St Marys October 2017 Magazine

ChurchofSt.MarytheVirgin
Finedon
ParishMagazine
October2017
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Vicar:
Finedon Parish Church: St Mary The Virgin
The Revd Ric ha rd Coles,
St Ma ry the Virgin Finedon, The Vic a rag e,
Churc h Hill, Fined on, Northants, NN9 5NR
01933 681 786, Mobile 07885 967 960
email: revd ric ha rdc oles@ya hoo.c o.uk
Assistant Honorary Priest Fr Peter Ba den,01832 733186
email: p .b a den36@btinternet.c om
Reader Mr Mic hael Dunc ombe, 01536 483935
email: mikedunc ombe61@gmail.com
Parish Clerk
Mrs Gill Foster Tel: 680364 (To w hom first
c ontac t for Ba ptisms and w edding s must be
mad e).
Churchwardens: Mrs Ja ne Read Tel: 680522
Mr Neil Forster Tel: 682177
PCC Secretary: Mrs Gill Foster Tel: 680364
Treasurer: Mr And rew Weatherill Tel: 682212
Magazine Editor: Mrs Ja net Millington, Tel: 681161.
email: millingtonjanet@aol.c om
(to whom all c opy should a d dressed by
the 15 th of the month p rior to p ublic ation)
Director of Music Mr Jonathan Ha rris Tel: 01933 779059,
Mobile 07791 664507
Em ail: Hjonatha n83@aol.c om
Deputy Organists
Mrs. Kathy Roberts
Mr Oliver Grigg
Choirmaster: Mr. Brya n Cha pman Tel: 398818
Tower Captain Mr Brya n Chapma n, Tel 398818
Web Site
www .fined onp hotog rap hs.org .uk/
b ellringers.html
Archivist
St Michael’s Mission Room:
Bryan & Christine Cha pman
Tel: 01933 398818
Times Of Services:
Sundays
8.00 am Holy Euc ha rist
9.30 am Pa rish Euc ha rist.
6.00 pm Evensong (1st Sund ay of the Month)
Visit us on the Web at www.stmarysfinedon.co.uk
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From the Vicarage
October 2017
I say from the Vicarage but I’ve seen preciouslittle of it lately being
caught up in the glitter and drama of Strictly, perhapsone of the most
unusual adventuresI’ve ever embarked on. Adventuresare about
discovery, and among my discoveriesso far isthat my enthusiasm for
dance isunequal to the physical giftsthat God saw fit to bestow me with;
that making something look effortlesstakesincredibly hard work; and
that the programme’senduring popularity isquite extraordinary. Lotsof
selfies, lotsof people singing the theme tune, one man at Euston did an
impression of me dancing and came rather a cropper. Oh dear.
But the programme’spopularity I think isnot only about the glamour and
the glitter and the dancing (certainly not that in my case); I think it’s
because of itsfeel good factor. Most reality showshave a darker edge to
them, particularly asthe processof elimination, necessary for the format,
reducesthe ranksone by one asthe weeksgo on. Of course, that’salso
the case in Strictly and already the highly likely prospect of being sent
home causesbutterfliesto flutter in the stomach (indeed, by the time you
read thisI may already be watching from the sidelines). But thisisnot
for fear of being humiliated; it’sbecause the experience isso joyous, so
wonderful, so captivating that we all want it to continue for aslong as
possible. And that’snot just for uscontestants: the dancers, the band,
and the crew all seem to take enormouspleasure in it aswe do.
I think it isa model for how we might live our lives: generously, riskily,
joyously out there, where even old dogscan learn new tricks.
Yoursin Christ,
Fr Richard.
