June 2009 - Diocese of Ely

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What, When,
Where, Who, and
Why this month
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Brampton Parish News
Questions on my mind
T
HERE HAVE been two, separate,
questions in my mind as I have
thought about this letter. Let me
share both of them with you:
1. Who’s called?
We give our congratulations to Mrs
Julie Anderson, who was recently
approved by the Church of England
selection process to move on towards
ordination. In September she will start
college to train and prepare for work as a
“Reverend” in the Church. We call this
selection process, ‘vocation’.
But we must not give the impression
that ‘vocation’ is only for a select few
(e.g. priests, schoolteachers). The Bible
gives the good news that God calls all
people, each and every one of us. First, he
calls us to belong to him, to know his love
and forgiveness through Jesus. This
vocation is the same invitation to all. Then,
secondly, God gives a different vocation /
calling to each one of us. God has made
each of us unique; no one is quite like you!
He calls us to develop our particular gifts
and skills, and use them to
help and serve others. So,
all are called, and all are
different.
It should be obvious,
therefore, that everybody needs to
know their calling. We should ask ourselves
these questions: “What are my gifts and
abilities? How can I make the most of them?
How can I serve others?” The key thing is
to know that we are all called, and we all
have our part to play.
2. What sort of country do we want
to live in?
It will be Election Day on Thursday
4 June. Already the placards are going
up in front gardens around the village,
giving a great sense of involvement in this
important day. We are wondering which
party will do best across the nation, across
the county and in our own local area. At this
time when we are angry about MPs
extravagant expenses claims, I think we
need to be grateful to our local councillors
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On Other Pages
Signs & Symbols . . . . . .
O happy day . . . . . . .
St Petroc . . . . . . . .
What the drain will cost churches,
charities and clubs
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On the cover . . . . . . .
A View from the Waterways
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Diet drinks that – aren’t! . . . .
The Shack
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St James the Least of All . . .
Bishop of Peterborough . . . .
Mothers’ Union . . . . . .
Peter Roots Progress Report
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Floral dreams? . . . . . .
Three Score Club . . . . .
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The Rev Dr Jo White continues her ever popular
series on…
— Holy
Signs & Symbols
I
N MARCH we looked at stoops by the
entrance to the church, so this month
let’s think about the Holy water that is
within them.
Normally the water in the stoop is
Holy because it has been blessed for
this purpose by a priest. It usually also
contains a small amount of salt.
Why does the Church use salt in holy
water? Firstly, probably because that’s
the way the Jews had done it to begin with.
But secondly, because of the symbolical
meaning of salt. Just as water is used for
cleansing and for quenching fire, so salt is
used to preserve from decay. Therefore the
Church combines them to express the various
reasons why it is used — to help to wash away
the stains of sin, to quench the fire of our
passions, to preserve us from relapses into sin.
Moreover, salt is regarded as a symbol
of wisdom. Our Lord called His
Apostles “the salt of the earth,” because by
them the knowledge of the Gospel was to be
spread over the world. The custom of using
salt is a very ancient one, and is traced by
some to the second or third century.
To use the Holy water from the stoop,
just dip in the tips of one or two fingers
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who work so hard to serve us. I am
impressed by the time, thought and effort
put in by all those whom I know. And we
can all help, by considering the question
above. For in the end it’s not about ‘which
party?’, but about ‘what do we value and
want to see happen?’ Personally I’d like to
live in a country that welcomes people
whatever their race or nationality. But that’s
only my view…
With best wishes
Yours sincerely
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Water
and then make the sign of the cross over
yourself. Or you can just sign a cross on
your forehead. As you do so it is customary
to say the words, “In the Name of the Father,
and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost”.
Somewhere in England there is a
palindrome in Greek letters carved in
the stone around a stoop. Translated into
English it read, ‘Wash my sins and not just
my hands.’
This month If you could carve a few
words around a Holy water stoop,
what would it be?
Jo White
O happy day
H
ERE’S SOME good news:
you are likely to be happy on
at least one day this month.
According to research, 20th
June is the happiest day of the
year. One academic has even worked out
a formula which runs: O + (N x S) +
Cpm/T + He = Happiness.
The letter ‘O’ stands for enjoying
outdoor activity. ‘N’ is for connect
with nature, which is in full bloom in June.
‘S’ is for socialisation with neighbours and
friends. ‘Cpm’ stands for childhood positive
memories, ‘T’ is the mean temperature,
which should be warm in June. ‘He’ is the
symbol for holiday expected. The research
was commissioned by Wall’s ice cream,
who asked a psychologist to find the
happiest day of the year.
Sadly, his equation does not take
into account other powerful factors
that may detract from your happiness this
summer: the economic crisis, swine flu,
and the weather – not to mention our
chances at Wimbledon this year. Any of
these could well dampen down that odd
surge of spontaneous joy.
Brampton Parish News
St Petroc — 4 June
I
F YOU are going to Cornwall this
summer in search of peace and quiet,
Petroc is the saint for you. Especially if
you find Padstow a bit too crowded for
your liking! He would have sympathised.
This 6th century abbot is Cornwall’s
most famous saint. Petroc set sail from
South Wales, landed at Haylemouth, and
founded a monastery as Lanwethinoc — now
called Padstow, after him (Petroc’s Stow).
Padstow must have been
popular even in those days,
because about 30 years later
Petroc, in search of some peace
and quiet, moved on to build
another monastery at Little
Petherick (Nanceventon). Here
he must have decided to try
some 6th century equivalent of
‘Fresh Expressions’, because he
engaged with his local
community by building a mill
and a chapel.
