THE MESSENGER

September/October 2021

Harvest, 2021

The Church of Parishes of St. Mary’s , St. Peter’s Trusthorpe, St. Clement’s Sutton On Sea, St. Margaret’s and St Andrew’s

Operation Christmas Child (Shoe boxes) 2021

“Really? Already?” I hear you cry! Yep – by the time the next magazine comes out it will be about time for me to be delivering our shoeboxes to a collection point! I need them, please, by Sunday 14th November at the latest! (Happy to receive them as soon as they are completed.) I will put leaflets out in the churches during September to remind you about the project. I will also deliver the empty printed boxes that are now preferred as they stack more easily during transportation. Choose the gender and age-group of the child you would like to support, and then look out for small but exciting toys, school items, beads, personal hygiene items, hats and gloves, etc – there are plenty of ideas in the leaflets! The leaflet has a label to fill in and enclose in the box. Instead you may choose to donate towards the £5 shipping costs of each box. Please don't feel you need to do both – I respect that each of us have budgets for this sort of project! Bless you all for your support, and enjoy your shopping! Liz Lilley (440039) St. Peter’s Trusthorpe Titbits IN BLOOM 2021 St. Peter's celebrates its annual Day on 1st October, 10.30am- 3.00pm with local food and pastimes.

12.00pm Opening of St. Bénézet themed Garden

2.00pm Raffle to celebrate The Lincolnshire Poacher St. Bénézet, patron saint of bridge builders Exciting goings-on at In Bloom 2021

2022 CALENDARS—£6 each or 2 for £10

This year’s theme - “Windows, Doors, Archways, Reflections or Posts” (All photos taken by local people Sunday October 17th at 3.00pm for our annual competition). followed by refreshments

Meet the Ministry Team… Clergy: The Rector: Rev Peter Liley 01507 443948 [email protected] The Vicarage, 7a Huttoft Road, Sutton on Sea, Mablethorpe, LN12 2QZ Canon Chris Lilley 01507 440039 [email protected] The Chrysalis, 12 Hillside Avenue, Sutton on Sea, Mablethorpe, LN12 2JH Lay Readers: Christine Collins 01507 622852 [email protected] 4 Wilmington Drive, Sutton on Sea, Mablethorpe, LN12 2JU Jenny Hayes (from 9th Oct) 01507 490179 [email protected] Hedge End, Sea Lane, Anderby, PE24 5YB We also have a team of Authorised Lay Ministers: Marilyn Leigh, Sandra Turnock, Liz Lilley and Norma Ambler and we are very grateful for the occasional ministry of several retired clergy: Prebendary Adrian Benjamin and Canon John Moore. The parish website is: https://lincoln.ourchurchweb.org.uk/mablethorpesutton/ Church Contacts… St. Mary’s Church, Church Lane, Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire, LN12 2EW Churchwardens: Marilyn Leigh 01507 479167 Cathie Main 01507 472299 PCC Secretary: Paule House PCC Treasurer: Marilyn Leigh 01507 479167

St. Peter's Church, Sutton Road, Trusthorpe, Lincolnshire, nearest postcode LN12 2PH Churchwardens: Diana Povah 01507 442849 Michael Evans PCC Secretary: Diana Povah 01507 442849 PCC Treasurer: Steve Povah 01507 442849

St. Clement’s Church, Huttoft Road/Church Lane, Sutton on Sea, Lincolnshire, LN12 2JB Churchwarden: Martin Collins 01507 622852 PCC Secretary: Chris Collins 01507 622852 PCC Treasurer: Jenifer Baker

St. Margaret’s Church, Church Lane, Huttoft, Lincolnshire, LN13 9RD Lay Minister: Norma Ambler 01507 490403 or the Rector

St. Andrew’s Church, Rectory Road, Anderby, Lincolnshire, PE24 5YF Churchwardens: Shirley Fields 01507 490259 Jenny Hayes 01507 490179 PCC Secretary: Shirley Fields 01507 490259 PCC Treasurer: Shirley Fields 01507 490259

Church Halls…

St. Mary's Hall, at junction of George Street and Knowle Street, Mablethorpe, LN12 2BG Hall Manager: Eva Coates 01507 479025

St. Peter's Annexe , Sutton Road, Trusthorpe, nearest postcode LN12 2PH

St. Clement’s Hall, Church Lane, Sutton On Sea, LN12 2JB Hall Bookings Manager: Prebendary Adrian Benjamin 01507 443327 Wolds and Coast Churches Festival— September 4th & 5th Saturday September 4th and Sunday September 5th St Andrew’s, Anderby will be open both days with displays and demonstrations of lacemaking and Faberge Style Eggs.

