August is the month for dusting off the jam pan. So far the apples have started landing regularly on the lawn. Rather than waste these early fruits they have been transformed into ‘Spiced Apple Jelly’ with just a hint of the old favourite – Chilli! Without a greenhouse at the moment the chillies are slow and few, but the next project, since there are apples a plenty on the tree, is an apple press, it seems the best way to construct one is with a bottle jack and some stout timber, both of which are lying around in the shed! Whether cider is attempted or not rather depends on the juice – it might get drunk too quickly!
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Scary thing, phone calls

I’ve just had a call about a youthworker placement in our parish. Great, exciting, etc.

However I had to remark that there really is very little in the parish for young people. Yes we have a Sunday School, and the older kids go to a group in another parish Sunday afternoons, but if I was to do ‘youth-work’ rather than ‘adult-work’ for a week I would probably struggle to be busy for even one day a week. There is already a detached project working in Holywell, Hope 37, so that angle is out as well.

In fact, apart from one harvest service (in another parish) I’ve not done anything with children directly, only as a result of family services or schools visiting churches. Scary thought…

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