Harvest Teamwork

(JUST BEFORE THE SNOWS HIT) HARVEST TEAMWORK

Mary Green, proprietor of Lockhill Hall a Georgian House and estate in Ashcott invited Claire Laudicina (CEM volunteer), Alistair Pirrie (Missioner) and team of Harvesters to gather fruit over two mornings from the 60 year old trees in her garden. When Alistair and Lee had climbed down out of the trees we managed to collect approximately fourteen boxes of a variety of Hazelnuts, crab apples, cooking apples, conference pears, elderberries, yellow and black plums. Even the children joined in holding a sheet taught at the base of the tree for the fruit to be thrown into to avoid bruising. When the work was done, the group gave thanks for the day and shared a modest lunch in the late September sunshine. The mornings provided a good opportunity to build community, everyone working together towards the same end goal, we all felt it important that the food God provided did not go to waste. The Harvested fruit was later delivered to Paul Arblaster (Missioner) at the Bishops Palace, Wells to be sold to raise money for the Pakistan Flood Relief. The Bishops Palace had been busy Harvesting too, they managed to raise nearly £1000 from sales of their produce, we believe that approximately 10 –15% were contributions from the Ashcott Harvest.

Thankyou to Mary for allowing us to Harvest and sell her fruit, to the Harvesters Lee, Richard, Alan, Lisa, Joanna, James, Ruben and Tirza and to Tracy for delivering the boxes to the Bishops Palace.

2 Corinthians 9:10 And God who continually supplies seed for the sower and bread for eating, will supply you with seed and multiply it, and will cause your almsgiving to yield a plentiful harvest.