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A WORD FROM THE EDITOR I am utterly addicted to and obsessed by Leonard Cohen, so you can imagine how excited I was to discover a new album was to be released three years after his death. Thanks for the Dance has been arranged by Leonard’s son Adam and features various collaborators and previously unheard material. Every line is a masterpiece, all the more poignant because it was written and recorded when he was “Waiting for the miracle to come”. Death and dying have always been key themes of his work, but is it fair to refer to the man who said “The older I get, the surer I am that I’m not running the show” as ‘the grandfather of gloom’? I go to one or other of his albums for inspiration, comfort, reassurance, hope and even humour. Tonight Will Be Fine always makes me smile: Sometimes I find I get to thinking of the past. We swore to each other then that our love would surely last. You kept right on loving, I went on a fast, Now I am too thin and your love is too vast. And the ultimate love song must surely be If I Didn’t Have Your Love: If the sun would lose its light And we lived an endless night And there was nothing left That you could feel That’s how it would be My life would seem to me If I didn’t have your love To make it real I can’t imagine a world without music (it doesn’t have to be Leonard Cohen all the time), but for others it might be art or theatre, movies or even long walks in the countryside which provide the indefinable something which makes life better. Whatever it may be, I hope you find time and space to indulge in it this year. Maybe we can help you find it if you haven’t already! And when you’re having a bad day… “Act the way you’d like to be and soon you’ll be the way you act.” Leonard Cohen
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In Touch Titles • Stowmarket & Stowupland • Kesgrave & Rushmere St Andrew • Melton & Woodbridge • Manningtree, Brantham, Lawford & Mistley • Hadleigh, Chattisham, Hintlesham, Holton St Mary, Layham & Raydon • Ipswich East, Ravenswood, Broke Hall & Warren Heath • Elmswell, Beyton, Drinkstone, Haughley, Hessett, Norton, Tostock, Wetherden & Woolpit • Needham Market & The Creetings • Shotley, Chelmondiston, Erwarton, Harkstead, Holbrook, Pin Mill, Stutton & Woolverstone • Martlesham • Claydon, Barham, Henley & Whitton • East Bergholt, Dedham, Flatford & Stratford St Mary • Bramford, Offton, Somersham & Willisham • Capel St Mary (Capel Capers) • Copdock, Belstead, Bentley, Tattingstone & Washbrook • Gt & Lt Blakenham, Baylham & Nettlestead • Westerfield, Ashbocking, Tuddenham St Martin & Witnesham • Sproughton & Burstall We also publish Spotlight on Felixstowe
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NEWS STOUR VALLEY ARTS & MUSIC Jamal Alivev Cello Recital with Maria Tarasewicz on piano Sunday 26 January, 4pm at the Constable Hall, Gandish Road, East Bergholt Jamal Aliyev was born in Baku, Azerbaijan, and is rapidly becoming one of the most sought after cellists of his generation. In 2017 Jamal made his solo debut at the BBC Proms with the BBC Concert Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall, won the Arts Club – Sir Karl Jenkins Music Award and released his debut CD, Russian Masters, with pianist Anna Fedorova. Jamal and Maria are often duo partners and she has an enviable international reputation. This concert is supported by the Countess of Munster Musical Trust. Programme Beethoven, 12 Variations on Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen Rachmaninov, Vocalise Popper, Elfentanz op 39 Popper, Hungarian Rhapsody op 68 (1894) Tchaikovsky, Pezzo Capriccioso op 62 Lutoslavski, Sacher Variation Franck, Sonata in A Tickets (£15, students £7.50, under-16s free) can be booked online or by contacting: svamtickets@btinternet.com / 01206 298426 / www.svam.org.uk
EAST BERGHOLT CINEMA
The Constable Hall, Gandish Road East Bergholt CO7 6TP All films start at 8pm. Please note we cannot open the doors to the hall until 7.45pm, but the Benneworth Bar will be open from 7.30pm. The bar and refreshments, including locally made ice-creams, are also available in the interval. Friday 3 January: Rocketman (15) 121 minutes Rocketman is an epic musical fantasy about the incredible human story of Elton John’s breakthrough years. The film follows the fantastical journey of transformation from shy piano prodigy Reginald Dwight into international superstar Elton John. “a heart-racing, toe-tapping, all-glittercannons-blazing triumph” (Daily Telegraph). Friday 7 February: Shoplifters (15) 121 minutes On the margins of Tokyo, a dysfunctional band of outsiders are united by fierce loyalty, a penchant for petty theft and playful grifting. One night the family finds a young girl, Juri, who is cold, hungry and bruised. They take her into their ramshackle home. When the young son is arrested, secrets are exposed that upend their tenuous, below-the-radar existence and test their quietly radical belief that it is love – not blood – that defines a family. In Japanese with English subtitles. This film won the 2018 Palme D’Or at Cannes and has been universally praised. Mark Kermode says: “It’s an eerily moving piece, masterfully blurring the divide between the unforgivable and understandable, finding tenderness in the bleakest and most traumatic of circumstances.” Buy tickets (£5/£2.50) in advance at the Fountain House Tearoom, East Bergholt, reserve tickets until 7.45pm on the night by calling Noelleen on 01206 299774, or buy on the door. Find out more at: www.eastbergholtcinema.co.uk
