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Church of St. Mary the Virgin,<br />
Finedon.<br />
<strong>Parish</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> <strong>June</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />
Digital Edition<br />
Finedon NGS<br />
Open Gardens
Vicar:<br />
Finedon <strong>Parish</strong> Church: St Mary The Virgin<br />
The Revd Richard Coles,<br />
St Mary the Virgin Finedon, The Vicarage,<br />
Church Hill, Finedon, Northants, NN9 5NR<br />
01933 681 786, Mobile 07885 967 960<br />
email: revdrichardcoles@yahoo.co.uk<br />
Assistant Honorary Priest Fr Peter Baden,01832 733186<br />
email: p.baden36@btinternet.com<br />
Reader Mr Michael Duncombe, 01536 723457<br />
email: michaelbex@talktalk.net<br />
<strong>Parish</strong> Clerk<br />
Mrs Gill Foster Tel: 680364 (To whom first<br />
contact for Baptisms and weddings must be<br />
made).<br />
Churchwardens: Mrs Jane Read Tel: 680522<br />
Mr Neil Forster Tel: 682177<br />
PCC Secretary: Mrs Gill Foster Tel: 680364<br />
Treasurer: Mr Andrew Weatherill Tel: 682212<br />
<strong>Magazine</strong> Editor: Mrs Janet Millington, Tel: 681161.<br />
email: millingtonjanet@aol.com<br />
(to whom all copy should addressed by<br />
the 15 th of the month prior to publication)<br />
Director of Music Mr Jonathan Harris Tel: 01933 779059,<br />
Mobile 07791 664507<br />
Email: Hjonathan83@aol.com<br />
Deputy Organists<br />
Mrs. Kathy Roberts<br />
Mr Oliver Grigg<br />
Choirmaster: Mr. Bryan Chapman Tel: 398818<br />
Tower Captain Mr Bryan Chapman, Tel 398818<br />
Web Site<br />
www.finedonphotographs.org.uk/<br />
bellringers.html<br />
Archivist Mr John Bailey MBE, Tel 680747<br />
St Michael’s Mission Room:<br />
Bryan & Christine Chapman<br />
Tel: 01933 398818<br />
Times Of Services:<br />
Sundays<br />
8.00 am Holy Eucharist<br />
9.30 am <strong>Parish</strong> Eucharist.<br />
6.00 pm 2 Evensong (1st Sunday of the Month)<br />
Visit us on the Web at www.stmarysfinedon.co.uk
From the Churchwardens<br />
<strong>June</strong> has arrived as Father Richard sets off on his Sabbatical<br />
for 3 months to begin writing his book on the next part of his<br />
life. We all shiver in our shoes. Will any of us feature in this<br />
edition. We will miss Father Richard but he will be returning to<br />
Finedon periodically.<br />
So <strong>June</strong> is going to be a very busy month as the song goes, “<br />
“<strong>June</strong> is bursting out all over “ with Church services to<br />
organise and social functions. The Celtic Mass, the<br />
celebrations of her Majesty’s official 90th birthday, ( join us for<br />
a special Celebratory Evensong on 12th <strong>June</strong>), Ad<br />
Parnessum return with another mini opera, Mozart’s Bastien<br />
and Bastienne, and finally the Church Fete.<br />
Once again the Fete will on the Green in Well Street and<br />
friends from the community have been invited to take part.<br />
Don’t miss the terrific jazz band, dancing display, Punch and<br />
Judy, cream teas, Philip’s raffle and lots of stalls. We may<br />
even manage to give the maypole an airing. The Fete is<br />
really hard work over a short period of time but the rewards<br />
are tremendous. Help and support is required in all areas.<br />
Most important of all we look forward to you joining us in<br />
celebrating Holy Eucharist on Sunday mornings throughout<br />
the month. There is a special seat waiting for you.<br />
Yours in Christ<br />
Jane and Neil
Our Worship in <strong>June</strong><br />
Year C<br />
5th – 2nd Sunday after Trinity<br />
1 Kings 17. 8 – 16. 17 to end<br />
Psalm 146<br />
Galatians. 1. 11 – end<br />
Luke 7. 11 – 17<br />
Hymns<br />
214 (Tune Hanover) Disposer<br />
