St Mary's January 2018 Magazine

Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Finedon
Parish Magazine
January 2018
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Digital Edition

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 483935
email: mikeduncombe61@gmail.com
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
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. January 2018.
The year turns, and I remember thinking the last time, well at least what’s
coming won’t be as dramatic as what’s just gone. It did not turn out to
be that way; not so much high drama this year (although events in North
Korea began to look like some apocalyptic movie script), but a thriller, a
story of suspense, as we adapt, at home and abroad, to profound
change. Brexit lies ahead, just a year or so away now, and whatever you
make of it, Leaver or Remainer or Don’t Know, it will change all our lives.
In the United States, as I write, the unlikeliest president imaginable
continues in government if not in power, more noted for his intemperate
tweeting than crafting policy. The effect is to produce a feeling of
instability, or at least it does for me. Perhaps that’s also part of getting
older, and feeling your place in the world is not as settled as it once was?
Heraclitus, one of my favourite ancient philosophers, observed that all
things are in a state of constant change, and the writer of the epistle to
the Hebrews agreed: in this life there is no abiding city. For
changelessness we look beyond the world’s horizons and towards the
mystery of God, revealed to us at Christmas with the astounding arrival of
Jesus not in power and glory but as a baby in a manger. Nowhere was
more unstable than Palestine in the 1st century, no-one more vulnerable
than a homeless family on a hostile road; but God is with us.
With us then, with us now, renewing us always in faith. So let us look
forward in hope. The old year is gone, bring in the new!
Yours in Christ,
Fr Richard.
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Our Worship in January
Year B
7th – Baptism of Christ
Genesis 1. 1 – 5
Psalm 29
Acts 19. 1 – 7
Mark 1. 4 – 11
Hymns
83 As with gladness men of old
34 On Jordan's bank the Baptist's
cry
93 When Jesus came to Jordan
Anthem: Lo, how a Rose e’er
blooming arr. M Praetorius and
Psalms 98 & 100
91 We three kings of Orient are,
14th – 2nd Sunday of Epiphany
1 Samuel 3. 1 – 10
Psalm 139. 1 – 5
Revelation 5. 1 – 10
John 1. 43 to end
Hymns
401 Come, let us join our cheerful
songs
308 Just as I am, without one plea
90 (Tune St Edmund) Songs of
thankfulness and praise
Anthem: : Psalm 24
470 I, the Lord of sea and sky
21st – 3rd Sunday of Epiphany
Genesis 14, 17 - 20
Psalm 128
Revelation 19. 6 – 10
John 2. 1 – 11
89 O worship the Lord in the
beauty of holiness
305 I come with joy, a child of God
87 Hail to the Lord's anointed
Anthem: Magnificat by Henry Purcell
411 Dear Lord and Father of
mankind
28th – 4th Sunday of Epiphany
Deuteronomy 18. 15 -20
Psalm 111
Revelation 12. 1 – 5a
Mark 1. 21 – 28.
Hymns
494 King of glory, King of peace
85 Earth has many a noble city
482 Jerusalem the golden
Anthem: Sing Unto God by Tompkins
84 (Tune Epiphany) Brightest and
best of the sons of the morning
Organ Voluntaries following the
9.30am services
7th January
J.S. Bach: Chorale Prelude Das alte
Jahr vergangen ist BWV 614
14th January
Vincent Lübeck: Praeambulum in G
21st January
J.S. Bach: Chorale Prelude In dir ist
Freude BWV 615
28th January
J.S. Bach: Chorale Prelude Alle
Menschen müssen sterben BWV 643
Hymns
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From the Registers
Funerals
22nd November
Keith Farey, Age 89
Floodlight Sponsorship
26th November
Mrs Nina Beetson - in memory of
Donald Beetson.
3rd December
Mrs Nina Beetson - in memory of
Donald Beetson.
Alan, Enid & Family - in memory of
Maurice Coles (on the first
anniversary of his death)
David, Eileen & Family - to celebrate
their late father David Edwin Abbott’s
100th birthday on 4th December.
10th December
Sponsored by Mick & Monica Webb
17th December
Anonymous - to wish everyone a
Joyful Christmas.