In time, Petroc began feeling crowded
again. So he tramped off to the remote
wilds of Bodmin Moor, where he lived as a
hermit — until some 12 monks turned up to
join him. Firmly Petroc kept them all housed
in a monastery on a hilltop, while he enjoyed
his private space in a cell by the river.
But even here Petroc was not alone. One
day a terrified stag came rushing
through the woods, pursued by the hunt.
Petroc flung open the door of his cell, and the
panting animal took refuge. When the
huntsmen arrived on the scene, they did not
dare to argue with the famous holy man, and
went their way. The stag’s gratitude made
him tame, and Petroc would come to be
portrayed with a stag as his special emblem.
Petroc was buried in the monastery in
Padstow, but in c.1000 his shrine and
relics, including his staff and bell, were
translated to Bodmin. Here they have
stayed ever since, except for a short,
unplanned trip to Brittany in 1177, when
they were stolen and carted off by a
naughty canon. Henry II intervened, and
everything but a rib of Petroc was
eventually returned.
What the drain will cost
churches, charities and
clubs
On the cover
T
HE ‘RAIN TAX’ is expected to
cost the Church of England over
£15 million a year, plus a further
£10 million as churches employ
professional services to appeal the
initial bills. This is equivalent to the Church
of England being permanently drained of
the resources to employ 375 clergy (a loss of
10 clergy in every diocese), or being unable
to support 3,000 community groups, or
7,500 pensioner lunch clubs, or the loss of
357 Church School teachers. Larger
churches will see their bills rise from £140
to £8,000 and Cathedrals between £5,000
and £71,000 a year.
June 2009
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HERE IS very obviously a lot
more foliage today than about a
century ago at the Grove Lane /
High Street junction.
The tree on the left under which the
elegant lady is sheltering has long
gone, as has the triangular area in the middle
of the road. By the end of WWII there was a
virtual mini-roundabout but by the end of
the 1960s the grass verge had arrived and
The Horse Shoe pub (the gable end in the
earlier picture) had been replaced by the
shop parade. By the 80s the trees on both
sides had become established, hiding the
Round House. From the 60s to the 80s there
were left- and right-turn arrows in the road.
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A View from the Waterways
O
UR JOURNEY out of the Kennet
and Avon Canal seems to have
been dogged by delays including
a blown down tree that
completely blocked the passage
and boat that had sunk in mid stream. From
Newbury to Reading the waterway is
technically a “navigation”, that is to say
lengths of natural river (the Kennet)
interspersed with sections of man-made
canal. Now the Kennett is not a wide river
but it has a strong flow which made our
passage downstream at times “interesting”.
At Reading the Kennet flows into the broad
stream of the majestic River Thames and
our passage took us northward towards
Oxford and through Duke’s cut to the peace
and tranquillity of the Southern Oxford
canal, a narrow gauge canal with locks 7
feet wide and 72 feet long taking a single
narrowboat at a time, quite a change from
the large electrically operated locks on
the Thames. No lock-keepers here to do
the work for you.
This has been the first year for a
long time that we have not been in
Brampton at Eastertide. At Banbury we
pause for the weekend to celebrate Palm
Sunday at the baroque Parish Church.
Then onward to Napton on the Hill and
the junction with the Grand Union Canal
and eastward to the village of Braunston.
Being at the crossroads of the two major
north/south canal routes, this important
canal junction is a place we often visit.
The spire of All Saints is a well known
landmark for those approaching from
Rugby in the north. We pause here to join
with Rev Claire Rose-Casemore and her
congregation for the Maundy Thursday and
Good Friday observances. Easter Sunday,
despite longings for home, proved to be a
wonderful experience. At Saint Andrew’s in
Rugby we were warmly welcomed. The
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Mike and Rose
on Avon Rose
Rector, Mark Beach, is a natural and
inspiring preacher and also a fellow boater.
Saint Andrew’s also has added interest for
us, being the only church in the world with
two complete rings of bells. The church was
rebuilt in the 1850’s but the 14th century
west tower with its ring of five bells was
retained. Then in the 1890’s a new northeast
tower was added with its own ring of eight
bells. We joined the ringers to call the
faithful on the ring of 5; we will have to
return to ring on the 8.
We now rest on beautifully rural
Ashby Canal near its current terminus
at the tiny village of Snarestone (the canal
never did reach Ashby). Snarestone has
about 100 houses, a small school, the Globe
Inn and the tiny brick built church of Saint
Bartholomew. The church has services only
three times a month and on the fourth
Sunday I walk up from the canal to what on
the church notice board is advertised as a
Community Service. I expect to join an
ageing congregation of about a dozen. How
wrong can you be? Dissatisfied with only
two services a month the congregation of St
Bartholomew’s decided to do their own
thing, so on this fourth Sunday they run their
own Community Service. Themed song,
prayers, a talk all led by various members of
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Brampton Parish News
Diet drinks that –
aren’t!
Y
OU CAN’T win.... it seems that
diet drinks may actually make you
put ON weight rather than lose it, a
study has claimed. It seems that
artificial sweeteners can make it
harder for us to regulate our intake of food,
and so therefore may lead to over-eating. In
a recent research, rats at Purdue University
in Indiana were given low-calorie yoghurt,
and gained more weight than rats given a
sugary version.
It seems that sweet food provides a
‘orosensory stimulus’ which tells our
body that a lot of calories are about to be
consumed. When this does not happen, the
body gets confused, and people feel an urge
to eat more, to compensate for the food’s
low calorie content. (Which would explain
why obesity levels and the use of artificial
sweeteners have risen simultaneously.)
