Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Finedon. Parish Magazine
February 2015
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Finedon Parish Church: St Mary The Virgin Vicar:
The Revd Richard Coles, Parish Priest, St Mary the Virgin Finedon, The Vicarage, Church Hill, Finedon, Northants, NN9 5NR 01933 681 786, Mobile 07885 967 960 email: revdrichardcoles@yahoo.co.uk
Assistant Honorary Priest
Fr Peter Baden,01832 733186 email: p.baden36@btinternet.com
Reader
Mr Michael Duncombe, 01536 723457 email: michaelbex@talktalk.net
Parish Clerk
Mrs Gill Foster Tel: 680364 (To whom first contact for Baptisms and weddings must be made).
Churchwardens:
Mrs Jane Read Tel: 680522 Mr Neil Forster Tel: 682177
PCC Secretary: Treasurer:
Mrs Gill Foster Tel: 680364 Mr Andrew Weatherill Tel: 682212
Magazine Editor:
Mrs Janet Millington, Tel: 681161. email: millingtonjanet@aol.com (to whom all copy should addressed by the 15th of the month prior to publication)
Director of Music
Mr Jonathan Harris Tel: 01604 881182 Email: Hjonathan83@aol.com
Deputy Organists
Mrs. Kathy Roberts Mr Oliver Grigg
Choirmaster:
Mr. Bryan Chapman Tel: 398818
Tower Captain Web Site
Mr Bryan Chapman, Tel 398818 www.finedonphotographs.org.uk/ bellringers.html
Archivist
Mr John Bailey Tel 680747
St Michael’s Mission Room:
Bryan & Christine Chapman Tel: 01933 398818
Times Of Services:
Sundays 8.00 am Holy Eucharist 9.30 am Parish Eucharist. 6.00 pm Evensong (1st Sunday of the Month)
Visit us on the Web at www.stmarysfinedon.co.uk
From The Vicarage February 2015 One of the things I like about the life of the church is the way it retains customs and traditions which mark the changing seasons of the year and mark out too the changing patterns of life. Candlemas, which falls on the 2nd February, is one of my favourites. It marks the episode in the Gospel of Luke when the child Jesus is presented at the Temple and the priest Simeon, aged and blind, sees in front of him the salvation he has been awaiting all his life. “Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace…” he prays, and we hear those words sung at every Evensong in the Nunc Dimittis. A blessed release is, of course, something we might all pray for; but it marks also the end of Christmas, or Epiphanytide if you count that as Christmas (the Orthodox do). Traditionally it is day the greenery comes down – baubles on 12th Night, tree at Candlemas – as the poet Robert Herrick describes in Ceremonies of Candlemas eve, written in the seventeenth century. Down with the rosemary and bays, Down with the misletoe ; Instead of holly, now up-raise The greener box (for show). The holly hitherto did sway ; Let box now domineer Until the dancing Easter day, Or Easter's eve appear. Then youthful box which now hath grace Your houses to renew ; Grown old, surrender must his place Unto the crisped yew. When yew is out, then birch comes in, And many flowers beside ; Both of a fresh and fragrant kin To honour Whitsuntide. Green rushes, then, and sweetest bents, With cooler oaken boughs, Come in for comely ornaments To re-adorn the house. Thus times do shift ; each thing his turn does hold ; New things succeed, as former things grow old. We look, with nature and the Church, from the midwinter to the coming of spring, when the green blade riseth and all is made new. Yours in Christ, Fr Richard
