April 2014 Magazine

Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Finedon.

Parish Magazine

April 2014

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Finedon Parish Church: St Mary The Virgin Vicar:

The Revd Richard Coles, Parish Priest, 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

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: Treasurer:

Mrs Gill Foster Tel: 680364 Mr Andrew Weatherill Tel: 682212

Magazine Editor:

Mrs Janet Millington, Tel: 681161.

E-mail: millingtonjanet@aol.com (to whom all copy should addressed by the 15th of the month prior to publication)

Director of Music

Mr Jonathan Harris Tel: 01604 881182 Email: Hjonathan83@aol.com

Deputy Organists

Mrs. Kathy Roberts Mr Oliver Grigg

Choirmaster:

Mr. Bryan Chapman Tel: 398818

Tower Captain Web Site

Mr Bryan Chapman, Tel 398818 www.finedonphotographs.org.uk/ bellringers.html

Archivist

Mr John Bailey Tel 680747

St Michael’s Mission Room:

Bryan & Christine Chapman Tel: 01933 398818

Times Of Services:

Sundays 8.00 am Holy Eucharist 9.30 am Parish Eucharist.

6.00 pm Evensong (1st Sunday of the Month) 8

From The Vicarage April 2014 Another birthday passed, as spring at last gets into gear, and I find my thoughts turn to getting older. One of the ways I notice the passing of the years is that I seem to get thicker. I don’t mean the normal thing of not remembering people’s names – I am now at the age when my father said to his sister-in-law, ‘I know I’ve known you for thirty years, but remind me of your name?’ – I mean I don’t cope as well with mental challenges. Gone are the days when I could do the crossword, read a novel and hold a conversation about the EU while ironing a surplice. In contrast, last night I was half way through the first chapter of a Jack Reacher thriller before (a) I realised I’d read it before, (b) couldn’t remember what happened, and (c) fell asleep.

There’s no way round this. Time’s arrow flies one way and youth, once gone, is gone. Nature promises renewal – the trees budding again, and the green blade rising – but we fade, and soon enough are gone.

Whenever I find myself thinking like this, and apologies if I’m getting you down, I suddenly think of Mary Magdalene and her friends when they came, very early on a Sunday morning, to the graveyard, and looked among the tombs for the body of Jesus, in grief and confusion and the ruin of their hopes. We stood at that spot, in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem ourselves, only days ago. And found something quite unexpected, just like they did, running out of the graveyard and straight into Easter.

Jesus Christ, risen from the dead. Alleluia!

Fr Richard.

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Our Worship in April Year A 6th – 5th Sunday of Lent (Passiontide) Ezekiel 37. 1 - 14 Psalm 130 Romans 8. 6 - 11 John 11. 1 - 45 516 ` (T. Blaenwern) Love Divine, all loves excelling 126 Were you there when they crucified my Lord?

123 There is a green hill far away Anthem: O Sacred head, surrounded (120) & Thy kingdom come on bended knee (608) 122 The royal banners forward go 13th – Palm Sunday Isaiah 50. 4 - 9a Psalm 31 9-16 Philippians 2. 5 - 11 Matthew. 26. 14 - 27 Introit 123 There is a green hill far away Processional -0128 All glory, laud and honour 127 (T. Rockingham) When I survey the wondrous cross * 112 My song is love unknown Anthem: Elgar Ave Verum Corpus 129 (Winchester New) Ride on, ride on in majesty * 20th - Easter Day Acts 10. 34 - 43 Psalm 118. 1 -2 (14 - 24) Colossians 3. 1 - 4 John 20. 1 -18 147 Jesus Christ is risen today Processional: - 136 Alleluia, alleluia give thanks to the risen Lord 157 The day of resurrection 160 Thine be the glory, risen, conquering Son Anthem: Handel Worthy is the Lamb (1st part) & O love, how deep, how broad, how high (118) 162 Ye choirs of new Jerusalem *

Good Friday at 2.00 pm – A service of music, readings and contemplation Music to include: Miserere - Allegri Lord, for thy tender mercies sake – Farrant Kyrie Eleison & Agnus Dei from Schubert’s Mass in G He was despised & Worthy is the Lamb from Handel’s Messiah O Sacred head, surrounded Ave Verum Corpus - Elgar 20th – Easter Day Evensong 150 Love’s redeeming work is done Responses: Tallis Psalm 105 156 Sing choirs of heaven! Let saints and angels sing!