Christine Chapman & family - to
celebrate Bryan Chapman’s
membership of the choir at St Mary’s
for 60 years
24th December
Mum, Dad, Martin & friends - in
memory of Alison Jane Pickering.
31st December
Carole & Paul Mitchell - in memory of
all deceased family members as we
enter a new year.
Anonymous - to wish everyone
happiness and health in 2018.
Christmas Tree Festival
Well done and thank you to all those
who helped and participated in the
Christmas Tree Festival weekend
which raised a few pence under
£710.00.
The imagination in the decoration of
the Christmas trees was amazing.
The variation from the peep show tree
to the tree from the chip shop was
very entertaining.
A good weekend spent by all and a
tremendous result.
Choir of St Mary's
Church, Finedon
New Members Welcome
New members are always welcome to
join the choir on a regular or
occasional basis.
We rehearse in church on Fridays
between 7.00 pm and 8.10 pm and
sing at the 9.30am Sunday services
and monthly evensong.
From January, we will be preparing
music to sing as the Visiting Choir at
Peterborough Cathedral on Saturday
10th February; after that we start
preparing music for Lent and Easter.
Come along any Friday evening to try
out the choir.
If you have any questions, ask
Jonathan or anyone in the choir.
Children are welcome to join our
Children's Choir on Fridays between
6.15 pm and 6.55 pm.
They will also be preparing to sing at
Peterborough Cathedral in February.
Epiphany Evensong
An epiphany Carol service will be
held in St Mary’s Church on Sunday
7th January 2018 at 6.00 pm.
Light refreshments will be served
after the service.
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Thank You
The Church Wardens and the PCC
thank everyone for their support and
help during 2017 and wish you all a
very Happy and Peaceful New Year.
Pantomime
F.C.S.S.E.S presents 'Rapunzel'
from Saturday 27th January to
Saturday 3rd February 2018!
Let your hair down with Rapunzel and
friends as we magically bring to
life this much-loved fairy tale.
With plenty of fun and laughter and
special effects, this traditional
pantomime will be a hit with all the
family.
Tickets on sale on Saturday Mornings
between 10.00 am and 12.00 pm.
throughout January from the Star Hall,
or by calling
07745 612048. Ticket prices start at
just £6.00
Daylight Centre Food
Bank
Thank you to everyone who has
donated so generously, and continues
to donate to the Food Bank collection.
On average I go to The Daylight
Centre every two weeks, taking with
me a car load of food that you have so
generously donated.
The Daylight Centre is extremely
grateful for all of these donations and
they enable them to continue to
provide support for vulnerable adults
and children in our community.
The Daylight Centre has recently
reported an increase in the number of
people attending their centre and
accessing the Food Bank and the
demand continues to grow.
If anyone would like to make a
donation please bring them to me at
1 Avenue Close, Finedon, or leave
them in the box in church.
Any tined, long life or dried goods,
toiletries, nappies and baby food will
be gratefully received.
With very many thanks.
Sue Nicholls and The Daylight
Centre Food bank.
FINEDON LOCAL HISTORY
SOCIETY
FARMING
IN FINEDON
We have been delighted by the
enthusiastic response to our
forthcoming book. It is gratifying to
know that Finedon people are so
interested in their community and its
heritage.
The first consignment of books
should be with us in the week
beginning February 5th.
You can still order a copy of Farming
in Finedon, but the society will have
to pay carriage & packing costs on
any further orders, meaning we will
need to charge £20 per copy.
Don’t miss out! Order your copy
now by contacting Malcolm Peet at
13 Rockleigh Close or telephone on
01933 680773. No advance payment
is required.
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National Garden
Scheme Opening 2018
The gardening year has started!
The first piece of information is that,
following the rebranding last year
and the rather insignificant posters,
roadside and smaller notice board
ones, the format is - apparently -
going to revert to be more akin to
what we used to have! (We’ll have to
wait and see)
The second piece of information is
that, as was mentioned in our ‘Thank
you’ piece after the end of the
summer openings, Gillian and John
Ellson tendered their resignation -
having done 10 years. Once again a
huge ‘thank you’ to them.
The dates for the coming year 2018
for 67/69 High Street are as follows:
Sunday 25th February
11.00 am - 3.00 pm Snowdrops and
Helebores. Entry includes a ‘mug’ of
homemade soup and roll.
