Dear Friends
We all had very successful services during the Christmas period, and hopefully sent new people away thinking we’re not too stuffy. The format for our Carol Service that Steve chose was enjoyed very much at Dilhorne. The Royal Oak asked if the church would lead open air carol singing around their tree, and we were really surprised at the turn out. I then realised that it was because people don’t have the opportunity to sing a carol if they don’t come to church. How can we get them to try us? They obviously enjoyed singing them, accompanied by Jackie Oakes and Ann Brown on guitars.
Does it say somewhere in the Bible that seasons will become like seasons? If so we certainly seem to be heading that way. When was the last time we had a really heavy snowfall (not that I’m complaining), and summers seemed to be more reliable. Living at the top of The Rocks at Dilhorne, when I was young, I remember many winters when we had to dig our way through the snow. Infact, I was born just at the start of the 1947 blizzard, and my dad had to drag Nurse Enid Kilcross back from Gable Cottages at Caverswall, where she lived, on a sledge, every step he took he sank up to his knees. I was born before they got back but that’s another story. Nurse Kilcross asked Dad to take her to Stansmore Hall Farm, up Tickhill Lane, instead of back home, as Mrs Brown was due for her first baby. The Midwife stayed there for 2 days awaiting the birth. Can you imagine such dedication to your job today?
Having mentioned that, however, I now feel that I have been Churchwarden at All Saints Church for long enough, 20 years this time, and would dearly like to hand the baton on to someone else. Please pray that someone will come forward to take over this role, which is very important to the running of Dilhorne Church.
God bless, from Audrey.