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Faith & Flowers<br />
The Magazine of the Church of England<br />
Flower Arrangers’ Association<br />
Issue 15 – <strong>July</strong> <strong>2017</strong>
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Letter from the Editor<br />
This is my fifth attempt to put together the magazine and to<br />
write the Editor’s letter. Each time I completed it to my<br />
satisfaction new material arrived and re-arrangement and a<br />
different letter was necessary. Finally, four pages on the<br />
A.G.M. from Roger when there was just one page unused<br />
remaining, led to much screaming and hair tearing at No.<br />
87. Consequently (apart from considering a wig) I have had<br />
to shorten some articles and keep back others until October<br />
when, I promise, they will appear. I hope correspondents<br />
will understand and forgive me. I have tried to include<br />
material from all the areas where C.E.F.A.A. occurs.<br />
I am delighted to welcome two new members to the London<br />
Branch as contributors. The material is taken from an article<br />
originally printed in their parish magazine.<br />
I hope most of you managed to see Ada on Songs of Praise.<br />
The tabard which Aled Jones wore and autographed was<br />
used as a raffle prize at the A.G.M.<br />
A mild winter and a very warm May has led to excessive<br />
foliage in the garden. Take a tip from me, if you are ever<br />
tempted to plant a bamboo – DON’T!<br />
Happy arranging.<br />
Ruth<br />
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Greetings from Chesterfield – June <strong>2017</strong><br />
My garden has jumped up in the last two weeks due to the rain. In May, Keith<br />
and I went to Barnet to visit the London Branch. What a warm welcome we<br />
had! Diana, a London member, did the first flower arrangement and then I<br />
followed on with four more arrangements. These were later raffled. The<br />
London AGM and the demonstrations took place in front of the Sanctuary steps.<br />
After the demonstrations about 16 of us enjoyed a lovely meal at a local Italian<br />
restaurant. Then we were taken around the Barnet Museum. Many thanks to<br />
the committee of the London Branch for inviting us there for a very enjoyable<br />
day.<br />
Two weeks ago, Roger was contacted by the BBC “Songs of Praise” team, who<br />
had discovered us on our website. He was asked to suggest someone, who lived<br />
near Chatsworth House and was a Christian Flower Arranger. I agreed to have<br />
a go! The Producer and his researcher visited our house and asked me to go to<br />
Chatsworth House RHS Flower Show with enough flowers for 2 pedestals and<br />
teach Aled Jones and 2 young students how to do church pedestals!! Aled, who<br />
arrived on a motor bike, was charming and we did the tutorial in the floral tent.<br />
There was a camera crew of about 6 young men with those long hairy<br />
microphones and about 60 members of the public, who were all keen to get a<br />
“selfie” with Aled. He was a real sport and tried to please everyone. Then they<br />
took me and the crew to the Press Tent, where we enjoyed lunch. I had left<br />
home at 7.30 a.m. to miss the traffic, which as normal was busy, as it is every<br />
time there is an event at Chatsworth House. The BBC Producer said that I could<br />
keep the flowers which had cost £81 for my church! That is the second time I<br />
have filled our church with second hand flowers.<br />
That wasn’t the end of the ordeal. On the following Sunday, Keith and I were<br />
invited to St. John the Baptist Church, Tideswell, known as The Cathedral of<br />
the Peak, where the “Songs of Praise” team were recording the first programme<br />
of the new series. The church was packed but we were shown to 2 reserved<br />
seats on the front row. The shooting went on for over 3 hours, due to various<br />
technical hitches. They recorded 10 hymns and one of these had to be sung 5<br />
times. I had been asked to choose one Hymn. I chose “All Things Bright and<br />
Beautiful”. The programme goes out on Sunday, 2nd <strong>July</strong>.<br />
I apologise for not attending the <strong>2017</strong> AGM with Nottingham Branch. Keith<br />
and I were booked a year ago to visit Sindelfingen in Germany, where Keith is<br />
singing in a choir. I would like to thank Hilary and the Notts. Branch for hosting<br />
the AGM and I hope it all goes well.<br />
Ada Fawthrop, National Chairman
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Rev. Canon Francis Richard Noel Michell<br />
1942 – <strong>2017</strong><br />
