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March 2020 Coronavirus - St Giles Church Pauses Public Worship
*** In light of the Government guidance around non-essential contact, the Archbishops of Canterbury and York have issued advice that public worship is suspended until further notice. ***
August 2020
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We had the church barrow out for the first time today at our first open air coffee shop. We plan to have the barrow out every day and people can bring and buy things, no clothes. Donations only. Friday is cake day!
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February 2020
The American writer Elbert Hubbard, who died in 1915, once wrote that ‘a friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.’
I have known my best friend 50 years and during that time she and I have grown up, gone through most of the traumas and agonies of adult life, had children, laughed and cried, and never disagreed. We don’t see much of each other, as we live some distance apart, but when we do get together, the passage of time seems to disappear.
Friends, or the lack of them, is often at the top of the list that are most important to us, alongside romantic partners, family and a satisfying job. Yet we tend to presume that friendships ‘just happen’. In fact, psychologists suggest that friendships are every bit as
nuanced as dating and have a central requirement at the core. That’s the need for ‘selfdisclosure’.
In other words, we begin to develop a deep and lasting friendship as we gradually reveal the truth about ourselves, our lives, our hopes and dreams, as well as our failures and fears. Never an easy thing to do. And whilst social media seem to encourage ‘over-sharing’, it can so easily lack real intimacy.
Its probably no accident that many people of all ages report feeling lonelier than ever these days. I pray today for the opportunity to show real friendship to someone else- the giving of our time, our attention and our true selves to another. We are grateful for the friends we do
have, and we bring our feelings of isolation and loneliness to you God, who knows exactly who we are, and love us just the same. Amen.
Anna Crabbe
I have known my best friend 50 years and during that time she and I have grown up, gone through most of the traumas and agonies of adult life, had children, laughed and cried, and never disagreed. We don’t see much of each other, as we live some distance apart, but when we do get together, the passage of time seems to disappear.
Friends, or the lack of them, is often at the top of the list that are most important to us, alongside romantic partners, family and a satisfying job. Yet we tend to presume that friendships ‘just happen’. In fact, psychologists suggest that friendships are every bit as
nuanced as dating and have a central requirement at the core. That’s the need for ‘selfdisclosure’.
In other words, we begin to develop a deep and lasting friendship as we gradually reveal the truth about ourselves, our lives, our hopes and dreams, as well as our failures and fears. Never an easy thing to do. And whilst social media seem to encourage ‘over-sharing’, it can so easily lack real intimacy.
Its probably no accident that many people of all ages report feeling lonelier than ever these days. I pray today for the opportunity to show real friendship to someone else- the giving of our time, our attention and our true selves to another. We are grateful for the friends we do
have, and we bring our feelings of isolation and loneliness to you God, who knows exactly who we are, and love us just the same. Amen.
Anna Crabbe
December 2019
Our Open the Book for December in Stockland, Kilmington and Shute schools was the story of the shepherds, the visitation by an angel and visit to see the baby Jesus. Some of the children from each school took part in the presentation. We sang Away in a Manger at the end. William Cope, Anna’s grandson, helped as a shepherd! Each school was presented with a Christmas card from the Open the Book team.
Anna, Diana Mellows, Caroline Nunns, Gay Atkinson, Greta Lidster and Christine Mills.
Anna, Diana Mellows, Caroline Nunns, Gay Atkinson, Greta Lidster and Christine Mills.
Harp Concert by Elisabeth-Jane Baldry. 21st December 2019
We had a wonderful harp concert, To Blow the Cold Winter Away, in December. Elisabeth-Jane Baldry from Dartmoor is a great artist and ‘ draws more tone colours out of the instrument than any other harpist living in the world’ according to David Watkins, Professor of Harp, Guildhall Schools of Music. She is the only silent movie harpist in the world, performing live accompaniment to cinema screenings of early film. Her uniquely rich tone on the harp has graced the soundtracks of films and television programmes screened in over thirty countries including America, Canada, Iceland, Kenya, Iran, South Africa, Poland and Cyprus.
The concert began with Pachelbel’s Canon in D and included Somewhere by Leonard Bernstein and a delightful improvisation on Christmas Carols. Elisabeth- Jane told stories about each piece in an entertaining way. The church was beautifully decorated thanks to
Caroline Lavender, Jenny Nickolls and their team. The church provided a superb setting for the concert which was enjoyed by all the people there, who also partook of mulled wine and stolen cake in the interval. Thank you to all who helped with the concert.
Anna Crabbe
We had a wonderful harp concert, To Blow the Cold Winter Away, in December. Elisabeth-Jane Baldry from Dartmoor is a great artist and ‘ draws more tone colours out of the instrument than any other harpist living in the world’ according to David Watkins, Professor of Harp, Guildhall Schools of Music. She is the only silent movie harpist in the world, performing live accompaniment to cinema screenings of early film. Her uniquely rich tone on the harp has graced the soundtracks of films and television programmes screened in over thirty countries including America, Canada, Iceland, Kenya, Iran, South Africa, Poland and Cyprus.
The concert began with Pachelbel’s Canon in D and included Somewhere by Leonard Bernstein and a delightful improvisation on Christmas Carols. Elisabeth- Jane told stories about each piece in an entertaining way. The church was beautifully decorated thanks to
Caroline Lavender, Jenny Nickolls and their team. The church provided a superb setting for the concert which was enjoyed by all the people there, who also partook of mulled wine and stolen cake in the interval. Thank you to all who helped with the concert.
Anna Crabbe
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