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BABERGH DISTRICT COUNCILLOR JOHN HINTON Happy New Year to you all. With the General Election behind us (at time of writing it hasn’t yet happened!), let’s hope for a more positive outlook and a great big helping of ‘common sense’ in the New Year’s resolutions being offered by our politicians! Health and housing are two areas that featured in the campaign literature of all candidates. No one balanced the ‘need’ with its relationship to other essential services. Anyone with experience of the current NHS organisational structure will have wondered who organised this. There are more individual compartments than a laboratory test involving lab rats! The different telephone numbers for different services, all with their own service centres and all passing on messages which one hopes will get through to the right person in the end. Just what you don’t need when coping with illness or a sick relative! Let me just insert a ‘well done’ here to the Suffolk Carer Team. Most would concede that there is a housing need, but let’s decide locally on the right type in the right place and in the right numbers, and not just so that a box can be ticked in a central target form. Recently strikes have disrupted travellers trying to access work or play and it has emphasised the pressure on our infrastructure and its reliance on commuters to keep the wheels of commerce going. That’s why we should have the right places for our homes. Keeping the developers happy is no good if the infrastructure cannot cope. Building homes to justify infrastructure spending is the wrong approach. We should start building the infrastructure first because it always takes a lot longer and then we wouldn’t be trapped in this never ending hamster wheel of trying to play catch up! New Year’s rant over; now let’s resolve to look for good news for the rest of 2020, assuming as I said earlier that a big dose of ‘common sense’ has been received by all! My very best wishes for health and happiness in 2020, Councillor John Hinton, East Bergholt Ward
CONSTABLE COUNTRY PPG Community Connectors The Community Connectors vehicle will be at the East Bergholt surgery on Wednesday 15 January from 12.30-3.30pm, and outside Capel Community Centre on Wednesday 22 from 12.30-3.30pm. What do Community Connectors do? The Community Connectors offer up to five one-to-one sessions to help link people who may be socially isolated or have long term physical or mental health conditions with services that can help improve their lives. You can just pop in for an informal chat to find out more.
CONSTABLE COUNTRY MEDICAL PRACTICE Accessing Your Local Clinical Team Our new appointment system is working well, but I thought it would be useful to provide a few tips on how to get the most out of your local clinical team: • If you work and find it difficult to attend the practice during the day, our reception team can book 15-minute face to face evening and weekend GP appointments with GP+. Nurse appointments are also available. • Use your local pharmacy! Pharmacists are highly trained and can provide advice and over the counter medication for a wide range of ailments. If they feel you need to speak to a doctor, they will tell you. • Our reception team is experienced and well-trained. They cannot offer clinical advice, but they can advise on how best to get the treatment you need. For example, this may be self-referral to a physio or wellbeing service or signposting to one of a number of specialist health organisations such as Dementia Together, Travel Clinic, the Community Connector scheme, Sexual Health or Suffolk Mind. • You can request a same-day call-back from one of our doctors online from 7am. You will need to be registered for online services and can then book a call-back via our website or via the NHS App. • You can request a doctor to call you before or after 1pm. Unfortunately, the nature of primary care is that emergencies and unforeseen events often occur. These have a knock-on impact and may mean the doctor needs to phone at a different time, so please bear in with us. • If you are only available to take a call at a specific time (e.g. lunch break) then inform our reception team and they will let the doctor know. They will do their best to contact you at this time. • If you miss a call from a doctor, they will try again. If you miss the call a second time, please phone the practice to confirm you still need to speak to a doctor. They will normally leave a voice or text message on both occasions. • You don’t need to ring us first thing in the morning, but don’t leave it too late in the day. Doctors will try to call all patients on their list by 5pm just in case they need to be seen in person. • Every day is different. Mondays are usually very busy and to ensure we operate safely we sometimes have to limit the number of patients our doctors speak to in one day, unless you have an urgent need which can’t wait. We start every day with no appointments booked, so if it’s busy one day and your need can wait, then try the following day. Training Days Please note that the practice will be closed from 1pm on the following dates for staff training: Thursday 6 February and Wednesday 4 March. On these afternoons the Capel St Mary building will be open to enable access to the pharmacy, but the practice reception will be closed. East Bergholt reception will be open. Please note that there will be no clinicians at either building after 1pm as they will be attending training off-site. Our phone lines will be closed for the afternoon. If you need medical assistance please contact 111. If your need is urgent then please dial 999 or attend your local A&E. Practice Manager Pete Keeble (see PPG update opposite)
Active Wellbeing Service You can pick up a card in either surgery if you would like to know more about becoming more active. Janet Lawrence can offer one-to-one sessions on Thursdays at East Bergholt surgery – or can make arrangements to see people at the library in Capel St Mary. You can pick up a self-referral card in either surgery or speak to a doctor or nurse to ask for a referral.
