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Serving the communities of Charvil, Sonning & Sonning Eye since 1869 Church of St Andrew Serving Sonning, Charvil & Sonning Eye <strong>The</strong> <strong>Parish</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> - <strong>July</strong>/<strong>August</strong> <strong>2022</strong> 1 <strong>The</strong> John King Trophy and Gold Award Best <strong>Magazine</strong> of the Year 2018 National <strong>Parish</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> Awards Best Content 2021, 2016 Best Overall 2020, 2015 Best Editor 2019 Best Print 2018 information — 1 Contents <strong>July</strong>/<strong>August</strong> <strong>2022</strong> THE ASSOCIATE VICAR'S LETTER, 5 JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS — A Service to Remember, 7 — Three firsts for Bertie Buggy 7 — Jubilee Order of Service, 9 — Time for cake! 9 — Jubilee Memories, 21-25 — Jubilee Quiz, 35, 37 THE PARISH NOTICEBOARD — STAY, 10 —Christian Basics, 11 — On Reflection: Numbers, 13 — <strong>The</strong> Persecuted Church, 15 — Prayers for <strong>July</strong> and <strong>August</strong>, 15 features — Confirmation, 17 — Summer holiday food, 19 — Pray for Ukraine, 9 —around the villages — Sonning tennis juniors, 29 — Charvil Project Singers, 29 — Sonning Show, 29 — Charvil singing afternoon, 29 history, 31 HOME & GARDEn — Bee hotel, 31 THE ARTS — Rest with God, 33 — Poetry Corner, 33 — Book Review, 33 PUZZLE PAGE, 39 children's page, 41 information — Church services, 3 — From the registers, 3 — <strong>Parish</strong> contacts, 42 — Advertisers index, 42 This ISSUE's FRONT COVER <strong>July</strong>/<strong>August</strong> <strong>2022</strong> — <strong>The</strong> <strong>Parish</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> the church of st andrew, SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF CHARVIL, SONNING and sonning eye SINCE THE 7 th CENTURY A Jubilee display in St Andrew's Church Picture by Indy Biddulph EDITORIAL DEADLINE <strong>The</strong> editorial deadline for every issue of <strong>The</strong> <strong>Parish</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> is 12 noon on the sixth day of the month prior to the date of publication. <strong>The</strong> deadline for the September issue of <strong>The</strong> <strong>Parish</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> is: Saturday 6 <strong>August</strong> at 12 noon OTHER REGULAR SERVICES Morning Prayer is held in church every Tuesday at 9.30am. Mid-week Communion in <strong>The</strong> Ark is held every Wednesday at 10.00am. Tea and coffee follows the service. Home Communion at Signature at Sonning is held on the first Monday of each month at 11.00am. Visitors must comply with the care home's Covid restrictions so please check with Signature at least four days before. From the register BAPTISMs — Sunday 8 May, Sidney Christopher Clark — Sunday 8 May, Cecilia Hargreaves — Sunday 15 May, Arthur Colin Richard Moore <strong>The</strong> <strong>Parish</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> - <strong>July</strong>/<strong>August</strong> <strong>2022</strong> 3 Services at St Andrew’s Sunday 3 <strong>July</strong> — 8.00am Holy Communion — 10.30am Family Service — 4.00pm Choral Evensong Sea Sunday 10 <strong>July</strong> — 8.00am Holy Communion — 10.30am <strong>Parish</strong> Eucharist with STAY and Sunday Club Sunday 17 <strong>July</strong> — 8.00am Holy Communion — 10.30am Family Communion — 3.00pm Messy Church in <strong>The</strong> Ark Sunday 24 <strong>July</strong> — 8.00am Holy Communion — 10.30am <strong>Parish</strong> Eucharist — 6.00pm Sunday at Six Sunday 31 <strong>July</strong> — 8.00am Holy Communion — 10.30am <strong>Parish</strong> Eucharist Sunday 7 <strong>August</strong> — 8.00am Holy Communion — 10.30am Family Service Sunday 14 <strong>August</strong> — 8.00am Holy Communion — 10.30am <strong>Parish</strong> Eucharist Sunday 21 <strong>August</strong> — 8.00am Holy Communion — 10.30am Family Communion Sunday 28 <strong>August</strong> — 8.00am Holy Communion — 10.30am <strong>Parish</strong> Eucharist — 6.00pm Sunday at Six weddings — Friday 27 May, Christopher Alexander Townsend and Emma Louise Barnwell — Saturday 28 May, Dennington Jack O’Neill Wallis and Jemilla Katherine Olufeko funerals — Tuesday 10 May, Dennis Mason, church service and cremation, Reading Crematorium — Friday 13 May, Barbara Irene Jones, cremation, Reading Crematorium — Tuesday 17 May, Diane Lily Heyworth, interment of ashes in the churchyard — Wednesday 25 May, Kathleen Joyce Randall, cremation, Reading Crematorium