Canticles: Stanford in Bb Anthem: Now the green blade riseth (153) 149 (Part 3 & Doxology) That Eastertide with joy was bright 27th – 2nd Sunday of Easter Acts 2. 14a 22 - 32 Psalm 16 1 Peter 1. 3 - 9 John 20. 19 to end.

137 616

Alleluia! Alleluia!

When a knight won his spurs in the stories of old 153 Now the green blade riseth Anthem: Sing choirs of heaven! Let saints and angels sing! (156) 311 Lord, enthroned in heavenly splendour Descant * Organ Voluntaries following the 9.30am services 6th April – J.S.Bach: Chorale Prelude O Mensch, bewein’ dien’ Sünde gross 13th April – Improvisation on Winchester New 20th April – G.F.Handel: The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba from Solomon 27th April - J.S.Bach: Prelude and Fugue in C minor BWV 549 Organ Voluntaries following evensong 20th April – Bach: Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C major BWV 564

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From the Registers Funerals 4th March Sanelma Paulina Duffy, age 96

Floodlight Sponsorship 2nd March Monica Webb - to celebrate Mick's 75th Birthday 9th March Alice Smith - in loving memory of her husband Ronald Walter Smith (on the anniversary of his death) Janet & Family -in Memory of Alan Maclean Jan & Malc Harris - to celebrate their beautiful grandson Matthew's 1st Birthday 16th March Valerie Richardson & family - in memory of Derek Richardson (on what would have been his birthday).

David Bailey & Janet Millington– in memory of Roy Bailey.

23rd March St. Mary’s Thursday Club - to celebrate their 53rd Year Harry Nicholls - in memory of his mother Olive Nicholls (on what would have been her 100th birthday) 30th March Rod & Jan Lawman - to celebrate Elliot’s 21st birthday

Services in Lent & Holy Week Lent Services will be held on the following days - Tuesdays 1st and 8th April at 7.00 pm

Holy Week Services will be held on the following days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Maundy Thursday at 7.00 pm in St Mary’s church.

Good Friday The Good Friday procession of the Way of the Cross will start at 10.30 from the Bowls Club car park, 11.30 am Stations of the Cross in St Mary’s Church, 2.00 pm Service of Reading, Music & Contemplation, 7.00 pm Communion in the Wesleyan Chapel Easter Saturday 7.00 pm on Saturday the Lighting of the Easter Candle.

Easter Sunday Eucharist services at 8.00 am and 9.30 am

Evensong Sunday 6th April No evensong at St Mary's Church, Finedon Sunday April 13th Palm Sunday Deanery Service at St Mary's Rushden at 6.00 pm Sunday April 20th Easter Day Choral Evensong at 6.00 pm (St Mary's Cwqhurch, Finedon)

Mother's Union Our next meeting will be a Holy Communion Service with Father Richard .

This will be in church on Tuesday 1st April at 2.30 pm. Anyone wishing to join us for the service and a cup of tea afterwards will be made most 11

Spring Cleaning

the path, we are hoping volunteers will come along with their garden tools on Saturday 19th April in the morning and work at the moss together whilst the pew polishers are in church.

Just a reminder that we will be giving our Church a fresh start for Easter Day with a Spring Clean on Easter Eve, Saturday 19th April.

Volunteers, ladies, gents and teenage children needed to help with the Spring Clean.