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New Appointment System We are aware that the new appointment system has had mixed reviews. Please let us know of any particular issues that you’ve had and we will discuss them at our regular meetings. Email us at: constablecountryppg@gmail.com
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Sunday 23 February, 10am-noon East Bergholt High School Admission 50p / Free Car Park Refreshments available Doors open at 9am to set up T: 07776 291445
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OUT & ABOUT EVENTS AT MANNINGTREE LIBRARY
CAPEL LIBRARY
Basic Computer Coaching & IT support General hints and tips on using computers, iPads, tablets, smart phones and laptops. Tuesday from 10am and Thursday from 2.30pm. This is a free service run by our IT volunteers. Booking is essential.
We hope you had a wonderful Christmas and wish you a Happy New Year from everyone at Capel Library.
Reading Group Midweek Readers meet on the second Wednesday of every month at 10.45am and would welcome new members. For more information please visit Manningtree Library.
The Friends of Capel Library will be holding their AGM in the library on Saturday 25 January at 4pm. Please come along to find out what they got up to in 2019 and what’s planned for 2020. The library will close on Friday 10 January at 5pm and on Saturday 11 at 12.30pm to accommodate the Orchard Players’ pantomime, Little Red Riding Hood. We will be open as usual in the morning of Saturday 11 January.
Adult Craft & Knitting Group Bring your projects along and meet fellow enthusiasts every Tuesday afternoon from 2-4pm.
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
For further information contact Essex Libraries on 0345 603 7628 or visit: www.libraries.essex.gov.uk/events
Capel Creators: Saturday 18 January from 10.30am-12.30pm for children and adults of any age. Come along and see what fantastic models you can build with Lego! The £1 charge includes a drink and a biscuit. Children under eight must be accompanied by an adult.
VILLAGE LINK Happy New Year to our members and visitors. The next meeting is on January 8 at 10am in Tattingstone Village Hall when Stephen Govier will present a talk on Suffolk Buildings – Architecture and Architects. The club aims to bring communities together and over the years we have attracted members from many villages, men and women of various ages. Meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each month from 10am to noon. I would like to welcome back former members and to see new members from all local villages, either as visitors or members. Chairman Linda Evans: 01473 311262
Tot Rock: Every Thursday from 9.30-10.15am with nursery rhymes and story time for the under fives.
NEW – Manga Drawing: Sunday 5 and 19 January, 10.30am-12.30pm. Come along and join in with drawing and colouring Manga. Bring your own pad and favourite drawing pen/pencil. Children under eight must be accompanied by an adult. Minecraft: Sunday 12 and 26 January, 10.30am-12.30pm. Children of all ages welcome and those under eight must be accompanied by an adult. Please bring your tablet or phone equipped with Minecraft Pocket Edition or Minecraft Windows 10 Edition. Try to remember to charge your device beforehand! NEW – Journaling Club: Second and fourth Friday every month, 6.15-7.15pm. Free of charge. Make your own journal for diary keeping. Run by Capel Parish Nurses. Basic resources provided. All ages welcome, under-16s must be accompanied by an adult. The first session is on Friday 24 January. Scrabble Club: Every Friday from 2.30-4.30pm, all abilities welcome, games boards are provided.
THE ORCHARD PLAYERS 2020 PANTO Red Riding Hood, January 9-11 at Capel St Mary Community Centre Not many things can upset the villagers of Fermley on the Fiddle – that is except werewolves and politicians! This Panto season, join us as we tell the story of the most famous Red Hood around. Can the Woodcutter outwit the Wolf? Will Red get to Granny in time? Or will the evil Baroness hoodwink them all? You’re in for a howling experience! Tickets (£8/£6) for performances on Thursday 9 and Friday 10 January at 7.30pm, and at 2.30pm and 7.30pm on Saturday 11 are now on sale. Box Office Number: 07793 820215
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Capel Library Book Group: Friday 17 January. This adult group meets on the third Friday of each month in the library from 2.30pm. Come along, pick up the book they are currently reading and join in. We have a great selection of books for sale, perfect for holiday reads. OPENING TIMES Monday: Closed Tuesday: 9.30am-12.30pm & 2-5.30pm Wednesday: 9.30am-12.30pm Thursday: 9.30am-12.30pm Friday: 2-5pm & 5.30-7.30pm Saturday: 9am-3pm Sunday: 10am-3pm Tel: 01473 311699
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OUT & ABOUT STOUR CHORAL SOCIETY MANNINGTREE & DISTRICT PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY On November 14 we were treated to a brilliant evening of images and photography tips by two of our club members in the Ian and Tim Show. Two very differing styles of photography, ranging from patterns and landscapes to wildlife and aircraft, were illustrated with wonderful images and the opportunity to view the cameras, lenses and equipment used. In a busy, local events programme, Stour Choral Society produced an afternoon of Christmas music, some say the best ever, at Mistley Parish Church. The performance was uplifting, moving and memorable as the choir sang Bach’s Christmas Oratorio. Jonathon Abbott and Glyn Sweeting on trumpet and Ben Steinitz Timps and Stephen Smith’s fine organ accompaniment enhanced the drama of the text, capturing again the Christmas story. Mitesh Kahtri (tenor) and Gary Griffiths (bass) gave lively expression to the recitatives and arias. All this was excellently prepared and conducted by Susie Hyman, the choir’s musical director. The choir is to be complimented for taking on the challenge of this work and on giving such a memorable performance. Also in the programme was Ralph Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Christmas Carols, followed with carols by choir, soloists and members of the audience. This marks another milestone in the choirs’ 48 year history of local and international music making. Stour Choral Society will begin its new term on Monday 6 January with rehearsals for Handel’s Messiah. We meet at the Methodist Church Hall on South Street, Manningtree from 7.30-9.30pm on Mondays in term time.
