St Mary's March 2018 Magazine

Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Finedon
Parish Magazine
March 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:
Dr Kaye McClelland
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

From the Vicarage, March 2018.
Lent arrived on Ash Wednesday, which this year coincided with
Valentine’s Day, much less important in the church’s calendar, but
much more in the secular calendar; but then who wouldn’t prefer
dinner for two and a bunch of roses to a smudged ash cross on the
forehead and a reminder that we are dust and to dust we shall
return?
Actually I wouldn’t. I’m all for roses and chocolates, and unusually for
me remembered both, which made me popular in the Vicarage;
but the beginning of Lent is much more important than an obscure
Roman martyr who has come to be associated, bafflingly, with
romance. Lent is important because without fast we have no feast,
and if we want to walk, like the apostles, into a new dawn on Easter
Day, then we must, like them, follow Jesus to the Cross first. This is not
as some critics of Christianity would have it, because we like to be
miserable, but because we must understand what Christ has done
for us in order to open the gates of heaven; and so that we might
learn to live in the light that streams from it during our time here on
earth.
Lent is not a torture chamber, or a depressive episode, it is a gym
and a schoolroom, places where we train our minds and bodies to
turn away from the things that limit and restrict and stunt us, and to
turn towards the dawn as it begins to lighten the far horizon.
If you could not make Ash Wednesday come along and join us on
Wednesdays in Lent at 7 here in church when you can, as we
continue to explore that Lenten dynamic of turning to the light; and
praying together and supporting each other, enter ever more
deeply into the mystery and the wonder of Jesus Christ.
Yours in Christ,
Fr Richard.
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Our Worship in March
Year B
4th – 3rd Sunday of Lent
Exodus 20. 1 – 17
Psalm 19. 7 to end
1 Corinthians 1. 18 – 25
John 2. 13 – 22.
Hymns
395 Christ is our corner-stone
97 (T. Southwell) Lord Jesus, think
on me
496 Lead us, heavenly Father, lead
us
Anthem: Thou knowest, Lord by Henry
Purcell
455 Guide me, O thou great
redeemer
4th March – Evensong
95 Forty days and forty nights
Responses: Byrd
Psalm 12
565 Rock of ages, cleft for me
Canticles: Philip Moore Third Service
Anthem: Ubi Caritas by Maurice
Duruflé
118 O Love, how deep, how broad,
how high!
11th – 4th Sunday of Lent
(Mothering Sunday)
Exodus 2. 1 – 10
Psalm 34. 11 – 20
2 Corinthians 1. 3 – 7
Luke 2. 33 – 35
Hymns
469 I heard the voice of Jesus say
Kum Ba Ya (words on sheet)
238 For Mary, Mother of our Lord
Anthem: Turn thy face from my sins by
Thomas Attwood
507 Lord of all hopefulness
18th – 5th Sunday of Lent
(Passiontide)
Jeremiah 31. 31 – 34
Psalm 51. 1 – 13
Hebrews 5. 5 – 10
John 12. 20 – 33
Hymns
127 (T. Rockingham) When I survey
the wondrous cross
123 There is a green hill
112 My song is love unknown
Anthem: Surely He has borne our
griefs from Messiah by G.F.Handel
122 (T Gonfalon Royal) The royal
banners forward go
25th – Palm Sunday
Isaiah 50. 4 – 9a
Psalm 31. 9 – 16
Philippians 2. 5 – 11
Mark 14. 1 – 15 to end
Hymns
128 All glory, laud, and honour
(Processional)
126 Were you there when they
crucified my Lord?
120 O Sacred head, surrounded
Anthem: Behold the Lamb of God from
Messiah by G.F.Handel
129 (T. Winchester New) Ride on,
ride on in majesty
Organ Voluntaries following the
9.30am services
4th March - Chorale Improvisation on
Aus der Teife
11th March - Buxtehude: Ciacona in E
minor BuxWV 160
18th March - J.S. Bach: Chorale
Prelude O Mensch, bewein’ dien’
Sunde gross BWV 622
25th March - Mendelssohn: Sonata
no. 2 in C minor Op.65 (movements 1
and 2)
Organ Voluntaries following 6.00pm
evensong
4th March - Per Nørgård: Toccata -
“Libra”

