Trendlewood Weekly News

Hello everyone,

Hope you are enjoying the typical English summer that makes our land
green and pleasant. If the Eskimos have many words for snow we should
have as many for grey. Anyway be grateful, the rain was probably the
major factor in stopping the riots last week.

This week it is our monthly communion service and Michelle will be
leading things and presiding. I will be helping us to think about the
next stage of Moses' life - the giving of the 10 commandments. If you
have ever wondered about making the punishment fit the crime, or what
commandments we would invent if we were starting over, Golden Valley
school at 1015 is the place to be. Since my book was about the
commandments watch out for me selling it again. (£7).

After church, for those who are around, some people will be taking
their own picnic to Ashton Court to eat together followed by time to
go for a walk, play games or just chat. There’s no need to ‘sign up’,
just meet in the main car park near the mansion (entrance via Bower
Ashton) at 1.00 p.m. There are picnic benches to the left of the car
park but supplementary chairs would be useful. There are nice
toilets....and ice creams. Liz and I cannot be there as we are
welcoming her former boss and his family for lunch on their way to
their holiday. Warning, if you come to our house at all, they are
leaving their labrador with us for a fortnight.

In the last five years we have sung over 300 different songs at
Trendlewood Church. That is fabulous variety but I suspect there are
great new ones out there we are missing. If you hear a new song at a
festival or conference, or online, on TV or radio, please tell the
musicians about it. If you need to buy a CD or music book our budget
will refund you. I'd love our use of new worship songs to take off
again. Also, if you have a favourite song, do make that fact known.
Derek, Richard and Sarah choose the music most weeks. Sometimes, when
you just can't think of the last song to include it is nice to add one
simply because you know someone will appreciate it.

The Bardell-Coxes have moved. Who said 'At last?' Take a detention.
Their new address is in the weekly email.

Although they are moving to the blunt end of the parish I am assured
they will still be Trendlewooding.

Pray for our friends at Christ Church and Tickenham who are
interviewing a candidate for Rector today.

See you Sunday. I'm doing 9.00 at Holy Trinity first so I'll be a last
minute arrival.

With love,

St