You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles
YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.
Church of <strong>St</strong>. Mary the Virgin,<br />
Finedon.<br />
Parish <strong>Magazine</strong><br />
<strong>June</strong> <strong>2015</strong><br />
1<br />
50p
Vicar:<br />
Finedon Parish Church: <strong>St</strong> Mary The Virgin<br />
The Revd Richard Coles,<br />
<strong>St</strong> Mary the Virgin Finedon, The Vicarage,<br />
Church Hill, Finedon, Northants, NN9 5NR<br />
01933 681 786, Mobile 07885 967 960<br />
email: revdrichardcoles@yahoo.co.uk<br />
Assistant Honorary Priest Fr Peter Baden,01832 733186<br />
email: p.baden36@btinternet.com<br />
Reader Mr Michael Duncombe, 01536 723457<br />
email: michaelbex@talktalk.net<br />
Parish Clerk<br />
Mrs Gill Foster Tel: 680364 (To whom first<br />
contact for Baptisms and weddings must be<br />
made).<br />
Churchwardens: Mrs Jane Read Tel: 680522<br />
Mr Neil Forster Tel: 682177<br />
PCC Secretary: Mrs Gill Foster Tel: 680364<br />
Treasurer: Mr Andrew Weatherill Tel: 682212<br />
<strong>Magazine</strong> Editor: Mrs Janet Millington, Tel: 681161.<br />
email: millingtonjanet@aol.com<br />
(to whom all copy should addressed by<br />
the 15 th of the month prior to publication)<br />
Director of Music Mr Jonathan Harris Tel: 01933 779059<br />
Mobile 07791 664507<br />
Email: Hjonathan83@aol.com<br />
Deputy Organists<br />
Mrs. Kathy Roberts<br />
Mr Oliver Grigg<br />
Choirmaster: Mr. Bryan Chapman Tel: 398818<br />
Tower Captain Mr Bryan Chapman, Tel 398818<br />
Web Site<br />
www.finedonphotographs.org.uk/<br />
bellringers.html<br />
Archivist Mr John Bailey Tel 680747<br />
<strong>St</strong> Michael’s Mission Room:<br />
Bryan & Christine Chapman<br />
Tel: 01933 398818<br />
Times Of Services:<br />
Sundays<br />
8.00 am Holy Eucharist<br />
9.30 am Parish Eucharist.<br />
6.00 pm Evensong (1st Sunday of the Month)<br />
Visit us on the Web at www.stmarysfinedon.co.uk
From The Vicarage, <strong>June</strong> <strong>2015</strong>.<br />
It’s parade season: in Britain veterans in wheelchairs recall a war long<br />
past and celebrate a peace which for us still, pretty much, prevails.<br />
One chap, chest clanking with medals, shakes hands with the Prince<br />
of Wales, an informal gesture from an old soldier to a future sovereign.<br />
There was a very different parade, however, in Moscow last month.<br />
Russian troops, Russian hardware, from decorative infantry to missile<br />
launchers, marched past President Putin, standing on the Kremlin<br />
balcony looking like a Communist era leader presiding over a society<br />
expressly founded on the belief that all are equal.<br />
It’s a long way from the Soviet Union to Britain, but we too have our<br />
Great Leaders, quite a lot, until recently, with Dave and Nick and Ed<br />
on their battlebuses, delivering carefully managed speeches to<br />
carefully managed crowds, while a young(ish) woman lands hatless<br />
from the air. To the victor, the spoils.<br />
The church too sometimes seems in thrall to the cult of Leadership, with<br />
talent-management, and accelerated promotion schemes promised<br />
for the brightest and best coming into ministry now. Easy to knock,<br />
especially if you’re not in it, but the church does have a distinctive<br />
model of leadership of its own, and it’s a very different one.<br />
We follow one who serves, who gave up his power to submit to his<br />
enemies, who died a humiliating death, so we might live for glory. And<br />
if that sounds like mere pieties, it seems to really work, for busted<br />
bankers, and fired buffoons, and the deselected and unelected and<br />
rejected, the losers of this world whose ranks, sooner or later we’ll all,<br />
join.<br />
Yours in Christ,<br />
Fr Richard.<br />
3
