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St. John the Baptist

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We illuminate the Church at Wolverley every night to form a focal point for the village. We give everyone the opportunity to sponsor the lighting.   YOU can celebrate a birthday, a wedding anniversary, or the memory of a loved one.   In fact  -  any reason.  Each month the sponsor has their name displayed and the reason.  This is available to everyone, even if we don’t see you in church often.  Although that would be nice too !  Enquiries to Shirley  07817 731023

June 2010

We are living in a different political environment from that in which we did when I wrote my letter last month.  We are now governed by a coalition of Conservatives and Liberal Democrats.  It remains to be seen whether the partnership will work or whether it will come unstuck at the seams in the cut and thrust of political debate.  However it may be that the seriousness of the economic situation which faces us will force the two parties to work together.  We certainly need to. 

These are without doubt exciting times and the rather strange result of the General Election has forced us all to re-think the way we do politics.  I am sure that there will still be robust and vigorous arguments in the Chamber about certain issues because of the difference between the belief systems of the various parties, to say nothing about the smaller groups and Independent Members of Parliament.  I hope so.  But there will also be a much greater attempt by the politicians to work together co-operatively wherever they can.

We value our links with Neuenhofe in this parish, and with the rest of the Probstei of Magdeburg in the Worcester Diocese, and we know that in Germany there is a greater cooperation in Government, as there is in other countries too.  We need to learn from their success and follow their example. 

We must remember David Cameron , Nick Clegg and the rest of the Cabinet as well as other Members of Parliament who are working together for a more secure economy and a society that is more just, fair and honourable.  We must not take them and their difficult work for granted.

With all good wishes,

Geoffrey

Village Hall

It is good to see visible progress being made with the building of the new Village/Parish Hall at Cookley.  (I am not yet sure what it is going to be called.) It has been a long, hard road to reach this point, and I would like to pay tribute to David and Karin Bareford and the rest of the committee for all their hard work.  It is certainly appreciated by the whole village.  There is much to be done yet, but there is very real progress.  It is good that the sale of the old hall has produced £450,000 towards the cost of rebuilding this facility, but other organisations such as the Millennium Committee have contributed generously.  I hope that in time it will prove a valuable asset to the village and a well-used facility.

Churchyards

Wolverley Churchyard is accessible at all times

Cookley Churchyard is open from 9.00am to 6.00pm (Summer) and 9.00am to 4.00pm (Winter)