supreme, and Judge of the<br />
earth<br />
542 O love that wilt not let me go<br />
585 The church’s one foundation<br />
Anthem: Elgar Ave Verum Corpus<br />
621 Who would true valour see<br />
12th – 3rd Sunday after Trinity<br />
1 Kings 21. 1 – 10. 15 – 21a<br />
Psalm 5. 1 - 8<br />
Galatians. 2. 15 to end<br />
Luke 7. 36 – 8.3.<br />
Hymns<br />
377 Angel-voices ever singing<br />
428 ‘ Forgive our sins as we forgive’<br />
467 How sweet the name of Jesus<br />
sounds<br />
Anthem: Tye O come ye servants of<br />
the Lord<br />
453 Great is thy faithfulness<br />
12th – 3rd Sunday after Trinity<br />
Evensong (RSCM Music Sunday)<br />
Festal Evensong to celebrate the<br />
Queen’s 90th birthday<br />
Introit: Handel Zadok the Priest<br />
Responses: Smith<br />
Psalm 150 (Stanford)<br />
Office Hymn: 354 God save our<br />
gracious Queen<br />
Canticles: Stanford in Bb<br />
Anthem: Parry I was glad<br />
Hymn: 369 All people that on earth do<br />
dwell (arr. Vaughen Williams)<br />
19th – 4th Sunday after Trinity<br />
1 Kings 19. 1 – 4, 5 – 7, 8 – 15a<br />
4<br />
Psalm 42<br />
Galatians. 3. 23 – end<br />
Luke 9. 51 - end<br />
Hymns<br />
505 Lord Jesus Christ<br />
496 Lead us, heavenly Father, lead<br />
us<br />
386 Be thou my vision, O Lord of my<br />
heart<br />
Anthem: Come, O thou Traveller<br />
unknown (407)<br />
411 Dear Lord and Father of<br />
mankind<br />
26th – 5th Sunday after Trinity<br />
2 King 2. 1 – 2. 6 – 14<br />
Psalm 77. 1 – 2<br />
Galatians 5. 13 – 25.<br />
Luke 8. 26 - 39<br />
Hymns<br />
601 Thou didst leave thy throne and<br />
thy kingly crown<br />
321 Rise and hear! The Lord is<br />
speaking<br />
112 My song is love unknown<br />
Anthem:<br />
557 (Tune Gerontius) Praise to the<br />
Holiest in the height.<br />
Organ Voluntaries following the<br />
9.30am services<br />
5th <strong>June</strong> – G.F.Handel: Music from<br />
the Royal Fireworks<br />
12th <strong>June</strong> – J.Stanley: Voluntary in D<br />
19th <strong>June</strong> – C.S.Lang: Tuba Tune<br />
26th <strong>June</strong> – Jeremiah Clarke: Prince<br />
of Denmark’s March<br />
Organ Voluntaries following the<br />
6.00pm evensong<br />
12th <strong>June</strong> – J.S.Bach: Toccata and<br />
Fugue in d minor BWV565
From the Registers<br />
Holy Baptism<br />
24th April<br />
Tobin James Peregrine Watson<br />
15th May<br />
Nikki Arturo Malvaez Duffy<br />
Funerals<br />
26th April<br />
Carol Cockroft, age 72<br />
Floodlight Sponsorship<br />
1st May<br />
Sponsored by an anonymous<br />
donation as a celebration.<br />
8th May<br />
Mary Shipton & Jean Wills - in<br />
memory of Nora Moisey<br />
1st Finedon Beaver Section - to<br />
celebrate their turning 33 years old.<br />
An Anonymous Donation<br />
15th May<br />
An anonymous donation -in memory<br />
of Heather Scott.<br />
St Mary’s Thursday Club - to<br />
celebrate May Parker’s 90th birthday<br />
(a founder member of St Mary’s<br />
Thursday Club).<br />
Chris & Frank Holly - in memory of<br />
Nick, a much loved son, dad and<br />
brother.<br />
22nd May<br />
Sponsored by Mick & Monica Webb<br />
29th May<br />
An anonymous donation<br />
Sunday 5th <strong>June</strong><br />
There will be no Evensong on Sunday<br />
5th <strong>June</strong>.<br />
event:<br />
Sunday 12 <strong>June</strong> -<br />
Come and Sing Choral Evensong in<br />
celebration of the Queen’s 90th<br />
birthday.<br />
Visiting singers are welcome to join<br />
us. We will have a rehearsal on the<br />
day at 4.30 pm. Service at 6.00 pm.<br />
The music is: Introit - Handel's Zadok<br />
the Priest, Responses - Smith, Psalm<br />
150 (Stanford), Canticles - Stanford in<br />
Bb, Anthem - Parry's I was glad (with<br />
vivats),<br />