Our Worship in February Year B 1st – Presentation of Christ in the Temple (Candlemas) Malachi - 3: 1-5 Psalm 24: 7-end Hebrews 2: 14-end Luke 2: 22-40 Hymns 513 Lord, the light of your love is shining 391 Blest are the pure in heart 241 (T418 Abbot’s Leigh) Sing we of the blessed Mother Anthem: Nunc Dimittis in d by Walmisley Hail to the Lord who comes (94) 505 Lord Jesus Christ 1st Evensong – Presentation of Christ in the Temple (Candlemas) Introit: Purcell Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts Responses: Tallis Psalm 73 583 Take up thy cross, the Saviour said Canticles: Walmisley in d Anthem: Stanford The Lord is my Shepherd 95 Forty days and forty nights 8th – 2nd Sunday before Lent Proverbs 8: 1, 22-31 Psalm 104: 26-end Colossians 1: 15-20 John 1: 1-4 Hymns 538 (Tune Wolvercote) O Jesus, I have promised 191 O thou who camest from above 601 Thou didst leave thy throne and thy kingly crown Anthem: Stanford The Lord is my Shepherd The God of love my shepherd is (587) 555 Praise, my soul, the King of heaven
15th –Sunday next before Lent 2 Kings 2: 1-12 Psalm 50: 1-6 1 Corinthians 4: 3-6 Mark 9: 2-9 Hymns 604 Through all the changing scenes of life 467 How sweet the name of Jesus sounds 380 (T Evelyns) At the name of Jesus Anthem: Psalm 73 Take my thy cross, the Saviour said (583) 466 How shall I sing that majesty 22nd – 1st Sunday of Lent Genesis 9: 8-17 Psalm 25: 1-9 2 Peter 3: 18-end Mark 1: 9-15 Hymns 95 Forty days and forty nights 379 As pants the hart for cooling streams 565 Rock of ages Anthem: Purcell Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts Lord Jesus, think on me (97) 96 (T. Aberystwyth) Jesu, lover of my soul Organ Voluntaries 1st February - Jacques van Oortmerssen: Chorale Prelude Nun ruhen alle Wälder 1st February (evensong) - J.S.Bach: Toccata from Dorian Toccata & Fugue BWV 538 8th February – Buxtehude: Praeludium, Fuga and Ciacona in C BuxWV137 15th February – John Stanley: Voluntary I in C Op.5 22nd February - N. de Grigny: Récit de Tierce en Taille
From the Registers Holy Baptism 4th January Amelia Lois Nelson Hayley Sophia Nelson Tahlia Marie Nelson
Floodlight Sponsorship 4th January Paul & Carole Mitchell - in memory of his dad Ernest Frederick Mitchell (on the anniversary of his death). Cynthia Foster & family - in memory of husband and dad Norman Foster (on the 20th anniversary of his death). 11th January Betty & Dave Cheney & family - to celebrate Debbie's 40th birthday Libby & Graham Webb - to Celebrate their 20th Wedding Anniversary. 18th January Sponsored by two anonymous dedications. 25th January Malcolm & Janet Harris & Family - in memory of dad & pop : Fred Harris (on what would have been his 100th Birthday Christine Hardins - in memory of her faithful companion Cara (sadly missed).)
Confirmation There will be confirmation classes on Thursday 5th February in the church. Junior class will be 6.00-7.00 pm, senior class 7.00-8.00 pm. There will also be a rehearsal on Saturday 7th February at 6.00 pm.
The Confirmation will take place on Sunday 8th February at the 9.30 am Eucharist with the Bishop of Peterborough presiding.
Cheques The bank has now refused to accept any cheques unless they are made out to:PCC Finedon Parish General A/C Also every cheque paid into the bank costs 17p each which as you can imagine adds up.
Ringing in the New Year What a delight and pleasure it was for me and others, standing in the porch of the Bell Inn as midnight approached, to hear the church bells being rung to welcome 2015. They had to compete with an enormous number of explosions caused by fireworks, which sounded as though the First World War may have flared up again; but the bells won the battle against what some might regard as the forces of Paganism. Thank you to the bell ringers for their victorious efforts, and continuing such a happy custom, and for working such unsocial hours . John Bailey
Evensong There will be an Evensong on Sunday 1st February, the Presentation of Christ in the Temple (Candlemas), at 6. 00 pm in St Mary’s Church. Evensong will be followed by light refreshments.
