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Note from Rev. Cathy <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n\nMy Father always loved this time of year when an extra tiny stretch of extended light is visible every evening \u2018the size of the stretch of a cockerel\u2019s foot\u2019 he<\/em> would say. Each new year and new light allowed him to be out in his garden ever longer each evening, pottering about in the dusk. For Dad, God was outside and, in the turn, and scent of the soil and the propagation of new shoots and bulbs. For him, the \u2018Cockerel\u2019s foot\u2019 stretch of light every day spoke of warmer, longer days to come and was filled with the same resilient hope that my Father possessed.  As a result, I welcome the Cockerel\u2019s Foot Stretch<\/em> every year and remind my family of this, so that they too can glance upward with full appreciation of the hope that light brings. After all, we are <\/em>children of the light. \n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\nIn this new Season of Epiphany, the same light of Christ we celebrated during some of the darkest days in December is now celebrated in the light of understanding and recognition that the child in Bethlehem was the long-promised Messiah and God in human form.  This, of course, was not a once-off event but is a continuous revelation of Christ as ever-present in our lives. As an exercise for the Season of the Epiphany, I decided to look at the moments in my life (the \u2018epiphanies\u2019) that revealed God\u2019s presence right here<\/em> and right now<\/em>.  What were or are the moments in your life where you have seen God in others or in circumstances or events? Are you able to find him in both the joys and the sorrows in equal measure? What are the happenings to which your heart was clear in its response that there is far more to this than we can see or understand?\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the light\ncontinues to grow, I wish you and those you love an ever-increasing Epiphany of\nthe presence of Christ in your life, through all and ever-changing\ncircumstances.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Happy New Year Everyone!  May God bless you and bring you great joy, peace and health in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Updating of the Register of Vestry Members<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It is that time of year again as we prepare for the Easter General Vestry Meeting by updating our Register of Vestry Members.
Being a member of General Vestry for this parish gives you a voice and the right to nominate \/ vote (or to be nominated or elected) at Easter General Vestry meeting, in the election of Select Vestry members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


An alphabetised list of registered General Vestry members is held in the churches. If you are not sure whether you are already registered, please contact Judy Cameron on 01 2860122 and this can be checked for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


If you wish to be added please fill the Form of Declaration available from the Parish Office or in the Churches.
Forms may be returned to Churchwardens or Select Vestry secretary (Barbara Davis).
If you are in the register and wish to be removed (e.g. if you are moving away and \/ or you wish to be added to the register in another parish) please submit your request for removal in writing to the Select Vestry Secretary or the Parish Secretary
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PARISH SELECT VESTRY MEETINGS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n