Doctors instead advise that anyone
wanting to lose some weight “should
try and retrain their palate so that they enjoy
foods without a lot of sugar.”
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the congregation preceded by refreshments.
I am warmly greeted by a group of 30 to 40
children and adults, young and old.
“Numbers are a bit down today.” I’m told.
The Church has been beautifully
refurbished. A new carpeted floor, old pews
moved to the wall and replaced with
comfortable moveable upholstered chairs.
They use the church for social events and
have plans to install a toilet and kitchen
facilities. They are an inspiration to all in
commitment to the task of mission. Can we
equal them?
Mike Amphlett
www.avonrose.org.uk
June 2009
The Shack
Book Review
I
HAVE been encouraging people to
read The Shack and I was glad to read
this review in Ely Cathedral News by
Canon Alan Hargrave, the Canon
Missioner and previously a vicar in
Cambridge. He has given permission for it
to be reproduced in BRAMPTON PARISH
NEWS.
Richard Sledge
This novel by William Young is about
Mack, who takes three of his children
camping by a lake. Two of the kids get into
difficulties while canoeing and Mack rushes
to save them. However, while he is away,
his youngest daughter is abducted and
killed. The book is about Mack’s guilt,
depair, and about his conversations with
God through it all.
The Shack has become an international
best seller. Some of it is a bit too
‘cheesy’ for my liking and the end is a bit
too neatly tied up to reflect real life for a lot
of people (which probably reflects cultural
differences between England and a less
cynical USA). Having said all that, if you
want to have the ‘Holy Trinity’ and ‘why
God allows suffering’ explained in a
powerful way, easily accessible to
non-theologians, then this is the book to
buy.
And you might just end up buying it
for your friends who are grappling
with these issues as well.
Alan Hargrave
In the old days, it was two chickens in
every pot; now it’s two government
employees for every taxpayer.
Economist: a person who tells you what
to do with your money after you have
done something else with it.
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Happily, the Church of England still retains some singular parish clergy. Take the parish of St
James-the-Least in the county of C— for example. Here the elderly Anglo-Catholic vicar,
Eustace, continues his correspondence to Darren, his nephew, a low-church curate recently
ordained….
Letter from St James the Least of All –
On the costs of heating a rectory…
The Rectory
St. James the Least
My dear Nephew Darren
Ah, the joys of June! At last I can return to the Rectory without putting on my
overcoat before going inside. For the next 4 months, all windows and doors are left
open in order to let the heat in. If anyone else tells me how lucky I am to live in a 12
bedroom Queen Anne house, I shall have them excommunicated.
You will soon stop complaining about your one bedroom flat should you ever
have to live in a rural Rectory; the days of wandering about the house in shirtsleeves
will become a distant memory. In my first winter here, I had the central heating on
full blast 24 hours a day. The house was almost warm, even if the boilers sounded
like the Queen Mary coming into port. But that quarter’s gas bill needed a substantial
grant from the International Monetary Fund to cover it, so ever since, for 6 months of
the year, I live in the kitchen. Parishioners find it either touching or sad that I sleep
with my Labrador. It never occurs to them that I need her for extra heat.
It does mean that evening meetings at the Rectory on winter evenings can be
un-Christianly satisfying. Watching committee members fighting – with infinite
politeness - to get nearest to the one-bar electric fire is highly entertaining. They hold
on to their coffee cups less for refreshment, more for a little extra warmth. At least it
means that meetings are short.
My predecessor was a model railway enthusiast and so several bedrooms were
taken up with a system of such complexity that it made Crewe junction seem trivial.
He also found it helpful to put his teenage son in the turret bedroom, where he could
play his drums without anyone else in the house being able to hear a thing.
Nowadays, all these extra rooms are filled with cribs and nativity play
costumes, Easter gardens and spare choir cassocks. It is remarkable how all these
things used to be stored quite satisfactorily in the church vestry until the parish
acquired a single priest; now the empty rooms in the Rectory have become vital
storage space. I so hope my successor has a plethora of children, so that parishioners
have to find alternative accommodation for all the detritus vital to church life.
No, dear boy, cherish your centrally heated, dry, draft proof, mice-free,
bat-less, modern-plumbed accommodation. It will not be ever thus.
Your loving uncle,
Eustace
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Brampton Parish News
Bishop Ian Cundy
Mothers’ Union
T IS WITH great sadness that the
Bishop of Ely, Dr Anthony Russell, and
his senior staff received the news of the
death of the Bishop of Peterborough.
Bishop Ian Cundy also held a position
in the Diocese of Ely as Assistant Bishop.
N 21ST APRIL Brampton
Mothers’ Union held a special
service to enroll four new
members. Our branch leader led
the service and the rector, Rev
Martin Greenfield spoke about the very
special qualities of the Mothers’ Union. Our
new members are Margaret Ewen, Rev
Scott Watts, Sally Mackenzie and Doris
Womersley, pictured with our branch
leader, Elizabeth Arkle.
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He died suddenly on the afternoon of 7
May after collapsing on his way to a
family event in the west country.
“Ian was a particularly good friend
and a deeply respected pastor and
bishop,” said Dr Anthony Russell. “He will
be remembered for his important
contribution to the Church of England,
especially his part in ecumenical matters.”
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“His wisdom and friendship will be
greatly missed. Our prayers and
deepest sympathy are with his wife Jo and
their family,” he added.