Sundays 3rd & 24th June
2.00 pm - 6.00 pm. Cream Teas etc
provided by St Mary’s Church and
the Independent Wesleyan Chapel
respectively.
Once again there are no ‘scheduled’
Thursday Evening opening this year
but instead we intend to have ‘Popup
Openings’ - details will be
available on the National Garden
Scheme web site (www.ngs.org.uk)
and we will try to give as much local
notice as possible.
In addition we are also available for
pre-arranged group visits (any
number). Please telephone to
discuss arrangements 01933 680414
or via the email address
sh_archt@hotmail.com.
Thank you, we look forward to
seeing you.
Mary & Stuart Hendry
Townswomen’s Guild
The Townswomen's Guild will hold a
New Year party at 7.30 pm on
January 11th in the Town Hall.
There will be a faith supper and
entertainment by the drama group.
There will also be a grand raffle.
Finedon Local History
Society
Our first meeting in 2018 will be a
talk on “David Livingstone,19th
century explorer, and his
Northamptonshire connections”. The
talk will be given by Gloria and Ian
Wright.
The meeting will take place in the
Mission Room Well Street Finedon
on Monday 22nd January at 7.30pm.
After the meeting light refreshments
will be served. All are welcome to
attend.
Mothers Union
We start 2018 with our AGM, which
will be held after a short service, and
will take place in the Mission Room
at 2.30 pm on Tuesday 9th January.
Anyone wishing to come along to
find out what we are about will be
made most welcome.
Members please note that
subscriptions are due at this
meeting.
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Finedon Parish Council
Clerk: Mrs Julia Tufnail Office
Hours: Monday-Friday Mornings
7 Amen Place, Little Addington,
Northants, NN14 4AU
Telephone 07410 633544
Email: finedonpc@gmail.com
Website:
www.finedonparishcouncil.gov.uk
Your Councillors: Laurence Harper,
Acting Chairman
Terry Kendall-Torry, Planning
Malcolm Ward, also WBC
Barbara Bailey, also WBC
Sally Farrell, Gill Spencer, Gordon
Swann, Stuart Cooper,
Andrew Weatherill, Mike Bentley,
Danny Mullen, Dennis Willmott
Happy New Year to you all
Following the great success of the
War Memorial Renovations, the
Parish Council have agreed that the
Union Flag will be flown at the War
Memorial. The flower bed has been
planted up with winter bedding and
Phase II (an engraved plinth) will be
put in place next year.
You will notice that the winter clear-up
has taken place in Banks Park ready
for the Spring. The trees are being
maintained throughout the village in
January thanks to S106 money
available from Wellingborough
Council. The Cemetery has also had
a tidy up but the graves are not the
responsibility of the Council but the
responsibility of each of the families
who own the graves and memorials.
Wellingborough Borough Council are
the Burial Authority for Finedon, so
the Parish Council can do nothing
about overrun or damaged graves
and memorials. If your family has a
grave or memorial at the Cemetery,
please take a look and attend to it as
necessary. The Cemetery is a lovely
peaceful place for families to
remember their loved ones.
The Parish Council has responded to
the County Council Phase I
Consultations and have expressed
their disquiet that County are
proposing that they should no longer
be responsible for Library Services in
Finedon. The Council feels that
County should continue to provide
these services bearing as many
residents of Finedon would not be
able to access Library Services if the
library was closed. Friends of
Finedon Library have expressed an
interest in taking over the library
services with the aid of County and
the Parish Council has given them
their support in principle. However,
the detail is not clear yet and County
are only offering a 2-year support
deal. We will wait and see what
happens.
Finedon is fortunate in that it does not
have to purchase the library building
from County so are only talking on
running costs rather than taking on a
library building which is what many
villages and towns are facing.
The Parish Council has also
responded to the Boundary
Commissions proposal to put Finedon
with the Kettering MP instead of the
Wellingborough MP. The Parish
Council is vehemently opposed to this
as Finedon Parish Council came out
of Wellingborough in the 1980s and is
culturally part of Wellingborough not
Kettering.
