Photograph by John Salmon
Photograph by Nigel Cox
Photograph by Nigel Cox
Churches Together United Reformed Church Burns’ Night Supper We celebrated Burns’ Night with a traditional supper and many people dressed in tartan and kilts. The haggis was paraded round the room to Scottish music and enthusiastic clapping. Peter Karner in full Scottish regalia addressed the haggis and toasted Rabbie Burns. There were toasts to the lassies and laddies. During the evening there were quiz questions to tax our brains. We sang Scottish songs and ended by joining hands and singing ‘Auld Lang Syne’. Mothers’ Day Parade Service The Guides and Brownies Weekday Mothering Sunday service was held on a Guides night this year. Two of the Guides read the lessons and bouquets of flowers were distributed. We provided refreshments for parents and Guides after the service. Homelessness Sunday We support Jimmy’s Night Shelter in Cambridge and we collected provisions and loose change for them. Our Craft Group knitted some beautiful woollen blankets which were gratefully received by Jimmy’s. Women’s World Day of Prayer This year’s ecumenical service was held in our church on Friday 4th March and was led by Janet Wedd. The service was prepared by the Christian women of Cuba
with the theme ‘Receive Children, Receive Me’. We decorated the front of the church using the red, white and blue colours of the Cuban flag, a vase of white flowers depicted the white butterfly jasmine national flower of Cuba. Lively Cuban music was played before and after the service. The theme served as a reminder that everyone is a child of God and equally worthy of our love and respect. The reflective meditation concentrated our minds on children and our hands. Fairtrade Fortnight Our young people baked some delicious cakes to mark Fairtrade Fortnight which we enjoyed with our coffee after morning worship. Reuben dressed as a Fairtrade banana. Easter Lent Course For the second year the churches in the two villages of Melbourn and Meldreth came melbournmagazine
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