Harvest Festival
All Saints' Church - 2008
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First Report from Dawn Tonge |
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| On Sunday
October 19th Chris and I went to the Harvest Festival Service at
All Saints Church. The Church was beautifully decorated with
the autumn flowers and fruit and vegetables, and it was a joy to
see the Church slowly filling up. The best thing of all was to hear
that our own vicar The Rev'd.Tony Cumberlidge was to take the service,
his first since his enforced absence due to illness. |
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| Sixty
plus adults and many children enjoyed singing the Harvest Hymns and
gave thanks to God for providing for us. The readings were by John Brittain and The Reverend. Tony Cumberlidge. |
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| Lunch
had been prepared in the village hall by the Young Families Group
and after the service approximately forty of the congregation joined
the vicar, his wife Gaynor and Churchwarden Sally Wright to enjoy
an excellent feast for which there was no charge |
Photos and Text :
Dawn Tonge
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Our second report from Churchwarden Sally Wright.
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| Last Sunday,
East Garston parishioners welcomed back their Vicar, The Revd Tony
Cumberlidge, who has been on sickness leave for several months, just
to conduct this one Harvest Family service before he undergoes further
treatment. |
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| The church at East Garston
was beautifully decked with flowers, fruit, vegetables, leaves, nuts,
baskets of eggs, farm yard toys and sheaves of wheat and barley. John
Brittain who gave a reading had presented the church with a magnificent
harvest sheaf and cottage loaves. Adults - men and women had tastefully
decorated the church and the south aisle and font was the province
of the young mothers and toddlers with very imaginative and appealing
touches. |
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| The
sevice was an occasion when all generations of the parish were well
represented and when people of all age groups, especially the farming
community, contributed in so many ways. |
Photos Martin Wright : Text Sally Wright
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