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2004/5 has been a very busy, positive year for us. We now boast a full range of services for the less abled, including flat access to all parts of the building, specially constructed toilet facilities, and a loop induction facility for those using hearing aids.
We will shortly be having anti-slip flooring installed to complete this phase of our improvements and our official opening and dedication of the facilities will comprise part of our harvest festival celebrations in September.

We are grateful for the financial assistance we have received to supplement our fund raising, not leas the very generous donation from the Parish Council.
Last September we were pleased to welcome the Rev. Heather Snape as our new Minister.
Heather is abut as average as any punk-haired, Doc Martin wearing purple wheelchair using scouser gets ­ she is by her own admission, as mad as a box of frogs, and we all love her to bits. She brings with her a real passion and compassion for the job and we look forward to the next five years with her. To give you and idea of Heather personality, she was the first person to use our disables toilet and proudly announced that she had christened it with, in her own words "A Ministerial Widdle".
During the next year we hope to make further cosmetic improvements to the building with new railings and notice boards.
Over the last few months we have seen a steady rise in our congregations and whereas at this time last year we would see 15-20, we now regularly have between 20 and 30 worshiping with us.
I have to finish on a down note, earlier in the year I wrote in 'Church and Village' about people using the shingle area behind the Chapel as a doggy toilet loo ­ we thought that the message had got through, but alas, in the last two weeks it has started again. It almost impossible to police this situation, so we hope that the message about this anti-social behaviour will get through to those responsible and that this problem will cease.
Stephen Lynn