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Church of St. Mary the Virgin<br />

Finedon<br />

Parish <strong>Magazine</strong><br />

<strong>March</strong> <strong>2017</strong><br />

Church of England<br />

launches new<br />

educational foundation<br />

Our Worship in February Year A<br />

From the Vicarage February <strong>2017</strong><br />

Bell Ringers Outing to York<br />

Smartie Sunday<br />

Come to the<br />

Bishop’s Bible<br />

Day on 18 <strong>March</strong><br />

Garden Openings <strong>2017</strong><br />

In My Day<br />

And Much More<br />

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Digital Edition


Vicar:<br />

Finedon Parish Church: St Mary The Virgin<br />

The Revd Richard Coles,<br />

St 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 483935<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<br />

St 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<br />

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From the Vicarage<br />

<strong>March</strong> <strong>2017</strong><br />

<strong>March</strong> is here and with it comes Lent and time for us to<br />

prepare for the great festival of Easter. Lent has rather faded<br />

from our experience compared with the old days when<br />

penitence and fasting were simply a part of peoples lives.<br />

Even in the church most of us nod in the direction of Lent<br />

rather then give it our full commitment – the language of<br />

sackcloth and ashes makes us a bit embarrassed perhaps, in<br />

the wider secular world it has become a sort of comic trope –<br />

“woe, woe and thrice woe” – or worse, is seen as something<br />

slightly sinister and unhealthy. What those miss and what we<br />

sometimes forget, is that it is not self denial simply for its own<br />

sake but a way of us preparing ourselves properly for what<br />

lies ahead. Here our preparation is both corporate, by<br />

attending, if you can, the Wednesday evening services at<br />

seven and individual – through filling Smartie tubes with 20p<br />

pieces. Pray more, give more and make a sacrifice of some<br />

kind (whiskey for me again and a promise to try to do better<br />

than I did last year) are the themes of the season<br />

What lies ahead is Easter the Great Feast when woe is turned<br />

to joy, light to darkness and us to heaven. That’s something<br />

worth preparing for.<br />

Yours in Christ<br />

Fr Richard<br />

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Our Worship in <strong>March</strong><br />

