It was announced at Session this weekend that Jane Henderson and family are moving on from St Mark's. Her letter was greeted with sadness and a profound sense of loss. The Henderson family have done so much for St Mark's over the years that their contributions are almost impossible to quantify. Jane may the Lord bless your endeavours and here follows a letter penned by Margaret MacLarty in your honour.
Margaret writes: "Jane Henderson was the initiator of the "St Mark's Pantry". That's the word from Margaret MacLary.
"I have heard that the very first hampers were packed in her living room. Ceridwyn Jamieson was also
involved, and my sister Kay Patterson and I came on the scene only several years later.
"Jane was President of the Women's Association (WA) for the greater part of the last eighteen years, with Colleen taking over for several, and myself only briefly to give Jane a break. In November this year she announced her final retirement and marked it with an amazing Christmas lunch at her home. I am certain that few of us had ever before seen such splendidly decorated tables, and the food was delicious. The WA Committee members helped provide and cook some of that, but I know that she and her husband were busy far into the previous night.
"Jane's four "teens and twenties" boys are now becoming more independent and she is finding time again for her part-time floristry business and landscape gardening. We also have her to thank for the beauty of our garden at St Mark's, as well as many other behind-the-scenes activities. Both Jane and her sister Susan are Elders and also at Christmas time decorate the church in memory of their father. I hope that their mother, Jean Hobbs, will be able to enjoy the "flying angels" with us again this year."
The St Mark's Editorial Team.
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