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PLAYING FIELD EQUIPMENT Some of the clearing of the site was done by volunteers including a number of Parish New playground equipment has Councillors. (see page 7.) been installed in Lower Sheering Playing Field and Sheering Recreation Ground at a cost of about £40,000. Epping Forest District Council contributed over £31,000,

Epping Forest District Council has cleared some land near the boatyard off Luxford Place for use as a picnic area.( see page Croudace the builders in Sun 28). Street donated £5,000 and the Parish Council made up the difference. A further grant is being applied for. Festive Fun & Christmas Chitchat Epping Forest District Council Free Event 5th December 3.00 --- 8..00 In the Village Hall More details on page 8

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Irene Harriss 734334 St Mary’s Trees 16 Sunday 24 St Mary’s Christingle Service 11.00 Mental Health 17 Christmas Day St Mary’s Holy Communion 8.00; 11.00 Family Little Kickers 18 Communion Blood Donation 18 Wednesday 27 Christmas Walk 10.15 meet at the Village Hall car park Christmas Thoughts 20 Sunday 31 New Year’s Eve Party in the Village Hall Lynda Case on 734774. See Village Hall report on page 13. What’s On 22 JJJANUARY Drama Project 26 Tuesday 9 WI Shop News 26 Wednesday 31 Happy Circle - AGM & talk Picnic Area 28 FEBRUARY Recycling 29 Tuesday 13 WI Sheering School 33 Wednesday 28 Happy Circle Talk on The Healing Properties of Magnetism The Rector Writes 34 MMMARCH Useful Information 36 Tuesday 13 WI Wednesday 28 Happy Circle Bingo WWWEEKLY Short Mat Bowling Club Mondays and Thursdays 7.00 - 10.00 Thursdays 1.30 - 4.30 in the Village Hall Yoga Wednesdays Intermediate 6.30, Beginners 8.00 in the Village Hall (term-time only) Phone 01279 503784 Brownies Church Room Wednesdays 5.30 - 7.00 Anne Croft 734391 Guides Church Room Wednesdays 7.00 - 8.30 Jo Stewart 835689 Library Van Wednesdays Crown car park Sheering 10.00-10.15 & Lower Sheering Bus Shelter 4.50-5.10 Bridge Club Thursdays in the Village Hall 7.15 Mary Harris 734202 PrePrePre-Pre ---SchoolSchool Every day during term time in the Village Hall Beryl Gurteen 734316 Mother and Toddlers Mondays in the Church Room 9.30 - 11.00 Silver Surfers Wednesdays in Sheering School IT Suite 01279 734210 Tuesday Teas 2.30 in the church room. All welcome for a cup of tea and a chat Church Services and Sunday School see page 34 FFFORTNIGHTLY Rural Police Bus Wednesdays Four Acres in Lower Sheering between 1.00 and 2.00 & The Street Sheering near to the Cock Pub between 2.10 and 3.00 MMMONTHLY Women's Institute meet on the second Tuesday of the month (except August) in the Village Hall at 7.30 for 7.45. You will be made very welcome whether you come along as a visitor or become a member. Happy Circle meet in the Village Hall on the last Wednesday of the month at 2.30. Bring and Buy and Raffle at all meetings in the hall. Bingo Third Tuesday in the month (except August) in the Village Hall in aid of Village Hall and local organisation funds. All welcome. 7.30 for 8.00 4 NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH NEWS who is the County coordinator on the Any volunteers? Executive, to establish what would be Neighbourhood Watch required from any person who put themselves operates at many different forward to represent us. When I asked him levels. All of you are street co- what commitment was needed he responded ordinators which is the grass by saying, "As much as you want to give". roots of the organisation but it That seems reasonable. also operates at County and Here are a few facts about the Executive...... National level. These levels are • They meet at the Millennium Centre in Great very important because they receive funding Baddow and are able to manage initiatives on a much • Transport to and from the meetings is not larger scale. For this reason, we need to be provided but travelling expenses are paid kept informed, particularly at county level, so • They meet on a Monday that we can avail ourselves of their resources. • Meetings start at 10am and, on average, last For example, it was County who managed about 2 hours and funded the very successful 'message in a bottle' scheme which is still much in demand • They occur every 6 to 8 weeks today. As far as I am concerned, our representative's For the past few years, Epping Forest has basic duty would to be to represent the been represented at County level by Jackie interests of Epping Forest Neighbourhood Eldridge from Abbess Roding. Jackie Watch at Executive level and to contact me eventually moved on to chair the County following meetings to advise me of any Executive before retiring recently having been developments our coordinators should know a marvellous servant for the district. At about so that I can circulate that information present Epping Forest Neighbourhood Watch in these newsletters. You need to be quite has no official representation on the clear that you will be there to represent the Executive Committee which, considering we whole of the district not just the town or are a 250 watch scheme, possibly means we village you live in. are missing out. 