February 2015 - Burrough Green Cambridgeshire

VILLAGE VOICE
BRINKLEY..BURROUGH GREEN..CARLTON..WESTLEY WATERLESS
FEBRUARY 2015
BRINKLEY MEMORIAL HALL QUIZ NIGHT
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FRIDAY 13TH MARCH
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Our ever popular quiz night will be held on Friday
13th March 2015 at the Brinkley Memorial Hall.
Doors open at 7.00pm for a quiz start at 7.30pm
Tickets available for a minimum donation of £9.00
and include a hearty cottage pie supper. A sold out
event last year, so please get your bookings in early
to ensure availability.
Tickets available from Mike Lawford
on 01638 507896 or at lawford.ma@virgin.net
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PLEASE JOIN US FOR BINGO
on
FRIDAY 6th MARCH
Burrough Green Reading Room
7.30pm for eyes down at 8pm.
Bring along your own drinks and nibbles.
Raffle
Raising funds for Burrough Green Playgroup
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TWILIGHT AT THE MUSEUMS
Wednesday 18th February 2015
4.30 – 8.30pm
Twilight at the Museums is almost here and we are
getting ready for destination exploration!
It’s time to make the most of those long winter nights
as museums and collections across the city open their
doors for after dark fun. With thirteen venues
offering an exciting range of drop-in and bookable
events throughout the evening, there will be loads for
families to see and explore. Why not take part in some
torch-lit space exploration at the Whipple Museum;
discover a world of deep sea darkness at The Polar
Museum; or create some ‘Creatures of Twilight’ at the
Museum of Cambridge?
The evening is all about fun and discovery and
remember, the more places you visit, the more you will
be able to see and do. Pick up a Twilight ‘What’s On’
guide and passport from participating venues to help
you plan and record your journey.
So wrap up warm, grab a torch and get ready for
adventure!
www.cam.ac.uk/museums/twilight
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SCRABBLE and MAHJONG
We meet in February on Mondays 9th & 23rd at 7.30pm
in the Community Room at Sheriff’s Court, Burrough
Green. Do come and join us in a game.
£2 includes refreshments.
Trish 01638 507495
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NEWS FROM THE ELLESMERE CENTRE
The Centre is now in the process of renovating the
ceiling and floor in the Small Hall and putting in new
doors leading to the outside area which is being
converted into a sensory garden. This will leave us with
a wonderful venue for all your parties, weddings and
family gatherings.
The Table Tennis Club which meet on
Tuesday evenings would welcome new
members 8yrs +. Please call the office if you
are interested.
Dates for your diary:Quiz Night - 28th February. £12 per team. Teams
of 6 max. Food available on request.
6T’S Dance - March 28th 7.30pm.
Come and dance to this great sixties band – fancy
dress optional. Tickets £7. Door money and raffle
money to go to St Nicholas Hospice
Pudding Club - 11th April
There will be a fully licensed bar at all of the above.
Tickets are available from the office, please call us
for further information.
The Ellesmere Centre : Stetchworth, CB8 9TS.
www.ellesmerecentre.org.uk
Tel 01638 508212.
Email office@ellesmerecentre.org.uk.
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BURROUGH GREEN CHURCH FETE
Sunday 7th June 2015
Please make a note of the date in your Diaries,
and help us make this a bumper year!
Come to our first planning meeting at The Hall,
home of Lucy and Peter Talbot on
Tuesday 3rd February at 8pm
Everyone is very welcome, we are always looking for
new ideas for side shows, games, stalls and other
attractions
PLEASE COME AND JOIN IN WITH US TO
DISCUSS THIS OVER A GLASS OF WINE.
WE NEED YOUR VIEWS AND YOUR SUPPORT
For more information please contact Lucy Talbot on
01638 507060 or Pauline King 01638 507796
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BRINKLEY MEMORIAL HALL
The work on the inside of the Memorial Hall is now
complete. The new walls, colour scheme and lights have
transformed the Hall and it looks fantastic.
It’s back in use and ready for hire. It is ideal for as
single use venue and we are also keen to attract more
User Groups. We have weekly slots available, anyone
interested please contact Susie on 508729.
The next project we have is to repair some of the
cracks on the outside of the walls. We will be
completing this in the spring. We are inviting quotes
for this work, can interested parties please call Jim
on 01638 507941.