St. Clement’s, Sutton on Sea will have the church hall open for light refreshments, the building plans on display and hopefully the “shell” will be finished for people to see. The building work has been delayed because the digger driver was “pinged” so couldn't work for ten days but work began on Monday August 9th. So there should be something to see over the Open Weekend. We are going to have a big fund-raising push to complete all the alterations, inviting people to “buy” bricks, or perhaps a door or two, windows, the toilets and hand basins for the children's toilets, flooring for the new toilet, storage cupboards, materials for making the new path from the new fire exit and eventually kitchen fixtures and fittings for the two “new” kitchens. We plan to do everything we can ourselves – painting and decorating, perhaps some of the internal re-siting of walls, the flooring in the children's toilets, the new path from the re-sited fire exit. It is a huge project but one we feel very strongly should go ahead as part of our safeguarding of all hall users, both the children and adults. Come and visit the church on either day (we are having a short morning service on the Sunday at our now normal time of 10.30 and a Songs of Praise service at 4pm) and also come over to the Church Hall to see what has been done by then and look at the plans for the whole project. Some of us will be at the Church and the Hall on both days to talk to you and answer your questions. In the mean time please continue to pray that this project may be completed and that the money may be found to do it. Thank you. Chris Collins

St. Peter’s Trusthorpe will have a treasure-hunt in the Churchyard and refreshments available in the Annexe.

St. Mary’s Mablethorpe will also be open and serving light refreshments on both days.

Rev’d Peter Liley writes...

‘New beginnings’ – really? We older folk (and yes, I grudgingly admit that I am “older”) probably do not regard September particularly as a month of “new beginnings” (as we might January). However, for many youngsters (at or starting school, changing year-group, changing school or starting at college or university or perhaps as an apprentice or in a new job) this time of year is very much about new beginnings. Yes! It is good to pray for our young people (both those we know and love personally, and for their age-group in general) at what can be both a very exciting and very challenging time. And also to remember all those involved in running the education system, including teachers and lecturers, assistants and administrators and the managers and policy makers, as they too make a fresh start and as they continue to deal with all the fall-out from Covid-19. One educator in my family has spoken of many teachers leaving the profession this Summer (some rather earlier than would otherwise have been expected, due to being exhausted by the last two disrupted years) and of difficulties recruiting replacements – again we may be able to do nothing but pray, but that is not nothing! New opportunities for new ministers In the world of the Church this Autumn also presents new opportunities: we are hoping to recruit some new members of the Ministry Team. We seek people who feel themselves called to serve in two particular ways: there will be those who might lead our non-eucharistic services (Morning Worship); there will be some who would like to undertake pastoral visiting either in people’s own homes or in local Care Homes; and there may be some who see their ministry as outreach, mission, evangelism. It is important to stress that although this could be a “both/and” it can also be an “either/or” – some ministers will feel very definitely called and gifted for one or some role(s) but not all. Some people may feel quite a definite sense of being called by God. Others may feel simply that God is “nudging” them to think about offering, or maybe friends have suggested that they offer. In either case, please contact the Rector to talk this through without any obligation! To love and serve the Lord During the Autumn we shall be starting a course for Trainee Local Ministers and possible Local Ministers (still without obligation) and also

for any who are interested in learning more about the faith and perhaps refreshing their existing knowledge (this could include current members of the Ministry Team). The course will also include people from other local parishes and will be run by Canon Chris Lilley in Sutton on Sea on a day/time to suit the participants. It is called “To love and serve the Lord” and is provided by the ; it involves sixteen sessions (roughly fortnightly, so will probably last until Easter). It looks at Our Faith (our faith journey, the Bible, prayer), Faith in Context (individual faith, faith in the community, Anglicanism) and at Ministry (pastoral ministry, leading worship, mission and evangelism). There are no exams or formal assessments although those who do decide to offer as Authorised Local Ministers will need to complete the course satisfactorily; they will also have further training (depending upon the roles they are taking) and have the usual DBF checks and safeguarding training. Part of the purpose of the course is to help people who are not quite sure about whether God is calling them (or exactly to what ministry) to recognise his purpose through what is called a discernment process. Again, I emphasis, an expression of interest or enrolment on the course is not a commitment to ministry, it may be very much the start of a process.

