During the month of October we will be celebrating the life and work of our local farms. This will happen in 3 ways:
On Sunday 13th October, in the 11 o’clock Service, we will be celebrating Harvest. This is always a highlight of the Redhill Church Calendar. Farming is essentially about providing food to feed our nation. In gratitude for the year’s harvest, safely gathered in, we invite you to bring something of the food for which you are grateful; fresh produce, tins, packets, whatever you want to bring. All that is brought to the church will be taken to ‘Somewhere to Go’, a daycare centre for the homeless and needy of Weston-super-Mare. They use it to create sumptuous meals for their Service Users. Nothing is wasted, everything is appreciated. Please give generously.
Then on Sunday 20th October in the morning Service at 11 o’clock, we have another celebration with strong farming connections. In this Service we will be baptising Henry Baber, the younger child of Royston and Karen Baber of Pigeon Farm. The Baber family have connections with the village and the church that stretch back many many years. The earliest Baber baptism I can find in our register is of Violet Baber in 1943. Do come along to support Henry and help us celebrate this great day in the history of our village.
The third farming related celebration this month is in the afternoon of Sunday 20 October at 2:30 on Regilbury Park Farm, Winford BS40 8BE. This is a Plough Service. If you have been to a Redhill Church Plough Service before, you will definitely want to come again. And if you have not been to one of our Plough Services before, come and find out what you have been missing. We gather before the milking parlour to sing God praise, to bless the fields, the plough, the animals, all who work on the farm and the food they produce. After more singing and fervent prayers, we finish by watching the cows being milked as we drink hot cider and eat cake. What is not to love. Thank you to the Alvis family for hosting our Service this year. Do come along. Wear wellies, or suitable foot wear, and bring a seat if you need to sit down during the Service. Collection will go to the Farming Community Network.
Wishing you every blessing
Andrew
Rev’d Andrew Hemming, Priest for Redhill
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