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Our Worship in October
1st – 16th Sunday of Trinity
Exodus 17. 1 -7
Psalm 78: 1-7
Philippians 2. 1 - 13
Matthew 21. 23 – 32
Hymns
395 Christ is our corner-stone
379 As pants the hart for cooling
streams
468 I danced in the morning
Anthem: Psalm 84
Give me the wings of faith to rise
444 God is working
1st – Evensong
391 Blest are the pure in heart
Responses: Dunleavy
Psalm 84
216 Give us the wings of faith to rise
Canticles: Walmisley in d Anthem:
Monteverdi Cantate Domino Final
377 Angel-voices ever singing*
8th – 17th Sunday of Trinity
(Harvest Festival)
Deuteronomy 8. 7 – 18
Psalm 65
2 Corinthians 9. 6 – 15
Luke 12. 16. 30
Hymns
270 Come, ye thankful people, come
275 We plough the fields and scatter
250 All creatures of our God and
King
Anthem: Praise and thanksgiving (272) O
praise our God and King (273)
251 All things bright and beautiful
15th – 18th Sunday of Trinity
Exodus 32. 1 -1 4
Psalm 106. 1 – 6
Philippians 4. 1 – 9
Matthew 22. 1 – 14
Hymns
362 Tell out, my soul, the greatest of the
Lord
496 Lead us, heavenly Father, lead
us
502 Light’s abode, celestial Salem
Anthem: Tye O Come Ye Servants of the
Lord
546 O Worship the King, all glorious
above
22nd – 19 th Sunday of Trinity
Exodus 33, 12 – end
Psalm 99
1 Thessalonians 1. 1 – 10
Matthew 22. 15 – 22
Hymns
81 Lord, for the years your love has
kept and guided
174 (T Carlisle) Breathe on me, Breath
of God
400 City of God, how broad and far
Anthem: Purcell Thou knowest, Lord
612 We have a gospel to proclaim
29th – Last Sunday of Trinity - Bible
Sunday
Deuteronomy 34. 1 – 12
Psalms 90. 1 – 6
1 Thessalonians 2. 1 – 8
Matthew 22. 34 to end
Hymns
494 King of glory, King of peace
562 Put thou thy trust in God
604 Through all the changing scenes
of life
Anthem: Tallis If ye love me
606 Thy hand, O God, has guided
* Descant
Organ Voluntaries
1st October
G.F.Handel: Music from the Royal
Fireworks
1st October (evensong)
Jacques Van Oortmerssen: Nun ruhen alle
Wälder
8th October
H. Andriessen: Thema met variaties
15th October
J.S.Bach: Prelude and Fugue in c BWV
549
22nd October
Buxtehude: Toccata in F BuxWV 157
29th October – Bruhns: Praeludium in e
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From the Registers
Holy Baptism
27th August
Oscar James Dauncey
Harriet Jean Morris
Amelie Marie Talbot
Funerals
31st August
David Quirke
7th September .
Derek Cecil Garley, age 85
8th September
David John Read, age 74
Sue Nicholls - in memory of her
mother Vera Foster (on what would
have been her 96th birthday).
Taize Ser vice
The next Taize service will be held in
the St Mary’s Church on
Wednesday 4th October at 7.00 pm.
Everyone welcome.
Strictly comes to
Finedon
Floodlight Sponsorship
28th August
Pat & Ian Richardson - to celebrate
their golden wedding anniversary.
3td September
Sponsored by Mick & Monica Webb
10th September
Joyce Williams & family - in memory
of Bryan Williams (on the 3rd
anniversary of his death).
Mrs M Brooks - in memory of Harry
Brooks (on what would have been
their 50th wedding anniversary).
17th September
Betty, Janet & families - to celebrate
their late father Len’s 100th birthday
on 10th September.
24th September
Denis & Dorothy Howell - in memory
of Frederick Amos Howell.
Tracey & Ian - in memory of mum,
Joyce Robinson, (on the 19th
anniversary of her death).
On Sunday 17th September after the
9.30 am service the congregation was
treated to of taste of what is to come
on this year’s Strictly Come Dancing.
Fr Richard, and his lovely partner
Dianne Buswell danced a Cha Cha in
the aisle to the Eurythmics song
‘There Must Be An Angel (Playing
With My Heart).
They finished to cheers from the
congregation who scored them using
the hymn display numbers.
We wish Fr Richard and Dianne every
success and hope we will be seeing
them for many weeks to come.
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Peterborough Choral
Festival
St Mary’s Church choir will be singing
at Peterborough Diocesan Choral
Festival at Peterborough Cathedral on
Saturday 14th October at 5.30 pm.
Evensong
St Mary’s Church will be holding
Evensong on Sunday 1st October at
6.00 pm.
Evensong will be followed by light
refreshments.
M others Union
Our October meeting will be held in
the Mission Room on Tuesday 3rd at
2.30pm.
On this occasion we will be welcoming
Revd. Jason De-Vaux as our guest
speaker and any visitor who would like
to come along for the afternoon will
also be most welcome.
Finedon Local Histor y
Society
The October meeting of the society
will be on Monday 23rd October 2017
at 7-30pm. It will be held in the
Mission Room, Well Street, Finedon.