As neighbouring Bishops, both have
worked together closely during the
past decade. One of their notable
achievements was to end a centuries-old
anomaly in which a substantial part of
Peterborough city fell within the jurisdiction
of Ely Diocese. In 2004 they drew up an
agreement to share the care and
administration of parishes within the south
Peterborough area. To symbolise this move
Bishop Ian Cundy became an Assistant
Bishop within the Ely Diocese.
Macmillan Quiz
Friday 10 July
7.30pm
We had a very successful cake stall on
25th April, which raised £210 for the
MU Emergency Relief Fund. A big thank
you to all who supported the event. We shall
be running a cake stall at the village fete on
6th June and hopefully will have lots of
tempting produce on sale.
On 9th June, at our evening meeting,
Beryl Waterson will be speaking
about the parenting course at Littlehey
Prison. During the afternoon meeting on
16th June, the Rev Scott Watts will be
speaking. Beryl Waterson and Rev Scott
Watts are both very popular and engaging
speakers so if you are at all interested do
come along and join us.
Brampton Village Primary School
£7.50 including Ploughmans’ Supper
Teams of six
Raffle
Bring your own liquid refreshments
Tickets available from
Marie Shepperson, 384010
June 2009
The BRAMPTON PARISH NEWS is happy to print
letters or any other article from its readers. We
may print them anonymously on request, but for
legal reasons they must contain a contact name
and address (not necessarily for publication).
We cannot guarantee date of publication.
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Peter Roots Progress Report
Part One Thursday, April 23
Dear All
IRSTLY, very many thanks to all of
you who have been praying for us
over this time. All of this is very
much valued by us and we are very
grateful and feel very blessed by it
all. We just thought we would let you know
how things are going.
On Friday we went to the
Haematology clinic for a check up for
Peter — at the time he was feeling rather
sorry for himself as he had started vomiting
and was very uncomfortable with
constipation (probably all either side effects
of the treatment or of the drugs to stop him
getting infection, which is a side effect of
chemotherapy). On the plus side, already his
tonsil is back down to normal size from
having been well over half way across his
throat. And this on only one cycle of chemo!
He was recovered by Sunday and is now
feeling fine.
On Tuesday we went for another
check and he started on a drug
(G-CSF) to help boost his immunity prior to
the next cycle of treatment. This needs to be
injected every day and Peter was shown
how to do this but wimped out when it came
to the crunch the next morning. Alison is
even more squeamish so we were faced with
a dilemma — the syringe was full and ready
to go and had to be used right away!
The answer? Trot across the road to a
neighbour, mid breakfast, mid get the
kids to school and ask her to jab it in Peters
abdomen. This is not quite so bad as it
sounds as our friend was a nurse in the past,
so was quite happy to do it!
Wednesday we had a phone call
outlining the next few steps and
updating us on some outstanding results.
So, what do we know so far?
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Peter has a
high-grade nonhodgkin’s lymphoma.
His
tonsil
was
involved but no other
lymph nodes seem
affected, according to the CT scans. He does
not have Burkitts lymphoma but we don’t
have a more precise diagnosis than the
rather general “high-grade non-hodgkin’s”.
Not that this is a problem, treatment can still
go ahead anyway.
His bone marrow is still being
examined to make sure it is also
disease free (most probably will be but has
to be checked). His treatment will involve
(in all probability) 3 more cycles of chemo
at 2 week intervals starting tomorrow. The
Tuesday after each dose of IV drugs he will
get another one injected into his spine. At
some point after he finishes the chemo he
will get 3 weeks of radio therapy (5 days of
it each week).
His chemo will be done as an
out-patient at Stoke Mandeville and
the radio at the Churchill in Oxford, also as
an out-patient. Please bear in mind though,
none of this is written in stone — think more
‘weather forecast’ than ‘commandments’.
After this he will have some recovery
time and need check-ups for a period
before we can consider returning to Tanzania.
With all the rushing around and
associated stresses of the last few
weeks Alison too is feeling rather run down
so she is also in need of TLC.
Prayer Points
immunity — that Peter remains
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infection free and that Alison stays
fit and healthy under all the stress.
Effects — That the side effects
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of the drugs can be effectively
controlled
Brampton Parish News
Sleep or sneeze
decision for us to return, or not, to
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Tanzania — All those involved in this
decision will be guided and we find ourselves in the right place at the right time.
Thanks
speed with which everything has
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happened and is continuing to happen
care and attention we have both
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received at the hospital and our GP
Mary’s Chesham — for all the
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help and provision we have received
very smooth progress of the first
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cycle of treatment
Part Two Wednesday, April 29
Well Peter was not looking forward to
Tuesday — having intrathaecal
chemotherapy (a dose of drugs into his
spine) did not sound nice!
However all went well and he had no
problems with it — we ended up
waiting around a bit longer than expected
but that was not a problem. Part of the
waiting was to get his blood results back
which were fine so he seems to be dealing
with the chemo ok.
All going well he will be getting another
dose of chemo a week on Friday then
intrathaecal again on the Tuesday.
Many thanks for all your prayers and
encouragement
Peter and Alison
June 2009
P
EOPLE WHO sleep for less than
seven hours a night are three times
more likely to catch a cold than if they
slept for eight hours or more. Sleep is
closely linked to the strength of the
immune system, which is why people feel
tired when are ill or have an infection.
Prof Ron Eccles of the Common Cold
Centre in Cardiff observes: “With our
busy lives, particularly the young who like
to stay out late at night, we are probably
suffering more colds than we need to.”
Floral dreams?
H
ERE’S A new way to ensure
sweet dreams: sleep with flowers
in your bedroom. A recent study
in Germany has discovered that
the scent of flowers may
encourage good dreams.
