Faith & Flowers - October 2020

Letter from the Editor
In August, Council met via zoom, and learned of the precarious
state of C.E.F.A.A.s finances and the consequent prospects for
the future. Please read the details, especially those of falling
membership numbers and the effect of that. If you have
comments or questions please approach your Council Member
if you are a member of an established branch or Averill, Laurie
or myself, if you have no branch attachment.
This edition is very loosely about the natural world as you will
see as you read on. This year Harvest Thanksgiving is likely to
be a poor affair compared with other years. How I will miss
“Come ye Thankful People, Come”. So, the Harvest article is
quite different from the usual ones, quite Retro in fact. I hope
you will try to imagine the event and enjoy the prospect.
More conventionally (or perhaps not) we look at dragons and a
delightful children’s hymn celebrating nature. A subtle
connection exists between the articles, you must admit, but
sometimes things come together that way.
Finally, for a serious health and safety warning if you are an
arachnid phobic, DO NOT turn to page 19. Just remember,
spiders belong to the natural world and like us are God’s
creatures.
I hope that you all may have as happy and carefree Christmas as
is possible in the current circumstances.
Ruth
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