St Marys August 2017 Magazine

ChurchofSt.MarytheVirgin
Finedon
ParishMagazine
August2017
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Vicar:
Finedon Parish Church: St Mary The Virgin
The Revd Richard Coles,
St Mary the Virgin Finedon, The Vicarage,
Church Hill, Finedon, Northants, NN9 5NR
01933 681 786, Mobile 07885 967 960
email: revdrichardcoles@yahoo.co.uk
Assistant Honorary Priest Fr Peter Baden,01832 733186
email: p.baden36@btinternet.com
Reader Mr Michael Duncombe, 01536 483935
email: mikeduncombe61@gmail.com
Parish Clerk
Mrs Gill Foster Tel: 680364 (To whom first
contact for Baptisms and weddings must be
made).
Churchwardens: Mrs Jane Read Tel: 680522
Mr Neil Forster Tel: 682177
PCC Secretary: Mrs Gill Foster Tel: 680364
Treasurer: Mr Andrew Weatherill Tel: 682212
Magazine Editor: Mrs Janet Millington, Tel: 681161.
email: millingtonjanet@aol.com
(to whom all copy should addressed by
the 15 th of the month prior to publication)
Director of Music Mr Jonathan Harris Tel: 01933 779059,
Mobile 07791 664507
Email: Hjonathan83@aol.com
Deputy Organists
Mrs. Kathy Roberts
Mr Oliver Grigg
Choirmaster: Mr. Bryan Chapman Tel: 398818
Tower Captain Mr Bryan Chapman, Tel 398818
Web Site
www.finedonphotographs.org.uk/
bellringers.html
Archivist
St Michael’s Mission Room:
Bryan & Christine Chapman
Tel: 01933 398818
Times Of Services:
Sundays
8.00 am Holy Eucharist
9.30 am Parish Eucharist.
6.00 pm Evensong (1st Sunday of the Month)
Visit us on the Web at www.stmarysfinedon.co.uk
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The Transfiguration
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OurWorship in August
Year A
6 th Transfiguration of Our Lord
Daniel 7. 9 – 10, 13 – 14
Psalm 97
2 Peter 1. 16 -19
Luke 9. 28 – 36
Hymns
362 Tell out my soul, the greatness
of the Lord!
2 Christ, whose glory fills the
skies
380 (Tune Camberwell) At the name
of Jesus
Anthem: How Fairest Lord Jesus
453 Guide me, O thou great
Redeemer
6th – 8th Sunday of Trinity
(evensong)
386 Be thou my vision, O Lord of my
heart
Responses: Smith
Psalm 72
15 God, that madest earth and
heaven
Canticles: Dyson in c
Anthem: SS Wesley Wash me
throughly
530 Now thank we all our God
13th - 9th Sunday of Trinity
Genesis 37. 1 – 4, 12 – 28
Psalm 105. 1 – 10
Romans 10. 5 – 15
Matthew14. 22 – 33
Hymns
621 Who would true valour see
391 Blest are the pure in heart
437 (Tune 362 Woodlands) Go forth
and tell! O Church of God
awake!
Anthem: Franck Panis Angelicus
467 How sweet the name of Jesus
sounds
20th - 10th Sunday of Trinity
Gen 45. 1 – 15
Psalm 133
Romans 11, 1 – 2a, 29 – 32
Matthew 15. (10- 20), 21- 28
Hymns
490 (Tune Truro) Jesus shall reign
where’er the sun
383 Be still, for the presence of the
Lord, the Holy One, is here
377 Angel-voices ever singing *
Anthem: Nunc Dimittis (Purcell in G)
555 Praise, my soul, the King of
heaven *
27th - 11th Sunday of Trinity
Exodus1. 8 -2. 10
Psalm 124
Romans 12. 1 – 8
Matthew 16. 13 - 20
469 I heard the voice of Jesus say
494 King of glory, King of peace
585 The church’s one foundation
Anthem: Magnificat (Purcell in G)
549 Onwards Christian soldiers
* Descant
Organ Voluntaries following the
9.30am services
6th August – Henry Purcell: Trumpet
Tune in D
13th August – Jan Pieterszoon
Sweelinck: Variations on ‘Balletto del
granduca’
20th August – Girolamo Frescobaldi:
Chromatic Toccata for the Elevation
27th August – William Walond:
Cornet Voluntary
Organ Voluntaries following
evensong
6th August – Dietrich Buxtehude:
Passacaglia in d BuxWV 161
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From the Registers
Holy Baptism
25th June
Florence Grace Pettitt
Ivy Mae Jillings
9th July
Tahlia Faith Wilson
Martha Maggie Gardner
Floodlight Sponsorship
2nd July
Brian & Jean Wills - to celebrate their
Golden Wedding anniversary.
