Nov: Thoughts from Huw

Dear Friends

We are in the month of November and our thoughts turn to Remembrance Sunday.

In the years following the Vietnam war, the Americans built the Washington memorial in the form of huge slabs of black granite covered with an immense list of 58,226 names. I remember reading an article in a newspaper after it was erected. The journalist described the memorial but also the way that people approached it. He said many people came just as sightseers, walking along taking in the whole list of names. Then he said he watched an elderly man come searching for a name, find it and lean forward and kiss the stone. Then a young woman with a child in her arms finding a name, touching it, and then taking her little child's hand and lifting it to touch the name engraved. The journalist observed – 'watching I realised this wasn't just a list - every name was a person, loved and remembered'.

During the month of November we remember millions who have died as a result of war.

And God says - every one of these who fell is a child of mine, everyone I have counted the hairs on their head. And even when a sparrow falls , I see and care- how much more when one of my children falls in battle do I see and love and care.

We remember those who died, we give thanks for what they gave to us and the generation which followed them - and we rejoice that every one was and remains forever precious and loved in God's sight.

Owing to the new covid lockdown 4 Nov to 2 Dec our next Sunday afternoon service planned 29th November at 3pm has been cancelled.. Please remember if you want someone to talk or pray with you then get in touch with me.

With good wishes and prayers

Huw