Registers

24th January 2022 Eileen Stacey

11th February 2022 Terence John Knight Williams

Morning Services @ All Saints Church will begin at: 11.00 am

11.00 am Parish Communion 1st, 3rd All Age Worship, 2nd Morning Prayer, 4th

10.30 am Messy Church 4th Sunday (Church Hall) 6.30 pm Evensong, 3rd Sunday 10.00 am Benefit Service 5th Sunday at Clifton, Haynes or Southill

Tuesdays: Toddler Church, 1st & 3rd, 9.00 am

Wednesdays: 10.00 am Holy Communion

For details of church services see: https://www.clifton-beds.co.uk/

Following last year’s successful first National Day of Reflection, Marie Curie, a charity which supports people around a terminal diagnosis, is once again spearheading a day to acknowledge grief and loss. The national Church of England is one of several organisations supporting it.

On 23 March, let's take time to connect, supporting the millions of people who are grieving, and remembering the family, friends, neighbours and colleagues we've lost during the pandemic from whatever reason.

In Clifton we are different ways we can participate in this day. First there is a:

As last year we will be tying yellow ribbons on the church outer grill door and you are also welcome to add leaves to the memory tree in church as a symbol to remember those you have lost.

The National Day of Reflection will give the nation and communities a moment to remember, grieve and celebrate the lives of everyone who has died during this time and show support for our families, friends and colleagues who are grieving. The day is being led by Marie Curie and has been developed in partnership with other organisations who will get involved as part of a movement to support each other.

To find out more about the National Day of Reflection: www.mariecurie.org.uk/dayofreflection #DayOfReflection

The unveiling ceremony of the ‘new’ war memorial in Clifton was set by the Parish Council for 19th March 1922 and the opening ceremony for Clifton's War Memorial was held with due pomp and ceremony. This year, to mark the centenary of this lovely focal point in our village, we will have a rededication of the memorial on:

The service at the memorial will be followed by a procession back to the church and will conclude with Holy communion. Everyone is welcome to attend both events.

To enable as many people as possible to attend this Act of Rededication Central Bedfordshire have granted the Parish Council a road closure notice for a short time on Sunday 20th.

Since 1922 the War Memorial has been the focus for our traditional, annual Acts of Remembrance in November when we remember villagers who died in conflicts up to the present day. The photograph right shows the memorial bedecked with flowers and showing the names of villagers lost in the 1914-18 conflict. The names of those who died in the 1939-45 conflict were added in 1947 in time for Remembrance Day in November of that year.

The Parish Council continues to maintain the memorial and has added another name from the War in Afghanistan.