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On Thursday 19th April, all four parishes (Aldeburgh, Aldringham, Friston & Knodishall) of the Alde Sandlings Benefice joined together at Aldeburgh Church (St Peter & St Paul) to witness the Institution, Induction, and Installation of The Revd Mark Lowther as Rector of The Alde Sandlings Benefice.  The Service was lead by The Bishop of Dunwich, The Right Reverend Mike Harrison and the Revd Canon Christine Redgrave.  It really was a truly memorable service.

Our Assistant clergy, The Revd Nichola Winter, The Revd Sheila Hart, and The Revd Johanna Mabey were also licensed, along with the Commissioning of Lay Elders, and Baptisms and Confirmations (which included our very own flower team leader Mrs Drusilla Cheesman).

Here are a few photos of the evening.  Click on image to enlarge.

 

On the 24th March, our Revd Johanna Mabey led her team of many helpers for the Easter Messy Church morning in The Church Hall.  This was a well attended event with 37 children and 27 adults.  All children and parents had a wonderful time, with making decorations for the church, making Easter nest cakes, and decorating eggs.

Please take a look at some photos from the day, and the children’s corner decoration.  The children made the decorations that were used for the displays.  They also made a wonderful Easter garden.

 

Click on any image to enlarge.

Our flower team, led by Dru, made the most wonderful flower displays for our Church this Easter.  Dru had put a notice in the pew sheets leading up to Easter, to ask people if they would like to remember a loved one by buying a lily stem that would then be used for the Easter decorations.  Dru had an incredible response from this, and many people donated towards the lilies.  A notice was put up showing all the names of the loved ones, that people had bought a lily in their memory.  Here are a couple of photos of the flower displays.

Please see our flower team page  (under Church groups) for more photos.

What a week it has been.  The extreme weather conditions have really caused mayhem throughout the country this week.  Many poor people stuck on motorways and trains for hours on end.  Kind, thoughtful members of the public, supplying stranded people with hot beverages and food.  It has been touching to hear the stories on the news, on how kind our nation still can be.

Here in Aldeburgh the theme has pretty much continued.  Our wonderful team here, led by our Rector, Revd Mark Lowther have carried on, serving our community as usual.  No “I can’t get in due to the weather”, for them.   A huge thank you to all of our clergy, our church wardens, parish clerk, and our lay elders, for keeping the services flowing.   Your efforts are much appreciated.

Ken Smith, and Derek Cook (our deputy church wardens)  spent hours clearing the car park of snow, ready for the attendees of a funeral held at Aldeburgh Parish Church.  Jane, our organist,  has been digging her way out of her Road, and moving her car a bit closer day by day, since Thursday so she can get to us for our 10.30am service this week.  Our Revd Nichola Winter (who was snowed in)  made part the way, on foot to take a funeral service.   See photo.

THANK YOU ALL

On the 8th October 2017, we held a very special Service remembering Elizabeth Garrett Anderson.

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson was brought up in Aldeburgh from the age of 5.  After her remarkable life as the first British woman to qualify as a doctor and a physician she retired here too, spending the last 15 years of her life living close to the church which she attended regularly.  She also, of course, became the pioneering mayor of Aldeburgh – the first female mayor in the country.

The Trinity Chapel of our Parish Church already contains memorials to several of the Garrett family including Elizabeth’s father Newson, his wife Louisa and their son Edmund.  Many people have been surprised that there is no permanent memorial to Elizabeth and we are very pleased that the omission was rectified during this service.  Intriguingly, the East window of the Trinity Chapel features images of only female saints.  There seems no more appropriate location for a lasting memorial to a very remarkable lady – a true ‘woman of purpose’.

The unveiling of the plaque by Marian Barnes, our guest preacher.