It is with great regret I have to announce that our National<br />
President, Noel Michell, died suddenly at the end of March this<br />
year. His funeral took place near his home in Penzance on<br />
Maundy Thursday, 13th April. Noel was the Rector at St. Ann’s,<br />
Rainhill, when CEFAA was inaugurated there in 1981. He<br />
provided advice, encouragement and support which has<br />
continued throughout the intervening years. A fuller, personal<br />
tribute to Noel Michell from Joan Owen will appear in the<br />
October edition of “Faith & Flowers”.<br />
In the interim, here is a copy of a<br />
photograph of Noel celebrating happily, on<br />
his & Lesley’s Golden Wedding<br />
Anniversary in <strong>July</strong> 2015.<br />
Please hold Noel and Lesley in your<br />
thoughts and prayers.<br />
Roger Brown<br />
CEFAA Subscriptions <strong>2017</strong>-2018<br />
Annual Membership Subscriptions for the year to March 2018 were<br />
due on 1st April this year. Can I respectfully remind anyone who has<br />
not yet paid to renew their membership to send a cheque for £10 as<br />
soon as possible please.<br />
Thank you, Roger Brown<br />
Cheques (made out to CEFAA) can be sent to the National Treasurer:<br />
Mrs. Naomi Hadden, Church Lodge Cottage,<br />
10A Church Road, Hale Village, Liverpool L24 4BA<br />
New Member<br />
We extend a very warm welcome to:<br />
Mrs. Angela Parker, Christ Church, Southgate, London Branch<br />
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Summary of proceedings at the CEFAA AGM<br />
17 June <strong>2017</strong><br />
On possibly the hottest and most gloriously sunny day of the year so far,<br />
30 members of CEFAA settled in the comfortable chairs in the beautiful<br />
church of St Michael & All Angels, Bramcote, Nottingham.<br />
1) The meeting commenced at 11.00am and proceedings began with a<br />
welcoming address from Hillary Brian on behalf of our hosts, the<br />
Southwell & Nottingham Branch and this was followed by opening<br />
prayers led by the Vicar, the Rev. Paul Reynolds.<br />
2) Apologies received from Ada Fawthrop; Averill Lovatt; Rosie Dias;<br />
Alethea Fielding; Alison Smith; Kath Chapman and 10 other<br />
members were noted. In the absence of our National Chairman, the<br />
meeting was chaired by Secretary, Roger Brown.<br />
The first item of Correspondence concerned the death earlier this<br />
year of our Honorary National President, Rev. Noel Michell. His<br />
widow, Lesley, had spoken to and written to Roger and sent a copy<br />
of the Service Booklet from Noel’s funeral.<br />
Other correspondence had been received including a copy of the<br />
Branch Chairman’s Report to the London Branch AGM; e-mails<br />
requesting information and/or support from flower arrangers in<br />
Whitehaven and Sefton near Liverpool and a very positive report of<br />
a meeting organised by Alison Smith & Kath Chapman at<br />
Manchester Cathedral as part of their efforts to encourage and<br />
increase membership in the Manchester area.<br />
3) Copies of the Minutes of the 2016 AGM had been made available<br />
and<br />
4) Matters arising from that meeting (and also from the National<br />
Council meeting in October 2016) were then discussed. There were<br />
three main issues:<br />
a) Given the difficulties experienced 5 years ago when Hillary retired<br />
as National Chairman and the fact that Ada had subsequently<br />
taken on the role of Chairman as an interim measure, Roger<br />
proposed that we should consider amending the CEFAA<br />
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constitution to allow for the appointment of a National Vice (or<br />
Deputy) Chairman. This would hopefully reduce some of the<br />
pressures on the Chairman but would mainly be designed to<br />
ensure a smoother succession if the Vice Chair were to<br />
automatically succeed to the Chairmanship after a fixed period of<br />
3 or perhaps 4 years. Ruth pointed out that at the original inception<br />
of CEFAA, Doreen Slade had vigorously opposed the idea of<br />
having a Vice Chairman, but no-one at the <strong>2017</strong> meeting could<br />
remember why. Maureen Huston formally proposed that item 3(c)<br />
of the CEFAA Constitution be amended to give the Association<br />
the power to appoint a Vice Chairman. This was seconded by Ann<br />
Swift and agreed unanimously by the members present. It was<br />
then pointed out that item 7 of the Constitution ought to be<br />
amended to add the Association’s Vice Chairman as an ex-officio<br />
member of the National Council. This too was agreed.<br />
