I have retired and don’t need to keep as many clerical shirts as when I was in active ministry. Is there somewhere I can send my shirts (secondhand but in good condition) where they would be put to good use? These are women’s shirts, but there must be men who have surplus shirts, too.

Your answer: I am sure the questioner must have a quilt group somewhere in her vicinity. Why not join them, and turn her shirts into a quilt as a reminder of her time in ministry? Years ago, a very famous cricketer had all his club ties made into a quilt as a reminder of his cricketing time.

Bronwen Laycock (Reader and quilter)
Porthmadog

Your question: Should the crib scene be removed at the end of Christmastide, or should it continue to be displayed until Epiphany? If so, should only the Magi be present and the shepherds be removed? Alternatively, if the latter, should the crib remain until the end of the season of Epiphany?

P. G.

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