Ian, Sue, Irene & Susan - in memory
of Jack Collis.
The grandchildren & great
grandchildren - in memory of Jack
Collis.
Bettie, Lynden, Ian & Emily - in
memory of their darling Gillian
(on what would have been her
birthday) .
9th July
Carole Mitchell - in memory of her late
husband Peter Heywood
(on what would have been their Silver
Wedding anniversary).
Christine & Bryan Chapman, David &
Mary Wilson - to celebrate the
christening of their granddaughter
Tahlia Faith.
Debbie Cox - in memory or her mum
Iris Cox (on what would have been
her birthday).
16th July
Mrs M Brooks - in memory of mum
dad and the Curtis family.
23rd July
Joyce Williams - in memory of Bryan
(on what would have been their 55th
wedding anniversary.
Trevor Bivens & family - in memory of
Kathleen Bivens (on what would have
been her birthday).
Jacqui, Peter & Edward Minchinton -
to celebrate Simon’s wedding on
22nd July.
Nina Beetson - in memory of Donald
Beetson for 25th July
30th July
Sally, Ken & Chris Farrell - in memory
of a dear daughter & sister (on what
would have been her 45th birthday).
The Minney family -in memory of
mum Bet (on what would have been
her 86th birthday).
A special thank you to Mick & Monica
Webb for their kind donation of
£50.00 towards the running costs of
the floodlighting from the proceeds of
their wood-craft stall at the Summer
Fete. Their on-going support is very
much appreciated.
Parish Magazine
A big thank you to Julie & Patrick
Keller who for many years have
delivered the Parish Magazine each
month. We wish them every
happiness in their move to
Derbyshire.
Taize Service
The next Taize service will be held in
the St Mary’s Church on Wednesday
2nd August at 7.00 pm.
Everyone welcome.
Evensong
There will be an Evensong Service in
St Mary’s Church on Sunday 6th
August at 6.00 pm.
Evensong will be followed by light
refreshments.
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St Mary’s Summer Fete
First of all a ‘HUGE BIG THANK -YOU’
to everyone who helped to set up and
pack away on the day. It was very
much appreciated and helped make
the day go smoothly.
With an outdoor event these days, one
thing you can never plan for is the
weather, but we were blessed with a
lovely sunny summer day with only
one small rain shower while we were
packing up.
The church in the community is what
drives us to arrange this event year on
year and it was so nice to see so
many people from Finedon and further
afield, together with the support of the
stallholders. ‘A BIG THANK- YOU’ to
you all for your support and
generosity.
The atmosphere on the day showed a
real community spirit, and it was so
wonderful so see this, especially with
the current news and events. Seeing
the children and adults alike smiling,
laughing and toe tapping. Even seeing
somebody’s ‘dad dancing’ to the
sounds from the Jazz Band , which
included their special guest Father
Richard .(If any aspiring young
musicians want to have a go, music
sessions are held at Wren School
Wellingborough on Saturday mornings
run by NMPAT contact 01604 637117
or www.nmpat.co.uk
The highlight for me had to be the Pig
Racing. Seeing those little furry pink
pigs racing down the track and hearing
people cheering their pig on just like
the Grand National.