Sleeping women who were given 10
seconds of the scent of roses while
asleep reported pleasant emotions in their
dreams. When the roses were substituted
with the smell of rotten eggs, the dreams
turned unpleasant, too.
So – here’s a question: would flowers
help relieve recurring nightmares?
Anyone care to try?
A yawn may be considered bad manners, but
it can also be considered
an honest opinion.
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Brampton Three Score
Club
(over 60s)
W
E MEET every month
between
February
and
December but not August. If
you have moved to
Brampton recently you may
not know we exist! Our meetings are on
the third Wednesday of the month between
6pm and 9pm, in the Community Centre
which is located in the High Street.
Our numbers are dwindling so we
need new faces. We understand that
60+ years you’re as young as you feel, so if
you’d like to make friends, why not come
along and join us one Wednesday and see
what we get up to!
Our committee
will serve you
tea, sandwiches —
sometimes provide a
ploughman’s
or
BBQ, — we may even take you to a local
pub for a meal or even a picnic. We
provide entertainment with live acts, we
partake in Bingo and Quizzes. So please
come along and see us — you don’t know
what you’re missing.
For more details please call Caroline
on 457794
All God’s Children
P
LEASE NOTE that on Sunday 21
June, the only morning worship will
be ‘All God’s Children’ arranged by
Christians Together at 10am on the
Memorial Playing Fields. There will
be Parish Communion at 7pm in St Mary’s
Church that evening.
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Strawberry Tea
Sunday 28 June
2pm
53 High Street
£2.50 per tea
Raffle
Everyone welcome
ALBRAM
A talk by Mr. Mike Friend
from CAMTAD on
“Helping People with
acquired Deafness”
plus AGM and raffle
followed by tea, coffee and
biscuits.
at The Memorial Hall, Alconbury
on Wednesday 22nd July 2009 at
7.15pm for 7.30 pm
Methodist Request
T
he Methodist Church has a plea for
any past members of their Sunday
School who may have photographs
from their membership if they may
borrow them for the 120th
Anniversary of the Church.
Brampton Parish News
June 2009
Page 13
Haemophiliac Petition Request
I
WOULD like to bring to your attention
the petition that is currently active
concerning the urgent and swift
response to the recent Archer Report
and it’s recommendations into how the
Haemophiliac community were given
contaminated blood and blood products in
the 1980s.
Of the many recommendations from
the Archer Report there is one for
compensation to those within the
Haemophiliac community that have been
infected with HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C.
Recently 4,127 Haemophiliacs have
received letters informing them that they
have been exposed to vCJD.
So far, there have been almost 2,000
deaths within the Haemophilia
community and three deaths, two widows
and seven children now without a father
since the completion of the Archer Inquiry
on the 23 February 2009.
Factor VIII the clotting agent that they do
not naturally produce as we do, and instead
received contaminated blood and blood
products.
Please help us to urge the government
to take an urgent and swift action to
the recommendations made in the Archer
Report. We ask you to please sign the
petition yourself and ask if you would make
people within your parish aware of the
online petition, as whilst the government
delay, many Haemophiliacs are continuing
to die at the rate of one per month without a
chance of having any financial stability for
their families they leave behind.
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/cont
aminated/
Thank you for your time. God bless
you and those in your Parish.
Carla Woods BA
Campaigner
I recently attended the funeral of a
Haemophiliac who had been given
contaminated blood. This person left two
young children, who were extremely
devastated at the loss of their father, two
young children who will not have the
influence of a father as they reach
adulthood.
Many members of this community are
having to give up there livelihood as
their viruses take a hold and without any
financial assistance times are extremely
hard for them and their families. Stigma
surrounding their viruses still exists, causing
many to live in fear, especially the children
of these victims, who are often victimised in
school because of their fathers’ status.
I ask you to please think about the
victims and their families. The
Haemophiliac community turned to the
medical profession for their treatment of
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Brampton Parish News
Solution page 19
Across
1 See 23 Across
3 Where the thief on the cross was told he
would be, with Jesus (Luke 23:43) (8)
8 Invalid (4)
9 Blasphemed (Ezekiel 36:20) (8)
11 Adhering to the letter of the law rather
than its spirit (Philippians 3:6) (10)
14 Shut (Ecclesiastes 12:4) (6)
15 ‘This is how it will be with anyone who
— up things for himself but is not rich
towards God’ (Luke 12:21) (6)
17 Mary on Isis (anag.) (10)
20 Agreement (Hebrews 9:15) (8)
21 Native of, say, Bangkok (4)
22 Deaf fort (anag.) (5-3)
23 and 1 Across ‘The Lord God took the man
and put him in the Garden of — to work it
and take — of it’ (Genesis 2:15) (4,4)
Down
1 Struggle between opposing forces
(Habakkuk 1:3) (8)
2 James defined this as ‘looking after
orphans and widows in their distress and
keeping oneself from being polluted by
the world’ (James 1:27) (8)
4 ‘The one I kiss is the man; — him’
(Matthew 26:48) (6)
5 ‘Be joyful in hope, patient in — , faithful
in prayer’ (Romans 12:12) (10)
6 St Columba’s burial place (4)
7 Swirling current of water (4)
Wedding report in local
newspaper
10 Loyalty (Isaiah 19:18) (10)
12 ‘God was pleased through the foolishness of what was — , to save those who
believe’ (1 Corinthians 1:21) (8)
13 Camp where the angel of the Lord slew
185,000 men one night (2 Kings 19:35) (8)
16 ‘There is still — — — Jonathan; he is
crippled in both feet’(2 Samuel 9:3)
(1,3,2)
18 David Livingstone was one (4)
19 Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority
(1,1,1,1)
the Church
General Fund
The bridal veil was fragile net,
the bridal gown was lace.