The open mono print competition on November 21 attracted a large number of high quality images and was judged by Gill Adams. The winner was Martyn Scurrell with Chapel of the 9 Altars (pictured).
If you love to sing and would like to join us please contact us at: secretary@stourchoralsociety.co.uk
There are three meetings in January. On Thursday 9 we have a workshop entitled Thinking in Colour to see in Black and White with Alan Sarsby. On Thursday 23 we have a PDI competition, the subject of which is Patterns and Textures to be judged by Chrissie Hart. And on Thursday 30 we have a talk on Creative Expression by Roy Essery.
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STOUR VALLEY U3A Wednesday 8 January: The Mysteries of Easter Island Chris Parfitt, a retired teacher, will present an illustrated talk looking at life on this remote island today and explore its unique history revolving mainly around the famous statues and some of the theories surrounding them.
Meetings are held on the second, fourth and fifth Thursdays of the month between September and May at 7.30pm at the St Johns Ambulance Centre, Station Road, Manningtree CO11 1EB. New members are welcome to join us or may attend initially as a visitor. Please contact our secretary for details: madps@post.com / 01206 393751 www.manningtreeanddistrictphotographicsociety.co.uk
Wednesday 12 February: The Life & Times of an Essex Bad Girl From prison to a successful brand by Tracy from the Giggly Pig Co and how she managed to change the direction of her life into being a pig farmer and successful sausage producer. Wednesday 11 March: Bees and Flowers Master beekeeper Jeremy Quinlan will talk on the contest between them to gain benefits from the relationship explained.
Shimmy, Shake, Wiggle & Giggle Dance Fitness for sdultes (no partnering)
Wed 10am Nayland Village Hall 7pm Boxford Village Hall
Our main purpose is to encourage lifelong learning for those who are no longer in full time employment and emphasis is always placed on making learning active and fun as well as helping in developing friendships. For further information please visit: www.stourvalleyu3a.org.uk We meet at Constable Hall, Gandish Road, East Bergholt CO7 6TP at 2.15pm. Annual membership is £12 which entitles members to attend meetings on the second Wednesday of each month. Each month The Coffee Grinders meet at The Lambe School, Gaston Street, East Bergholt CO7 6SD from 10am-noon. This meeting especially welcomes new members and gives all members the opportunity to meet the activity group leaders and the committee while enjoying a cup of coffee. The next meeting is on Friday 31 January.
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OUT & ABOUT NOTES FROM THE CASE
MANNINGTREE POETRY GROUP
Christmas already feels like a distant memory and January, as always, is feeling rather long and cold. So here at The Case we have lots going on this month to help brush away those January blues.
The next meeting of Poetry Plus will take place at 7.30pm on Tuesday 14 January at the Red Lion, South Street, Manningtree.
Our increasingly popular Open Mic Night is on Tuesday 7 January (for more information contact Dave on 07885 963882) and the January games night will be on Saturday 11 from around 8pm. If you have a favourite board game, bring it with you! To help blow away the winter blues, on Saturday 18 January we have a local band, The Tea Ladies, to entertain you. They will be performing their eclectic mixture of Elvis to heavy rock, via a dash of reggae, played in their own unmistakable style. By the way they aren’t ladies and they rarely drink tea! The music starts at 8.30pm. A curry supper will be available before our first quiz of the New Year on Saturday 25 January. The curry will be served from 6-8pm; please ensure to book early as places are limited. A dessert will also be available. The quiz starts at 8.30pm and all profits from this and the raffle will be donated to our charity of the year, FIND.
All those interested in poetry are invited to attend, either to listen to the spoken word or to read poetry themselves. Some people will be reading their own poetry and some will choose to read the work of other poets. There is no admission charge. To keep up-to-date with the group, please visit: www.poetryplus.org.uk
STOUR VALLEY MEN’S PROBUS CLUB Our speaker on December 4 was Simon Gallop with The Unknown Constable Country and we end the year with our popular annual Christmas quiz. We will not meet on January 1 and so our first meeting in the New Year will be on Wednesday 15 January when Michael Hole, one of our members, will talk to us about Second World War Prisoner of War Camps.
