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Photos, paintings, drawings, sculpture – all inspired by St Peter’s Church and its Churchyard

Lest We Forget

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Remembrance Sunday 2024

Today, we gathered at St Peter’s church and the War Memorial to remember the fallen from our villages from the First World War and to reflect upon the loss of precious lives in all conflicts before and since. The current conflicts in Ukraine and Israel continue relentlessly with no end in sight.

It was a grey and somewhat bleak day, after a spell of almost two weeks with very little sunshine; somehow appropriate for very bleak times in the wider world.

Our incredible flower arranging team transformed the church with a variety of arrangements. Large solemn sentinels by the altar contrasted with tiny posies of poppies which caught the eye brightening hidden corners.

While we sang and prayed; listened to readings, held silence for the Last Post and Reveille and listened to the names of our lost young men, the little poppies captured my thoughts.

Poppies are the epitome of calm after chaos, bringing beauty after unimaginable ugliness.. Tender fragility following brutal cruelty.

The tiny field poppy symbolises hope as it grows from disturbed ground. Its seeds can lie dormant for hundreds of years until the earth turns… but its blood red petals remind us of the horror and sacrifice. And a field of little poppies remind us of the millions who died.

The unbearable transformed but never forgotten.

All that in one tiny wild flower?

Lest we forget…

Happy Easter

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Beautiful service in St Peter’s Church

The Easter message rang out loud and clear in church today, despite a misty and cold start to Easter Day.

Inside, there was warmth and good spirits. We were delighted to welcome families and friends from all our villages and share the Easter message, communion and sing!

The church was transformed into Easter glory by the spring flower arrangements, prayer tree and Easter Garden.

The joy and hope of Jesus’s resurrection and promise of new life is the most precious gift in these days. Alleluia!

How wonderful that Spring is here but what does it mean to you?

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Spring is a beautiful time of year and I must say my favourite. It is uplifting to leave the dark nights and mornings behind us as the evenings begin to draw out and bulbs begin to poke their heads through. Birds begin to build nests in the hope of raising a family. Mother Nature awakens.

Spring is often associated with hope and rebirth – indeed Easter celebrates the resurrection of our Lord, Jesus Christ and it takes place in Spring.

‘For behold, the winter is past; the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land’.

Song of Solomon 2:11-12

What does Spring mean to you?

Here in St Peter’s church yard we find the earliest flowers. These flowers provide vital nectar for wakening bees and insects.

Here are some photos taken in the churchyard by James Cullen.