With Finedon’s own version of ‘The
Big Painting Challenge’ (presented by
Fr Richard), the children of Finedon
Schools were given the challenge to
complete a portrait of Fr Richard, who
judged and presented prizes for the
winning entries.
Jessie Trasler age 10
George (purple class)
These fundraising events help to
support the work of our local church.
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Pantomime Sign-up
Be a part of the 2018
FCSSES pantomime
'Rapunzel' at the Star
Hall. We are looking for
children and adults
who can sing, dance,
act or even move
scenery. Join us for the
Sign Up Evening and
AGM on Monday 4th September
2017, 7.00 pm at the Star Hall for
further details. Alternatively contact
us at fcsses@hotmail.co.uk
Children must be 6 years old by the
1st September 2017 to sign up and
anyone under the age of 16 must be
accompanied by a parent/guardian.
Finedon Local History
Society
Finedon Parish Council on your
search engine.
Contact her by mobile:Julia Tufnail
07410 633544.
Proposed improvements
to the church interior.
The PCC are well aware of the lack of
facilities within the church and
propose various alterations to
improve conditions and comfort for
parishioners and make the church
more community friendly for the
whole village.
A plan of the proposals will be posted
on a notice board near to the South
door for the whole of August. A box
and response slips are provided for
your comments which will be
considered at the next PCC meeting.
The August meeting of the society will
be on Monday 21st August 2017 and
the speaker will be Roy Smart on
“The last naval hero, a local man”.
The meeting will be in the Mission
Room Well Street Finedon at 7-30pm,
admission is £2-50 for members and
£3-50 for non members, afterwards
light refreshments will be served.
Please note the meeting is a week
earlier due to the August Bank
Holiday
Clerk to the Finedon
Parish Council.
It has come to my attention that some
members of the community do not
know how to contact the Parish Clerk.
You can find all details on the Parish
notice board at the Town Hall and
from our website - just type in
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Finedon Over 60’s
We meet weekly on Wednesday
afternoons from 1.45 until 3.30 pm at
the Bowls Club, Wellingborough
Road. Admission is £1.00 plus raffle
August Programme
2nd Tricia Thompson - the life and
music of Rodgers and
Hammerstein.
9th Hoy!
16th Mell - Armchair Exercises
23rd Afternoon at the Races.
30th Bingo
All welcome, see you there.
St Mary's Thursday
Club
Our next meeting will be held on
August 24th 2017. We have arranged
a visit to Gallonies Ice Cream Making
at Northampton. This is at the cost of
£17.50pp (maximum) which includes
return travel to and from
Northampton, making 2 batches of ice
cream using a multitude of flavours
and colours , being served 1 scoop of
sundae and coming home with a tub
of the ice cream that you have just
made.
The mini bus will be leaving from the
bottom of Rose Hill at 6.45pm.
Tickets for this outing are limited
so anyone wishing to join us who is
not a member would need to get in
touch to check availability.
If you are interested in becoming a
member please call Louise on 07581
556417 for further details. We usually
meet once a month on the 4th
Thursday (evening).
We also run a mums and tots group
during the school term. The group
meets on a Thursday afternoon at
The Mission Room from 1.30pm -
3.00pm.
Mothers Union
A big thank-you to everyone who
came to our Strawberry Tea, which
realised a profit of £158-50.
Consequently a cheque for £160 has
been forwarded to the Mothers Union
Summer of Hope Appeal. Well done
to everyone who helped in any way.
We will not be holding a meeting in
August, so the next MU meeting will
be on Tuesday 5th September.
Townswomen’s Guild
Alistair Borland is our guest speaker
at 7.30 on 3rd August in the Town
Hall. His talk is entitled 'Bikers, Blood
and Babies'.
There will be a sales table of home
bakes, and the competition is for a
heart-shaped object.
Visitors are very welcome to attend
for a small charge of £3.00.
Finedon Independent
Wesleyan Chapel
Cream Tea
with light entertainment
on
Friday 4th August
2.00 pm to 4.00 pm
Ticket £4.00 from
Rita Stairs01933 779133
Christine Felce 01933 680609
or pay at the door
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The theme for our FLOWER FESTIVAL this year is
“FOR ALL THE SAINTS . . .”
and it will be held from Friday 15 September to Sunday 17 September.