Our Readings in <strong>June</strong><br />
Year B<br />
7th – 1st Sunday after Trinity<br />
1 Samuel 8. 4-11<br />
Psalm 138<br />
2 Corinthians 4. 13-5.1<br />
Mark 3. 20-end<br />
Hymns<br />
2 Christ whose glory fills the skies<br />
519 Make me a channel of your<br />
peace<br />
513 Lord, the light of your love is<br />
shining<br />
Anthem: S.S.Wesley Lead me, Lord<br />
362 Tell out, my soul, the greatness<br />
of the Lord!<br />
7th – Evensong<br />
Evensong (RSCM 50:50 Sunday event<br />
to mark the signing of Magna Carta)<br />
Introit: James Macmillan Give me<br />
justice<br />
Responses: Ayleward<br />
Psalm 119 (v33-40)<br />
427 For the healing of the nations<br />
Canticles: Brewer in D<br />
Anthem: Bruckner Os Justi Meditabitur<br />
447 God of freedom, God of justice<br />
14th – 2nd Sunday after Trinity<br />
1 Samuel 15. 34-16. 3<br />
Psalm; 20<br />
2 Corinthians. 5. 6-10, 14-17<br />
Mark 4. 26 - 34<br />
Hymns<br />
621 Who would true valour see<br />
477 In Christ there is no east or west<br />
557 (Tune Gerontius) Praise to the<br />
Holiest in the height<br />
Anthem: Elgar Ave Verum Corpus<br />
598 (Tune Corvedale) There’s a<br />
wideness in God’s mercy *<br />
21st – 3rd Sunday after Trinity<br />
1 Samuel 17. 32-49<br />
Psalm. 9. 9-end<br />
2 Corinthians 6. 1-13<br />
Mark 4. 35 - end<br />
Hymns<br />
494 King of glory, King of peace<br />
321 Rise and hear! The Lord is<br />
speaking<br />
386 Be thou my vision, O Lord of my<br />
heart<br />
Anthem: Tye O come ye servants of<br />
the Lord<br />
546 O worship the King *<br />
28th – 4th Sunday after Trinity<br />
1 Samuel 1 . 1, 17-end<br />
Psalm 130<br />
2 Corinthians 8. 7-end<br />
Mark 5. 21-end<br />
Hymns<br />
377 Angel-voices ever singing<br />
496 Lead us, heavenly Father, lead<br />
us<br />
435 (Tune Abbot’s Leigh) Glorious<br />
things of thee are spoken<br />
Anthem: Loosemore O Lord, increase<br />
our faith<br />
398 Christ triumphant, ever reigning<br />
* Descant<br />
Organ Voluntaries following the<br />
9.30am services<br />
7th <strong>June</strong> – G.F.Handel Music from the<br />
Royal Fireworks<br />
14th <strong>June</strong> – L.Vierne Berceuse from<br />
24 Pièces en style libre<br />
21st <strong>June</strong> – Jacques van<br />
Oortmerssen Chorale Prelude Nun<br />
ruhen alle wälder<br />
28th <strong>June</strong> – J.<strong>St</strong>anley Voluntary in D<br />
Organ Voluntaries following the<br />
6.00pm evensong<br />
7th <strong>June</strong> – Bach: Toccata from<br />
Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C major<br />
BWV 564
From the Registers<br />
Holy Baptism<br />
19th April<br />
Sophia Jade Britton<br />
3rd May<br />
Billy Karl Buckby<br />
Eddie Kane Buckby<br />
Holy Matrimony<br />
15th May<br />
<strong>St</strong>ephanie Snoad and Aaron Churn<br />
Floodlight Sponsorship<br />
26th April<br />
Sponsored by an anonymous donor: -<br />
in memory of Peter Brian Grigg<br />
(on what would have been his<br />
birthday)<br />
3rd May<br />
Jean Pidcock - in memory of Jack<br />
Pidcock<br />
Margaret Clent - in memory of Robert<br />
Clent (on what would have been his<br />
birthday)<br />
Joyce Williams - to celebrate the<br />
marriage of Jessica & Toby in<br />
Germany (attended by Emily & Sarina<br />
as Flower Girls).<br />
10th May<br />
Jeannie Chamberlain - in memory of<br />
a loving mother, fiancée & daughter<br />
Heather Scott (on the 1st Anniversary<br />
of her Death)<br />
Mary Shipton & Jean Wills -in<br />
memory of their mum Nora Moisey.<br />
31st May<br />
Bill Clarke - in memory of his wife :<br />
Jeanette (on the 1st anniversary of<br />
her death)<br />
April Collections<br />
Easter Sunday £623.56, 12th April<br />
£283.27, 19th April £379.90, 26th<br />
April £239.67.Total £1,580.40, plus<br />
standing orders of around £1,000.<br />
