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[email protected] Subscriptions & Distribution: Doreen & Geoffrey Lees; 01789 268667 3 Steve Writes... “ Live out our faith…” Val and I recently received an invitation to the church that one of our daughters attends with her family. The invitation was to join their wider church family at a thanksgiving for the gift of our newest granddaughter. After arranging some changes to the Sunday rota we were delighted to accept the invitation. At the end of February a group from Holy Trinity accepted an invitation to an event held at the United Reformed Church. The training day focussed on the ‘art of invitation’. Michael Harvey, who is the driving force behind events such as Back to Church Sunday inspired us to have more confidence in inviting people to church and church events.