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March 26

Dear Friends,

 Spring now upon us in all of its glory, and for me this time of year always brings to mind new beginnings. When I started my ministry at St Giles just over eighteen months ago, I was so delighted to be warmly welcomed into this village community. Recently I’ve been really pleased to meet some of the people who have recently moved into the village, and it’s exciting to see the new houses being made into homes, where happy memories will be created.

A great opportunity to meet new people has been at Tots and Tinies. This group for 0-4’s and their adults happens every Tuesday morning in church. It is an opportunity for the children to play and the adults to talk, with a time of rhymes and songs (sometimes accompanied by instruments!) at the end. It is becoming a lovely opportunity for those with young children who have recently moved to the village to get to know each other, as well as those who have been here for a while. The group is made up of parents, grandparents, friends and carers – all are very welcome to come along. We meet 9:30-10:30am every Tuesday during term time.

If you are new to the village and wondering how to get to know people, there is a brilliant range of groups and clubs which you can read about in the following pages. You are also very welcome at St Giles, whether you consider yourself religious or not. We’d love to meet you! A great time to try church is Easter Sunday, the most joyful day of the church year. As usual, our Easter services are at 6am and 9:30am on Sunday the 4th of April.

We were all new once (except those lucky enough to be born here!) and I’m sure valued the welcome that others extended to us. As our village grows in size, I wonder how the scale of our welcome might grow I response? 

With my prayers and best wishes,

Rev’d Christie