Good evening friends,

Gosh, what a week – huge highs and some really tough moments. It often goes like that doesn’t it?

As well as a hefty amount of pastoral work (what I would really much prefer to spend all my time doing), I have also been working on a project for the summer, our Annual Vestry Service, and our Annual Report. The service on 31^st May 11am will be in Usk Primary School, with breakfast served beforehand, and promises to be a lively and joy-filled occasion. Please pop it in your diaries. The Annual Report will be published that day, and there will be some goodie bags for all the churches to take back. We will also share details about the project, which involves every church without anyone actually doing anything! How wonderful to have something new to look forward to that won’t require any more work or effort!! I’m very much looking forward to the whole event, and sharing all the news with you then. 

Before then, we do have Archbishop Cherry coming to the ministry area, and you might like to come along too. Over the last few years, St. Bartholomew’s Church in Llanover, with a very small team of intrepid helpers, has managed to pull off a really rather impressive hall refurbishment. I am in awe of them. The hall is open on Saturday 20^th April between noon and 4pm for people to come and have a look round, and Archbishop Cherry will be formally opening the hall at 3pm. She will be doing this with cake. Of course! It would be wonderful to see some of you there, to say well done to those who have worked so hard and of course, to welcome our bishop. Everyone is welcome from all and any church. I suggest you park at the church and then walk round the corner, on the little lane, as parking at the hall is limited. Postcode is NP7 8BU.

And with that I am going to close. I still have a visit to a funeral family this evening, and then a day of rest (who am I kidding?!) tomorrow. The house is a tip so there will be some tidying to do I think!

You know where I am if you need me.

With my love and prayers for you all,

Sally xxxx

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