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Tuesday, 10 November 2015

Remembrance


A St Peters church council meal out , saw us take the opportunity to see the amazing poppy projection onto the outside of High Bradfield Parish Church. The photo does not do it justice. 


Then Sunday at Firth Park saw again a good gathering  of ages as we sought to balance out a sense of loss that war brings with acknowledgement of lives given up for the sake of others .


We planted poppies at one point outside the church while others laid prayer cards at the communion rail.


And the young people modelled spitfires out of clay as we recalled the 75th anniversary of the battle of Britain.


And our BB had made a large poppy out of hands to serve as a back cloth. We remember that hands  can reach out to 
help others as well as be clenched to hurt. God invites us to open our hands to reach out to all with the Love which is at the heart of God's creation. 




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