Hymns - National Anthem and All<br />
people that on earth do dwell (arr.<br />
Vaughen Williams),<br />
Organ Voluntary - J.S.Bach Toccata<br />
and fugue in d minor BWV565.<br />
If you know the music, coming on the<br />
day is acceptable. Other rehearsals<br />
are the preceding Fridays at 7pm.<br />
Conductor: Robert Page. Organist/<br />
Director of Music: Jonathan Harris.<br />
Please let us know in advance if you<br />
are able to join us.<br />
Celtic Mass & Christian<br />
Meditation<br />
The next Celtic mass will be on<br />
Wednesday 1st <strong>June</strong> in St Mary’s<br />
Church at 7.00 pm.<br />
The service is open to everyone and<br />
will last for about 45 minutes.<br />
Included in the service will be a short<br />
time of reflection,<br />
If you would like to find out more<br />
about Christian Meditation or join the<br />
group, please contact Pat Peet on<br />
01933 680773 for further information.<br />
RSCM Music Sunday
St Mary's Thursday Club<br />
Our next meeting will be held on<br />
Thursday 23rd <strong>June</strong> <strong>2016</strong>. This month<br />
we will be holding our Annual<br />
Treasure Hunt. Please arrive outside<br />
the Band Club for 7.30pm start.<br />
There is a charge of £3.50 which will<br />
include your supper. If you are<br />
interested in becoming a member<br />
please call Louise on 07581 556417<br />
for further details.<br />
We usually meet once a month on the<br />
4th Thursday. We also run a mums<br />
and tots group during school term<br />
time. The group meets on a Thursday<br />
afternoon at The Mission Room from<br />
1.30pm - 2.30pm.<br />
Ad Parnassum<br />
presents<br />
Mozart‘<br />
Bastien & Bastienne’<br />
sung and spoken in English<br />
L’Offerta Musicale<br />
Orchestra da Camera di Venezia<br />
Conductor: Riccardo Parravicini<br />
Director: Maria-Lisa Geyer<br />
Finedon Buffs RAOB.<br />
Queens birthday celebration at the<br />
Community Centre 12th <strong>June</strong>.<br />
As we have not had as much<br />
response as expected there are tickets<br />
available to the general public, these<br />
will be £8.00 for adults<br />
£4.00 children.<br />
There are 2 performances 1.00 pm<br />
and 4.30 pm. Afternoon tea with<br />
sandwiches and cakes will be served<br />
at both.<br />
Tickets from Mick Webb<br />
01933 682517, money with order.<br />
Mothers Union<br />
The next meeting will be held at the<br />
Mission Room on Tuesday 7th <strong>June</strong> at<br />
2-30pm. This will be a short MU<br />
service followed by general discussion<br />
about forthcoming events.<br />
Visitors are most welcome to attend<br />
and enjoy a cup of tea with us.<br />
Date for your diary:- Strawberry Tea<br />
5th July.<br />
6<br />
Saturday 18th <strong>June</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />
at<br />
St. Mary the Virgin, Church Hill,<br />
Finedon, Northants. NN9 5NR<br />
6:30pm - Introduction & ‘Meet the<br />
Orchestra’<br />
7:00pm – Refreshments<br />
7:30pm – Performance<br />
(approx. 1 hour)<br />
Tickets: £12 (children go FREE)<br />
incl. refreshments<br />
on the door or in advance, at the<br />
church or online:<br />
www.bit.ly/BastienFinedon<br />
@AdParnassum_uk facebook/<br />
adparnassumproductions
Finedon NGS Open<br />
Gardens<br />
Summer <strong>2016</strong><br />
On Sundays 5th and 26th <strong>June</strong>, all<br />
gardens will be open from 2.00 pm to<br />
6.00 pm.<br />
67/69 High Street<br />
Constantly evolving 1/3 acre rear<br />
garden of C17 cottage (not open).<br />
Mixed borders, many obelisks and<br />
containers, kitchen garden and herb<br />
bed, and rope border. Spring garden<br />
with snowdrops and hellebores,<br />
summer and autumn borders all<br />
giving varied interest from Feb<br />
