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If you NEWS REPORTS: need to contact him, his details are on the next Friends of churches: page. Through this column I welcome him to this Water Newton 8 volunteer run publication, delivered free to 750 Wansford and homes. More than 50% of the publication is Thornhaugh 9 dedicated to local churches, clubs and societies, we cover village events and have regular articles St John the Baptist 8 on local history and nature. We evolved from a Stibbington Centre 13 church/parish magazine in the 1960’s (or earlier) Communicare 14 Hort Society 15 to where we are today and we look forward to WI 29 being able to continue in the future with the wonderful support of our advertisers, sponsors, PARISH COUNCILS: distributors and contributors Thornhaugh 24/25 Wansford 26 Once again as I was starting to put this edition together accidents on major roads around our SPECIAL FEATURES: Community Carol villages caused severe disruption to the area. I Service 16 have heard that several people had to leave Voice of the City 20-21,23 their cars on one side of the bridge and walk the Plastics 28 remaining distance home due to the gridlock Just for fun 36 caused. Who knows whether any road REGULARS: improvements will prevent so many accidents in Nature Notes 35 the future... Letters to the Editor 37 Diary Dates 38 I hope you enjoy reading the magazine this month we cover many varied subjects both local and global. Front Cover - John Measures Printing & Collation - PPS Print Tracy Sortwell Regular features writers: Editor: Tracy Sortwell Reflections: Jane Tailby Treasurer: Sue Kudlinski Nature Notes: Graham Blagden Distribution manager: Rod Sortwell Advertising Manager: Kate Hopkins Printing and collation: PPS Print Read your magazine on-line at www.livingvillagesmagazine.co.uk 3 DIRECTORY OF CONTACTS Living Villages Editorial Team Editor Tracy Sortwell 07841 382063 [email protected] Treasurer Gordon Alleyne 01780 784531 [email protected] Distribution Manager Rod Sortwell 01780 783403 [email protected] Advertising Manager Kate Hopkins 07580 218792 [email protected] Parish Councils Sutton Peter Lee (Chairman) 01780 782703 Wansford Wendy Gray (Clerk) 01778 441312 Sibson-cum-Stibbington Wendy Gray (Clerk) 01778 441312 Thornhaugh Deirdre McCumiskey (Clerk) 01780 782668 Water Newton (Parish Meeting) Stephen Went (Chairman) 01733 230628 Churches Ministers: Thornhaugh & Wansford 01780 782271 Stibbington, Sutton, Castor & Water Newton 01733 380900 [email protected] Churchwardens: St Andrew’s Thornhaugh: Stuart Foreman 01780 783220 Liz Kemp 01780 782333 St Mary’s Wansford: Caroline Ashley 01780 782408 Alan Jones 01780 783205 St John the Baptist, Stibbington Richard Winfrey 01780 782431 Carol Lindsay 01780 782338 Friends: St Mary’s & St Andrew’s Dora Baker 01780 782519 St John the Baptist Helen Facer 01780 782932 St Remigius Water Newton Tony Capon 01733 237500 Other useful contacts Neighbourhood Policing 101 P’boro City Council 01733 747474 Wansford Surgery 01780 782342 Royal British Legion 01780 782200 (Out of hours 111 option 4) Stibbington & Wansford WI . 789996 Wansford Pharmacy 01780 781616 Cricket Club 01780 782109 Communicare 01780 470437 Horticultural Society 01780 782446 H’don District Council 01480 388388 Stibbington Centre 01780 782386 Website www.livingvillagesmagazine.co.uk 4 WORSHIP FEBRUARY 2018 4 Feb 8.15am St Mary’s and All Saints, Nassington Holy Communion BCP 9.30am St Mary’s and All Saints, Nassington Holy Communion 9.30am St Andrew’s, Thornhaugh Morning Praise 9.30am St Mary’s, Woodnewton Holy Communion 10.15am St Kyneburgha, Castor Holy Communion 11.00am St Leonard’s, Apethorpe Holy Communion BCP 3.00pm St Mary Magdalene, Yarwell Methodist Covenant Service 5.00pm St Remigius, Water Newton Candlemas Service and Supper 11 Feb 9.00am St Michael & All Angels, Sutton Family Service 9.30am St Mary’s, Wansford Holy Communion with Choir 9.30am St Mary’s and All Saints, Nassington Holy Communion 9.30am St Mary’s, Woodnewton Holy Communion 11.00am St Leonard’s, Apethorpe Morning Prayer BCP 11.00am St Mary Magdalene, Yarwell Holy Communion 6.00pm St John the Baptist, Stibbington Evening Service Pancake Sunday 14 Feb 10.00am St Mary's, Wansford Holy Communion with Ashing 7.00pm St Mary Magdalene, Yarwell Holy Communion with Ashing 18 Feb 9.30am St Andrew’s, Thornhaugh Holy Communion 9.30am St Mary’s and All Saints, Nassington Morning Prayer 9.30am St Mary’s, Woodnewton Morning Praise 10.15am St Kyneburgha, Castor Holy Communion 11.00am St