Ash Wednesday There will be a service for Ash Wednesday in St Mary’s Church at 7.00 pm on Wednesday 18th February. Please bring your old palm crosses back to Church to be burnt for the ash
Choir Singing at the Cathedral St Mary’s Church Choir have again been invited to sing evensong at Peterborough Cathedral on Saturday, 21st February at 3.30 pm,
Jonathan
the11.00 am recitals; interval drinks during the evening recitals.
Concerts at St Mary’s Friday 3rd April 2015 at 7.30pm There will be an evening concert of Music for Holy Week performed by the specialist early music vocal ensemble Horologe. Music to include Pergolesi's Stabat Mater, Guerrero Maria Magdalena and Charpentier's La Reniement de Saint Pierre. Admission by donation to church funds. Wednesday 20th May 2015 at 7.30pm -
Jonathan Harris, Director of Music at St Mary’s Church has been the organist there for 10 years and over that time we thank him for the way he has brought much beautiful music to the church in our services and in concerts.
Lyra Vocal Ensemble from St Petersburg. A return visit from this quartet singing a mixture of Russian sacred and folk music. Admission £5.00
Organ Recitals at St Mary’s Church
What is Smartie Sunday, (the15th February). It is an idea thought up by a member of the Fund Raising Team, Pat Peet. Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, 18th February and we are giving people a tube of Smarties for free which you can eat yourself or empty and give to the Fund Raising team to eat. As part of your Lent observances we suggest the empty tube is filled with a 20p piece every time you get an urge to eat chocolate, biscuits or drink a glass of wine etc and return the filled tubes to Church on Palm Sunday. A full hexagonal Smartie tube holds £12.00 in 20p pieces. Have a go, see how much you can collect for Church. Funds.
Saturday 7th February at 11.00 am. The next Organ Recital will be by Stephen Moore, organist at St Matthew's, Northampton. Saturday 7th March 2015 at 7.30pm There will be an Organ Recital by Steven Grahl (Peterborough Cathedral) Saturday 16th May 2015 at 7.30pm An Organ Recital by Ben Bloor organist at Westminster Cathedral All our organ recitals are free admission with a retiring collection. coffee and cake is served after
Smartie Sunday
Bell Ringers Outing The ringers outing this year will be to University City Oxford. The centre of Oxford is dominated by the University colleges. Oxford’s Cathedral at Christ Church is the College Chapel as well as the Cathedral Church for the Diocese of Oxford. The beautiful building is home to a vibrant worshipping community with a rich worshipping tradition and a world famous Cathedral Choir. It hosts a wide range of diocesan events, music, art and drama. There has been a choir at the cathedral since 1526 when John Taverner was the organist and also master of the choristers. The cathedral is visited by thousands of people each year who pray, worship or simply enjoy the stillness and the profound sense of history it inspires. On this site stood the convent church where Oxford’s patron saint, Frideswide,,was buried in the 8th century. Around her shrine in the 9th and 10th centuries, a group of priests lived a communal life doing pastoral work and, in the 12th century, the monastery became the Augustinian priory of St Frideswide. By the 13th century it was a major place of pilgrimage. In 1522 the priory was surrendered to Cardinal Wolsey, who had selected it as the site for his proposed college. However, in 1529 the foundation was taken over by Henry VIII. Work stopped, but in June 1532 the college was refounded by the King. In 1546 Henry VIII transferred to it the recently created See of Oxford from Osney. The cathedral has the name
of Ecclesia Christi Cathedralis Oxoniensis, given to it by King Henry VIII’s foundation charter. Other places of interest you may wish to visit include the Bodleian Library which has its own shop. The university also owns the Ashmolean Museum on Beaumont Street, Britain's oldest public museum. There are plenty of parks and gardens to explore in Oxford. Lots of the colleges have their own gardens (but some charge an admission fee) Oxford also offers an extensive range of shops and restaurants, If you would like to book a seat on the coach, please put your name and contact details on the list at the back of the church.
