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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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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 />
Bishop’s Roadshows <strong>2017</strong><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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