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BRINKLEY MEMORIAL HALL
If you wish to hire the hall, please contact
Susie Shuter on 01638 508729
The charges to hire the Memorial Hall are £8.00 per
hour for VV cluster and £11.00/ hour for outside. We
cater for one off parties and Groups looking for a
venue. The Hall can cater for 80 people.
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BRINKLEY MEMORIAL HALL AGM 27 APRIL 2015
The Trustees invite you to join the Annual General
Meeting of the Brinkley Memorial Hall at 8.00pm on
Monday 27th April 2015.
Do come along and contribute your ideas - we look
forward to seeing you then.
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CATHOLIC SERVICES
NEWMARKET & KIRTLING.
Mass Times
Saturday
6.30pm
Newmarket
Sunday
9.00am
Kirtling
10.30am
Newmarket
Holy Days
9.00am
Newmarket
12noon
Kirtling
7.30pm
Newmarket
Our Lady with St. Etheldreda, Exeter Road,
Newmarket
Our Lady & St Philip Neri, Kirtling
Main Address: 14 Exeter Road, Newmarket, CB8
8LT. Telephone: 01638 662492
Email: office@olise.co.uk
Brinkley contact, John Conti 01638 508304
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MOBILE LIBRARY
The Mobile Library will be at Brinkley Memorial Hall
on the 4th Wednesday of each month between 3.154.30pm – 25th February.
Westley Waterless by the telephone kiosk on 2nd
Thursday of each month – 12th February 4.10-4.25pm
The Westley Waterless library bus is a different one
from the Brinkley bus so you can get a really good
choice of books.
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RECYCLING
Carlton – Tuesdays : Black bin – 10th, 24th Feb.
Blue – 3rd, 17th Feb. Green 3rd February.
Brinkley, Burrough Green, Westley Waterless –
Thursdays : Black sacks weekly. Blue Lid - 12th, 26th
Feb. Green Lid – 5th, 19th Feb.
Ink Cartridges The Opportunity Group which meets
at the Ellesmere Centre would be very grateful for
your old ink cartridges to help with fund raising. Please
drop them in the box on the gate at White Hart
Cottage, High Street Brinkley or in the box at the
Ellesmere Centre. Thank you.
(The Opportunity Group provides one to one care for
children with special needs and their siblings, also
provides respite for their parents/guardians.)
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TREE PLANTING IN AND AROUND CARLTON
On 1st January, Carlton villagers turned out in
numbers to plant 120 native trees and shrubs - a gift
from The Woodland Trust. Some saplings were
donated by villagers and thanks go to everyone willing
to help preserve Carlton and Willingham Green’s rural,
wooded landscape. If anybody has small self-seeded
trees and shrubs that need a home, we will gladly take
them.
About the same time, volunteers were out planting in
Lower Wood, (between Carlton and Weston Colville)
replacing felled ash suffering from ash die-back.
If you don’t know Lower Wood you must visit it at
bluebell time. It’s on our door step with free access.
Owned and managed by Cambridgeshire Wildlife Trust
it is, as they say “a fragment of typical ancient
woodland with flourishing populations of woodland
flora including bluebells, oxlips and early-purple
orchids in the spring. In the summer purple drooping
flowers of water avens and delicate blue speedwells
line the woodland paths. Autumn or winter walks
through the wood reveal different types of fungi
including velvet shank with its yellow cap and velvety
brown stem”. (Get to it from the bridle-way between
Willingham Green and Weston Green, or from the
footpath from Mill Hill, Weston Colville).
Do more than visit! Enjoy an hour or two helping on
Saturday 31st January, Saturday 28th February or
Saturday 28th March. A working party led by Duncan
McKay will welcome you any time between 10.00 a.m.
and early afternoon. No tools or woodland skills
necessary - just enthusiasm to help with essential
clearing and burning.
Visit the Cambridgeshire
Wildlife Trust website for more information.
(Caroline Revitt 01638 507334)
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SHANNON, EXPERIENCED LOCAL BABYSITTER
17 years old, 4th year of studying Health & Social
Care and in the process of applying to study Child
Nursing. A local, very experienced babysitter, who
has looked after children from a variety of ages.
I have my own car and my hourly rate is £7 per hour
and £10 after midnight.
My mobile number is 07810 148366
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BURROUGH GREEN READING ROOM.
We are licensed to cater for 100 people and are
available on various days of the week.
The charges are £8.00 per hour for village and
£10.00 for outside.
