Benefact News April 2011

Hadnall Church by Diane Clarke

April already! Where did the months go after Christmas? At least we can now look forward to some better weather hopefully, which I think will cheer us all up.

On Sunday March 20^th during our 11:00am Communion Service a special presentation was made to Mr Cecil Jones. Cecil has spent over seventy years working in various capacities for the church, sixty five of those years he has maintained the church clock. This is by any standards a remarkable achievement and to mark this and convey our gratitude for a job well done he was presented with a skeleton clock and certificate to mark the occasion. Having finally decided it is time to pass over this job to someone else we are pleased that his son Terry has taken on this task. No doubt father will have lots of useful information to pass on and will be keeping a critical eye on the clock for many years to come.

On Thursday March 17^th we enjoyed coffee at the home of Jean and Gordon Corbett. Our thanks to them for their welcome and delicious cakes and nibbles. Our next coffee morning is on Thursday April 21^st at the home of Denis and Margaret Williams. We hope to see you there.

A reminder that our AGM is on Monday April 11^th at 7:30pm in church. We hope that you can find the time to support your church on this evening.

Our Easter Communion is on Sunday April 24^th at the slightly later time of 11:15am. We shall once again be taking donations for Easter Lilies in memory of loved ones whose names will be read out at the service. If you wish to make a donation please put it in an envelope with your name and the names of those you wish to be remembered. These can be handed to Kath, Rob or Diane or left on the table at the back of the church. To ensure that we have plenty of time to organise the buying of the lilies please hand these in by Friday 15^th April.

I have recently received four letters from Nicholas Ofosu, the child we sponsor through Compassion. These date from April last year through to October so obviously receiving correspondence from Africa is not always as reliable as it might be. Nicholas is six and lives in a coastal town with his parents, grandparents and siblings. He tells us that he likes playing football and swimming and was hoping in one letter that his mother would take him to the beach. Sounds like a typical six year old in many ways.

I have recently written back to him and told him about our preparations for our Easter celebrations and asked him about some of the drawings included in his letters.

The letters are in a plastic wallet on the Compassion board in Hadnall Church so please take the time to have a look at them and enjoy some of Nicholas’ thoughts and feelings.

A Happy Easter to you all.

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