Dear Friends,

Since writing last month's letter I have discovered that this is the earliest Easter since 1913! We do not need reminding of the awfulness that followed in 1914. So an early Easter in 2008. What will follow?

Faith is supposed to broaden horizons. The classic way of putting it was that we are sub specie aeternitatis. (under the aspect of eternity). In other words we Christians are supposed to view things from a wide perspective.

So Church should be a view-finder for the things of a Creator God whose purpose is life not death, renewal not redundancy – the things of the spirit: Love, Joy, Peace.

A recent cartoon in the Church Times had a man saying: "We go every Sunday … feel good, meet all the neighbours … nice sense of community " sigh "… where would we be without the supermarket on a Sunday ?". I wonder if our Easter Day in church can rival that!

Jesus promised life in all its fullness but most churches do not live out that promise. The business of PCCs relates to house-keeping rather than the deeper point of the church. OK, George Herbert reminds us that drudgery can be divine! But then he was a poet, and had an eye to look beyond the kitchen window and see heaven.

As a priest has said, "When the kingdom comes in great power and glory, no one is going to care if anyone took the minutes." The French have the expression joie de vivre – we have no English equivalent. Perhaps with a March Easter we can simply be as mad as March Hares to celebrate an Easter with a better promise than that of 1913.

A Happy Easter to you all!

Apr 6th Mrs J May

Apr 13th Mrs K Walker

Apr 20th Mrs C Hickman-Smith

Apr 27th Mrs I Swift

May 4th Mrs P Pardoe

SUNDAY 4th MAY
We plan to persuade our teddy bears to abseil (and ascend) the Church tower .. Not to be missed!Services