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15 February 2017 ½ 50 pence
Magazine Update As regular readers of the magazine will know, we’ve been in flux for these past few months, as we considered the right way forward for the magazine. I know that for many of you, the magazine is an important point of contact with the church and the wider community. We want the magazine to reflect what’s going in our communities, and to give you the information you need. But it has become impossible to do this well on a monthly basis. We are therefore changing our production schedule so that the magazine will come out six times a year. We are leaving the annual subscription at £3, because it had been so very long since there had been any change in the price (10 years? 20?) that keeping things the same seemed like the easiest option. You’ll notice that that makes the cover price rise to 50 pence. If this is prohibitive for you, there is always a copy of the magazine in church, and an electronic copy is available on the Waltham Group web page and facebook page. If you would like to contribute to the magazine, please email us at magazine@walthamgroupchurches.co.uk, or leave a note in the Rector’s pigeon hole at All Saints Church, Waltham. Our new deadline for submissions is the 20th of January, March, May, July, September, and November. The magazine will appear mid-month, as follows: 15th 15th 15th 15th 15th 15th 2
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The Rector’s Letter Early in the new year, I was catching up on all the reading that was not done in December, and came across an article in the Church Times on the language of liturgy. It offered some statistics on literacy in Britain, analysed the reading level of our liturgies, and argued that the language of liturgy should be much simpler than it is. I skimmed the article and moved on, but found that it kept bothering me. Is reading-level really the main goal when choosing language for worship? In recent months, I’ve found myself thinking more and more about poetry. It began, I think, with the language that surrounded Brexit, and then (worse) the language of the American election. I watched with horror as our public discourse severed itself from fact and analysis, and relied instead on the power of repeated assertion. The taunts of the bullies were shaping beliefs, and one of the weapons against reason was that complexity was elitist, ‘plain speaking’ people knew better, simple was best. Simple can be good. I often used to encourage students to choose the simplest word you can find that means exactly what you need to say.’ But that is no easy task. When the thing you are trying to say is complex, the simplest word might be rare, or still long, or entirely dependent on context. When the ideas you are exploring are huge, you may need to stretch language to its limits, to entice your reader into thinking something new. And that’s where poetry comes in. Poetry is how we take language to its limits. It’s where we explore how meaning emerges not only through the definition of words, but through their shape, sound, rhythm, and connotation. In poetry, we let language mean more than one thing -- so that meaning magnified, and we find joy in the possibilities that open up.
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It’s that polyvalent nature of poetry that makes it so important in worship. We need language that is layered so that it can hold all the different emotions in the room; the different stages of faith, and ways of perceiving and relating to God. We need language that performs the relationships of faith -- naming them, shaping them, letting us practise them -- even as it evokes wonder, memory, emotion, and delight in God’s presence. Poetic language is the only language big enough to do all that. We need liturgies to hide as much as they reveal so that they leave us room to grow, and what eludes us today might come as fresh grace tomorrow. Without that openness to what is not yet known, our language becomes too small. It limits the scale on which we image God, reach for God, and perceive of the Holy. So, we are declaring a season of poetry. Through February and into Lent, we will be playing with poems -- exploring where prayer and poetry meet, and wondering how we might use language better to reflect the Glory of God. Keep an eye on the web-page and Facebook page for poems and posts. Come to worship knowing that poems might be as present as scripture for a while. Join us as we look for the simplest language we can, to say exactly what we need to say.
Poetry & Prayer 1. Poetry & Prose – Sun, 5 Feb. 10 am Eucharist, New Waltham 2. The Edge of Words – Sun, 12 Feb. 6.30 pm Evensong, Waltham 3. Poetry & Politics – Sun, 19 Feb. 10 am Eucharist, Waltham 4. Being Remade – Sun, 25 Feb. 10 am Eucharist, Waltham 4
Ashby’s Oldest and Youngest The Revd Laurence Price To get the best stories, they say that you should always talk to the oldest and the youngest members of the congregation. At Ashby-cum-Fenby, you can get two for the price of one: there’s someone in the church who is simultaneously over four hundred years old and a bright and spirited young woman of twenty-two. Her name is Susanna Drury, and you’ll find her reclining on the left side of the chancel. Of course I’m cheating slightly. Susanna died in 1606, and what we can see is her memorial sculpture on her
The women of Ashby took no nonsense, even in the seventeenth century.
