Letter from the Vicarage

April 2012

I wonder what it was that led you to be living in Scaynes Hill? And I wonder what it is that keeps you here? For Stephen and me, the advert for a new vicar was clearly a significant factor! But now we’re here, we can see why so many choose to live here for so long.

I am increasingly aware that Scaynes Hill is a small village with a lot of life, and once again as I prepare to write this message, I find myself wondering where to start! It was wonderful to see the church so full for our Mothering Sunday service, and to have the help of the Beaver group leading our prayers and singing a song for us. It’s exciting that a new website has been launched to enable us to find out about and celebrate all that is going on in our community — there’s more information about that inside the magazine. The community choir has also got off to a very promising start, with over thirty people at each rehearsal. Many folk came along with nervous caveats that they’d never sung in a choir before, but were delighted to discover that when we all sang together, it seemed to sound OK!

Progress on the annexe continues to go well, and we are hoping that it will be opened and dedicated over the weekend of the 9th/! 0th June. We are waiting for confirmation from the builders about their finishing date before we put out too much publicity, but our hope is that Saturday 9th June will be an open day for the whole village to come and enjoy refreshments, some stalls, and activities for the children. So many from the church and the village have given so generously in order to bring this annexe into being, so we are looking forward to welcoming everyone in over the course of that weekend.

And now, the church is preparing to celebrate Easter, and the hope and new life that are at its heart. There will be an Easter holiday club for primary school aged children on the morning of Wednesday 4th April, which can be booked through Hilary Wilson (411242). We will mark Maundy Thursday with a shared supper and informal communion in the school, beginning at 7pm. On Good Friday there will be a reflective hour at the cross from 2pm. Easter Sunday will have an Sam Holy Communion, a 9.30am All Age Communion, and then an Easter Egg hunt for the children in the church garden. All are welcome to any of these events and services.

Every blessing,

Lisa Barnett

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