The speaker will be Roger Brown on
the History of Toys. Anyone wishing to
come along is very welcome.
Admission is £2-50 for members and
£3-50 for non members.
After the talk, light refreshments will be
served.
St M ar y’s Thursday Club
For our October meeting we are
holding a Piggy Race Night. We will be
meeting at the Band Club on Thursday
26th October 2017 at 7.45pm. First
race will start at 8pm. The cost of this
will be £1 plus bets. Anyone wishing to
join us that is not a member will be
made most welcome.
If you are interested in becoming a
member please call Louise on
07581556417 for further details.
We usually meet once a month on the
4th Thursday (evening).
We also run a mums and tots group
during school term time.
The group meets on a Thursday
afternoon at the Mission Room from
1.30pm - 3.00pm
Flower festival report
2017
When the marquees are erected for
the festival we rely on the availability
of our helpers. They were erected on
Tuesday and that night the storm
decided that the refreshment tent
should be blown nearer to the church.
I would like to thank my husband
Bryan, Bob, Steve, David, Vicky, Jean
and John for coming to the rescue,
dismantling and re-erecting the
marquee, and for all they did prior to
the weekend.
Our arrangers displayed some
beautiful arrangements 'For all the
Saints' which were really admired.
Despite mixed weather the weekend
was a lovely social time, with the usual
lovely refreshments. Thank you to
Jean, Tracey and the team. The
Sunday morning service was 'Strictly'
different, then Festal Evensong closed
our weekend. Thank you to Jonathan
and Robert for directing and
conducting this. We hope to be able to
donate approx £2,000 to church funds.
Ch r i st i n e Ch a pm a n
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Finedon Parish Council
Your Councillors:
Ray Ogle, Chairman
Laurence Harper, Vice Chairman
Terry Kendall-Torry, Planning
Malcolm Ward, also WBC
Barbara Bailey, also WBC
Sally Farrell
Gill Spencer
Gordon Swann
Stuart Cooper
Andrew Weatherill
Mike Bentley
Danny Mullen
Dennis Willmott
Finedon Parish Council has been
busy over the past few months with a
village maintenance programme that
is bringing good responses from the
community.
In the autumn/winter the trees about
the village, that fall under the
umbrella of the Parish Council, are
being given an overhaul.
You will have noticed already that the
playground in Banks’ Park has new
equipment and the bins have been
upgraded and is very well used.
Further refurbishment of the existing
equipment is also on the cards.
You will all have noticed a concrete
shed in the Bank’s Park. If anybody
knows any history to it, please contact
me as the Council is keen to
understand its purpose.
The Council has been experiencing
an amount of vandalism throughout
the village such as recently signs
being ripped off and fences being
broken down into Pocket Park.
The Council has to repair and replace
these things but ultimately it is the
community that pays for it through the
Precept which is paid for by you on
your rates bill. Please, if you see any
vandalism taking place, contact the
Police on 101 and report the incident
to them for action.
With the help of the community, the
Council is planning a refurbishment of
the War Memorial on the
Wellingborough Road. Much help
and support has already been given
from various community groups and if
you would like to donate towards the
refurbishment, please contact the
Clerk, as we are a bit short of our
target to enable the project to go
ahead.
The Council is also looking at
refurbishing all the railings in Banks
Park and Tainty Field but this has
proved to be a much more expensive
project than was expected. We are
currently looking for funding to make
this happen as it will make a huge
impact to the street scape in Finedon.
The Cemetery is also on the radar
with the trees being done in the
autumn/winter and general
maintenance for the unused Chapels
underway. The Council is
considering putting the Chapels to
another use. If you know of any
group that would be interested in
hiring one or both of the Chapels on a
regular basis, please let me know as
this could enable the Council to
obtain funding for the conversion
work. In one of the Chapels there is a
19 th Century Briar which needs
refurbishment and a new home.
Again, if you know of anyone that
would be interested, please let me
know.
The Council is also interested in
supporting a bypass in Finedon. We
know that Highways work is due in
respect of the A6 but feel that a
bypass would alleviate many issues
in the village. Please do not hesitate
to contact me if you are keen to
support this. A working party will
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need to be set up to drive this
forward.
The Council is trying to get the post
box reinstated that was taken away
when the Post Office closed and
Peter Bone MP is trying to put
pressure on the Post Office too. I will
keep you all “posted” with our
progress.
