St. Mary\'s July 2015 Magazine

Church of St. Mary the Virgin,
Finedon.
Parish Magazine
July 2015
50p
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Vicar:
Finedon Parish Church: St Mary The Virgin
The Revd Richard Coles,
St Mary the Virgin Finedon, The Vicarage,
Church Hill, Finedon, Northants, NN9 5NR
01933 681 786, Mobile 07885 967 960
email: revdrichardcoles@yahoo.co.uk
Assistant Honorary Priest Fr Peter Baden,01832 733186
email: p.baden36@btinternet.com
Reader Mr Michael Duncombe, 01536 723457
email: michaelbex@talktalk.net
Parish Clerk
Mrs Gill Foster Tel: 680364 (To whom first
contact for Baptisms and weddings must be
made).
Churchwardens: Mrs Jane Read Tel: 680522
Mr Neil Forster Tel: 682177
PCC Secretary: Mrs Gill Foster Tel: 680364
Treasurer: Mr Andrew Weatherill Tel: 682212
Magazine Editor: Mrs Janet Millington, Tel: 681161.
email: millingtonjanet@aol.com
(to whom all copy should addressed by
the 15 th of the month prior to publication)
Director of Music Mr Jonathan Harris Tel: 01933 779059,
Mobile 07791 664507
Email: Hjonathan83@aol.com
Deputy Organists
Mrs. Kathy Roberts
Mr Oliver Grigg
Choirmaster: Mr. Bryan Chapman Tel: 398818
Tower Captain Mr Bryan Chapman, Tel 398818
Web Site
www.finedonphotographs.org.uk/
bellringers.html
Archivist Mr John Bailey Tel 680747
St Michael’s Mission Room:
Bryan & Christine Chapman
Tel: 01933 398818
Times Of Services:
Sundays
8.00 am Holy Eucharist
9.30 am Parish Eucharist.
6.00 pm Evensong (1st Sunday of the Month)
Visit us on the Web at www.stmarysfinedon.co.uk
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From The Vicarage. July 2015.
Flaming June is behind us, and with a bit of luck we can switch the
central heating off to enjoy the fortnight or so of summer, which is all
we seem to get now. I can’t remember a cooler run up to Wimbledon
but I suppose that’s good news for the garden; well, it would be if we’d
had a decent amount of rainfall, but we haven’t and there’s something
especially galling about finding yourself watering the garden in a jumper
(actually finding Fr David watering the garden in a jumper, it’s not really
my department). But I love the garden, love it more and more as I get
older and Fr David gets more expert in doing it, partly because I think it
offers so may metaphors for how we live our Christian lives.
I suppose that is why Jesus uses so many gardening parables. The sower
and the seed reminds us of the importance of nurturing our seedlings;
the parable of the fig tree reminds us of what we must do to bear good
fruit and what we risk if we don’t; the parable of the mustard seed
reminds us that great things can grow from tiny origins.
And the greatest episode in the greatest story ever told occurs in a
garden. Mary Magdalene encounters someone she mistakes for the
gardener when she goes to tend to Jesus’ body but find the tomb empty.
It is only when he says her name that she realises who he really is, her
risen Lord, who offers something beyond the cycle of nature, with its
birth and death and rebirth: he offers eternal life, and offers it still to us.
Happy Gardening!
Yours in Christ,
Fr Richard.
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Our Worship in July
Year B
5th – 5th Sunday after Trinity
2 Samuel 5. 1-5, 9-10.
Psalm 48
2 Corinthians 12. 2-10
Mark 6. 1-13
Hymns
505 Lord Jesus Christ
497 Let all the world in every corner
sing
606 Thy hand, O God, has guided
Anthem: J.S.Bach Jesu, joy of man’s
desiring
490 Jesus shall reign where’er the
sun
5th – Evensong
401 Come, let us join our cheerful
songs
Responses: Ayleward
Psalm 64
492 Jesus, where’er thy people
meet
Canticles: Dyson in C
Anthem: Loosemore O Lord, increase
our faith
395 Christ is our cornerstone
12th - 4th Sunday after Trinity
2 Samuel 6 1-5, 12b-19
Psalm 24
Ephesians 1. 3-14
Mark 6 . 14-29
Hymns
609 To God be the glory, great
things he has done!