b) Roger pointed out the other two National Officers, namely himself<br />
and Treasurer Naomi Hadden had now been in office for 7 years<br />
and (at least) 16 years respectively. Both current holders would<br />
like to retire. Roger gave notice that, due to his increasing work<br />
commitments, he would be unable to continue as Secretary<br />
beyond the 2018 AGM. Naomi too would wish a successor to be<br />
found to stand as Treasurer by the same date. Branches are asked<br />
to provide the names of suitable (and willing) candidates to the<br />
National Council by the end of September <strong>2017</strong> if possible.<br />
c) A further constitutional issue has now arisen following the death<br />
of our National President Noel Michell. This honorary position<br />
should be filled by a clerk in holy orders. We therefore need to<br />
either find a suitable and willing candidate who meets this<br />
criterion or further amend the constitution to permit a lay member<br />
to be appointed as President or possibly amend the constitution<br />
so as to remove the requirement to appoint a President at all. Roger<br />
suggested that National Council be asked to consider this at their<br />
<strong>2017</strong> meeting. In the interim, members agreed that our Honorary<br />
Vice President for Life, Hillary Brian, should be asked to be our<br />
“Acting President”.<br />
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5) The National Chairman’s report explained the reason for her absence<br />
today, detailed Ada’s visits & demonstrations in London, and at the<br />
Derby AGM and referred to her recently accepting an invitation from<br />
the BBC to teach Aled Jones about church flower arranging as part<br />
of the Songs of Praise TV programme associated with the RHS<br />
Chatsworth Show. (Please watch the transmission on 2nd <strong>July</strong>). In<br />
Ada’s absence her report was read out by Roger.<br />
6) Membership numbers and other issues were outlined by the National<br />
Secretary. The total number of members currently stands at 264, just<br />
10 less than in June 2016. 28 new members joined during 2016,<br />
worryingly, only ONE new member has joined so far this year and<br />
42 members have not yet paid their annual membership subscription<br />
this year. Barbara Moore reported that members in the St. Albans<br />
area were working actively to attract new members.<br />
7) Treasurer, Naomi Hadden had circulated copies of the Association’s<br />
Statement of Accounts for the year to 31st March <strong>2017</strong>. This shows<br />
a negative balance for the year with Expenditure exceeding Income<br />
by £711.84.<br />
At this rate, our reserve account balance of £4813 could soon be<br />
exhausted. Naomi pointed out that the annual income from<br />
membership fees now barely covers the costs of printing and<br />
distributing the quarterly magazine. A lively discussion then ensued<br />
as some members suggested that the magazine could be made<br />
available only online to save all printing costs and all<br />
communications with members conducted via email. Roger pointed<br />
out that, as far as he was aware, still only a minority of members<br />
used email and the internet. Other members were adamant that the<br />
delivery of the hard copy of “Faith & Flowers” was anticipated like<br />
the arrival of a good friend. Ruth Thomson indicated that she would<br />
not be able or willing to produce an “online only” version of the<br />
magazine. The possibility of seeking advertising revenue was raised<br />
but unlike local branch or parish magazines, we wondered who<br />
would actually pay to advertise in a nationally distributed leaflet.<br />
Naomi then suggested that we should consider raising the annual<br />
membership charge which has stood at £10 for at least 25 years.<br />
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Suggestions of an increase to £12.50 or £15 per year were widely<br />
expressed. Many members spoke in support of increasing the annual<br />
subscriptions and a formal proposal to raise it to £15 was made.<br />
Roger asked and It was agreed, that the matter be left for National<br />
Council to decide on the actual amount of any increase during its<br />
meeting in September.<br />
8) Annual Reports detailing each Branch’s activities during the past<br />
year and some future plans were delivered by Jean Wellens (Derby);<br />
Diane Harrison (Liverpool); Kathy Horton (London); Hillary Brian<br />
(Southwell & Nottingham) and Ruth Thomson (York).<br />
