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Sandon Parish Magazine Sandon Parish Magazine May 2015 Page 3 Terry’S Letter Seek to Alleviate the Suffering of Helpless May Sandon 2015 Parish 40p Magazine Contents May Services P2 Who’s Who P3 Terry’s letter P4 Rogation Sunday P6 Ascension P7 Men’s Breakfast P7 The Cross P8 Church Ladies P8 The Holy Spirit P9 Mick Mercer P10 Open Gardens P12 Christian Aid P13 St Andrew’s Choir P13 A Golfer’s Prayer P14 Did I read that right? P14 Confirmation P16 Registers P17 Choc Cookies P18 WW1 Diary P19 WI Report P19 The Cross of Christ P20 Science Corner P21 Pleshey P22 Peculiar People P24 Crabby Old Lady P26 Plot to Pot P28 Easter Flower P29 Seder Meal P30 Our Page P31 Church Contacts Back Page May Church Services St. Andrew's, Sandon Sandon Parish Contacts rd Sunday 3 Fifth Sunday of Easter Howe Green URC 10:00 am Sung Eucharist Pam Knott 471691 th Tuesday 5 9:30 am Holy Communion Essex County Councillor Ian Grundy 01277 840737 followed by Tea and Chat th th Chelmsford City Councillors Until the election on 7 May 2015 Thursday 7 8:30 am CCG Morning Prayer th Chris Kingsley [email protected] 223744 Sunday 10 Easter 6 Rogation Sunday Bob Shepherd [email protected] 223709 8:00 am Said Holy Communion Ian Wright [email protected] 226289 10:00 am Rogation Family Service th Sandon Parish Councillors Until the election on 7 May 2015 at Cherries Farm, Danbury Park Ron Bullus Chair [email protected] 473633 th Tuesday 12 9:30 am Holy Communion Cedric Calmeyer [email protected] 478900 followed by Tea and Chat Darren Chaplin [email protected] 478325 h Thursday 14t Ascension Day Martin Cross Vice -Chair [email protected] 478910 8:30 am CCG Morning Prayer Dee Hyatt [email protected] 478203 10:00 am Sung Eucharist Ron Robbin -Coker [email protected] 476808 8:00 pm CCG Service at St Andrew's, Bicknacre Sue Dobson Clerk [email protected] 227734 th Sunday 17 Sunday after Ascension Sandon Village Hall 10:00 am Sung Eucharist Julie Fisher Chair 475976 6:00 pm Evensong at Church of the Ascension, Evelyn Ellis Vice -Chair 222682 Nick Bobeldijk Treasurer 471756 Maltese Road th Ray Kerslake Bookings 472386 Tuesday 19 9:30 am Holy Communion St Andrew's Youth Fellowship followed by Tea and Chat st Evelyn Ellis 222682 Thursday 21 8:30 am CCG Morning Prayer Uniformed Organisations th Sunday 24 Pentecost Susan Little Brownies 01621 840525 10:00 am Sung Eucharist Jane Ronaldson Girl Guides 07939 047987 th Tuesday 26 9:30 am Holy Communion Janet Bernardes Beavers 476830 followed by Tea and Chat Jean Blake Cubs 603155 th Wednesday 27 9:30 am Celtic Morning Prayer Neville Paul Scouts 474891 th Thursday 28 8:30 am CCG Morning Prayer Women's Institute st Sunday 31 Trinity Sunday Dorothy Gray 223609 10:00 am Sung Eucharist Sandon Sports Club Graham Lucas 283730 Page 2 May 2015 Sandon Parish Magazine Sandon Parish Magazine May 2015 Page 3 Terry’s Letter seek to alleviate the suffering of helpless. We can choose to do looking group of followers of Dear Friends, the poor by providing physical something about it. We can Jesus became a movement that aid of food, shelter and choose to make a difference. was on fire, sharing God's "It's a man's world!" they say. education. Others are working to That surely is the Christian thing passion for mission throughout Many would question that today. change the structures that cause to do, the human thing. That is the world. Pentecost celebrates Here, in Britain, attitudes to poverty and injustice, to fix the what God calls us to do. And both the life giving fire of the women have changed radically underlying causes of the there are many charities like Holy Spirit and the birth of the over the last 50 years or so, but problem. This is a much more Christian Aid which can enable Christian Church. It really is the that is not the case, as far as difficult and long -term work, but us to do this. birthday of the Church. many places in the world are is absolutely vital if things are concerned. Women make up half going to really change. Also during May we will be I look forward to welcoming you the world population, perform holding our Rogation Sunday to our services. nearly ⅔ rds of the work hours, Christian Aid is one such service on 10 th May at Cherries With my best wishes and receive 1/10th of the world's organisation. Last year, £12m Farm once again thanks to the prayers, Terry income and own less than was raised for Christian Aid Speakman family. As last year 1/100th of the world’s property. Week. This money