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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
together in a joint bible study during lent. The focus was the York Course exploring the Psalms. The discussion was lively as we shared our different views and it was a great time of fellowship. Easter Eggs We had a great display of about 400 painted eggs outside our church over Easter. The eggs were painted by several groups in the community including the primary school, 2nd Melbourn Brownies, 2nd Melbourn Guides as well as other youngsters from Greenbanks. Our Thursday craft group, Friday morning coffee group and Junior church also contributed. The eggs were on the railings, hanging on the tree and in the grass making a colourful display.
Melbourn Baptist Church
Melbourn Baptist Church celebrated Easter this year with a special baptismal service for two members of the church on Easter Sunday, with lunch following the service.
The service followed an open church day on Good Friday, when there were times of worship, and music, art, children’s crafts, and refreshments.
Once again, church members were involved in the GenR8 tour of 22 schools in the Royston area, bringing youngsters the Easter message.
A service of thanksgiving for the life of long-standing church member Ruth Panton was held at the church, followed by a service of committal at Royston Cemetery.
Following the success of the church’s Christmas choir, members have arranged a special meeting to discuss the further development of the choir.
Once again, church members will be attending the Big Church Day Out to be held in Sussex over the late May bank holiday weekend.
There will be a service at the church to mark Christian Aid week on 15th May at 6pm.
The church will also be taking part in the Melbourn Village Fete on 18th June at The Moor.
Church members will be getting busy in the kitchen to help compile a special cookbook of tried and tested favourite recipes. The aim is to raise funds to support refugees in Turkey, and it is hoped the book will include savoury dishes, desserts, cakes, and other recipes.
The church also continues to support Royston Food Bank, along with Churches Together in Royston and District. The food bank provides essential food and other items for people in need.
All Saints Church Melbourn
Now that the forest of scaffolding has been taken down from the church tower things are returning to normal. We are able to ring the bells again after a considerable delay, there is a new floor in the ringing chamber, and hopefully the church has been made ‘waterproof’.
The work has cost us a great deal of money which has stretched our finances to the maximum but sensible accounting plus grants from the Supporters of All Saints and other donations have resulted in us appearing ‘in the black’ although personal appeals to members of the congregation will result in a better balance in our books.
None of this would have been made possible without the combined efforts of the congregation. Our associate priest Mary Price has borne the brunt of leading the services with the aid of ‘visiting vicars’ and we are most grateful to her for all her efforts. Mike Galley and Roger Mellor as churchwardens have had to arrange priests to lead other services and so far we have been led well by their choices. The Parochial Church Council has backed them up and so many volunteers have played their part in keeping the church going.
In April the church was cleaned thoroughly and the fresh clean smell was apparent to all who came through the door.
We now await with eagerness our new priests in charge Elizabeth Shipp who comes to us from the Diocese of Worcester. If her CV is to be believed, we shall be well led in the months and years to come. Her licensing will be on Tuesday 19th July at 7.00 pm and we hope to see a good congregation when the Bishop of Ely comes to install her in her new post. Colin Limming.
Supporters of All Saints (SOAS)
Having donated over £30,000 to the repair of All Saints Church we have been working hard to build up our finances again.
The Quiz Night on 16th April raised nearly £ 400 for the funds and proved to be a laughter filled evening plus excellent refreshments served by the ladies of the Committee. The only embarrassment was that the quizmaster’s family (present because of a family event) also won the quiz but any suggestions of collusion were quickly squashed.
Our next event is on Saturday 11th June when we will be holding another Beetle Drive. For anyone who doesn’t know this is another fun evening but winning depends on the fall of the dice. If you fancy finding out contact
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