Year A<br />

5th – 1st Sunday of Lent<br />

Genesis 2. 15 – 17; 3. 1 – 7<br />

Ps 32<br />

Romans 5. 12 -19<br />

Matthew 4, 1 – 11<br />

Hymns<br />

496 Lead us, heavenly Father, lead<br />

us<br />

416 (Tune Sussex) Father, hear the<br />

prayer we offer<br />

538 O Jesus, I have promised<br />

Anthem: Nine-fold Kyrie by Harold<br />

Darke<br />

95 Forty days and forty nights<br />

5th <strong>March</strong> – Evensong<br />

95 Forty days and forty nights<br />

Responses Tallis<br />

Psalm 50 v1-15<br />

98 Lord, teach us how to pray<br />

aright<br />

Canticles: Daniel Purcell in e<br />

Anthem: Now is the healing time<br />

decreed (NEH 59)<br />

547 Oft in danger, oft in woe<br />

12th – 2nd Sunday of Lent<br />

Genesis 12. 1 – 4a<br />

Ps 121<br />

Romans 4. 1 – 5. 13 – 17<br />

John 3. 1 - 17<br />

Hymns<br />

469 I heard the voice of Jesus say<br />

97 (Tune Southwell) Lord Jesus,<br />

think on me<br />

475 Immortal Love for ever full<br />

Anthem: Agnus Dei by Harold Darke<br />

609 To God be the glory, great<br />

things he has done!<br />

Psalm 95<br />

Romans 5. 1 -11<br />

John 4. 5 – 42.<br />

Hymns<br />

385 Be thou my guardian and my<br />

guide<br />

565 Rock of ages<br />

435 Glorious things of thee are<br />

spoken<br />

Anthem: Psalm 22<br />

455 Guide me, O thou great<br />

redeemer<br />

26th – 4th Sunday of Lent<br />

(Mothering Sunday)<br />

Exodus 2: 1 – 10<br />

Psalm 34. 11 – 20<br />

2 Corinthians 1 . 3 – 7<br />

Luke 2. 33 – 35<br />

Hymns<br />

238 For Mary, Mother of our Lord<br />

Kum Ba Ya (sung by the children)<br />

487 Jesus, good above all other<br />

Anthem: Benedictus by Philip Moore<br />

507 Lord of all hopefulness<br />

Organ Voluntaries following the<br />

9.30am services<br />

5th <strong>March</strong> – Couperin: Kyrie III from<br />

Mass for the Convents<br />

12th <strong>March</strong> – Christopher Gibbons:<br />

Voluntary in A minor for Double Organ<br />

19th <strong>March</strong> – Buxtehude: Ciacona in<br />

E minor BuxWV 160<br />

26th <strong>March</strong> – J.S.Bach: Fugue in D<br />

minor BWV 565<br />

Organ Voluntaries following 6.00pm<br />

evensong<br />

5th <strong>March</strong> – Robert Page: Meditation<br />

19th – 3rd Sunday of Lent<br />

Exodus 17. 1 – 7<br />

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From the Registers<br />

Holy Baptism<br />

29th January<br />

Olivia Mary Roberts<br />

Funerals<br />

19th January<br />

Jack Robinson, age 86<br />

25th January<br />

Stephen Hodgkin<br />

31st January<br />

Richard Cowley, age 71<br />

Floodlight Sponsorship<br />

5th February<br />

David & Mary Wilson - to celebrate<br />

their eldest daughter-in-law’s<br />

40th Birthday.<br />

Trevor, Gary & Tracy Bivens - in<br />

memory of Kath Bivens<br />

(on the first anniversary of her death)<br />

12th February<br />

Mick & Monica Webb - to celebrate<br />

their son Graham’s 50th birthday<br />

Ellie Mears - to celebrate her<br />

granddaughter Beth Rose’s 21st<br />

birthday<br />

19th February<br />

Bettie Carter and family - in loving<br />

memory of Gerald (on what would<br />

have been<br />

his birthday)<br />

Libby, Oliver & William - to celebrate<br />

Graham’s 50th birthday<br />

26th February<br />

Ellie Mears & family - in memory of<br />

Colin Mears on what would have<br />

been his birthday)<br />

Madge Toop & family - in memory of<br />

Ken Toop (who died 4 years ago).<br />

Lent services at St<br />

Mary’ Church<br />

Wednesday 1st <strong>March</strong><br />

Ash Wednesday 7.00 pm the<br />

Imposition of the Ashes .<br />

A basket will be available at the back<br />

of the Church to return last year’s<br />

palm crosses.<br />

Sunday 5th <strong>March</strong><br />

Lent Evensong 6.00 pm.<br />

Wednesday 8th <strong>March</strong><br />

Celtic Mass at 7.00 pm<br />

Wednesday 15th, 22nd, 29th <strong>March</strong><br />

Lent Compline 7.00 pm .<br />

Sunday 2nd April<br />

Passiontide Evensong 6.00 pm<br />

Wednesday 5th April<br />

Taize service 7.00 pm<br />

April 10th, 11th, 12th,<br />

Holy week services at 7.00 pm<br />

13th April<br />

Maundy Thursday Service and<br />

Washing of the Feet at 7.00 pm.<br />

14th April Good Friday<br />

10.15 am Procession of Faith from<br />

the Bowls Club Car Park followed by<br />

Stations of the Cross.<br />

2.00 pm a service of readings and<br />

contemplations<br />

7.00 pm Holy Communion at the<br />

Wesleyan Chapel.<br />

Saturday 15th April Confirmation<br />

and Lighting of the Easter Candle at<br />

Peterborough Cathedral at 8.00 pm.<br />

Easter Day<br />

Services at 8.00 am, 9.30 am and<br />

Choral Evensong at 6.00 pm.<br />

Evensong<br />

There will be an Evensong Service in<br />

St Mary’s Church on Sunday<br />

5th <strong>March</strong> at 6.00 pm<br />

The service will be followed light<br />

refreshments.<br />

There will be no Evensong on Sunday<br />

6th November.<br />

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Celtic Mass & Christian<br />

