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THE KNIGHTLEY PARISHES www.knightleybenefice.org.uk THE LINK An on-line version of this magazine in colour is available on the web site Services for March 2021 The Magazine of The Knightley Parishes 7 March 14 March 21 March 28 March 4 April I II III IV I Lent 3 Lent 4 Lent 5 PALM SUNDAY EASTER (Mothering Passion Sunday Sunday) Badby SERVICES There will be No services in the churches or chapel during March. Newnham All services will be online at www.knightleybenefice.org.uk Charwelton Please consult the web site for any possible changes - not forgetting that dates and Covid arrangements may change at short notice. Fawsley Preston Capes OTHER SERVICES Monday 22 March 6.30 pm Badby ESOW by Zoom March 2021 Thursday 1 April TBA TBA Maundy Thursday service No. 356 Badby Newnham Charwelton Fawsley Preston Capes 2 SUNDAY READINGS EDITORIAL Principal Service CW - for other services see Lectionary early 30 years ago, on 22nd April 1991, re you fed-up with doing the same old Nthe Revd. Stephen Adams was inducted as Awalks? Date Feast Talk NT Gospel the first Rector of the newly formed Benefice of Badby with Newnham, and Charwelton with If so, Walking in Northamptonshire 7 Mar Lent 3 The boring bit Colossians 4:7-18 Matthew 10:1-8 Fawsley and Preston Capes. Many of you will www.walkinginengland.co.uk/northants is the remember him. One of Stephen’s first acts website for you! 14 Mar Lent 4 Mother knows best? Proverbs 31:1-31 Matthew 20:20-28 (Mothering Sunday) was to institute a benefice magazine for With hundreds of walks to download and print, 21 Mar Lent 5 Seeing isn’t believing Psalm 146:1-10 Matthew 20:29-34 distribution across the 5 villages. That later free, it also has books of walks, contact details became “The Link” and continues to this day. for all the walking groups in the county and 28Mar PALM SUNDAY Arrive in style Zechariah 9:9 Matthew 21:1-11 much more. Whether you want to walk on To mark this anniversary I plan to produce a your own or with a group all the information is 1 Apr Maundy Thursday short history of the Link to include in the May there in one place. 4 Apr EASTER A shock discovery Acts 10:34-43 Matthew 28:1-10 edition this year - and your help in that would There is so much walking information on the be appreciated. I have hard copies of every web but it is difficult to find. Walking in issue bar two, but if any of you have, in Northamptonshire (part of the Walking in relation to the magazine and/or its England suite of web sites ( predecessors, any memories of the early years, www.walkinginengland.co.uk) – one for each and particularly of the period between 1981 county in England) has brought it together in FROM THE REGISTERS and 1991, or if you have any comments on The one place so whether you are walking from Link’s usefulness or otherwise!, I would be very home, or away on holiday, you will be able to pleased to hear from you at the address on find a walk suitable for you. page 19. With walks from half a mile to twelve miles plus, and a note of suitability for pushchairs s we see some light at the end of the and wheelchairs, everyone can find a walk to ACovid tunnel, and as we all receive our enjoy. IN MEMORIAM vaccines, please continue to support our local businesses, in particular those who advertise in David the Link, and our local pubs, The Maltsters’ Arms at Badby, Maria’s Kitchen at Newnham, SUDOKU No. 20 and The Fox and Hounds at Charwelton. from Newnham at Badby on 5th. February All are doing takeaways on various days, and at on 12th. February least one of them (The Fox and Hounds) is Brenda Dunn Sally Pauline Sinclair Bush producing a special takeaway meal for at Banbury Crematorium Interment at Fawsley Mothering Sunday (or Gestational Parenting Sunday as it is now suggested we should call it!!) n the Covid tack again please remember Grant them peace, Oas usual (how could anyone forget?) that and let light perpetual shine upon them all dates and event arrangements listed in the Link are subject to change at short notice. Rating Mild No. 21 on p. 6 [Solutions on p. 12] 3 4 THE RECTOR’S LETTER PARISH NOTICESBENEFICE PAGE Change one thing for Lent – the Lent is a good time for us to do something EVENING SERVICE OF THE WORD receive one. The information pack will give about it. instructions how to request a hard copy. World This short service is held once a month at 6.30pm, You’ll also be able to get help from the special I am certainly challenged – we drive a diesel car normally on a Tuesday, but not this month, via Zoom Census Help Line, the number for which will be in Did you give something up for Lent this year? which was bought at a time when diesels were until further notice. Led in turn by some of those who your Information Pack. We are now in the middle of this season when supposed to be good, but is now recognised to attend, there is always a brief talk about somebody What the census is we impress one another with our self-restraint, be very bad for the environment, we find Fair inspirational. All are welcome to participate. If you The census is a survey run by the Office for National but is that really what Lent is all about? Trade food too expensive to always be our first are not already on the access list, please contact Gill Statistics (ONS) that gives a picture of all the people choice in our shopping basket, and with Nelson via email [email protected]. Next dates are MONDAY, March 22 and Tuesday, April and households in England and Wales. All kinds of Back at our online service on Ash Wednesday everyone here for lockdown it is all too easy for we thought about how that isn’t God’s plan for 20. organisations, from local authorities to charities, use us to leave lights on or turn the heating up the information to help provide the services we all a season such as this. That there is a danger rather than put a jumper on. that we engage in “virtual” acts of self-restraint BADBY & DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY need, including transport, education and health care. Without the census, it would be much more difficult that appear to be very worthy but don’t Those are just the everyday ways that we live, Whilst still several months away and lots will no to do this. actually signify a big change in our behaviour but we don’t think about the impact they have and I challenged us to look at what the Bible doubt change, the hope and intent is to hold the By taking part, you’ll be helping make sure you and on the poorest people in the world who are your community get the services needed now and in says about fasting because that’s where I get Badby Horticultural Show on Sunday, September 5. blighted by droughts, flooding, livestock that the future. challenged; It will almost certainly be a bit different this time but starve and crops that fail because we are we hope this gives you a little something to look Find out more at www.census.gov.uk or contact your changing the climate, and we should because parish Clerk:- God declares, “‘Is not this the kind of fasting I forward to. me giving up social media for a month isn’t Badby - [email protected] have chosen: Rich going to make a big change to their world. FARTHINGSTONE Newnham - [email protected] to loose the chains of injustice Charwelton - [email protected] and untie the cords of the yoke, Being in the middle of a pandemic lockdown Fawsley - [email protected] Farthingstone Events - please visit to set the oppressed free might mean that this year you chose to give up Preston Capes - [email protected] www.farthingstone.org.uk for more details. and break every yoke? non-alcoholic drinks and fat free food for Lent - Farthingstone Foot Festival Saturday 5 June. Is it not to share your food with the hungry I’m not going to judge you, we all need a bit of Walkers and Runners are invited to take part in this and to provide the poor wanderer with extra joy this year, but perhaps without having ✣ ✣ ✣ shelter – organised and sponsored annual event linking our to become a radical climate-change activist we villages. when you see the naked, to clothe them, can all find ways of making small changes that and not to turn away from your own flesh Farthingstone Open Gardens Sunday 20 June SUDOKU No. 21 create a big difference for the marginalised in 2-6pm. and blood?” the world. Perhaps we can fast in the way that pleases God as we saw above. Our fasting might 2021 IS CENSUS YEAR That seems very different to giving up chocolate mean not only giving something up, but starting or knocking chips on the head for four weeks, something new – making a lifestyle change to The Census, held every 10 years, is due to take doesn’t it? something that helps or supports the world’s place on Sunday 21st March 2021.