There were morris dancers, a smoothie bike, lunches, tea and cake, handbell ringers, a jazz pianist, crockery smashing, a bar and a barbeque… what else would you have at a summer fete?

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On 21st June we had a ‘Teddy Bears’ Picnic’ - an afternoon party for children who had been baptised at St Leonard’s. There were games, cakes, drinks and lots of fun. And we ended the afternoon by reminding ourselves about our baptism.

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Archdeacon Annette with Junior Church at the Parish Eucharist when she looked after us during Teresa’s holiday.

Next Holy Commotion will be on the 14th July 2014 (4-5:30pm). The topic will be ‘journeys’ with lots of activities, songs, games and of course refreshments…

There’s no charge to take part, but please let me know, if you’re coming: youthworker(at)stleonardslexden.org.uk

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Well, that was a week! We have made a Holy Commotion with the Smile puppets. We drank some great locally brewed beer and sang our hearts out on a beautiful sunny Friday evening. We learned about social media and how we can make the best of the opportunities the internet affords us. We welcomed musicians from St John’s, Colchester and enjoyed a very different evening service. We worked hard, we welcomed people, we had fun, we worshipped.

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On Sunday evening we had something new for St Leonard’s.

Instead of our usual Evensong we welcomed musicians from St John’s Church, Colchester, who led us in a very different songs of praise.

We sang contemporary worship songs as part of our thanksgiving and celebration for the week, and our community – and followed that with a get together over wine and nibbles…

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