9) Roger then apologised for having omitted Agenda item 9 which<br />
entailed the ratification of the re-election of Rosie Dias as Council<br />
Member representing the Derby diocese. Rosie had told her Branch<br />
that she would only be able to serve for one further year and had<br />
been selected on that basis at the Derby Branch AGM.<br />
10) The next two items considered came under the heading of “Other<br />
Business”,<br />
a) Roger reminded Branch officers that the annual reports submitted<br />
at the AGM should include a Financial Statement .<br />
b) Naomi advised the meeting that Penny Cargill has resigned her<br />
membership of the Association and as a result, we need someone<br />
else to take over the storage and distribution of clothing and other<br />
CEFAA goods.<br />
11) The final business item on the Agenda was to announce the date and<br />
location of the 2018 AGM. The London Branch has offered to host<br />
next year’s AGM and all members are invited to attend at the church<br />
of St John the Baptist, Barnet on Saturday 2nd June 2018.<br />
Roger thanked Hillary and Carole and all the members of the Southwell<br />
and Nottingham Branch and also Rev. Paul for their generous hospitality.<br />
The <strong>2017</strong> meeting closed at 12.30pm.<br />
Roger Brown<br />
22nd June <strong>2017</strong><br />
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A last-minute entry on the Parish Questionnaire turned out to be<br />
Blooming Marvellous!<br />
It is safe to say that had you said to us five years ago that we will<br />
become flower arrangers, you would probably have been met with a<br />
combination of laughter and shock. However, as we were sat outside<br />
Café Rouge one Autumn morning, drinking a coffee and filling in the<br />
Church questionnaire we remembered the morning we had spent doing<br />
a flower arranging workshop (a Christmas gift to each other), that<br />
flower arranging was something that we both fancied ‘having a go at’<br />
once more. So, on the form it was written.<br />
So, this time last year, Lynda (Rigg) contacted us and asked if we<br />
would like to join the group! We met with her, she showed us how to<br />
do the little display in The Lady Chapel and introduced us to the<br />
CEFAA group. We then progressed to doing Easter baskets and a lily<br />
display at the font.<br />
After progressing to doing a couple of pedestals in the sanctuary and<br />
the remembrance chapel, we realised that we wanted to focus some of<br />
our displays on topical events or flowers that have meaning. One design<br />
was to commemorate the 100-year anniversary of The Battle of the<br />
Somme on the 1st <strong>July</strong>. We chose red roses primarily because of their<br />
simplicity, richness and beauty. Next to the display we placed a poem<br />
by Francis Ledwidge called ‘A soldier’s Grave’. It can still be found<br />
under the war memorial in church. Although it is one of our first<br />
displays, we feel that it was effective. We did a design dedicated to the<br />
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Italians who were suffering after the earthquake in August. It was<br />
Angela Parker’s idea and one of the most creative! It was simply to<br />
use the colours of the flowers to recreate the Italian flag.<br />
For Harvest Festival, we chose to do some alternative displays; a wheel<br />
barrow of flowers and vegetables and an English country garden scene<br />
with a bench. It was great fun doing different things and having<br />
numerous people from the church doing baskets and displays.<br />
We did two displays for Remembrance Sunday. The one in the<br />
remembrance chapel was to remember the sacrifices made by people<br />
on the home front. The choir had recently sung evensong at St. Paul’s.<br />
which led us to thinking about the blitz and the firefighters who fought<br />
the flames. There is a memorial to them on the south side of St. Paul’s,<br />
just at the top of the millennium bridge. We chose the red, oranges and<br />
yellows to reflect the fires (below, left).<br />
The display on the right was<br />
Angela’s design for Eco Sunday<br />
in the entrance to the church.<br />
The additions of windmills and<br />
bees were not only great fun, but they highlighted the importance of<br />
natural sustainability.<br />
We hope that you have liked our arrangements and keep a look out for<br />
them in Christ Church, Southgate.<br />
Kathryn Chandler-Board & Rachel Chandler<br />
London Branch.<br />
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Derby Branch<br />
Easter at St. Oswald’s Church Ashbourne<br />