Seek God’s will in prayer Above all, please take this opportunity to ask God in prayer whether he is calling you to offer as an Authorised Local Minister, and also to ask God in prayer who else in our congregations he may be calling (and then encourage them to come forward).

Licensing of Jenny In other Ministry Team news, we congratulate Jenny Hayes (from Anderby) on her licensing as Reader on October 9th. The service will take place at Lincoln Cathedral and it may be possible for some from the parishes to attend (we await details of the service). She will continue training until next Summer but this new phase of her ministry will be very welcome.

Harvest October will also see our Harvest Festival services in each parish – details will be shared nearer the time via notice-sheets and announcements.

Vacancy in Cee You may have heard that Bishop Christopher is retiring at the end of this year; there will be a Farewell Service for him (also at the Cathedral) in November – more details nearer the time. The appointment process for his replacement (filling the vacancy in the cee) will start early in 2022.

New beginnings – definitely! This Autumn may well be a fresh start for some of us as we engage in this discernment and training process, but it is also a fresh start for our parishes as we build on the fantastic ministry team we already have and move forward (as the changes in way ministry is provided in the diocese gradually begin to take effect) seeking to grow in numbers and in the effect of our ministry to the communities we serve to the glory of God.

Crossword ACROSS 1 ‘Through [Christ] we have gained …. by faith into this grace’ (Romans 5:2) (6) 4 Deprives of sight (Deuteronomy 16:19) (6) 8 The words of a hymn do this (mostly) (5) 9 Faithful allegiance (1 Chronicles 12:33) (7) 10 Belgium’s chief port (7) 11 Where John was baptizing ‘because there was plenty of water’ (John 3:23) (5) 12 Imposing height (Psalm 48:2) (9) 17 Jesus’ tempter in the wilderness (Mark 1:13) (5) 19 Comes between Amos and Jonah (7) 21 ‘Your will be done’ … as it is in heaven’ (Matthew 6:10) (2,5) 22 Gale (Matthew 8:24) (5) 23 Axle, eh? (anag.) (6) 24 ‘Out of the… I cry to you, O Lord’ (Psalm 130:1) (6)

DOWN 1 Popular Christian author and humourist, Plass (6) 2 Transparent ice-like mineral (Revelation 4:6) (7) 3 Method of compelling surrender by surrounding target of attack (2 Chronicles 32:1) (5) 5 Expose (Isaiah 52:10) (3,4) 6 Lonny (anag.) (5) 7 Utterance (1 Timothy 1:15) (6) 9 Husband of Deborah, the prophetess (Judges 4:4) (9) 13 Burial service (Jeremiah 34:5) (7) 14 What Christ threatened to do to the lukewarm church in Laodicea (Revelation 3:16) (4,3) 15 Simon Peter climbed aboard and dragged the net (John 21:11) (6) 16 His response to Jesus’ decision to return to Judea was ‘Let us also go, that we may die with him’ (John 11:16) (6) 18 There will be weeping and gnashing of … (Matthew 8:12) (5) 20 Walkway between rows of pews in a church (5)

Answers opposite inside back cover

¶ A version of Prayer During the Day for use on any occasion

This form of prayer can be used alone or as a couple/family (in which case one person would read the parts in ordinary type and everyone joins in the passages in bold) For variety, some sections offer different texts for September (on the left) and October (on the right) Introduction September October O God, make speed to save us. O God, make speed to save us. All O Lord, make haste to help us. All O Lord, make haste to help us.

Let the words of my mouth Make me to know your ways, O Lord,

and the meditation of my heart All and teach me your paths. Psalm 25.3 All be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my strength and my redeemer. Psalm 19.14

You, Christ, are the King of glory, I am giving you obedience with all my power, the eternal Son of the Father. I am giving you praise with all my strength, When you took our flesh to set us free I am giving you honour with all my speech. you humbly chose the Virgin’s womb. I am giving you love with all my heart, You overcame the sting of death I am giving you affection with all my sense, and opened the kingdom of heaven I am giving you my being with all my mind, to all believers. I am giving you my soul, You are seated at God’s right hand in glory. O most high and holy God. I am giving you worship with all my life, Praise to the Father, Praise to the Son, from Te Deum Laudamus Praise to the Spirit, The Three in One. from Alexander Carmichael, Carmina Gadelica (1900)

The Word of God

Bible readings (which may come from the list published on our weekly notice sheets) Response