The next project being taken on by
the Parish Council is the replacement
of the railings at Tainty Field. A
quotation has been agreed and
funding, to assist with the costs, is
being sought. I will keep you up to
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date as the project progresses.
The Council are aware of problems
being caused by members of the
public metal detecting and the
Council has agreed to prohibit the
use of metal detectors on both Tainty
Field and Pocket Park. New signs
will be in place shortly at each of the
entrances.
As usual, please feel free to contact
me should you have anything you
wish to bring to the Council’s
attention. Providing it is within the
Council’s remit, we will try our best to
make Finedon a better place to live.
Julia Tufnail
Clerk, Finedon Parish Council
Friends of Finedon
Library - Do You Want a
Library
In February 2018 Northamptonshire
County Council are voting to close
the majority of libraries in the county,
only eight are certain to remain and
Finedon is not one of the eight.
The Friends of Finedon Library are
sending in an application to be
considered for a partnership
agreement with the council to run the
library as a Community Led Library,
where the council cover all the
infrastructure costs which include the
books, IT and staff training, whilst the
library will have to fund the building,
staff and volunteer costs.
If we are to maintain a library in the
village, whatever the outcome of the
vote in February, we have to form a
management committee to oversee
all aspects of running it.
If you have management, people or
I.T. skills and a desire to keep the
library going please contact,
Mr Les Martin on 01933 680486 or e-
mail les.martin395@gmail.com
St Marys Thursday Club
The committee would like to wish all
its members a Very Happy New
Year.
Our next meeting will be held on
Thursday 25th January 2018. We
will be having a Surprise Bingo and
we will be meeting at the Band Club
at 7.45pm for a 8pm start.
Anyone wishing to join us will be
made very welcome. We hope to
see you all at our January's meeting.
Finedon Over 60’s
We meet every Wednesday at
1.45 pm until 3.30 pm.at the Bowls
Club, Wellingborough Road.
Admission is £1.00 plus raffle.
January Programme
10th Bingo
17th Table Top Games
24th HOY
31st M & J Clarke entertain
Everyone welcome, just turn up.
Tip of the Month
Put a piece of kitchen Roll in bags of
lettuce leaves to keep it fresh and
close.
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Strange New Year
Traditions around the
World
Denmark
In Denmark they save all of their
unused dishes and plates until the
31st of December when they
affectionately shatter them against
the doors of all their friends and
family.
Spain
In Spain, the New Year’s tradition for
good luck revolves around grapes. If
you can manage to stuff 12 grapes in
your mouth at midnight you’ve
achieved good luck for the next year.
Germany
Lead is considered to be auspicious
here. They pour molten lead into cold
water and the shape that is taken
after, predicts the future. Heart
shapes symbolize marriage whereas
round shapes denote good luck;
anchor shapes tell that you need
help however a cross signifies
someone’s sad demise.
Belgium
They call the New Year eve as Saint
Sylvester Eve. They believe in
throwing family parties, where
everyone kisses, exchanges fortune
greetings apart from raises toast to
welcome the New Year in their own
manner.
Equador
In Ecuador they celebrate the New
Year by burning paper filled
scarecrows at midnight. They also
burn photographs from the last year.
All in the name of good fortune.
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Japan
In Japan they ring all of their bells
108 times in alignment with the
Buddhist belief that this brings
cleanness. It’s also considered good
to be smiling going into the New Year
as it supposedly brings good luck.
Switzerland
In Switzerland they celebrate the
New Year by dropping ice cream on
the floor .
Puerto Rico
In some parts of Puerto Rico they
throw pails of water out of their
windows to drive away evil spirits.
Watoto Children’s
Choir
The Watoto Children’s
Choir will be visiting
St Mary’s Church
on
Thursday 18th January
at 7.00 pm
Admission is free with an
offering taken during the
concert.
The Watoto Children’s Choirs
have travelled extensively since
1994, sharing a message of hope
for Africa’s orphans and widows.
To date, the choir has toured six
continents and performed to
enthralled audiences in schools,
retirement homes, churches,
parliaments, state houses and
royal palaces. The Watoto
Children’s Choir concert acts as
a fundraising event for Watoto.
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lIn My Day
the ramblings of Hubert James
In those days
there was none of
this modern stuff
like artificial
Christmas trees.
