Monthly parish newsletter distributed free to all households in the parish. Personnel - Vicar, Reverend Dr Adrian Hough, The Vicarage; Assistant, Reverend Michael Shepherd, 90 Main Street, Bretforton; Churchwardens, Mrs Sue Cole, 45 Bretforton Road and Mr Chris Robbins, 1 Oak Close; Readers, Mr John Callaghan, Mrs Penny Christison, Mrs Sheila Lancaster; Newsletter Editor, Mrs Yvonne Haynes, 4 Seward Close. Includes letter from Adrian, the Vicar, writing about suffering. Badsey register: baptisms of Joshua G Sellick & Christopher A Buzzard; funerals of Lesley J Reeves & Albert W T Smith. Reports on Mother's Union; tea afternoon (Sandra Sparrow); Saturday Activity Group; Angels exhibition; Christian Aid week; Barn Dance at Blackminster Middle School; St James' Flower Guild (Mrs Yvonne Haynes & Mrs Stephanie Hartley, Mrs Sheila Taylor & Mrs Barbara Bennett, Mrs Annett Bufton & Mrs Penny Christison, Mrs Mary Clarke & Mrs Margaret Castle; report by Hazel Stewart); welcome back to John Callaghan; churchyard; Vicarage (builders rebuilding from the inside due to subsidence caused by the removal of a large poplar tree 2 years ago; Golden Jubilee celebrations; John Cole to talk about his year in Japan; thanks from Mrs Eve Bent.