Come along with your cloths and polishing dusters at anytime during Saturday morning to help with the cleaning. Polish provided.  9.00 am to 10.00 am pews wet wiping , window ledges and removal of cobwebs from windows.  10.00 am to 11.30 am pew polishing,  11.30 pm floor washing.

Tea ladies or gents required to replenish the workers.

The more the merrier and the quicker we will be finished to leave our Church sparkling for a new beginning for Easter day Jane Read

Women’s World Day of Prayer - Egypt Thank you to all the ladies who took part in any way in the service on Friday 7th March when we thought of the women of Egypt in the Women's World Day of Prayer.

These services are held annually in christian churches all around the world. It is an excellent way of getting to know, sharing and understanding the hopes, fears, joys, sorrows, opportunities and needs of women in other countries and to pray for them.

Throughout the ages Egypt has been a refuge for strangers and refugees including Jesus himself. Asylum seekers continue to arrive in Egypt from North Africa and the Middle east.

The collection for the work of the WWD of P raised £60.50

Making our Churchyard safe - Move the Moss After a recent church insurance assessment, it was recommended that we remove the moss from the paths on the north side of the Church.

We were hoping the Council were going to replace all the paths around the north side of the Church but alas they only did the path from Mr. Pettit’s house. However, we are still negotiating with the Council to have the paths mended in the future.

Unless some very kind person/ persons step forward in the meantime with a hoe, (or what ever tool you need), to scrape the moss off

Marjorie's Coffee Morning at

39 Millers Close Finedon on

Monday 12th May 9.30 am—12 noon for the

Coronary Unit KGH Raffle 12

Bring & Buy

Townswomen’s Guild

St Mary's Thursday Club Annual Pancake Races

This month's meeting will take place on Thursday 3rd April at 7.30pm in the Town Hall when "Finedon's Finest" will give a cookery demonstration.

This will be followed by a plant sale organised by the Flower Group and the competition is for a favourite recipe.

Visitors will be very welcome for a small fee of £3.00, so why not come along and find out who our talented cooks are!

Thank you to everybody concerned who helped with the Annual Pancake Races. It was a great success and a well supported event. We managed to raise £69.70 and a cheque for this amount will be sent to The Children's Society. This is a charity that the Thursday Club strongly supports.

Well done to all the children and grown ups that participated in the races. The winners were Ava, Taylor, Alex, Henry, Luke, Freddie, Ella, Connor and Amy Su. Thank you for your continued support and generosity.

Finedon Local History Society The April meeting of the society will be on Monday 28th April 2014 at 7-30pm in the Mission Room, Well Street, Finedon. The speaker will be Daniel Williams on County Workhouses.

Admission to the meeting is £2-50 for Members and £3-50 for Non Members. After the meeting there will be light refreshments.

St Mary’s Parish Church

Help Ben

Monday 28th April 2014

Flower Festival 2014 There will be an

Open Meeting at on at

8.00 pm

Mick & Monica Webb will be holding a Coffee morning at 15 Rockleigh Close on Wednesday 16th April 10 - 12 to raise funds to help send Ben Talbot of Finedon aged 14 to America for a life improving operation which is not available in the UK..

Also holding a Cream Tea afternoon on Sunday 27th April 2 - 5 at the same address. There will be a raffle and sales table on both occasions, so please come along and support us in this very worthy cause. It is hoped Ben will join us for Afternoon Tea

The Flower Festival Committee invite you to attend the open meeting regarding this year’s Flower Festival If you cannot attend the meeting but would be interested in doing an arrangement, please contact either Chris Chapman on 01933 398818 or Muriel Brooks on 01933 680064.

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St Mary’s Church, Finedon is very pleased to welcome back the

Mynx Soul Band who will be playing at

St Mary’s Church on

Saturday 10th May 2014 at 7.45 pm Tickets priced £8.00 are now available from Jonathan George 01933 680062 (07860 957582) Chris Butts 01933 680268 (07786 602722) and Jane Read 01933 680522.

Refreshments will be available.

