Sara and I decided to worship at St. Paul's in Salisbury today and attended their 10.30 p.m. Holy Communion service. There were about 300 in the congregation and we were made most welcome and had an interesting and informative chat with one of the Associate Leaders, Andrew. The service was quite informal but wrapped in the recognisable Common Worship liturgy with real bread and a choice of wine or non-alcoholic juice at the Communion. Being Lent, I chose the non-alcoholic juice today. The sermon wasn't particularly inspiring but I was impressed, once again, by the joy in people's faces who were clearly at church because they wanted to be - not because it was a duty or because they had felt forced to be there - and the large number of children and people of all ages is a testament to the success of the low churches. We were told that many now came to this Anglican Church who had been non-Conformists or who, like us, took a break from their normal parish church to experience something different. Back home, we had a Tesco delivery waiting for us. I dressed the crab which Sara had bought. not as good as last week's, much smaller with less meat, but still enough to make some decent sandwiches. Dinner tonight was roast gammon. I met Richard in the Lion's Head for a few cokes (Richard is still drinking beer) and a good chinwag until about 11.30 p.m. Another day which has rushed past so quickly.
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