Over the years many individuals and organisations have given their time and
talents to ensure that the festival is successful and the flower festival
committee are very grateful for all the support they receive.
This year a number of our usual helpers are no longer able to help for various
reasons and we really need new helpers to keep the festival going.
We are looking for help during the weekend with refreshments/stalls/stewards,
etc.
The stewards list will be at the back of the church in August, so please put
your name on the list if you can spare a few minutes to welcome people to the
church.
We also welcome contributions to our raffle, tombola, preserves and cakes.
If you can lend a hand in any way please speak to Christine (01933 398818)
or any member of the committee.
Smiling Is Infectious
Smiling is infectious,
you catch it like the flu,
When someone smiled at me
today,
I started smiling too.
I passed around the corner
and someone saw my grin.
When he smiled I realized
I'd passed it on to him.
I thought about that smile,
then I realized its worth.
A single smile, just like mine
could travel round the earth.
So, if you feel a smile begin,
don't leave it undetected.
Let's start an epidemic quick,
and get the world infected!
Aut hor Unknown
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The following article unfortunately
was too late for inclusion in the July
magazine so it is included in the
August magazine for information.
Police & Crime
Commissioner
Launches Public
Consultation on
Changes to the
Governance of the Fire
& Rescue Service
The Office of the Northants Police
and Crime Commissioner has
recently launched a public
consultation regarding proposals for
the governance of Northamptonshire
Fire and Rescue Service to transfer
from the Fire Authority which
currently sits in Northamptonshire
County Council, to the Police and
Crime Commissioner, who would
therefore become the Police, Fire
and Crime Commissioner. There is a
short animated film and leaflet to
explain the proposal - both can be
viewed by visiting
www.northantsfireproposals.co.uk
Stephen Mold, Northants Police and
Crime Commissioner said:
“Northamptonshire has led the way in
demonstrating how emergency
service collaboration can help to
increase efficiency and effectiveness,
and I’m determined that we build on
this work to continue to create a safer
county.
“Bringing the Police and the Fire and
Rescue Service under a single
governance model will save
significant amounts of public money
which we will reinvest into increasing
frontline services.
“We will increase funding into the
frontline by sharing premises and
combining administrative functions
and also potentially increasing the
amount we ask the public to pay by
only 3 pence per week.
“The new governance proposal will
enable us to make quicker strategic
decisions and increase our
preventative work across both police
and fire areas while giving the public
a level of transparency when it
comes to spending by the Fire and
Rescue Service that hasn’t been
available under the previous
governance model.
“Having reviewed the business case
for this proposal, I’m confident that a
change in governance is in the best
interests of everyone in
Northamptonshire. However, we
want to hear from as many people as
possible in around county their views
and concerns, to ensure they are
accurately represented as we move
forward”
The Commissioner is really keen to
hear your views and those of your
family and friends on this proposal.
To find out more and complete the
online survey please visit
www.northantsfireproposals.co.uk .
The consultation will run until
Tuesday 1 st August 2017 and is open
to all residents of the county. A postal
survey or if you require it in easy
read please is available by contacting
01604 888113
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I n
My D a y
The ramblings of Hubert James
In my day
it was about this time of year that we
looked forward to the August Bank
Holiday. Now this used to be a unique
public holiday being the only one not
linked to a religious event.
Course, things have changed and
looking back it was always a bit odd
to connect a holiday for banks with
Christian values. Course, we had
loads of actual banks in them days.
Banks for everything. Even rivers and
nurses had their own banks.
There were banks on every corner,
with loads of people willing to look
after your ten shilling postal order
from your Gran. Even in Finedon we
had several and the idea of an August
Bank Holiday was dreamed up by two
local tellers- Mr Farrar and Mr Welch
who worked for the Augustus Bank,
owned by the philanthropist Augustus
Sterling.