through to Oct.<br />
Home raised plants for sale. Well<br />
behaved dogs welcome.<br />
Additional evening openings at 67/69<br />
High Street only. Thursday 2nd,<br />
Thursday 9th, Thursday 16th,<br />
Thursday 23rd, Thursday 30th <strong>June</strong><br />
(5 - 8.30pm).<br />
Admission £3.50, children free. Wine<br />
& nibbles<br />
Visitors also welcome by<br />
arrangement February to September.<br />
Admission £3.50, children free. Wine.<br />
11 Thrapston Road<br />
1/5 acre cottage garden with lawns<br />
and mixed borders, gravel and paved<br />
seating areas, with planters and water<br />
features. Pergola, rose arches,<br />
summerhouse and treehouse. Mixed<br />
vegetable plot, soft fruit and apple<br />
trees.<br />
The Vicarage<br />
Built in the 90s, The Vicarage garden<br />
has many shrubs, raised beds,<br />
sculpture and ornaments and<br />
delightful summerhouse.<br />
Morning<br />
Thank you to everyone who<br />
supported me, the total raised from<br />
the coffee morning for Cransley<br />
Hospice was £535.50.<br />
Finedon Over 60’s<br />
We meet every Wednesday at the<br />
Bowls Club, Wellingborough Road at<br />
1.45 until 3.30 pm. Weekly admission<br />
£1.00 plus raffle.<br />
<strong>June</strong> Programme<br />
1st Armchair aerobics<br />
8th Bingo<br />
15th Outing to Peterborough Garden<br />
Centre<br />
22nd Mr Mitchell Music<br />
29th Tea Dance<br />
We look forward to seeing you<br />
New Parochial Church<br />
Council Members<br />
Churchwardens: Jane Read, Neil<br />
Forster<br />
Secretary: Gill Foster<br />
Treasurer: Andrew Weatherill<br />
PCC Members: Gill Barlow, Brian<br />
Brooks, Chris Butts, Bryan Chapman,<br />
Christine Chapman, Charlotte Lait,<br />
Carole Mitchell, Malcolm Needle,<br />
Philip Powis, Mary Shipton, Alice<br />
Watson, Joanne Weatherill<br />
Synod representatives:Neil Forster<br />
Janet Millington, Jacqui Minchington,<br />
Colin Needle,<br />
Marjorie’s Coffee
Royal British Legion<br />
A Candlelit Service of Remembrance<br />
to be held at The Finedon War<br />
Memorial on Friday 1st July <strong>2016</strong> at<br />
7:30pm.<br />
Remembering those Brave Men from<br />
Finedon who did not return from the<br />
Somme 100 years ago.<br />
Everyone is welcome especially any<br />
descendants of the fallen.<br />
Peter Eames,<br />
Chairman, Finedon Irthlingborough<br />
and District, Royal British Legion.<br />
Finedon Local History<br />
Society<br />
The <strong>June</strong> meeting of the society will<br />
be held in the Mission Room Well<br />
Street Finedon on Monday 27th <strong>June</strong><br />
<strong>2016</strong> at 7-30pm.<br />
The speaker will be Malcolm Deacon<br />
on “The Jurassic Way”.<br />
Admission to the evening is £2-50 for<br />
members and £3-50 for non<br />
members, the event will be followed<br />
with light refreshments.<br />
Townswomen's Guild<br />
Sainsbury’s Active<br />
Vouchers<br />
Our <strong>June</strong> meeting will be on<br />
Thursday the 2nd <strong>June</strong> at 7.30 in the<br />
Town Hall. The speaker will be Tony<br />
Noble whose topic is 'My Life on<br />
board the Royal Yacht.'<br />
For our social half-hour there will be a<br />
Red, White and Blue sales table, and<br />
the competition will be for a<br />
decorative cup and saucer.<br />
Visitors are very welcome for a<br />
charge of £3.00.<br />
8<br />
We would like to thank everyone who<br />
has generously given their<br />
Sainsburys Active vouchers to our<br />
Guide unit. Sainsburys have stopped<br />
issuing the vouchers now, which<br />
means it's time for us to count up our<br />
points and see what goodies we can<br />
use them towards.<br />
Many thanks once again, from 1st<br />
Finedon Guides.