tomb. And it hints at a sad story- but one which shows that the women of Ashby took no nonsense, even in the seventeenth century! Susanna Drury was from a rich local family with connections to the royal court. Her father was the MP for
Grimsby on and off from around 1584 to 1611, and was appointed High Sheriff of Lincolnshire. The story goes that Susanna was spirited, charismatic and independent-minded. Character traits like these led to rumours about her chequered love life. An article in the Grimsby Telegraph from 1954 describes her as a “pretty girl who left a legend of being an elusive woodland nymph”! But as far as I can tell, there is no concrete evidence either way, either of her prettiness or her nymph-like qualities. Even the statue on the tomb may well have been carved around 1700. Ironically, perhaps the rumours actually stemmed from
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the words on her tomb; it certainly is particularly insistent that she died unmarried and chaste. So far, so ordinary. There are lots of monuments up and down the country to virtuous maids who died young, usually praising their subject in very conventional terms. What makes Susannah Drury special is that we have so much information about the last days of her life- indeed, a snapshot of her death bed that allows us a little moment of time travel. One morning in September 1606, Susanna was visiting a friend called Lady Frances Wray. It was the hunting season, and she was determined to go riding. Whatever her other qualities, she was not a very good horse-woman; and unfortunately, her determination and her ingenuity exceeded her ability. She asked to be strapped onto her horse to prevent any danger of falling; and off she trotted. The horse realised that his rider was nervous, and started to push faster; Susanna couldn’t control the pace, and eventually they were heading fast towards some low branches and disaster. Because she was strapped on so firmly, Susanna was unable to avoid them; she was struck on the head at speed, and was brought back to Ashby seriously injured. On September 29 1606, she made her will- and with a little digging on the Internet, you can still find a transcription of it. Here is the most poignant part of the story, I think. Then and now, most wills are written out in formal legal language, and are really quite dull (unless you stand to inherit something). But Susanna’s will is quite different. It seems to be a verbatim transcript of her own words on her deathbed. Reading it, we’re transported back to Ashby four hundred years ago, and we get a little snapshot of Susanna’s character.
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Susanna starts by wishing that she could have her friend Lady Frances Wray and her sister act as her executors: “but since that cannot be, your husbands must be, and therefore I make them mine executors”. Is it going too far to imagine a rueful smile passing around the women at this point, knowing that only the legal conventions of the time prevented them from doing a better job of it? The document goes on to list all of the beneficiaries- mostly young relatives, women, servants and poor people, including “ten pounds to the poor of Glentworth and Ashby”. In fact, Susanna generally only mentions men as people who owe her money, rather than people who will receive legacies! Just as Susanna’s will starts to get rather more conventional, and-dare I say it- a bit more dull, we’re transported back to her bedside. She is coming to the end of her bequests, and working out how that magnificent monument we can see today in Ashby church is going to be paid for. Another man owes her the vast sum of £300, hundreds of thousands of pounds in today’s money; that can certainly pay for it, and she says “I will have that to bestow on myself for a monument”.
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But then she stops short. In the middle of thinking about her own grand monument, she’s forgotten someone. And she knows she doesn’t have much time left: “O Lord! I have forgotten Mistress Sadler”- who was the wife of a servant- “who hath more need than all of you”. She turns to her sisters, who are clearly the people she really trusts to get this will sorted out, not the distant male executors. “I pray you, let her have somewhat of that which is left for to do her good, for I know I have not given all”. And with that hurried desire to do some good to someone poor and otherwise completely forgotten, the will ends. I think we can see a little bit of Susanna’s wit and fire coming through, especially when she reminds her rich friends of an obscure poor servant’s wife “who has more need than all of you”. Susanna Drury has been with the congregation at Ashby for four centuries now. We should remember her as someone of independent mind, spirit and occasional foolhardiness- and someone who cared for her neighbours and the poor people she left behind. Susanna, the oldest and youngest member of the congregation of St Peter’s, Ashby-cumFenby, still has a lot to say today.