To hire the Reading Room,
Please contact Marilyn Field 01638 508177
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FOR SALE
Leather Sofa – 3 seats
Red Oxblood : Length 2.3mtrs
Used and in good condition
£125
To view please call Karina on 01223 291455
(Carlton)
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ST PETER’S CARLTON CHRISTMAS FOODBANK
COLLECTION
Twenty nine bags containing 248 items of food were
donated by Carlton residents and other locals to the
Reach Foodbank.
Thank you so much to all those who gave so generously.
Jackie Simmons
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CONNECT – Newsletter from the Cambridgeshire
Police & Crime Commissioner
Editors note :
This newsletter is 5 pages of
information and is therefore too big to include in
Village Voice. The newsletter can be downloaded on
the following link http://goo.gl/oXmQjJ
Welcome to my first newsletter called ‘Connect’. I will
be using Connect to keep you informed on the
activities I am undertaking to help make
Cambridgeshire a safer place.
Some of the activities highlighted in this first issue
include our newly launched Victims’ Hub and young
people volunteering in the Police Cadets. I hope you
find Connect useful and informative in profiling the
wide range of positive activities I am supporting
across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
Regards
Sir Graham Bright
Cambridgeshire Police & Crime Commissioner
Telephone: 0300 333 3456 Fax: 01954 713066
Email: cambs-pcc@cambs.pnn.police.uk
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BURROUGH GREEN PLAYGROUP
A huge thank you to all who came and supported our
Christmas Lights event - we raised over £1100 for
Playgroup.
Ofsted Outstanding Pre-school & child care for
children from 30 months to 4 years old.
Registered Charity Number: 1031074
Set in a beautifully restored 17th century
schoolhouse on the grounds of Burrough
Green School. We are well established being
in our 46th year.
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Well equipped with plenty of room and a large
outdoor play area with garden. We offer
lunch clubs and some full days.
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Now taking places for September 2015.
For more information, please see our website or
contact us to arrange a visit.
We would be delighted to see you!
burroughgreenplaygroup@gmail.com
01638 506003
www.burroughgreenplaygroup.weebly.com
Burrough Green, Nr Newmarket, CB8 9NH
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BRINKLEY CHURCH – Thank You
Brinkley PCC would like to say a very big Thank You to
all those who regularly clean the church - by no means
a small task –to those who ensure that there are the
most wonderful flower arrangements during the year
and to those that work hard to keep the churchyard
tidy. Thank you to you all and to those that organise
the rotas to make sure that it all gets done.
It is much appreciated not just by the PCC but by
those visiting the church for services, or historic
reasons.
Thank you.
Brinkley PCC
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FOR YOUR VALENTINE
Heart-shaped Soap With Free Red Rose !
Being sold by Auction
To raise funds for Teenage Cancer Trust
Please email your bid to
Christine@thehealinghouse.co.uk
Closing date 9th February
This Neroli & Lemongrass Soap measures 9 x 8
inches and was made by The Healing House in
Suffolk
www.thehealinghouse.co.uk
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CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
SUPPORTING
BUSINESS
&
COMMUNITIES
SERVICE
End Of World War 2 Commemoration Small Grants
This summer marks the 70th anniversary of the end of
World War II. In celebration of this important
anniversary, Cambridgeshire County Council is pleased
to announce a Small Grants Fund to encourage
community activity.
On 8th May 1945 more than a million people took to the
streets to celebrate VE Day, the end of the war and
peace at last in Europe. Huge crowds amassed in front
of Buckingham Palace as King George VI and Winston
Churchill greeted a nation full of joy and relief at the
prospect of peace following six years of conflict and
hardship. Having agreed in principle to unconditional
surrender on 15 August (VJ Day), Japan formally
surrendered on 2nd September signifying the end of
World War II throughout the rest of the world.
It is an opportunity for communities and
Cambridgeshire residents to come together to
remember the wartime effort, celebrate peace,
reminisce about the ‘unforgettable forties’ era and
capture some of the celebratory mood of the time.
Whether it be a community tea dance, the researching
and sharing of stories of the time, a lindy hop event,
raising morale through music or sport, a ‘make do and
mend’ community craft project, creating a ‘Dig For
Victory’ garden or giving your fete or festival a forties
theme, we would like you to design and deliver
activities within your community that motivate and
encourage people to get involved.
Small grants will be awarded to local groups and
organisations to support community activities linked to
and inspired by the 70th anniversary, wartime Britain
and the 1940’s era.
Each grant will be up to a maximum of £500 and
additional funding or support in kind will be expected.
