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Recent activities
All Saints was wonderfully decorated with lilies and other flowers on Easter Sunday, given in memory of our loved ones
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Good Friday at Frankton
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Read about Reverend Barbara's installation as an Honorary Canon at Coventry Cathedral
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All Saints Pudding Club
A cold night at the end of January is the perfect time for the Pudding club.
More than ninety of us gathered at Knightlow school for a convivial evening. A light starter was followed by indulgence in an impressive array of fantastic home made puddings, including trifles, cheesecakes and crumbles. We all felt a great deal warmer on the way home!
Thanks to everyone who came along and especially to all who contributed the extensive selection of puddings.
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New Altar Cloth at All Saints Church, Stretton-on-Dunsmore
The New Altar Cloth at All Saints Church was recently dedicated at an Evening Service.
The cloth has been painstakingly made in lace, by a group of ladies who meet once a month to make bobbin lace at the home of Sarah Welch in Thurlaston.
“Approximately 10 years ago Sarah suggested we make lace for a new Altar cloth at All Saints’ church as a joint project. We looked at the designs available in a book called ‘Lace for Churches’ by Marie-Clare Downham but after working a few inches decided we would prefer our own design, still based on Marie-Clare’s original pattern.
Margaret Pinder took this on and drew up the pattern which we used. Sarah purchased a special pillow and the thread and kept us motivated. It was decided that one person should work all the crosses so Thelma Cain took on this and Betty Wallace, Pam Hopwood, Sarah & Margaret helped with the rest of the lace. We used approximately 100 pairs of bobbins and worked about 15feet of lace. The lace pattern used is Torchon otherwise known as Midlands lace. This is much stronger than some of the other popular laces such as Bedfordshire or Bucks Point.
The material of the cloth is Irish linen and was made to fit the Altar table exactly.
The result of this dedicated and intricate work can be seen on the altar in Stretton.
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Stretton's Pet Service
Alex with Daisy Gilly with Tess Saunders has a cuddle
June is the month when we hold our Pet services in the Draycote Group and at Stretton on 13th June, we were fortunate with the weather, as the service is held outside in the churchyard. The dog certainly seems to be the favourite pet in the village, our five canine representatives all behaved beautifully, in spite of the presence of Alex's small white hamster which some of the dogs thought would have made a tasty titbit!
Pet owners spoke movingly of their relationships with their pets, stressing their importance as faithful, trusting companions. Barbara brought along a picture of her pet Kune Kune pig, a highly domesticated breed of pigs from New Zealand. The southern hemisphere was also represented by a magnificent life size stuffed penguin, called Saunders, from the Falkland Isles.
Surrounded by the insects and birds in the sunshine of the churchyard, the congregation joined together to thank God for the amazing variety of animals in the world and to pray that mankind may treat them well.
Rogation walks
On three consecutive Sundays in May, Rogation walks were held in each of our parishes.
At Stretton on 9th May, the weather was kind and a small but enthusiastic group started from All Saints, singing praise and thanking God for all that is special about our village.
Led by Revd. Barbara Clutton we paused, to bless a field of wheat, the village hall, a garden and the water of the brook, before adjourning to the newly refurbished Shoulder of Mutton for a refreshing cup of tea.