Meditation<br />

There will be a Celtic mass service on<br />

Wednesday 8th <strong>March</strong> in St Mary’s<br />

Church at 7.00 pm.<br />

If you would like to find out more about<br />

Christian Meditation or join the<br />

Meditation group, please contact Pat<br />

Peet on 01933 680773 for further<br />

information.<br />

Choir visit to<br />

Peterborough<br />

Congratulations to all the choir of<br />

St Mary’s Church for singing choral<br />

evensong so well as the Visiting Choir<br />

at Peterborough Cathedral on<br />

Saturday 11th February.<br />

The choir received a warm welcome<br />

from everyone at the Cathedral. There<br />

were many positive comments about<br />

the service and the choir have been<br />

invited to sing choral evensong there<br />

again in February 2018.<br />

Confirmation<br />

This year we are invited on Holy<br />

Saturday (15th April at 8.00 pm)<br />

to the cathedral for the Easter Vigil,<br />

the service we normally hold in<br />

St Mary’s Church on the evening<br />

before Easter Day.<br />

To join, instead, the bishops and the<br />

community there for this most solemn<br />

liturgy this year would be, I think, not<br />

only a splendid opportunity to<br />

participate in the cathedral's<br />

celebration of Easter but also to<br />

confirm candidates, a tradition which<br />

goes right back to the earliest days of<br />

the church.<br />

There are two candidates so far who<br />

would like to do this.<br />

If you would like to get confirmed, or<br />

know of anyone who would like to get<br />

confirmed, please contact Fr Richard,<br />

and he will make the necessary<br />

arrangements for instruction before<br />

the day.<br />

Fr Richard<br />

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Ash Wednesday<br />

There will be a service on Ash<br />

Wednesday 1st <strong>March</strong> at 7.00 pm for<br />

the Disposition of the Ashes.<br />

We will start collecting last years palm<br />

crosses in a basket at the back of the<br />

Church. Thank you.<br />

St Marys Thursday Club<br />

This month we are meeting on<br />

Thursday 23rd <strong>March</strong> and we have<br />

planned to have a meal out at David<br />

Teals Restaurant.<br />

Places are limited and you will need<br />

to put your name down if you have<br />

not already done so. If you are<br />

interested in becoming a member<br />

please call Louise on<br />

07581 556417 for further details.<br />

We usually meet once a month on the<br />

4th Thursday (evening). We also run<br />

a mums and tots group during school<br />

term time.<br />

The group meets on a Thursday<br />

afternoon at The Mission Room from<br />

1.30 pm to 3.00 pm.<br />

Admission is £2.00 which includes<br />

one adult and one child. Additional<br />

children are 50p each and additional<br />

adults are a £1,00 each.<br />

Women’s World Day of<br />

Prayer<br />

Churches Working Together.<br />

This year we are off to the Philippines<br />

a country with a population of over<br />

100 million. We will learn about life in<br />

the Philippines, sing a number of<br />

hymns and say a few prayers. On 8th<br />

November, 2013 a typhoon swept<br />

through the Philippines causing<br />

devastation. Over 6,000 people died,<br />

2,000 are still reported as missing<br />

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7<br />

and thousands lost their homes. We<br />

listen to these and other stories of<br />

hardship and find out how the people<br />

