Naomi House is a hospice for terminally or long term sick children at Sutton Scotney near Winchester. It celebrated its 10th anniversary with a service at Winchester Cathedral on the 30th June. The Hospice serves the six counties of Hampshire, Dorset, Wiltshire, Surrey, West Sussex and Berkshire, and I was invited to attend to attend to represent Newbury.
The service was at 2.00pm and as requested I arrived at 1.15pm to be greeted at the specially erected marquee outside the east door of the cathedral by one of the trustees. Andrew Rolls the Chairman of West Berkshire was there as well as Mayor’s of most of the towns of the six counties, plus chairman of District and County Councils. The deputy Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire was also there as well as the Lords Lieutenant of Wiltshire, Surrey, West Sussex and Berkshire. The cathedral itself was full of trustees of the hospice, parents, supporters and some of the children of the hospice, mostly in wheelchairs.
The service, attended by the Bishop of Wiltshire, Michael Scott-Joynt , was not the normal order of service, more of poems, solo singing, reminiscences, interspersed with vocal pieces sung by the Broughton singers. Alistair Stewart, the TV presenter, gave his own reflections on Naomi House, comparing the love and caring of the hospice with the barbarity of terrorists and terrorism in general. The closing words were given by Khalid Aziz, the Chairman of Wessex Children’s Hospice Trust. It was a very moving service and I was pleased to be invited.
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