From the Registers
Holy Baptism
18th February
Magdalena Grace Asbrey
Funerals
5th February
June Mary Eady. Age 83
15th February
Kevin Owen, age 61
Peter Bettles, age 84
Floodlight Sponsorship
4th February
Gillian Letts - in memory of Basil
Letts (on what would have been his
80th birthday on 20th January).
Trevor, Gary & Tracy Bivens - in
memory of Kathleen Bivens (on the
2nd anniversary of her death).
11th February
An anonymous donor - to celebrate
those preparing for marriage.
18th February
Sponsored by Finedon Buffs.
25th February
Madge Toop & family - in memory of
Ken (who died 5 years ago).
Ellie Mears & family - in memory of
Colin Mears (on what would have
been his birthday).
Evensong
Evensong will be held in St Mary’s
Church on Sunday 4th March at
6.00 pm.
The service will be followed by light
refreshments.
Easter Services
Lent Services
Lent services will be held in the
church on Wednesday evenings
during Lent at 7.00 pm.
Holy week services
Service during Holy Week will be
held on March 26th, 27th, 28th at
7.00 pm
Maundy Thursday,
29th March Washing of the Feet
and Holy communion
Good Friday,
30th March 10.15 am - Procession
of Witness starting at in the Bowls
Club Car Park followed by Hot
Cross Buns, coffee, Stations of the
Cross in St Mary's Church.
2.00 pm Good Friday -.A Service of
Readings, Music & Contemplation
Easter Saturday
Saturday 31st March - Lighting of
the Easter Candle 8.00 pm.
Easter Sunday
1st April 8.00 am Said Eucharist,
9.30 am Sung Eucharist and
6.00 pm Evensong.
Metal theft - St Michael
& All Angels,
Wadenhoe
The Diocese has been notified of an
incidence of metal theft at
St Michael & All Angels, Wadenhoe
on Monday 12 th February.
Please remain vigilant and report
any suspicious activity to the police.
Lent, Holy Week and
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Mothers Union
Our next meeting will be held in St
Mary’s Church with Father Richard.
This will be a Holy Communion service
and will include the enrolment of a
new member.
Anyone wishing to come along will be
made most welcome at 2.30 pm on
Tuesday 6th March.
St Mary's Thursday Club
Thursday Club will be 57 years old on
the 25th March 2018. To celebrate we
will be sponsoring the Church
Floodlights.
This months meeting will be on the
22nd March 2018. We have invited
Margaret Burgon along as our speaker
to give us an insight into being a vicars
wife. This meeting will be held at the
Band Club and will start at 8.00 pm.
If you are interested in becoming a
member please call Louise on
07581556417 for further details.
We usually meet once a month on the
4th Thursday (evening).
We also run a mums and tots group
during school term time. The group
meets on a Thursday afternoon at The
Mission Room from 1.30 pm - 3.00 pm
Annual Pancake Races
7th February
Thank you to everybody concerned
who helped with the Annual Pancake
Races.
Well done to all the children and
grown ups that participated in the
races.
The winners were Indi, Millie, Maisie,
Samuel, Caleb, Milo, Rachel, Henry.
We managed to raise £63.10 and a
cheque for this amount will be sent to
the Children's Society. This is a charity
that the Thursday Club strongly
supports.
Our next event will be in May and is
our annual box opening. If you have a
Childrens Society Box our collectors
will be coming to collect them from you
nearer the time. Thank you for your
continued support.
Christian Aid Team help
wanted
We are looking for some team
members to help organise Christian
Aid week and also events linked to
Christian Aid across the year.
If you have some spare time and
would like to help please contact Gill
Barlow or Gill Foster.
Christian Aid Week
Christian Aid Week this year runs
13-19 May 2018 - 'Together we're
stronger than the storms'.
Following the success of the
ploughman's lunch last year we will be
holding a similar lunch on Sunday 13th
May 2018.
Check out Christian Aid website for
more information
https://www.christianaid.org.uk/
christian-aid-week.
Thank you.