Come and Sing Choral<br />
Evensong - Visiting<br />
Singers Welcome<br />
As part of this year’s RSCM Music<br />
Sunday celebrations, we are holding<br />
a Come & Sing Choral Evensong to<br />
mark the 800th anniversary of the<br />
signing of Magna Carta on Sunday<br />
7th <strong>June</strong> at 6pm.<br />
The rehearsal on the day is at<br />
4.00 pm. Donations at the service will<br />
be split 50/50 between church funds<br />
and RSCM.<br />
Visiting singers are welcome to join<br />
the choir for the occasion.<br />
The music will be: Introit:<br />
Give me justice – James Macmillan;<br />
Responses – Ayleward;<br />
Psalm 119 v33-40;<br />
Hymn 427 – For the healing of the<br />
nations;<br />
Canticles: Brewer in D; Anthem: Os<br />
Justi – Bruckner;<br />
Hymn 447 – God of freedom, God of<br />
justice.<br />
If you would like to sing at this<br />
occasion please let Jonathan or a<br />
member of the choir know. Copies of<br />
the music are available in church.<br />
Songs of Praise on the<br />
Green<br />
Songs of Praise is a ‘Churches<br />
Together event on Sunday 28th <strong>June</strong><br />
at 4.00 pm on the Green outside the<br />
Mission Room, if wet inside.<br />
This will be led by the Reverend<br />
Richard Coles. It would be helpful if<br />
you could bring a light garden chair<br />
5<br />
as this event is well attended. We will<br />
be singing 8 hymns chosen this year<br />
by the ‘Churches Together’ group.
May Queen<br />
Emily Buckby was crowned May<br />
Queen for <strong>2015</strong> on May 3rd after the<br />
Church service. Her attendants who<br />
all looked delightful were Isabel,<br />
Jessica, Taylor, Abi, Hannah,<br />
Melanie, Hannah, Jarrod, and<br />
Daniel. Unfortunately the weather<br />
was a little unkind so we held the<br />
ceremonies inside the Church.<br />
The choir opened the proceedings<br />
with two melodious merry May songs<br />
sung in A cappella followed by<br />
Jacqui’s legendary mummer play.<br />
It was a little fortuitous that the<br />
weather was inclement because the<br />
Maypole ribbons had disappeared. It<br />
proved to be a great disappointment<br />
to our dedicated pole dancers.<br />
Thank you to Mrs Haworth who<br />
crowned Emily. Great appreciation<br />
to Susan Duffy who made and gave<br />
the May Queens regalia to replace<br />
the former set that had a sad end.<br />
Thank you to Christine and Muriel<br />
who created the hoops and flower<br />
baskets. Thank you to Brian and<br />
Helen for giving and providing the<br />
Hot Dogs and to six year old Jarrod<br />
for the instructions on how to make<br />
them.<br />
Anyone who can solve the mystery<br />
of the disappearing Maypole ribbons<br />
will be tremendously thanked.<br />
<strong>2015</strong> <strong>St</strong> Mary's Parish<br />
Church PCC Members<br />
Churchwardens<br />
Jane Read, Neil Forster<br />
PCC Members<br />
Gill Foster Secretary<br />
Andrew Wetherill Treasurer,<br />
Joanne Wetherill Electoral Roll<br />
Officer & Safeguarding Officer,<br />
Bryan Chapman Choir master and<br />
Ringing Master, Christine Chapman<br />
Flower Festival,<br />
Mary Shipton Mother's Union<br />
enrolling member, Carole Mitchell<br />
Floodlights,<br />
Gill Dunn Christian Aid, Malcolm<br />
Peet Mission Room Chairman,<br />
Malcolm Needle, Philip Powis, Chris<br />
Butts, Brian Brooks, Alice Watson<br />
Synod<br />
Janet Millington, Neil Forster, Colin<br />
Needle, Jacqui Minchinton.<br />
Christian Meditation<br />
The next 2 dates for the Christian<br />
Meditation evenings are on Mondays<br />
8th and 22nd <strong>June</strong> at 13 Rockleigh<br />
Close at 7.30 pm.<br />
If you would like to join us or find out<br />
more about Christian Meditation,<br />
please contact Pat Peet, on 01933<br />
680773 for further information.
