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new to marvel at or a new sound to hear. The lack of traffic has certainly helped
for the year 2020 and, as someone said to me only last week, ‘it’s as if the sky is bluer’. We were
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sunny spring. I notice now that they are beginning to fade, what was once a blue
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automatically included on both village websites. In a passage from St Matthew’s Gospel, Jesus is telling his followers not to worry, he
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This teaching from Jesus, telling us not to worry has such resonance for our current
time. Things will gradually change, lockdown will ease, but what happened
before—’normal’, if you want to call it that—may never happen. Things will
change, even if, at this present time, we cannot imagine how. We can only
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In the church calendar we’ve just
YOUR DIARY celebrated Rogation – which traditionally
asks God to bless the crops. In the past I
have always held this service outside, in my
2020 last parish we always held it at the village
allotments. This year, of course, we had to
Key: FG-Floral Group, AL-Autumn Leaves, TA– Twinning, WI-Women’s stay at home, but I was able to use photos
Institute, PiP-Pop in Place, GC-Gardening Club that I have taken during the lockdown of
the local landscape where crops are
June dates have been removed due to that is how it should be, it is only us who are
July current growing, and farm animals are flourishing.
lockdown situation. All future diary dates are
The view seems to change constantly, but
7th Communibus - Portland Bill standing still for a moment in time.
7th FG: Irene Hickson: Chelsea Gold potentially subject to change And so this year, whether it’s from our homes, or individually out on our walks, we
can still ask for God’s good blessing on our land, our farms and communities, we
8th AL: A speaker from Natural England can pray for those suffering because of this pandemic, we can pray for a better
future for the world as a whole, for justice and peace and we do it remembering
that God is with us wherever we are.
16th Salt and Pepper Club
Take care and stay safe
22nd Communibus - New Forest Lavender Blessings Rev Sandra

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