The Parish Magazine July and August 2023

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18 The Parish Magazine - July/August 2023 feature — 2 Please mention The Parish Magazine when responding to advertisements Homecare you can rely on Our local team of care professionals can help with: • Meal Preparation • Medication • Personal Care • Companionship • Help around the home • And much more… To find out more call or visit: 01182 371 573 goodoakshomecare.co.uk/ reading Planning Your Traditional Wedding? Then you might like to discuss the possibility of marriage in our ancient and beautiful parish church. If so, call the vicar, Jamie 0118 969 3298 He will be pleased to help! ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN Our talented team of Architects and Designers offer the following services to make your vision a reality: Free Initial Consultation Concept Design 3D Modelling Loft Conversions - Extensions - New Builds Planning Applications Permitted Development Applications Building Regulation Applications In addition to the stunning and historic location in Sonning, we will work hard to provide you with a memorable and moving occasion. We can provide a choir, organ, peal of eight bells, beautiful flowers, over 100 lit candles set in ornate Victorian chandeliers and the use of our beautiful churchyard as a backdrop for your photographs. the church of st andrew SERVING CHARVIL, SONNING & sonning eye since the 7 th century Tender / Construction Production Information Project Management E: info@cblsconsultants.co.uk T: 07980394261 www.cblsconsultants.co.uk Church of St Andrew Serving Sonning, Charvil & Sonning Eye
feature — 1 The Parish Magazine - July/August 2023 19 Solving those rainy summer time blues Ironically, a good solution for parents and guardians seeking ways to relieve the boredom of children in their care during the rainy summer holidays by encouraging them to switch off their phones and computers can be found on the internet where there are hundreds of suggestions. A good example is at https://www. eparenting.co.uk/activities_for_kids/100_ screen_free_things_to_do_on_a_rainy_day.php eParenting has been online since 2004 and provides ideas and resources to help parents and schools make education not only interesting but fun. For the summer holidays it has published a '100 screen-free things to do on a rainy day', which, despite the 'e' in eParenting, means switching off the electronic devices and resorting to funpacked games, many of which their grandparents enjoyed! Parenting dates back much further than 2004 and indeed, before the 'electronic screen' which modern life revolves around for many people. Parenting was an important part of God's Creation and throughout the Bible we find advice on how to be good parents, and how they, and their children should love and respect each other. From the beginning, God blessed and encouraged families, commanding Adam and Eve to 'be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth' (Genesis 1:28). We are told that it is the parents' responsibility to teach their children God's word. We must instil 'in the heart of a child, love for our Lord Jesus Christ and the works of God'. (Deuteronomy 11:18-21) While Proverbs 6:20-22 says: 'My son, keep your father's commands and do not forsake your mother's teaching. Bind them upon your heart forever; fasten them around your neck. When you walk, they will guide you; when you sleep, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.' Parenting affects almost every life-form on Earth and in almost all non-human cases involves male and female parents. It is estimated that the proportion of animal 'species' which reproduce exclusively by parthenogenesis — that is from a single female parent — is in the order of 1:1,000. Aphids, ants, wasps, and bees are typical examples of parthenogenesis in nature. Among eParenting's free 100 suggestions for a rainy summer day, you will find making things, playing traditional games, cooking, putting on posh tea parties, puppet shows and plays, a tidying bedroom contest, undertaking science experiments, dressing up, cooking and making jewellery from recycled materials. Go to work (or church) on your bike day! Cycle to Work Day on Friday 4 August is the UK’s biggest annual cycling commuting event, and this year is its 10th birthday! The idea is to encourage workers in the UK to go to work on two wheels, not only for their own health and wellbeing, but for the world itself. The organisers, cyclescheme.co.uk said: 'It’s an event for everyone, from people who haven’t hopped on a bike since their school days to committed cycle commuters. What matters is jumping on a bike, and joining a community of cyclists sharing all that’s good about cycling to work.' Since 2019 participants have clocked over 38 million miles and saved over 6 million pounds of Carbon Dioxide. If you join https://www.lovetoride.net/cyclescheme you can log your ride, set a cycling goal, share photos and shout about your reason for riding. To find out more about the day, go to https://www.cyclescheme.co.uk/cycletoworkday … and if you don't go to work, or it's too far to cycle, but you would like to join in the spirit of the event, why not go to church on your bike!
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