During Lent the Church invites local primary school pupils in to<br />
“Experience Easter”. Members of the Mothers Union (who also<br />
happen to be flower arrangers) install six stations to depict Easter<br />
around the Church.<br />
These are 1) Hopes and Dreams – Palm Sunday<br />
2) Servant King – Feet Washing<br />
3) Remember Me – The Last Supper<br />
4) Alone – The Garden of Gethsemane<br />
5) Sharing Our Sorrows – At the Foot of the Cross<br />
6) Resurrection – The Empty Tomb<br />
Local Primary Schools are then invited in, in their class groups,<br />
to learn about Easter and the meanings of the stations from a team<br />
of helpers. This year we had over 300 children through the church<br />
and in addition members of the general public who visit our<br />
church every day and for services.<br />
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On Easter Saturday, the team<br />
of church flower arrangers<br />
enhanced 5 of the stations<br />
with floral arrangements and<br />
our director of music Michael<br />
Halls built the garden with the<br />
tomb, ready to bring the<br />
church alive for Easter<br />
Sunday.<br />
“Experience Easter” is published by Jumping Fish and anyone<br />
wishing to use this in their own church and would like more<br />
information please contact our Associate Priest The Rev’d<br />
Carollyn McDonald at carollyn4ashbourne@sky.com or myself<br />
Margaret Dawson at dawsonm17@googlemail.com<br />
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Southwell and Nottingham Branch<br />
The Southwell and Nottingham branch celebrated its 25th<br />
Anniversary at its AGM on 8 April, when it met at St. Mary’s<br />
Hucknall, with a cake specially decorated with the Association<br />
emblem, in green and gold icing.<br />
Branch chair, Frances Yates, cuts the celebration cake watched<br />
by (left to right) National Committee representative, Hillary<br />
Brian, Branch Treasurer, Mavis Marriott, and Branch Secretary,<br />
Carole Croft.<br />
The business meeting, where the present committee members<br />
were re-elected to serve for a further year, was followed by a<br />
splendid bring and share lunch, cutting of the cake and a<br />
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demonstration by Jean Fordham. Jean, who teaches flower<br />
arranging, demonstrated suitable arrangements for church<br />
window ledges, fonts, hanging designs for use as pew ends,<br />
pillars or in windows, as well as showing how height can alter<br />
the impact of an arrangement.<br />
Frances Yates<br />
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Afternoon Treat at St. Paul’s<br />
For several years now I have been a member of the volunteer flower team at<br />
St. Paul’s Cathedral. Some of us water and refresh the flowers and foliage in<br />
St. Dunstan’s Chapel on a weekly rota, some of us arrange flowers there on an<br />
occasional basis or for very special occasions such as the Queen’s 90th Birthday<br />
and some of us assemble and maintain the Advent Wreath.<br />
During June, for the last three years, we have been invited to an afternoon tea<br />
for volunteers so I was delighted and thrilled to be able to attend this year. It<br />
was indeed a glorious occasion. The sun shone brightly and the event took<br />
place in the Churchyard. As well as an excellent tea with home-made<br />
sandwiches and cakes, we had an opportunity to meet with other volunteers;<br />
some guide and steward in the Cathedral during the day, others steward at<br />
services; some retired clergy regularly take hourly prayers. In fact, there is a<br />
whole army of volunteers undertaking all manner of tasks to facilitate the<br />
smooth running of the day to day life of the Cathedral. We do not expect thanks<br />
for what we do, rather it is a privilege to be able to serve others in that place.<br />
At the end of the afternoon we were invited to Choral Evensong. Barbara and<br />
I joined the congregation for the service to commemorate the 175th<br />
Anniversary of the Royal Association for Deaf People. What an uplifting<br />
service that was! The two hymns were sung both by the Cathedral Choir,<br />
Congregation and signed by the SHINE choir of deaf people. All readings and<br />
the sermon were also signed enabling all of us to take an active part in the<br />
service. As we left St. Paul’s, it was wonderful to reflect on the events of such<br />
a joyous day.<br />
Averill Lovatt<br />
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Janet, Barbara, Valerie, Averill & Florrie in St Paul’s Churchyard.
