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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

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