Thank you for the warm welcome at my licensing, it was amazing to see so many from the
villages here to welcome us. We felt totally enveloped in your care and it was such a joyful
event, I think the smiles on the photos below show that. Thank you to all who were involved
in so many ways to make the service run so smoothly. We’ve had wonderful comments from
those who were visiting who said how well run it was, and that is down to the many people
who helped.
We look forward to getting to know you all. I have been along to a couple of events in the
villages in the first week and I intend to come along to some more over the coming weeks. I
will also start joining people for a walk around the amazing countryside soon. I certainly
‘Christened’ my new walking boots walking to Drinkstone and back last weekend; there was
a slight fear at one moment that I might do a ‘Vicar of Dibley’ and disappear into some of the
puddles! The weather is slowly getting better, the daffodils are coming out, there are the
signs of spring and lighter days; the darkness of winter is coming to an end, and the hope of
Easter is just around the corner.
Sarah and Phil

Revd Sarah Hall
Curate in Charge Woolpit and Drinkstone Benefice

07503 205310

Right Reverend Joanne Grenfell, Bishop of St Edmunsbury and Ipswich, and Reverend Sarah Hall