Jane, our mid-week lunchtime cook, returns from holiday on Wednesday 8 January and will again be serving light lunches from noon-2pm. Esther’s Sunday lunches will recommence from Sunday 12 January.
Carole Wheatley will enlighten us on Internment in Guernsey during the Second World War on February 5 and on February 19 Colin Hopper will present The Story of London Bridge.
2020 looks like it’s going to be another busy year for The Case as we have plans for more events, and we will be carrying out much needed improvements and renovations. Of course we wouldn’t be able to complete any of this work without our incredible group of volunteers. If you are interested in helping out in any way, whether it’s behind the bar, changing a barrel or tidying the garden, or any of the other 101 jobs that need doing, please ask for more information at the bar or by emailing the chairman at: savethecase.bentley@gmail.com
On Wednesday 4 March Maureen Clarke will talk to us about The Plight of Street Orphans in India and we will hold our AGM on Wednesday 18 March. Our club endeavours to be simple in structure, free of the constraints and obligations of service clubs and involve members at minimal cost. We meet on the first and third Wednesdays of each month at St John Ambulance HQ, Manningtree CO11 1EB, 10 for 10.30am. For further details please contact speaker secretary Dave Carman: 01255 880202
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BENTLEY & COPDOCK PRIMARY SCHOOLS Happy New Year! Once again we have made our way through the autumn term with trips, visits and Christmassy fun and are all set for the spring term and the fun it will bring to enhance our learning. Before the holidays, parents joined us to make decorations, we had Christmas Tree Services, sang for the residents at The Lodge and performed plays and concerts for our school communities. The children, staff and families all entered into the spirit with plenty of festive cheer. Our Christmas fayres were well attended and helped to raise some wonderful funds in return for our PTA’s amazing efforts. During the festivities both schools were raising funds to support our community churches in their endeavours to install new toilets. This will make toilet experiences more pleasant for our children when they visit the churches. Thank you to those who have helped us raise money for this cause. Towards the end of term we bid a fond farewell to Mrs Duff as she went on maternity leave at Bentley, and welcomed Miss Underwood who will be covering her leave. We also welcomed Mrs North back to Copdock following her maternity leave. With Mrs North’s return we said goodbye to Mr Collins who had been working with Woodpeckers during the autumn term. No doubt he’ll be back in a supply role during the year so it’s more of an au revoir! Our topic for next term will be looking at the local environment. If you know of any community groups who might appreciate our involvement, please do contact either school to discuss any aspects of how we can engage with them. Bentley Primary: 01473 310253 / Copdock Primary: 01473 730337 For more news and up to date information about the schools, please visit: www.bentleycopdock.co.uk
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EAST BERGHOLT UNITED FC
Happy New Year to all my readers! What a nice round number we have, it sounds like a cricket match, and it’s also a leap year. I wonder if Babs will do something amazing on February 29?
A series of high scoring victories combined with just one defeat at league leaders Cranes, have seen the First Team rise to seventh in the Senior Division. The Reserves have been on an unbeaten run and are now moving upwards, albeit exiting the Senior Reserve Cup. The A Team are still battling away in the bottom half of the table and keeping their heads above water.
Life at The Shelley Centre
We have been bored rigid in our ‘quiet room’ during the holidays and can’t wait to get working again when the school term starts. We could hear various things happening in the yard outside our door: the maintenance people stopping for a coffee break, the able bodied riders coming to exercise the live herd, the farrier’s visit, the partridges roosting. Yes, I’m sad to say the model hawk has not had any effect on the dear birds that roost on the stables’ ridge. Our gutters are ever blocked! I’m just looking back at some of the happy moments from last term, and here’s Jessica enjoying an unexpected visit to me on account of the bad weather. Who is making a resolution to do something extraordinary this year? Here at the Shelley Centre there are many and varied jobs to tackle, and new help is always so welcome. It’s outdoor stuff mostly, unless you enjoy the corporate boardroom part of running a company! We have trustees who meet in the warm and dry every other month. I hope I shall meet lots of new faces this month, and welcome all our regular riders and the volunteer team back in good spirits for the challenges ahead. www.rda-east.org.uk/shelley.html / 01473 824172
MISTLEY CRICKET CLUB The outcome of the AGM held on December 10 will be reported next month. Senior nets will be moving to Monday evenings and will begin on February 24 at RHS. Junior nets will begin on Valentine’s Day at Manningtree Sports Centre. November 2019 100 Club Winners 1: Graeme Butcher (79) £120 2: Simon Barlow (4) £60 3: Caroline Favell (31) £50 For anyone new to the area, you will always be welcome at New Road, either as a player or spectator. For more information please email: mistleycc@btinternet.com The club runs three Saturday sides and two Sunday sides at men’s adult level. The First Eleven will play in the Two Counties Division One, the Second Team in Division 3 and the Third Team in either Division Eight or Nine, depending on the final structure of the league in 2020. So there is cricket available for all levels of player.
