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We have become sadly familiar with the disruption that Covid has caused to weddings, and some couples are delaying planning weddings because stressful last-minute changes always remain a possibility. Matt Gardner and Bryony Palmer originally planned to get married at

Fr Patrick writes… The first national Covid lockdown started on Monday 23rd March 2020. A year later, on Tuesday 23rd March 2021, the CofE was one of many organisations supporting a National Day of Reflection to remember the 127,000 people

Ron Binnie writes… A baby boomer born in Edinburgh shortly after my father returned from service in WW2, my earliest musical tuition was at the hands of my mother, a music teacher and singer of some repute. Mum also conducted

Fr Patrick writes… In the July/August 2020 and September 2020 editions of the Parish Magazine, I documented the wind down of the Covid restrictions after the first wave of the virus in the Spring of 2020.  I want to continue

Churchwarden Hugh Roberts writes… We have been checking the archives of the Lapworth Parish Magazine to make comparisons between the current Covid pandemic and the “Spanish Flu” pandemic which led to the deaths of so many people just over a

Churchwarden Mike Parkes writes… Back at the beginning of 2020 I started planning to walk the length of the Cotswold Way with my daughter Lucy and our dog Orla, starting at the market place in Chipping Campden and finishing 6

Fr Patrick writes… A week beforehand we thought we would not be able to hold our Remembrance Day Service because of the second lockdown, but thankfully special guidance was published on 3rd November.  So on Sunday 8th November several people

Fr Patrick Gerard has recently been contacted by VASA, via Warwick District Council, with a bid for volunteers. VASA is a volunteer community transport provider. It is their mission to reduce isolation and promote positive health and wellbeing by providing

If you have walked around the church tower at St Mary’s over the last few months you will have seen signs warning against the dangers of possible falling masonry. This has been caused through the inevitable weather erosion of the

Over the lockdown period The Lees Chapel and St Mary’s have combined resources to support local families in times of need. Where? The Lees Chapel have purchased a large, bright yellow wheelie bin for donations of longer life and dried