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Farm to table THE BUTCHER said he really didn’t want to slaughter an animal in front of the group of church people. Subscriber only	From birth to baptism BAPTISM in a paddling pool just didn’t seem decorous, said the Revd Daf Merion Jones of All Saints’, Preston, in Blackburn diocese. Subscriber only	Bell rings again in Scotland JEDBURGH in Edinburgh diocese is a mainly Church of Scotland area, says the Revd Denise Herbert. Subscriber only

Tea on the tower NOT MANY people celebrated the feast-day of England’s patron saint this year, but at All Saints’, Stradbroke, in the diocese of St Edmundsbury & Ipswich... Subscriber only	Five go singing NO AMATEUR rock group for these five young people: they sing a wide range of music a cappella. Subscriber only

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