Flower Festival Committee Jumble Sale in the
Mission Room on
Saturday, 21 February 10.00 am - 12.00 noon Please bring any jumble to the Mission Room between 9.00 am & 9.30 am on the day or contact 01933 398818 for collection
National Gardens Scheme The garden at 67-69 High Street Finedon will be open on Sunday 8th March for Snowdrops and Helibores between 11.00 am and 3.00pm, Admission ÂŁ3.50 which includes a mug of soup and bread [children free] There will be plants for sale. In addition please note that we are 'open' for group visits by arrangement from February through to September. Telephone 01933 680414 for details of Teas etc. Three gardens will be open on Sundays 7th & 28th June between 2.00pm and 6.00pm and at 67/69 High Street on Thursdays 4,11,18 & 25 June between 5.00pm and 8.30pm
St Mary's Thursday Club Thank you to everyone that came along to the Christingle Service on the 21st December 2014. A special thank you to ALL the committee members who arranged the service. We would also like to thank Finedon Co-op who kindly donated the oranges and to the lovely ladies who made up the Christingle Oranges. We raised ÂŁ286.47 from your kind donations. This money is being donated to the Children's Society. This is a charity that the Thursday Club strongly supports each year. This month our meeting will be on the 26th February at 7.30 pm and it is our Annual General Meeting. We will be meeting at our usual meeting place,
Finedon Band Club and afterwards, there will be a faith supper. Anyone wishing to join us will be made very welcome. If you are interested in becoming a member please call Louise on 07581 556417 for further details. We usually meet once a month on the 4th Thursday. We also run a mums and tots group during school term time. The group meets on a Thursday afternoon at the Mission Room from 1.30 pm - 2.30 pm.
St Mary's Thursday Club is holding its annual
Pancake Races on
Thursday 12th February 2015 in the
Junior School playground in Finedon at
3.15 pm. Races will start with children of pre-school age and younger and will then work up through the school years. There will be a cake stall and refreshments served in the school canteen as well as a raffle taking place. All proceeds will go to the Children's Society. We look forward to seeing you all there.
Finedon Senior citizens Friendship Committee Christmas Parcels Thanks to this year’s house-to-house collection, together with generous donations from Finedon Parish Council, the Conservative Club, the Coffee Morning Group and the Thursday Club, we were able to distribute 358 Christmas parcels to the over-seventies of Finedon on Saturday 13th December 2014. The Committee would like to thank those that helped pack and deliver the parcels, the Community Centre for free use of the building, and Finedon Stores and Station Farm who supplied the contents. John Bailey - promoter
Mothers Union 2015 The February meeting will be held at the Mission Room on Tuesday 3rd February at 2-30 pm when we will be given an insight into the life of Gladys Aylward by a local speaker. Anyone wishing to come along for this event will be made most welcome.
Finedon Local History Society The February meeting of the society will be on Monday 23rd February in the Mission Room, Well Street, Finedon at 7-30pm. The speaker will be Charlotte Widgery on Wickstead Park and the Lake Project. Admission is £2-50 for members and £3-50 for non members, the meeting will be followed light refreshments.
Finedon Over 60’s Club Our weekly meeting is held in the Bowls Club, Wellingborough Road on Wednesdays from 1.45 pe to 3.30 pm. Admission is £1.00 per week. February Programme 4th Beetle Drive 11th Lunch out at Thornhill Arms, Rushton 18th To be confirmed 25th Quiz
Finedon Independent Wesleyan Chapel Future planned events for the Wesleyan Chapel: 2nd May - May Fayre 14th May - Windmill Singers Concert 3rd October - Table Top Sale 5th December - Christmas Bazaar
Valentine’s Day Barn Dance at Finedon Community Centre, on Saturday 14th February 2015 at 7.30pm. Local Live Band ‘Kelly’s Eye’ with caller. Real Ale Licensed Bar. Tickets £8 (including chicken & chip supper) A great night out in Finedon. Reserve tickets on: 01933 398377
Candlemas Candlemas Day, 2nd February, is also known as the ‘festival of light’ and marks the halfway point between the winter solstice and spring equinox. The day’s weather is said to indicate how much longer the cold will last. ‘If Candlemas be fair and bright, winter will have another fight. If Candlemas brings cloud and rain, winter won’t come again’. Fingers crossed for a soggy day!
