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Phatfish concert

Phatfish / Lou Fellingham – Unplugged
- with guest Cathy Burton

Friday 11th March leaving around 6pm
LIVERPOOL CATHEDRAL
This is a rare opportunity to experience up close the raw talent of some of the UK’s most widely respected contemporary Christian musicians. Tickets: £12.50 plus bus petrol
Speak to Stuart SOON if you want to go…

February

So, which day would you like to re-live over and over again this February? Following hot on the heals of St. Brigit with her spirit of learning, poetry, writing, creativity , craftsmanship and caring, perfect for the beginning of spring, (Feb 1st) comes Candlemass, (2nd Feb) known throughout much of the USA as Groundhog Day. Popularised throughout the rest of the world by the 1993 Comedy film starring Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell, set in small town Punxsutawney where the largest Groundhog festival takes place each year. If the Groundhog sees his shadow when he emerges from his burrow, there will be more winter, if not an early spring! Weatherman Phil Conners (Bill Murray) gets stuck in the same day (Groundhog Day) over and over again. Eventually he faces up to his real self, and the fact that he really isn’t that nice a guy. Faced with this self day after day, he sets about a remedy. By the end of the film he has come to realise the importance of things outside his world. He cas become a larger person. It (sadly) isn’t on this February 2nd, but keep a look out on the small screen, it’ll put in an appearance before spring is out I’m sure! We can’t re-live the same day much as we might wish to, perhaps a day’s perfect round of golf, or a wonderful holiday. A day spent with family without disagreement perhaps, or just an ordinary day when everything went to plan. However, we can start to plan for the future, and Candlemass, February, the first signs of spring is the perfect opportunity to start. I didn’t make any new years’ resolutions, but I will make a promise this February. Make a promise to yourself, write it somewhere, seal it in an envelope, then light a candle for your creativity and capacity in the light of Christ. Keep your promise safe until the sun sits long and high in the sky, then open it and remind yourself of spring and your optimism for yourself. We don’t need one day over and over for this, just the determination to make a difference. Focus on your true self and allow God to show your gifts to you in ways you might never have imagined. You might be surprised how much you can achieve.

January Letter

Happy New Year! Another year has come around – already!! With another set of resolutions? Yet more opportunities to take up a hobby or start a new interest? The advertisers are not slow at engaging us with new subscriptions and the like. New year has always been a time to reflect on the past year and try to make something better for the new one just started. However the majority of New Year’s Resolutions are broken or put to one side even before the first month is out. Such pressure we put ourselves under in order to change some undesirable habit, or start something fresh. I wonder whether it is all too hasty for us. We are all creatures of habit, whether undesirable or not. Perhaps we need to learn to love the self that is already there, to make a promise to ourselves to be who we really are, not the self that others might want us to be, or that media pressure makes us feel we ought to be. New beginnings and opportunities can come from the most surprising and often mundane of places, often whilst we are not looking. So i’ve made no resolutions this year, signed up to no new subscriptions. But I am leaving myself open to new possibilities to see what just comes by. Instead of a resolution this year, make a promise to yourself, but not just yet, the time for promise making is yet to come. Allow this month to dwell with us and the year to bring its own offerings. When we do make a promise to ourselves it might just be one that we are able to keep, and is not made out of the desire for a quick fix solution to something that will probably never change much anyway! I hope the new year brings with it much for you to enjoy and delight in.

Nativity on the streets

Street Nativity

The Nativity ‘On the Streets’ Started at the bottom of Llinegar Hill, on Thursday 23rd Dec. at 6pm. and walked the street telling stories and singing carols. The cold was kept at bay be refreshments provided by and served in the Farmers’ Arms.

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