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However, they will often listen to advice from YOU ARE BEING WATCHED people they know and trust such as friends, relatives and neighbours. CCTV cameras have been installed at the Village Hall and Sheering School at significant If you have an elderly resident who you care cost. Recently police traced, using forensic for or who is your neighbour, how about evidence – DNA and fingerprints – two young taking a few minutes of your time to call in on culprits who had broken into Village Hall them and warn them about bogus officials. property. No prosecutions were made but The message we need to get across to them is their parents were informed. simple..... If a person knocks at your door, make sure you put the door chain on before you open it and if you don't know them, don't let them in! We would be very grateful if our more ‘switched on’ members could help to get this message across to the more vulnerable residents in your street. Bogus Policeman We have received information about a bogus policeman calling himself 'Sergeant Phillips'. On a number of occasions he has telephoned local companies telling them that he has somebody in custody at Harlow Police Station who he is interviewing about fraud. He then asks if they have any unauthorised transactions of over £150 on their credit cards and asks for details of the cards and the holder of those cards. He gives a false telephone number which, of course, is disconnected when rung. Once again the message is simple..... Do not give out any personal details about yourself or your bank cards to any person who calls you to request them.....and that includes callers alleging they are police officers! Tony Ellis, Crime Reduction Officer, Epping Police telephone 01992 561212 extension 28145 6 Lower Sheering stake holders to come to Sawbridgeworth District Councillor Report Station and talk to us about the future. I plan to send out a questionnaire with the next In the July edition of the Sheering News around the topic of transport Sheering News I wrote of in and around Lower Sheering. What do we providing you with an update of have and what do we need? If you wish to get both Parking issues and Traffic involved I would be pleased to talk to you. calming in Lower Sheering. The Just give me a call. We are a diverse area of road most in question is at the community and that’s what I love about Sawbridgeworth Station end of Sheering Lower Sheering but we do need to work and Lower Road. Anyone who uses that stretch of live together and we can work together on road will be aware of the bottle neck caused these issues to the benefit of us all. by the line of parked cars. A meeting with Essex County Highways and members of the The Parish Council have submitted requests Parish Council took place and plans have for Vehicle Activated Signs. In short, they been submitted showing parking restrictions are 30mph signs that flash if you’re not and restricted waiting. At my request travelling at the right speed. They also Spencer Brooks the Senior Highways gather data which will have long term Engineer wrote an open letter. benefits. It’s a relatively new system and has the support of Essex County Council. A “A meeting of EFDC and District Members in financial contribution would be helpful but 2004 agreed the need to implement revised doubtless they are restrained in their budget. parking restrictions at specific locations Like all these projects they can take a long throughout the District in order to alleviate time to happen but at least the wheels are in the most acute parking difficulties … a letter motion. was sent in July 04 to all the residents and businesses … a large number of objections I visited the Open Space adjacent to the were received “ In a most recent update he Luxford Estate along with members of writes, “where it is considered necessary for Sheering Parish Council. It’s a lovely place road safety the objection is not upheld and for a picnic and both Epping Forest Leisure the proposals will proceed”. (A copy of this Services who are in charge of maintenance letter is available upon request). and Epping Forest Country care who are visionary in their approach to public spaces On an issue such as this I will always support made a site visit. We are all delighted that it safety and commonsense. I fully support and is finally open for everyone to use. recommend that these parking restrictions take place. As for when they will happen it’s Epping Forest Arts have visited a new venue difficult to say but I believe it may be within in Lower Sheering for a drama/dance the next six months. production and it’s their hope to encourage the children living in the village to get Commuter parking in residential areas is a involved. It’s a great opportunity for our problem throughout the district but we all talented children to get together and have have a right to park safely and economically some fun. and sadly this is no longer an option at