381 Blest are the pure in heart
409 Come, ye faithful, raise the
anthem
Anthem: In the heart where love is
abiding (arr. J Barnard)
558 Praise to the Lord, the Almighty
19th - 5th Sunday after Trinity
2 Samuel 7. 1-14a
Psalm 89 20 -37
Ephesians 2. 11-end
Mark 6. 30 34, 53-end
Hymns
368 All my hope on God is founded
421 Father of heaven, whose love
profound
589 (Tune Dominus Regit Me) The `
King of love my shepherd is
Anthem: The Lord’s my Shepherd (arr.
Malcolm Archer) From thee all skill
and science flow (345)
423 Fight the good fight with all thy
might
26th - 6th Sunday after Trinity
2 Samuel 11. 1-15
Psalm 14
Ephesians 3. 14-end
John 6 1-21
Hymns
453 Great is thy faithfulness
284 (Tune Bread of heaven) Bread
of heaven, on thee we feed
413 Eternal Father, strong to save
Anthem: S.S.Wesley Wash me
throughly
502 Light’s abode, celestial Salem
Organ Voluntaries following the
9.30am services
5 th July – G. F. Handel: The Arrival of
the Queen of Sheba from Solomon
12 th July – D. Buxtehude Praeludium
in D BuxWV 139
19 th July – Verdi: Grande March from
Aida
26 th July – J.S.Bach Prelude and
Fugue in e minor BWV 533
Organ Voluntaries following 6pm
evensong
5 th July – H. Andriessen Thema met
variaties
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From the Records
Baptisms
24th May
Florence Alice Powis
7th June
Elsie Rose Bradbrook
14th June
Lukas David John Needle
Rebecca Jane Robertson
Weddings
30th May
Sally Elizabeth Banks and Malcolm
Harvey McLaren
13th June
Michaela Mary Percival and Mark
James Brindle
Funerals
21st May
Eileen Mary White
2nd June
Nick Holley, age 42
Floodlight Sponsorship
24th May
Betty & David Cheney - in memory of
mum
7th June
John & Elaine Turner - in memory of
their daughter Ruth (on what would
have been her 41st birthday)
Madge Toop & Family – in memory of
Ken (on what would have been his
birthday)
14th June
Christine & Bryan Chapman - in
memory of Ada & Wilf Stacey
(on what would have been their
birthdays).
Margaret Coombs & family - in
memory of Eric Coombs (on what
would have been his birthday).
Roger, Carolyn & Jane - in memory of
Andrea Neville & Keith Jarvis
(on the 49th anniversary of their
deaths).
Anne Reed - in memory of Alan Reed
21st June
The Needle’s, the Cox’s & the
Haseldines - to celebrate Barbara’s
70th birthday.
28th June
Denis & Dorothy Howell - in memory
of Florence Ruth Howell.
Evensong
There will be a choral evensong at
St Mary’s Church on Sunday 5th July
at 6.00 pm.
Evensong will be followed by light
refreshments
Mothers Union
Our annual Strawberry Tea will be on
Tuesday 7th July at 2.30pm in the
Mission Room.
This year it will be preceded by a
short M.U. service and the cost will be
£2.50 each.
All proceeds from the afternoon will
go to the “Mothers Union Wheels
Appeal” which enables MU trained
facilitators to reach the most outlying
villages, thus helping the most needy
communities.
All are invited to come along and
enjoy “the party” and help those less
fortunate.
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Lent Smartie Appeal
Thank you to everyone for your
help and generosity in raising the
magnificent total of £860.00 for
Church Funds.
In Memory of Bob
Munns
Velma and family would like to thank
everyone for their generous
donations in memory of Bob.
The totals of donations received for
the chosen charities are
£329.60 for the Children’s Society
and £325.00 for the Air Ambulance
Finedon Local History
Society
The July meeting of the society will
be held on Monday 27th July 2015 at
7.30pm in the Mission Room, Well
Street, and Finedon.
The speaker will be Malcolm Deacon
on “Mary, Queen of Scots”,
especially the local aspect.
Admission to the evening is £2.50 for
members and £3.50 for non
members. After the talk there will be
light refreshments.
Don’t forget our website at
www.finedonlocalhistorysociety.co.u
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St Mary's Thursday
Club
This month our meeting will be on
Thursday 23rd July 2015 and will be
an evening around a campfire.
