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PLANT SALE - Saturday 12th May 2012 11am-3pm
Get your garden ready for summer with a wide range of
flowers and vegetables - bedding plants - planted containers and hanging baskets - Coffee & Tea - Sausage sizzle - Cake stall - Tombola
TRASH OR TREASURE TABLE TOP SALE
Free parking
Something for everyone!
Proceeds from the event support the upkeep of the church
Thoughts From The Vicarage
O THE month of May, the merry month
of May,
So frolic, so gay, and so green, so
green, so green!
– so began the poem written by Thomas Dekker in the 17th century, or how about:
In the merry month of May
When green leaves begin to spring,
Little lambs do skip like fairies
Birds do couple, build and sing.
– from an old nursery rhyme, although this year, with our unseasonably warm early weather, I’ve seen birds collecting nest material in March.
May is a wonderful month; in recent years, one of the warmest months of the year, so I am hopeful of spending more time in the garden this month, but not sure what I’ll be able to produce in the veggie patch this year with a hosepipe ban already in place!
Two of my granddaughters spent their early years growing up in Switzerland, and one difference I noticed – apart from their skiing proficiency, far above mine! – was that they asked for things using the word ‘May’. Perhaps it is just me, but “May I have a biscuit please?” somehow sounds much more positive than “Can I have a biscuit please?” I think it generates a greater feeling of willingness to comply with the wishes of the person asked, rather than a ‘this is what I want to happen’ feeling that ‘Can I?’ generates.
I was thinking about that when going through some of the church events and services proposed for the rest of this year. St. Michael’s vision is for the church to be ‘at the heart of the community’; giving to the village and its people in any way that we can, after the model of Jesus who, as he said ‘came not to be served, but to serve’. So, I would just like to ask you; May we serve you?
Is there something that you would like St. Michael’s Church to be doing to further the community life of this village, or assisting you and your family in any of the things that are happening in your lives at present?
Do get in touch if so, and may May 2012 be all that you hope it will be.
Rev'd Chris Musser
Prayer Request
A special form is now available on this website for anyone who would like prayers to be said in Church for someone who is ill or suffering. Simply follow this link: Prayer Request. The same form may be used to contact Revd Chris if you are unwell and unable to come to Church to receive Communion, or if you know someone who would like to receive Communion at home. Alternatively, of course, please use the prayer request cards available in the church.