have coped with their adversities and<br />

losses.<br />

Join us this year at the Wesleyan<br />

Chapel at 2.00 pm on Friday 3rd<br />

<strong>March</strong> <strong>2017</strong>.<br />

Some facts about the<br />

Philippines<br />

The population of the Philippines is<br />

100 million with a very mixed<br />

ethnicity.<br />

Their flag is flown in two different<br />

ways. In times of peace it is flown<br />

with the blue side on top and in times<br />

of war the red is flown on top.<br />

The country was named Philippines<br />

after King Philip the 2nd of Spain.<br />

The country became independent in<br />

1946. Filipinos send more text<br />

messages than any other country in<br />

the world.<br />

They only have two seasons, the<br />

rainy season and the summer. It can<br />

rain for 2 weeks nonstop in the rainy<br />

season.<br />

Their staple food is rice eaten for<br />

breakfast, dinner and tea.<br />

They speak 175 different languages<br />

and dialects. The country is made up<br />

of 7000 islands with many volcanoes<br />

that erupt.<br />

Water buffaloes are the national<br />

animal and are used in many places<br />

where there are no tractors. The<br />

Philippines experience many<br />

typhoons that cause massive<br />

damage.<br />

Many houses are built of strong<br />

bamboo and on stilts.


Mothers Union<br />

Members please note that due to<br />

unforeseen circumstances our <strong>March</strong><br />

meeting will not now be held in church<br />

as previously announced. However,<br />

we will meet as usual at the Mission<br />

Room on Tuesday 7th <strong>March</strong> at<br />

2.30pm and any visitors will be made<br />

most welcome.<br />

Finedon Local History<br />

Society<br />

The <strong>March</strong> meeting will be held in the<br />

Mission Room, Well Street, Finedon<br />

on Monday 27th <strong>March</strong> <strong>2017</strong> at<br />

7.30pm.<br />

The speakers will be Gloria and Peter<br />

Wright on “The history of Apethorpe<br />

Palace -1066 to the present day”<br />

Admission is £2.50 for members and<br />

£3.50 for non Members. After the<br />

meeting light refreshments will be<br />

served.<br />

Visit us at<br />

www.finedonlocalhistorysociety.co.uk<br />

Finedon Over 60’s<br />

Weekly meetings are held in the<br />

Bowls Club, Wellingborough Road<br />

from 1.45 pm until 3.30 pm.<br />

Admission is only £1.00 plus raffle.<br />

<strong>March</strong> Programme<br />

1st Thornhill Arms Lunch<br />

8th Hoy<br />

15th To be arranged<br />

22nd Flower arrangements for<br />

Mothering Sunday<br />

29th Margaret Burgon - Memories<br />

We look forward to seeing you,<br />

everyone welcome.<br />

Church Monthly Draw<br />

The results of the February church<br />

monthly draw are as follows:<br />

Total receipts of £252.00 are divided<br />

equally between the winners and the<br />

church funds. Winning numbers for<br />

the February monthly draw are:<br />

1st prize 243 £63.00<br />

2nd prize 271 £37.80<br />

3rd prize 6 £25.20<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 />

New Group: Finedon<br />

Reading Group<br />

Are you interested in partaking in<br />

a reading group?<br />

Finedon Library needs you<br />

If you are interested please speak<br />

to a member of staff or email<br />

finlib@firstforwellbeing.co.uk<br />

At Finedon Library<br />

Delivering library services for<br />

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Collecting Sainsbury’s<br />