Finedon Educational Charity The Finedon Educational Charity was formed in 1980 to provide funding towards special educational benefits and physical training not normally provided by the local education authority to children in Finedon. In 2010 the trustees sought permission from the Charity Commission to sell the piece of land situated in Mackworth Drive/Station Road, best known locally as the Scout Hut site. Permission was granted and the site along with another plot was eventually sold in 2013/14. The proceeds of the sale were immediately invested and all amounts earned from interest and dividends are available for distribution by the trustees. In November 2014 six applications were received from various individuals, groups and schools, all of which were successful and a total of £5000 was granted.
Further information about the Charity together with application forms can be found on the website at www.finedoneducationalcharity.org. Trustees of Finedon Educational Charity
Jonathan Reynolds in Association with Theatreworks Proudly presents
Curtain Up a montage of songs from the musicals and much more, with many of the area’s finest stage performers at the Star Hall Laws Lane, Finedon on Saturday 28th February at 7.30 pm Tickets £8.00 (£6.00 students/senior citizens) To book tickets, please call 07903 252451
In My Day the ramblings of Hubert James
In my day it was about this time of year that the weather got so cold that you’d see monkey’s wandering around with soldering irons. In them days we never had any of this new fangled global warming, and we certainly never had central heating or electric blankets. We made do with an open fire in the front room occasionally puffing smoke out over the settee and maybe a Rayburn in the kitchen. This time of year you’d expect a coating of ice on the inside of the bedroom window, so you made sure you got your Grandma to crochet a woolly quilt. Then you’d rummage in the airing cupboard for the flannelette sheets and make sure they were tucked in air-tight. Course, we did have one home comfort when it came to bedtime; the hot water bottle. What a wonderful invention! Best to get it under the covers half an hour before you jumped in or you could get a nasty burn. But then you’d drift off to the land of nod, snug as a bug in a rug. Course, it was a different story come four o’clock in the morning when the bottle had gone cold and so had your feet.
But then; revolution.! A chap called Tim Conti arrived from Italy. He lived in Finedon but opened an Italian restaurant in Kettering. Now his speciality was Duck à Venus. Duck surrounded by orange juice. Very popular. So popular that his wife Ida, bred ducks especially for the dish. I don’t know if you’ve ever kept ducks but they are very messy. Ida did the plucking and quickly realised she was getting feathers all over the house. So she began collecting them in a pillowcase. The work was exhausting so she often took an afternoon nap and that was when she discovered how soft the duck pillows were. Word spread and soon she had a side business supplying soft pillows. Tim was impressed and began marketing them as the gentle way to get to sleep. He also noticed that the feathers kept you warm, so he came up with the idea of giant pillows that covered the whole bed that could replace the sheets and heavy blankets. The idea took hold. In the end he closed the restaurant and made a fortune out of Ida’s down pillows and the bed sized quilts that some folk called Conti’s gentle quilts.
Church Monthly Draw Total receipts of £266.00 are divided equally between the winners and the church funds. Winning numbers for the December monthly draw are: 1st prize 138 £66.50 2nd prize 29 £39.90 3rd prize 182 £26.60 If you would like to join the monthly draw (£1.00 per share per month) which takes place in the church on the first Sunday of the month, please contact Kathy Hobbs on 01933 398794.
The Ven Richard Ormston, Archdeacon of Northampton Sat-Nav Candlemas
What a great invention – someone to go with you on your journey, offering directions (yet never forcing you to follow), never giving up on you – and helping you through on even the foggiest and darkest night. Jesus got there before Sat-Nav: a light in the darkness for the whole world. Whatever darkness surrounds you today – he is your light.
