Camilla has found crochet to be a good lockdown hobby and has created a large blanket from fifty six individual squares.

Linda has been busy creating an amazing painting from Bonsall. It’s the second in a series that started with her previous painting of spring flowers, using the same composition format.

Linda says,

My next one will show Autumn fruits against an aerial view of our garden. The fourth one will, not surprisingly, show a Winter Bonsall scene maybe with some holly and ivy! I plan to exhibit the group in next year’s Bonsall Art Trail exhibition.

Service 13 Sep 2020

Service 6th September

Bob and Jill Rhodes from St Mary’s are holding a YARD SALE on Saturday 12th September 10am – 12noon, China House Yard, St Mary’s Gate, Wirksworth DE4 4DQ (behind The Maltings). On sale will be furniture, kitchen and household equipment, curtains, mirrors, pictures, china etc. Proceeds to Christian Aid Community Partnership supporting refugees in Iraq and Lebanon. One way system with social distancing, please wear a mask.

Service 16th August

The 10am Service on 2nd August will be led by Brian Heeley and Stephen Orchard which will also include Holy Communion. Service 2nd August

A fantastic painting from Linda, who comments that she has started her next painting, which will have summer wild flowers in the foreground.

“Not-the-Summer-Party Christian Aid Quiz”: online at 7.30 pm Thursday 6th August.

A way of raising money for our Community Partnership Projects in Lebanon and Iraq, working on educational needs with refugee children & teenagers (in Lebanon) and employment skills with young adults & mums (in Iraq). The Quiz will be fun and a relaxing evening where you can play as an individual or a household team and you will meet up online with others from the area.

To find out more you can look for information on our Community Partnership JustGiving Page  where you will also find the link to our registration for the quiz at https://forms.gle/T226JPf3mPEmVyZCA so you can express an interest; or you can ask for more information by emailing David Pankhurst at david@thepankhursts.co.uk. So get the date on your calendar, register your interest and tell your friends about it too.

On a walk recently we got a glimpse of Wirksworth from a place that we don’t often go.  We were surprised to see the church building from a different angle from the one we are used to seeing every week from Coldwell Street.

It’s good to take a fresh look at familiar things, particularly from a distance where you can consider a new perspective or context.