The grants will be awarded in two rounds. The
deadlines for applications for each round are 9th
February and 9th March.
To request an application form and for details on how
to apply for a Small Grant, please email
ww2commemoration@cambridgeshire.gov.uk or call
01954 284615.
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HELP
PROTECT
YOURSELF
AND
YOUR
NEIGHBOURS AGAINST TELEPHONE SCAMS.
We have seen an increase in reporting of Telephone
Scams this last month and in particular the type of
calls where the caller impersonates either a Police
officer, or a Fraud Officer or a bank employee, then
either try to get bank account details off the
resident, or suggest they will send someone round to
collect their bank cards and any valuable items to ‘keep
them safe’.
Please be wary of telephone calls warning you of
fraudulent activity on your bank account.

Genuine banks, businesses or organisations
will never telephone you and ask you to give
out personal or financial details.

This fraudulent caller may ask you to hang up
and call your bank or police to prove they are
genuine, but they don’t hang up, tricking you
into thinking you are through to the genuine
officer.

To protect yourself, make sure you hear a
dialling tone before you make your next call
or phone a friend to check your call goes
through before calling the number on the
back of your bank card.

Ask your telecoms provider to set up caller
ID on your telephone so that you know who is
calling your number before you decide to
answer it.

Register with the free Telephone Preference
Service to reduce the number of unsolicited
sales and marketing calls. You can register on
0845 070 0707 or online.

Be cautious and if in doubt, hang up.
To report a scam contact the Citizens Advice
Consumer Helpline on 03454 04 05 06 and Action
Fraud
on
0300
123
2040
or
visit
www.actionfraud.police.uk
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HORSE RIDING
My daughter (16) and I are wanting to ride
locally. Do you have a horse(s) which need more
exercise than you can give it? We are of medium
standard and responsible.
Please reply to: 07432 591114 if this is possible,
thank you very much.
Joanna
FEBRUARY BULLETIN FROM CAMBRIDGESHIRE
FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE
THINK the fire service is all about putting out fires
and rescuing people from road crashes? Think again.
At Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service, the men
and women on our frontline deliver important fire
safety advice to dozens of different communities.
From visiting schools to care homes, mother and
toddler groups to community fetes, our firefighters
play an integral role in keeping YOUR community safe.
And we’d like you to think about joining us.
The role of a firefighter is varied and exciting but
most importantly, it can make a real difference to
people’s lives. It is a profession that provides
development from the start, with opportunities to
grow into management or specialist roles for those
who want to.
The next recruitment process for whole time
firefighters opens this month (February 2015). To
find out more, log on to www.cambsfire.gov.uk. Find us
on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
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DERBYSHIRE POST – News from Linton Village
College
Those of you who have visited the College or driven
past in the last few weeks may well be wondering why
it is that we have wrapped up the 1930’s listed building
like a parcel. Well it is long story, but I will try to give
you a brief account.
For years the windows in the listed building have been
a headache. In 1937 they were beautiful: made by
Crittall with the most up to date technology, they
looked shiny, operated with precision and folded out in
a French window-style to allow the children of rural
Linton to sit outside, close to their classrooms, on
sunny days. For the first 30 years of their life they
performed like this but in the 1970’s, 80’s and 90’s
they began to rust, hinges broke, fasteners dropped
off and they fell into disrepair. Attempts were made
to paint them and this resulted in windows that were
fused with rust and gloss. Eventually most became
unusable.
Unfortunately by this time the building and the
windows had gained ‘Listed’ status and using standard
education funding it was not possible to replace them.
Last year, however, the Academy gained a large grant
to enable us to replace the windows with Crittall units
that looked virtually identical to the existing ones.
Twice, however, South Cambs refused to approve the
replacements. It was infuriating: we finally had the
money to fix a 50 year old problem and we were not
being allowed to put the solution in place! What we
have been allowed to do however, is strip them right
down, repair the originals and then repaint them. This
is a timely and costly business.
The money we have been awarded has to be used by
April, so the work needs to happen now in the coldest
part of the year. To enable this to happen a plastic
tent is covering the building to keep the windows free
from wet and frost while the work takes place. All of
this sounds idiotic doesn’t it …. but it is as it is. By
April we will, at least, have windows that work and also
look back to their shiny best.
Caroline Derbyshire
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NEWS FROM HEALTHWATCH CAMBRIDGESHIRE
Our job is to make sure you have a say when important
decisions are made about local health and care
services. We are interested in any recent experiences
you have of a local health or care services that you are
happy to share with us.
