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February 2018 February 2018
 We intend to hold some simple dance classes to help make the autumn, the night was dark, heavy rain
lashed all around and a gale was
celebration go with a swing.
howling. Treacherous conditions for
Please indicate to a committee member if you are able to help in any way, if you driving, especially on a very busy, very
want to join a dance class, or if you have anything that might be of interest. twisty country road. As I drove round a
corner I began to hear a cracking sound
and to my horror I saw a mature tree
crashing to the ground. I knew that I did
BRIANTSPUDDLE COMMUNITY GROUP not have time to brake and stop, and I
could not swerve because of the on-
coming traffic. What should I do? I
By the time you read this we will have had our Hygiene check. We hope to get a remember saying “God, help!” and then
clean bill of health from the local Environment Officer as all our volunteers are I heard a loud bang and a scraping
trained and work hard to keep our workplace clean and up to the required noise at the side of the car and to my
standard.
amazement the stream of on-coming
traffic had disappeared and I was on the
opposite side of the road, the tree had
Coffee Shop not crushed me and my car survived with
losing only a wing mirror and paint
There will be no coffee shop on the 3 March as the Bladen Social Club will be scratches. To this day I do not have a
rd
holding a coffee morning in aid o a local charity. logical explanation for how the tree
missed the car and where the on-
coming traffic went, but the song blasting out of my speakers was ‘Angels
Watching Over Me’ by Amy Grant!”
BRIANTSPUDDLE COMMUNITY TALKS We heard a lot about angels over Christmas, and perhaps we are tempted to
think that they belong with characters from fairy tales. But angels are very real,
the Bible says that they are mighty ones who do God’s bidding, who obey His
There will be no Community word, servants who do His will. Psalm 103:20-21 Our trust and faith must be in God,
Talk during February. and our prayers are to Him, but it is comforting to know that He can on occasions
However there will be a talk use angels to help us in difficult situations. We have an amazing God, Who
about Butterfly through Jesus’ death on the cross has made a way for us to know Him, to be
Conservation in March – forgiven and to receive His life and power within us, so that we can live a new life
further details in the March with Jesus as our Saviour and Lord. Do you have that new life that only Jesus can
issue of the Parish give? If not, you only have to ask Him!
magazine.

Angie Talbot

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