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Spending Net Cancer Day in Church

Dr Elizabeth
3 min readNov 12, 2024

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It’s the 10th of November, and for us Zebras, it marks the annual Net Cancer Day, celebrated worldwide. This Sunday is important for people. Remembrance Sunday gives time to reflect on many ways to commemorate the contribution of British and Commonwealth military and civilian servicemen and women in the two World Wars and later conflicts. This zebra had a lovely Sunday, spending Net Cancer Day in Church.

I had the privilege of attending the Pencaitland Church service, which began with a 2-minute silence. We heard a tribute to those who served by not one but two ministers, Rev Andrew Dick and Rev John Hunter helped all commemorate respectfully. The busy church was decorated with vases of bright red poppies. The community choir sang two beautiful songs. It was so lovely to see youngsters in the church, filling the rows were brownies, guides and cubs.

The church was a warm, inviting place, with big singing voices. I was heartened to see the interaction between the minister and the children during the service. He chatted about the significance of the poppy and the colour, walked over to where the…

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Dr Elizabeth
Dr Elizabeth

Written by Dr Elizabeth

Medical writer & editor. Love, my family, my labradors & life itself. Passionate writer, photographer. Health blogger. Phd Health Economics.

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