Please feel free to contact me should
you have anything you wish to bring
to the Council’s attention. Providing it
is within the Council’s remit, we will
try our best to make Finedon a better
place to live.
Julia Tufnail
Clerk, Finedon Parish Council
Telephone 07410 633544
Email: finedonpc@gmail.com
Website:
www.finedonparishcouncil.gov.uk
Concrete Hut
There is a small old concrete hut in
the Banks Park and it is thought that
this may date from World War 2.
Possibly a Home Guard /Fire
watchers hut. If so the Parish Council
will look at ways of preserving it for
posterity.
Can anyone out there supply any
information on this structure?
We are exploring other avenues but it
would be good if any resident could
help.
Many thanks
Ray Ogle
Chairman, Finedon Parish Council
Church of St Mary the
Virgin, Finedon
Christmas Tree
Festival
24th, 25th &
26th November
The evening entertainment
on
Saturday 25th November
will be provided by
The Rushden
Town Band ,
with Music from Films and
the Shows with a taste of
Christmas’
This will be a ticketed
event with tickets priced
at
£8.00 adults and £5.00
under 18‘s.
There will be an interval
with refreshments and a
raffle,
and start time 7.30pm
For further information,
contact Chris Butts
at
Chrisbutts
@btconnect.com
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Press Release- 1st September
2017
Police & Crime
Commissioner Submits
Business Case to Home
Office to Govern
Northants Fire &
Rescue Ser vice
Following a
successful public
consultation, the
Police and Crime
Commissioner (PCC)
for Northamptonshire
has announced that he has
submitted the business case to
the Home Office, proposing that
governance of Northamptonshire
Fire and Rescue Service transfer
from Northamptonshire County
Council to his office. If accepted,
Stephen Mold will become
Northamptonshire Police, Fire and
Crime Commissioner.
The announcement follows an eight
week public consultation in which
1212 people shared their views on
the proposed change. The
consultation sought opinions from
people from across the county,
including fire service employees,
police personnel, and staff from
Northamptonshire County Council.
The results of the consultation
showed that overall 60.8 percent
agreed with the proposal for the
commissioner to govern the fire
service, 31.7 percent disagreed and
7.5 percent neither agreed nor
disagreed. Fire service employees
were significantly in favour of the
change with 92 percent of them
agreeing to the transfer.
Police and Crime Commissioner
Stephen Mold said:
“I am very happy with the outcome of
the consultation. I’m confident this
proposed change in governance is in
the best interests of everyone in
Northamptonshire. I’m particularly
pleased that people working for
Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue
service can see the benefits of the
transfer, with 92 percent of
respondents wanting to see the
change occur.
“The governance role is not
operational, and the day to day
running of the fire and rescue service
remains with the Chief Fire Officer.
My role is to provide a strong voice
for our local communities, holding the
Chief Fire Officer to account, and
ensuring the public get an effective
and efficient service that responds to
our county’s needs.
“The fire service in Northamptonshire
has faced significant funding cuts for
a number of years. It’s my ambition
to increase investment in the service,
particularly in the frontline. If the
business case is accepted then we
can begin the journey to make this a
reality, and help make
Northamptonshire safer.”
If the Home Office accepts the
business case the change of
governance would come in to effect
from April 2018. The proposal
follows recent changes in legislation
as part of the government’s desire to
create more collaboration between
emergency services at local levels.
Police and Crime Commissioner
Stephen Mold explained:
“Having a single governance model
is a sensible proposal.
Northamptonshire Police and the
Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue
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Service already work collaboratively
and have led the way nationally on
joint working – sharing buildings,
vehicles and having joint operational
teams.
“There is scope for developing more
aligned strategic plans and increasing
this collaboration further. We would
look at opportunities for joint
attendance at incidents, providing
joint crime and fire prevention advice,
sharing more buildings and support
functions, and having joint
procurement.
“This provides us with a real
opportunity to make efficiency
savings and use those funds to
reinvest back into front-line services.”
Under the new proposals, both
organisations would remain separate
and keep their separate uniforms, and
carry on delivering separate skills.
The chief constable and chief fire
officer would continue to be
operationally independent and solely
responsible for the day-to-day running
of their own specific service and their
budgets would remain separate.
The Police and Crime Commissioner
is expecting a decision on the
proposal from the Home Office in the
late autumn.