The big health story in the news this New Year is
about pressures on our local hospitals. We know that
these are linked to other issues like getting to see a
GP when you need to and getting care in place when you
are coming home from hospital. We have two new
projects that will look at some of these issues from a
different view point.
In our “First Steps to Health” project we want to find
out about the first thing you would do to solve
different health issues. Would you work it out
yourself, see a pharmacist, call NHS 111 or see your
GP? We all solve things in different ways. Knowing
what you do can help our local GP Practices and the
people who make decisions about local health services
plan better care. Please do take part in our survey
either on our website or by contacting our office.
We also need you to help us develop our local “Care
Home” project. We want to use our statutory “Duty
to Enter & View” local care homes. This means we have
a legal right to visit places that provide public health
or care services, to see what kind of care they are
providing.
We need to recruit volunteers to be “Authorised
Representatives”. Your role will be to go into local care
homes and talk to the people there about the care
being provided. This might include talking to residents,
their relatives, friends and care home staff. You will
get lots of training and support.
Do you have any recent experience of a local care
home, or do you know someone who has? Please tell us
about it. We will use what you tell us to plan which
homes we will visit and what to look at. We are also
talking to the County Council and the Care Quality
Commission, to help us plan where we should visit.
Get in touch to find out more or we can come and talk
to your group about Healthwatch.
Call us on 01480 420628 or visit
www.healthwatchcambridgeshire.co.uk
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‘DROP-IN’ SESSIONS FOR CARERS AND
ADULTS WITH A LONG-TERM SUPPORT NEED
These popular drop-ins
for anyone who is living with a long-term illness or
disability or an age-related condition, or providing
unpaid support to adult family members or friends are
continuing in 2015. The early Spring dates and
locations are:

Ely Library on 19th February

Ely Library on 19th March
10.00am to 12.00 noon
Drop-in to any of the events for a cup of tea and a
chat about the information, advice and support that
may be available, to share your stories and
experiences, talk in confidence to a member of the
Carers Support Team or Physical Disability Services
Team, or to book a carers assessment.
For more information:
Tel: Gemma Whitehouse on 01480 377616 / Leigh
Hornsby on 01480 373220
Email: CarersSupportTeam@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Visit: www.cambridgeshire.net and search “Adult
Support Drop-in”
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ELLESMERE GARDEN CLUB
The next Garden Club meeting is the AGM on
Wednesday 11 February at 8pm, but this is not just a
business meeting. We are delighted to welcome a
guest speaker, Ray Richardson, who will talk to us
about “Pharmacy in our Garden”. There might just also
be the odd glass of wine….
Then in March we start our new gardening year with a
talk on Wednesday 25 March “The National Garden
Scheme” with George Stevenson.
Don’t forget to bring your surplus plants and other
items of interest to gardeners to put into our bringand-buy. Whether you bring anything or not you can
take something away for a small donation (min £1
requested) which will go to charity. You can suggest a
charity during the AGM – so make sure your ideas are
heard. For further details about club activities
contact Sandie on 01638 507542.
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FOR FREE!
Twin –Tub semi-automatic washing machine
(Polar make).
Wash capacity 7kg. Spin dry capacity 5.5kg.
Has been used for only 6 months and is now
excess to our requirements. Instruction manual
available.
Contact Pollard on 01638 507231 to arrange
date and time for collection.
BRINKLEY EVENTS 2015
Time for a change in Brinkley
This year it has been proposed that, instead of the
annual Brinkley village fete, we should ring the changes
and have two different fund raising events.
SPRING FAIR
The first event, on Saturday May 16th will be a Spring
Fair to raise funds for Brinkley Church. This will be
along similar lines as the Winter Fair providing a lovely
lunch and delicious puddings, also Bric-a-Brac,
Tombola, Cakes, Raffle and Plants.
This is a great way to meet other Brinkley residents.
Please put the date in your diary now and if you can
help with a stall, or items for them, then please get in
touch.
Trish 01638 507495
The second event it is hoped will be Open Gardens
with Cream Teas - date to be announced
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VILLAGE WEBSITES
www.burroughgreen.com
http://www.parish-council.com/Brinkley/
Do have a look at the websites which contain lots of
information about the villages and the school and also
have links to archive material. The Village Voice
newsletter is available on both sites for the current
month and several previous issues.
New to Burrough Green? Burrough Green website now
has a Welcome Pack for new residents.
