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A thank-you for the volunteers behind Ash Wednesday: collecting last year's palm crosses, burning them safely to ash, setting out the dish by the altar rail and warming a cold church for an early service. A photo of the dish of ash or the altar rail, as a jigsaw, with your note at the end.
A thank-you for the volunteers behind Candlemas on 2 February: ordering a year of candles, fitting drip guards, lighting the first taper in a darkened church and scraping wax off the pews the next morning. A photo of the church lit from the back, as a jigsaw, with your note at the end.
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• Metod Rybar
Probably not how you think.
Evidence-based UK review of acetyl-L-carnitine for longevity, sleep, and healthy ageing. Updated 2026-10-26.
A thank-you for the volunteers who take blessed chalk round the parish at Epiphany: planning the route, knocking on doors on cold January evenings, saying a short prayer and writing 20+C+M+B+27 above the frame. A photo of the chalk letters above your own door, as a jigsaw, with your note at the end.
Scattering
• Mark Taylor
Four minutes, bit of chicken between my teeth, untied shoelace, hair in my eyes, thing on my shirt. Three minutes, shoelace tied, hair pushed out, chicken still there, what is on my shirt? Two minutes, thing off my shirt, still not sure what, rearranged the jacket and tie to hide
A thank-you for the volunteers who run the church Christmas raffle and build the hampers: asking local shops for prizes, wrapping baskets in cellophane, selling ticket strips after every service and drawing pink 147 from the biscuit tin. A photo of the hamper table, as a jigsaw, with your note at the end.
A thank-you for the volunteers who drive housebound parishioners to church on Christmas morning: scraping the windscreen at nine, a hand on the elbow down the icy path, a blanket over the knees in the pew, and home again in time for lunch. A photo of the church gate with the car waiting, as a jigsaw, with your note at the end.
A thank-you for the stewards who look after midnight mass: handing out candles and service sheets at half past eleven, keeping an eye on the late arrivals and the cold, then stacking chairs and locking the church at one in the morning. A photo of the lit church door on Christmas Eve, as a jigsaw, with your note at the end.