Sawbridgeworth Station. I attended a Finally, it’s wonderful to see the new Network Rail Seminar along with Sheila Caves playground finally coming together. The from the Parish Council. We spoke to Parish Council have worked incredibly hard representatives from Network Rail, One, BAA to secure funding for this project. The Stansted and other Councillors facing similar playing field has been cause for concern for problems. The transport links the station many years and now it’s a dynamic and gives us is indeed a great asset but I need to interesting place to spend time. I hope it can get some reassurance that the powers that be used and enjoyed by all. be are aware of how it’s changing and the Kind regards effect those changes are having on our lives. Cllr Heather Harding The seminar’s underlying theme was improvements, investment and vision. My PS The landlord of the Railway Hotel, near response to them was good! Let’s see some Sawbridgeworth Station, has kindly offered of that in Lower Sheering. to have a Polling Station in his car park for residents of Lower Sheering to vote. More A meeting is planned with commuters who news on the May 2007 elections in the next want to support improvements. I have also edition. invited representatives from all the major 7 PARISH COUNCIL NEWS Sheering Parish Council Recreation Fields Equipment Parish Council meetings are open to any Most of you will have noticed the work being Sheering resident. Time is set aside for public carried out in both recreation fields. participation to discuss any parish problem at Bigfoot the company contracted to do the the regular monthly meetings. work are now finished. Meetings are held in the Village Hall starting There is still some remedial work to be done at 7.30 . The next meetings are: to the ground in Lower Sheering. This will be done as soon as possible. Wednesday 10th Jan (Precept) Both parks are open for use so let your Wednesday 24th January children enjoy the equipment. Wednesday 21st February I must make you aware of the unsung heroes that have given up their weekends over the Wednesday 21st March last few months to remove the old equipment, break up the hardstanding and Parish Councillors remove from the site ready for the new John Harrington-Chairman 722556 equipment to be installed. Ron Ainsworth 734333 The Parish Council would like to thank Allan Turner & his son Bradley of The Plashets who Bill Bedford 734229 not only gave their weekends but supplied Graham Bishop 830234 the necessary machinery to take on this task, They have saved the Parish Council, and of Sheila Caves 725578 course residents, a lot of money which went John Huff 734724 towards additional equipment in the lower David Le Grys 734160 field. I would also like to thank the few Parish Isobel Marsden 734281 Councillors that also gave up weekends to Richard Morgan 731243 help. Rodney Northwood 724514 A note now to dog owners: the Lower Sheering park is a no-go area for dogs; it Joyce Thomas 734259 always has been and there is a notice to state this but some dog owners have ignored Clerk to the Parish Council this, but be aware there is soon to be an on Mrs Donna Harris the spot fine and an even bigger one if the dog fouls and the dog owner does not clear Laurel Cottage The Street it up. Think of the small children using the Sheering Bishop's Stortford CM22 7LT parks and footpaths before you let your dog 734039 foul. District Councillors Please also be vigilant of vandals. If you see any equipment being vandalised please Heather Harding Lower Sheering 420009 phone the police as this equipment is very mobile 07711 066934 expensive and it’s your money that has paid [email protected] for it. John Harrington Richard Morgan Sheering Village 731243 Chairman Sheering Parish Council County Councillor Anthony Jackson Currance House, Epping Up- Citizens Advice Bureau land, Epping, Essex CM16 6NN A donation of £250 has been made to Email: [email protected] Harlow Citizens Advice Bureau. Elections 2007 Parish Council Tree Wardens If you wish to stand for election as a District Councillor or Parish Councillor in the May Isobel Marsden 734281 2007 elections you will need to apply to Ian David Le Grys 734160 Willettt, returning officer at EFDC before the next edition of Sheering News in April 8 Local Democracy Online

Public access to local government has entered the digital age in Epping Forest as the district council launches live webcasts of its meetings. Residents with internet access can now watch debates as they happen or log on later to watch individual items in which they are interested. Three cameras have been mounted in the council chamber in the Civic Offices and one member of staff will direct them remotely. Equipment costs for the first year are being met from a £17,000 Government grant, after which councillors will review the service. Council leader Di Collins said: "People often say that they are out of touch with local government. Webcasting should open up the work of the council for everyone." To view a webcast, visit: www.eppingforestdc.gov.uk and follow the link.

