Harpley, My Life is my Message." Mahatma Gandhi
Revd. Sue Martin - Assistant Priest.
JULY - AUGUST 2025
Dear Friends,
July and August are usually the hottest months in the year.
Our weather patterns are definitely changing so let’s hope that the next two months give us chance to be outside, to enjoy the warmth and long days and to share in time together with family and friends.
Having spent most of my professional life in primary schools, this time of year is filled with mixed emotions; time for the long summer break but also time for change and transition. InJuly we say a fond farewell to Yr 6 children in our schools as they journey on into secondary education.
A time for huge changes for themselves as they find real interest in exploring more about the world and deeper insight into learning.
Primary education gives them a firm bedrock and foundation for all their future learning.
How exciting is that? It’s so difficult to know and think about how they will be equipped for their own lives,
What will the world be like in the next ten or twenty years as they enter the workplace?
If you have started to even think about AI, artificial intelligence this will undoubtedly be something that will be a strong part of their lives in the future.
All of our Yr 6 pupils will receive a Bible as a mark of their time in our primary schools.
Bibles are packed with information and can sit on the shelves for the future and be there to find something out.
I hope that they are looked at during the young person’s life and passages are read giving insight into knowledge about God and Jesus.
But the message I hope comes across is that God loves them all and is there to help.
Last month I mentioned that I enjoy watching the sunsets from the upstairs lounge in our house.
The very long days mean that it is nearly 10.00pm before it starts to get dark.
The sun is now the furthest towards the north that it gets and after June 21 st will then start its trajectory southwards., I wonder if you enjoy the longer days, I certainly do.
August is a month for holidays and days out. We know that many people enjoy coming to Norfolk to be in the countryside or to be at the wonderful Norfolk coast, with long sandy
beaches,
Whether you are travelling further afield or spending time in our beautiful villages and countryside, I hope that you have some time to share with each other and have fun!
God Bless.
Rev’d Sue Martin
Assistant Priest