The Parish Magazine March 2021

Serving the communities of Charvil, Sonning & Sonning Eye since 1869
Church of St Andrew
Serving Sonning, Charvil & Sonning Eye
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The John King Trophy and Gold Award
Best Magazine of the Year 2018
National Parish Magazine Awards
Best Overall Magazine 2020
Best Editor 2019
Best Print 2018
Best Content 2016
Best Overall Magazine 2015
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Contents March 2021
THE associate VICAR'S LETTER, 5
THE PARISH NOTICEBOARD
— A letter to the nation, 7
— On Reflection: Solomon, 9
— From the editor's desk, 9
— STAY, 10-11
— Easter Lilies, 11
— For your prayers in March, 11
— The Persecuted Church, 13
features
— Marie Curie Daffodils, 15
— Alpha is returning, 17
— Victorian Reminiscences, 19-21
— The Palm Sunday palm, 22-23
around the villages
— St Andrew's snow, 25
— Parish snowmen, 27
— Cricket from 1750, 28-29
— Anniversary Elm, 31
— Zoom in on your family, 31
— SSES cancel events, 31
— Doggerel book prices, 31
— Dame Judi at the Mill, 31
HEALTH
— Dr Simon Ruffle writes, 33
THE ARTS
— The Handmaid, 35
— World Poetry Day, 35
the sciences
— Learning from the young, 37
HOME & GARDEN
— Recipe of the Month, 37
PUZZLE PAGE, 39
This month's FRONT COVER
March 2021 — Mothering Sunday and Palm Sunday
The
Parish
Magazine
the church of st andrew, SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF
CHARVIL, SONNING and sonning eye SINCE THE 7 th CENTURY
This month's front cover breaks new
ground for The Parish Magazine in the
current format. It is the first time we
have featured a painting on our cover.
It is part of a pastel picture drawn by
Jean Hutchinson of the Sonning Art
Group which, although having to rely
mainly on Zoom meetings, continues to
set each other challenges. In this case it
was 'Dreaming of Spring.' At the time
our local rivers were torrents of flood
water, so Jean used pastels to create
her 'Spring Dream' of peace.
EDITORIAL DEADLINE
The editorial deadline for every issue
of The Parish Magazine is 12 noon on
the sixth day of the month prior to the
date of publication.
The deadline for the April
issue of The Parish Magazine is:
Saturday 6 March at 12 noon
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Services at
St Andrew’s
When this issue went to press a third
national Covid-19 lockdown was still
in force and only a weekly service was
being streamed on Sunday mornings on
Facebook at 9.30am. For more up-to-date
information about services please check
the St Andrew's website at:
http://www.sonningparish.org.uk
Or call the Parish Office on:
0118 969 3298
SUNDAY
21 MARCH
Every 10 years since 1801 (except
1941) one day has been set aside for
a census to count all the people and
households in the UK. The census is
organised by the Office of National
Statistics to provide the most
complete source of information about
the population. In England, Wales
and Northern Ireland the census is
on Sunday 21 March. In Scotland, it
has been postponed until next year
because of Covid-19.
It is the only survey that provides
a detailed picture of the entire
population and is unique because
it covers everyone at the same time
and asks the same core questions
everywhere. This makes it easy to
compare different parts of the country.
The information gathered allows
central and local government,
health authorities and many other
organisations to target their resources
more effectively and to plan housing,
education, health and transport
services. For more information about
the census:
https://www.ons.gov.uk/census
children's page, 41
information
— Church services, 3
— From the registers, 3
— Parish contacts, 42
— Advertisers index, 42
From the
registers
Funerals
— Friday 29 January Roger Cowdry,
interment of ashes in churchyard
Sunday 28 March at 1am