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[email protected] 13 visit as always and there will be lots of stalls Our now annual BBQ, held at Valerie & Ron with plenty to do and spend your money on!! Monk’s in July was a really good We are always looking for new ways to raise evening. The weather was just funds so we have teamed up with right, and the many games kept easyfundraising who offer a great service us all amused at the same time as where you can shop with Amazon, Toys R Us, making money for the Essex Air Ambulance. Tesco Direct, Ebay, Play.com and many more. The Essex Air Ambulance Charity Day in All you have to do is log on to August was once again a great success: 72 www.easyfundraising.org.uk/sheeringschool players and many helpers and guests enjoyed and shop as normal, it doesn’t cost you a food and drinks served all day at the penny and for every purchase that is made ‘Sheering Restaurant’ which were all supplied the school receives a donation, so next time by donations. It was a lovely sunny day so that you are shopping online we would be many were able to sit outside. A grand raffle grateful if you would keep us in mind. also took place and at the end of the day we May I take this opportunity to wish everyone made over £1,060, some of this being a Happy Christmas and New Year and Thank donations. Thank you to many local people you for your support at all our events that came and supported us. throughout the year. August also saw another trip to the Harlow Pamela Gaines. Dogs, and another one is planned for Chairperson P.T.F.A December. Many members had a good day out at August Walk Folkstone with a Fun day run by BAA Stansted The walk in August was well attended and an excellent day out all paid for by the everyone had a good time. We walked past Airport. A Friendly game that was the reservoir by Shrubbs Farm and up rearranged with Woodford Wells was a very towards Down Hall . good afternoon out for sixteen players. The Christmas walk is planned for Wednesday Our League games are going very well with 3 wins and just 1 lost. October saw two teams going to the Epping Gala; great day out but no wins. We have our Captain’s Fun Day coming up in November and our AGM and Presentation Dinner/Dance in December. If anyone would like to come along and have a go, they would be made more than welcome. Maureen Wright (Secretary)

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Sheering Flower, Produce and Craft Show 2006 A wonderful display of died just days after last flowers, fruit,, vegetables, year's show. craft and produce were on A minute's silence was show for the Annual Flower also held for villager Show in September. Hamid Lesan, who died The winners were Ron Felsted suddenly two days for vegetables, fruit & flowers; before the show after Barbara Barker for cookery; suffering a heart attack. Sheila Bibby for wine; Ann Hamid had been a Andrews for craft and regular contributor of Sheering’s Artist of the Year flowers and vegetables Omar Girling for “Journey to Barbara Barker unveils the plaque to and had also been Japan”. Stan in the Village Hall. It reads: involved in organising About 80 visitors attended In Memory of Stan Barker the Flower Show for many years. the event. Member of Village Hall Committee There was also a moment for School Governor Stan's wife, Barbara, said both men were reflection when a plaque was Former Member of the Parish Council prominent figures in the unveiled in the hall in memory Who died 7th September 2005 of Stan Barker, who was a village and would be leading light In Sheering and proud of the festival's 15 success this year. She added “I'd like to thank the members of the Parish Council and the Gordon Crossley, the Village Hall Management Committee for judge for the putting the plaque up In the Village Hall.” children’s artwork, This year’s show organisers Linda & Ron deliberating over the Ainsworth and Barbara Barker would like to entries. thank Linda Griggs for setting up the hall and Joyce & Michael Vincent for their invaluable help on the day. For next year’s show to go ahead volunteers are needed to help set up tables and clear away at the end of the show. The Cookery judge Ann Andrews Ruth Abbey testing Receiving the the chutney with Downtons Cup from the fruit & Kath Martin vegetable judge in the background.

