Introduction Today is our Gift Day, a day when we ask you all to dig a bit deeper into your pockets and purses and give a little bit more, if you are able, to help with the running of the church. I realise that many of you already make extremely generous donations to Church funds and I will be forever grateful for that. I also realise of course that nothing gets any cheaper; despite inflation apparently being very low I’m sure that you’ll all agree that the regular day to day

Introduction Another year has passed and here we are celebrating Harvest again. Where does the time go? This is the time of year when we quite rightly give thanks to God for his goodness and mercy in providing so much for us by way of the harvest. The amount that farmers produce may vary slightly from year to year but in the main there is always more than enough to feed us. Some years it is grain that brings in a bumper crop, in other years it may be fruit or vegetables. Howe