Church of <strong>St</strong> Mary the<br />
Virgin Finedon<br />
Saturday 27th <strong>June</strong><br />
The Green,<br />
Well <strong>St</strong>reet<br />
1.00 pm - 4.00 pm<br />
Hot Dogs 1.00pm-2.00pm<br />
Cream Teas 2.00pm-4.00pm<br />
Punch & Judy 2.15pm, 2.45pm, 3.15pm<br />
Various stalls & activities including<br />
bottle, soft toys & children’s tombolas,<br />
bric-a-brac, plants, children’s games,<br />
Punch & Judy, cakes, books, woodwork,<br />
reptile exhibition, raffle, refreshments<br />
& the Welly Trad Jazz Band,<br />
7
National Gardens<br />
Scheme<br />
Three gardens will be open on<br />
Sundays 7th & 28th <strong>June</strong> between<br />
2.00pm and 6.00pm and at 67/69<br />
High <strong>St</strong>reet on Thursdays 4,11,18 &<br />
25 <strong>June</strong> between 5.00pm and 8.30pm<br />
In addition please note that we are<br />
'open' for group visits by arrangement<br />
from February through to September.<br />
Telephone 01933 680414 for details<br />
of Teas etc.<br />
Memories of Finedon<br />
By Charles Needle<br />
Memories are often very precious,<br />
especially the happy one, and can so<br />
easily be lost.<br />
Quite often my dear late wife Blanche<br />
(nee Lawman) would come out with<br />
some pithy little saying that no one<br />
had ever heard before. Unfortunately<br />
they were never recorded and as a<br />
consequence have been lost forever.<br />
I was born in Eadys Yard, Well<br />
<strong>St</strong>reet in 1913 and spent the first<br />
34 years there, so I was able to gain<br />
a large knowledge of the Yards and<br />
Alleys of the old town.<br />
With increasing age and having more<br />
spare time my family eventually<br />
persuaded me to write a book of<br />
memories and I must say that I have<br />
been surprised at what has come<br />
back to my mind, sometimes as a<br />
result of a simple remark or question.<br />
For instance when I was recently<br />
invited to speak at the local School to<br />
a class of children, one child asked<br />
“did you have toothpaste?” you will<br />
find my answer in the book.<br />
One must surely be amazed at the<br />
pace of advancements in every<br />
sphere of life particularly<br />
communication that has taken place<br />
in the last century<br />
I am so grateful to the Lord that he<br />
has given me the ability to use<br />
modern day means and link it with my<br />
memories so as to be able to produce<br />
this book.<br />
I can be contacted on e-mail by<br />
lcharl997@aol.com<br />
Finedon<br />
Community<br />
Centre,<br />
Wellingborough<br />
Road<br />
Lego Build & Show<br />
Weekend<br />
Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th<br />
<strong>June</strong> <strong>2015</strong><br />
10am to 4pm both days.<br />
Lego Building & Competitions,<br />
Refreshments and raffle.<br />
Come along on either or both<br />
days to see the fantastic Lego<br />
Model Displays as well as build<br />
one of the 800+ kits they have<br />
available, or design your own<br />
model in the ‘free build’ section.<br />
Please do not bring your own<br />
Lego with you. ‘They provide the<br />
Lego you provide the<br />
imagination!’.<br />
Entry £1.50 each per day or £5 for<br />
4 people. All children must be<br />
accompanied by an adult.<br />
Further information: 01933<br />
398377
Townswomen’s Guild<br />
The <strong>June</strong> meeting will be held on<br />
Thursday 4th at 7.30pm in the Town<br />
Hall.<br />
There will be no speaker this month<br />
but the committee will be arranging a<br />
Members Night, so watch this<br />
space!! There will be the usual<br />
coffee break and the competition is<br />
for a photograph " As I was"<br />
Finedon Local History<br />
Society<br />
.<br />
The <strong>June</strong> meeting of the society will<br />
be held on Monday 22nd <strong>June</strong> <strong>2015</strong><br />
at 7-30pm in the Mission Room, Well<br />
<strong>St</strong>reet, Finedon.<br />
The speaker will be Nicholas<br />
Warliker the subject is Barnwell<br />
Manor, Castle and Garden.<br />
Admission to the event is £2-50 for<br />
members and £3-50 for non<br />
members.<br />
After the talk light refreshment will be<br />
available.<br />
Find us on our website<br />
www.finedonlocalhistory<br />
society.co.uk<br />
Exhibition<br />