Mothers’ Union Meetings Monday, 27 Feb. 7.30 pm – A.G.M & catch up Thursday, 9 March, 2 pm – Slide Show wih Ken Mann Monday, 27 March, 7.30 pm – Talk by Sue Stone Maundy Thursday, 13 April – ‘The meaning of Maundy Thursday’, The Revd Elsie Butler 8
Pancake Party Shrove Tuesday, 29 February 5 – 7 pm, St Matthew’s, New Waltham This is the feast before the fast. Come and enjoy food & friendship. Please bring one or more of the following: a drink or pancake topping to share; last year’s palm cross to burn; neighbours, friends, or family; well behaved dogs (who will get pancakes too). 9
Ash Wednesday, 1 March 4 pm Said Eucharist & Ashes New Waltham 7.30 pm Choral Eucharist & Ashes Waltham Ash Wednesday Liturgy Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent. It is a one of only two fast days in the Anglican calendar (the other is Good Friday), and it is the day when we seek to clean the slate of all the fears we carry by making our confession. Confession of sin is demanding. It insists that we slow down, and stop hiding from God and from ourselves. It asks us to be honest, so that we can set down the things that eat away at us, and trust again in God’s love. Dwelling on sin does us no good at all, unless we move on from it. The Ash Wednesday liturgy lets us lay down our guilt and our regrets by naming them in God’s presence (silently), asking forgiveness for them (silently and aloud) and then hearing God’s absolution. As a reminder of our frailty, and our solidarity with all other living beings, we receive the sign of the cross on our foreheads in ash, and hear the words of our mortality: ‘Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return.’ The service is sombre, but we leave feeling lighter: forgiveness complete, and the way of healing open. 10
Oświęcim i. Between Shema and shalom there were rabbit tracks winding scrolls of hope through ash pits. I stood where I planned to remember death caught in bewildering joy. I hadn’t expected the beauty of snow, of light, of birch, and I wondered: What if we let the land heal? Chose life -- the best defiance -and watched the chimneys fall. ii. One woman carried a cheese grater -when her world was disrupted stuffed into sacks clutched, and then hidden. She chose to keep faith in details. So I came home and cooked grated carrot made soup watched slow yeast rise through recalcitrant rye 11
Because this is how we become human. The ritual of wonder as grace tumbles like tea leaves and what is cut and broken becomes blessed. iii. In our churchyard there is mistletoe -the romantic notion of a former rector to bring berries, laughter, blessing. So I saw it, crowning the tree-tops following the rail line, and wondered: was this too defiance -resister’s gift? Or God’s grace brushing cattle cars: ‘You are loved. You are loved. You are loved.’
In January I spent three days in Auschwitz, studying and praying. Those of us who were there were asked to write about it. These are the words that came. --Kimberly (photo by The Revd Richard Frank) 12
Lent Groups Words of Grace – New Waltham, Tuesdays 7 – 9 pm Love. Grace. Forgiveness. Healing. Renewal. In this Lent Group, we will use these words of grace to consider how God comes to us and reshapes our lives. Each evening begins with cake and conversation, followed by 40 minutes of shared reading and discussion. Then there will be 30 minutes of silence to use as you wish – to pray, to knit, to read, think or be. At 8.30 pm, the group regathers to say Compline: a simple form of night prayer. Usually, we leave in silence after compline to give each other space to keep praying, and to enter more deeply into God’s presence. As always, you can share as much or as little as you like, and are welcome to join in whether you have studied scripture for years, or are hearing the stories for the first time. The meetings take place in church, every Tuesday between 7 March - 4 April.
Praying the Liturgy – Waltham, Tuesdays 2.30 – 4 The Tuesday afternoon Lent Group will link with some of our Lent preaching, and will be an open conversation about the steps of the liturgy: Preparation & Gathering; Repentance; Word & Response; Offering & Transformation; Being Sent Out. These conversations will be open ended – bring your questions, your ideas, your experience of worship, and we will learn from each other. This group meets at the Rectory, 95 High Street, Waltham as follows: Tuesday 7, 14, 21 March, (no meeting the week of 28 March), 4 April. Final meeting date tbc. 13
The Bishop’s Letter The Rt Revd NicolasChamberlain Dear Friends, As I sit down to write I am already beginning to turn over in my mind the words of the hymn that I am going to be using and praying throughout Lent. The season itself will have begun by the time that you receive this letter, but I hope that it will not be too late to ponder Cowper’s sentiments once again and for us all to draw some inspiration from them. He begins: ‘O for a closer walk with God, A calm and heavenly frame, A light to shine upon the road That leads me to the Lamb! He is describing loss and he is saddened by it: ‘Where is the blessedness I knew, When first I saw the Lord?’ Perhaps this is a feeling that we might all share at different times in our lives. Pressures crowd in, tragic events dominate the news, God himself can appear to be very distant, and as for the Church…?!! With Cowper, we may well say: ‘Where is the soul refreshing view, Of Jesus and His Word?’ But I hope that with Cowper we shall have the courage and the strength to hang on, through a time that he describes as being an ‘aching void’, and also with him to look seriously at ourselves, to the extent that we tear even our ‘dearest idols’ from their thrones.