The Business Case and the
Consultation Report are available to
view via www.northantspcc.org.uk
Townswomen’s Guild
The Townswomen's Guild will meet at
7.30 on 5th October in the Town Hall.
There will be a fish and chip supper
and a Beetle Drive.
The competition is for an insect.
Finedon Over 60’s
We meet weekly on Wednesday
afternoons at 1.45 pm until 3.30 pm at
the Bowls Club, Wellingborough
Road.
Admission £1.00 per week plus raffle.
October Programme
4th Quiz
11th Bingo
18th Jeff Stone - slide show with
music
25th Welly Ukes Ukulele Band
1st November - Bangers & Bonkers
(band).
All welcome, see you there
Finedon I ndependent Wesleyan
Church
Afternoon Tea
at the Ritz
with light entertainment
on
Saturday 14th October
2.00 pm - 5.00 pm
Cost £6.00
(ticket only)
from
Rita Stairs 01933 779133
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Evacuees Re-visit
Finedon
We, the Bailey children, Joan, Ronald,
Leslene and Jean were evacuated from
Islington EC1 to Finedon.
Joan is 7 years older than us, she went
to live with school teachers Mrs Harris
and Miss Caroline Newman. She was
with them for 3 years.
Ronald, 2 years older than us went to
Mr & Mrs Chamberlain. He stayed with
them until the end of the war.
Leslene & I went to the cottage in the
High Street to Mr & Mrs Prowse but
after a few weeks, Mrs Prowse could
not cope with us. Leslene went to live
with Mr & Mrs Williamson in Dolben
Square.
The Cottage
The cottage has 3 bedrooms and an
attic which was my bedroom. It had a
very large garden with fruit trees and
Mr Prowse grew his own veg. There
was a barn at the bottom of the garden
where the boiler was and where I had a
bath once a week.
The road outside the cottage
The chemist was on one side,
on the other was a haberdasher and
then the pub. Opposite was a bakers.
They had a large roller oven. On
Sundays all the village cooked their
roast meat, Yorkshire puds etc. At the
side of the bakers was a large yard with
hens, ducks, etc. Next door to the
bakers was a grocers.
Leslene and I went to the Infant School
at the top of the High Street until we
were 7, we then went to the Girls
Charity School
Where we played.
I was allowed to go out and play and go
anywhere in the village.
1. In the waste leather at the side of
the factory which is now a green
2. Mill Lane in the water
3. Up the lanes to the rec.
4. Sometimes to the cinema
5. Cricket field where the open cast
quarry was.
I played with the Richardson twins, so I
was always in trouble when I was with
them.
We had parcels of clothes, egg,
chocolate powder from the Canadian
Red Cross. Parties by the Italian
Prisoner of War. I remember going to
Wellingborough to see the King &
Queen and the visit by Charles de
Gaulle. The village has changed so
much since I was a little girl.
Jean
Church M onthly Draw
The results of the September church
monthly draw are as follows:
Total receipts of £248.00 are divided
equally between the winners and the
church funds. Winning numbers for the
September monthly draw are:
1st prize 161 £62.00
2nd prize 276 £37.20
3rd prize 296 £24.80
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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I n My D a y
the ramblings of Hubert James
In my day it was about this time of
year that many folk would choose to
get married. I seem to remember it
was something to do with tax that
made it a popular time. Something
about rebates I think.
Course, it did mean that the vicar was
very busy with a queue of happy
couples lining up on a Saturday. This
led to the problem of excess confetti.
In them days confetti was built to last.
Bio degradable hadn’t been invented
and there was none of this edible
confetti that you get nowadays.
So what used to happen was that by
the end of the month, tons of tiny bits
of coloured tissue got washed down
the hill. This mixed in with the falling
leaves and formed a mush that
clogged up the drains at the bottom of
Bell Hill. We ended up with a
permanent puddle all the way through
the winter.
Now then it happened that there was
a chap called Wayne Moon – an
engineer- who lived in Church Street.
Wayne got fed up with having to ride
his bike through the puddle on his
way home from the Mulso. It also
happened that his daughter was
getting married.
Now Wayne’s missus was a
hairdresser and she spent the months
leading up to the big day, trying out
various styles on the bride-to-be.
Part of the process involved liberal
use of one of the new hairdryers that
had replaced the towel as a way of
drying hair. Wayne had never really
shown much interest in hair, let alone
methods of sculpting it but he was
impressed by the power the machine
had to blow.