Our <strong>2015</strong> exhibition is now open and<br />
is called ‘Education in Finedon -<br />
Slate Board to White Board’.<br />
The exhibition is open on Saturdays<br />
and Sundays from 2.00 pm-4.00 pm.<br />
Entrance is free.<br />
Tuesday mornings are a working<br />
morning and if anyone would like to<br />
call be between10.00 am and 12<br />
noon they will be most welcome.<br />
9<br />
Join us for an evening of<br />
musical adventure<br />
as we introduce you to our show<br />
Saturday<br />
6 th <strong>June</strong> - 7:30pm<br />
The <strong>St</strong>ar Hall,<br />
Finedon<br />
All tickets £6.00<br />
For tickets please contact<br />
Sofia on 07807195345 (mob)<br />
01933 680710<br />
or email:<br />
InTheSpotlightTickets@aol.<br />
co.uk<br />
SPECIAL GUESTS<br />
Jonathon Reynolds, James<br />
Reynolds<br />
&<br />
Fr. Richard Coles<br />
Money raised will help fund<br />
a group of year 12 students<br />
going to a youth conference<br />
in Uganda
Christian Aid<br />
Christian Aid Week 10-16 May<br />
<strong>2015</strong><br />
Thank you to everyone who<br />
volunteered to distribute envelopes,<br />
collect donations and count the<br />
money donated during this year's<br />
Christian Aid week, we couldn't have<br />
done it without you. The total to date<br />
is £l,468.30,<br />
Thank you for being part of the<br />
biggest act of Christian witness this<br />
May and to turning your small<br />
change into big changes and<br />
delivering hope for communities all<br />
over the world.<br />
Your support and donations will<br />
provide cows to give women like<br />
Loko a better future, help people<br />
rebuild their lives after natural<br />
disasters and transform the lives of<br />
families living in poverty.<br />
Finedon Volta Football<br />
Club<br />
I am so sad to announce that the<br />
Coffee Mornings for the above Club<br />
held every alternate Tuesday have<br />
had to be stopped.<br />
The regulars know that I have been<br />
struggling for some time and on 21st<br />
April I told them it was the last one.<br />
Thank you all for your support over<br />
the years. The Club premises have<br />
benefitted a great deal.<br />
The Club is open on Saturday<br />
mornings for tea and coffee from<br />
9.30-11.00 am. Call in sometime and<br />
you might find me there.<br />
Again, so many thanks for all the<br />
friendship and loyal support.<br />
Connie Piggott<br />
Crazy Hats update<br />
The final total for the Crazy Hats<br />
Walk is £755 - plus a £20 donation<br />
from Barbara Wood who is over here<br />
from Michigan.<br />
Church Monthly Draw<br />
Total receipts of £257.00 are divided<br />
equally between the winners and the<br />
church funds. Winning numbers for<br />
the May monthly draw are:<br />
1st prize 193 £64.25<br />
2nd prize 110 £38.55<br />
3rd prize 114 £25.70<br />
If you would like to join the monthly<br />
draw (£1.00 per share per month)<br />
which takes place in the church on<br />
the first Sunday of the month, please<br />
contact Kathy Hobbs on 01933<br />
398794.<br />
Pinot Noir in Association<br />
with F.C.S.S.E.S<br />
Presents<br />
Two One Act Plays<br />
Round and Round the<br />
Garden<br />
(A dark comedy)<br />
And<br />
Tiny Mines<br />
(A not so dark comedy)<br />
Written by Adrian Cale<br />
At the<br />
<strong>St</strong>ar Hall, Laws Lane<br />
on Friday 3rd and Saturday<br />
4th July<br />
All tickets £5.00 available at the<br />
door<br />
Doors open 7.00 pm. Curtain up<br />
at 7.30 pm
Finedon Over 60’s Club<br />
Our weekly meeting is held in the<br />
Bowls Club, Wellingborough Road on<br />
Wednesdays from 1.45 pm until<br />
3.30 pm. Admission is £1.00 per<br />
week.<br />
<strong>June</strong> Programme<br />
3rd Birds Eye View, Marilyn Wood<br />
10th Springfields Trip<br />
17th Garden Birds, Brian Sumpter<br />
24th Bingo<br />
We look forward to seeing you<br />
term time. The group meets on a<br />
Thursday afternoon at The Mission<br />
Room from 1.30pm - 2.30pm<br />
Mothers’ Union<br />
For our <strong>June</strong> meeting we are pleased<br />
to welcome Fr David as our speaker.<br />
The meeting will be held in the<br />
Mission Room on Tuesday 2nd <strong>June</strong><br />
at 2.30 pm<br />
If you would like to find out more<br />
about the Mothers’ Union, please<br />
