It's your church

Your church is always open during the day and you are always welcome to go in and have some peace (if you think it is locked, just give the door a bit of a shove, sometimes it sticks!)

In hot weather it is a great place to keep cool. You can light a candle to remember a loved one, say a prayer or simply listen to the silence. You are always welcome. Or have a wander in the churchyard.

May you have a happy and relaxing summer!

A Last Beatitude 
by Malcolm Guite

And blessed are the ones we overlook;
The faithful servers on the coffee rota,
The ones who hold no candle, bell or book
But keep the books and tally up the quota,
The gentle souls who come to ‘do the floweres’,
The quiet ones who organise the fete,
Church cleaners who give up their workday hours,
Doorkeepers who may open heaven’s gate.
God knows the depths that often go unspoken
Amongst the shy, the quiet and the kind,
Or the slow healing of a heart long broken,
Placing each flower so for a year’s mind.
Invisible on earth, without a voice,
In heaven their angels glory and rejoice.