I have to begin on a sad note this month as offer our condolences as a church to June Bevan and her family on the passing of Alan. They have both been regulars in the life of our church ever since they arrived in the village, and until very recently Alan was a regular at our Thursday coffee mornings. He was the kind of person who leaves a unique space in the lives of everyone he came into contact with, and we will miss his mischievous sense of humour (not always taken from what the late Max Miller called 'The Red Book'!) Our love and prayers are with you June.

We are often asked about the words 'Cafe Style Worship' which appear on our list of services the first Sunday of each month. I will try to explain briefly. We literally set out the church in the style of a cafe around tables, and serve Tea and coffee with biscuits. The difference is that you don't get a bill at the end, althouh we do pass the collection platre around during the service as usual! The service is rather more informal in it's approach, some might even say laid back, but all the usual elements of worship are there, albeit in a different format.                                                            

This month the service is on the 4th. And I will be leading it, but it is going to be VERY different, in fact I would go as far as to say that it may well be the most unusual service we have ever held. I have a very special guest coming to take part in the service, but their identity is so top secret that it cannot be revealed until the day, and no-one other than myself knows their identity. If you would like to know more the only way to find out is to come along and join us. I can promise you that it will be a lot of fun as well as a real act of worship in every sense of the word.

Every year we organise a Songs Of Praise evening at the Rural Life Museum at Gressenhall, and this year it is on Sunday July19th. At 6.00pm. Admission is free, although a collection is taken to cover expenses, and you do need to bring a chair with you. This year our speaker will be the Rev. Graham Thompson who is the Chairman of the East Anglian Methodist District. There will be a wide selection of hymns to sing, both old and new, and there will be additional musical items by the Windmill Handbell Ringers.

To close I pass on some advice given by the late American comedian George Burns to those feeling inclined to take to the pulpit.
' The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending, and having the two as close together as possible!'