Over 60s Club Were you born before 1954? Have you recently retired or moved to Finedon? Do you find that you have nothing to do on a Wednesday afternoon? Have you thought about coming to Finedon Over Sixties Club?

We meet at the Bowls Club from 2 p.m.to 3.30 p.m. every Wednesday.

There is a varied programme:- talks, entertainment, outings, quizzes, an occasional tea dance and of course, bingo. Each session starts with tea (or coffee) and biscuits, there is a sales table and a weekly raffle. All this for £1.00 a week.

If you are interested, please come along to join other ladies and gentlemen of mature years, both long time Finedon residents and newcomers. If you would like to know more ask Anne Dickenson, Iris Mason Marjorie Wood or Barbara Haseldine.

2nd Finedon Brownies The 2nd Finedon St Mary's Brownies invite you to celebrate ‘The Big Brownie Birthday’ with them on Saturday 3rd May at MacQueen House in Twywell. Cream teas or coffee and cake will be served between11.00 am and 4.00 pm to celebrate 100 years of Brownies.

The Mayor of Wellingborough has kindly agreed to open this event and we are hoping that as many ex-Brownies as possible will join us too. We are charging £3.50 and all proceeds will go towards MacQueen House for it's upkeep.

Over the years MacQueen House has been used by many Guiders, Guides and Brownies. Our Brownie Pack have been regular visitors over the years.

If you would like a ticket please contact me on 07842044680 so that we have numbers for catering purposes.

Margaret Earl, Brown Owl St Mary’s Church presents

A Musical Afternoon

(the life and songs of Richard Rodgers ) at the

Bowls Club, Wellingborough Road Finedon on

Tuesday 8th April at 2.15 pm.

Tea, coffee, cakes and a raffle in aid of the new bell ropes.

Tickets £4.00 available from Velma Munns on 01933 680671.

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News from the Burton Latimer/Finedon Health Centres Sharing Patient Information GP practices will soon be required to supply patients medical information to the Health & Social Care Information Center (HSCIC). This is called Care data. The data upload has been delayed until Autumn this year.

The details of your medical record will include NHS no., date of birth, postcode, gender and ethnicity. It will include medical diagnosis, referrals to specialists, prescriptions and screening test results.

Using the information about the care you have received enables those involved in providing care and health services to improve the quality of care and health services for all. The roles of the HSCIC is to ensure high quality of information is used appropriately to improve patient care.

More information can be found on :www.nhs.uk/caredata No action is required if you are happy to allow us to release information. If you do not wish your information to be shared then please advise a member of staff who will make the appropriate note in your clinical records.

Many people will not describe themselves as a Carer. It is just what they do! Looking after someone can be a positive experience but it can be challenging and exhausting both physically and emotionally.

Northamptonshire Carers are an organisation that may be able to offer support. They may be contacted on:Telephone: 01933 677907 Email: carers@northamptonshire-carers.org

According to Mary The Magdalene April 11th and 12th 2014 at 7.30 pm at St Matthew’s Church, Northampton A haunting and exciting new choral work by Kaye Tompkins With a choir of over 80 voices, this brand new choral work has its premiere at St Matthews Church Northampton in April. Written by composer and musician, Kaye Tompkins, it tells the traditional story of Jesus, but through the eyes of Mary Magdalene.

Carers As many as 1 in 10 people in Northamptonshire are Carers – of all ages and backgrounds. Being a Carer means they care on a regular basis for a parent, child, partner, friend or other relative who may be physically or mentally ill or disabled, has a drug or alcohol problem or is elderly.

Directed and Conducted by Graham Tear Tickets are now available from: http://www.wegottickets.com/ accordingtomary 15

Line Dancers in Israel Celebrate

home! Devastated, how would we do the special prayers for this Festival of Lights? Then I had an idea…, use a human Chanuciah out of dancers making a unique ‘Step-In-Line’ Chanuciah’

Sandy from Step-in-line in Israel shares her December 2013 celebrations.