Church of St Mary the<br />
Virgin Finedon<br />
Saturday 25th <strong>June</strong><br />
The Green,<br />
Well Street<br />
1.00 pm - 4.00 pm<br />
Hot Dogs 1.00pm-2.00pm<br />
Cream Teas 2.00pm-4.00pm<br />
Punch & Judy, Dancing Display, Jazz Band<br />
Various stalls & activities including<br />
bottle, soft toys & children’s tombolas,<br />
bric-a-brac, plants, children’s games,<br />
cakes, books, raffle & refreshments
Stephen Mold<br />
Stephen is the<br />
newly elected<br />
Police and Crime<br />
Commissioner for<br />
Northamptonshire.<br />
Stephen is happily<br />
married to Nikki.<br />
They have a<br />
young family and<br />
are seeing firsthand<br />
how<br />
wonderful &<br />
challenging bringing up children in<br />
the modern world can be.<br />
Stephen had a normal upbringing;<br />
climbing trees, playing football and<br />
then joining the Air Training Corps.<br />
This taught him tolerance, how to<br />
work with others through team-work,<br />
the importance of taking<br />
responsibility and the value of public<br />
service.<br />
Over the last 30 years, Stephen<br />
worked his way up through the ranks,<br />
from his first job unloading lorries<br />
though various senior roles onto<br />
running his own business.<br />
Stephen is passionate about making<br />
sure everyone gets their opportunity<br />
to make the most of their lives. As<br />
the Police and Crime Commissioner<br />
for Northamptonshire, Stephen wants<br />
to ensure victims are put at the heart<br />
of everything he does. He is focused<br />
on addressing the problem with<br />
alcohol and drug fuelled crime across<br />
Northamptonshire, as well as working<br />
to end domestic violence. In addition<br />
to this, he also wants to make sure<br />
that the towns and villages of<br />
Northamptonshire are safe for<br />
children and free from those who<br />
wish to harm them, either physically<br />
or online.<br />
10<br />
Stephen is committed to protecting<br />
the number of frontline officers and<br />
believes that there is an ever<br />
increasing opportunity to exploit new<br />
technologies, to enable more officers<br />
to be visible on the streets of<br />
Northamptonshire tackling the issues<br />
important to local residents; rather<br />
than being stuck at stations filling out<br />
paperwork.<br />
If you would like to contact Stephen,<br />
he can be reached at<br />
Commissioner@northantspcc.pnn.<br />
police.uk<br />
or via post at:<br />
Police and Crime Commissioner<br />
Force Headquarters<br />
Wootton Hall<br />
Northampton<br />
NN4 0JQ<br />
Church Monthly Draw<br />
The results of the church monthly<br />
draw are as follows:<br />
Total receipts of £247.00 are divided<br />
equally between the winners and the<br />
church funds.<br />
Winning numbers for the May<br />
monthly draw are:<br />
1st prize 25 £61.75<br />
2nd prize 74 £37.05<br />
3rd prize 273 £24.70<br />
If you would like to join the monthly<br />
draw (£1.00 per share per month)<br />
which takes place in the church on<br />
the first Sunday of the month, please<br />
contact Kathy Hobbs on 01933<br />
398794.
