The Parish Magazine October 2022

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 Content 2021, 2016
Best Overall 2020, 2015
Best Editor 2019
Best Print 2018
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Contents October 2022
THE VICAR'S SERMON, 5
THE PARISH NOTICEBOARD
— Harvest motivation, 7
— Molly's 90th cake, 7
— For your prayers, 7
— Christian Basics, 9
— From the editor's desk, 9
— My favourite, 11
— The Persecuted Church, 13
— STAY, 15
FEATURES
— Further Sonning lad tales, 17-19
— Lord Shaftesbury, 21
— Harvest 2022, 22-23
— Word Smile Day, 25
— Bibles for Ukraine, 25
—around the villages
— Matt Allwright quiz master, 27
— Christmas singing, 27
— Shaw House talk, 27
— Art Club winners, 27
HOME & GARDEn
— Recipes of the month, 29
— Wasps in the garden, 29
— BBC 100 years, 29
health
— Dr Simon Ruffle, 31
THE ARTS
— Poetry Corner, 33
— Looking at nature's glory, 33
— Book Reviews, 35
— Art & Craft Fair, 35
history, 37
THE SCIENCES
— Agri-Tech on the farm, 37
PUZZLE PAGE, 39
children's page, 41
information
— Church services, 3
— From the registers, 3
— Parish contacts, 42
— Advertisers' index, 42
This ISSUE's FRONT COVER
October 2022
The
Parish
Magazine
the church of st andrew, SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF
CHARVIL, SONNING and sonning eye SINCE THE 7 th CENTURY
Photograph taken by Peter Rennie soon
after the flag was lowered to half mast
to commemorate the death of
Her Majesty the Queen Elizabeth II.
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 November
issue of The Parish Magazine is:
Thursday 6 October at 12 noon
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From the Registers
BAPTISMs
— Sunday 14 August, Mia Faith Platt
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Services at
St Andrew’s
Harvest Sunday 2 October
— 8.00am Holy Communion
— 10.30am Family Service
— 4.00pm Choral Evensong
Sunday 9 October
— 8.00am Holy Communion
— 10.30am Parish Eucharist with
STAY and Sunday Club
Sunday 16 October
— 8.00am Holy Communion
— 10.30am Family Communion
— 3.00pm Messy Church in The Ark
Sunday 23 October
— 8.00am Holy Communion
— 10.30am Parish Eucharist with
STAY and Sunday Club
— 6.00pm Sunday at Six
Bible Sunday 30 October
— 2.00am Turn clocks back 1 hour
Timfly, lovethispic.com
— 8.00am Holy Communion
— 10.30am Parish Eucharist with
STAY and Sunday Club
OTHER REGULAR SERVICES
Morning Prayer is held in church
every Tuesday at 9.30am.
Mid-week Communion in The 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.
weddings
— Saturday 20 August, Hugo Quentin George Davis and Charlotte Ann Bushnell
— Saturday 27 August, Laurence William Cann and Joanne Elizabeth Boseley
funerals
— Wednesday 10 August, Wendy Gertrude Coomber, service in church followed
by cremation at Reading Crematorium
— Thursday 11 August, Linda Hall, memorial service in church
— Tuesday 16 August, Shirley Rose Gray, service at Reading Crematorium
— Wednesday 17 August, Mavis Barbara Surridge, graveside funeral in churchyard
— Friday 26 August, Charles Martin-Bates, interment of ashes in churchyard