June 2017 Your Community Magazine - There’S Lots Going On!
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All Saints’ with St Mark’s - Binfield Parish Magazine Binfield Beacon June 2017 Your community magazine - there’s lots going on! Dads R Loud TAG-A-TILE is rocked Binfield and raised here! over £1000 for Find out inside how the ARC you can become a Village BBQ to thank the men of Project the village for everything they do part of our historical Details inside... Thank you! village church... Church Office: 01344 421079 [email protected] OUR MISSION: www.binfieldcofechurches.org.uk To help people follow Jesus and his teachings facebook.com/allsaintswithstmarks SERVICES AND GROUPS @ ALL SAINTS’ AND ST MARK’S CHURCHES June 2017 JULY 2017 Saturday 3rd June Saturday 1st July 7.45am Men’s Walk from village shops car park 7.45am Men’s Walk from village shops car park Sunday 4th June Sunday 2nd July 8.15am Holy Communion at All Saints’ 8.15am Holy Communion at All Saints’ 9.30am Parish Communion at All Saints’ 9.30am Parish Communion at All Saints’ 11.00am All Age Service with Baptism at All Saints’ 11.00am All Age Service with Baptism at All Saints’ NO Whizz Kids NO Whizz Kids 6.30pm Common Worship Evening Prayer at St Mark’s 6.30pm Common Worship Evening Prayer at St Mark’s Monday 5th June Monday 3rd July 9.30am Time of Prayer at St Mark's 9.30am Time of Prayer at St Mark's Wednesday 7th June Wednesday 5th July 9.00am Women’s Walk&Talk from Crema Coffee Shop 9.00am Women’s Walk&Talk from Crema Coffee Shop 10.00am 3G Group at St Mark’s 10.00am 3G Group at St Mark’s Thursday 8th June Sunday 9th July 10.15am Midweek Holy Communion at All Saints’ 8.15am Holy Communion at All Saints’ Friday 9th June 9.30am Parish Communion at All Saints’ 10.00am Open Door Service at St Mark’s 10.45am Whizz Kids at St Mark’s 11.00am Informal Service at All Saints’ Sunday 11th June 6.30pm Common Worship Evening Prayer at St Mark’s 8.15am Holy Communion at All Saints’ 9.30am Parish Communion at All Saints’ Monday 10th July 10.45am Whizz Kids at St Mark’s 9.30am Time of Prayer at St Mark's 11.00am Informal Service at All Saints’ Wednesday 12th July 6.30pm Common Worship Evening Prayer at St Mark’s 10.00am 3G Group at St Mark’s Monday 12th June Thursday 13th July 9.30am Time of Prayer at St Mark's 10.15am Midweek Holy Communion at All Saints’ Wednesday 14th June Friday 14th July 10.00am 3G Group at St Mark’s 10.00am Open Door Service at St Mark’s Sunday 18th June — FATHER’S DAY 8.15am Holy Communion at All Saints’ 9.30am Parish Communion at All Saints’ 10.45am Whizz Kids at St Mark’s 11.00am Informal Service with Communion at All Saints’ 12.30pm Father’s Day Picnic/BBQ at St Mark’s 6.30pm Compline at St Mark’s Monday 19th June 9.30am Time of Prayer at St Mark's 8.00pm Practice the Presence of God at the Rectory Wednesday 21st June 9.00am Women’s Walk&Talk from Crema Coffee Shop 10.00am 3G Group at St Mark’s Saturday 24th June Easter Lilies at 7.30am Men’s Breakfast at St Mark’s All Saints’ Church Sunday 25th June 8.15am Holy Communion at All Saints’ 9.30am Parish Communion at All Saints’ Jan Vigar would like to thank everyone who 10.45am Whizz Kids at St Mark’s contributed to make the Easter Lily Scrolls at All 11.00am Informal Service at All Saints’ 6.30pm Evening Prayer at St Mark’s Saints’ Church such a beautiful and sincere way Monday 26th June of commemorating loved ones who are no 9.30am Time of Prayer at St Mark's longer with us Tuesday 27th June NO Silver Service at St Mark’s Wednesday 28th June Thank you 10.00am 3G Group at St Mark’s PLEASE NOTE: The articles in this magazine reflect the personal opinions of the writers and not necessarily those of the Editor or Editorial Team. Furthermore the Editorial Team are not responsible for any errors of fact printed in the magazine. Goods and services advertised in this magazine are not endorsed but readers utilising these facilities retain their statutory rights. The Binfield Beacon is produced by The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Binfield. Registered Charity number 1149382 Deadline for Beacon contributions for the July 2017 issue : Monday 12th June 2017 e: [email protected] FROM YOUR RECTOR Everyone can play baseman, out of reach of all team mates. Everyone from the stand and both teams started yelling, “Shay, run to