Haughley and Wetherden Parish News November 2017
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Haughley and Wetherden Parish News November 2017 2 November 2017 Places of Worship Local Voluntary Clubs & Organisations Parish Churches of Haughley and Wetherden Bellringers Haughley - practice 1st Mon evening in month, Curate: Rev Chris Hood, 01449 677257 Richard Coe 01449-674229 [email protected] Bellringers Wetherden - practice Tues evening at church, Haughley Ch Warden: Dr J Gibson, Reg Willsher Basil Hart 01359-241954 Wetherden Ch Wardens: Ann Cooke & Mike Tuffin Bowls Club - at George V Playing Field Haughley, Wetherden Lay Elder: Mr R Elbourne 01359-245118 Tony Offord 01449-673289 The Baptist Church Wetherden Carpet Bowls – Weds evenings, Wetherden Village Hall, Minister: Hugh Davis 01359 242435 James Rand 01359-240397 Secretary: J W Rushbrook 01359-240118 Choir Haughley - practice Thurs evening, United Reformed Church, Stowmarket Janet Sheldrake 01449 737247 Minister: Revd Chris Wood 01449 678173 English Country Dance Group – Ron Coxall Hall 01449 Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady, Stowmarket 672658 - Thursday Haughley Village Hall nd Father David Finegan 01449 612946 Friday (except 2 Friday) Wetherden Village Local: Mrs Joy Rowe 01449-673008 Hageneth Morris Men - practice Wed evening Oct to April, Parish & District Councils Dave Evans 01449-673518 Haughley Parish Council H.A.T.S. Haughley Amateur Theatrical Society - Lindsey Phil- Chairman: Alf Hannan, [email protected] pot 01449 675703 / Lynne Mahon 01449 674085 Clerk: [email protected] Haughley in Bloom: Yvonne Hannan, 07531 774438 Wetherden Parish Council Haughley IT Squad: [email protected] Chairman: Sonia Jewers Haughley Hoofers Clog Dancers - practice Sun eve Oct-Apr Clerk: Jen Larner, 01284 705548 at Vill Hall, Gill Brett 01449-673518 [email protected] Haughley Parish Neighbourhood Plan - Alf Hannan 01359 District Cllr: Rachel Eburne 01449-774647 408008 Member of Parliament Haughley Royal British Legion – Branch Secretary Jo Churchill: 0207 2198487 Margaret Buttle 01449 770353 Doctors, Schools, Essential Services Haughley Utd - at George V Playing Field, Lee Forsdyke Haughley Post Office 01449-676789 01449-615579 Health Centre, Stowmarket 01449-776000 Haughley and Wetherden Twinning Association: Health Centre, Woolpit 01359-240298 Chairman, David Ward. 01359 241554. Health Centre, Mendlesham(Chapel Rd) 01449- Email: [email protected] 767722 Haughley Voluntary Service Co-ordinator, Reg Willsher Bacton Manor Farm Surgery 01449-781777 01449 258846 [email protected] Office: 07594 Combs Ford Surgery, Stowmarket 01449-678333 674009 Haughley Crawfords VCP School 01449-673253 1st Wetherden & Haughley Scout Group Stowupland High School 01449-674827 Group Scout Leader, Catherine Winter 01449 781372 Haughley Pre School Playgroup 07880 738781 [email protected] Anglian Water 08457-145-145 Beaver Scout Leader, David Smith 01359-242965 British Gas 0845-609-1122 Cub Scout Leader, Jon Illingworth, 01449 673348, 07879 UK Power Networks 0800 31 63 105 (power cuts) 661141, [email protected] Refuse Collection 0845 606 6067 Acting Scout Leader, Colin Winter 01449 781372 Police – Safer Neighbourhoods Team 01284-774100 or email [email protected] [email protected] or if urgent & you Explorer Scouts, Adam Lee (leader) 07973 709121 or need immediate assistance dial 999 Robert Long (assistant leader) 07708 460998 Wetherden Street lighting 0800 591055 Group Secretary: vacant Wetherden FC - Jonathan Lewis (Manager) 01449-678234 or Hall Bookings Trudy Hooper (Secretary) 01842-754170 Haughley Village Hall - Lyn Allum 07837 953266 or email Wetherden History Group - Pat Tuffin 01359 240396. [email protected] Wetherden Table Tennis Club - Keith Watts 01359 240779, Maxwell Charnley Community Room – 01449 676789 Dennis Smith 01359 241166 Ron Crascall Pavilion - Dale Sanders 07731 536773 Wetherden Tennis Club - [email protected], email: [email protected] Tamara Hunt 07971 193433 or Sonia Jewers on 07900 Haughley Scout Hut - Richard Stacy 01449 673311 272877 Wetherden Village Hall - Keith Watts 07528 065250 Wetherden Scrabble Club 2nd Tuesday of each month [email protected] or Maypole Pub Wetherden at 12 noon. 07740 596162 www.wetherdenvillagehall.com Whist Drive - monthly, Wetherden Village Hall, James Rand 01359-240397 Haughley Football Club - Ian Wilkinson 01449 773399 st or Lee Forsdyke 01449 615579 WI Haughley - 1 Wed in month, 7.30pm, in Haughley Village Hall, Mrs. Marian Adams 01449 674411 Haughley & Wetherden Parish News Advertising & Editorial – Marike Hart 01449-613680 or email [email protected] Adverts must be received no later than one calendar month before publication. Please send copy for the next issue to The Editor, 3 Millfields, Haughley, or (preferably) by email as above, by 5 pm Wednesday 23rd November 2017 Distribution & Delivery: We aim to delivery your copy to your door by the 1st of the month in all weathers. Occasionally we experience circumstances which delay printing and delivery. If you haven’t received your copy by the 2nd of the month, please contact David Bryant on 01449 774657 or email [email protected] Due to the nature of the Parish News we are unable to publish ‘letters to the Editor’ and whilst we take every care in ensuring that all the information supplied by the deadline is included, we take no responsibility for the content of articles and adverts supplied. 