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Life at St Martin’s has been busier than usual since November. We have been pleased to welcome the congregation from Hallow while their heating system has been repaired and upgraded. It has been so wonderful to see the Church full on Sundays, with joyful music and singing. The Church in Hallow has now been reopened and we are back to our regular 2 services a month, details of which can be found elsewhere in the magazine. We are hoping that there will be some who have found th

It's hard to believe that it has been just over two weeks since we said farewell to our dearly loved vicar, Revd Kalantha Brewis! On Kalantha's last day, Hallow Church was packed full of people from across the benefice to enjoy - and shed a tear or two - at her last Holy Communion service with us. We then moved on to a bring and share lunch at Hallow Parish Hall, with fantastic entertainment from The Beacon Band (including some special songs celebrating Kalantha) and very mov

At a recent church meeting where we were discussing plans for now Kalantha has left and the process for finding a new vicar (more about that in the next issue!), someone (quite rightly!) suddenly said, “Excuse me, but what do all these initials mean?”. Most people in the room agreed with her! There had been an assumption (always dangerous, I know!) that people would be familiar with terms like PCC, ALM, PTO, SSM etc (see glossary below). We all felt so glad that the person ha