The bride wore slippers on her feet,
a smile upon her face.
The bride wore gloves of softest silk,
bright garlands graced her hair,
her large bouquet was softest pink
PS: The groom was also there.
June 2009
Page 15
Best for breakfast
W
ANT YOUR breakfast to
make you feel full for longer?
Eat porridge. Now scientists at
King’s College London have
found that foods with a low
glycaemic index (GI), such as oats, trigger
the release of greater amounts of a hormone
in the gut, which delays hunger pangs by
creating the ‘full’ sensation.
As well as porridge, try also brown
bread and most fruit and vegetables,
which stimulate the release of 20 per cent
more of the GLP-1 hormone than food with
a high GI ratio.
Say cheese!
D
ID YOU know that if you
photograph your food before you
eat it, you are likely to cook more
healthy food, and to lose weight?
A recent study in Wisconsin has found
that if you know you have to
photograph your food before you eat it, and
show that photograph to someone else, it
can be very effective at helping you improve
not just what you eat, but how much you
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Tel: 457770
Monday to Friday, 9.30 am to 12 pm
in the Church Hall, Church Road
We appreciate the support of our
advertisers — We trust you will
support them
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Cadbury Dairy goes
Fairtrade
T
HE FAIRTRADE Foundation has
announced that Cadbury Dairy
Milk, the UK’s
top-selling
chocolate bar, is
to achieve Fairtrade
certification. The move is
expected to result in the
tripling of sales of
Fairtrade
cocoa
for
farmers in Ghana.
Brampton Parish News
TheDateTheTimeThePlace
Brampton Choral Society:
Tuesday at 7.30 pm.
Details: Mrs Marjory Wain 810802
Brampton Historical Society:
Fourth Wednesday, odd numbered months,
7.45 pm in the Stocker Room, Brampton
Institute. Non-members welcome.
Details: 52759
Brampton Women’s Institute:
First Tuesday each month in the
Community Centre at 7.30pm.
Lavenham: personal memories —
Rosemary Wheeler. Details: 450989
Friendship Club:
Thursday 25 June, 2 pm in Richard
Westbrooke Hall. Strawberry Tea
New members welcome.
Details: Mrs Jordan, 353157
Trefoil Guild:
For adults in the Scouts and Guides
Association.
Details: Jean Cooke, 435896
Brampton Flower Club:
Enquires: Diane Hodgetts 435772
Brampton Village Wives Group:
Details: Lesley Morris, 458818.
Bridge Club: 6.55 to10 pm Monday
evenings in the Parish Church Hall.
£2 including refreshments.
Details: Anne Roberts. 411390
Three Score Club:
Wednesday 24 June, 6–9 pm in the
Community Centre.
Details: Liz Papworth, 455245
Two Tons Explorer Scout Unit:
Weekly 7:30pm in Richard Westbrooke
Hall or Eaton Socon Scout Hut (days
vary). Explorer Scouts is the section of
the Scouting family for boys and girls
aged 14 to 18; no previous experience
required! Details: Ken Mackenzie,
434374 or ken@twotons.org.uk.
WAAFA (Ex WAAF and WRAF):
Last Monday of the month at 2 pm.
Details: Mrs Maureen Wigley, 383898
Waresley and Gransden Woods
The Huntingdonshire Local Group of
the Wildlife Trust invites you to the next of
this year’s Wonderful Woodlands walks on
Sunday 7 June 2009 at 2.30pm
when we will be visiting Waresley
and Gransden Woods.
Waresley and Gransden Woods are
adjoining ancient woodland, predominantly comprising ash and oak. Graham
Moorby has been Warden for the past 5
years, but has been visiting the reserve for
over 15. His main conservation interests are
butterflies and traditional woodland
management to encourage ground dwelling
plants — such as oxlip, purple loosestrife,
greater butterfly orchid and hairy woodrush.
The woods are also home to breeding birds
such as tawny owl and blackcap. Browne’s
Piece, on the western edge of the wood, is
June 2009
also an interesting example of the Trust‘s
management, whereby the present meadowland
is being ‘encouraged’ to revert to woodland.
Everyone is very welcome to attend.
Please meet at 2.30 pm at GR TL258549.
Park in the car park signposted on the minor road
between Gransden and Waresley. Suggested
donation: adults £2.00, children free. For more
information please visit the website
www.wildlifetrust-huntsareagroup.org.uk/ or
contact George on 01480 450809.
Part of the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire,
Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and Peterborough.
Registered Charity No: 1000412
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What’s On at Brampton Churches
for Children and Teenagers
for Everyone
St Mary Magdalene
Alpha
‘Adventurers Club’ is for 3–10s
(up to Year 5). We start at 11am in
the Parish Church, and most weeks
go to the Church Hall for our own
learning. For details, contact Mrs
Nicola Grieves on 450894,
the.grieves@ntlworld.com
‘God Squad’ is for 10–13 years
(years 6 to 8). They start with worship
in Church at 11am, then leave for their
own ‘God Squad’ session. For details
contact Steph Pedlar on 384332,
nandspedlar@sky.com.
FROGS (“Forever Reliant On
God”) are aged 14 years and over
(year 9+). They meet 7–9pm
(usually in the Upper Room) for
chat and chilling out. For details
contact Steph Pedlar on 384332,
nandspedlar@sky.com.
