Flowers 2006

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Wedding Anniversaries

The holiest of all holidays are those

Kept by ourselves in silence and apart;

The secret anniversaries of the heart.

HW Longfellow 1877

Pete Horton has made a beautiful DVD of images from the Flower Festival, including the flower displays, musical performers and the special evening service, set to appropriate anthems by John Rutter and lasts for about 15 minutes. Copies of the DVD or a video tape are available at £3 with the profits (£1.50) going to church funds.

Orders to either Pete or Sue Hughes

View the Anniversaries

Click here to see pictures of the performers

Marriage Reunion

Sunday 11th June 2006 saw over 30 couples who have been married at Wylde Green United Reformed Church gather to celebrate their lives together. In the service led by the minister, Revd Ken Chippindale, favourite hymns from the past 14 years were sung and prayers said for the couples. Present at the service were John and Barbara Micklethwaite, who were married in the church 57 years ago as well as Belinda Bailey and David Harcombe, who celebrate their wedding day on the 17th June 2006.

The service was part of a flower festival at the church on the theme of wedding anniversaries, with several hundreds of pounds being raised for the Alzheimer’s Association and church funds.

Minister, Ken Chippindale said:

“I want to thank everyone who attended the festival and service, making the weekend a very special event in the life of our church. It was wonderful to see so many couples again, proving that love, commitment and stability through marriage still has a part to play in today’s society. I would also like to especially thank the Sutton News readers for putting us back in touch with some couples who had moved on.”

	Couples gathered to celebrate their marriages, including John and Barbara Micklethwaite, who were married in the church 57 years ago as well as Belinda Bailey and David Harcombe, who will be celebrating their wedding day this weekend in the centre of the photo
	George Feltrup putting the finishing touches to his arrangement to celebrate diamond weddings
	Before the crowds arrive, June Northway inspects her arrangement for bronze anniversaries