The evening will start from the
kissing gate entrance to Holly Walk
at 7.45pm. Please come prepared
for the weather!!!.
You will also need to bring with you
a torch, a chair, a spoon and a bowl
and your own drink. This is at the
cost of £2.00pp for the night.
Anyone wishing to join us who is not
a member would be made very
welcome.
If you are interested in becoming a
member please call Louise on 07581
556417 for further details. We
usually meet once a month on the
4th Thursday (evening).
We also run a mums and tots group
during school term time. The group
meets on a Thursday afternoon at
The Mission Room from 1.30pm -
2.30pm.
The Big Sing at the
Royal Albert Hall
I am arranging for a party of 50 to
travel to the ‘Songs of Praise’ at the
Royal Albert Hall on Sunday 13th
September, leaving the Chapel at
about 2.00 pm on that afternoon.
This year we have seats in the stalls
so no climbing lots and lots of stairs.
Chapel members and friends are all
welcome.
The coach is arranged and the total
cost including travel and driver’s tip
will be £28.00. I will collect a deposit
at a later date.
If you are interested would you
please let me know as soon as
possible.
Bryan Haddon, 01933
779685
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Car Treasure Hunt
St Mary’s Church is holding a car
treasure hunt on Saturday 15th
August meeting at the Vicarage at
5.30 pm arriving back for a picnic at
7.30 pm
More details to follow in the August
manazine..
Townswomen's Guild
Our Birthday Party will be held on
Thursday 2nd July at 7.30pm in the
Town Hall. After supper we shall be
entertained by Jonathon Reynolds
and company. Members are
reminded to bring their own choice of
drink.
Finedon Over 60’ Club
Our weekly meeting is held in the
Bowl’s Club, Wellingborough Road on
Wednesdays from1.45 pm until 3.30
pm. Admission is £1.00 per week
July Programme
1st Music Quiz
8th Marge’s Garden Party
15th Mr Pumpkin
22nd Buds & Blooms
29th Bingo
We always look forward to seeing
you.
Marjorie’s Coffee
Morning
Many thanks to all who helped in any
way to raise £500.00 for Crazy Hats
at Marjorie’s coffee morning.
Church Monthly Draw
Total receipts of £256.00 are divided
equally between the winners and the
church funds.
Winning numbers for the June
monthly draw are:
1st prize 1215 £64.00
2nd prize 286 £38.40
3rd prize 75 £25.60
If you would like to join the monthly
draw (£1.00 per share per month)
which takes place in the church on
the first Sunday of the month, please
contact Kathy Hobbs on 01933
398794.
An Evening at
the Opera
The Ad Parnassum opera group
from London are putting on a
performance of
Purcell's Dido & Aeneas
in
St Mary’s Church, Finedon
on
Saturday 8th August
The evening begins at
6.15 pm with a pre-performance
talk,
6.45 pm refreshments
7.30 pm performance
Tickets £15.00
from
Jane Read 01933 680522
Jonathan Harris 07791 664507.
or pay at the door.
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John Hodson, Thomas
Boddington & Joseph
Houghton
John Hodson, Thomas Boddington,
and Joseph Houghton had two things
in common: They were all Finedon
men, and they were all transported to
Tasmania as convicts.
In 1828 John Hodson worked as a
labourer for Mrs. Rebecca Robinson
of South Hill Farm. He had been sent
off by Mrs. Robinson to buy a lamb for
her, but instead stole one from
Charles Lever (a farmer in Great
Addington, who later became the
tenant farmer at “Oldways”). For this
offence he was sentenced to death,
but the sentence was subsequently
commuted to transportation. The
Vicar, Samuel Woodfield Paul, got up
a petition for clemency which was
signed by about thirty leading
residents, including Charles Lever,
and which they sent to Robert Peel,
the Home Secretary, but to no avail.
John left behind a wife and five
children. He was sent on 1 st
September 1828 to the prison hulk,
the Ganymede, moored at Chatham.
He departed for Tasmania on the
prison ship, the Lady Harewood, on
24 th March 1829 and arrived in Hobart
on 28 th July 1829.
His wife Elizabeth was of course
unable to remarry, and had a
daughter Rhoda by Thomas Warner
in 1832, and another illegitimate
daughter Lucy in 1834. In 1844
John’s son, Oliver, who was only
three when his father left, took an
assisted passage to Australia, but it is
not known whether he and John met.