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If we are able to do these things, then there will be light at the end of the tunnel, and the closer walk with God that we sought at the beginning. Lent, then, is the time for having the courage to allow ourselves to enter the ‘aching void’ and to face our ‘dearest idols’, whatever they may be – things such as our dangerous dependencies or our covetousness or our self-righteousness or our sense of entitlement. These are difficult things, as I know in my own life, but they are very human things, and really can be called idols, I believe. Lent has become a time in which, rather than giving something up, people have recently seen the value of taking something on. They give time to be good neighbours, for example, and don’t fixate about refraining from chocolate or sweets, or whatever. I absolutely applaud this tendency to ‘take on’. However, I also think the older, sterner, discipline of Lent has a great deal to commend it. By this, I don’t mean simply the discipline that involves giving something up, but the discipline that is involved in taking a long hard look at oneself and at the world. This discipline, which can be uncomfortable, is to do with facing the void and tackling our idols. It is what I shall be trying to do this Lent. Perhaps you might join me? Holy God, our lives are laid open before you: rescue us from the chaos of sin and through the death of your Son bring us healing and make us whole in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. May God bless you this month, Bishop Nicholas 15
Waltham Parish News Welcome, Councillor Andrew Moss Waltham Parish Council would like to welcome its newest Councillor Mr Andrew Moss, who was co-opted in January . Mr Moss had attended a few meetings prior to putting in his application, which was fully welcomed and supported by the existing members. If you would like to know more about being a Parish Councillor please get in touch, there are still vacancies available.
Great Village Spring Clean Waltham Village is taking part in the Great British Spring Clean, a national campaign to tidy up the streets of Britain. If you are able to volunteer 2 hours of your time we are meeting at 10am on Saturday 4th March 2017 on the village green in Waltham in order to tidy and clean the village ready for Spring. If you are not able to come along, you can always give the pavement outside your home a bit of attention; everyone is welcome to do their bit and improve the area where they live.
Police Report Waltham Parish Council have been made aware by Humberside Police that rogue traders have been reported knocking on doors in Scartho, targeting the elderly. The vehicle they drive is reported to be a Black Mitsubishi 200. We urge our residents to please remain vigilant and if you require work to be carried out on your home ensure you speak to your families and get quotations from reputable companies rather than people who just knock on your door. 16
What does the Council do? This Parish has once again set a zero increase on your precept and this made us wonder how many people realise what the Parish Council takes care of and what it does for the village and its residents? Places we own and/or maintain: • • • • • • • • • • • • •
The public toilets in Kirkgate- These are free to use and are cleaned and maintained by us. Grove Park – A beautiful park with mown grass and pathway through. Village Green –A planted and kept area with trees, paths, planting areas and mown grass. All Saints Churchyard – We cut the grass and strim around the headstones for the church. Two sets of Allotments – We manage these sites with contributions from allotment holders. Cemetery – An award winning cemetery last year, maintained by the parish council. Bowling Green – Free sports facility for our residents and a beautifully kept bowling green. Well Lane – A small cut through where the trees and well are looked after by us. War Memorial – Recently cleaned and always looking nice, especially at memorial occasions. Methodist Chapel – we weed the front area and keep the bushes trimmed. 23 flower tubs – planted at various times of the year in order to add some colour to the village. Tennis, Basketball & Ping Pong court – currently in need of some TLC, a future project in the making. 7 acre field at rear of Fairway- newly donated to the parish. 17
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Teen Shelter- a place for the kids to meet with friends in the play area at Mount Pleasant. BMX track- Naturally moulded in the grounds for kids to use their bikes or scooters. Parish Office- located within the toilets building and is open to the public each weekday morning. CCTV System- Coverage in various areas of the village has proved its worth over the years it has been installed, assisting with anti-social behaviour, thefts, break-ins and even assisted with a murder investigation.
The other services we provide: • • • • • • • •
Parish Clerk & Responsible Financial Officer Toilet Cleaner Part-time Litter Picker Website Defibrillator Senior residents’ tea party twice per year Children’s fun day or celebration annually Tidy up days
We manage the money awarded in your precept very carefully to present the village in the best way possible. We would like to do more, and sometimes have great ideas of how to enhance the village, but are very conscious that our residents’ pockets are not endless and with rising costs coming from all directions we set our budget at zero percent this year and will do our very best with the funds that we have.
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Parish Council Meetings The next Parish Council meetings are being held on Tuesday 7th February and Tuesday 7th March at Waltham Library starting at 7pm. Residents are most welcome to attend.
