I find that it’s difficult to know where we are this year. Most of the common markers are missing – Halloween, Bonfire night, Remembrance Day services are all less visible. And yet the celebration of Christmas will surely be on us very soon. The various craft groups have been working away during lockdown, and we are delighted to give some pages to them to display their wares that are for sale now. Why not take a look? But don’t take too long to decide because stocks are limited…

Revd. Hannah Suekarran writes about the passing of the seasons this month in the Dear Friends piece, and Tony Service returns to update everyone on matters in the Methodist circuit.

Revd. Pete gives thanks for the work of Claire Nutt who has passed on the baton of St Wilfrid’s churchwarden to Pat Jarvis. Mike Bunn also supplied a poem about the seasons which I’m delighted to include. Finally I have extracted some of Tony William’s images of Fayres at St Francis from years gone by.