After hard-fought competition, ten hymns were selected as winners to be sung last Saturday, with Matthew providing some background information for each hymn. Titles ranged from Christmas carols to Sea Sunday favourites, modern contemplative songs to great processional shouts. Thanks to Matthew and Iain for organising a very enjoyable event, which may well be repeated soon!
Trinity 2022
Feeling Artistic?
Would you like to come and help with the church flowers? Learn with us as we try to manage without Oasis! Please contact Nicola Mills if you are interested – help provided if you’re not confident.
Book Review
The Madonna in the Suitcase, by Huberta Hellendoorn https://www.amazon.co.uk/Madonna-Suitcase-Huberta-Hellendoorn-ebook/dp/B008XRUKYI/ref=sr_1_1?crid=22UPYMXNGZMVQ&keywords=the+madonna+in+the+suitcase&qid=1657996697&sprefix=the+madonna+in+the+suitcase%2Caps%2C84&sr=8-1
This short book is unusually written in the second person, but don’t let that put you off – there’s a good reason! The author’s daughter, Miriam, who had Down Syndrome, suffered a terrible stroke aged forty, and this book is addressed to her, telling her the story of her life as the first child of a Dutch immigrant couple in New Zealand in the 1960s. It is illustrated with photographs from the family album and Miriam’s own vibrant paintings. It feels like a privilege to read it – it’s a book full of such love and beauty, and one that admits the reader to share in that love. The book was serialised by Radio New Zealand a couple of years ago – I can’t imagine there was a dry eye in the house