come along and join us for a cup of<br />
tea, you will be most welcome. .<br />
<strong>St</strong> Mary's Thursday<br />
Club<br />
This month our meeting is a treasure<br />
hunt and it will be held on 25th <strong>June</strong><br />
<strong>2015</strong>. The evening will start from the<br />
Band Club at 7.30pm .<br />
Please wear sensible footwear and<br />
come prepared for the weather!!! The<br />
cost of this is £2.00. Anyone wishing<br />
to join us that is not a member would<br />
be made very welcome but you would<br />
need to get in touch with us to let us<br />
know.<br />
A big THANK YOU goes out to<br />
everyone involved in our Annual Box<br />
Opening, whether it be collecting,<br />
counting the money or being a box<br />
holder. We raised a grand total<br />
of £576.90 which we will pass onto<br />
The Children's Society. If you<br />
would like a box, please let us know.<br />
If you are interested in becoming a<br />
member please call Louise on 07581<br />
556417 for further details. We usually<br />
meet once a month on the 4th<br />
Thursday (evening). We also run a<br />
mums and tots group during school<br />
11<br />
TINGDENE<br />
ENTERTAINERS<br />
next production of<br />
The Family<br />
Album<br />
A family musical revue of<br />
favourite numbers with<br />
sketches and old-time<br />
favourite songs<br />
Wednesday 24th to<br />
Saturday 27th <strong>June</strong>,<br />
at 7.30pm<br />
At the <strong>St</strong>ar Hall,<br />
Finedon<br />
Tickets<br />
£6.50 children £8.50 adult<br />
Booking<br />
01933 680680
In My Day<br />
The ramblings of Hubert James<br />
In my day it was abut this time of year<br />
that we cleared the air. No not that<br />
sort of air clearing, I mean the real air.<br />
You see in my day our houses all had<br />
open fires. And open fires produce<br />
smoke. All winter long a cloud of<br />
smoke would hang over us, even<br />
deep in the Shires. I’m guessing<br />
some of you younger folk think<br />
chimneys are just for decoration or<br />
Santa Claus. In fact they were a<br />
clever way of stopping folk choking to<br />
death by taking the smoke up and<br />
away. Mind you, I heard that they<br />
have now been put on the<br />
endangered species list.<br />
Course Chimney Sweeps have been<br />
on the list a lot longer. You see<br />
without a Sweep to clear the soot left<br />
behind by the smoke, you was<br />
guaranteed to have a fire not only in<br />
the grate but also in the chimney. And<br />
once the chimney caught fire your<br />
chimney breast would crack open with<br />
the heat. Your Sweep was vital.<br />
In my day we had 3 sweeps working<br />
around Finedon. As you’ll know<br />
traditionally the Sweep would use a<br />
small child to shin up the chimney and<br />
scrub out the soot. It was left to an<br />
enterprising sweep by the name of<br />
Richard Fantyke to invent the circular<br />
brush on a pole. Dick’s wife was fed<br />
up with having to wash her children’s<br />
clothes and nagged him to come up<br />
with an alternative. His prototype<br />
used straw attached to some runner<br />
bean sticks.<br />
It worked and the local kids breathed<br />
a sigh of relief which they rather<br />
enjoyed because they had trouble<br />
breathing anything and sighing had<br />
been beyond them.<br />
Gradually, though we needed less<br />
Sweeps. Folk chose other ways of<br />
heating their homes. Redundant<br />
Sweeps turned to turning up at<br />
weddings as good luck charms. See,<br />
Sweeps was considered lucky. Shake<br />
hands with a Sweep and celebrate<br />
how lucky you was not to be one.<br />
Mass sweeping came to a sad end in<br />
the 1960’s when a Sweep called<br />
Harry Corbett was due to do the<br />
whole of Summerlee Road while folk<br />
were away for factory fortnight. The<br />
fool went and invited all his mates<br />
around for a huge Sweep party. They<br />
was dancing on the roofs and<br />
stepping in time to the music. They<br />
left a helluva mess, and Harry was<br />
plastered from head to toe in black<br />
dust. When the residents returned to<br />
their filthy homes they took legal<br />
action and Harry was ruined. He gave<br />
up sweeping and took to the stage.<br />
The ET ran the story under the<br />
headline; Sooty Sweep Sued.
