Recent events

Day of Prayer, St George’s Church, Frankwell

 Saturday 19^thJune

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St George’s church opened its doors all day to give people an opportunity to pray for some of the major problems of today including local issues, the recession, the recent tragedies in Cumbria and environmental disasters as well as praying for our families and friends facing their own crises. St George’s is open twice each day for a short service of prayers and different people from the community regularly join us to pray and light a candle. Lots of people feel they are carrying the weight of the world on their shoulders and need some quiet space, and our hope is that this day of prayer would be a great blessing for the whole community.

The church was open from 8am until 5pm on Saturday 19^thJune for prayer, lighting a candle for someone or for quiet reflection. Throughout the day a team encouraged us in creative ways to focus our prayers on themes such as world peace, the local community, families, children and the environment.

St George’s Environment Service

 Sunday 6th June

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St George’s, Frankwell celebrated international Environment Day by hosting an unusual  service at which over 130 people of all ages gathered. The church had invited a special guest, Mr Simon Airey of “Corner Exotics” assisted by Miss Claire Arthur, to bring a variety of his exotic animals. The event was a great success with a variety of traditional hymns, Bible reading and prayers with special guest spots where Simon introduced the children and parents to a cuddly chinchilla, a giant jungle rat, a brightly coloured chameleon, and a huge monitor lizard. The vicar was assisted in his sermon by a very large bullfrog called Jabba, and finally the congregation were amazed as Simon brought out large spiders and a variety of brightly coloured snakes.

After the service dozens of adults and children gathered to have their own hands on experience with these exotic creatures. Mrs Daphne Capps, one of the churchwardens, overcame her fears by holding a tarantula spider and allowing a boa constrictor snake to wrap itself around her! The event was a very creative way of marking Environment Sunday and promoting the responsibility that human beings have, as well as overcoming the fears of some people as they met some amazing animals they share this fragile earth with.