Silence, study, song, or words from Scripture, such as September October Jesus said, I am the way, and the truth, Jesus said, I am the good shepherd. and the life. All The good shepherd lays down All No one comes to the Father his life for the sheep. except through me. John 14.6 John 10.11

Prayers Prayers may include these concerns:

¶ Our homes, families, friends and all whom we love ¶ Those who work in the medical profession or as carers ¶ Those who have no hope in Christ ¶ Those who suffer from addiction ¶ Persecuted Christians throughout the world ¶ Those in ministry (lay and ordained) in the Church ¶ The Diocese of Lincoln as it faces enormous financial and administrative challenges

This form of intercession may be used (specific items/people can be mentioned at each …).

Let us pray to God the Father, who has reconciled all things to himself in Christ: For peace among the nations, that God may rid the world of violence and let peoples grow in justice and harmony … For those who serve in public office, that they may work for the common good … For Christian people everywhere, that we may joyfully proclaim and live our faith in Jesus Christ … For those who suffer from hunger, sickness or loneliness, that the presence of Christ may bring them health and wholeness … Let us commend ourselves, and all for whom we pray, to the mercy and protection of God. Other prayers may be offered and silence may be kept. Either, the following prayer is said September October O Lord our God, O gracious and holy Father, give us wisdom to perceive you, grant us grace to desire you with our whole heart; that so desiring, we may seek and find you; diligence to seek you, and so finding, may love you; patience to wait for you, and so loving, may hate those sins from which you eyes to behold you, have delivered us; a heart to meditate upon you, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen and a life to proclaim you, Anselm through the power of the Spirit of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Benedict of Nursia (c.550) Or, the Collect of the day (from the appropriate weekly notice sheet) is said (or both may be said) The Lord’s Prayer is said. Let us pray with confidence as our Saviour has taught us: All Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done; on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.

For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen. The Conclusion September October May Christ our redeemer bring us May Christ our Saviour give us peace. healing and wholeness. All Amen. All Amen. Adapted by Rev Peter Liley from a text © The Archbishops’ Council of the Church of England, 2000-2005. Official Common Worship apps, books and eBooks are available from Church House Publishing.

Prayers...

Our “Parish Prayer”: Loving Heavenly Father, we worship you in towns and villages where sea meets land and ask that our churches and fellowships be places where earth meets heaven and people meet God; may your Holy Spirit delight us like warm sand under bare feet and protect us like dunes ranged against the storms; in the name of him who walked and taught on land, beach and sea, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Focus Prayers  Give thanks for the harvest we enjoy, not just food but all God’s gifts, and those who work hard (and sometimes in danger) to bring them to us.  Prayer for all across the country and throughout the world who don’t have enough to eat and drink; pray for food banks and community larders; pray for aid organisations and aid workers; pray for policy-makers; pray for scientists working on new seeds, fertilisers and pesticides etc.

Sheep’s Tale (cf Luke 15:1-7) Far from the flock,

I didn’t know I was lost, Lonely and yes, lost now Just thought I’d try a new path, And wanting so much to go home, Walk a different way for a while. Not knowing how, After all, the rest of the flock Needing help, Seemed so comfortable, so sure of And the night so dark. themselves. Then out of darkness I’d sometimes felt alone His voice of light, Even with the ninety-nine all around me. Searching, Then there was my voice – always one bleat His arms of rescue, behind, Saving, And just because I sat behind that particular His heart of love, bush Rejoicing Where the ewes always congregate, Because He found me, I got pushed to the edge of the flock. My Shepherd. So, yes, I’d strayed a bit, But I wouldn’t say I was lost exactly, He came to look Just wandering. For me. That was until night fell, And I fell By Daphne Kitching Deep into danger,

St. Clement’s link with CMS—latest news from Andy, Kati & Eva

Kati has now secured her British Citizenship! So we’ve finally arrived where we needed to be! As you’re aware, it’s been a long, drawn out and a process that’s been deliberately complicated by the Home Office. This actually started in December 2014 when Kati first arrived in Birmingham airport as my wife - Kati was not even allowed to reside in the U.K. when we were married in Brazil some 8 months prior! Well it’s a wonderful feeling as you can imagine after such a long road. So on behalf of Kati and I, we just want to again say thank you so much your prayers. We really are so happy to be joining CMS in just a month’s time with this now under our belt. Praise the Lord! Thank you again, Andy, Kati and Eva

St. Clement’s—Save the date! St Clements's will be holding a Table Top Sale at The Meridale Centre, Sutton on Sea on Saturday 6th November from 10:30 – 12:30. The proceeds will go towards the cost of our church hall extension project. Refreshments will be served.

