Over the last two weeks in July, our bell-tower captain along with others have been replacing the flooring in the ringing chamber, which had become unsafe. This is why the church has been closed to visitors during this time. The flooring has been replaced with good solid wooden flooring and they have done a really good job. Our thanks go to all those who’ve been involved in this, which has been really hard work.You may be interested to know that we are going to include a time capsule under the flooring before it is sealed up, for future generations to discover, perhaps next time the flooring needs replacing (hopefully not too soon!). This will include a copy of our parish magazine, a copy of the White Horse news, a copy of the latest bell-ringing magazine, and a copy of last year’s annual report and accounts. Who knows when this will be discovered, but we hope it would be an interesting historical record of church life at this time, for those who find it.Rebecca
Around 50 people joined together in song on Sunday 26 July. Led by Ian McManus, Director of Music of All Saints' Church we sang our favourite hymns from old to new. Thank you to members of Westbury Area Churches Together who joined us. Thank you to all those who chose a song or hymn and spoke about what it meant to them. Afterwards we enjoyed refreshments together. We look forward to next year's Westbury Festival!
Our churchwarden Ruth Hann is finishing her role at the beginning of August. We give thanks for the last six years of her service in this role: for all that she’s done for us over this time.As you know, we were not able to elect any new churchwardens in Westbury parish at the last APCM in May. Therefore, if anyone has any questions or concerns, please refer them either to myself or to a member of Westbury PCC.We are praying for new churchwardens to emerge over the coming months.
It was wonderful to have so many families at the Little Lights Stay and Play Summer Party on Thursday 16th July. The children enjoyed icing cupcakes, making party headbands, playing the ‘hunt the teddies’ game and eating party snacks! It was a lovely way to round off the term and wish the families a very happy summer. We also said goodbye to the Little Lights who will be starting school in September. We wish them lots of success and happiness in the future. A big thank you to the parents, children and volunteers for making the party such a fun afternoon. Little Lights will take a break over the school summer holiday and reopen on Thursday 3rd September.
