I hope you’re enjoying the summer months, or
what we’ve had of them anyway! At the coffee
morning recently, someone told me the reason
we’ve had bad weather is because there have
been so many sporting events and now they’re
almost finished, we’re bound to have good
weather!
Thanks to everyone who has been supporting
myself and Paul as he continues his training with
WizzAir—there’s a late-breaking update elsewhere
in this newsletter!
This summer the time has come to take my
Rangers to Switzerland for 10 days—it feels like a
million years ago we were doing a fundraising
coffee morning for this trip and helped lead the
service at Histon. Please do pray for myself and
Fiona from Castle Street as we embark on this
adventure, and I look forward to sharing all the
stories with you on our return. Paul and I also have
ten days at the end of August where we will have
some time together: this will be the first time
we’ve had since March so we are both looking
forward to some precious time with each other.
August is generally a quiet month in the life of the
church, and so I encourage you to use this time to
rest in the presence of God and spend some with
God in God’s gorgeous creation, because come
September, we have a million things to look
forward to!
Our toilet redevelopment at Histon will shortly
commence and as a consequence we will be
having a scaled down Harvest Festival. However!
We will be having a joint harvest supper at Castle
Street on Saturday 21st September. It will be a
bring and share like last year, and will most likely
feature a few fun games as well. Neither church
will be having extravagant displays this year, but
will be focusing on goods for the food bank and
making a display within the service itself. If you’d
like to make a commitment to supporting the food
bank over the summer, please do add one of the
following to your weekly shops and bring in your
food bank bounty at the Harvest festival: soap, oil,
stock cubes, sugar, and passata.
We had an incredible Old Testament Day with
Professor Judith and we were so blessed to share
her wisdom and knowledge last month. She has
kindly agreed to do another study morning,
focusing on the New Testament, to help support
anyone who is doing Bible in a Year—but if you
have a thirst for knowledge and want to know a bit
more about the New Testament, do come along!
All are welcome on Saturday 23rd November.
Thanks to everyone who came to the open manse
last month: it was great to have some time
together and fellowship, and I wish you every
blessing this ‘restful’ ‘sabbath’ August.