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October 2012 BENEFICE MAGAZINE OCTOBER 2012 1 GREAT BEALINGS St. Mary, LITTLE BEALINGS All Saints, PLAYFORD St. Mary and CULPHO St. Botolph PRIEST in CHARGE Revd Canon Pauline Stentiford , Sheepstor, Boyton, Woodbridge IP12 3LH Tel:01394-411469 Mobile 07719 394200 LAY ELDERS Benefice Mrs Denise Merry, Abbey School, Church Street, Woodbridge 01394 610972 Great Bealings Mrs Virginia Porter, Rill Cottage, Kiln Lane, Great Bealings Ips 735565 Little Bealings Dr Clive Rowe, Kennilworth, Playford Rd, Little Bealings Ips 624635 Dr Ann Tate, Horsenden House, Martlesham Rd, Little Bealings Ips 622995 Playford Mrs Alison Baker, 5 The Courts, Church Lane, Playford Ips 620964 ORDINAND Mr. Philip Merry, Abbey School, Church Street, Woodbridge, 01394 610972 WARDENS Great Bealings Mr Norman Porter, Rill Cottage, Kiln Lane, Great Bealings Ips 735565 Little Bealings Mrs. Paddy Bills, 7 Richards Drive, Little Bealings Ips 610219 Dr Ann Tate, Horsenden House, Martlesham Rd, Little Bealings Ips 622995 Playford Dr. Gina Corani, 4 Church Lane, Playford Ips 620696 Mr Colin Hedgley, The Coach House, Playford Mount Ips 738468 Culpho Mr Richard Garnham, Wood Farm, Wood Farm Rd, Grundisburgh Ips 738139 Mr. Guy Hartfall, Culpho End House, Playford Road, Culpho Ips 785347 PCC SECRETARIES Great Bealings Mr Eric Barnett, Southernhay, Lodge Rd, Great Bealings Ips 738803 Little Bealings Mrs. Linda Cooper, Weavers Cottage, 1 The Street, Bawdsey 01394 412030 Playford Mrs Melanie Brooks, Dorcasia, Boot Street, Great Bealings Ips 738088 Culpho Mrs Margaret Gornall, Flintstone Cottage, Dallinghoo Road, Wickham Market 01728 747605 PCC TREASURERS Great Bealings Mr Adrian Melrose, Rosery Farm House 01394 648007 Little Bealings Mr. Roger Cobley, 5 Beacon Lane, Little Bealings Ips 626196 Playford Mr. Paul Gardiner, Jerusalem, 2 Hill Farm Road, Playford Ips 611007 Culpho Mr. Paul Gardiner, Jerusalem, 2 Hill Farm Road, Playford Ips 611007 Benefice Mrs. Frances Hopkins, Broom Bank, Sandy Lane, Little Bealings Ips 626755 BENEFICE CHOIR LEADER Mrs Gill Peck, 7 Beacon Lane, Little Bealings Ips 625077 BENEFICE SAFEGUARDING OFFICER Lisa Wigmore, 2 Hill Farm Cottages, Playford Ips 622111 ANGELA COBBOLD BOOKING SECRETARY Mrs Vicki Carr, Corner Cottage, The Street, Little Bealings Ips 620213 PARISH COUNCIL CLERKS Great Bealings Mrs. Sarah Cartwright, Hillside, The Street, Little Bealings Ips 621050 Little Bealings Mrs. Carol Ramsden, The Hollies, Holly Lane, Little Bealings Ips 610088 Playford Mrs. Sarah Cartwright, Hillside, The Street, Little Bealings Ips 621050 Parish Councillor for Culpho Mr. Guy Hartfall, Culpho End, Culpho Ips 785347 MAGAZINE ENQUIRIES General Editorial Team [email protected] Advertising Mr Norman Porter, Rill Cottage, Kiln Lane, Great Bealings Ips 735565 Distribution Mr Peter Carr, Corner Cottage, The Street, Little Bealings Ips 620213 2 A H Electrical Tel: 01473 735575 Fully qualified and registered * local electrician Fax: 01473 738385 VEHICLE SURGEON LTD • Electrical safety inspection Grundisburgh Road • New Installation & rewiring Hasketon • Underfloor heating Nr. Woodbridge • Sockets & lighting M.O.T. Testing – Petrol – Diesel • Fuse board replacement Recovery & Breakdown • Smoke Alarms Servicing on all makes of vehicle Tel: 01473 737333 Mob: 07986 036966 Used car sales Bordy Green, Tel: 01473 738975 Charsfield Ray & James Aldous G. W. Smith (Alderton) Ltd 50, The Street, Alderton Heritage Clocks Nr Woodbridge, IP12 3BL Restoration, Builders & Contractors Repairs & Sales Established for over 50 years of Fine Clocks We offer a complete & Barometers building service 19 Playford Road, Ipswich, Suffolk Tel: 01473 270690 All trades covered Advice & estimates free Collection & Delivery all areas Clocks & Barometers bought & sold Fee estimates & advice given 01394 411314/411699/411584 Mobile: 07719 274358 Email: [email protected] [email protected] 3 Bed and Breakfast @ Little Thatch Restful and relaxing B&B in charming surroundings, Libby Cooper Little Thatch, Culpho, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 9DJ Tel. 01473 738330 www.little-thatch.co.uk E. B. Button & Sons Paul Beggs Ltd. Carpenter & Building Contractor Funeral Directors Established family business for over 50 years Carpentry Joinery 24 St. Johns Street Design and installation Woodbridge of kitchens & bathrooms Suffolk IP12 1EB Alterations Renovations Tel: 01394 382160 Extensions Fax: 01394 386814 Free estimates & advice Directors: Tel. 01473 623215 D. E. Moore Dip.F.D. J. V. M. Moore Mobile 07748758884 K. J. Eagle C. S. Moore Dip.F.D. [email protected] S. J. Moore Fir Tree, St Marys Drive Registered in England No 1193659 Playford, IP6 9EB 4 OCTOBER 2012 rom the time I became a Christian headscarf . One of the plaintiffs, Shirley F in my teens, until the time I was Chaplin, pointed out that her Christian ordained I wore a cross around my neck faith was not something she put on and as a sign to the world