This week we celebrate, along with the hardworking farmers of the UK, the rich harvest that has been taken in.

Traditionally, in medieval times, harvest was one of the great celebrations of the year, the whole village would work in the fields to bring in the crops, the animals that could not be fed over winter were slaughtered, and foodstuffs that would not keep fresh were preserved. There was great celebrations and feasting before the first frosts of autumn and the snows of winter, when the nights were long and dark.

There is plenty for most of us in the UK, but this is also the time to think of those who don’t have regular supplies of food, and to whom a bad harvest can mean starvation. We feature this week the charity Operation AGRI, which celebrates their 60th year of helping people establish good and sustainable crops enabling them to have a reasonable reassurance of life.

May God bless you this week.

Hearsall at Home is written and presented this week by Andy Thompson, with additional material from Jan Clemmons and Rev David Sutcliffe

The readers were Lin Wallace, Anne Thompson and David Sutcliffe

Music and songs by Martin Prue, Joan Cobb, Seb Farrell, Nick Leonard, Fran Pritchard and John Pettifer.

The written download was compiled by Jackie Pritchard and can be downloaded on this link.

Post Production was by Andy Thompson.

Incidental music by Zapsplat.com.

Hearsall at Home is brought to you by the members and friends of Hearsall Baptist Church, Coventry, UK City of Culture 2021.