Please advise anyone you know who would like a table for their own sales for £5 payable on the day. We hope to be able to provide up to 16 tables.

If you have items we could sell on our own two church tables please contact Liz Lilley on her mobile: 07746 270056 or email: [email protected]

Prayers to say: Repentance Evil all about us

Lord, I don’t understand how people do the Lord God, take pity on me. horrible things to each other which I read During my infancy I ignored You; about in the newspapers. …. Lord, I cry to You During my childhood I had no interest in You. to help those who inflict such injuries. Take During my adolescence I pursued vain hatred from their hearts; give them pleasures. understanding of the evil they do. Strengthen But now, Lord Jesus, I crave Your mercy. the persecuted; give them courage and a firm I want to know You, belief in You. I want to understand Your truth, I want to feel Your joy. Give me and all who try to serve You the desire to serve the suffering and fill us with Adapted from Richard Rolle (c 1300 – 1349) the love which will defeat the power of evil in Hermit in Yorkshire the world. By Michael Hollings (1921–1997), a Catholic priest in

Caring Group

It was lovely to hold our first meeting on July 28th when we welcomed back “old” friends and made some new ones. As we had missed four “big” birthdays during the pandemic , we celebrated them with strawberries and cream – there were enough left over for everyone to take some home too. The programme for the rest of the year has been sorted out. We have had to change one of our Wednesdays to the fifth Wednesday of the month due to some key people being away. Also our December Wednesdays are the 1st and the 15th of the month – more about that in the next Messenger. Our meetings for September and October are: September 8th , 2pm for 2.30 Tea at Seacroft Club (to make up for missing our Christmas lunch last year) NB places have to be booked for this. September 29th , 2pm “Let's talk” October 13th , 2pm Seated Yoga with Dorothy Howard, one of our new members October 27th , 2pm Steve Palmer Look forward to seeing you there. For more information contact Chris Collins on 01507 622852

Some quotations to ponder … With our Christian pilgrimage in mind…. Prayer is the slender sinew that moves the muscle of omnipotence. – J Edwin Hartill Prayer is the rope up in the belfry; we pull it, and it rings in heaven. – Christmas Evans Most churches don’t know that God rules the world by the prayers of his saints. – Andrew Murray I can take my telescope and look millions of miles into space; but I can go away to my room and in prayer get nearer to God and heaven than I can when assisted by all the telescopes on earth. – Isaac Newton If you do not get all you ask, it is because the Saviour intends to give you something better.

Miscellaneous musings on daily life… The most effective way to remember your wife’s birthday is to forget it once… Kind: someone who could tell you all about his operation – but doesn’t. Nothing is as inevitable as a mistake whose time has come. Sharp tongues have a way of sharpening other tongues. – E Stanley-Jones Deficit: what you’ve got when you haven’t as much as if you had nothing. Our eyes are placed in front because it is more important to look ahead than to look back.

Anticipating the harvest Our winter barley ripened quickly this year, and soon the combine harvesters were rolling here on the Northumberland / Scottish Border.

As the first trailer load of grain came into the shed, I ran my hands through the golden grains, offering a short prayer of thankfulness as I savoured the smell of fresh cut barley. It was a good harvest.

I’ve often reflected on the Old Testament festival of the First-Fruits, where the Israelites offered the very first sheaf of the spring harvest to God (Leviticus 23:9-14). I think this act required great faith, as they trusted God for a fruitful harvest to come, something that was far from certain, given their utter dependence on the weather.

I’m not sure about you, but I’m always up for giving thanks after the event. I’ll sing ‘Come ye thankful people come’ and rejoice that “all is safely gathered in”, but am I able to trust with anticipation for what is yet to come?

The festival of the First-Fruits reminded God’s people that everything they had came from Him. I am reminded that I must learn (and relearn) to trust in God, who has proven His faithfulness to me, over and over again.

Perhaps right now as a church community or an individual you’re waiting for a certain event, standing on the cusp of a new initiative, praying for a certain outcome or anticipating a long- held vision becoming reality. Let’s all keep trusting that whatever the challenge, however things turn out, irrespective of what we anticipate, God is going before us and has secured the First-Fruits of an even greater harvest through Jesus, as He rose from the dead.

