Dear Friends,

Spring is in the air - is it also in your step? Is there something for you to rejoice about?

It's important to try to do so at this time, when the media seem keen on perpetuating doom and gloom. In a few places, there are 'Laughter Clinics' and I think some people take them very seriously.

We do not need to go to such lengths - we can see what is good and wholesome even just here in our village, and give thanks. Like giving thanks for mums on Mothering Sunday, 14 March at 9.30 am.

Spring can also be a time when we have a spring clean and sort out. There's an opportunity to sell some of your things at a table top sale in the Scout Hall on Saturday 27 March, with refreshments and story-telling for the younger children. For more details contact Sharon on 01934 862588

Spring is also a time when we see in nature the signs of new life - of new birth - full of possibilities. We are fortunate in this country that these signs coincide with the celebration of Easter - and the Easter message is all about New Life.

If you want to know more about that message, then we will have a Reflective Labyrinth set up in the
upstairs room at the chapel from Wednesday 31 March until Easter Monday. The room is divided into
different sections. In each one we can sit quietly and meditate on an aspect of Holy week, with words, pictures and items to help guide our thoughts. This is done individually, at our own pace, during the hours when it will be open, and there will be a welcome and a cuppa on offer too. Look out for posters with more details.

There will be special services and events between Palm Sunday 28 March and Easter Day. A Christian Passover Meal in the chapel schoolroom on Maundy Thursday, 1 April at 7.30 pm is an opportunity to have a taster (literally) of what it may have been like at the Last Supper.

On Good Friday evening we will join our friends at Lynch Chapel, Winscombe, at 7.30 pm for a Tenebrae Service - a meditative time to help us think about Christ's sacrifice for us, in a very particular way.

Curious? Please ask for more info, or simply come along. Then, as usual, on Good Friday morning, there will be a Walk of Witness, through the village. We meet at the chapel at 11.15 a.m. and wend
our way to All Saints' for a united service at 12 noon.

Our Chapel Easter Morning Celebration of Christ's Resurrection will be at 9.30 am. (and there may
even be some chocolate). And finally, we are beginning an Alpha course on Wednesday 14 to explore New Life.

You are most welcome to come along to any or all of these events, Wishing you a spring in your step
and a song in your hearts this Spring.