Scarecrow Festival
The church and
chapel are holding
a Scarecrow
Festival on 23/24th
June .
The theme is
'Comedy' and to
keep the Festival
compact the route
will be in the older
part of Finedon, that is, west of the A6
and North of Wellingborough Road.
If you do not live in this area and
would like to take part we have lots of
safe places available to display your
Scarecrow.
You will need to fill in a form so we
can plan the route in order that
everyone can find the Scarecrows.
Please contact Neil Forster on
682177 for a form. Forms are also
available from the church and the
chapel.
Scarecrow Workshop
If you are interested in creating a
Scarecrow, a workshop is being held
in the lower chapel rooms on
Saturday 10th March at 10.30 am. All
welcome.
Townswomen’s Guild
The next Finedon Townswomen's
Guild meeting is the AGM which will
take place at 7.30 am on 1st March in
the Town Hall.
The speaker is Geoff Stone who will
be showing slides with music.
The competition is for a bird.
There is a small charge of £3.00 for
any visitors who wish to attend.
Finedon Local History
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Society
The next meeting of the society will
be a talk by Revd Paul Needle on
“Trains in trouble - historic railway
accidents of the 20th century,
including the Weedon train crash”.
The event will be at the Mission
Room, Well Street, Finedon on
Monday 26th March at 7.30 pm.
Admission is £2.50 for members and
£3.50 for non members.
Light refreshments will be served
after the meeting.
The Royal British Legion
Finedon & Irthlingborough
District Branch
is hosting a
Band Concert
featuring
Thrapston Town Band
in the
Finedon Wesleyan Chapel
on
Saturday 14th April 2018
at
7.30pm.
Tickets which cost £6.00
are available from the
Branch Secretary
on 07954 160777 or by email/text
to sthatcher666@gmail.com.
Please book early so as not to be
disappointed!

Finedon Over 60’s
We meet weekly on Wednesday
afternoons at 1.45 pm until 3.30 pm at
the Bowls Club, Wellingborough
Road.
Admission is £1.00 plus raffle. We
also have speakers, bingo,
entertainment and occasional ‘Bring &
Buy’.
March Programme
7th Quiz
14th Country dancing with George
21st Easter Egg bingo
28th Ray Ogle, Finedon Parish
Council
Everyone welcome, just turn up
Parish Lunch
On Sunday 4th March we will be
holding a parish lunch at the Mission
Room in Well Street.
This will be a traditional Sunday
dinner of ‘roast beef, Yorkshire
pudding, three season vegetables,
cauliflower cheese, roast/mash
potatoes and gravy. The dessert will
be apple pie and custard.
The meals are cooked by an outside
caterer so will be collected at 12.00
noon and will be served at
approximately 12.15 pm to 12.30 pm.
The room will be open from 11.30 am
to 2.30 pm so after lunch there will be
time to talk over a hot drink.
The meal cost will be £8.50 (adults)
and £6.50 (children.
As meals will be provided by an
outside caterer, they will have to be
booked and paid for before the
weekend.
The booking can be done either
through St Mary’s Church or the
chapel.
We hope to see you there to enjoy a
social event.
FINEDON LOCAL HISTORY
SOCIETY
FARMING IN
FINEDON
More than 250 advance copies of
Farming in Finedon were ordered
and these have now been
distributed or collected. We’ve
been delighted by the positive
reactions of those who purchased
the book. Only a handful of copies
from the first two batches remain
unsold.
You can still obtain your own copy
of Farming in Finedon, but we
envisage having to order more from
our publisher and it may be several
weeks before the third batch
becomes available.
The cost of Farming in Finedon will
remain at £20, but in cases where
postage is necessary we shall need
to add a further £5 to cover our
costs.
Why not order your copy now?
Contact Malcolm Peet at 13
Rockleigh Close, or telephone on
01933 680773.
A deposit of £5 will reserve your
copy.

