The Parish Magazine April 2024
Serving the communities of Charvil, Sonning, and Sonning Eye since 1869
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Serving the communities of Charvil, Sonning & Sonning Eye since 1869<br />
Church of St Andrew<br />
Serving Sonning, Charvil & Sonning Eye<br />
<strong>Magazine</strong><br />
<strong>Parish</strong> Te<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Parish</strong> 1869 <strong>Magazine</strong> - <strong>April</strong> <strong>2024</strong> 1<br />
<strong>2024</strong><br />
Serving Charvil, Sonning and Sonning Eye<br />
<strong>The</strong> John King Trophy and Gold Award<br />
Best <strong>Magazine</strong> of the Year 2018<br />
National <strong>Parish</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> Awards<br />
Best Overall 2015, 2020, 2022, 2023<br />
Best Content 2016, 2021<br />
Best Editor 2019<br />
Best Print 2018<br />
information — 1<br />
Contents <strong>April</strong> <strong>2024</strong><br />
THE VICAR'S LETTER, 5<br />
THE PARISH NOTICEBOARD<br />
— Church building work, 7<br />
— From the organ bench, 7<br />
— For your <strong>April</strong> prayers, 17<br />
— STAY, 8-9<br />
— Why I am a Christian, 10-11<br />
— <strong>The</strong> Persecuted Church, 11<br />
— From the editor's desk, 13<br />
This ISSUE's FRONT COVER<br />
<strong>The</strong><br />
<strong>Parish</strong><br />
<strong>Magazine</strong><br />
<strong>April</strong> <strong>2024</strong> —<br />
155<br />
YEARS<br />
the church of st andrew, SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF<br />
CHARVIL, SONNING and sonning eye SINCE THE 7 th CENTURY<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Parish</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> - <strong>April</strong> <strong>2024</strong> 3<br />
Services at<br />
St Andrew’s<br />
2nd Sunday of Easter 7 <strong>April</strong><br />
— 8.00am Holy Communion<br />
— 10.30am Family Service<br />
— 4.00pm Choral Evensong<br />
followed by tea in the Ark<br />
3rd Sunday of Easter 14 <strong>April</strong><br />
— 8.00am Holy Communion<br />
— 10.30am <strong>Parish</strong> Eucharist with<br />
STAY and Sunday Club<br />
FEATURES<br />
— Building bricks, 15<br />
— <strong>April</strong> celebrations, 17<br />
—around the villages<br />
— Cancer Support King's Award, 19<br />
— Sonning Scouts, 20-21<br />
— Sonning Primary School, 23<br />
— FoStAC, 24<br />
— Wargrave History, 25<br />
— Sonning Village Walk, 25<br />
— D-Day update, 25<br />
— Parallel Windsor, 25<br />
— Inner World Centenary, 27<br />
— Sonning Art Group, 27<br />
— Charvil Project Singers, 27<br />
FASHION<br />
— Spring, 29<br />
HEALTH<br />
— Dr Simon Ruffle writes, 30<br />
THE ARTS<br />
— Poetry Corner, 31<br />
— TQ Tingle, 31<br />
history, 32<br />
Picture: Peter Rennie<br />
EDITORIAL DEADLINE<br />
<strong>The</strong> editorial deadline for every issue<br />
of <strong>The</strong> <strong>Parish</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> is 12 noon on<br />
the sixth day of the month prior to the<br />
date of publication.<br />
<strong>The</strong> deadline for the May<br />
issue of <strong>The</strong> <strong>Parish</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> is:<br />
Saturday 6 <strong>April</strong><br />
at 12 noon<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Parish</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> online<br />
<strong>The</strong> most recent issues can be viewed at:<br />
http://www.theparishmagazine.co.uk<br />
Earlier issues from 1869 onwards<br />
are stored in a secure online archive.<br />
If you wish to view these archives<br />
contact the editor:<br />
editor@theparishmagazine.co.uk<br />
4th Sunday of Easter 21 <strong>April</strong><br />
— 8.00am Holy Communion<br />
— 10.30am Family Communion<br />
— 3.00pm Messy Church<br />
5th Sunday of Easter 28 <strong>April</strong><br />
— 8.00am Holy Communion<br />
— 10.30pm <strong>Parish</strong> Eucharist with<br />
STAY and Sunday Club<br />
— 5.45pm Sunday at Six in <strong>The</strong> Ark<br />
OTHER REGULAR SERVICES<br />
Morning Prayer is held in church<br />
every Tuesday at 9.30am.<br />
Mid-week Communion in <strong>The</strong> Ark is<br />
held every Wednesday at 10.00am. Tea<br />
and coffee follows the service.<br />
Home Communion at Sonning<br />
Gardens Care Home is held on<br />
the first Monday of each month at<br />
11.00am.<br />
BOOK REVIEWS, 32-33<br />
THE SCIENCES<br />
Ethical Thinking, 33<br />
PUZZLE PAGES, 34-35<br />
children's page, 37<br />
information<br />
— Church services, 3<br />
— From the registers, 3<br />
— Local Trades and Services, 36<br />
— <strong>Parish</strong> contacts, 38<br />
— Advertisers' index, 38<br />
From the Registers<br />
Funerals<br />
— Tuesday 30 January, Mary Josephine (Jane) Gascoine, funeral service in<br />
church and burial in the churchyard<br />
— Saturday 3 February, Father Marcus Stewart, memorial service in church<br />
— Tuesday 13 February, Sir Oscar De Ville, funeral service in church and burial<br />
in the churchyard<br />
— Monday 4 March, Ronald Bryant, funeral service in church and burial in the<br />
churchyard
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