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FEATURE Can you be a Friend to St Dunstan’s? A question posed to us all in Cranbrook by John Williams, membership secretary of the church’s friends’ group; “How would you feel if you found St Dunstan’s Church in the same dilapidated state as the Providence Chapel?” Why, I wonder, should the relatively few worshippers who regularly attend the church bear the brunt of the considerable expenditure involved in keeping such a magnificent building in a good state of repair? Indeed, some Christians might argue that they would be freer to celebrate their faith without the encumbrance of having to maintain any church building. St Dunstan’s, together with the windmill, must be of considerable help in contributing to the significant level of tourism within the town. I think that most of us like to know that the building is there, even if we do not go through the doors very often. Many of us like to look at the time on the clock, hear the bells ringing in the tower, attend the occasional wedding, funeral, memorial service or baptism, or the annual Remembrance Day service. We take it for granted that the church will always be there. I know that our vicar would like to open up the building even more, so that it can be a real focal point for all the Cranbrook community, as it would have been centuries ago. HOW TO HELP How can we help? We could all become Friends of St Dunstan’s (FOSTD)! We are not committing ourselves to spending hours in church, but simply wanting to help keep the building safe, clean, dry and open, and to be ever more beautiful for generations to come. A minimum donation of £12 per person per year would really encourage the small committee of trustees to continue their work, helping keep the church building open and available to the wider community. In recent years, FOSTD have, amongst other projects, contributed money to the various projects of St Dunstan’s Parochial Church Council. They include maintaining the fabric of the building, helping to aid the recent restoration of the tower, and the renewal of the lighting and rewiring. FOSTD have also helped with funding for the restoration of windows and memorials, repairs to the roof, stonework and noticeboards. Funds have helped to pay for the overhaul of the clock, create the Millennium Book, maintain the organ, purchase a grand piano, install CCTV, repair the heating, refurbish a chapel and porch, provide pew cushions, and published church guides and histories. The trustees organise concerts during warmer weather at 1pm on the first Thursday of each month from March to October, this year starting on March 3rd, to which all are welcome without charge. There is a retiring collection for the friends’ work. If you could help, please chat to one of the trustees (on the Friends’ website) or contact; FOSTD Membership Secretary, Church House, Stone Street, Cranbrook, TN17 3HA. John Williams The Cake • Spring 2022 25
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