Hello everyone, a Happy New Year to you all. What a busy time we had in December.

We held a lovely Carol Service at St Andrews, Nunton. There is something quite magical about candlelight, so with a huge congregation, and a large choir, all holding candles, we raised the roof with great singing. Thank you to all the folk who come together each year to create a choir at Christmas, and to Adrian for co-ordinating it all.

We had an amazing Christmas Day service in St Mary’s, Odstock. In a small church which comfortably holds 65 people, we had 74. We celebrated together and kept warm. Huge thanks to everyone who decorated both churches - they were so pretty and filled with love.

Despite the weather, small groups of Carol Singers sang their way round Odstock, Nunton & Bodenham, collecting money for the Tear Drop Fund. This is a charity which operates in 50 different countries, helping disadvantaged children. Thank you everyone, especially the refreshment stops along the way, with mulled wine and mince pies or coffee to warm us up.