Dear Friends,
May 14th is the beginning of Christian Aid week. This year they are featuring Malawi - where there is a deep need for better seeds to enable better harvests in a changing climate. May 14th is also Rogation Sunday, the first of days this week traditionally set aside to pray for our land: for its fertility and good harvest to come. There is perhaps an invitation to begin to be an answer to our own prayers and those of our counterparts in Malawi by even a small gift this week. To pray for our parishes, farmers and local land we will be meeting at Countisbury at 2pm on Sunday for a reflective walk to the top of the hill where we have a good view to pray for all our parishes -if you want to join the walk please wear good shoes and dress according to the weather!
May 14th is also the first Bell Sunday - when we give thanks for the joyful contribution made by our bell ringers through our church seasons. Thank you to all who ring in our churches - we know that you make such a difference to those marking milestones in their lives in church - and visitors often comment that it was the sound of the bells that brought them to church.
This coming week something new is starting: Laurence is offering a time to gather for prayer at 9.30 at St Mary's Lynton on a Thursday morning, beginning 18th May. All welcome.
God bless
Samantha