Parish Council Vacancies NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that three vacancies exist in the office of Parish Councillor for the Parish of Waltham. As there was no call for an election the Parish Council may fill these vacancies by means of co-opting any qualified person. If you wish to express an interest in becoming a Parish Councillor please write to the Clerk to the Council at the address below. Any applications received will be heard at the next available Parish Council meeting. Write with your application to: The Parish Clerk, Waltham Parish Council, The Parish Office, Kirkgate Car Park, Kirkgate, Waltham, Grimsby DN37 0LS Tel: 01472 826233 or via email: walthampc@btconnect.com
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Women’s Institute Thirty-nine members and six guests were welcomed to the January meeting of Waltham WI. Notices were displayed on the projector by Sue Bunn and read by the President. Members were thanked for their generosity for donating groceries to make up hampers for our charity Women's Refuge and also for raffle prizes. We will continue to collect various wrappers and containers and next month we shall be collecting deodorants to donate. We viewed photographs taken at our Christmas Dinner and discussed the topics of resolution options. December and January birthdays were honoured and members were reminded that next month is the AGM The speaker for the evening was Ken Sloane from the Search and Rescue Association accompanied by his wife Loreta and the President of Binbrook WI, Jenny Johnson. Ken has been a member of the Association for 30 years. The work is wholly voluntary and is dedicated to using dogs to find lost, injured and vulnerable people in both mountainous and urban locations. Every handler is a member of a Mountain Rescue Team and receives a high standard of outdoor skills before being accepted to train a dog. Ken showed a film illustrating how arduous the training and testing is and related several of the situations he has encountered. Finally, he introduced us to his gorgeous dogs, Abbie and Rob who wallowed in the attention given to them. The evening's competition was safety tips when walking in the countryside and was won by Pamela Broadey. The next Luncheon Club is February 21st at The Waltham Windmill Golf Club and organised by Colleen Pearce. Thanks were given to Lynn Barrett and Sue Arliss for providing the refreshments. The evening concluded with a raffle. The next meeting, the AGM, is Monday February 12th. 20
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Prayer Requests Did you know there is a prayer request board at All Saints, Waltham and at St Matthew’s? You can also make a prayer request on our website: walthamgroupchurches.co.uk 26
What’s on 15 February – 15 April (usual Sunday & midweek worship listed separately) Thurs
23 Feb
7ish Ministry Team Meeting
Rectory
Tues
28 Feb
5 – 7 pm Pancake Party all welcome (no Eucharist at Waltham)
New Waltham
Wed
1 March
Ash Wednesday – see worship schedule
Mon
6 March
7.30 pm PCC meeting
Tues
7 March
Lent Groups at 2.30 (Waltham) and 7.30 (NW)
Thurs
9 March
7.30 Mothers’ Union
Waltham
Sat
11 Mar
10 – 11.30 am Exploring Baptism: questions, conversation & crafts for those considering or preparing for baptism.
Waltham
Sun
12 Mar
4 pm Wedding Preparation
Waltham
Mon
13 Mar
7.30 PCC meeting
New Waltham
Tues
8 March
Lent Groups at 2.30 (Waltham) and 7.30 (NW)
Sat
18 Mar
Diocesan Synod
Tues
21 Mar
Lent Groups at 2.30 (Waltham) and 7.30 (NW)
Thurs
23 Mar
2 pm Mothers’ Union
Waltham
7ish Ministry Team Dinner
Rectory
Waltham
Lincoln
Tues
28 Mar
Lent Groups at 2.30 (Waltham) and 7.30 (NW)
Tues
4 April
Lent Groups at 2.30 (Waltham) and 7.30 (NW)
Thurs
13 April
2 pm Mothers’ Union
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Worship Schedule 15 February – 15 April February: Month B Thursday 16 Feb
9.30 am Eucharist, Tea & Toast