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UPCOMING FIXTURES 1st Team: Senior Division 28 Dec: Bourne Vale Utd (H) 4 Jan: Leiston St Margarets (A) 11 Jan: Bramford Utd (H) 18 Jan: Achilles (A) 25 Jan: Haughley Utd (H) Reserves: League A 4 Jan: Coplestonians Res (H) 11 Jan: Achilles Res (A) 18 Jan: AFC Kesgrave Res (A) 1 Feb : Bramford Utd Res (H) A Team: League C 4 Jan: Ransomes Sports Res (H) 25 Jan: Ransomes Sports Res (A) 1 Feb : Coplestonians A (A) We would like to thank our sponsors for this season: Smy IT Specialists, JAK Services Ground Care, Riverside Taxis Manningtree, Marquis, Bergholt Travel, G & C Timber & Joinery Ltd, Primus and Kitchen Worktops Online. If you would like to sponsor the club in some capacity we would also be delighted to hear from you. EVENTS The darts tournament will be held on January 18. Keep an eye on our social media feeds for more details and get in contact early if you want to take part in this annual event. The FIFA tournament will be repeated and is open to all-comers so keep an eye out for the next one. This season marks the 125th anniversary of the club and there will be special events to mark this momentous achievement. We want to get in touch with as many former players and officials as possible. Please let us have your details by replying to the secretary or on our Facebook page. Keep in touch for details but keep Easter Sunday 2020 free. LADIES & JUNIORS We are looking for new teams, boys or girls, of any age group to join us as we look for the club to grow. Also ladies who would like to join are welcome. If you are interested contact David George: davidgeorge5000@hotmail.com. Steve Butcher (Secretary): stevebutcher55@btinternet.com Facebook: Ease Bergholt United Football Club Instagram: east_bergholt_united_fc / Twitter: @EBUFC1
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CHURCH NEWS KEY TO LOVE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP Where Jesus is Love and Love is Jesus John 3:16 For God so loved the world he gave his only son. That if we believed in him he gives us life. Matthew 11:28-30 Come to me all who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest. If you need to talk to someone about any needs please contact us and we will do all we can to help. Alpha! Course A non-denominational church teaching the love of Jesus’s Gospel. Sunday Service: 11am-12.30pm The Venture Centre 2000, Bromley Road, Lawford CO11 2JE Contact David: 07787 572977 / davidrhule@icloud.com www.keytoloveministries.com
LINK LINE CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES Un-denominational / meeting at the Ogilvie Hall, Wignall Street, Lawford CO1 2JG and The Venture Centre, Bromley Road, Lawford CO1 2JE In the Gospel according to St Luke (Ch. 2 v 20) we read that: “The Shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.” As many folk may well know, I am an avid steam railway enthusiast and preservationist. On the rare occasions when a steam-hauled excursion uses our local line, I join the crowds lining the platforms at Colchester North Station, not only to view the train, but to take the golden opportunity to speak to folk about the power and purpose of God’s love and of the mighty purpose of the Gospel of redeeming love. As that ‘giant of steam’ silently, and with a sense of majesty, power and authority glides into the platform, I see in those fleeting moments before it leaves, the fulfilment of those words in Luke’s Gospel that those shepherds spoke so long ago. On a recent visit, I spoke to the driver who was looking intently ahead from the cab. “Is everything OK?”, I asked. “Yes,” he said, “I’m just waiting for the road”. I knew exactly what he meant as he looked earnestly at the signal gantry ahead. Suddenly, the signal changed to green and with a deafening blast on the whistle and clouds of smoke from the chimney, the visit was over. Why? Because the driver “got the road” and I could “tell the story” because of what I had seen and had been told. That vital message to the shepherds is one that we must pay attention to today, and we can only prove it to be true when, like the locomotive driver, we look for and get the road that by faith can bring us into the realms of God’s saving grace and salvation. For details of our services and regular activities, home and hospital visits and free transport, give us a call today. Pastor Frank King: 01206 272064 / linklinecm@hotmail.co.uk
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BRANTHAM & CAPEL METHODIST CHURCHES Hope for 20/20 What will 2020 be like? At the time of writing, I have no idea what the political situation will be like when this is distributed. We will have had an election, but many commentators are saying it’s too unpredictable to call at this stage. All I know for certain is that some will be really pleased and others may be devastated. There will be some new members of parliament and some shattered because they lost. Writing the year ‘2020’, my mind turns to ‘20/20 Vision’. I’ve never researched the meaning before, but as I expected, it’s normal visual clarity/sharpness, seeing at 20 feet with the right degree of sharpness. My vision for the year 2020 is unclear, but for the long term I do have hope. We’ve just celebrated Christmas, the story of a baby born in Bethlehem, in an occupied country, the family seeking asylum in Egypt for two years because his life was threatened. One of the unusual gifts given to baby Jesus was myrrh, an ointment to embalm dead bodies. Thirty-three years later Jesus was anointed with