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Dear friends, The season of Advent starts today: the dark days before the Light of the World is revealed. We count the days (with of without advent calendar) and wait. Last weekend we were in Paris and the picture today…

Dear Friends, Apologies for not being able to send out last week’s notices. A two day broadband band outage played havoc with our weekend. This week is different in another way. I’m writing this on my iPad from a hotel…

Dear friends, Last Friday I had the privilege of attending the Arts Alive Festival finale in Pippbrook House in Dorking. It was a lovely event, organised by a team chaired by our very own Mary Huggins. It was great to…

Dear friends, This week I give you a picture of the advent calendars I am offering for sale this year. They are a great opportunity to talk to relatives about the Christmas message. The blue Divine calendar has Fair Trade…

Dear friends, The photo is from last week and this European hornet is probably a male about to die as the females are most likely in hibernation by now. I looked up hornets and this is what I found: ‘The…

Dear friends, These notes come to you a bit later that usual as I have been to see family for a couple of days. When people ask me what I miss about the Netherlands the first thing that comes to…

Dear friends, At last this week I witnessed Aurora Borealis. The picture shows more than could be seen with the naked eye, probably due to exposure time. I am so very pleased that I have seen this most beautiful phenomenon…

Dear friends, St Francis Day was last Friday: 4 October. In many countries this day is know as World Animal Day. Those who know their saints will understand why this day was chosen to celebrate the relationship between humans and…

Dear friends, This week I picked up this clock from a service. It hadn’t run for decades and I’m pleased it is well again after some tlc and repairs. Apparently clocks need a service every 60 years so someone else…

Dear friends, This month is creation tide and part of it is Harvest Festival. Also part of this big picture is the fact that both our churches are registered ECO churches. As such we aim to buy in Fair Trade…