News from the Pews 14 March 2026

Morning all!

Very little news this week...

First, two messages from John Cole:

I will be going to Fairhaven residential home TODAY Saturday 14th at 10.00am to share communion and sing some hymns. We will be finished by 11am. Everyone is welcome to join us.

We are going to have a 'Walk of Witness' on Good Friday (3rd April). We will gather outside the Methodist Church, (Berrycroft) at 10.45am and will walk in silence to St Andrews. There will be five brief stops en-route to listen to scripture. Once in church there will be Hot Cross Buns. 

If you would like to contribute towards Hot Cross Buns could you please let me know how many. 

Other Holy Week/Easter happenings are on the attached (and in Jigsaw). NB current uncertainty over where we'll be for the Easter Vigil - this depends on whether we'll have anyone being confirmed at the cathedral that evening, as if we do, we'll decamp to support them. More asap!

Next... the readings for the 10am service tomorrow (Mothering Sunday) will be Colossians 3: 12-17 & John 19: 25-27.

And looking ahead... Next Saturday 21 March will see our first Church & Churchyar Clear-up from 10.30am 'til 12 noon. Please come and help wage war on cobwebs before the spiders really get started - and if you could bring your own gardening and cleaning tools too, please, that'd be helpful (no 21st century furniture polish, please - the 16th century woodwork doesn't appreciate it. 'Brasso' is fine for brass items - and very welcome!)

Best wishes all round for now, & perhaps see you tomorrow

Eleanor