Most folk will have forgotten about
this small bank on the corner of
Milner Road because it didn’t last
long. It was specifically set up to look
after workers at the Glitter mine.
Now many of you will remember when
miners worked on a narrow seam of
natural occurring glitter deep under
the Pits (of course there were no
actual pits before the mine). Some of
their tunnels still exist, but the glitter
ran out quickly and now if you want
some sparkle you have to rely on the
synthetic version.
The tiny miners were happy, jolly
workers who made up little ditties to
sing to and from work and at the
glitter face. Their most famous song
was the Hi-Lo song about digging
high and low.
They were simple folk who had little
use for money but Augustus Sterling
invested their earnings wisely
ensuring they all had decent
pensions. Farrar and Welch dreamed
up the idea of closing the bank on the
last Monday in August each year and
taking miners and bank clerks on a
day trip to the seaside.
Everyone enjoyed the day out and the
miners taught the clerks the words to
their special song. Mind you when the
clerks sang it, they got the words
wrong and sang Hi-Ho by mistake.
I expect you’ve heard the song Farrar
and Welch wrote about their bank
holiday trips. It was called The Banks
of the Old Hi-Ho.
Church Monthly Draw
The results of the July church monthly
draw are as follows:
Total receipts of £251.00 are divided
equally between the winners and the
church funds. Winning numbers for
the July monthly draw are:
1st prize 262 £62.50
2nd prize 91 £37.50
3rd prize 206 £25.00
If you would like to join the monthly
draw (£1.00 per share per month)
which takes place in the church on
the first Sunday of the month, please
contact Kathy Hobbs on 01933
398794.
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New Life in Kenya
Founded by Christian dairy
farmers in 1988, Send a Cow
works hand in hand with
Africa’s poorest families. Through a
proven package of training in
farming, gender equality and money
management, we help them see the
riches in their own land. We also
provide livestock and tools, working
alongside families for three years to
help break the cycle of poverty.
In Kakrao, Western Kenya, most
people make a living from
agriculture, but struggle to provide for
their own basic needs.
Unemployment is high and families
experience hunger on a daily basis.
With high HIV rates, many families
are not only struggling to provide for
themselves, but also for the
orphaned relatives and widows they
have taken in. Their situation is
precarious. Frequently, it is women
like Caren who are striving to hold
their family’s fragile existence
together. Caren experiences hunger
on a daily basis as her farm cannot
produce enough to feed her children
and grandchildren. She is faced with
constant feelings of nausea and
gnawing hunger, made worse by the
antiretroviral drugs that she must
take to keep her HIV symptoms in
check.
With your help, and through a new
project we hope to launch this
September, we can help to change
these families’ futures. We can be
God’s hands and feet, offering
people like Caren the opportunity of
a new life and hope. We will show
them how they can make the most of
their land so they have a variety of
healthy vegetables to eat all year
round, and some left over to sell.
They will also receive the medical
assistance they so desperately need.
For further information and to
download our project video please
visit www.sendacow.org
Send a Cow are are asking
churches across the Diocese of
Peterborough to work with us to be
God’s hands and feet in this
community by making a one off
donation.
And this spring you can name the
cow that you send.
£141 could provide all the training
and resources that a whole family
needs in their first year of this three
year project.
Alternatively your church could
become a Mission Partner,
supporting and following the progress
of this community over the next three
years.
In return for your prayer and
financial gifts we would provide
prayer updates, photos and videos on
a regular basis. If you would like to
hear more about this exciting
opportunity please do contact
ann.hatton@sendacow.org or phone
01225 871920
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You make the difference!
Revd Rachel Hethington and St David’s Community Cafe volunteers
The first of June to the 7th
was National Volunteer
Week. It was a time to celebrate
all of those people who give
their time and skills as a volunteer
in Peterborough Diocese. Without
you so many things would not happen
at all.