We all spent the
festive period with
a live tree sitting
in the front room and by now those
trees were getting bored so they’d
start dropping their needles for fun.
The day would eventually come when
a ragged looking skeletal tree would
reach the end of the road. Course,
some far thinking folk might have
planted the tree in a pot of compost
and watered it with a mixture of
Christmas punch, leftover homemade
wine, and the dregs of a satisfying
pint or even a touch of Bailey’s. Now
if the tree survived that it would find
itself replanted in the back garden.
Assuming that someone in the family
was strong enough to drive a spade
into perm-frost.
The rest of us needed to find
somewhere to dump our conifer
carcass.
I can almost hear some of you older
readers screaming. “The England
Brothers!” That’s right, the England
brothers had a small yard down the
end of Thrapston Road where they
had a logging business. Or tree fellers
as they liked to be known - although,
there was only two of them so it
wasn’t the most apt name. The brain
of the outfit was George or Sane
George as we called him. Not that he
was particularly sensible but he was
nowhere near as mad as brother;
Harold. We called him Fir Harold, not
just because of his huge beard but
also because he was a proper conifer
expert.
Sane George hit on a great idea
when he saw his mum mincing beef.
Let me explain, in my day, every
kitchen had a contraption that you
clamped on the end of the table. You
fed your meat in the top, turned a
handle and mince came out the
bottom. George realised that you
could adapt this to turn dried old
Christmas trees into wood chippings
to use in the garden.
Pretty soon we were all taking our
trees round to their yard where you’d
find Harold sitting on a sort of bicycle
peddling like mad while the bike chain
drove a large grinder. Course, this
was where you got the term
‘recycling’ from.
There were some rules, the tree
needed to be very dry. If Harold
looked at it and gave you a nod you
were in. So this was the month when
you first heard the cry, nod Fir Harry
England and Sane George.
Church Monthly Draw
The results of the december church
monthly draw are as follows:
Total receipts of £248.00 are divided
equally between the winners and the
church funds.
Winning numbers for the december
monthly draw are:
1st prize 138 £62.00
2nd prize 154 £37.20
3rd prize 87 £24.80
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.
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A new Dean has been appointed to Peterborough Cathedral
D
owning Street announced on
Wednesday 1st November
that The Queen has
approved the appointment of the
Very Revd Chris Dalliston as Dean
of Peterborough.
Chris Dalliston is currently Dean
of Newcastle, a post he has held
since 2003. During his time at
Newcastle he has overseen
significant improvements in the
Cathedral’s facilities for visitors and
worshippers, and led a partnership
with the City Council and others to
re-invigorate the historic heart of
the city. In March this year the
Cathedral was awarded a major
Heritage Lottery Fund grant as part
of a £6 million project to transform
the nave, renew visitor facilities and
re-shape external spaces.
Under his leadership Newcastle
Cathedral has built partnerships
with city institutions, including the
universities, the other churches and
faith communities. The Cathedral
sponsors a Street Pastor project
and a Night Church, offering itself
as a spiritual sanctuary at the heart
of the city’s night life. Chris was
one of four faith leaders (Christian,
Jewish Muslim and Sikh) to take
part in an interfaith, intergenerational
visit to Auschwitz in 2013. The visit
resulted in an annual programme of
interfaith events at the Cathedral.
Chris has his roots in the east of
England. He grew up in Norfolk,
studied at Cambridge University and
served in the Diocese of Chelmsford
for the first 12 years of his ministry.
Before going to Newcastle he was
Vicar of St Botolph’s Church at
Boston in Lincolnshire (known locally
as ‘the Stump’), where he oversaw a
growing congregation and the
building of a new church and
community centre for the daughter
church of St Christopher’s.
Chris is excited by the challenge that
lies ahead at Peterborough:
“I feel deeply privileged to be asked
to take on this role. Peterborough is a
growing, dynamic city with a great
future. At its heart stands this
extraordinary Cathedral – without
doubt one of the great buildings of
England. There have been some
difficult times recently, but there is
here a team of people who are
determined to rebuild confidence and
a growing congregation that is excited
about what the future can bring.