Connect2 for years 6 to 8
Innov8 for years 9 to 13
Thursday evenings. For details
contact Steph Pedlar on 384332.
A leaflet is available with details of
meeting dates, etc for the above.
We are starting a new Alpha course,
2pm on Monday afternoons
starting on 1 June.
Methodist Church
L
ITTLE FISHES: Cuppa,
chat with songs, story and
prayers for under 5s, in the
Methodist Church, 9 for 9.30
start. Finish by 10am. We meet on the
First and Third Tuesdays in Term
Time. All babies & young children
welcome.
Contact: Revs Pam Siddall (819228)
or Martin Greenfield (453341).
Come along!
Contact the Rector on 453341
if you’re interested.
Ladies’ Breakfast
Saturday 13 June
9 am
Church Hall
Emma Greenfield for details 382969
Church Prayer Meetings
A
LL are welcome at our Monthly
Prayer Meetings in the Church
Hall from 6.30–7.45pm. We
have some Bible Teaching, then
pray together as Jesus taught —
‘Your kingdom come, your will be done on
earth, as in heaven’.
“More things are wrought by prayer than
this world dreams of.”
Come and let’s see prayer work!
On 21 June
Men’s Breakfast
Saturday 20 June
Church Hall
8–9.30am
All men welcome
Contact Neil Pedlar (384332,
nandspedlar@sky.com) or
Martin Greenfield (453341,
m.greenfield@ntlworld.com)
for details.
120th Anniversary
Methodist Church
Saturday 27 June at 4pm
Victorian Tea
Everyone Welcome
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Brampton Parish News
ST HUGH
BRAMPTON
CATHOLIC CHURCH
METHODIST CHURCH
BUCKDEN
ON THE GREEN
Priest in Charge:
Fr. Jim Kennedy CMF
Tel: 810344
Services:
Saturday
Sunday
6.30 pm
Vigil Mass
9 am
Said Mass
10.30 am Family Mass
Days of Obligation
12 pm and 8 pm Mass
Religious Instruction
for children Sunday from 9.30 am
Confessions
Before Mass when required
Brampton’s Local
Councillors
Your County Councillor is:
Peter Downes
Tel: 398082
Your District Councillors are:
Peter Downes
Tel: 398082
Fax: 398083
email: peter.downes@huntsdc.gov.uk
Patricia Jordan
Tel: 457802
e-mail: patricia.jordan@huntsdc.gov.uk
Crossword Solution
The Clerk to the Parish Council is:
Janet Innes-Clarke
Tel: 454441
email:
clerk@brampton-cambs-pc.gov.uk
Brampton Memorial Centre, Thrapston
Road, Brampton, Huntingdon, PE28 4TB
June 2009
Minister:
Rev P Siddall,
3 Vineyard Way,
Buckden, PE18 9SR
Tel: 819228
Church Secretary:
Miss J Stewart
Tel: 433391
Hall Bookings:
Mrs B Rand
Tel: 52852
Services: Each Sunday at 10 am
7 Rev Pam Siddall (Holy Communion)
14 Mr James Taylor
21 US Mem Field
28 Rev Pam Siddall & Members
120th Anniversary everyone welcome
Past Sunday School members — has
anyone any old photographs, please?
Thursday Fellowship Do come and join
us at 2.30 pm on Thursdays
4 Members’ Meeting
18 Garden Party in the garden of
Joan and Jerry Challice
Other Events
Coffee Morning:
Wednesday 3, 10–11.30 am
Emmaus:
Wednesday 24, at 2.15 pm
Soup Lunch:
Wednesday 17 at 12.30pm
Knit & Natter
So sorry we had to cancel in April but we
hope to hold it at a later date
The minister will gladly bring
‘Home Communion’ to the housebound
on request.
Items for consideration for inclusion in the
July Edition of the BRAMPTON PARISH
NEWS to the Editor (contact information on
rear cover) by 11 June, please.
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Parish Church of St. Mary Magdalene
www.stmarym.co.uk
Who’s Who
Rector Rev. Canon Martin R Greenfield MA
The Rectory, 15 Church Road Tel: 453341
Appointments
The Rector is available for interviews. Please phone for an appointment.
His rest day is Friday.
Licensed Lay Ministers
Ann Allsopp, 10 Manor Close Tel: 417380
Julie Anderson, 51 Hayling Ave., Little Paxton
Tel: 353177
Authorised Lay Minister
Nicola Grieves, 54 Crane Street Tel: 450894
Churchwardens
Ken Mackenzie, 37 Miller Way, Tel: 434374
Sue Roberts, 15 High Street, Tel: 433935
Youth Worker
Steph Pedlar
35 Grainger Ave., Godmanchester, Tel: 384332
P.C.C. Treasurer
Marissa Harris, 5 Mandeville Road
Tel: 370158
P.C.C. Secretary
Dawn Ryder, 6 South Road Tel: 411628
Adventurers’ Club
Age 3 to school year 5
Contact Mrs Nicola Grieves on 450894
the.grieves@ntlworld.com
God Squad
Age school years 5–8
Term time Sunday 11am
Steph Pedlar Tel: 384332
FROGS
Age school year 9 upwards
Term time Sunday 7–9 pm
Steph Pedlar Tel: 384332
Youth Clubs (Connect2 and Innov8)
Age school year 6 upwards
Term time Thursday evenings
Steph Pedlar Tel: 384332
Mothers’ Union
Second Tuesday 8 pm Church Hall
Third Tuesday 2.30 pm Hilary Lodge
Branch Leader — Elizabeth Arkle
33 Miller Way Tel: 434924
Tower Bells — Tower Captain
Ian Stracey, 4 Pepys Road Tel: 457525
Practice Monday 7.30–9.00 pm
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Church Hall
Booking Secretary
Tel: 434374
Church Mission Society
Coordinator
Tel: 433374
Children’s Society
Coordinator
Tel: 435200
Bible Study Notes
Jean Carter Tel: 436846
Housegroups
See panel below
Church House Groups
H
OUSE groups provide an
opportunity for people to meet
to learn and to help each other
as Christians.