In Sunny Israel, where the sky is blue and the sun is hot, we, the Jewish people, celebrate for eight days and nights, the Festival of Lights, known as Chanucah (ha-noo-ka). The word Chanucah means ‘dedication’ which reminds us this holiday commemorates the re-dedication of the holy Temple in Jerusalem following the Jewish victory over the Syrian-Greeks in 165 BCE. During Chanucah we light a candleholder set a little above the others, know as a Chanuciah (ha-noo-keeya).

According to the Chanucah story, once Jewish revolutionaries had retaken the Temple from the Syrians, they wanted to re-dedicate it to God and restore its ritual purity. Eight days worth of oil were needed to complete the ritual purification, but they were only able to find one day’s worth. They lit the Chanuciah anyway and miraculously the oil lasted for eight full days. One candle is lit the first night, two the second and so on, until all candles are lit. Each of the candles is lit with a ‘helper’ candle, know as Shamash. The Shamash is lit first, then used to light the other candles, and this is returned to the nineth candle spot, which is set apart from the others. The first night Chanucah fell last December was on my class night in Netanya, Central Israel. After setting up my equipment, I wanted to display my Chanuciah ready to be lit with all my dancers.

Then I realised I had left it back

Church Monthly Draw Total receipts of £272.00 are divided equally between the winners and the church funds. Winning numbers for the March monthly draw are: 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize

162 87 155

£68.00 £40.80 £27.20

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.

Church of St Mary the Virgin

Meat Bingo on

Friday 11th April at the

The Mission Room Well Street at

7.30 pm

Admission Free Refreshments available Raffle Everyone Welcome

Transport is available. For details please telephone Andrew Weatherill on 682212

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In My Day the ramblings of Hubert James

In my day it was about this time of year once the clocks had gone forward, that the children of Finedon would start to come out of hibernation and gather outside the Co-op in the evening.

Course, they didn’t mean to cause trouble and it wasn’t as if there wasn’t enough clubs and societies for them to join. They just wanted to get together for a chat and a catch up, but of course, things occasionally got out of hand.

Nowadays they don’t need to leave the house to keep in touch. In my day you’d send them to their room as a punishment, nowadays you can’t get them out of it.

Communication has changed a lot. In my day, we had carrier pigeons, flags and even balloons. Yes, balloons.

There was a bloke called Walter Wall lived up Tower Close. He had a sonyoung Walter, who was a bit of an handful. Amongst other things the lad was having trouble at school, with his geography. Old Walter reckoned it was so bad he couldn’t even find his way to the bathroom.

So old Walter came up with the idea of a balloon race to help learn about other countries. .

He filled a load of balloons with helium and got all the kids to put labels on them with their names and addresses. Then they set them off into the wide blue yonder. The idea was to see which went the furthest.

Course, you couldn’t do it nowadays, you’d probably get a load of chopped ham back. No not ham, Spam, that’s it.

Anyway, folk started getting replies from far and wide. Some made it all the way to Raunds and even Bedford.

But one solitary balloon made it all the way to Norway or Sweden or some such Scandinavian place. One of them countries where there’s a hundred trees for every person. A chap called Olaf sent it back. Turned out Olaf was a logger or lumberjack and he was due to visit England to sell some timber.

Walter invited him to stay for a few days and they had a bit of a party at the Band Club.

Olaf was a right character, huge beard and check shirt. He told young Walter all about the Baltic and its customs and legends. The lad was transfixed and began to realise knowledge wasn’t a bad thing.

His dad was grateful and wanted to thank Olaf. He tried to get him on the local real ale but Olaf explained that because beer was so expensive in his country he didn’t drink. Walter tried and tried to get him to take a sip but he wasn’t having it.

Just goes to show; you can take a Norse to Walter but you can’t make him drink.

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Rt Revd Donald Allister, Bishop of Peterborough writes Make good use of Holy Week

Some churches make a lot of holy week, with special services every day or evening, others rather less. Similarly some individual Christians see this as a week to be marked with special prayer, fasting or other observances, while others do not.

