We have just had the West Lindsey Churches Weekend when lots of churches which are normally kept locked are open and manned. In ours we had a Flower and Craft Festival, a local history display, and served tea, coffee, sandwiches and cakes. Unfortunately the weather was cool and damp which meant lower visitor numbers than we had hoped for. Maybe the western half of West Lindsey will have better luck next weekend.
I took loads of pictures, but thought I would just include a few of the fifteen contributions here.
Our theme was Stained Glass: mine is an arrangement of wild flowers against a broken window signifying a ruined church in an overgrown churchyard, while Lynne, Christine, Joyce and Ken all chose the bright colours of stained glass for their floral displays. Some of the more imaginative concepts - Madge's coloured glass marbles and paper-weights, Margaret's carpet of bedding plants and Joe's blossom seen through glass didn't photograph so well. Pam's contribution was the magnificent cake which she donated to the church for us to sell; however that evening nine people from our group of parishes as well as an equal number from elswhere in the deanery were being confirmed, so we clubbed together to buy the cake as a present for them to share at the bunfight afterwards (which was held in the Methodist Chapel).
The following picture which shows the confirmation group is a download from the Grimsby Evening Telegraph website, and has been watermarked to prevent people wanting to print it.
lizdavies
Very pretty displays - sorry you didn't get more visitors. The Lindsey Art Assoc. are contributing to an exhibition in Old Clee Church and vilage hall, and she says they have been hit by poor weather too.