How about only 10 years and I'll give you back the other 10?'
So God agreed.
On the 2nd day, God created the monkey and said:
'Entertain people, do tricks, and make them laugh. For this, I'll give you a 20 year life span.'