All Saints Bawdeswell

The long awaited rewiring of the church commenced at the beginning of June and one or two burnt out circuits were discovered plus two skirting board fixings right through a bunch of cables, the carpenter at the building of the church in 1955 having drilled into a metal pipe behind the plaster. These hidden horrors have strengthened our decision to carry out the rewiring! Our thanks to the Friends for making this possible.

We had the wedding on 28 May of Mark John Drake and Lynne Joyce Goupillot.

The ceremony was conducted by the Rector the Revd David Head and the organist was Celia Joice.

Our thanks to Lynne for the flower arrangements and for leaving them in the church, and our best wishes to them both.

On 30^th July we are looking forward to our Anniversary Concert. The guest this year is Dr Gerald Gifford. He will be bringing along a Chamber Organ and a Harpsicord and playing a selection of Georgian Delights. He is an accomplished musician and a very good speaker so it promises to be an entertaining evening.

There will be a couple of small marquees outside the church to accommodate the wine bar and the buffet supper. Your first glass is included with the supper.

Tickets, costing £12.50 are available from the Friends of the Church or Tel: 688499.

In August we are going to change our Service pattern to make Church on Sunday at the regular fixed time of 10am. For many years we have had to think hard about which Sunday in the month it is and try and work out what time the service will be.

No excuse now!

The form of services has not been decided, though it does look as if the first Sunday of the month will be Communion and the rest of the Sunday services will be non-communion ones. The present mid-week Communion on the last Wednesday of the month might be changed to the middle of the month if that suits people better. It has even been suggested that one Sunday a month we meet in the Village Hall instead of the church. Your comments please.

Robin Taylor, churchwarden.