Monday Evening weekly at
7 Budge Close led by Patricia and
Richard Sledge (437789)
Monday Evening fortnightly at
68 Thrapston Road, led by Rev
Greenfield (453341)
Tuesday 2pm weekly at
3 Chestnut Close, led by Rev
Greenfield (453341)
1st and 3rd Tuesday evenings, at
24 Manor Close
Wednesday Evening weekly at
14 Abbot Close. Contact Julie
Anderson (353177)
Thursday morning weekly at
9 Knowles Close, led by Freda
Smith (457420).
If you would like to join a housegroup,
or for more details, please contact Ann
Allsopp on 417380.
Brampton Parish News
The Parish Church in June
Monday
1 14.00 Alpha
Wednesday 3 10.00 Holy Communion
Saturday
6
Village Fête
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Theme
on The Green
Trinity
SUNDAY
7 09.15
11.00
19.00
Tuesday
9 20.00
Wednesday 10 10.00
Thursday 11 10.00
Friday
12 19.30
Saturday 13 09.00
The heart of God
Parish Communion
Parish Praise
Encounter, Youth worship
Mothers’ Union . . . . . . . Church Hall
Holy Communion
CMS Group . . . . . . 1 Carrington Mews
Confirmation . . . . . .
in Ely Cathedral
Ladies’ Breakfast (see page 18) . . . Church Hall
Trinity 1
SUNDAY
14 09.15
11.00
19.00
Tuesday
16 14.30
Wednesday 17 10.00
Saturday 20 08.00
Spiritual wisdom
Parish Communion
Parish Praise
Taizè Worship . . . Upper Room of Church Hall
Mothers’ Union . . . . . . . Hilary Lodge
Holy Communion
Men’s Breakfast (see page 18) . . . Church Hall
Trinity 2
All God’s Children
21 10.00 Christians Together
on the Memorial Playing Fields
18.30 Church Prayer Meeting (see page 18)
God’s Power
19.00 Holy Communion
Wednesday 24 10.00 Holy Communion
SUNDAY
Trinity 3
SUNDAY
28 09.15 Parish Communion
11.00 Parish Praise: Holy Communion
People matter
In July
Wednesday 1 10.00 Holy Communion
SUNDAY
5
9.15 Parish Communion
11.00 Parish Praise
The church is fitted with an audio loop for the
benefit of those with suitable hearing aids
June 2009
Home Communion
If you are unable to attend church
services, but would like to receive
Communion at home, please contact
the Rector on 453341.
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Chartered Accountants
Auditing and accounting,
personal tax returns,
CGT and IHT planning, fixed fees
contact:
Tim Johnson or Angus Hurford
Montagu House
81 High Street
Huntingdon PE29 3NY
01480 453112
enquiries@kinnairdhill.co.uk
www.kinnairdhill.co.uk
Makers of quality
made-to-measure curtains
estimating and advice
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
WILLIAM PEACOCK & SON LTD
of quality fabrics to choose from
Tel: 453882
Roman, vertical, Venetian,
rollers, roofblinds, awnings, etc.
poles, tracks and wallpapers
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Free measuring and estimating service ~ fitting service available
Curtain sundries in stock: hooks, tapes, nets, linings, etc.
Stockists of: Sandersons ~ Crowsons ~ Monkwell ~
Blendworth ~ Harlequin and many more!
***Crowsons Express Curtain 7-day service available***
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(just off the High Street, behind HSBC)
Family run business offering a
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Brampton Parish News
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June 2009
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2009
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2
3
4
5
Assistance
6
Pregnant? Worried? Had an abortion?
Confidential Counselling and Support
Free Pregnancy Testing
7
Cornerstone Pregnancy Crisis Centre
Tel: 01480 457711
12
The BRAMPTON PARISH NEWS is published by the Parish Church as a community service.
Opinions expressed are not necessarily those of the Parish Church or Editor.
Items for consideration to the Editor (Viv Jenkins, 12 Glebe Road, PE28 4PH, Tel: 01480 451163,
email: bpn@stmarym.co.uk) please, by the 11th of the month prior to the cover date.
Advertising & Accounts: Jim Lamacraft 01480 383835 Subscriber Distribution: Billie Leighton 01480 454453.
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DISTRICT
COUNCILLORS’
SURGERY
First Saturday in each month,
9–11 am in the Scout HQ
behind the shops
in the High Street
10
9.30 to 12.30
CAN-CER-VIVE:
Self help group;
for information contact:
Heather (01480) 212028 or
Daphne (01480) 458850
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Disability Information Service
National: 08457 909090
Huntingdonshire Cambridge: 01223 64455
Offers free,
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and information to all disabled
Free,
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advice
people and their carers.
and information.
Disability Resource Centre,
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6
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Tel: 01480 388900
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Manned help line is available between 7.30 and 9.30pm seven days
or visit Saxongate Community Learning Centre, Wednesdays 12 to 2.00pm
Appointments can be made or just call in for a chat