an expensive perfume, a week before he was hung on a cross dying. From the cross he spoke words of forgiveness to those who had done the deed. When the women came with myrrh to anoint his dead body in the tomb, he was not there and a young man said, “He is risen”. Last summer I visited the garden tomb in Jerusalem where perhaps Jesus’s body was laid after he was crucified. One evening, a choir and ensemble gave an open-air performance of Handel’s Messiah. They sang “I know that my redeemer lives” in the very place where Jesus was raised 2,000 years earlier. The apostle Peter, who was there on that day, wrote: “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.” Peter was to live through difficult times in occupied territory, he was persecuted. The resurrection of Jesus bought a living hope that death is not the end, but there is something glorious beyond for those who have learned to trust in Jesus as Saviour. Whatever the outcome of the election, God calls us to live at peace with one another – hurtful language, arrogance and lies should have no place in our lives. We can disagree with one another; we can be passionate for our cause but we need to live with respect for others. Please pray for those elected that they may be people of integrity and working for the common good. Pray also for those not elected that they may find other ways of serving their communities. The words Jesus spoke from the cross are offered to all of us – our sins are forgiven. As we start the year 2020, may we have clear 20/20 vision of the hope set before us by Jesus and the difference our individual lives can make to peace in our communities. Rev Andrew Sankey, Minister at Capel Methodist Church 8 Roundridge Road, Capel St Mary IP9 2UG apsankey@gmail.com / 01473 311178 / 07966 187216 AT BRANTHAM METHODIST Rev Ian Gardner, Minister at Brantham Methodist 34 Medway Road, Ipswich IP3 0QH ian.gardner@methodist.org.uk / 01473 411507 Sunday 5 11am Sunday 12 11am Sunday 19 11am Sunday 26 2.30pm
Communion with Rev Ian Gardner Worship with Mr Paul Walker Worship with Mr Bryan Nichols at East Bergholt Congregational Church United Service
AT CAPEL ST MARY METHODIST Home Groups on various days and times – contact the Minister Sunday 5 10.30am 6.30pm Sunday 12 10.30am 6.30pm Sunday 19 10.30am Saturday 25 3.30pm Sunday 26 10.30am 6.30pm
Worship with Mr Matthew Forsyth Prayer Worship with Mr Guy Fairweather Worship with Mrs Sue France Worship with Mrs Marilyn Watsham Messy Church Covenant Service with Rev Andrew Sankey United Service at St Mary’s
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CHURCH NEWS DEDHAM AND ARDLEIGH PARISHES Services and Events for January 2020 Sunday 5 January: Epiphany 8am Holy Communion, Dedham 9.30am Rise ’n’ Shine, Dedham 11am Morning Prayer, Ardleigh 5pm Evensong, Dedham Sunday 12 January 8am Holy Communion, Ardleigh 9.30am Holy Communion, Dedham Sunday 19 January 8am Holy Communion, Dedham 9.30am Matins, Dedham 11am Eucharist, Ardleigh 3pm Sunday@3, Ardleigh Sunday 26 January 8am Holy Communion, Ardleigh 9.30am Morning Praise, Dedham 5pm Revive@5, Dedham Sunday 2 February 8am Holy Communion, Dedham 9.30am Rise ‘n’ Shine, Dedham 11am Morning Prayer, Ardleigh 5pm Evensong, Dedham Weekly Midweek Services Tuesday Morning Prayer at Dedham at 10.30am Thursday Evening Prayer at Ardleigh at 5pm Dedham Lunch Club: Monday 6 January , 12.30pm at Essex Rose Tea Rooms Sunday Night Skeptics at the Sun Inn: Sunday 26 January at 8pm Men’s Breakfast: Saturday 1 February, 9am at The Vicarage Ardleigh Friendship Group: Every second and fourth Tuesday of the month throughout winter, 10am-noon at Ardleigh Church www.dedham-and-ardleigh-parishes.org.uk
BENEFICE OF EAST BERGHOLT & BRANTHAM Rector: The Rev Canon Stephne van der Toorn 01206 392646 / revstephvdt@googlemail.com www.constablecountrychurches.co.uk RAMBLING RECTOR We trust that you have had a very blessed Christmas and that the New Year will be peaceful for all of us. 2020 sees the launch of our reroofing project at St Mary’s East Bergholt. The quinquennial inspection showed that our 200-year-old lead is failing (we have been noticing leaks in the church for a while). This will be a massive project as we need to raise in excess of £750,000 which for a small congregation in a relatively rural village is a huge task. We will, of course, be applying for all the grants we can, and there will be many fundraisers will be well advertised. You might like to sign up to the Parish Giving Scheme (PGS) and make Am effortless donation every month to the project. Our treasurer will be delighted to advise you on how to do this. You could consider including the church in your will, not that we want to lose any parishioners, but it is one way you could help in the future! The church belongs not to me or the PCC, but to the village and it’s our privilege and burden to keep it in good repair so that it will continue to be available for weddings, baptisms and funerals, Remembrance Sunday parades and many other events for hundreds of years after we are gone. We are immensely grateful to Matt, the Daily Telegraph cartoonist, who has donated his original cartoon for us to use on all our fundraising material. More details will follow! The Rev Steph SERVICES IN JANUARY
Meeting at Old St Michael’s School on Trinity Road, Manningtree I wonder if you really know what’s in the Bible? Have you ever really looked? Lots of people think they know, but many have never actually opened a Bible, or spent any time at all reading it or getting to grips with it.
