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Hugh Roberts writes… Having served as Churchwarden for 17 years I recently stood down from this role.  The congregation had very generously arranged a collection to mark my retirement but somewhat ironically, having not missed a Sunday service due to

The family of Mike Williams writes… It is with great sadness that we report the death of Michael Williams. Michael – or “Mike” as he was known to most of us – was a resident of Lapworth for 40 years

Fr Patrick writes… The funeral for David Bradnock took place on 3rd December 2021.  The service had to be at St Alphege Solihull, as St Mary’s Lapworth was not big enough.  The singing was led by the Birmingham Canoldir Male

Fr Patrick writes… I would like to add another instalment to the Coronavirus Diary. The last instalment was on page 6 of the September edition of the Parish Magazine. Since the government relaxed most of the coronavirus rules on 19th

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