The Church of the Holy Cross, Parish of Avening.

The Church of the Holy Cross, Avening, Gloucestershire

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Celia Carter’s Monthly Letter to the Parish: February 2010

A fairy tale Christmas ... white and beautiful ... and a wonderful snowy start to the New Year.

How lucky we all are to be enjoying it here, in the Cotswolds, with the country looking absolutely stunning ... and how blessed, too, to be benefiting from living in a real ‘community’

Our village has truly come alive these last few weeks. People walking around instead of using their cars, stopping to chat and exchange news. Neighbour helping neighbour ... people taking soup and hot dinners to someone unable to get out. Others doing their shopping ... getting prescriptions ... delivering milk and bread.

 
The Rev Celia Carter

The elderly and the infirm are receiving wonderful care and comfort from their neighbours. The attitude of “we are all in this together” has driven people to do all that they can to help one another ... from sweeping doorsteps to tackling the ice and snow on the side roads.

It has certainly been difficult, and even a time of anxiety for some people. We have got our cars stuck and even found ourselves skidding across the roads, and struggled to feed our animals and keep the water supply out in the fields. But it has been fun for much of the time.

Thank you everyone for your generosity and care for your friends and neighbours. Let’s keep it going and not let all our neighbours melt away with the snow.

 

Rev Celia