Active Vouchers<br />

1st Finedon Guides are collecting<br />

Sainsbury’s Active Vouchers with the<br />

hope to apply for baking and sports<br />

equipment to be used in our weekly<br />

meetings.<br />

We would be most grateful for your<br />

help in collecting these.<br />

Please see the box at the entrance to<br />

the church, alternatively please pass<br />

them on to Emma Putman, or deliver<br />

to 44 Tingdene Road, Finedon.<br />

Many thanks in advance for your<br />

support.<br />

Emma Putman,<br />

1st Finedon Guides<br />

Townswomen’s Guild<br />

The next Townswomen's Guild<br />

meeting will be the AGM, which will<br />

take place at 7.30 on <strong>March</strong> 2nd in<br />

the Town Hall.<br />

A Race Night will be held during the<br />

social half-hour, and the competition<br />

is for a trophy<br />

What is Ash Wednesday?<br />

Ash Wednesday is the first day<br />

of Lent.<br />

Its official name is “Day of Ashes,” so<br />

called because of the practice of<br />

rubbing ashes on one’s forehead in<br />

the sign of a cross.<br />

Since it is exactly 40 days (excluding<br />

Sundays) before Easter Sunday, it<br />

will always fall on a Wednesday<br />

Finedon Community<br />

Centre<br />

is holding a<br />

LEGO Build & Show<br />

weekend<br />

on<br />

Saturday 29th &<br />

Sunday 30th April<br />

From<br />

10.00 am - 4.00 pm<br />

on both days<br />

with Lego Displays, Lego<br />

Building from over 800+ kits &<br />

Competitions in the freebuild<br />

section, a Raffle plus hot & cold<br />

refreshments available all day.<br />

Entry is only £2.00 per person<br />

per day or £7.00 for 4 people<br />

and<br />

£1.00 for additional children.<br />

All children must be<br />

accompanied by an adult.<br />

Please do not bring any Lego<br />

with you. We provide the Lego<br />

you provide the imagination!<br />

For more information try the<br />

Link:<br />

http://facebook.com<br />

LegoBuildAndShow<br />

or call 01933 398377.<br />

Tell your family and friends<br />

about these forthcoming events<br />

and put them in your diaries<br />

too!<br />

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Arts Barn G&S Society<br />

Wellingborough Arts Barn Gilbert &<br />

Sullivan Society is to return to the<br />

Castle Theatre main stage in May to<br />

celebrate their 30th Anniversary by<br />

performing ‘The Sorcerer’.<br />

The shows runs on Saturday<br />

20th – Sunday 21st May at 7.30pm<br />

with a 2.30pm matinee on the<br />

Sunday at Castle Theatre<br />

Wellingborough. Tickets are £15 for<br />

adults, £12 for over 60’s and £5 for<br />

students in full time education and<br />

can be booked<br />

by calling the box office on<br />

01933 270007 or online at<br />

www.castletheatre.co.uk<br />

Please come and support local<br />

theatre for what promises to be a<br />

great evening of entertainment.<br />

Spring-time Flower<br />

Time Classes<br />

Spring-time Flower<br />

Classes will be starting<br />

on 8th <strong>March</strong> at the<br />

Bowls Club,<br />

Wellingborough Road.<br />

The classes run for 8<br />

weeks and will be covering special<br />

days including spring time, St<br />

Patrick’s day, as design ready for<br />

mothers day, British summer time<br />

begins, a design for Palm Sunday,<br />

your own representation of Easter<br />

time, the Queen’s birthday/St<br />

George’s day and a design of your<br />

own choice.<br />

If you would like to attend and for<br />

further information, please contact<br />

Christine Russell on<br />

07502 129 609 or 01933 388935<br />

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In My Day<br />

the ramblings of Hubert James<br />

In my day it was about this time of<br />

year that you had to watch out for a<br />

cold snap. A frosty morning could<br />

catch you out not to mention<br />

surprising the wild life.<br />

But I’ll mention them anyway<br />

because when the Sparrows, Tits<br />

and Robins found their regular<br />

water supply frozen, they’d turn to<br />

the milk bottles on your step.<br />

Course, in my day, milk came in<br />

bottles and was delivered early<br />

each morning by someone we liked<br />

to call the milkman.<br />

And once he’d dropped off your two<br />

pints (pints weren’t just for beer in<br />

my day) your bottles were<br />

unattended and so easy pickings<br />

for the birds. Nobody knows which<br />

bird first came up with the idea of<br />

pecking through the foil bottle lid to<br />

get at the cream, but once they<br />

made the discovery, there was no<br />

stopping them.<br />

Course, it led to a small moral<br />

dilemma.<br />

When you opened the front door<br />

and found the top inch of milk<br />

missing, you’d be annoyed<br />

because that was the thick creamy<br />

bit that went on your cornflakes.<br />

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But when you thought about it, you<br />