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Girlguiding<br />
Nottinghamshire<br />
FLOWER<br />
FESTIVAL<br />
Celebrating “Songs the Guides Sing”<br />
Friday 1st, Saturday 2nd,<br />
Sunday 3rd September<br />
Hanson House (Guide Holiday Centre)<br />
Linby NG15 8AF<br />
3 miles from Junction 27, M1<br />
Refreshments<br />
30 songs depicted<br />
in flowers<br />
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Metropolitan Cathedral Flower Festival Liverpool<br />
CEFAA members at the Anglican Cathedral were delighted and<br />
privileged to be invited to take part in the Jubilee celebrations at<br />
the Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King. A street called<br />
Hope links the two cathedrals with one at each end. The<br />
Metropolitan cathedral is very ultra-modern – designed by Sir<br />
Frederick Gibberd – this circular structure has a crown of Christ<br />
the King rising high over the soaring concrete buttresses flying<br />
over a plateau raised high above the city. After the second world<br />
war, funds ran out, so only the crypt was completed. Inside there<br />
are thirteen chapels and two galleries surrounding a central high<br />
altar, high above a crown of thorns. The building perfectly<br />
lending itself to host a flower festival in celebration of the 50th<br />
anniversary.<br />
The title was ‘Cathedral Life: A Floral Tribute’. Our challenge<br />
was to depict Christmas. Christmas was also to be depicted by<br />
another team who chose a religious theme so we had to ‘think<br />
outside the box’. Our team of seven arrangers was inspired by<br />
the poem ‘Twas the night before Christmas. Jane Roberts wrote<br />
her own version with apologies to Clement C. Moore.<br />
‘Twas the morning of Christmas<br />
When all through the house<br />
The children were stirring<br />
As was the grey mouse.<br />
The stockings that had been hung<br />
By the chimney with care<br />
Showed that old St. Nicholas had been there.<br />
And Mamma in her ‘kerchief’ and I in my cap<br />
Rose quietly from our bed and<br />
Our long winter nap<br />
Ready to descend, the feast to prepare<br />
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When we heard from afar<br />
Through the frosty morn air<br />
St. Nick himself, calling clear as a bell,<br />
‘Happy Christmas to all, and to all farewell.’<br />
Our area was in two halves with the fire exit in the centre. A fire<br />
place scene was created. On the mantle piece placed centrally a<br />
crib with red roses and pittosporum in the brass candlesticks.<br />
Stockings hung down with toys peeping out of the top. In the fire<br />
place leaves sprayed gold with red Anthuriums, Hypericum<br />
berries and Eryngium formed the fire arrangement. Beside the<br />
fireplace a Christmas tree with a varied display of hand crafted<br />
ornaments.<br />
In front of the hearth, a rug made in squares with red Gerbera<br />
and Eryngium sprayed gold. To the other side glass vases filled<br />
with gold and red baubles intertwined with lights. A garland in<br />
tradition style adorned the staircase leading to the gallery, tucked<br />
underneath and arrangement of reds and golds.<br />
Two large pedestal arrangements with floor placements<br />
incorporating red anthuriums, red carnations and Shamrock<br />
chrysanthemums stood either side in the central space leading to<br />
the table with the Christmas feast. A Christmas cake with ivy<br />
leaves and holly topped with spray carnations. A Yule log made<br />
with long cinnamon sticks around a block of dried oasis. A<br />
Christmas pudding using a ball of oasis covered with tiny Alder<br />
cones topped with spider spray chrysanthemums made the sauce.<br />
Cupcakes filled a tiered stand using roses that resembled the<br />
cream on the cakes. A bowl of pomanders, filling the air with the<br />
scent of cloves. Christmas crackers with flowering flowers<br />
finished the table setting. Except for the little grey mouse tucked<br />
in the centre. Behind the table a large pedestal arrangement to set<br />
the scene. On the sidewall, the noticeboard turned into a window<br />