is spent we will be holding a church On top of that, women are most where there is a need, parade with our uniformed commonly the victims of physical regardless of religion, but not organisations and this will be a and sexual violence and just on "relief". A significant service open to all followed by exploitation. A recent survey in proportion is used to try to wonderful homemade cake. Bangladesh found that over 70% change the structures that cause Please do your best to attend of women were regularly beaten. injustice, especially in this special service. Even here in Britain, on average empowering women, two women a week are killed by campaigning for laws that protect Ascension Day is on Thursday their partners. This is so, so women’s rights and encouraging 14 th May and there will be a wrong. You would think that this women to become leaders. They choice of two services that day. great injustice would be obvious also try to tackle physical and There will be in St. Andrews to everyone. Yet, in many sexual violence and exploitation Sandon at 10am a Sung countries this situation is the of women through education and Eucharist and at 8pm in the accepted cultural norm, and has the courts. evening at St. Andrews been for centuries. It is often Bicknacre there will be the enforced by law and attempts at This year for the first time for a Chelmer Crouch Group service. I change are fiercely opposed. few years we have organised a do hope you are able to attend door -to -door collection for one of these services. But, what can be done about it? Christian Aid Week, 10th to 16th There are many organisations May, but there will be envelopes Pentecost Sunday is on the 24 th working hard to change things, available in church, or you can May. Pentecost marked a turning many motivated by Christian donate. When we see injustice, point in God's dealings with the values and faith. Some charities we needn't feel completely world as a once small, inward Page 4 May 2015 Sandon Parish Magazine Sandon Parish Magazine May 2015 Page 5 Butts Green Garden Centre & Café Mayes Lane CM2 7RW Men’s Breakfast Gifts - Plants - Food th rd Open 9:30 am till 5:00 pm Rogation Sunday May 10 th Saturday 23 May 8.30am – Thursday 14 May 10 am Speaker Alun Hurd Tel: 01245 223524 th On the Sunday 10 May there “Life in Australia” illustrated talk for reservations will be no service in church at There will be a sung Eucharist 10 am as we will be worshiping on Ascension Day at St. Book your place by contacting in a Barn at ‘Cherries Farm’ Andrew’s at 10 am. I hope that Dennis on 01245 472997 or courtesy of the Richard many of you will be able to email [email protected] Speakman. attend on this special day. Also The Chelmer Crouch Group PLEASE SHARE CARS AND are coming together for a service ENCOURAGE ALL TO COME. at Bicknacre. The service will On this occasion we will be begin at 8 pm. joined by our uniformed organisations. There will be refreshments following the KS APPLIANCES service. Domestic Appliance Repairs Directions: you will find the Sales and Repairs barn off the Main Road (A414) between Well Lane and Hulls 01245 225472/01245 221628 Lane. [email protected] BRING A FOLD UP CHAIR Washing Machines Fridge Freezers if you wish, bales will also be Tumble Dryers Cookers Dish Washers available. Commercial/Industrial Appliances Large range of new machines in stock Fast Efficient Service All repairs fully guaranteed Page 6 May 2015 Sandon Parish Magazine Sandon Parish Magazine May 2015 Page 7 I recently discovered a helpful meditation about The Cross , which The Holy Spirit might help us see within it things which are, well, just ‘true’. The Holy Spirit is described in God 's forgiveness through The horizontal — a reminder various ways in the Bible: like Jesus. When this person comes that like Christ I am on a pilgrim journey... water that fills and refreshes; like in, he makes all the difference. that like Christ I cannot always choose the way... fire that burns and purifies; like The Spirit makes Jesus real to that like Christ I carry with me a burden I cannot lose... wind that brings life and power. us. He makes the Christian life These pictures of the work of the possible and he makes our lives The vertical — a reminder Spirit are important but there is a new. Perhaps this short poem that God is always there... danger that we then think of the can help sum up the difference that all I do is in the end to give him glory... Spirit as a thing.
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