@Bishops Finger points noted, I don't actually have a personal problem with Creationtide on the grounds you mention, just that 'modern' accretiions don't usually go down well in the country. Odd really guven it is actually in the beauty of creation 🤔. I had not realised yours was urban poor and know some similar in Plymouth, the sort of places you want to help by not taking a fee.
Although I enjoy the 'chestnuts' and the main places I supply both know and expect them your point is a very valid one. As you say most people no longer know them (outside rural areas) and there is something a bit incongruous at an inner city congregation in an area with nothing green in sight singing about ploughing fields etc. If I have to play the chestnuts in such places it always feels rather odd, unlike a country Harvest. Plenty of thise to come soon 🤣
Conversely there is merit in reminding urban people about the sources of their food - it doesn't appear on supermarket shelves by magic!
I sometimes listen to "Farming Today" on the radio, and we usually watch "Countryfile". Both say quite a lot about the many pressures facing the farming community. There was a good bit about rural chaplaincy on yesterday's "Songs of Praise" too.
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Although I enjoy the 'chestnuts' and the main places I supply both know and expect them your point is a very valid one. As you say most people no longer know them (outside rural areas) and there is something a bit incongruous at an inner city congregation in an area with nothing green in sight singing about ploughing fields etc. If I have to play the chestnuts in such places it always feels rather odd, unlike a country Harvest. Plenty of thise to come soon 🤣
I sometimes listen to "Farming Today" on the radio, and we usually watch "Countryfile". Both say quite a lot about the many pressures facing the farming community. There was a good bit about rural chaplaincy on yesterday's "Songs of Praise" too.