the last rays

 there is a peace

when the last rays 

of a sinking sun

hit

stone

and we walk

in the yard-bones

beside 

a black-cowled monk

remembering

there is a peace

 

aston villa 1 v 3 southampton

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barren walk

a church is not a building

A church is not a building, a church is a body of people who meet to worship and serve Christ. 

So here we are working together as one body in readiness for a wedding party from the village.  The congregation may be small but the team-work to get to this place has been brilliant. It's almost the end of Phase 1 of a major project to renovate the building.  There's a new kitchen, new toilet facilities and a fantastic oak-porch to welcome visitors, congregation and clergy alike.

Cob-webs are swept, pews are polished, the spiral staircase to the bell-tower is dusted down and Christmas decorations go up. 

We work alongside the specialist building and conservation team who've been carrying out the renovations over the past few months. They show us the medieval tiling hidden beneath a trapdoor close to the entrance. And as we pause to reflect we're reminded we're just part of the on-going procession of worshipers that stretches back over a thousand years or more.

One body in Christ.