Last Wednesday there was a party for those who have served on either the St Joseph's or St Anne's Pastoral Councils or Finance Committees to thank them for their efforts over the past years, and to help them to get to know each other better. They didn't need any encouragement to start mixing!
Like many of those who came, Michael, Pam, Eileen, Catherine and Edelweiss are already sharing thoughts about how the two former parishes can work together as one unit.
Even though the food has been set out, everyone's still discussing the ways in which our togetherness as a community will affect the way we do things. Here are Clare and Mary, who already work with each other on the Pastoral Area Council, and either or both of them may well have pivotal roles in the new Parish Council.
Here's a trio who appreciate good food. What a delicious spread we've had. Where's that banoffee pie gone to? Nick and John thought they had found a really safe place to put it, but they hadn't expected it to be quite so well guarded!
My camera's been snatched again (it's the other John speaking). You would think, wouldn't you, that camera snatching couldn't happen in an honest community like ours. And then, to sneak up behind a chap just when he was having a few quiet minutes away from the crowd with a lovely girl like Lesley - it's not fair, is it! (The trouble is, we bloggers just can't get the assistants these days.)
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The new Parish Council is clearly going to be in good hands: this lot look a bit lively! Surely a union of two sets of merry hearst and kind souls can only be a good thing.
Banoffee pie; only a shade behind treacle tart and lemon meringue in the League of Important Puddings. I quite understand Father Dan's look of defiant triumph. Nick and John look ready for a strategic assault; frankly, I don't fancy their chances!
Ooops - that should of course read "hearts" and not "hearst". No idea what they put in Earl Grey these days.
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