didn’t want to begrudge the poor<br />

bird its sustenance.<br />

Mind you, if you wanted to stay at<br />

the top of the food chain, you knew<br />

you had to stop the birds pilfering.<br />

Now for years we had a milkman<br />

called Jock McCurd he drove his<br />

milk float from the dairy in Gold<br />

Street (which is where the term; top<br />

of Gold Street milk, or Gold Top,<br />

came from) . If you ever got stuck<br />

behind Jock when he was going<br />

home and you were going to work,<br />

you’d curse electric vehicles. Jock<br />

reckoned that one summer he read<br />

War and Peace between Finedon<br />

and the Dairy.<br />

He was a bit special, very well<br />

educated. He did some story<br />

writing on the side and it was him<br />

that came up with the idea of little<br />

plastic caps to cover the bottle tops<br />

and make them bird proof.<br />

Old Jock kept delivering milk way<br />

after the supermarkets took over.<br />

He reckoned he’d been a Milky all<br />

his life and they’d have to carry him<br />

off in a milk crate.<br />

He started up in Scotland with a<br />

horse and cart. For years he<br />

worked around Aberdeen and was<br />

milkman by Royal Appointment up<br />

there.<br />

He managed to keep working even<br />

though his business was making a<br />

loss because he had income from<br />

his autobiography, the best seller;<br />

‘Dairy of a Nobody’ and from a<br />

pension paid to him by the Royal<br />

Family. He reckoned he was living<br />

off Balmoral earnings.


Not to be served, but to serve<br />

T<br />

he first day of <strong>March</strong>: St David's<br />

Day, when the Welsh celebrate<br />

their great patron saint. A<br />

teaching, preaching, doctrinally<br />

orthodox, church-planting bishop.<br />

Three cheers! (And he was Welsh.)<br />

This year the first day of <strong>March</strong> is<br />

also Ash Wednesday, the first day of<br />

Lent. As I have written before, and<br />

almost certainly will do again, I am a<br />

strong believer in the Christian Year.<br />

It serves us well as a teaching tool, as<br />

a liturgical framework, and as an aid<br />

to the disciplines of our discipleship.<br />

Lent matters.<br />

I gave up coffee one Lent: a<br />

memorable but painful experience,<br />

which taught me to my horror that I<br />

was addicted to caffeine. In my mid<br />

teens I once succeeded in giving up<br />

sweets right through Lent - for me at<br />

that time a remarkable achievement:<br />

at least, I thought so at the time. But<br />

what I actually did was put the sweets<br />

I would have eaten into a drawer.<br />

Once Easter came, the sweets went<br />

quite quickly. Maybe that was an act<br />

of self-discipline. But it wasn't a<br />

sacrifice; merely deferred gratification.<br />

In retrospect, it boosted my ego rather<br />

than my spiritual growth.<br />

Lent can and should be a time to get<br />

our spiritual disciplines on track:<br />

giving, prayer, and fasting (in that<br />

order) are the great three in the<br />

Sermon on the Mount. All three are<br />

examples of self-denial, indicators<br />

that we are trusting in and relying on<br />

God rather than ourselves. But when<br />

you get into them in depth, they are<br />

more about serving others than<br />

growing ourselves. The danger of<br />

the Lenten disciplines is that we<br />

can be too introspective. Like<br />

Jesus, we are here not to be<br />

served, but to serve.<br />

Have a good Lent, as we walk the<br />

way of the cross together. May<br />

your Lent, and mine, be an<br />

opportunity to give ourselves in<br />

service to our lord, and to one<br />

another.<br />

With Lenten blessings<br />

Diocese of Peterborough - <strong>Magazine</strong> Resource - <strong>March</strong> <strong>2017</strong><br />

Produced by the Diocesan Office, The Palace, Peterborough PE1 1YB<br />

01733 887000 www.peterborough-diocese.org.uk<br />

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Church of England launches new educational foundation<br />