There is also a wider community who
long to see this place, on the
threshold of its 900th anniversary, not
just as a powerful symbol of
Peterborough’s illustrious past, but as
an active participant in helping to
shape its future.
“I will do all I can, working with the
Bishop and my colleagues, to help
fulfil this vision and shape the ministry
of the Cathedral to be a sign of God’s
amazing love, grace and presence in
the city, the diocese and the region”.
The Bishop of Peterborough, the
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ight Revd Donald Allister, welcomed the news:
“I am delighted that Chris Dalliston will be joining us as Dean. His
ministry at Newcastle Cathedral has been very impressive. I am confident
that he will bring much-needed gifts and perspective to our Cathedral
and Diocese. I look forward to welcoming Chris and working with him.”
The Bishop of Newcastle, the Right Revd Christine Hardman, paid tribute
to Chris’s work in the city:
“For fourteen years, Chris has served both the Cathedral and the people of
Newcastle superbly. His vision has been to establish the Cathedral’s place
at the heart of city centre life, with a care for the most vulnerable and with
close links to city institutions and businesses, as well as other churches and
faiths. He is responsible for many improvements to the Cathedral and most
recently has been leading our bid for Heritage Lottery funding to secure the
Cathedral’s future as an inspirational place to visit and worship.
“Chris leaves a legacy that is truly exciting, one where we are able to build
for the future. He moves with our gratitude for all that he has given to this
Diocese and we assure him of our prayers and very best wishes.”
Chris will be installed as Dean of Peterborough on Saturday 20th January
2018, at the 3.30pm service of Evensong.
He succeeds the Very Revd Charles Taylor who retired from Peterborough
Cathedral in October 2016.
A Brief Biography
Chris (61) was born in 1956 and brought up at Diss in Norfolk. He studied
Modern History at Peterhouse, Cambridge, then worked for the Ford Motor
Company from 1978 to 1981 before entering St Stephen's House, Oxford to
study theology and train for ordination.
He was ordained Deacon in 1984 and Priest in 1985, and served his curacy
at St Andrew with Holy Trinity, Halstead, Essex. From 1987 to 1991 he was
Chaplain to the Bishop of Chelmsford, and from 1991 to 1995 Vicar of St
Edmund’s Church at Forest Gate in London.
Chris moved to Lincolnshire to become Priest in Charge then Vicar of St
Botolph’s Church, Boston from 1995-2003. He was also Area Dean of Holland
East from 1997 to 2003.
In 2003 he became Dean of Newcastle.
Chris is married to Michelle and has four adult children, Alex, Tom,
Georgie, and Bella. Michelle is also ordained and currently serves as Team
Rector in north Newcastle, where she will continue for the time being.
Chris lists poetry and music (especially jazz, folk and opera) among his
interests. He and Michelle love Italy and all things Italian. He is a keen follower
of Formula 1 and a (very) long suffering
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January 2018
7th
9th
6pm Epiphany Carol Service, St Mary’s
Church
2.30 Mothers Union AGM, Mission Room
April
5th
7.30 TG Town Hall, Flower
Demonstration
18th
7pm Watoto Children’s Choir, St Mary’s
Church
7.30 TG New Year Party with faith supper
and entertainment
May
11th
Lyra Singers, St Mary’s Church.
22nd
27th/
3rd
7.30 History Society, Mission Room, David
Livingstone and his Northamptonshire
Connections.
Pantomime, Star, Hall.
June
3rd
2-6 pm National Garden Scheme opening,
67/69 High Street.
February
1st
25th
March
1st
7.30 TG Town Hall, Kevin Varty ‘Two intriguing
murders and a ghost story’
11-3 pm National Garden Scheme opening,
67/69 High Street.
7.30 TG Town Hall, AGM and Geoff Stone,
slides with music
23rd
24th
July
7th
12-4pm St Mary’s Church Summer Fete,
on the Green.
2-6 pm National Garden Scheme opening,
67/69 High Street.
Organ Recital by William Whitehead, St
Mary’s Church.
We are preparing the 2018 Town Diary, so it you would like
your events advertised, please send the details of dates etc
to the editor at millingtonjanet@aol.com.
St Michael’s Mission Room, Well Street, Finedon
Available for hire weekdays, Saturdays & Sundays.
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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