Richard Ormston
It’s February, and around the world churches are celebrating Candlemas. So what’s that all about? An event is described in Luke’s Gospel when Mary and Joseph take Jesus to the temple forty days after his birth. They were going there as part of the rituals associated with childbirth. Once in the temple, Joseph and Mary meet an old man named Simeon, who takes Jesus in his arms and says: “Now, Lord, you let your servant go in peace … My own eyes have seen your salvation … a Light to reveal you to the nations …” Candlemas celebrates the day that Jesus is proclaimed as being the light for the whole world. Ever been lost in the dark? Recently I drove from Peterborough to Daventry with one headlight not working … in the dark and the fog. Not ideal! In my defence, I was unaware the headlight wasn’t working until I started. What made the journey easier? An Irishaccented Sat-Nav warning me of every twist and turn in the road. She’s become a very good friend over the years! She got me safely to Daventry and then to Halfords the following day to buy a new bulb!
New Historic Churches Support Officer Ben Smith has been appointed as Historic Churches Support Officer for the diocese. Based at Bouverie Court, Ben is working closely with the Diocesan Mission Team and the Diocesan Advisory Committee, to support PCCs in their care for the historic church buildings which grace our diocese. The post, which is full time for three years, is jointly funded by English Heritage and the diocese. One of Ben’s first priorities is to encourage and support, with practical advice, those churches which have been identified as being at risk on the recently published “Heritage at Risk” Register. Coming from working with the East Midlands office of English Heritage in Northampton, Ben is already familiar with the challenges facing many of our historic churches and has experience of funding issues. Ben can be contacted on ben.smith@peterboroughdiocese.org.uk or on 01604 887046.
Bowled over with success at twinning loos Four toilets in our diocesan centre at Bouverie Court have been twinned with loos in Bangladesh, India, Zambia and Burundi, after a campaign which raised over £275.
twinning their loos,” says Miles. Photo: Frances Le Pla, Bishop Donald, Miles Baker and Paul Downing.
Reaping the benefits of investing in young families Julie Hunt is the new Children and Families’ Worker at Holy Trinity Deanshanger, a small (but growing) rural church in South Northamptonshire. She writes about the first few months in the role.
Flushed with success, the team at Bouverie now have framed photos and the exact GPS locations of their paired privies, thanks to the charity, toilettwinning.org After seeing posters at the New Wine Festival, the Diocesan Director of Mission Miles Baker, asked the staff to consider twinning the Bouverie Court toilets. “Two and a half billion people don’t have somewhere safe, clean and hygienic to go to the loo. That’s more than a third of the people on the planet,” says Miles. “For just £60, the charity help those in poverty in the developing world to have access to a proper latrine, clean water and the information they need to be healthy. The work they do with communities also enables women to have a say in household decisions, often for the first time.” Through a combination of moneyraising and the sale of jam, the team were able to sponsor four new latrines. “We hope this will be a springboard to encourage other churches to consider
We are a forward thinking church who, after reading the Spotlight research about the parish, identified that the biggest demographic was 30-45 year olds with school age children. So I have been commissioned to set up new initiatives and strengthen existing relationships in order to serve the wider community and to develop the profile of a family-centred church in the heart of the village. The first few months have been wonderfully busy. As a Church we have been blessed by so many opportunities that God has brought before us. I have spent most of my time building relationships with the local head teachers and meeting children and families in our community. In addition I have also developed a questionnaire that asks how we can best serve the community and helps
identify what might bring them more readily into church; Conducted a two day prayer workshop in a local school; Made links with Bridgebuilder Trust to come and run a Christian assembly in a local school; Planned a movie night for the school Christmas holiday; Helped make changes to the church Sunday school groups and established and ran a crèche for the village school whilst they held their Christmas performances at church. The best part of my job is definitely the people I am surrounded by. The children I have met have all been wonderful. Every call for volunteers has been answered. If I don’t know something, there is always somebody who will help; I am surrounded by people who pray for me and my work and I feel God’s presence in all the work I do, which brings the sort of job satisfaction you just can’t quantify!