3 CHURCH SERVICES in the Benefice of Haughley with Wetherden and Stowupland November 2017 Haughley Wetherden Stowupland 5th November 9.30am Fourth Sunday before 11.00am Parish Communion 11.00am Advent All Age Service Morning Worship “Shoe Box” Sunday 4.00pm All Saints Day 1st@4 12th November 10.50am Third Sunday Remembrance Service before Advent 10.50am 10.50am Remembrance Service Remembrance Service 6.30pm Remembrance Sunday Evensong 8.00am 11.00am Parish Communion 19th November URC Service Book of Common Prayer Second Sunday be- 11.00am All Age Service fore Advent 5.00pm 9.30am Dwelling Place Morning Prayer 9.30 am 26th November 9.30am All Age Service Sunday next before 11.00am Parish Communion Advent Parish Communion Book of Common Prayer Christ the King 6.30pm Parish Communion Church Notices: Mere View And Thompson Court The service in November will be on Monday 13th at 2.30pm: Remembrance Service followed by Holy Communion 4 Your Curate writes A number of years ago, a friend of mine informed me that she was potentially to go on the TV show “Who wants to be a millionaire?” The idea of the show was for a contestant to answer a series of questions that seemed to get progressively more challenging in the hope of winning a million pounds. For each question they were four choices and every time a question was answered correctly the prize money rose. In the quiz there were some life lines that could be used if the contestant came across a question they were unsure of. These included asking the audience to vote on what they thought was the right answer, taking away two wrong answers and also phone a friend. In the phone a friend section the presenter, Chris Tarrant, would phone one of the contestant’s friends to see if they could answer the question. It was as a “phone a friend” that my involvement with the show nearly happened. I was asked by my friend if I would be happy to be phoned up by Chris Tarrant if she got through to the main show and if she thought I would know the answer. I was asked to be at home between 6 and 9 one Thursday evening and to keep off the phone. Well my ego was flattered and of course I agreed, although we didn’t negotiate whether I would get a cut of the prize money, as being asked was good enough. So, I sat through the evening without making a phone call and at about a quarter to nine the phone rang. I decided to play it cool and let it ring a few times before casually answering the call and waited to hear Chris Tarrant’s voice. Except the voice at the other end was not the quiz’s host but instead someone asking if I had had an accident that I wanted to claim for. I didn’t talk for long and instead used the best line I ever used to get rid of a caller I didn’t want to speak to saying, “I’m sorry I don’t have time, I’m waiting for a call from Chris Tarrant!” It was only later that I discovered my friend didn’t get to the question section, but I often think about whether I would have known the answer. There is a danger that we see prayer as a bit like a phone a friend. If there is something we can’t sort out we decide we might pray in the hope the right answer will come through. Of course, prayer is about partly about crying out for help as is so often seen in the psalms, but prayer is about so much more than. Prayer is how we develop our relationship with God, One who loves us and wants the best for us. It is about sharing all of ourselves with God, listening, thanking and asking. If you would like to discover more about prayer or if you would like me to pray with you please be in touch, and I promise I won’t hurry you off the line as I am no longer expecting a call from Chris Tarrant! Rev Chris Hood 5 News from around the villages Crawford Educational Trust, (Wetherden) Registered Charity 310361 The Trustees are able to make grants to individuals of all ages, in order to help them with continued education, including those at Universities and Colleges of Further and Higher Education. The Trust offers support to Crawford’s CEVC Primary School and is also happy to consider applications for funding from any other organisational group working for the benefit of the children and young people of Wetherden.