Dear friends, Another glorious day albeit chillier than we have been used to. The photo today is of firebugs we noticed on one of the last days of our holiday. The top one with the spots is an adult and the plainer one is a nymph. Don’t forget that the clocks have changed and enjoy the lovely weather. God bless, Dineke van den Bogerd Notes-20251026.pdf Weekly Notes Readings-20251026.pdf Weekly Readings Post expires at 9:11am on Monday October 26th, 2026

Dear friends, We’re just back from a trip through France and I have managed to take some lovely photo’s to show you in the next few weeks. Today’s picture is of some lovely street decorations with Amiens cathedral in the background. Taken only yesterday morning, it already seems longer ago. We visited the cathedral and it is stunning inside and out. We tend to visit churches when on holiday as there is always lots to admire, only this time I had an overwhelming sense of the hardship most people would have endured whilst fortunes were being spent on decorating this building. Let’s keep admiring the works of the past and do our utmost not to make similar mistakes again. God bless, Dineke van den Bogerd Notes-20251019.pdf Weekly Notes Readings-20251019.pdf Weekly Readings Post expires at 8:03am on Monday October 19th, 2026

Dear friends, There is an error in the notes attached that we can unfortunately not correct: please note that tickets for the murder mystery play are only available by contacting Corinne and NOT through the Capel Box Office. The picture today is of a ship on display in the Chatham historic dockyard that was built in the mid 19th century. Steam power was increasingly used but wind power was still superior as long as there was wind so this ship was built to use either. This original three master (it has lost the front one) could fall back on steam when the weather was too calm but its top speed was only reached under sail. When the sails were in use the funnel would be lowered. Have a lovely week and God bless, Dineke van den Bogerd Notes-20251012.pd fweekly notes Readings-20251012.pdf weekly readings Post expires at 9:22am on Saturday October 10th, 2026

Dear friends, Last weekend we spent some quality time around Chatham, and the historic Dockyard there was well worth a visit. The picture today is of the 17th century brick building that houses the rope production line. It is half a mile long and in its heyday it would supply a warship with up to 30 miles of rope for rigging and other purposes. Tomorrow, after the service and during teas I will be offering LOAF goods again in St John. Some Christmas presents have arrived already and several new products to whet your appetite. God bless, Dineke van den Bogerd Notes-20251005.pdf Weekly Notes Readings-20251005.pdf Weekly Readings Post expires at 4:52pm on Sunday October 4th, 2026

Dear friends, As promised here are the notes for this week. God bless, Dineke Notes-20250928.pdf Post expires at 8:33am on Tuesday September 29th, 2026

Dear friends, The picture today is of the announcement of works on Cole’s Lane starting soon. I hope this partial closure will not prove too much of a hurdle for us to join in with parish services when they happen on the other side of the A24! Unfortunately this email comes with just the readings attached. As I’ll be away for a couple of days I have to send this before having received the notes for Sunday. They will be issued after I have returned. God bless, Dineke van den Bogerd Readings-20250928.pdf Post expires at 8:34am on Sunday September 27th, 2026

Dear friends, Autumn has definitely come and we are getting ready for winter with stews and soups. Don’t forget the community fridge every Wednesday in Ockley and Friday in Capel. Primarily this charity works to keep food out of landfill in aid of reducing food waste and avoiding greenhouse gasses from composting foodstuffs. If it also helps people to make ends meet, then that is a very happy by-product. Please support this charity! The picture is just one beautiful rose from the decorations of last week’s wedding. God bless, Dineke van den Bogerd Notes-20250921.pdf Weekly Notes Readings-20250921.pdf Weekly Readings Post expires at 8:44am on Saturday September 19th, 2026

Dear friends, You would be forgiven for not recognising today’s image as a shop. It is in fact a former mayor’s residence turned guitar shop. No prizes for guessing who brought this to our attention (thanks Bob!) and caused us to spend way more than the planned 30 minutes in the 18 rooms dedicated to these instruments. I suppose I should be grateful we didn’t leave with an extra guitar. If you are tempted you will have to travel to the Netherlands but you will get a free coffee and get to play as many guitars as you like without supervision of a pushy sales person. God bless, Dineke van den Bogerd Notes-20250914.pdf Weekly Notes Readings-20250914.pdf Weekly Readings Post expires at 8:05am on Sunday September 13th, 2026

Dear friends, The picture today is of a walkway into the Waddenzee from one of the islands (Terschelling) north of the Netherlands. The path leads to the monument I posted last week and floods in high tides. In fact it was getting wet underfoot when we made our way back to shore so it’s not unlike the road that leads to St Michael’s Mount in Cornwall. It reminded me that even though we cannot always see where our path lies, we know where we should be going. Sometimes we just have to use all our senses to find our way. God bless, Dineke Notes-20250907.pdf Weekly Notes Readings-20250907.pdf Weekly Readings Post expires at 9:56am on Sunday September 6th, 2026

Dear friends, Tomorrow is the meteorological start of autumn. We have much to look forward to not least some rain to drench our parched lands! Today’s photo is of a piece of art built into the sea on the south coast of one of the Dutch islands. I love it when you can be part of an installation like this. God bless, Dineke van den Bogerd Notes-20250831.pdf Weekly Notes Readings-20250831.pdf Weekly Readings Post expires at 7:05am on Sunday August 30th, 2026

Dear friends, After a successful Capel Show, Dik and I are off on a short holiday. Sleep has come easier in the last few days. After the upcoming post-mortem the committee will start planning for the next show and do our best to make it better still than the last one. From Boulogne-sur-mer (the basilique and the fort with the basilique in the background in the pictures) we wish you all a pleasant bank holiday weekend. God bless, Dineke van den Bogerd Notes-20250824.pdf weekly Notes Readings-20250824.pdf weekly readings Post expires at 8:35pm on Sunday August 23rd, 2026

Dear friends, The flowers in the picture today were donated by the flower show to cafe church in the marquee last Sunday. We had a most wonderful service with lots to think about. It was lovely to see so many people gathered celebrating. God bless, Dineke van den Bogerd Notes-20250817.pdf Weekly Notes Readings-20250817.pdf Weekly Readings Post expires at 7:25pm on Wednesday August 12th, 2026