Following a short sharp shower the weather held dry for the Campsite Service. Thank you to all the Notts Caravan Club who put in the work setting up, providing the music and especially drying all the chairs. The congregation of campers and Parwich folk was swelled by those coming for Amy Isabel’s christening later. The Vicar led a rousing service with some joyful singing. It was great to celebrate the feast of St Peter and St Paul in the outdoors, and a stimulating reminder that celebrating this feast day is the origin of our Wakes and has been taking place here for perhaps a thousand years.
The collection was for the Treetops Hospice.
The Vicar’s address also made us to think about the role of Faith in achieving change in the world, and the challenges faced in parts of Africa today. Christopher has just returned from a few days supporting a barefoot walk from Derby to 10 Downing Street ask Gordon Brown to take a stronger stance in opposing human rights abuses in Africa, and retold the harrowing story of one of the refugees undertaking the walk. To find out more about this see Derby for Africa Initiative.
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