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The where the whole thing is message of that first chapter of Little Women a financial headache, and may make us smile now - and the more a long way from the tea cynical of us may be reaching for the sick towel and lavender bag - bag - but somewhere deep in all of us there or, for those of us with is, I think, a need to feel virtuous at this wartime memories, the one time, a feeling of guilt that we have so much handkerchief or duster (!) for which precious in a world that has so little. The ritual of coupons had to be surrendered.. ‘giving and getting’ has long since got out of It's a long time now, I think, since children proportion, and in these comparatively took a stocking to hang at the foot of their affluent days the thrill of unwrapping a bed on Christmas Eve. If they do, this would Christmassy package no now be considered just the whimsical hors longer gives o n e t h e d'oeuvres before the main meal of 'real' anticipatory tingle that it once presents to be served later. But for the young did. A child who expects - and child, bigger isn't necessarily better. Who now gets - a toy every time he goes with his can remember waking in the first light (or mother to the supermarket can't be expected earlier!) and by wriggling the toes beneath the to jump for joy on Christmas morning unless sheets get the thrill of hearing the rustle or the goods on offer are bigger and better tinny chink, and in a stage whisper letting a than what has gone before, no matter that brother or sister know that 'He's been!' And Mum and Dad will still be paying for them then the bulging, misshapen stocking (surely when the next Christmas's catalogues land one could never wear them afterwards?) How on the doorstep. Now that the first bit of best to prolong the pleasure of emptying it? tinsel and sprig of plastic holly are to be Personally I favoured the 'in at the deep end' seen earlier and earlier, and the shopworkers approach; that is, I plunged in and grabbed. steel themselves for three months of ‘Silent My more thoughtful sister took out each item Night’ on the musack dispenser ... No, I and inspected it carefully before moving to mustn't exaggerate. the next one. There was usually a skipping And yet, and yet .... rope, and crayons, and a pocket-sized board game, and a piece of doll's Where did it go, that Christmas magic? And house furniture whose fault is it that it has become the (we didn't have a tawdry, commercial affair that we now have? doll's house, but The Industrial Revolution has much to answer that didn't matter). for, with its uprooting of a working population At the foot of the from the countryside, where stocking was, of course, a well- Nature had taken its leisurely polished apple, a tangerine in course from time silver paper, a sugar m o u s e immemorial, and where (which one didn't eat) and a new midwinter was the logical penny - all of them seeming time for a bit of cheering to me to be magical after their oneself up. Once the 'dark bizarre journey through the f r o s t y satanic mills' took over, stars. I don't think I ever ate the apple and something had to replace the simple rural tangerine; they were too special, although jollity which, of course, cost very little. they did look very like the fruit on the Presents, if they were exchanged at all, sideboard. When family circumstances usually took the form of something to eat and improved, we did get promoted to a drink. In the new commercial world, that pillowcase, but it was never the same. 21 It may be hard to convince children that it is operated from the other end of our hamlet, more blessed to give than to receive, but who sometimes knocked at the door before watch a child's face as he gives his mother a they had sung a note, and never got beyond homemade Christmas card or kettle holder, the first verse. They despised us and we gave the anxious eyes waiting for approval and the them a wide berth. (We felt insulted if our time-honoured assurance that it was just 'customers' cut us short before we'd finished). what she wanted. I remember my own Looking back now, I marvel that our parents, pleasure in my early years, working out my in many ways so protective, allowed us to go present-giving list, priced to the last missing, unsupervised, down dark country ha'penny, prior to our pre-Christmas trip to lanes for an hour at a time. Off we'd Woolworth's. (Oh, the wonder of Woollie's at set, wrapped up in scarves and Christmas time! Such colour, and glitter, such mittens, either with a torch or, on contrast with the bleak grey world outside). one occasion at least, with a We didn't have pocket money as a regular candle-lantern, shuffling and thing, and such cash as we had was what we giggling, but 'sobering up' as we had earned ourselves, plus the crept up pitch- black pathways so occasional postal order that we might reach the door without from a kind aunt. We announcing our presence and arousing the made it up to the required dog. Home at the end of it, to scalding cocoa amount by carol singing - and the counting of the loot. Considering but that isn't to suggest that these were hard times, we usually did very this exercise was a mercenary well, though there were some houses where, thing. We not only enjoyed it, ourselves and a one suspects, even a penny was a largesse couple of friends, but we prided ourselves on the household could ill afford Though once, a giving pleasure, and value for money. We normally disagreeable man gave us half a eschewed the old hackneyed ones, the 'Good crown. We liked to think our music mellowed King Wenceslas' and 'While Shepherds him - but my sister said he was probably Watched'; they were the favourites of the drunk. bigger and less conscientious gang who Happy Christmas! 22 What's On Sun 17 Dec Hatfield Forest Christmas Carols Fri 15 Dec & Sat 16 Dec The Shell House. Sing Carols and enjoy the Bishop’s Stortford Christmas Continental winter landscape. 