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:
Ray Ogle Chairman
Laurence Harper, Vice 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
You will be pleased to know that
Planning Permission for the
replacement of the Tainty Field
railings has been granted. The
Council is waiting to hear if funding
has also been granted from WBC
and as soon as we do, we shall start
the project. There will be some
disruption to the houses opposite as
parking on the grass verge along the
fencing will not be possible whilst the
work is taking place. I’m sure the
contractors will keep any disruption
to a minimum and I shall be writing to
each house effected to let them know
when the work will be starting.
The Council has brought the railings
along the Rec, Wellingborough Road
to the attention of WBC and they are
due for repair via Norse shortly.
The Council has completed the tree
work in the Cemetery on Station
Road, Finedon and you will have
noticed that Norse have also been
working on the pathways. Much of
the vegetation that has grown up has
been removed and if your family has
a grave that you are responsible for,
please tend to it as soon as possible.
The Cemetery certainly looks much
smarter now.
The Council still has not heard from
NCC about the library nor the final
outcome of it’s budget process, I will
keep you informed as soon as we
know via the website.
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
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Finedon Community
Centre
Tax, Care and Toy Boys!
Saturday 24 th March 2018
11.00am-- 12 noon.
A completely FREE talk on
protecting your family’s nest
egg
Inheritance Tax
Stopping ‘sideways
disinheritance’
re-marriage of a surviving
spouse –
Lasting Powers of Attorney
With NO sales pitch!
Just an easy to understand
informal, humorous, plain
English information and answer
session with important advice
on later life issues on what
steps can be taken to plan for
the future!
With FREE tea or coffee and
biscuits join us for the Co-op
Free Community Advice Talk.

Women’s World Day of
Prayer.
The Women’s World Day of Prayer
will be held in St Mary’s Church on
Friday 2nd March at 2.00 pm.
This year the service has been written
by the women of Suriname.
Suriname is a beautiful country.
It boasts wonderful forests and
mountains and has great rivers with
impressive rapids.
It is a country rich with flowers and
animals, and provides enough food
for all.
The service will have been translated
into over 60 languages and 1,000
dialects and will be celebrated in 160
countries and islands.
Some 6,000 services will be taking
place in the British Isles so please
come and join us and learn more
about this beautiful country.
Everyone welcome.
Church Monthly Draw
The results of the January church
monthly draw are as follows:
Total receipts of £243.00 are divided
equally between the winners and the
church funds.
Winning numbers for the January
monthly draw are:
1st prize 104 £60.75
2nd prize 324 £36.45
3rd prize 53 £24.30
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.
Wesleyan Chapel
Forthcoming events at the Wesleyan
Chapel.
5th May - 11 am to 2 pm May Fayre
12th/ 15th July - Flower Festival
1st December - 11 am to 2 pm -
Christmas Bazaar.
March
"The word 'March' comes from the
Roman 'Martius'. This was originally
the first month of the
Roman calendar and
was named after
Mars, the god of war.
March was the
beginning of our
calendar year.
We changed to the
'New Style' or
'Gregorian calendar in 1752, and it is
only since then that the year began
on 1st January.
The Anglo-Saxons called the
month Hlyd monath which means
Stormy month, or Hraed monath
which means Rugged month.
All through Lent the traditional games
played are marbles and skipping. The
games were stopped on the stroke of
twelve noon on Good Friday, which in
some places was called Marble Day
or Long Rope Day.
The game of marbles has been
played for hundreds of years and
some historians say that it might have
been started by rolling eggs. In the
past, round stones, hazelnuts, round
balls of baked clay and even cherry
stones have been used."
Finedon Independent

