Dear Friends
Thank you to our hosts at Martinhoe and to all who joined in with the Lammas celebration last Sunday: cream teas are certainly a good way to experience the joy and gratitude for the beginning of the harvests that were the focus of our prayers. Let's continue to keep our own farming community in our prayers through this dry summer, and to pray for the peace in Eastern Europe that will also free farmers in that region to tend their land and export their produce in a needy world.
Next Sunday and Monday there will be events in Lynmouth to mark the 70th anniversary of the extreme flooding across this region of Exmoor which culminated in Lynmouth - details of services are at the end of this letter. There will also be a talk at the Pavilion on 11th August at 6.30pm. Please hold in your prayers families for whom memories of the events of that time are still raw and all who, around the world suffer from natural disasters . It is a time too, for giving thanks for the community life we continue to share, and the resilience of our region through many challenges, old and new.
Perhaps the words that open this Sunday's gospel are timely. "Do not be afraid" Jesus says (which is one of the most repeated phrases in the Bible) as he encourages his followers to trust in God's love for us and to find ways to share God's provision with others.
As we weave our thanksgiving for those who provide us with food and care for our land, with our concern for those suffering war across our world and our remembering of the grief and resilience of our immediate past here, may our prayers help us to trust God's presence with us through all things and the love that prevails eternally.
God bless,
Samantha
Lynmouth’s 70th Flood Anniversary Commemoration
To mark this important event the following are taking place.
6.30pm Sunday 14th August
An evening service of Remembrance in St John’s Church, Lynmouth.
Monday 15th August
A heritage walk starting from Middleham Gardens at 6.00pm.
This level walk of approx. 1 mile on mainly tarmac surfaces will proceed over Woodside Bridge, along Tors Road, over Tors Bridge, along Riverside Path. Crossing Countisbury Road where a wreath will be laid on the Flood Cross.
The walk continues along Lynmouth Street to the Flood Memorial Hall Garden where a plaque to remember the 34 flood victims will be unveiled followed by a 1 minute silence.
It will then proceed over May Bridge to the Manor Green
Here there will be a short remembrance service where relatives/friends of the 34 victims will ring a bell in their memory.
Along the walk will be pre and post flood photos.
People are welcome to join the walk at any point along its route or wait at the Memorial Hall or on the Manor Green
For further information please contact Sheila Voisey 01598 752436 [email protected] or David Wilde 01598 752296 [email protected]