In My Day<br />
The ramblings of Hubert James<br />
In<br />
my day it was about this time of year<br />
that the days got extra long and we all<br />
wanted to make the most of the light<br />
nights so we’d leave our curtains<br />
open.<br />
Course, this would cause a few<br />
problems. You might be sitting there<br />
clipping your toes nails or enjoying a<br />
lump of cheese and a glass of cider<br />
before bedtime and some passer-by<br />
could be peering in at you. Natural<br />
curiosity; see a window you want to<br />
look in.<br />
In my day, we didn’t have any of<br />
these modern blinds. We’d never<br />
even heard of Venice let alone the<br />
contraptions they hung in their<br />
windows.<br />
And there was no way we could have<br />
got our head around the idea of a<br />
roller blind. You pull on the cord to<br />
lower it, and it stays there by magic<br />
until you give it a quick tug and it<br />
spins back up. Really? Course, these<br />
blinds are just like curtains; they don’t<br />
let the light in. Although, if you are<br />
outside and keen on shadow puppets,<br />
they can let you watch quite a show.<br />
So that was the problem. You wanted<br />
to enjoy the long summer evening but<br />
you didn’t want to be goggled while<br />
you were doing it.<br />
Now it so happened that there was a<br />
spinster lady, (you don’t get them<br />
nowadays) called Annette Shutter.<br />
She lived on the Wellingborough<br />
Road and loved the long evenings.<br />
But she was shy, she didn’t want all<br />
and sundry gawking. So she put a<br />
mind to solving the problem.<br />
Now Annette was a dab hand at<br />
crochet and she hit upon the idea of<br />
loosely crocheting curtains. She hung<br />
them in her living room window and it<br />
worked. They let in light but not nosey<br />
parkers. Other folk were taken with<br />
the idea and Annette’s curtains<br />
started cropping up all over.<br />
Now this all sounds very good but<br />
sometimes the best ideas can cause<br />
problems. Some folk strolling around<br />
Finedon, began to feel they were<br />
being watched. You’d be walking<br />
along minding your own business and<br />
out of the corner of our eye you’d see<br />
the curtains twitch.<br />
Folk realised that neighbours could<br />
be, shall we say; inquisitive and they<br />
didn’t like it. So folk blamed Annette’s<br />
invention. It got so that if she stepped<br />
outside her door, folk would have a<br />
go at her.<br />
It wasn’t pretty but she was a strong<br />
lady. She stood up for herself and got<br />
her own back by writing her story and<br />
it became a best seller. I can<br />
recommend it. Have a look in the<br />
Library, it’s called The Drapes of<br />
Wrath.
Sywell school praying with Bishop John<br />
Bishop John consecrates Sywell Primary School’s<br />
prayer garden<br />
S<br />
ywell Primary School has through, which was difficult as we had<br />
had two prayer gardens – the partially sighted children. It was a bit<br />
second one a particularly dangerous for them.”<br />
timely redesign.<br />
He knew that to continue to use the<br />
Right Reverend John Holbrook, garden they would need to do<br />
Bishop of Brixworth<br />
something to make it safe. At the<br />
consecrated the second garden in school’s governors meeting they<br />
Wellingborough.<br />
discussed bulldozing the garden to<br />
Revd Duncan Beet, Priest in make it part of the field because it<br />
Charge of Sywell with Overstone would cost thousands of pounds to fix<br />
and a Governor of the school it.<br />
explained: “The school got a grant “We didn’t feel that it was right to<br />
to build a hall five years ago – the spend that much money on the<br />
original Millennium garden was garden when we could put that in the<br />
destroyed in that process. So I curriculum.”<br />
thought, let’s make a prayer garden The head teacher paused, “But we<br />
there.”<br />
just didn’t want to let the prayer<br />
The first prayer garden was a garden go.”<br />
lovely space, populated with plants The next day Mr Lunn got an email<br />
donated by Beckwith Emporium from Julie Harrison, a former student<br />
with winding paths and five prayer who worked for Amey, the<br />
stations. The problem was it was a construction company. In her email<br />
complicated garden with lots of odd she said that she was in a position<br />
shaped flowerbeds and took a lot of where she can give something back<br />
care.<br />
to the school and asked. “Is there<br />
