St Albans Branch Chaplain's Page
Dear Vergers,
It was good to so some of you at our Summer Outing to High Wycombe in August. We had a most informative tour of the huge Parish church and admired the way it had been reordered to meet the needs of today.
Now that September has arrived our thoughts turn to the build up to Christmas. There's the "Back to Church Sunday" on the 28th of this month when your welcoming skills are put to good use, followed by the Harvest Festival and the Bishop's Harvest Appeal to support GRAT a Christain Aid partner in Mali on the River Niger. The in November there's 'All Saints and All Souls' tide quickly followed by Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day which this year marks the 90th Aninniversay of the end of the First World War. The season of Advent begins on 30th November and the preparations for Chrsitmas begin.
I hope you manage to get some time for relaxation and enjoying a good holiday in spite of the wet weather and you are now ready to meet the demands of the next three months.
With every blessing on your dedication and work in the House of God.
Yours sincerely
Peter Palmer
Chaplain