Just as the grain offering to God in the Old Testament anticipated a harvest to come, Paul reminds us that Jesus’ victory anticipates an even greater bodily resurrection and eternal peace (1 Corinthians 15:20-22).

As we continue our journey with Jesus through the challenges of each day, let’s do so with a deepening faith and trust. In the meantime, bring on the harvest – I’ll see you on the other side!

This comes from a blog by Alistair Birkett, director of Rural Ministries for Scotland and Northern England.

You can read more at: https://www.ruralministries.org.uk/blog/anticipatingtheharvest?

Puppy tales … Normality

People keep talking about things "getting back to normal!" But what IS normal? Here are some things I have noticed changing recently . . .

People are not covering their faces up so much. The Explorers group has been meeting again. We are back at home after our family holidays. Children are going past our house on their way to school again. Mum and Dad are going back to their groups and activities. Mum is using her car more. Fewer parcels are being delivered here from Amazon! It gets light later and dark earlier each day. No-one smells of suntan lotion any more. Continues opposite— >

Answers to Crossword Answers to Nooks and Crannies Quiz (page 7) (on back cover)

Clement’s St. of Door 20

Margaret’s St. at Tower 19

Mary’s St. Churchyard, The 18

Andrew’s St. at Tower 17

Churchyard Peter’s St. 16

tower Peter’s St. 15

Churchyard Andrew’s St. 14

Clement’s St. of Tower 13

Andrew’s St. at handle Door 12

Margaret’s St. at surround window to end Carved 11

tower Peter’s St. of face West on Stone 10

Margaret’s St. at handle Door 9

Mary’s St. of Door 8

ACROSS Clement’s St. at detail stone wall South 7

1 access; 4 blinds; 8 rhyme; 9 loyalty; 10 Antwerp;

Mary’s St. of Door West former Blocked 6

11 Aenon; 12 loftiness; 17 Satan; 19 Obadiah; 21 on

Margaret’s St. at Churchyard 5

earth; 22 storm; 23 exhale; 24 depths

Churchyard Clement’s St. 4

tower Mary’s St. 3 DOWN

1 Adrian; 2 crystal; 3 siege; 5 lay bare; 6 nylon; 7 Andrew’s St. at hole Coke 2

saying; 9 Lappidoth; 13 funeral; 14 spit out; 15

handle door Peter’s St. 1 ashore; 16 Thomas; 18 teeth; 20 aisle

Mum and I are relieved that things are gradually becoming normal again because we like routine! I feel safer when I know what's going on somehow – less anxious. However, it is exciting sometimes to be jostled out of our normality so that we remember to give thanks for the unexpected adventures in life! God is with us through it all! Emmanuel! Keep smiling! Zoe

How different Ministers cope with adversity!

When a Methodist minister falls down the stairs, he picks himself up and says, “That was an experience, how do I learn from it?”

When a Catholic priest falls down the stairs, he picks himself up and says, “I must have done something really bad to deserve that.”

When a Presbyterian minister falls down the stairs, he picks himself up and says, “That was inevitable, I’m glad it’s over.”

When a Baptist minister falls down the stairs, he picks himself up and says, “Which one of my deacons pushed me?”

When a vicar falls down the stairs, he picks himself up and says, “Will I need a faculty to get the staircase repaired?”

THE MESSENGER is published on behalf of the Group of Parishes made up by the benefice of Mablethorpe with Trusthorpe and the benefice of Sutton on Sea, Huttoft and Anderby. The opinions expressed in this magazine are those of the authors and contributors alone and do not necessarily reflect those of the Clergy, Officers or PCCs of these parishes. The temporary editor of the magazine is the Rector of the benefices, Rev’d Peter Liley who may be contacted on 01507 443948 or [email protected] This issue includes items sourced from the Parish Pump website (www.parishpump.co.uk) our membership of which allows us to reproduce this material in our publications. Material for our next bi-monthly issue should be sent at least four weeks before the end of currency of the latest issue, preferably by email to [email protected] or otherwise by post to The Vicarage, Huttoft Road, Sutton on Sea, Mablethorpe, LN12 2QZ. The magazine is printed by Rotaset Printworks, Golf Road Industrial Estate, Mablethorpe, LN12 1NB (www.rotaset.co.uk, tel: 01507 472473, email: [email protected])

Nooks and Crannies Quiz!

How well do you know your Churches? See if you can identify which of our five Church buildings these photos come from! Answers on the previous (inside) page.

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