Sunday 5 Epiphany 8am BCP Communion, East Bergholt 11am Benefice Communion (Healing), Brantham 4pm Family@Church, East Bergholt
Maybe you know that the Bible is the most printed book of all time, translated into the most languages, most copies sold, probably the most studied for that matter, but I’ve no idea how you could measure that! Don’t you think you ought to know what’s in it? Even if it is just to honestly say you looked and didn’t like what you found.
Sunday 12 Epiphany 1 8am BCP Communion 10am Benefice Communion (Healing), East Bergholt
Did you know that there are many people around the world who live their whole lives guided by this book? Don’t you think you should at least check to see if we are sensible or stupid?
Sunday 19 Epiphany 2 8am BCP Communion, East Bergholt 10am Benefice Communion, East Bergholt
So we are offering you that chance in 2020. Join us at Trinity every Sunday evening at 5pm as we Open the Bible. You would be welcome to just sit and listen, but we will be taking time to question what we read and discuss; you won’t have to join in with anything you don’t want to but we do sing, pray and usually have a drink and a piece of cake too!
Sunday 26 Epiphany 3 8am BCP Communion (Healing), East Bergholt 10am Choral Matins, East Bergholt 11am Communion, Brantham 2.30pm Ecumenical Service, Brantham Methodist
It doesn’t matter if you haven’t been to church for a while, or ever before; we will do everything we can to make you welcome. Services last between 60 and 90 minutes.
Check the website for details. There is a BCP Communion every Sunday in East Bergholt at 8am and Choral Matins on the fourth Sunday.
Saturday 18: Week of Prayers for Christian Unity Begins
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HOLY FAMILY ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH Ipswich Road, Brantham CO11 1TB
Parish Priest: Fr Paul Vincent 180 Hawthorn Drive, Ipswich IP2 0QQ / 01473 684963 www.stmarksparish.org.uk SERVICES FOR JANUARY 2020 Wednesday 1 Solemnity of Mary, The Holy Mother of God 9.30am Morning Prayer 10am Mass Sunday 5 The Epiphany of The Lord, Solemnity 9am Mass Tuesday 7 9.30am Morning Prayer 10am Mass Sunday 12 Baptism of The Lord 9am Mass Tuesday 14 9.20am Eucharistic Adoration 10am Mass Sunday 19 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time 9am Mass Tuesday 21 9.30am Morning Prayer 10am Mass Sunday 2 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time 9am Mass Tuesday 28 9.20am Eucharistic Adoration 10am Mass The weekly newsletter, with weekly mass times, is always displayed in the cabinet alongside the front door. Catholic Commentary Many people make resolutions at the start of a New Year and it can be difficult to consider what they should be. So a review of Pope Francis’ Top 10 Secrets To Happiness can provide many ideas:
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1) Live and let live 2) Be giving of yourself to others 3) Proceed calmly in life 4) A healthy sense of leisure 5) Sundays should be holidays 6) Create dignified jobs for young people 7) Respect and take care of nature 8) Stop being negative 9) Don’t try to convert somebody, respect others’ beliefs 10) Work for peace Events & Diary Dates The 100 Club Draw took place on Sunday 22 December at Holy Family when three lucky winners shared a £166 prize pot. The next draw takes place on Sunday 26 January. The club, set up to support the life and mission of our parish, has grown from strength to strength since its launch. New members are always very welcome and the newsletter, that includes an application form, can be found at the rear of the church or at: www.stmarksparish.org.uk Every last Thursday of the month a Bring & Buy Coffee Morning takes place at Viv & Wyn’s home, Paddock Gate, Whitehorse Road, East Bergholt CO7 6TR from 10.30am to noon. We are raising funds for our centenary celebration on 15 August 2020. All are very welcome to join us and the next event will be on Thursday 30 January. The Sick & Homebound A new Catholic Chaplain is yet to be appointed so in the meantime, please contact Fr Alan Hodgson (01473 728115). Please be aware that for reasons of patient confidentiality, the current practice in the NHS is not to inform the chaplains of any Catholics who are admitted to hospital, so unless you or your relatives inform the chaplain of your hospital stay, you will not be visited by a priest or any other member of the chaplaincy team. Please let Fr Paul know of anyone who is ill at home or housebound, so that they may receive appropriate pastoral care.
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