A Bouquet of Flowers
10 Nov 20
Clare's Story
During our 2019 festival illness
struck and since my diagnosis I have received so
many beautiful flowers which have certainly brought a smile to my face and
lifted my spirits. For the 2020 festival I asked my cross stitch friends ...... I'm hoping you will help. For
my church tree this year I would like to do a floral tree - A Bouquet of
Flowers.
Would you stitch a flower and send it to me, I will finish them, thank you.
I was amazed at everyone's enthusiasm to
help and as Covid started to affect everyone the
Bouquet seemed even more important.
I stitched quite a few, but
was set back when I broke my arm in May. Thankfully it was only a month or so
before I was able to stitch again, a good job because I received over 25 flowers
from all over the world, all needing finishing.
I decided to use silver zig
zag ribbon and match each flower with backing foam. I set up our tree and used
the hardanger angel from last year's White Tree ... I am delighted with my “Bouquet
of Flowers”, I was quite touched by the finished effect, there are nearly 40
flowers.
I have packed them safely
away for my 2021 tree, hopefully in church, I'm sure I'll be adding some more
by then.
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Rev. John Langanlds
It is with great pleasure that I would
like to welcome you to St Laurence. Frances,
my wife, and I have received a very warm welcome ourselves, so you will not be
disappointed when you visit St Laurence.
I am also the Curate of the other churches in Ansley and Arley – St
John’s, St Michael’s and St Wilfrid’s.
Being in a rural and farming area in the
north part of Coventry Diocese is like coming home for us. A number of years ago I pastored a church in
rural Norfolk which was mainly surrounded by arable farms with some pigs and
chickens. The strong sense of community life
was something very special. This should
be particularly valued in these days when many folk live such individual,
separate and often lonely lives.
We
have just had hot off the press a visiting card which I hope reflects what our
church stands for: ‘You will not walk alone.
Together we are with you on life’s journey’. Over these next weeks, months and years, I
hope we can get to know you better and that you will find Frances and myself
not just ‘churchy’ people but friends as well, who enjoy life and plenty of
laughter!