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complete with curtains and tiebacks. The window was a snow<br />
scene looking out to the trees outside.<br />
Outside Christmas trees kept from Christmas painted white<br />
standing on snow blankets with large pinecones and snowflakes.<br />
The trees were adorned with icicles made using orchid tubes<br />
wrapped in florists’ cellophane, glue sprinkled with glitter and<br />
wrapped round the tube to form an icicle, then filled with water<br />
and a white carnation finished the icicle.<br />
The whole experience was a good team effort and we all enjoyed<br />
working together.<br />
Alethea Fielding<br />
Left to right:<br />
Lesley Runcorn, Marilyn Foulder, Brenda Bullock, Jane<br />
Roberts, Alethea Fielding, Jean Wethered and Barbara Harvey<br />
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York Diocese Group<br />
Obituary<br />
Audrey Blake-Riddle<br />
Audrey arranged with the York Diocesan group from the<br />
beginning of their time in York Minster. She was a very talented<br />
arranger and a generous provider of flowers. She arranged<br />
flowers in Driffield Parish Church where she also served as<br />
Church Warden for several years. Although house-bound through<br />
extreme ill-health for a number of years she remained interested<br />
in the activities of C.E.F.A.A. She even taught an interested<br />
member of Driffield’s congregation to arrange at her dining room<br />
table with the results carried into the church afterwards.<br />
During my visits to her, she loved to reminisce about her times<br />
with us and frequently reminded me of events I had long since<br />
forgotten. I particularly remember her speaking at length about<br />
the occasion when we decorated the huge fireplace in St.<br />
William’s College for an Advent/Christmas Festival when the<br />
shiny apples used in the decoration were considerably reduced<br />
in number when we dismantled the arrangement.<br />
Anti-terrorism at the Minster<br />
Sadly, we live in dangerous times, characterised by terrorism and<br />
tragedy. It is hard to imagine C.E.F.A.A. activities influenced by<br />
this, but in June when members met to arrange in the Minster<br />
they saw first-hand the effects of recent events. They found parts<br />
of the building cordoned off and arranging positions moved.<br />
There was to be an Army service in the Quire which had not<br />
appeared on any list of services and about which the Head<br />
Arranger knew nothing about until she arrived that morning. To<br />
protect the Minster and the congregation, the service was a<br />
closely guarded secret.<br />
Ruth Thomson<br />
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AVAILABLE FROM CEFAA FOR REGISTERED MEMBERS<br />
TABARD in a dark green poly-cotton with embroidered CEFAA emblem.<br />
All sizes from small to XXXL are available ...........................................£10.00 inc p&p<br />
APRON in a dark green poly-cotton with embroidered emblem ..........£10.00 inc p&p<br />
SWEATSHIRTS<br />
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Sweatshirts & polo shirts are dark green with embroidered CEFAA emblem<br />
BADGE...................................................................................................£2.50 inc p&p<br />
Dark green enamel with gold lettering with fitted safety catch.<br />
CAR STICKER .......................................................................................£1.10 inc p&p<br />
CHART FOR CEFAA KNEELER ............................................................£1.70 inc p&p<br />
This is for a hanging kneeler bearing the Association emblem and worked in<br />
cross-stitch.<br />
POSTERS are available for your church notice board at no charge.<br />
MEMBERS HANDBOOK, 2004 edition..................................................£4.00 inc p&p<br />
CEFAA – The First Eighteen Years (Booklet).........................................£3.00 inc p&p<br />
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201 Windmill Lane<br />
Cheshunt<br />
Hertfordshire<br />
EN8 9AW<br />
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and quote your membership number<br />
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