Rt Revd John Holbrook, Bishop of Brixworth writes<br />
When Bishop John Flack and I were<br />
introduced to Pope Francis in <strong>St</strong><br />
Peter's Square last month, his<br />
opening words to us were; "Please<br />
pray for me and I will pray for you".<br />
One of the great joys of being one of<br />
your bishops is the knowledge that<br />
across the diocese you are praying<br />
for me and it’s a great<br />
encouragement. Indeed my former<br />
bishop once confessed; “It’s only<br />
your prayers that stop me falling<br />
over!”<br />
Such partnership in Christian living<br />
was also reflected in Archbishop<br />
Justin's enthronement. At the<br />
Cathedral door he was asked; "Who<br />
are you?" and answered; "I am<br />
Justin, a servant of Jesus Christ, and<br />
I come as one seeking the grace of<br />
God, to travel with you in his service<br />
together.”<br />
One aspect of that serving together<br />
for Pope Francis and Archbishop<br />
Justin has been to join forces with<br />
other world faith leaders in<br />
addressing the evil of Human<br />
Trafficking at a time when more<br />
people are in slavery than in the<br />
days of Wilberforce. The Anglican<br />
Centre in Rome is playing a major<br />
role in this initiative.<br />
Another shared concern is the<br />
Mission of the Church. Before his<br />
Good News People<br />
election Pope Francis<br />
said; “The only<br />
purpose of the Church<br />
is to go out to tell the<br />
world the good news<br />
about Jesus Christ”<br />
and he criticised the<br />
Church for being “selfreferential”,<br />
refusing to go beyond<br />
itself and wanting to keep Jesus<br />
within. He continued; “The Church is<br />
supposed to be the mysterium lunae<br />
– the mystery of the moon is that it<br />
has no light but simply reflects the<br />
light of the sun.” He concluded; “The<br />
next Pope should be someone who<br />
helps the Church surge forth to the<br />
edges like a sweet and comforting<br />
mother who offers the joy of Jesus to<br />
the world.”<br />
It seems that his fellow Cardinals<br />
took him at his word and said;<br />
“You’re the man!” If we find<br />
ourselves resonating with his call, I<br />
believe Christ would say to us;<br />
“You’re the ones! Reflect my light<br />
and offer my joy to world”. As Isaiah<br />
discovered many centuries before,<br />
our only response can be; “Here am<br />
I, send me”.<br />
+John<br />
Bishop of Brixworth<br />
With best wishes<br />
Diocese of Peterborough - <strong>Magazine</strong> 13 Resource - <strong>June</strong> <strong>2015</strong><br />
Produced by the Diocesan Office, The Palace, Peterborough PE1 1YB<br />
01733 887000 www.peterborough-diocese.org.uk
Photo by Charles DrakewBignor<br />
Mon, 1 Prayer and Praise for<br />
Northampton<br />
7.30-9.30pm Praying together for the<br />
needs of the people of<br />
Northampton. Refreshments from 7pm<br />
Perry <strong>St</strong>reet/<strong>St</strong> Michael's Mount NN14HL<br />
Wed 10, Help with CCPAS 2 – 4pm.<br />
Registration at 1.45pm Kingsdale<br />
Community Church, 2 <strong>St</strong>aplee Way, PE1<br />
4YT Cost: £12.50<br />
https://services.ccpas.co.uk/events/<br />
peterborough-ebulk 0845 120 45 50 Ext 3<br />
Sat 13, Music in Lyddington:Sara<br />
Bittloch and Donald Grant –<br />
violin, Martin Saving – viola, Marie<br />
Bittloch - cello<br />
7.30pm at <strong>St</strong> Andrew’s, Lyddington, LE15<br />
9LR. Tickets £14 (£2). 01572 820017.<br />
www.musicinlyddington.co.uk<br />
Sun,14, Open Gardens 2 – 4pm<br />
£4.00, accompanied Children free<br />
Around the diocese<br />
Heritage Lottery Fund for Ancient Yews<br />
The Heritage Lottery Fund is supporting<br />
an ancient yew tree campaign being<br />
launched this year. Ancient yews are<br />
estimated to be at least 1000 years old<br />
and veteran yews are between 500 and<br />
1000 years.<br />
The campaign will be managed by The<br />
Conservation Foundation in association<br />
with the Church of England - 217 of the<br />
country’s 272 ancient yews are in<br />
churchyards.<br />
The campaign will include the distribution<br />
of young yews to communities and<br />
churches to celebrate the 800 th<br />