By 1851, John had died.
Thomas Boddington was born here in
1792 and married Louisa Butlin in
1818. In 1831 he and Thomas York
stole a leaden horse-trough belonging
to Mrs. Frances Dolben, the widow of
William Somerset Dolben, and they
were both sentenced to one month’s
imprisonment with hard labour.
In 1836, Thomas Boddington and
Joseph Houghton were convicted of
stealing a quantity of potatoes from
Mary Bailey (my great-great-greatgreat-grandmother)
and “both being
bad characters” were sentenced to be
transported.
Joseph Houghton was born here in
1795 and married Sarah Carter at
Olney in 1816. In 1824 he and
William Powell stole a flitch of bacon
from a malt house belonging to
William Leete, and Joseph was
sentenced to 9 months’ imprisonment.
In 1825, Joseph Houghton and John
Blundell were committed to the House
of Correction for three months for
keeping guns illegally, and in 1834
Joseph and William Warner were
committed for two months for
offences under the Game Laws
(probably poaching).
Following their conviction for the theft
of the potatoes, Thomas and Joseph
spent a period in Northampton jail and
were then, on 1st May 1836, sent to
the prison hulk, the Leviathan, which
had served at the Battle of Trafalgar
but which was then moored at
Portsmouth. Thomas left behind a
wife and six children, and Joseph a
wife and four children.
They departed for Tasmania on the
prison ship, the Sarah, on 22nd
December 1836 and arrived at Hobart
on 28th March 1837.
Thomas died at Hobart in 1866. He
was described as a pauper aged 76
(he was actually 73) and the cause of
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death was recorded as heart disease.
Joseph died at Sorell, Tasmania, in
1851 aged 51 (he was actually 56) of
“natural causes”.
I am indebted to Mrs Carolyn Smith
who has produced a deeply
researched paper on this subject,
which is yet to be published, and she
has kindly allowed me to make use of
her findings.
John Bailey
St Pancras
Have you ever wondered why the
station at the London end of our
nearest railway line in Wellingborough
is called after St Pancras or even who
was St Pancras?
The Cathedral of all Railways was
named after the nearby Church of St.
Pancras. The foundation of this
Church can be traced back to 4th
Century according to manuscripts in
the Vatican. Originally in the area was
Roman settlement and as the first
church in the district. It was most
likely converted from a Roman shrine.
The church took its name from
St Pancras who had been recently
martyred in Rome.
So who was St. Pancras? He was
born in Syria towards the end of the
3rd Century but was orphaned at a
very young age. He was sent to
Rome to live with his uncle,
Dionysius. When his uncle converted
to Christianity, Pancras also
converted to Christianity but
announced his Christian faith
publically. At the time Christians were
being persecuted. The Roman
Emperor , Dioclatian, had the
teenage Pancras beheaded for his
faith in 304 AD. He was then made
the Patron Saint of Teenagers and his
feast day is on May 12th. St Pancras
is always depicted tramping on
Saracens and carrying a sword.
It is said that when St Augustine
arrived in Canterbury he renamed a
place of idol worship used by the King
as the Chapel of St Pancras also
entitled after the recently martyred
teenager. St Augustine is said to have
celebrated his first mass in the
Chapel of St. Pancras.
So when you alight from a train onto
the concourse of St Pancras
International remember the teenager
who was executed for his faith. What
would he think of St. Pancras
International today?
Pinot Noir in Association
with F.C.S.S.E.S
Presents
Two One Act Plays
Round and Round the
Garden
(A dark comedy)
And
Tiny Mines
(A not so dark comedy)
Written by Adrian Cale
At the
Star Hall, Laws Lane
on Friday 3rd and Saturday
4th July
All tickets £5.00 available at the
door
Doors open 7.00 pm. Curtain up
at 7.30 pm
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In My Day
the ramblings of Hubert Jam
In my day it was about this time of
year that the outdoors bowls season
reached top gear. All manner of folk
would dust off their woods, press
their flannels and oil their knees
before heading for the Green.
And we had some talented players.
Competition was healthy and spirits
were high. And it was the same
across the country, so a huge
organisation grew up. We all came
under the control of The Federation
of Independent Bowling Associations
or FIBA. They would sort out the
leagues, inter leagues and national
competitions.
