Each year the Lions Club hold an annual service and this year it was held in the Falklands Islands Memorial Chapel at Pangbourne College. I and the Mayoress were invited to attend as were a good number of Town Mayors and District/Unitary Council Chairmen from Hampshire and Berkshire and we were pleased to see Andrew Rowles the Chairman of West Berkshire Council attending. It was the first time I had been to the Chapel and was impressed by both the design and the memorial window which depicts the Falkland Islands with Christ’s Cross surrounded by a lively sea with the colours of blue, grey, green and yellow.
We were welcomed by the District Governor Lion and the service was conducted by the Rev Brian Cunningham the chaplain to the College. The choir was the Sacred Heart Choir. Senior Lions figures read the lessons and lead the reaffirmation of their international ethics and purposes and re-dedication.
After the service, we had tea in the college. Sitting at the trestle tables reminded me of when I was at school but fortunately it was only a passing thought but I was in some way relieved at leaving that building!
It was a moving service and I was pleased to have been invited.
We were welcomed by the District Governor Lion and the service was conducted by the Rev Brian Cunningham the chaplain to the College. The choir was the Sacred Heart Choir. Senior Lions figures read the lessons and lead the reaffirmation of their international ethics and purposes and re-dedication.
After the service, we had tea in the college. Sitting at the trestle tables reminded me of when I was at school but fortunately it was only a passing thought but I was in some way relieved at leaving that building!
It was a moving service and I was pleased to have been invited.
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