In My Day
the ramblings of Hubert
In my day it was about this time of
year that folk would step outside for
the first time since November and
check on how much damage had
been done to their houses during the
winter.
Now back then there were still a fair
few thatched cottages in the town and
our local Thatcher found herself very
busy. Yes, I said ‘her’ that’s because
we had the first lady Thatcher in the
country. Denise Roberts was only
young but had been helping her dad
thatch since the moment she climbed
her first ladder.
Course, she attracted a fair bit of
attention when she started. Mind you
thatching often drew a crowd of kids
who were fascinated by the skill
involved.
Now it just so happened that we had
a journalist called Lee Harper, living
up Sibley Road. He did some work for
what was a new book in those days;
the Guinness Book of Records. He
quickly realised that he had a new
entry for the now world famous book.
And once the next issue was
published Denise’s entry caused a
spark of interest in records and before
you knew it there was a mini epidemic
of world record attempts.
Someone suggested the world’s
longest tug-of-war with Burton.
Unfortunately, Burton bottled it and
their team didn’t turn up. However, we
did get an entry in for the longest
rope.
F.C.S.S.E.S. had a go at the longest
Panto record but had to call it off after
two days when a fight broke out when
the song-sheet competition woke up
several audience members.
Most successful was local baker
Barry Merry. He managed to create a
huge apple pie about six feet across
in his back garden. Unfortunately, this
was dogged with bad luck.
Having filled the pie with apple sauce
he went back into the house to collect
the pie lid. While he was away,
Denise Roberts (remember her)
slipped while carrying some reeds up
to Barry’s roof and fell into the pie.
Barry came out, unaware of the new
ingredient in his pie. He slapped the
lid on and went to fetch the buckets of
custard.
Later, that day at the official opening
of the delicious desert, the Mayor who
was doing the opening, was surprised
to find a young lady covered in apple
sauce trying to eat her way to safety.
The accident gave Barry the idea of
baking cakes with young ladies
inside, who would burst out and sing
Happy Birthday. Unfortunately, the
accident left Denise with an apple
allergy. She sued Barry and the court
case went on for ages. Good news for
Lee Harper he wrote a best seller
about the whole event. Perhaps
you’ve read it; The Thatcher in the
Pie.
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T
he Bishop of Seoul, Peter
Lee, paid a three-day visit to
Peterborough at the end of
January and beginning of
February. Bishop Peter was in the
country to attend the annual
Anglican Communion New
Bishops' Conference in Canterbury
over the first ten days of February,
but he was pleased to be back in
Peterborough en-route.
“It’s my second visit to
Peterborough – my first visit was
five years ago,” explained Bishop
Peter, “so I’m really happy and
delighted to see old friends. It’s
nice to be back in a city I know
very well.”
Bishop Peter was consecrated as
Bishop of Seoul in Seoul Cathedral
last April – a service that Bishop
Donald attended – following seven
years as Dean of the Cathedral.
But despite his 26 years’
experience since ordination,
Bishop Peter admitted that his new
role is a rather daunting one.
“It gives me a big sense of
responsibility, which can be quite
heavy. You are sometimes awake
during the night because you have
responsibility for the Church, and
have to make difficult decisions.”
“But at the same time, it is a huge
privilege to share witness and
encouragement to the people of
God. It is a great joy.”
Bishop Peter’s task is all the
more challenging when one looks
at South Korea as a whole – a
country where Christianity has hit
He’s a Seoul man
something of a plateau.
“After a period of rapid growth, it
has been quite stagnant since the
1990s, and has been slowly
declining,” said Bishop Peter. “There
are many factors for this, but I see
the root of all those reasons being
that the Church hasn’t been able to
be the Church it’s called to be. It’s
been self-centred, rigid, static and
inward-looking in its teaching and in
its values. It’s lost its calling and
identity as the body of Christ, and
many Christians have been let down
and disappointed.”
And of course Christians have also
been facing difficulties (albeit
different ones) over the border in
North Korea – a situation that
Bishop Peter has witnessed firsthand.
“I’ve been once and I’ve seen
Christians in North Korea, but it’s

Photo: Bishop Donald and Bishop Peter
hard to tell that they are a Christian
church,” said Bishop Peter. “Before
the Korean War (1950–1953), there
were many Christians there, and
since then I’ve wondered whether
there are secret small groups.
However, there is a severe level of
persecution – it’s doubtful how many
have survived.”
“There is still hope, though. There
has been communication between
the North Korean Union and the
National Church Council of (South)
Korea (NCCK). It’s a good thing that
Christians are merging together –
hopefully we can influence and bring
changes for the future.”
Bringing this hope and influence is
a huge motivation for Bishop Peter.
His motto for 2018 is ‘From believers
to disciples!’, and his vision is that
this is taken up by all believers
within the Seoul Diocese.
“The motto means that we believe
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we have a unique calling from
God, and to be faithful to our
calling – pursuing our aim to grow
as an Anglican Church. We are
focusing on building up our
identity, so we can be truly
ourselves as disciples of Christ.”
And Bishop Peter is aware that
the association he has with
Peterborough Diocese will assist
him in achieving these aims. The
connection between the two
dioceses is one that he finds
supportive and motivating, and it is
a relationship that he hugely
appreciates.
“The link we’re building with
Peterborough is very positive, very
inspiring and helpful. We treasure
and cherish our link with our
brothers and sisters in
Peterborough Diocese, and I hope
we may grow together.”