To begin with everything worked
smoothly. All clubs had an equal say;
big or small. Then a chap called
Vince Bacardi took over and it all got
a bit seedy. Vince came up with an
idea for a Super Bowl: a sort of World
Cup of Bowling.
Every four years counties would send
their best players to a knock out
tournament to try and win the Vince
Bacardi Trophy.
He managed to hire Lords for the first
one which was marvellous.
Headingly up in Leeds hosted the
second. That was fine but we began
to see that the Super Bowl was
generating hundreds of pounds.
Although, Vince would divvy up the
profit, there were rumours he was
creaming off the top for himself.
When the third tournament was given
to Guatar Football Club, some folk
began to smell a rat. Guatar was a
small village near Oakham and didn’t
even have a Bowls Club. They did
have a rich benefactor. Herman
Shakes the cooking oil magnate lived
up there.
Course, it was simple to see what
was going on. Vince and his cronies
were taking backhanders from
Shakes Oil business. Some bowlers
tried to confront him but he suddenly
developed a severe infection in his
bowel and took himself off to a clinic
in Switzerland.
The Super Bowl went ahead in
Guatar and was a failure. The local
climate was too hot and they hardly
had any grass for a decent Green.
FIBA was disbanded and the whole
sordid business is now referred to as
the Septic Bladder Affair.
A minister visits an elderly woman
from his congregation. As he sits on
the couch he notices a large bowl of
peanuts on the coffee table. "Mind if I
have a few?" he asks.
"No, not at all!" the woman replied.
They chat for an hour and as the
preacher stands to leave, he realizes
that instead of eating just a few
peanuts, he emptied most of the
bowl. "I'm terribly sorry for eating all
your peanuts, I really just meant to
eat a few.
"Oh, that's all right," the woman
says. "Ever since I lost my teeth all I
can do is suck the chocolate off.
them."
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Rt Revd Donald Allister, Bishop of Peterborough writes
United We Stand
There is so much pressure in the world
today to divide what is currently united,
to separate what has been joined
together. We can see it in so many
walks of life: in marriage, with an eyewateringly
high divorce rate; in politics,
with talk (again) of Scottish
independence, or of leaving the
European Union; in the church, with
suggested splits over women bishops
or over gay rights.
Very occasionally separation is right.
Jesus talks of sheep and goats, and of
wheat and weeds: though those
judgments are for him to make, not for
us. And evil must be resisted in the
political and the moral sphere: as long
as we are sure what is evil and that we
are resisting it appropriately.
But as a general rule good human
relationships, and good politics, and
good religion, all tend to unite rather
than to divide. God’s ultimate cosmic
plan, according to the New Testament,
is to unite all things in Christ and under
his Lordship. Any decisions we make
to divide or pull apart must be weighed
in the light of that grand design.
I know that, very sadly, some
marriages must be brought to an end. I
know that Winston Churchill, in arguing
for European unity after the Second
World War, sought it “for them, not for
us”.
I know that some
divisions in church
history have been
over matters of
deep gospel truth.
In a broken and
damaged world,
sepa-rations are
sometimes
necessary.
But, while we live with the reality of
that broken and damaged world, we
are called to bear witness to a much
better vision: of all things united in
Christ. We must therefore seek to
unite rather than to divide, to mend
relationships that are damaged or
broken, and to be courageous in
looking for new and deeper patterns of
unity.
Please pray for our leaders in society
and in church, for opinion formers, and
for all who have to decide between
uniting and separating. Pray for a
world united under the Lordship of
Christ.
In his love, which draws and holds us
together,
+Donald
Diocese of Peterborough - Magazine Resource - July 2015
Produced by the Diocesan Office, The Palace, Peterborough PE1 1YB
01733 887000 www.peterborough-diocese.org.uk
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Honorary Bishop John Flack.
A Healing Ministry, as the Church
declares from the Church of England
website, is fundamental to the gospel..
Around the diocese
Healing Ministry
“Healing, reconciliation and restoration
are integral to the good news of Jesus
Christ. For this reason prayer for
individuals, focused through laying on
of hands or anointing with oil, has a
proper place within the public prayer of
the Church.”
“God's gracious activity of healing is to
be seen both as part of the proclaiming
of the good news and as an outworking
of the presence of the Spirit in the life
of the Church.”