Russell Lunn, head teacher of the anything that you need doing?”<br />
school told of the safety issues. He said, “So I told her about the<br />
“The paths were gravel, and after a 12 garden.”<br />
while the matting started to come Julie came and had a look; and with
Tony Noble, one of the school’s<br />
governors, developed a rough<br />
plan for an easy to maintain, safe<br />
and workable area that could be<br />
used throughout the curriculum.<br />
Sywell’s head teacher talked<br />
about the amazing timing of the<br />
governors meeting and the email.<br />
“Isn’t’ that so much like God?”<br />
Amey construction brought in<br />
Ground Control, a landscaping<br />
company, to finish the job. They<br />
worked very quickly so that it<br />
wouldn’t impact the children. It<br />
took two weeks from levelling the<br />
previous garden to laying the<br />
paths, planting the boarders and<br />
installing the prayer stations.<br />
All of the garden features were<br />
gifts; some from parents and<br />
former students, and the extralarge<br />
reading chair from Amey.<br />
Neil Botterill, Church Warden<br />
and a Governor of Sywell Primary<br />
school made two of the features<br />
himself at Crane Plastics<br />
Ltd. The plastics company then<br />
donated them; the cross in the<br />
middle of the Garden and a large<br />
plastic Bible set in one of the<br />
flowerbeds.<br />
Neil pointed out the loose pages of<br />
the Bible. “At first it was a solid piece<br />
with a turned up corner to look like a<br />
page. One of the children thought “hey<br />
it’s a book, you can turn pages” and<br />
accidentally broke it. But this led to<br />
something better; we now have<br />
laminated pages for different seasons<br />
that CAN turn.”<br />
Bishop John said it best. “I had a<br />
super morning visiting Sywell<br />
School. The children made me feel<br />
very welcome. They’ve taken me<br />
around the classrooms and shown me<br />
their fabulous new hall.<br />
“But even more important, they’ve<br />
shown me a shopping trolley where<br />
they are collecting food and clothes for<br />
refugees. They’ve told me about a<br />
running event around the school where<br />
they’ve raised £1,000 for the Anthony<br />
Nolan Bone Marrow Charity.<br />
“The heart of the School is as<br />
delightful as the new prayer space.”<br />
Sat 4, Write a traditional 15th century<br />
Icon from the Discipleship Menu. Free,<br />
More info<br />
01604 887070 or<br />
liz.holdsworth@peterboroughdiocese.org.uk<br />
16, 29 Worship, Prayer, Spirituality<br />
from the Discipleship Menu. 7.30-<br />
9.30pm. One-off cost £10 registration fee.<br />
More info<br />
01604 887070 or<br />
liz.holdsworth@peterboroughdiocese.org.uk<br />
8, 15, 22, 29, Peterborough Cathedral<br />
Wednesday At One. A series of short<br />
<strong>June</strong> events<br />
lunchtime services with a talk to inform,<br />
illuminate and inspire.<br />
Mon 27, Sharing my Story from the<br />
Discipleship Menu. 7.30-9.30pm Oneoff<br />
cost £10 registration fee. More info<br />
01604 887070 or<br />
liz.holdsworth@peterboroughdiocese.org.uk<br />
Sat 11, Bible Reading Out Loud Training.<br />
10am-4pm. At St Mary's, Far Cotton,<br />
Northampton, NN4 8EZ<br />
£10 Tea and Coffee provided but please<br />
bring a packed lunch. More info 01604<br />
887048 or book at bookings@peterborough-diocese.org.uk
The Bishop of Peterborough writes<br />
The Gospel of Unity<br />
23 <strong>June</strong> was my father’s birthday. He died<br />
in 1983, but I always remember and honour<br />
him on his birthday (rather than on the<br />
December day he died, which would seem<br />
to me rather mawkish).<br />
This year on 23 <strong>June</strong> Janice and I will be<br />
on our summer holiday, walking the West<br />
Highland Way in Scotland. I’m looking<br />
forward to that. But before setting off on<br />
that week-long walk I will have used a<br />
postal vote to take part in the EU<br />
Referendum.<br />
I have already put on record three<br />
thoughts about the referendum, and I briefly<br />
repeat them here.<br />
First, I regret that we are having one. We<br />
elect a government and it is their job to<br />
govern. I am so glad that we do not practise<br />
direct democracy with plebiscites on<br />
everything. We have representative<br />
democracy where people are chosen and<br />
set apart to make decisions and lead.<br />
Second, since the government has<br />
handed the decision to us, we have a clear<br />
