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ST NICOLAS’ CHURCH, HAIL WESTON January 2021

VILLAGE NEWSLETTER

Rector: Rev'd Nicki Bland Tel: 01480 869485 mobile: 07805078992 Email Parish: [email protected] Personal: [email protected]

Churchwarden:

Mrs Elaine McCarthy Tel: 01480 474542

If you have news, articles or events for inclusion in the next issue, please contact Village contact for St Nicolas’ Church: Ruth. Publication deadline is 15th of each month (7.00pm) Editor: Ruth Easom, 6 Barker Close (01480 217034) Mrs Jenny Holland Tel: 01480 475827 E-mail: [email protected]

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Dear Friends

I would like to start by wishing you all a Happy New Year. I hope it will be a happier year than last year and it looks like it is a possibility with the vaccine programme already operational. Your feedback helps NHS and care teams support us all We are very pleased to announce that our new website is up and running and huge thanks go to Bryan Kitchen and Elizabeth Edmunds for making Have you seen your GP lately? Had a hospital or dental appointment? it possible. We are all still mastering it but please let us know if we could Perhaps you have care services at home or visit a loved one in a care add something that would be helpful to you. The link is www.swhw.co.uk home. We also now have internet in the church and that has made it possible for us to stream services from there and so in the New Year we will be If you, a family member or friend have used a local health or care service, deciding how we can use that to our greatest advantage. Healthwatch wants to hear about your experience – good or bad.

If you look at our website, you will see that we have a selection of services this month both in Church and on Zoom. Glenn Coiley will be We’re the local health and care champions. And by sharing your feedback leading the Plough Sunday Service from St Andrew’s, with us, local NHS and care services can find out what’s working well or on Sunday 10th. This is a change to normal as this service is usually held needs improving. in St Nicolas, Hail Weston but because of restrictions we would not have Please support our new campaign 'Because We All Care' by giving your the capacity to hold it safely in Hail Weston. Plough Sunday is a feedback about the services you are using. traditional service held on the Sunday after Epiphany which celebrates the beginning of the agricultural year. A plough is brought into Church It’s being run with the Care Quality Commission and follows on from our and the prayers in the service include some for the blessing of the land. big Covid-19 survey across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough earlier this I am sure that many of you have heard about the new member of my year. household, Bella, a cockapoo, who has won the hearts of many. This is It only takes a few minutes to share your views with us. And you feed- not the reason that we are holding a pet service on the last Sunday of the back helps services to continue providing the right support to local peo- month in the afternoon on Zoom, the reason we are doing that is because ple. of the many requests we have received from all three parishes. If you would like a photo of your pet (past and present) to be included in the Share your views online at: service, please send your photographs to Glenn Coiley at [email protected] and of course we would love to see them with www.healthwatchcambridgeshire.co.uk/share-your-views their owners for our service on Zoom on January 31st at 3pm. You can also call Healthwatch on 0330 355 1285, text your views on With love and prayers, 0752 0635 176 or email [email protected] Rev’d Nicki Bland

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Zoom ID: 712447549 Password: 022067 Recognition of Service to the Community Zoom On Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays - 8.30 am Morning Prayer; 5.30 pm Evening Prayer Maurice and Sue Lee have received a David Morgan Rural Sun 3rd 8.00am - BCP Holy Communion Volunteer of the Year Bronze Award in recognition of their 9.00am - Parish Communion led by Great Staughton h community service. Sun 10 9.00am - Parish Communion led by Hail Weston Sun 17th 9.00am - Parish Communion led by Great Staughton Sun 24th 9.00 am - Parish Communion led by Sun 31st 10.30am - Benefice Service zoomed from St Andrew’s Following on from taking an active role with production of the 3.00pm - Pet service parish’s first Community Plan in 2016 Maurice and Sue set up the Neighbourhood Café, leading a team of volunteers to provide residents with a chance to socialise over a cuppa and cake. They rarely missed a shift and have been instrumental Hail Weston St. Nicolas’ Sun 3rd 10.30am - Parish Communion in raising almost £7,000 for good causes and providing two th defibrillators in the village. Wed 6 10.00am - Morning Prayer Sun 17th 3.00pm - Creative Communion These annual awards are championed by the Hunts Forum of Voluntary Organisations, an independent, non-profit making registered charity based in , Cambridgeshire. Great Staughton St. Andrew’s Sun 10th 10.30am - Parish Communion Maurice and Sue were nominated by Hail Weston Parish Sun 10th 3.00pm - Plough Sunday( normally held at Hail Weston Council. but this year at Great Staughton because of capacity) Sun 24th 10.30am - Parish Communion Sun 31st 10.30am - Benefice Service also Zoomed

Little Staughton All Saints Sun 17th 10.30am - Parish Communion

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St Nicolas Church 100 Club - December 2020

The winners of the December 100 Club Draw are as follows:

1st prize Ticket no 111 Claire & Ian Hodge £50.00 2nd prize Ticket no 15 Rita & Bill Neal £25.00 3rd prize Ticket no 84 Julie Ashwell £10.00

Congratulations to all the winners! Neighbourhood Café Grand Bake-off Charity Fund Raiser Please Note: The current 100 Club Membership runs to March. Existing members will soon receive their invitation to join the 2021/22 The Neighbourhood Café team, June, Jane and Gisele send their draw season. Look out for your invitation which will be coming thanks to absolutely everyone who took part so enthusiastically through your door in January. and contributed so generously to the Community Charity Fund Not already a member?! Contact [email protected] for an raiser. Hail Weston can be proud of itself. application form.

Don’t miss this opportunity to become a winner whilst supporting The grand total raised was St Nicolas’ Church.

Hail Weston Parochial Church Council £510.00

Well done everyone: St John's Hospice, Moggerhanger and the Hail Weston Wildlife and Gardening Group Food Bank will soon be receiving cheques. (HWWGG) We do so hope that when the Cafe can get underway again, we will see you to enjoy some more delicious treats and friendly The HWWGG are very much looking forward to chats. reinvigorating the Group and have been busy working on a really fun and interesting programme for 2021. We are poised and ready to spring in to action to make it happen, whenever that In the meantime all the very best for 2021 is possible. At the very least we plan to go ahead with the Garden Safari, Plant Sale and other outdoor events during the summer. Look out for more information later on in the New Year.

If you are already planning your next growing season we would be very grateful if you could bear us in mind and cultivate a few extra plants to donate to the Plant Sale in June.

From the Committee with hopes for a healthy and more normal 2021.

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