And Branch Shall Come Out of His Roots ?
While the sacristan was about her duties, I slipped into Horstead Church pleased for the opportunity to bend the knee, "where prayer has been valid", and to gaze at the Jesse window . P leased, but enormously sad! All Saints' was clean and ready for use - thanks to the team who look after this holy place. Sadly, it has not been open for private prayer, nor for public worship since the first lockdown in March 2020! How sad that there should be no Christmas service this year! Looking back to Christmases past, I remember happy times and kind faces. And an instant I am deep in in Psalm 55 country - " sweet fellowship at the house of God, as we walked about among the worshipers." One cannot help wondering if this church will ever open its doors again!