The Peterborough Diocese Healing
ministry is currently overseen by
Healing advisor Honorary Bishop John
Flack. He can offer advice and training
to clergy and people in the diocese
who want to begin a healing ministry –
or those who are already doing it.
+John Flack explained that the church
does healing as part of its normal
function, “It was what Jesus did as he
went about. He didn’t put up a poster
saying ‘healing service at 4 pm’.”
Healing services take place across the
range of Anglican expression – from
high Anglo-Catholic to evangelical
charismatic. The most common
healing services are in the ‘middle
range’ of Anglican expression. It is
something that Jesus did and as his
followers, we do as well. But, “We are
not Jesus; we are more like his
disciples who sometimes would get it
right.”
After prayer +John Flack said “you may
not always get healing, but there is
always something good that comes out
of it. Sometimes it’s the strength to
better cope with the illness.”
The Honorary Bishop is also available
for healing services – the laying on of
hands in a community with oil and the
Eucharist, within liturgy, or individually in
hospital or at home with the Eucharist.
On Thursday 14 May a new website to
support those interested in the healing
ministry was launched by the
Archbishops’ Advisor for the Healing
Ministry, Reverend Dr Beatrice
Brandon.
Bishop John Flack said,
“I am very pleased that Beatrice
Brandon has created a website that is
available for advice and consultation.”
see:www.healingministry.org.uk
For more information about Church of
England Wholeness and Healing,
https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer
-worship/worship/texts/pastoral/healing/
healingintro.aspx.
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You’ve done the ice bucket challenge…
this summer will you dare to bare your soles?
The Barefoot Challenge launched The
Leprosy Mission’s Feet First campaign
on 1 June to transform the lives of some
of the world’s poorest and marginalised
people in Mozambique.
The challenge sees people go about
their daily business barefoot for one day.
The idea is for those taking on the
challenge to stand in solidarity with
people affected by leprosy which causes
nerve damage. As a result they often
damage their feet as a result of a stone,
which can lead to severe infection which
can lead to terrible deformities.
Barefoot Challenge will raise money as
part of The Leprosy Mission’s Feet First
appeal. And the good news is between 1
June and 31 August everything the
public raises or donates will be doubled
by the government.
Singer and songwriter Philippa Hanna
recently travelled to Mozambique to
witness The Leprosy Mission’s
pioneering Feet First project and
undertook the Barefoot Challenge.
Philippa said: “You have probably heard
the phrase to ‘walk a mile in their shoes’.
I challenge you to join me and take on
the Barefoot Challenge for the day.”The
Feet First campaign is backed by
Dr Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of
Canterbury, who said: “The Leprosy Mission
exists to carry on Jesus’s own outreach
to people with leprosy and to support
The Leprosy Mission is to carry on that
work.”
How to join the Barefoot Challenge:
• Sign up online to go barefoot for a day
between 1 June and 31 August 2015 –
www.feetfirst.org.uk
• Write the hashtag #FeetFirst on your feet
and decorate at will!
• Upload your photos and film on Facebook
and Twitter
• Tell people why you’re doing it – to help
protect the feet of people affected by leprosy
in Mozambique
• Ask them to give a donation online
(www.feetfirst.org.uk) or via text to support
you. For example if they want to give £6
text FEET06 £6 to 70070 and £12 will be
sent to Mozambique. Or if they want to
give £10, text FEET06 £10 to 70070 and
£20 will be sent to Mozambique. This is
how your challenge will save lives!
• Nominate three friends to take up the
Barefoot Challenge!
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Punch & Judy at Day at the Seaside by Linda Hogg.
Around the diocese
Once upon a time at St Peter's Church
St Peter's Church
By Karen Setchfield
Irthlingborough is
playing host to Hansel and Gretel as well
as other famous story book characters.
St Peter's Fundraising Committee have
created a magical fairy tale adventure.
People can travel through the church to
see scenes from favourite stories
Saturday 18 July from 11am-3pm.
Inside you can visit The 3 Little Pigs and
possibly blow down the house of straw .
Outside you can take a trip up the tower
beanstalk to see Jack and the Giant.
time—all to raise money for St Peter’s
Church.
Margaret
Bull,
Secretary of
St Peter's
and part of
the Fundraising
Committee
wants to give
people a
chance to
look around the Church and join in a
fun filled day. Margaret said, 'We
want to build links with families around
us'.