Waltham
Sunday, 19 February (Epiphany +7) – week 3 Waltham
8 am Eucharist, 10 am Eucharist, 11.30 am smAll Saints 6.30 pm Choral Evensong
New Waltham
10 am Eucharist
Barnoldby
11 am All Age Service
Tuesday, 21 st
5.15 Evening Prayer, 6 pm Eucharist
Waltham
Thurs, 23 rd
9.30 am Eucharist
New Waltham
Sunday, 26 February (Sunday before Lent) – week 4 Waltham
10 am Eucharist 6.30 pm Evensong
New Waltham
10 am All Age Service
Ashby
9 am Holy Communion
Ravendale
11 am All Age Service
Tuesday, 28 Feb
No Evening Eucharist (Pancake Party at NW)
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(BCP)
Waltham
1 March (Ash Wednesday)
March: Month A
Ash Wednesday
4 pm Eucharist & Ashes
New Waltham
7.30 pm Sung Eucharist & Ashes
Waltham
9.30 am Eucharist, Tea & Toast
Waltham
Thurs, 2 Mar
Sunday, 5 March (Lent 1) – week 1 Waltham
8 am Eucharist, 10 am Eucharist, 6.30 pm Choral Evensong
New Waltham
10 am Eucharist
Barnoldby
9 am Holy Communion
(BCP)
Tuesday, 7 th
5.15 pm Evening Prayer no Eucharist tonight
Waltham
Sunday, 12 March (Lent 2) – week 2 Waltham
10 am Eucharist 6.30 pm Evensong
New Waltham
10 am Eucharist
w/ Methodists
Brigsley
10 am Morning Prayer
(BCP)
Tuesday, 14 th March
5.15 pm Evening Prayer 6 pm Eucharist
Waltham
Thurs, 16 th
9.30 Eucharist
Waltham
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Sunday, 19 March (Lent 3) – week 3 Waltham
8 am Eucharist, 10 am Eucharist, 11.30 am smAll Saints 6.30 pm Choral Evensong
New Waltham
10 am Eucharist
Barnoldby
11 am All Age Service
Tues, 21 st
5.15 pm Evening Prayer 6 pm Eucharist
Waltham
Thurs, 23 rd
9.30 am Eucharist
New Waltham
7ish Ministry Team Dinner
Rectory
Sunday, 26 March (Lent 4) – week 4 Waltham
also: Mothering Sunday
10 am Eucharist 6.30 pm Evensong
New Waltham
10 am All Age Service
Ravendale
9 am Holy Communion
(BCP)
Brigsley
10 am Holy Communion
(BCP)
Tues. 28 th Mar
5.15 pm Evening Prayer 6 pm Eucharist
Waltham
Sunday, 2 April (Lent 5) – week 1 Waltham
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8 am Eucharist, 10 am Eucharist, 6.30 pm Choral Evensong
April: Month B
Sunday, 2 April (continued) New Waltham
10 am Eucharist
Barnoldby
9 am Holy Communion
(BCP)
Tuesday, 4 th
5.15 pm Evening Prayer 6 pm Eucharist
Waltham
Thurs, 6 th
9.30 Eucharist
Waltham
Sunday, 9th April (Palm Sunday) – week 2 Waltham
10 am Palm Sunday Procession, Eucharist 6.30 Evensong
Brigsley
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New Waltham
10.30 am Joint Service at Methodist Church
Holy Week Maundy Thurs.
NW Eucharist time tbc. 7.30 pm Eucharist & Vigil
Good Friday
All churches open 12 – 3 pm Good Friday Liturgy 2 pm
Waltham
Easter Eve (15 th)
8 pm Easter Vigil
Waltham
Easter Day (16 th)
7.30 at the Green
Waltham
8 & 10 am Eucharist
Waltham
10 am Eucharist
New Waltham
4 pm Worship & Egg Hunt
Ravendale
Easter
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Waltham Group Contact & Information Rector
The Revd Kimberly Bohan
01472 822172
kimberly@walthamgroupchurches.co.uk Curate
The Revd Laurence Price
07753 466761
laurence@walthamgroupchurches.co.uk Ministry Team
The Revd Alan Hundleby
827159
The Revd Elsie Butler
587692
Rachel Fowler (ordinand)
823130
Margo Goodhand (warden, NW)
507536
Liz Newton
824919
Heather Nichols
399188
Marilyn Reeve
824598
Bridget White
329847
Retired Ministry Team (w/PTO)
The Revd Ian Walker
826958
Anne Mullett (Reader)
599102
Wardens, Waltham
Sean Chesman
814291
David Tingle (+ church taxi)
822576
Wardens, NW
Rosemary Thompson
589934
Wardens, Ashby
Carol & David Petch
822671
Wardens, Ravendale
Ali Hudson
822628
Jill Smith
827656
Brigsley
contact: Sally Taylor
320782
Barnoldby
contact: Jill Parkinson
825666
Waltham MU
Glennis Blissett
822843
Waltham Choir
Robert Adams, Dir of Music
824937
Bell Ringing
Malcolm Harris, Bell Captain
827204
Safeguarding
Sue Hayles
823369
All Saints Hall
Cherry Tingle
822576
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