What a lovely morning, glorious sky and some sun and we were able to have a couple of stalls outside. Inside church we had a wonderful collection of cakes – both on a stall and for refreshments. Cheese scones, flapjacks, muesli bars, rocky road bars and all sorts of cakes – ginger, coffee, chocolate, walnut, banana – and yes, they all sold. A choice of gluten free items were welcomed. Sausage rolls proved very popular – we could have sold many more! A big thank you to all who baked. <span style="font-size: 1rem;">We made £404 for church funds – lots of building work to be done.</span> We look forward to doing it all again at the Christmas fair at Hanbury Memorial Hall, 4<sup>th</sup> December, 11.30 a.m. – see you there! Sylvia & Michael Russell
Following the death of our dear vicar, Rev'd Les Rees, on 15th June his funeral details are as follows:Les will be brought into St. Werburgh's Church at 4pm on Wednesday 7th July and the church will be open until 8pm for anyone who wishes to pay their respects.His funeral will be in St. Werburgh's at 12.30pm on Thursday 8th July. Due to Covid restrictions, this will be by invitation only.At around 2pm the cortege, with a police motorcycle escort, will leave Hanbury Church for Bretby Crematorium.
In his capacity as Police Chaplain, on 16th July Rev’d Les Rees went along to meet Burton Police Cadets. Two representatives from the Gideons International were there too, to distribute Bibles. Wendy and Les were both members of the Gideons for many years so they both went along and were delighted to meet their members.The Police Cadet scheme is open to youngsters between 13 and 17 years of age. Their aim is to foster good relationships between the police and young people and to show young people the principals of good citizenship. Some of the Cadets may be police officers in the fullness of time. It was a pleasure to meet these young people.