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CHURCH NEWS
Weekly Prayer Roster
Each week during the year the Churches, in their prayers, remember the residents of particular streets in the vil-
lage, those who work in the parish and village organizations. Those to be remembered this month are:
7th June
Church Street, Mill Road, The Barns, The Old Four Mills
14th June
The Parish Council, The Village Hall and Playing Field Trust; those who help to run the Village
Hall, and the activities there
21st June
Greenway, Aragon Close, Hoo Close, Bishops Way
28th June
Village shops, and those who work in them; businesses based in the village, hotels, inns, and
those who work at home; homemakers, carers, the unemployed and underemployed, and all
visitors to the village
STUDY LUNCH
The regular monthly study lunches continue on Monday 8th June 2015
Methodist Church Hall 12.30 pm to 2.00 pm
Contact:
Ann Brittain
on
812012
Thought for the month
Holidays
As the weather warms up many of us will be taking or looking forward to taking a summer holiday. Holidays, short
breaks and days off that give us a break from our usual routine play a vital part in all our lives. They often open up
new horizons and can prove a much needed time of genuine refreshment and re-creation. W H Davies the Welsh
tramp-poet, put the point memorably in his well-known lines on Leisure:
What is life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare …
… No time to turn at Beauty’s glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance ….
… A poor life this if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
Time off for relaxation, in the midst of a busy life, is not a self-indulgent luxury but a genuine necessity. We all
need time for rest and renewal, both physically and spiritually. Taking a break is not escapist for we return to our
daily life with clearer vision and renewed energy. When the holiday ends we still need to face up to the continuing
challenges of home and family, daily work and church duties. But taking a break means that we return refreshed
and strengthened and better equipped for the life of discipleship to which we are called.
Whatever the summer months mean to you, I pray that they may be a time of great blessing.
Revd Tricia Williams
Methodist Church