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Last year you recycled 11,467 tonnes of domestic rubbish which would otherwise have been destined for the land fill to try to reduce the amount of waste we create site. Glass recycling reduces landfill and cuts waste Last year you recycled 3,814 disposal. tonnes of Green waste !! Every tonne of glass recycled extends the life Essex alone produces in excess of 1,000,000 of our increasingly scarce landfill sites. In tonnes of waste per year and it has to be terms of weight, glass makes up about 8% of disposed of safely. household rubbish. Essex is rapidly running out of landfill space. Any increase in the amount of glass recycled A typical Essex household produces nearly a means savings on escalating waste collection tonne of waste every year: About 70% of the and disposal costs. contents of your bin are recyclable. We must Reduce reduce the amount of rubbish going to landfill As well as recycling and reusing we can also sites, which will help keep down the rising cut landfill and help prevent climate change by cost of waste disposal along with conserving reducing the amount of waste we produce. diminishing raw materials not to mention Simple methods include: protecting our environment and our children’s environment. • looking for goods with less packaging or packaging which is easily recycled and End of Landfill avoiding plastic packaging where possible New European laws mean that in order to • re-using items when you have finished with protect our drinking water them, like envelopes or turning household from pollution, landfill sites waste into compost for the garden will no longer be able to be used for waste disposal. One • recycling everything the Council asks you to alternative is incineration but such as green waste, paper, cardboard and many people are against this textiles due to possible toxic gas But please remember not to put anything in emissions. Other methods of your blue box, which is not on the list of disposal are being considered recyclables. This causes delays in sorting and and tested but in the it will end up going to the tip. meantime we all have a duty 30 www.sheering.org.uk DOMESTIC & Web Tips Did you know you could see whether trains COMMERCIAL

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During the month of October two well known “Essex Celebrities” visited Sheering School. At the beginning of October Bishop David, Bishop of Barking, spent an afternoon at the school. He was shown round the school by two School Council members and met pupils and staff. He also led an assembly, Councillor McEwen showed great interest in which involved many of the meeting of the School Council and was the pupils. Bishop David’s kind enough to answer questions about his visit to Sheering School role as Chairman of Essex County Council. He was part of his Week’s also talked about the local environment and Mission to Harlow. the importance of helping one another in the The second celebrity to visit the school was community. Councillor Gerard McEwen, Chairman of Essex The pupils of Sheering County Council. As part of Democracy Week, School were especially School Councils had been asked to invite their excited to see Councillor local councillors into school. McEwen arrive at the Councillor McEwen kindly agreed to attend a school in a chauffeur- meeting of the School Council at Sheering driven Daimler, with the School, which consists of representatives from number plate ECC1. each year group and meets regularly to find Perhaps one day one of the present School ways of ensuring that the school is a happy Council Members will follow in Councillor and safe place in which to work and play. McEwen’s footsteps and serve as Chairman of Essex County Council! From the beginning of this year two of the

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1st Sunday 11.00 Family Service 6.30 Evensong Holy Trinity 2nd Sunday 8.00 Holy Communion (1662) 11.00 Matins or Morning Prayer 3rd Sunday 11.00 Holy Communion 4th Sunday 8.00 Holy Communion (1662) 11.00 Morning Worship 5th Sunday Either 9.30 Holy Trinity, Hatfield Heath Joint Service OrOrOr 11.00 St. Mary's Sheering Sheering Sunday School and Club: for young people (ages 3 years and upwards) Sunday School meets every 2nd and 4th Sunday, beginning in Church. Sunday Club meets every 3rd Sunday in the Church room. Fun activities including craft, games and bible studies. Occasional walks and BBQ's when weather permits. Mother and Toddler Group in the Church Room Mondays 9:30am Tuesday Teas in the Church Room Tuesdays 2:30pm

The Rector writes world and campaign for a more just world where resources are fairly shared. This, of We have been told that this course, affects us all as it means we have to year has seen the longest and learn to be content with a simpler life style. warmest summer since Christians know that not only did God create records began. As I write (in this wonderful world and give us the minds the third week of October) we and abilities to manage it well but that He is are still enjoying mild weather still deeply involved especially through those and the autumn has hardly who seek to live His way. We know this arrived. It does seem that the seasons are especially because of the fact of history of changing and our weather is always a topic of God stepping into the world in the person of conversation. All this leads many of us to be His Son Jesus. So Christmas is the annual concerned for the long term future whether it reminder that we do not have a distant, is about climate and the effects of change or uncaring God but one who loves and comes whether our world can sustain its ever and gets involved in the messiest as well as increasing population and feed and give clean the best of life. water to everyone. I hope all of us can remember this fact this Many of us are deeply concerned and do our Christmas and be encouraged that God loves bit with recycling and supporting Fair Trade us so much. products and initiatives. Many of us want to Yours sincerely lobby the rich western world governments to Tim Potter alleviate the debt mountain of the developing

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