T<br />

he Church of England<br />

Foundation for Educational<br />

Leadership will provide<br />

leadership development training for<br />

those holding key roles in education,<br />

and is a major intervention by the<br />

Church in the education sector.<br />

In advance of the launch, it has<br />

announced the names of the four<br />

trustees of the new charity:<br />

<br />

Professor Joy Carter DL (Chair);<br />

Vice-Chancellor of Winchester University<br />

<br />

The Revd Nigel Genders; Chief<br />

Education Officer for the Church of<br />

England<br />

<br />

The Rt Revd Rachel Treweek;<br />

Bishop of Gloucester<br />

<br />

Professor Bill Lucas; Acclaimed<br />

researcher and writer about education<br />

and learning<br />

Speaking about the new trustees<br />

the Foundation’s Director, James<br />

Townsend, said: “We are thrilled that<br />

the work of the Foundation for<br />

Educational Leadership will be<br />

supported by an experienced and<br />

visionary Board of Trustees, reflecting<br />

a powerful partnership between<br />

dioceses, universities and school<br />

leaders.<br />

“I am looking forward to working with<br />

Joy, Nigel, Bishop Rachel and Bill as<br />

we seek to ensure that all leaders in<br />

education have access to the very<br />

highest quality leadership<br />

development – especially those<br />

serving pupils in rural and<br />

disadvantaged areas.”<br />

The Chair of Trustees, Professor<br />

Joy Carter, said: “The next few years<br />

will be an important time for our<br />

education system as we equip a new<br />

generation of young people to shape<br />

the values and priorities of our<br />

society, and contribute meaningfully to<br />

a complex and globalised world.<br />

“To do this, we need to ensure our<br />

leaders in schools, Multi-Academy<br />

Trusts and diocesan education teams<br />

are fully supported in their<br />

development. The Board is committed<br />

to ensuring the success of the<br />

Foundation for Educational<br />

Leadership in doing so.”<br />

Further trustees will be recruited to<br />

the Foundation in due course.<br />

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Come to the Bishop’s Bible Day on 18 <strong>March</strong><br />

T<br />

his year the theme is The<br />

Old Testament for the<br />

church and the world<br />

today.<br />

The day is for anyone who uses<br />

the Bible; in their ministry, in<br />

church, in school, at work, in the<br />

community and at home.<br />

There are two talks from<br />

Bishop Donald, and a choice of<br />

two workshops during the day.<br />

For a list of workshops or to<br />

book, ring 01604 887049 or<br />

email: bookings@peterboroughdiocese.org.uk<br />

More information can be found at:<br />

http://www.peterboroughdiocese.org.uk/discipleship/-3.<br />

The Bible day is free of charge but<br />

F<br />

ollowing on from the very popular<br />

series of Roadshows in 2014,<br />

Bishop Donald would like to<br />

invite you to the <strong>2017</strong><br />

Roadshows.<br />

Bishop Donald said:<br />

“I believe that God cares<br />

passionately about his<br />

church and that he wants<br />

it to be alive and joyful; to<br />

grow and flourish. The<br />

purpose of the<br />

Roadshows is to share<br />

with the whole diocese<br />

this vision for God’s<br />

church in order to<br />

encourage and invigorate<br />

the parishes throughout<br />

the diocese.<br />

During these Roadshows I will be<br />

talking about many aspects of what it<br />

means to be alive to God as Anglicans<br />

in this part of the world. We will be<br />

considering the training and cost of<br />

ministry - both lay and ordained. We<br />

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donations are very much appreciated<br />

from those who feel able to contribute<br />

towards the costs.<br />

will be thinking about the place of<br />

schools in our parishes and other<br />

ways of how we can support your<br />

parishes to thrive and grow.<br />

I very much hope that<br />

clergy, licensed lay ministers,<br />

churchwardens, and PCC<br />

treasurers, will come to these<br />

Roadshows, but the invitation<br />

is open to all PCC members,<br />

and indeed to all<br />

churchgoers. Please spread<br />

the word as widely as<br />

possible, and come join me<br />

one Saturday morning.<br />

There are two more<br />

Roadshows: April 29 and<br />

May 6.<br />

Please contact<br />

Suzanne.carter@peterboroughdiocese.org.uk<br />

to choose an event<br />

date and to give numbers of those<br />

attending.


