The Parish Magazine June 2023

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 2015, 2020, 2022,
Best Content 2016, 2021
Best Editor 2019
Best Print 2018
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Contents June 2023
THE VICAR'S LETTER, 5
THE PARISH NOTICEBOARD
— Coronation Choral Matins, 7
— STAY, 8-9
— What makes June special, 11
— From the editor's desk, 11
— The Persecuted Commonwealth, 13
— Food Banks, 15
— Claude's View from the Pew, 15
— Standing firm in faith, 17
FEATURES
— Understanding faith, 19
— Where are the butterflies, 21
— Parish celebrations 22-23
—around the villages
— 30 years of Christmas gifts, 25
— FoStAC garden party, 25
— Open for tennis trials, 25
— Parallel Windsor Festival, 25
— Sonning rounders match, 25
— Sonning Glebe WI gardening, 25
— Sonning School update, 27
— A Crest for the King, 29
— Link Visiting volunteers, 29
HOME AND GARDEN
— Meatless Medieval tart, 31
— Check for hedgehogs, 33
THE ARTS
— Book reviews, 33
— Tintoretto, 35
— Poetry Corner, 35
health
— Helping the nearly well, 37
— 500 healthy heart steps, 37
— Go to work on an egg, 37
history, 37
PUZZLE PAGE, 39
children's page, 42
information
— Church services, 3
— From the registers, 3
— Local Trades and Services, 40
— Parish contacts, 42
— Advertisers' index, 42
This ISSUE's FRONT COVER
The
Parish
Magazine
June 2023 — Coronation celebrations
the church of st andrew, SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF
CHARVIL, SONNING and sonning eye SINCE THE 7 th CENTURY
The Coronation
Picture: Indy Biddulph
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 July/August
issue of The Parish Magazine is:
Tuesday 6 June at 12 noon
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Services at
St Andrew’s
Trinity Sunday 4 June
— 8.00am Holy Communion
— 10.30am Family Service
— 4pm Choral Evensong
followed by tea in The Ark
Sunday 11 June
— 8.00am Holy Communion
— 10.30am Parish Eucharist with
STAY and Sunday Club
Sunday 18 June
— 8.00am Holy Communion
— 10.30am Family Communion
— 3.00pm Messy Church
Sunday 25 June
— 8.00am Holy Communion
— 10.30am Parish Eucharist with
STAY and Sunday Club
— 5.45pm Sunday at Six in The Ark
OTHER REGULAR SERVICES
Morning Prayer is held in church
every Tuesday at 9.30am. Everyone is
welcome.
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.
From the Registers
WEDDINGS
— Saturday 22 April, Warren Anthony Baxter and Laura Caroline Abraham
funerals
— Monday 24 April, Patricia Mary Morgan, funeral service in Church followed by
cremation at Reading Crematorium
— Thursday 4 May, June Constance England, funeral service in Church followed by
cremation at Reading Crematorium
For your prayers in June
— All getting married at St Andrew’s this year
— Students taking examinations
— The work of Relate
— Young people struggling with their mental health
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