He disappeared off to his shed and
set to work refining a spare hairdryer,
improving its performance and turning
the blow into a fierce jet of air. The
vicar agreed to let him plug it in at the
church so that he could test it out on
the many leaves covering the
churchyard. The jet worked and he
piled up the leaves into manageable
piles without breaking into a sweat.
Come the day of the wedding,
everything went off perfectly. After the
ceremony and a few photos, Wayne
produced the jet leafer and attacked
the confetti before setting off for the
reception.
The vicar loved it and took over
responsibility for leaf and confetti
clearing. Many’s the time Wayne
would pedal by the church and spot
him dancing around in the leaves.
The old cleric would shout across,
“Look, I’m leafing on a jet Wayne!”
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God’s work and ours
This autumn, as many return to
work or education having
enjoyed at least a few weeks’
summer break, I am reminded of this
famous and beautifully crafted prayer;
Jesus, Master Carpenter of Nazareth,
who on the cross through wood and
nails did work our whole salvation,
wield well your tools in this your
workshop,
that we who come to you rough hewn
may by your hands be fashioned to a
truer beauty and a greater usefulness;
for the honour of your holy name.
Amen.
It uses Jesus’ earthly profession to
celebrate his life-saving death and
reflect on his ongoing work, carpenterlike
reshaping the world. However, I
find it a challenge to think that we are
his “raw material” and his “work in
progress” is us! The desire that we
might be useful and attractive in his
service resonates deeply with our own
longing to be better disciples, not least
in our daily working lives.
This prayer always reminds me of
the equally famously practical words
of St Theresa of Avila;
“Christ has no body now but yours,
no hands, no feet on earth but yours.
Yours are the eyes through which he
looks compassion on the world.
Yours are the feet with which he walks
to do good.
Yours are the hands with which he
blesses all the world.”
people who allow God to do things
to them so they might do things for
other people”. As a bishop I have
the great excitement of meeting lots
of people whom God is changing
and who are making a difference to
their communities. You are those
people, Christ’s body here on earth.
May God continue to bless His
work in us.
With my love, prayers and best
wishes,
Someone once said “Christians are
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T own D iary
October
2nd
3rd
5th
7th
14th
15th
17th
RBL First WW through the magic lantern,
Kevin Varty
9.45 Coffee Morning, Bowls Club
2.30 Mothers Union, Mission Room
7.30 TG Town Hall, Fish & Chip supper
with Beetle Drive
Beer & Hymns, St Mary’s Church
7.30 Autumn Barn Dance, Community
Centre
2-5pm Afternoon Tea at the Ritz,
Independent Wesleyan Chapel
5.30 Peterborough Choral Festival,
Peterborough Cathedral
6pm Wesleyan Chapel Thank Offering
service
9.45 Coffee Morning, Bowls Club
December
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
8th
13th
17th
18th
TG Christmas Party with entertainment,
Jonathan Reynolds and friends
St Mary’s Church, Wassail Evening,
Bowls Club.
11-2pm Wesleyan Chapel Christmas
Bazaar
6pm Advent Carol Service, St Mary’s
Church
RBL Quiz night with Meat Raffle
RBL Christmas Party
7pm Carol Concert in aid of and
organised by Nepal Youth Foundation
4pm Christingle Service, St Mary’s
Church
7pm Christmas Carol Service, St Mary’s
Church
23rd
7.30 History Society, Mission Room,
The History of Toys.
23rd
4.30pm Come & Sing Handel’s
Messiah Part One with Carols, St Mary’s
Church (2pm Rehearsal)
28th
31st
Jonathan Reynolds presents ‘Finedon’s
got talent too’
9.45 Coffee Morning, Bowls Club
January 2018
7th
6pm Epiphany Carol Service, St Mary’s
Church
November
11th
7.30 TG New Year Party with faith supper
and entertainment
2nd
6th
7.30 TG Town Hall, Kate Wills, ‘For
those in peril of the sea’ Britain's Lighthouses.
RBL AGM
February
1st
7.30 TG Town Hall, Kevin Varty ‘Two
intriguing murders and a ghost story’
March
24/26th
Christmas Tree Festival, St Mary’s
Church
1st
7.30 TG Town Hall, AGM and Geoff
Stone, slides with music
26th
11-3 Christmas Market & Craft Fair,
Community Centre
April
27th
7.30 History Society, Mission Room
AGM
5th
7.30 TG Town Hall, Flower
Demonstration
St M ichael’s M ission 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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