Sarah Brown – Peterborough Cathedral’s new Canon Missioner
W
elcome to Peterborough,
Sarah! You’ve previously
been a parish priest in this
diocese. What will the role of Canon
Missioner involve?
I am responsible for helping ensure
that anyone who comes to the
Cathedral gains an understanding of
the meaning and purpose of the
building, and is signposted towards
Jesus. It is also my job to help the
Cathedral look outwards in mission
and love – both to the city and to the
wider diocese. I am inherently a
missioner, so am always driven to try
to show the light of Christ in some of
the darker aspects of life, and make
sure that everyone knows that this is
their place and that God is their God.
I believe that this will be a ‘link role’
between the Cathedral and the
diocese. In what ways are you
hoping for this to happen?
I think that the Cathedral could do
better as a ‘mothership’ to the parish
churches – supporting and even
resourcing some of their local
mission. I’d like parishes or deaneries
to invite me to meet them to think
about how we might make such a link
happen.
What for you will define a successful
role as Canon Missioner?
Whilst faith and ministry are about
so much more than mere numbers, it
will be exciting to have been part of
making more people understand what
we have to offer here. I also harbour
a huge desire to extend the reach of
our ability to help those in need. Your
prayers would be much appreciated.
March 2018 events
Sat 3 Mar, Bishop’s Bible Day at
Northampton High School NN4
6UU. 9.30am-4pm.
A free day of studying the Bible with
Bishop Donald. Everyone welcome.
Book a place at:
Bookings@peterboroughdiocese.org.uk
Mon 5 Mar, Launde Abbey Quiet
Day, LE7 9XB. 10am-4pm. Everyone
welcome. £26 per person, (includes
coffee, lunch and tea) Call 01572
717254 or email info@launde.org.uk
Sun 18 Mar, Music in Ashley
Church LE16 8HF. 6.30pm. £15
includes a glass of wine/soft drink
and canapés. Children under 16
free. More info at
events@ashleychurch.co.uk or
01858 565687.
More details at: www.peterborough
-diocese.org.uk/events

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4th
5th
6th
10th
13th
24th
26th
27th
30th
April
5th
9th
14th
20th
23rd
28th
May
11th
13th
14th
7.30 TG AGM, Town Hall
2pm Women’s World Day of Prayer, St
Mary’s Church
12pm Sunday Lunch, Mission Room
BL Meeting/Quiz & Nibbles/Meat raffle
2.30 Mother’s Union Communion Service
10.30 Scarecrow workshop, chapel
9.45 Coffee Morning, Bowls Club
11-12pm Tax, Care & Toy Boys talk,
Community Centre
7.30 History Society , Mission Room, Trains
in Trouble. Revd Paul Needle
9.45 Coffee Morning, Bowls Club
10.20 Good Friday Procession of Witness
7.30 TG Town Hall, Flower
Demonstration
BL Meeting/skating on the Nene - Roy York
BL 7.30 Thrapston Town Band, Wesleyan
Chapel
Arts Barn Gilbert & Sullivan society.
St Mary’s church
7.30 History society, Mission Room, Christina
Rowe, Eleanor of Castile.
Bell ringers outing to Winchester
Lyra Singers, St Mary’s Church.
Christian Aid lunch
BL Evening of laughter-Elizabeth Robinson
June
3rd
4th
13/
16th
2-6 pm National Garden Scheme opening,
67/69 High Street.
BL no meeting auction
Sister Act, Star Hall.
23rd Churches together Scarecrow Festival
24th
24th
July
6th
7th
8th
7.30 History Society, Mission Room, Helen
Norman, Charles Spencelayh.
2-6 pm National Garden Scheme opening,
67/69 High Street.
BL Summer Ball TBA
Organ Recital by William Whitehead, St
Mary’s Church.
3pm Hymns on the Green
20th BL Afternoon Tea/Entertainer 15.00-17.30
23rd 7.30 History Society, Mission Room, Roy
York, The hiccups & horrors of steaming up
the valley
August
6th
20th
October
10th
December
8th
BL Meeting/chat night, meat raffle
7.30 History Society, Mission Room, Kevin
Varty, Dead & Buried but nor for long
7pm Inter church quiz, Wesleyan chapel
St Mary’s Church, Wassail Evening, Bowls
Club
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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