[Magdalen] Yo-Yo.

[Michael Bishop]

The Church Fete season begins for me this Friday evening so I hope we 
have good weather - last year the rain started exactly at offocial 
opening time and continued all evening.
This year I have an extra reason to hope that rainfall is low. On 
Tuesday night/ Wednesday of last week St Andrew's Church, Radbourne 
suffered from the visit of lead thieves who stole the entire rood of the 
chancel. We are in fear that they will return to take the roof of the 
nave and the aisle. All this is a disaster for a small congregation. I 
am guessing that the cost of repaires will be perhaps 15,000 uk pounds 
and our insurance will only provide a payment of half that. The maximum 
insurance avaialble is 7,500 in any one year. This will mean that we 
will be struggling to find the costs - and that is hard with a 
congregation of around 18 on a very good day. I suppose it is the 
disadvantage of having a grade one listed building (the most highest 
grade of historic building) in a tiny village. Most of the building 
dates from at least the 13th century. Please pray for us.

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God bless

Michael Bishop
rev at michaelbishop.name

Rector of Boylestone, Church Broughton, Dalbury, Longford, Long Lane, Sutton-on-the-Hill & Trusley

Diocese of Derby, England

On 20/05/2015 19:20, Roger Stokes wrote:
> Yesterday we enjoyed (?) typical British weather.  A group of us went 
> over to the annual Cambridge Beer Festival, an event that's held in 
> two large marquees in an L shape and the space between them.  The 
> weather forecast was accurate, although I didn't hear any thunder.  In 
> between the sunny intervals we experienced significant rain, snow and 
> heavy hail.  Fortunately for the last two we were using the between 
> session break to get something to eat in town so we looked out on it 
> from the warmth of a restaurant.
>
> During the rain showers, which were quite heavy at times, some stayed 
> outside in the open with, though some without, umbrellas. Where but 
> England would you see that, and where but Cambridge would you see 
> someone on his bicycle while carrying an umbrella? I do not expect any 
> significant improvement in the weasther next week as Monday is a 
> public holiday, the schools are off for the week and it's the start of 
> the traditional holiday season.
>
> Roger