Holy Week runs from Palm Sunday (13 April this year) to Easter Eve or Holy Saturday. I encourage you to spend some time in each of those seven days thinking of Jesus’ giving of himself for you. Perhaps reading through one of the gospel accounts of that week, Matthew chapters 21-27 for example; perhaps spending a few minutes each day thanking Jesus that he gave himself to suffering and death for you; perhaps sharing in an act of worship or a time of prayer with others.

A traditional understanding of what happened in the first Holy week usually includes these elements. On Palm Sunday Jesus enters Jerusalem to a

great welcome; on Monday he drives the money-changers out of the Temple; on Tuesday and Wednesday he teaches and preaches in Jerusalem; on Maundy Thursday he washes his disciples feet, shares the Last Supper, prays in the Garden of Gethsemane, and is arrested; on Good Friday he faces show -trials in Roman and Jewish courts, is condemned, crucified, and buried; on Holy Saturday he rests in the tomb on the Sabbath Day. That can read like a simple list of events, but we need to go back through it slowly, adding details from our memory of the stories or by re-reading the gospel passages. The places he visited, taught, and shared with his disciples, are real places, still visited by pilgrims. The palm branches were real, so were the bread and wine, the crown of thorns, the cross, and the tomb. That week really happened, and it is important that we remember it, take it in, and allow it to shape our lives.

Give yourself time this Holy Week, or make time, to walk the way of the cross with Jesus.

And then let the joy and triumph of Easter burst upon you.

Best wishes Diocese of Peterborough - Magazine Resource - April 2014 Produced by the Diocesan Office, The Palace, Peterborough PE1 1YB 01733 877000 www.peterboroughdiocese.org.uk

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Man U are back

towards an IT centre, which is part built, for use by 17 other schools in

For the avoidance of doubt, this has nothing to do with the present position of a northern football team.

Its about the Man Uganda Team, six men from St Giles’ Northampton, and two from other churches.

They’re just back from the 10 day trip to Jinja in Uganda where they were able to work with some former pupils of Nuvila Primary school to transform a dilapidated classroom block.

the community.

“It was a real privilege to be able to join with the local guys and make a lasting tangible difference to the teaching facilities in the community,”

The link with Northampton and Jinja community goes back nearly 20 years when Rich Johnson, the trip’s organiser and other Christians in Northampton formed a charity as a response to the challenge of, “showing Christian love and doing something positive regarding the AIDs problem”.

said Rocky Coles from St Giles’. Mal Boothby another member of St Giles’ on the “Man U” Team added that he was, “particularly impacted by the children who were so keen to learn but seemed so contented with the few material things that they possessed”.

For more information about the project visit www.facebook.com/ stgilesmanuganda or contact Roger Hampson at stgilesmen@gmail.com.

In addition to paying their own travel expenses, the team were able to raise sufficient money to not only cover all the project’s building materials but also to contribute 19

Diocesan celebration of ministry We’re saying thank you for all our clergy Saturday 7 June Peterborough Cathedral, 11.00 a.m.

School bands - sparkling wine cake Bring a parish group - bring a picnic lunch!

Ministry is a privilege and joy. It’s sometimes difficult. Ministers and their families often make sacrifices to obey God’s call. They don’t always feel appreciated. So we’re going to celebrate the gift of ordained ministry of both men and women to this diocese at a special Eucharist (President: Canon Julie Hutchinson; Preacher: Bishop Donald).

The service ties in with national celebrations of the 20th anniversary of the ordination of women to the priesthood.

For catering purposes, please contact the Bishop’s PA, Alex Low, with numbers 01733 562492 or alex.low@peterborough-diocese.org.uk.

Please note there is no public car parking in the Cathedral precincts.

April Events Saturday 7 June Diocesan celebration of ministry

Tuesday 1 South Northants Clerical Society, “Christology Today Reviewed” Peter Woodward. 2.30pm, 7 Spencer Court, Britannia Rd, Banbury. 01295 262909.

