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April 2014
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What’s all the fuss about? It’s not every day that a barmaid turns 100! Dolly has been working at the Red Lion for the last 76 years. Fuller’s Brewery invites everyone to join in the celebrations for her birthday on Saturday 19 April. For more details see the pink pullout pages. Endings and beginnings One Friday, over two thousand years ago, a few of Jesus’ friends and family watched and waited on a hillside as they saw Jesus’ life brought to a cruel end on a cross. Their hopes and dreams were shattered and they wondered how they would ever be able to move on from this moment. Despite the years they had spent with Jesus, listening to his teachings and learning from him, they had no understanding that this ending was to herald a new beginning. So often endings are difficult and painful, but the message of that first Easter Sunday was, that although things had changed dramatically for Jesus’ followers, there was hope. Jesus’ resurrection was the beginning of new things. For the disciples and many, many others over the centuries, it marked the beginning of seeing and experiencing life in a new way and nothing could ever be the same again.
God’s message of hope, whatever endings we may be facing at this time. As I write this, my time as the minister of Wendover Free Church is drawing to a close and I will be leaving Wendover at the end of April. It is the end of a chapter and we don’t know what the future holds for the church or for myself, but I hold onto the Easter hope that there will be a new beginning. May I take this opportunity to thank you as a community for your friendship and support over the last four years and I wish you all well for all that lies ahead. Rev Heather McIntyre, Minister, Wendover Free Church
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Soon we shall be celebrating Easter in Ed: see Matters Arising on the back page for Wendover and I pray that we all may know details of the Clock Tower refurbishment.
RAF Flypast dates: Tuesday 1 & 15 April 1.30pm To celebrate the completion of training at RAF Halton we can expect a flypast (weather permitting).
ANTIQUES AT . . . WENDOVER April Mystery Object on view in the shop £10 Gift Voucher for the Winner February’s was a Vintage Rounders Bat
Any purchaser in the shop can enter the I love Wendover draw Open 7 Days a week Free car park at rear of shop THE OLD POST OFFICE WENDOVER, BUCKS 01296 625335 www.antiquesatwendover.co.uk