Dear friendsI hope this week has found you well, and that you have felt a sense of God's presence with you whatever you have done.Our theme of story telling, which has featured heavily over recent weeks, felt particularly appropriate this week with the commemoration of the D Day landings. I watched the tribute of the lone piper on a navy vessel coming into Normandy, and felt strongly moved, as when I saw the gradual illumination of the candles on the war memorials. It was beautiful, and sombre. One individual interviewed said they would love their children's class to go to the memorial, to all find one of the names on the memorial, and to research the story behind the name. Wouldn't that be a remarkable thing to do! The story of all those who gave their lives in war is remembered on a national scale, but of course there is a further story behind each of their names: stories of loved ones who grieved them, of colleagues who missed them, and a nation who thanks them.How we continue to connect our stories with a story of love is part of our gathering as a church community, and as ever I commend to you the opportunity to gather for worship.This weekend we have our traditional Holy Communion service at 8.30am where Steve will be preaching, and then Cafe Church at 10.30am where we will be thinking about the stories of our faith: when it may have been hard, how we speak of what we believe, and how we might share our hopes for our stories going forward.You're invited to be part of these gatherings.We also gather on Sunday afternoon at 4.30pm to witness Martin Turnbull's street evangelism performance - he is bringing "Street Surprise" into church, again you're invited to come along.With all good wishes as everBecky