Churches Together All Saints Church Melbourn & Holy Trinity Meldreth Life has been turned upside down with the Covid Pandemic, and at the time of writing we have taken the decision to suspend physical church services out of a love and concern for one another. The church remains open for private prayer and small scale funerals. We shall continue to be holding services either on our Facebook site or via Zoom. Please check on our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/asmhtm for up to date details. We continue to try and support one another, and if you have any prayer concerns please contact vicar.melbournmeldreth@gmail.com or contact Revd. Mary Price on 01763 261569 or Pat Smith on 01763 262575. This month sees us as a church, as a group of people both individually and collectively using the time of Lent as a preparation for the joy of Easter Morning. Traditionally Lent is taken as a time to prepare and reflect on things as the darkness of Good Friday approaches. As a child and adult, I was always puzzled as to why the day that Jesus was crucified was called ‘Good’ Friday. I now know that without Christ enduring an agonising death on the cross to pay the price for our sins we would not have the joy of the Easter resurrection. Sometimes we endure times of darkness and pain and perhaps we all have, individually, locally, nationally and worldwide, over the past year. Hope has been brought to us all with the roll out of vaccines. As we give thanks for that, let us all remember and give thanks for all who have worked together for the common good as we are reminded of our responsibility for one another. The love, care and concern that has been shown
throughout this difficult time is a reflection of the love which God has for each and every one of us. I pray that as Easter draws near we may all be able to say ‘Happy Easter,’ knowing and trusting in God’s love for us through all our varied circumstances.
Melbourn Baptist Church I love it when the spring has sprung, a time of life, growth and the emergence of beautiful flowers in our gardens. I particularly love the bulbs that emerge all around our village at this time of year, with golden heads of daffodils bobbing in synchronised movements in the wind. I am the Baptist Minister in Melbourn. I have enjoyed being part of village life for over fourteen years. I trained in London in theology, but before that I had another career. It was in amenity horticulture, gardening for show, and we visited some of the great gardens of England – the Lost Gardens of Heligan, Rosemoor, Wisley, Stourhead, Kew, to name but a few. One of my favourite jobs was working in the Botanic Garden in Bristol. Many of you will know the beautiful Cambridge University Botanic Garden and be aware that botanic gardens are ordered in specific ways. They require a botanical understanding of nomenclature, a knowledge of diverse plant species, and are involved in a global network of seed sharing. Botanic gardens play a role in maintaining species diversity, saving endangered plants, and melbournmagazine@gmail.com
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