The Archbishop of York, the Most Revd and Rt Hon Dr John Sentamu, was joined by children from St Lawrence’s Primary CofE School to lead Harvest celebrations at St Lawrence’s church, York, on Sunday 4th October.
The Revd Jane Nattrass, Vicar of St Lawrence’s church said, “It was wonderful to be joined by Archbishop Sentamu and children from St Lawrence’s school for our Harvest Festival service. The children each brought one item of food, whether it was an apple, a potato or a carrot. To show that a little can go a long way, we’ll be taking each of those gifts and turning them into soup and apple pies for our Harvest Supper on Wednesday 7th October. We invite people who are elderly or live alone to our supper, and we hope that some of the children will be able to come along as well, to see how their little gift has made a big difference to people.”
As part of his sermon, Archbishop Sentamu threw sweets to the school children and the other people in the congregation. The people at the front got lots of sweets, and the people at the back got none.
Archbishop Sentamu said, “It was wonderful to see so many of the children from St Lawrence’s Primary School in church on Sunday, and I hope my sermon helped them to understand that there is injustice in the world. Whether you have enough to eat depends on where you are sitting, and that isn’t right! There is enough food to go round us all, but it depends on us sharing with others. May those of us who have plenty to eat be aware of those who don’t, and in a world that isn’t fair, may we be committed to the fair distribution of food.”