duty to do the research, then to think, pray,<br />
and vote. I am encouraging the diocese to<br />
observe a day of prayer on 16 <strong>June</strong>, one<br />
week before the referendum. It is important<br />
to bring this matter and our own voting<br />
intentions to God.<br />
Third, there is a real danger of a disunited<br />
country and parliament after the vote, and a<br />
real duty for all of us, but especially<br />
politicians, to work at staying united as a<br />
nation.<br />
Please note that there isn’t a fourth point:<br />
I’m not suggesting which way you should<br />
vote, nor telling you which way I am voting.<br />
That is not<br />
the job of<br />
church<br />
leaders,<br />
though<br />
doubtless<br />
some will<br />
try. Don’t<br />
listen to<br />
them. Make<br />
up your own mind.<br />
The Christian Gospel does have<br />
something very important to say on this<br />
though. It does not of course deal with<br />
whether the UK should be in some sort<br />
of economic or political union with the<br />
EU. It says something much more<br />
important. It tells us of God’s great plan<br />
to unite all people, indeed all creation, in<br />
Christ.<br />
Whatever the outcome of the<br />
referendum (and I do have a very strong<br />
view about it), much more important is<br />
that through the debate and in the<br />
aftermath we as Christians can be<br />
talking about the great unity plan, God’s<br />
plan, to bring together all people, tribes,<br />
races, and languages, to know and love<br />
and worship and bow before Jesus<br />
Christ, the King of Kings and Lord of<br />
Lords<br />
With best wishes<br />
+Donald<br />
Diocese of Peterborough - <strong>Magazine</strong> 14 Resource - <strong>June</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />
Produced by the Diocesan Office, The Palace, Peterborough PE1 1YB<br />
01733 887000 www.peterborough-diocese.org.uk
Town Diary<br />
<strong>June</strong><br />
1st<br />
2/9/16<br />
/23/30<br />
5th &<br />
26th<br />
6th<br />
7th<br />
1.45 Over 60’s Armchair aerobics<br />
7pm Celtic Mass, St Mary’s Church<br />
Open garden at 67-69 High Street only<br />
from 5.00 - 8.30 pm<br />
All Open Gardens open from<br />
2.00-6.00 pm<br />
BL Bowls Club Pauline Ellis - Clowning<br />
9.45 Coffee Morning, Bowls Club<br />
August<br />
1st<br />
13th<br />
BL Bernard Smith (County oddities)<br />
Jonathan George, 60’s night, St Mary’s<br />
Church<br />
22nd 7.30 History Society, Mission Room, Helen<br />
Crabtree - Northamptonshire Curiosities.<br />
September<br />
5th<br />
BL Meeting/Fish & chips/Meat raffle<br />
22nd Fashion Show, St Mary’s Church<br />
12th<br />
18th<br />
Buffs over 70’s afternoon<br />
6pm RSCM Festal Evensong to mark the<br />
Queen’s 90th birthday, St Mary’s Church<br />
6.30 Ad Parnassum, St Marys’ Church<br />
26th<br />
October<br />
7.30 History Society, Mission Room, Kevin<br />
Varty. The great war through the magic<br />
lantern<br />
21st<br />
9.45 Coffee Morning Bowls Club<br />
1st<br />
Belcanto, St Mary’s Church<br />
22nd-<br />
25th<br />
25th<br />
27th<br />
30th/<br />
July<br />
1st/<br />
3rd<br />
2nd<br />
10th<br />
25th<br />
Tingdene Entertainers, Billy the<br />
Musical, Star Hall<br />
St Mary’s Church Summer Fete<br />
7.30 History Society Mission Room, Malcolm<br />
Deacon - the Jurassic Way<br />
Finedon Independent Wesleyan Chapel<br />
Flower Festival<br />
Finedon Independent Wesleyan Chapel<br />
Flower Festival<br />
7.30 Flower Festival concert - Jonathan<br />
Reynolds & friends, Wesley Chapel<br />
3pm Churches Together, Hymns on the<br />
Green<br />
7.30 History Society, Mission Room, The<br />
role of Northants women in the 1st WW.<br />
3rd<br />
5th<br />
24th<br />
November<br />
28th<br />
December<br />
3rd<br />
5th<br />
9th<br />
BL Russell Attwood (Pumpkins)<br />
Churches Together Quiz Night, Wesleyan<br />
Chapel<br />
7.30 History Society, Mission Room, Roy<br />
York. Waterloo - the film industry in<br />
Irthlingborough<br />
7.30 History Society, Mission Room AGM<br />
11am-2pm FIWC Christmas Bazaar<br />
7.00 Mary’ Church Wassail Evening, Bowls<br />
Club<br />
BL Meeting/quiz<br />
BL Branch only Christmas dining out.<br />
St Michael’s Mission Room, Well Street, Finedon<br />
Available for hire weekdays and Saturdays.<br />
Suitable for most social functions, charitable events, children's parties (no late<br />
discos)<br />
For all enquiries and information contact<br />
Bryan & Christine Chapman Tel: 01933 398818<br />
Email: bryanchapman2@aol.com