There is no entry fee for the day.
Instead, you can spend your money on
the different stalls in the church. Get
your face painted, have a bounce on the
bouncy castle and join the story telling
Last year the Church brought 'A Day at
the Seaside' to Irthlingborough, raising
£832.
For more information contact Margaret
Bull 01933 651360
margaretbull120@btinternet.com
July events
Wed 01, 08, 15, 22, 29
Music in Oakham at Lunchtime
1.30pm. All Saints, Oakham LE15 6AA
All Welcome, Admission free.
www.oakhamconcerts.info
Mon, 6 Prayer and Praise for
Northampton
7.30-9.30pm Praying together for the
needs of the people of
Northampton. Refreshments from 7pm
Broadmead Baptist Church NN3 2QY
Thurs 2, Annual Rural Ministers Day
10.00am - 3.30pm. The key guest will be
Dr Jill Hopkinson (National Rural Officer)
who will lead discussions on
developments in rural ministry and new
resources coming from ARC. Open to all
licensed ministers and Church Wardens in
rural parishes. Titchmarsh, St Mary the
Virgin NN14 3DB. Info Revd Robert Hill
robert.hill@peterborough-diocese.org.uk
Sat 4, Richard Beadon Inaugural
Lecture 2pm. Of special interest to
Licensed Lay Ministers, Church Wardens
and interested laity.
Northampton High School NN4 6UU.
Organised by the Guild of Centurions.
Info Cheryl Goddard
cheryl.cfgbusiness@gmail.com
Sat, 18 Music in Lyddington
ELIZABETH WATTS – soprano,
AUDREY HYLAND - piano
Lyddington, St Andrew LE15 9LN. Info
07709 968896.
www.musicinlyddington.co.uk
More details at: www.peterborough
-diocese.org.uk/events
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Town Diary
July
September
1st
1.45 Over 60’s, Bowls Club, Music Quiz
7th
BL, Bowls Club, chat night
2nd
3rd/4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
11th
7.30 TG Town Hall, Birthday Party
7.30 Pino Noir, Two one act plays, Star
Hall.
6.30 Evensong, St Mary’s Church
BL, Bowls Club, chat night
9.45 Coffee Morning, Bowls Club
2.30 MU Strawberry Tea, Mission Room
1.45 Over 60s Bowls Club, Marge’s Garden
Party
St Mary’s Church Wine Walkabout
13th
18th/
20th
October
3rd
5th
7th
10th
November
2pm The Big Sing at the Albert Hall
Flower Festival, St Mary’s Church
6.30 Festal Evensong, St Mary’s
Church
Wesleyan Chapel Table Top Sale
BL, Bowls Club, Fish & Chips
Inter-church quiz, Wesleyan Chapel
Autumn Barn Dance - Community
Centre
15th
1.45 Over 60s, Bowls Club, Mr Pumpkin
1st
6.00pm Remembrance Evensong,
St Mary’s Church
21st
9.45 Coffee Morning, Bowls Club
BL, Bowls Club AGM
22nd
23rd
27th
29th
1.45 Over 60s, Bowls Club, Buds & Blooms
7.45 St Mary’s Thursday Club, Campfire
evening
7.30 History society, Mission Room,
Malcolm Deacon ‘Mary Queen of Scots’
1.45 Over 60s, Bowls Club, Bingo
7th
8th
15th
29th
December
7.30 Curtain Up stage show, Star Hall
3.00 Curtain Up stage show, Star Hall
Christmas Craft Fair, Community
Centre
6.00 Advent Carol Service, St Mary’s
Church
August
3rd
8th
BL, Bowls Club, Medical Detection Dogs
6.15 Ad Parnassum opera group, St
Mary’s Church.
5th
11th
11-2pm Wesleyan Chapel Christmas
Bazaar
7pm St Mary’s Church Wassail Evening,
BL, Bowls Club, Entertainment
15th
5.30 St Mary’s Church Treasure Hunt
22nd
Carol service, St Mary’s church.
St Michael’s Mission Room, Well Street, Finedon
Available for hire weekdays and Saturdays.
Suitable for most social functions, charitable events, children's parties (no late
discos)
For all enquiries and information contact
Bryan & Christine Chapman Tel: 01933 398818
Email: bryanchapman2@aol.com
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