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WHAT’S ON AT THE BULL
Burrough Green
SATURDAY 7th FEB at 9.00pm
QUIZ NIGHT
Hosted by our very own scouser Chris
£1.00 per person - Max of 6 per team
Call to reserve a table or just pop along on the
evening .
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SATURDAY 14th FEB
VALENTINES DAY SPECIAL
A choice of ribeye, rump or sirloin steak with all the
trimmings and a bottle of house wine
£30 per couple
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FRIDAY 27th FEB
LIVE MUSIC FROM THE ROCKING DADS
from 9.00pm
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As always we look forward to seeing you
01638 507480
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by 20th February 2015 please
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FEBRUARY SERVICES
1st February
Presentation of Christ in the
Temple
Malachi 3: 1-5
Hebrews 2: 14-end
Luke 2: 22-40
nd
2
8th February
Sunday before Lent
Proverbs 8:1,22-31
Colossians 1: 15-20
John 1: 1-14
15th February
Sunday next before Lent
(Day of prayer and preaching for
Vellore)
2 Kings 2: 1-12
2 Corinthians 4:3-6
Mark 9: 2-9
9.00 am Brinkley
Rev’d Dr. Lynne Broughton
Communion
10.30 am Burrough Green
Dr. Gina Radford
9.00 am Stetchworth
Rev’d Dr. Lynne Broughton
Family Worship
10.30 am Dullingham
Dr. Gina Radford
Morning Prayer
6.00 pm Carlton
Rev’d Canon Tim Alban Jones
9.00 am Burrough Green
Rev’d Robert van de Weyer
Evensong
Communion
Communion
10.30 am Brinkley
Dr Gina Radford
Morning Prayer
22nd February
10.30 am Dullingham
Rev’d Peter Beech
Communion
Genesis 9: 8-17
1 Peter 3: 18-end
Mark 1: 9-15
3.00 pm Stetchworth
Dr. Gina Radford
Evensong
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1 Sunday of Lent
“Ordinary” people made extraordinary
February – a month that supposedly is the “blues” month – not of the music variety, but of the psychological sort. We
have had the fun and festivities of Christmas, the new year and new start of January – and then along comes February
– still dark mornings and evenings, short days and wintery weather, and spring seems a long way away. It brings us
down to earth with something of a bump – it is so very “ordinary”. February just “is”.
In the Church’s calendar, as if to reflect this, we now enter something we call “Ordinary Time”. Yet there is nothing
“ordinary” about “Ordinary Time”. Ordinary Time is not about common, regular, mundane, or run of the mill. Some
people think its name comes from the word “ordinal” as in “ordinal numbers”. Remember your Maths: “Ordinal
Numbers” tell the rank, they answer “what position?” Ordinal Numbers are first, second, third, fourth, etc. and so
describe where we are in the order of Sundays as we go through the year. Others think it describes that part of the
Christian year that does not fall within the seasons of Advent, Christmas, Lent, or Easter.
Whatever the roots of its name, it is both an ordinary and extraordinary time. Ordinary, because there aren’t any
major festivals – life just goes on in all its mix of mundane, surprise, run of the mill, and unexpected. Yet it is also
extraordinary as we use the time to think and reflect on the mystery of Christ in all its aspects and in our everyday
lives. This is the wonder of faith and the message of Jesus, - it’s about holding to this extraordinary and incredible
wonder - that is, God made known to us in the person of Jesus, and our salvation won for us in His death and
resurrection – holding this extraordinary wonder within the everyday living of our own ordinary lives. Of living the
ordinary with this extraordinary and wonderful promise and hope.
In Christ we are all “ordinary” people, made extraordinary by Him – what an incredible message of hope for this
February!
Gina Radford Licensed Lay Minister and Ordinand
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During the Interregnum please contact your Churchwarden if you need the services of a minister. They will be able
to advise you of the person to call.
Burrough Green: Lucy Talbot Tel: 01638 507060, email: peterandlucyt@btinternet.com
Westley Waterless: Ms. Deborah O'Riordan, Tel: 01638 507741, email d.a.oriordan@btinternet.com
and Mrs Liz Gibson, Tel: 01638 508600, lizgibson@me.com
Brinkley: John Robertson Tel. 01638 507484
Carlton: Stephen Roberts 01223 290372 or Stephen.roberts28@btopenworld.com.
Rural Dean: Rev'd Tim Alban Jones, tel: 01353 720423. email:albanjones@gmail.com