<strong>March</strong><br />

2nd<br />

6th<br />

7th<br />

14th<br />

27th<br />

28th<br />

April<br />

3rd<br />

24th<br />

29/<br />

30th<br />

May<br />

6th<br />

8th<br />

12th<br />

20th<br />

29th<br />

June<br />

5th<br />

4th<br />

17th<br />

24th<br />

25th<br />

26th<br />

7.30 TG Town Hall, AGM/race night<br />

7pm RBL Cheese & Wine/quiz<br />

9.45 Coffee Morning, Bowls Club<br />

2pm Mothers Union, Mission Room<br />

9.45 Coffee Morning, Bowls Club<br />

7.30 History Society, Mission Room, The<br />

History of Apethorpe Palace<br />

9.45 Coffee Morning, Bowls Club<br />

RBL ‘It aint what you say’ Mrs Delia<br />

Thomas.<br />

7.30 History Society, Mission Room,<br />

Sheep that eat men.<br />

10-4pm Lego build and show weekend,<br />

Community Centre<br />

11-2pm Wesleyan Chapel May Fayre<br />

RBL Bingo night/no meeting<br />

7.30 Organ recital, St Mary’s Church<br />

7.30 Concert, St Mary’s Church<br />

10am-3.14, 314 minute organ<br />

recital, St Mary’s Church<br />

RBL Highlights of my army career Major<br />

(ret’d) Jake Baker VR JR<br />

2-6pm Open Gardens<br />

7.30pm Evening Concert, St Mary’s<br />

Church<br />

St Mary’s Church Summer Fete on the<br />

Green<br />

2-6pm Open Gardens<br />

7.30 History Society, Mission Room, the<br />

Bevan Boys in Finedon<br />

Town Diary<br />

July<br />

3rd<br />

15th<br />

24th<br />

August<br />

4th<br />

21st<br />

September<br />

4th<br />

17th<br />

25th<br />

October<br />

2nd<br />

8th<br />

23rd<br />

28th<br />

November<br />

6th<br />

27th<br />

December<br />

2nd<br />

4th<br />

9th<br />

RBL Chat night<br />

Jonathan Reynolds presents ‘Summer<br />

Special’ Star Hall.<br />

7.30 History Society, Mission Room, The<br />

History of Broadcasting<br />

RBL Concert parties in WWI<br />

7.30 History Society, Mission Room The<br />

last navel hero. A local man.<br />

RBL Fish & chips<br />

Wesleyan Chapel Harvest<br />

7.30 History Society, Mission Room Richard<br />

III and the Greyfriars dig.<br />

First WW through the magic lantern,<br />

Kevin Varty<br />

6pm Wesleyan Chapel Thank Offering<br />

servcice<br />

7.30 History Society, Mission Room The<br />

History of Toys.<br />

Jonathan Reynolds presents ‘Finedon’s<br />

got talent too’<br />

RBL AGM<br />

7.30 History Society, Mission Room AGM<br />

11-2pm Wesleyan Chapel Christmas<br />

Bazaar<br />

RBL Christmas Party<br />

Jonathan Reynolds presents ‘Curtain up<br />

at Christmas’<br />

St Michael’s Mission Room, Well Street, Finedon<br />

Available for hire weekdays, Saturdays & Sundays.<br />

Suitable for most social functions, charitable events, children's parties (no late<br />

discos)<br />

For all enquiries and information contact<br />

Bryan & Christine Chapman Tel: 01933 398818<br />

Email: bryanchapman2@aol.com<br />

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