So a huge Thank you to:
Church Wardens, Treasurers, Lay
Pastoral Ministers, Children’s
Workers, Worship Teams, Hospitality
providers of coffee and tea,
Welcomers, Volunteer Youth
Workers, Sunday School Teachers,
Home Group Leaders,
Lay Pioneers, Gardeners, Cleaners,
Flower Arrangers, Volunteer
Parish Secretaries, PCC Members,
Treasurers, Vergers, Readers,
Scout and Guide Leaders, Tiny Tot
Groups, Volunteer Transportation
(via bus and car) Days Out Organizers,
Mothers Union, Choirs, Prayer
teams and Prayer Trees, Eucharistic
Assistants, Evangelists, Pastoral
Ministers, Acolytes, Fund Raisers,
Community Workers, Open
the Book leaders, School Assistants,
Help with the Homeless, Al-
pha Course Leaders, Keyholders,
Bell Ringers, Linen Washers, Event
Organisers, Volunteers for School
Assemblies, Volunteer Business Consultants,
Parish Nurses, Food Bank
workers – gathering and distributing,
Service Organizers – and this list is
by no means complete.
Thank you to all who give in all the
ways that make churches, missions,
communities and schools work well
for the Kingdom of God.
Alive Mission Photo by Nick Clarke Media
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Tonne-up!
Inside the north door of our
parish church lies a large blue
box into which local people
anonymously donate food
supplies that are regularly taken
to Towcester Food Bank.
Abthorpe has been contributing
to our local food bank since it first
opened in 2012.
When the February
contributions were weighed our
village had donated a total of
996kg and it was hoped that by
March enough food would have
been given for us to declare
tonne-up. When the March’s
contributions were weighed they
totalled a massive 45.6kg
By Revd Paul McLeod
meaning that we had greatly
exceeded the one thousand
kilograms mark.
Thanks go to all those who help
provide much needed food
supplies for local people in crisis.
Towcester Food Bank reports that
during 2016 it provided three-day
supplies of nutritionally balanced,
non-perishable food for 1225
people. It also states that one-infive
of the United Kingdom’s
population lives below the poverty
line.
Abthorpe, St John the Baptist
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Town Diary
August
October
2nd
7pm Taize service, St Mary’s Church
2nd
RBL First WW through the magic
lantern, Kevin Varty
3rd
7.30 TG Town Hall, Alistair Borland
‘Bikers, Blood & Babies
5th
7th
7.30 TG Town Hall, Fish & Chip supper
with Beetle Drive
7.30 Autumn Barn Dance, Community
Centre
4th
2-4 pm FIWC Cream Tea,
8th
6pm Wesleyan Chapel Thank Offering
service
8th
6pm Evensong, St Mary’s Church
23rd
7.30 History Society, Mission Room,
The History of Toys.
7th
10th
21st
RBL Concert parties in WWI & Meat
Raffle
BL 7.00 Bingo, Bowls Club
7.30 History Society, Mission Room, The
Last Naval Hero. A Local Man
28th
November
2nd
6th
Jonathan Reynolds presents
‘Finedon’s got talent too’
7.30 TG Town Hall, Kate Wills, ‘For
those in peril of the sea’ Britains’s
Lighthouses.
RBL AGM
September
4th
RBL Fish & chips
7pm Pantomime Sign-up, Star Hall
26th
27th
December
11-3 Christmas Market & Craft Fair
7.30 History Society, Mission Room
AGM
7th
7.30 TG Town Hall, Social Evening with
seasonal refreshments
1st
TG Christmas Party with entertainment,
Jonathan Reynolds and friends
15th/
17th
Flower Festival, St Mary’s Church
2nd
11-2pm Wesleyan Chapel Christmas
Bazaar
17th
Wesleyan Chapel Harvest
4th
RBL Quiz night with Meat Raffle
25th
7.30 History Society, Mission Room,
Richard III and the Greyfriars dig.
8th
RBL Christmas Party
St Michael’s Mission Room, Well Street, Finedon
Available for hire weekdays, Saturdays & Sundays.
Suitable for most social functions, charitable events, children's parties (no late
discos)
For all enquiries and information contact
Bryan & Christine Chapman Tel: 01933 398818
Email: bryanchapman2@aol.com
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