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color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Sally \u2013 The Honeycomb November 2021<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;\">It was with great sadness we said goodbye to the Reverend Alun Glyn-Jones at his last celebration of Holy Communion with us on Sunday October 3rd after twenty years loyal service to St Andrew\u2019s church.<\/p>\n<p>Over seventy came to wish him well and the choir from Grittleton joined us, as shortly he will move away nearer to family, to be with them and his wife, Chris, who is very sadly poorly in a nursing home.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Alun came to us during a vacancy of Priest just for a couple of weeks and twenty years later was still ministering to us with wisdom, inspiration and friendship.\u00a0 How lucky we have been &#8211; but now we wish him well in the coming days as he moves away.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Alun\u2019s wonderful connection with people has touched so many during his time with us.\u00a0 He has not only taken our first Sunday services but also weddings, baptisms, funerals, 13 Remembrance Services by the memorial and in church, helped those preparing for confirmation as well as taking other services in the Benefice.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>This amounts to over three hundred and seventy occasions in all.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>At the end of the service a few heartfelt words of thanks to him were said and some gifts given in gratitude of all he has done for us.\u00a0 It was a highly charged and emotional moment for all present.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>We say farewell with deep fondness and realisation that a great man has touched our ministry in St Andrew\u2019s over these past twenty years.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>God bless Alun.\u00a0 We will keep you and Chris in our prayers.\u00a0 The door is always open for you.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-775e60f8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"775e60f8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4c84960f\" data-id=\"4c84960f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6637d78b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6637d78b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/standrewschurchcastlecombe.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Alun-at-the-Altar.jpg\" title=\"Alun-at-the-Altar\" alt=\"Alun-at-the-Altar\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sally \u2013 The Honeycomb November 2021 It was with great sadness we said goodbye to the Reverend Alun Glyn-Jones at his last celebration of Holy Communion with us on Sunday October 3rd after twenty years loyal service to St Andrew\u2019s church. 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