anniversary of Magna Carta. The young<br />
yews have been propagated from<br />
veteran and ancient yews that were<br />
growing at the time of Magna Carta. It is<br />
thought the ancient yew at Ankerwycke,<br />
near Runnymede was where King John,<br />
his Barons and the Bishops gathered to<br />
<strong>June</strong> events<br />
witness Magna Carta There will also be<br />
small grants available for local<br />
community and school projects for<br />
research around their ancient or veteran<br />
yew. Funding is also available for work<br />
on the trees, along with guidance on their<br />
management.<br />
A list of trees can be found on the<br />
website: http://www.ancient-yew.org/.<br />
The lovely village of Blakesley is opening<br />
a wide variety of 10 gardens for you to<br />
enjoy. Proceeds for upkeep of <strong>St</strong> Mary's.<br />
Delicious homemade teas and plant stall.<br />
Info: Mrs C Halford 01327 860456<br />
Wed, 24 Peterborough Theological<br />
Society 7.30 pm Annual<br />
membership: £15 individual; £25 family;<br />
student discount. Individual meetings: £3<br />
Rev. Dr. Janet Tollington. One God?<br />
Images of God in the Old Testament.<br />
The Friends’ Meeting House, 21 Thorpe<br />
Road, Peterborough PE3 6AB<br />
Saturday 27 - Sunday 28 <strong>June</strong> <strong>2015</strong><br />
Ordination Services<br />
Priests at 4pm on 27 <strong>June</strong> and Deacons<br />
at 11am on 28 <strong>June</strong> Peterborough<br />
Cathedral PE1 1XS<br />
More details at: www.peterborough<br />
-diocese.org.uk/events
<strong>June</strong><br />
1st<br />
2nd<br />
6th<br />
4/11/<br />
18/25<br />
6/7th<br />
8th<br />
7th<br />
8th<br />
9th<br />
22nd<br />
23rd<br />
24th to<br />
27th<br />
25th<br />
27th<br />
28th<br />
July<br />
BL, Bowls Club, Sweet Memories, Kevin<br />
Varty<br />
2.30 Mothers Union, Mission Room<br />
7.30 In the spotlight, <strong>St</strong>ar Hall<br />
5-8.3 Open garden, 67/69 High <strong>St</strong>reet<br />
Lego Weekend, Community Centre<br />
7.30 Christian Meditaion, 13 Rockleigh<br />
Close<br />
2-6pm Open Gardens<br />
6.00 pm Choral Evensong, <strong>St</strong> Mary’s<br />
Church<br />
7.30 Christian Meditation, 13 Rockleigh<br />
Close<br />
9.45 Coffee Morning Bowls club<br />
7.30 Christian Meditation, 13 Rockleigh<br />
Close.<br />
7.30 History Society, Mission Room, Nicholas<br />
Warliker on Barnwell Manor<br />
9.45 Coffee Morning Bowls club<br />
7.30 Tingdene Entertainers, The Family<br />
Album, <strong>St</strong>ar Hall<br />
7.30 <strong>St</strong> Mary’s Thursday Club Treasure<br />
Hunt.<br />
1-4pm <strong>St</strong> Mary’s Summer Fete on the<br />
Green<br />
4.00 pm Songs of Praise on the Green<br />
2-6pm Open Gardens<br />
3rd/4th 7.30 Pino Noir, Two one act plays, <strong>St</strong>ar<br />
Hall.<br />
6th<br />
11th<br />
BL, Bowls Club, chat night<br />
<strong>St</strong> Mary’s Church Wine Walkabout<br />
Town Diary<br />
August<br />
3rd<br />
8th<br />
September<br />
7th<br />
18th/<br />
20th<br />
October<br />
3rd<br />
5th<br />
7th<br />
10th<br />
November<br />
7th<br />
8th<br />
15th<br />
December<br />
5th<br />
11th<br />
BL, Bowls Club, Medical Detection Dogs<br />
Ad Parnassum opera group, <strong>St</strong> Mary’s<br />
Church.<br />
BL, Bowls Club, chat night<br />
Flower Festival, <strong>St</strong> Mary’s Church<br />
Wesleyan Chapel Table Top Sale<br />
BL, Bowls Club, Fish & Chips<br />
Inter-church quiz, Wesleyan Chapel<br />
Autumn Barn Dance - Community<br />
Centre<br />
BL, Bowls Club AGM<br />
7.30 Curtain Up stage show, <strong>St</strong>ar Hall<br />
3.00 Curtain Up stage show, <strong>St</strong>ar Hall<br />
Christmas Craft Fair, Community Centre<br />
11-2pm Wesleyan Chapel Christmas<br />
Bazaar<br />
7pm <strong>St</strong> Mary’s Church Wassail Evening,<br />
BL, Bowls Club, Entertainment<br />
<strong>St</strong> Michael’s Mission Room, Well <strong>St</strong>reet, Finedon<br />
Available for hire weekdays and Saturdays.<br />
Suitable for most social functions, charitable events, children's parties (no late<br />
discos)<br />
For all enquiries and information contact<br />
15<br />
Bryan & Christine Chapman Tel: 01933 398818<br />
Email: bryanchapman2@aol.com