As many of you will know, the Grange Fellowship was founded in 1961 when four teenage girls, all students of Grace at Hammersmith County School for Girls in west London, UK, began to attend a weekly get together in our (Grace and Martin’s) home in Chiswick, west London. At these early meetings, Grace taught the girls how to cook and this was followed by a Bible Study.
Two of that original four became stalwart members of the Grange as it grew through the years. They were Janet Morris and Ann (Schonberger) King. Recently, Janet paid us a visit. Here is a picture of Grace greeting Janet on her arrival – September 17, 2017.
Ann King, like Grace and myself and a number of other Grangers, also ended up in Canada. Ann lives not too far away from us near Vancouver. She joined us to welcome Janet.
It is now decades on from those early days of the Grange. In addition to being founder members, Janet and Ann also have something else in common – they are now both widows. Ann’s husband Chris went home to be with the Lord, following a long illness in 2015. Janet’s husband Jim went home to be with the Lord at the beginning of this year, 2017. Ann’s three daughters and their families also live in the Vancouver and Fraser Valley area. Janet’s son and daughter live in the south of England with their families within easy reach of her. Janet and Ann are definitely very involved grandmas.
Within a week of Janet’s arrival, she and Ann went off together on a Hawaiian cruise and enjoyed catching up on old times. On her return from the cruise Janet came and stayed with us. Her visit came to an end in mid October when she flew home to the UK. Here are some Hawaiian cruise pictures taken by the official cruise photographer.
Another person with a very long connection to the Grange Fellowship is Janet Hitchcock. She became part of the Grange about 1970 when she obtained a teaching job in west London. She is one of those Grangers who later emigrated to Canada and took a teaching job in the same town that Grace and I have lived and worked in here in the Fraser Valley. She stayed with the job and school that brought her here for over thirty years, the last decade of which she was the vice-principal of the school. Now retired, Janet lives a very full life volunteering in various good causes as well as helping individual people and families. In September of this year Janet celebrated her 70th birthday. A celebration party was held, attended by many friends, particularly those who were teaching colleagues over a period of three decades. Incidentally, Janet Morris celebrated her 70th birthday earlier this year and Ann will do so in early December.
Another Granger, in the person of Frances West, travelled from her home in Ontario to share Janet’s (Hitchcock) milestone birthday.
It is a great joy for Grace and me to have so many beloved friends who have brought much blessing into our lives. In that respect, we have a very large “family” and love every member of it.
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Lovely to see these lovely smiling faces… Its amazing to think that most of us Grangers are more than, or approaching..their 70’s! We can never thank Grace and Martin enough for their training. discipleship, leadership in our early days!
Evey