Leonard’s, Apethorpe Holy Communion 3.00pm St Mary Magdalene, Yarwell Methodist Service 25 Feb 8.30am St Mary’s, Woodnewton Holy Communion BCP 9.00am St Michael & All Angels, Sutton Holy Communion 9.30am St Mary’s, Wansford Morning Praise 9.30am St Mary’s and All Saints, Nassington Holy Communion & Sunday School 11.00am St Leonard’s, Apethorpe Holy Communion 11.00am St Mary Magdalene, Yarwell Holy Communion 6.00p, St Mary’s and All Saints, Nassington Evensong Wednesdays at Wansford 10.00am Morning Prayer 5 GRIFFIN Solid Fuel Merchant Supplier of Pre Packs Coal Bunkers Charcoal Compost Flo Gas Logs & Sticks Salt Coal Yard Office Station Road 12 Church Hill Nassington Castor 01780 782540 01733 380470 Tel: 07743 087241 Email: [email protected] 6 REFLECTIONS by GOD’S TIME IS NOT Rev. David Ridgeway OUR TIME One of the features of parish life is that one is always planning ahead. As soon as one event or celebration is over, plans have to be made for the next festival or happening. Although this can sometimes be rather tiring, especially for those directly involved in running these various activities, it is a sign that our church community is vibrant and alive. This year we are made especially aware of how busy and full our church diary can be, as Easter is rather early. Because of this there is very little time to prepare properly for Lent and the festival of Christ’s triumph over death. Again and again in recent days I have caught myself wishing that there was more time to get ready. If only we could choose the date of Easter to fit in with our own arrangements things would be so much easier. We wouldn’t have rush our planning and organisations such as schools and colleges would find it easier to organise the dates of their terms. The reason why we have all these problems is because of the use of two different calendars. Easter Sunday celebrates the day when Jesus Christ rose from the dead. This amazing event occurred on the day after the Jewish festival of Passover. The problem for twenty-first century people is that the Jewish calendar is influenced by the moon whereas the calendar we use is based upon the earth’s movement around the sun. Easter Day is the first Sunday after (not on) the Pascal full moon which is the first full moon to appear on or after the Spring Equinox [21 March]. Because the dates of the full moon change every year, so the date of Easter changes. This may seem inconvenient, but Church leaders at the Council of Nicaea in AD 325 decided to keep the celebration of Easter linked to the date of the Jewish Passover. This is why the date constantly changes and it can occur anytime between 22 March and 25 April. Although this may seem inconvenient, the changing Easter date does make the important point that God’s time is not the same as human time. God’s actions are not arranged to suit our diaries. God acts according to his mighty plan and at times this can be frustrating and bewildering. In an age when we are so used to being in control of what happens to us, and when, this can be difficult to accept but it is a reality we have to take on board. If nothing else the changing date of Easter is a reminder that God’s time is not our time and for this reason I think that those early Church leaders made the right decision back in the year 325. 7 FRIENDS OF ST. REMIGIUS WATER NEWTON Candlemas Service and Supper - 4th February 2018 at 5pm On Sunday 4th February 2018, we will be holding a ‘Candlemas’ service at 5pm followed by a delicious hot supper of warming chilli con carne and jacket potato - all washed down with a glass or two of wine. Everybody is welcome so make it a date in your diary - come along and enjoy some great company. A small contribution of £5 will be requested towards your supper and wine. Tony Capon ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, STIBBINGTON Hello Everyone, a couple of things, firstly on the night of 17 January the strong winds uprooted a very large tree in our churchyard causing considerable damage to several gravestones, as I write this we are awaiting quotes for dealing with the calamity, fortunately no-one was injured and the tree did not fall on the building! Secondly we would love to see you at our next service; do come and join us on Sunday evening the 11th February at 6pm just two days before Shrove Tuesday, we are calling it Pancake Sunday! Looking forward to seeing you there… Carol Lindsay 8 FRIENDS OF ST MARY’S AND ST ANDREW’S THE LENT LUNCHES ARE STARTING AGAIN ! on Wednesday 21st February at 12.15 in the Christie Hall.