Ministry role for Northampton priest Canon Jonathan Kimber, the Vicar of St. Benedict’s church Northampton for the past nine years, has been appointed as the next Director of Ministry and Discipleship in Worcester Diocese. The role concentrates on helping to develop the ministry of people in churches across Worcestershire and Dudley. Jonathan has considerable experience, as a parish priest, in training including curate training in the diocese. He chaired the planning group for the 2011 Bishop’s Conference for clergy and lay ministers. “I really warm to the broad and rich Kingdom People vision that has already been developed, and look forward to learning from the understanding and wisdom of those already in the
Worcester Diocese,” said Jonathan. “I hope to contribute to our growth in faith, as lay and ordained people together, deeply rooted in the goodness of God, and creatively encouraging each other to serve Him with joy in the world.” Jonathan expects to start work in Worcester around Easter 2015. “We’ll miss him very much in Peterborough Diocese and we wish him well in his new post,” said Bishop Donald. Jonathan has been made a Canon Emeritus of Peterborough Cathedral.
February events Fri 30 Jan The Big Sleepout. In aid of the Hope Centre Northampton. Christ Church, Northampton. Contact sue@nothamptonhopecentre.org.uk Mon 2 Prayer and Praise for Northampton. Come and pray together with Christians from different churches for the needs of the town. 7.30pm All Nations church, Kettering Road NN1 4AH. Thurs 19 Domestic Abuse Workshop. Presented by Louise Drage and Garry Johnson, the Diocesan Safeguarding Adviser. Louise, is a BACP accredited counsellor. Booking sharon.welbourne@peterboroughdiocese.org.uk. 9.30am-3.30pm Bouverie Court. Wed 25 Peterborough Theological Society. The Revd David Thompson, Emeritus Professor of Modern Church History, “The Evangelisation of the Fens; a reflection on the 1851 Census”. 7.30pm Friends Meeting House, Thorpe Rd, Peterborough.
Town Diary February
May
1st
6pm Evensong St Mary’s church
2nd
Wesleyan Chapel May Fayre
2nd
BL, Bowls Club, It shouldn’t happen at a wedding, Margaret Burgon
11th
BL, Bowls Club, Chat night
14th
Wesleyan Chapel Concert
3rd
9.30 Coffee Morning, Bowls Club
5th
7.30 TG, Town Hall, Dusty Roades, Country Customs
16th
7.30 Organ Recital, St Mary’s Church Ben Bloor, Westminster Cathedral
7th
11am Organ Recital, St Mary’s Church
8th
9.45 Confirmation service, St Mary’s Church
10th
10.00 Coffee Morning Football Club
14th
7.30 Valentine’s Day Barn Dance, Community Centre
June 1st
BL, Bowls Club, Sweet Memories, Kevin Varty
27th
St Mary’s Summer Fete on the Green
July 6th
BL, Bowls Club, chat night
17th
9.45 Coffee Morning, Bowls Club
August
24th
10.00 Coffee Morning, Football Club
3rd
March
BL, Bowls Club, Medical Detection Dogs
September
2nd
BL, Bowls Club, chat night
7th
5th
7.30 TG, Town Hall, AGM, RSPB & Red Kites
October
7th
7.30pm Organ Recital St Mary’s Church
April
BL, Bowls Club, chat night
3rd
Wesleyan Chapel Table Top Sale
5th
BL, Bowls Club, Fish & Chips
November
2nd
7.30 TG, Town Hall, Spring planting in the parks, Richard Kibble
16th
African Children’s Choir, St Mary’s Church
December
18th
Jazz Concert, St Mary’s Church
5th
Wesleyan Chapel Christmas Bazaar 7pm St Mary’s Church Wassail Evening,
13th
BL, Bowls Club, Waterloo, Roy York
11th
BL, Bowls Club, Entertainment
BL, Bowls Club AGM
St Michael’s Mission Room, Well Street, Finedon Available for hire weekdays and Saturdays. Suitable for most social functions, charitable events, children's parties (no late discos)
For all enquiries and information contact Bryan & Christine Chapman Tel: 01933 398818 Email: bryanchapman2@aol.com