At a fundraising dinner for an first! Run to first!” Never in his life had Shay ever ran American school that serves that far but made it to first base. He scampered down learning disabled children, the the baseline, wide-eyed and startled. father of one of the students Everyone yelled, “Run to second, run to second!” delivered a speech that would Catching his breath, Shay awkwardly ran towards never be forgotten by all who second, gleaming and struggling to make it to second attended. After extolling the base. By the time Shay rounded towards second base, school and its dedicated staff, he the right fielder had the ball, the smallest guy on their offered a question: team, who had a chance to be the hero for his team for “When not interfered with by outside influences, the first time. He could have thrown the ball to the everything nature does is done with perfection. Yet my second baseman for the tag, but he understood the son, Shay, cannot learn things as other children do. He pitcher’s intentions and he too intentionally threw the cannot understand things as other children do. Where is ball high and far over the third baseman’s head. Shay ran the natural order of things in my son?” The audience toward third base deliriously as the runners ahead of was stilled by the query. him circled the bases toward home. The father continued. “I believe, that when a child like All were screaming, “Shay, Shay, Shay, all the Way Shay.” Shay, physically and mentally handicapped comes in to Shay reached third base, the opposing shortstop ran to the world, an opportunity to realise true human nature help him and turned him in the direction of third base, presents itself, and it comes, in the way other people and shouted, “Run to third! Shay, run to third and won treat that child.” Then he told the following story: the game for his team. Shay and his father had walked past a park where some That day, said the father softly with tears now rolling boys Shay knew were playing baseball. Shay asked, “Do down his face, the boys from both teams helped bring a you think they’ll let me play?” Shay’s father knew that piece of true love and humanity into this world. Shay most of the boys would not want someone like Shay on didn’t make it to another summer and died that winter, their team, but the father also understood that if his son having never forgotten being the hero and making his were allowed to play, it would give him a much needed father so happy and coming home and seeing his mother sense of belonging and some confidence to be accepted tearfully embrace her little hero of the day! by others in spite of his handicaps. Wouldn’t it be great if that happened a little more often Shay’s father approached one of the boys on the field in life? The good news is it can do, all that needs to and asked if Shay could play, not expecting much. The happen is what the boys in this story did. They were able boy looked around for guidance and said, “We’re losing to, in humility value others (Shay and his parents) above by six runs and the game is in the eighth inning. I guess (themselves) yourselves, not looking to (their) your own he can be on our team and we’ll try to put him in to bat interests but each of (them) you to the interests of the in the ninth inning.” others (Shay and his parents). Philippians Chapter 2 verses 3-4. Will you create a memory for someone that Shay struggled over to the team’s bench put on a team will never be forgotten? The boys in the story did. shirt with a broad smile and his father had a small tear in Source: Rabbi Paysach Krohn, a popular lecturer and best-selling author of the ArtScroll his eye and warmth in his heart. The boys saw the Maggid series of short stories. father’s joy at his son being accepted. In the bottom of the eighth inning, Shay’s team scored a few runs but was Luke still behind by three. In the top of the ninth inning, Shay put on a glove and played in the right field. Even though no hits came his way, he was obviously ecstatic just to be in the game and on the field, grinning From the Registers: May 2017 from ear to ear as his father waved to him from the stands. In the bottom of the ninth inning, Shay’s team scored again. Now, with two outs and the bases loaded, Baptisms the potential winning run was on base and Shay was scheduled to be next at bat.