Founded in 1699 – Still active
READING: Psalm 65: 1-2; 9-13 Lammas, which actually falls on 1st August, is the oldest Christian festival, at least in England, which gives thanks for the harvest. It dates from Anglo-Saxon times and was celebrated through the Middle Ages, until it fell out of favour at the Reformation. Although the secular festivities of Harvest Home

It sometimes seems that the future is bleak, with a burning planet descending into a chaos of social disintegration, environmental collapse and war as the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse ride out. But it needn’t be like this.