Thursday 3 Lent Talks 2014 God and the Arts, “God and Drama”, Margaret Hunt Editor, Radius Performing. 7.30pm St John the Baptist, Peterborough.

Saturday 5 and 12 Cowslip and Fritillary Day, St Peter’s, New Bromswold. Vist this award winning churchyard between 2-4pm. Plant sale and afternoon teas.

Saturday 5 Music at Lyddington, Peterborough Cathedral Choir. 7.30pm in St Andrew’s. www.musicinlyddington.co.uk Thursday 24 Affirming Catholicism, the Honorary Assistant Bishop of Peterborough, the Rt Revd John Flack.

St Mary’s Burton Latimer, 7.30pm.

Saturday 25 The award winning Bilton (Rugby) Silver Band, perform at St Margaret’s Crick. Tickets £8. 8pm.

01788 824670.

Wednesday 30 This is my Story, a new four session course open to all, held on 4 consecutive Wednesday evenings. It aims to help you grow in confidence with God, yourself and your faith and develop your ability to share this with others.

Brookside Methodist church, Gunthorpe Rd, Peterborough. 7.30pm. 01604 887049.

Wednesday 30 Peterborough Theological Society, “The globalisation of Evangelicalism”, the Revd Dr Cindy Wesley, Director of Studies, Wesley College, Cambridge. 7.30pm, the Friends Meeting House, Thorpe Rd, Peterborough.

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Town Diary April 1st

June 9.30 Coffee Morning, Bowls Club

1st

2-6pm Open Gardens

2nd

British Legion, Revd Richard Coles

5th/12/ 19/26

Open Garden, 67-69 High Street, Finedon

7th

Music from the Heart, Community Centre.

21st

1-4pm, St Mary’s Church Summer Fair on the Green

28th

7.30 Northampton Philharmonic Choir, St Mary’s Church

29th

2-6pm Open Gardens Hymns on the Green

3rd

7.30 TG Town Hall ‘Taste the Difference’ Cookery demo by the Guild

7th

British Legion Chat Evening

8th

10.00 Coffee Morning, Football Club 2,15 Music of Richard Rogers, Bowls Club.

10th

7.30 FIWC Mission Band

11th

7.30 Church meat bingo, Mission Room

15th

9.30 Coffee Morning, Bowls Club

16th

10-12 Coffee Morning, 15 Rockleigh Close for Ben Talbot

July

22nd

10.00 Coffee Morning, Football Club

7th

British :Legion Quiz Night

12th

Wine Walkabout, St Mary’s Church

27th

2-5 Cream Tea Afternoon, 15 Rockleigh Close

22nd

Song Cycle concert, St Mary’s Church,

28th

8.00 Flower Festival Open Meeting, St Mary’s Church 7.30 History Society, County Workhouses, Daniel Williams

28/29

FIWC Flower Festival

9.30 Coffee Morning, Bowls Club

September

29th May

August 4th

British :Legion Chat night

1st

British Legion, Every Picture Tells Two Stories, Michael Leonards

21st

Harvest, Wesleyan Chapel

3rd

11-2pm May Fayre Wesleyan Chapel

10th

7.45 Minx Band, St Mary’s Church

12th

9.30-12 Coffee Morning, 39 Millers Close British Legion, Canine Partners, David Day

22nd

Lyra Vocal Ensemble, St Mary’s Church

25th

Crowning of the May Queen

November

26th

History Society, visit to Lyvedon New Bield

3rd

October 4th

9-12 noon Table top sale, Wesleyan Chapel

6th

British Legion, Fish & Chip night

British Legion AGM

St Michael’s Mission Room, Well Street, Finedon Available for hire weekdays and Saturdays.

Suitable for most social functions, charitable events, children's parties (no late discos)

For all enquiries and information contact Bryan & Christine Chapman Tel: 01933 398818 Email: bryanchapman2@aol.com 21