The beginning of the year seems a long time ago now, but our first Deanery event was on Sunday, llth January, when we celebrated Christ's Baptism in Sherston church, painting glass jars to contain lighted candles and making paper banners, followed by a service when the candles in the jars were lit.  About forty members attended and many of them enjoyed the painting and paper.

On Friday, 23rd April, we held our annual spring cakestall at Malmesbury Market Cross to make money for our Deanery funds - it was as usual successful and enables us to hire a coach when we want to attend functions in Bristol, as we did for the Commissioning on March 25th and also for the Picnic on the Green on 18th September.

On Wednesday, 26th May, we held our Deanery Festival in Kington Langley church, and were delighted to have Rosemary Thomas with us. Kington Langley church is small and ideally suited to our small deanery. The evening Eucharist was followed by refreshments at the home of the Archdeacon of Malmesbury, whose wife, Jen, was our excellent speaker at the service.

We had a summer outing to Lydiard Park on Monday, 14th June, when we visited Lydiard House which has some interesting historical exhibits, were given lunch by members of Lydiard Tregoze branch, and a guided tour with Joan Rumming of the really beautiful and historic church, followed by a short service.

On July 7th we had our usual I.M.P.C tea party at the home of Doreen Smith in Sherston. This is always a very happy occasion, and this year we welcomed Rosemary Thomas and Pat Dale, which was a great pleasure.

We shall have our coach outing to the picnic in Bristol on 18th September, where our exhibit in the Cathedral will be Worship, and on Friday, 8th October, we have our autumn cakestall in Malmesbury in aid of Caring at Christmas, We are a very small deanery, but we do arrange quite a number of events.