that I was a fol- then took off to go to work. lower of Christ. I wore it to work and in There seems to be a tide of anti Chris- the swimming pool, at night and when I tian persecution sweeping our world, was dressed up to go out. It was the particularly since the revival of militant only necklace that I wore. I only stopped Islam in many countries. For decades because wearing a dog collar and a even some of the most despicable dic- cross and chain was uncomfortable and tators have protected indigenous Chris- I reasoned that the dog collar did the tians from the mobs. This is changing, same job! as the West withdraws its support and You may have read in the news over Christian minorities such as those in the last few weeks about the case that Iraq, and the Copts in Egypt are now in was taken to the European Court of the same situation as the Palestinian Human Rights by a Nurse and a British and Lebanese Christians. In the area Airways Employee. They were refused where East meets West, the area the right by their employers to wear a around Syria, Jordan, Palestine, Israel, visible crucifix or cross at work. Govern- Turkey and Cyprus, a hundred years ment lawyers argued that there was a ago figures showed that 20% of the "difference between the professional population were Christian, now the fig- and private sphere" and that Christians ure is just 5%. If this trend carries on it should leave their beliefs at home. It could well be that all traces of Christian- was stated that refusing to allow cruci- ity will disappear from the very place fixes at work did not prevent the practis- where St Paul had his vision of Jesus. ing of religion in private and that wear- Let's hope that the European Court ing a crucifix is not generally recognised makes a decision that protects religious as an act of Christian worship, or re- freedom, both at home and in the work- quired by scripture, unlike a Muslim place. Pauline PAULINE OFF DUTY I shall be off duty and in retreat for some of the time, from Monday 15th October - Tuesday 23rd October. If you require a priest in an emergency please contact Canon Clare Sanders 01473 735183. SUNDAY 21 st OCTOBER 8.00 AM SERVICE Please join with the congregation at Grundisburgh for the 8.00 am service of BCP Holy Communion, where you will be made welcome. SERVICE TO REMEMBER PRECIOUS PEOPLE 2 nd NOVEMBER 7.30 PM Every November we hold a service to remember before God those of our family and friends who have died. This year the service will be held in Little Bealings. If you would like any new names read out please let Pauline have them by the end of October. Names read out last year will be included in this year's list. 5 BENEFICE TOWN CONCERT Mellow Bellows - Recital for accordions and flute Museum Street Methodist Church, Ipswich Thursday 11 October 2012, 1.00 pm –to 1.50 pm Based in Ipswich, Mellow Bellows consists of three accordions, flute and percussion. Members perform in various combinations of between one and five musicians, de- pending upon their availability and the type of event. They have given fund-raising concerts for local clubs and churches, and have played at World Music Day events, private parties, coffee mornings, a wedding and a beer festival. This lunchtime con- cert presents a varied programme drawn from their wide-ranging repertoire, which includes popular standards, swing arrangements, Latin American dance music, light classical, klezmer and world music. www.mellowbellows.co.uk . The kettle will be on the hob at 12.30pm. Although admission is free, a retiring collec- tion of £2.00 will be appreciated. This is to defray expenses incurred in hosting the series. More details can be obtained from [email protected] www.ipswich-arts.org.uk or Tel. 01473 836448 FROM THE REGISTERS BAPTISM 2nd September Cosmo Craven Playford FUNERAL 21st June Peter Smith (Richards Drive) Burial Woodbridge 21st June Owen Goldsmith Cremation Playford 23rd June Geoffrey Oram Cremation Aldeburgh 17th July Margeurite Boughton Cremation Little Bealings WEDDING 25th August Louis Osborne & Rebecca Hicks Great Bealings 1st September Adam Howard-Dobson & Jennifer Wayne Great Bealings 6 OCTOBER READINGS AND LITURGICAL COLOURS 7th October 18 th Sunday after Trinity Green NT lesson 8.00 am / 10.00 am Hebrews 1.1-4; 2.5-12 RCL pg. 696 Gospel 8.00 am / 10.00 am Mark 10.2-16 14 th October 19 th Sunday after Trinity Green OT Lesson 10.00 am only Amos 5. 6-7,10-15 RCL pg.701 NT lesson 8.00 am only Hebrews 4.12-16 Gospel 8.00 am / 10.00 am Mark 10.17-31 21 st October 20 th Sunday after Trinity Red OT Lesson 10.00 am / 3.00 pm Isaiah 53.4-12 RCL pg. 707 NT lesson 10.00 am Hebrews 5.1-10 2 Gospel 10.00 am / 3.00 pm Mark 10.35-45 28 th October Simon & Jude Apostles Red NT Lesson 8.00 am /10.00 am Ephesians 2.19-22 RCL pg.1142 Gospel 8.00 am / 10.00 am John15.17-27 2nd November All Souls' Day Red Remembering precious people 1st Lesson 7.30pm Romans 5.
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