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IInterfacnterfacee where Church and Community meet May 2014 Interface SPECIAL WEB EDITION Full Colour The Parish Magazine for Felsted, 50p Flitch Green and Little Dunmow IN THIS EDITION The Editor Church Directory Church Services This Month ......... 4 Introduces Sunday for Younger People .......... 4 www.felstedchurch.org.uk A subscriber recently Weekday Worship ........................ 4 popped a note through Licensed Ministers: From the desk of the Vicar ............ 5 the door of their Vicar Reverend Colin Taylor 01371 820242 [email protected] Our Charity for this month ............. 6 distributor. It read Readers Sonia Merritt 01371 823046 Robert Stone 01371 821477 London 2 Brighton Challenge ....... 7 “With thanks and Jo Pratt 01371 821620 Colin Priestman 01371 820197 Felsted at St Paul’s Cathedral ... 8 - 9 appreciation to all those who have produced, New Felsted Publication ............. 10 contributed to and delivered our parish New Season at Stebbing Parochial Church Council Officers: magazine throughout the year. A great Tennis Club .................................. 11 FELSTED LITTLE DUNMOW unifying community service.” The wonderful Be a Video Star at the Felsted 450 Churchwardens sentiment expressed in the note is much FUN DAY celebrations .................. 11 Eddie Kelly 01371 820018 Joyce Stone 01371 820564 appreciated by the whole team, all who give Felsted Garden Club .................... 12 Jamie MacKay 01371 820483 David Stone as above their time free of charge. I have to say my Events Pages ....................... 13 - 19 Secretary own thanks to the team. Producing Interface Tour De France Update ................ 20 Sue Kelly 01371 823100 Sonia Merritt 01371 823046 each month is no mean feat and most editions What to do if there is a Power Cut 21 Treasurer begin at least six weeks before the publication Felsted Friendship Club ................ 22 Ian Butler 01371 821175 Ian Shaw 01371 820372 date. Christian Aid Week ....................... 23 Both P.C.C.s bank with CAFBANK. Cheques should be made payable to: New Community Hall .................... 23 This month we are looking forward to Felsted Felsted P.C.C. Little Dunmow P.C.C. Felsted Memorial Hall ................... 24 450, which will be a marvellous opportunity for Sort code: 40:52:40 acct no: 00006007 Sort code: 40:52:40 acct no: 00010225 Buzzing with Success ................... 24 the whole community to celebrate with Peter’s Cat .................................... 25 Felsted School. Other Useful Contact Details: Flowers & Cleaning Rotas ............ 25 Organist Crèche Flowers in May ............................. 25 Robert Stone Andrew Beaton 01371 821243 Lesley Taylor 01371 820242 Parish Registers ........................... 25 Editor Choir Junior Church Local Services Directory ............... 26 Bryony Rees 01371 821990 Rachel Peart 01371 822731 Trade Directory …………...... 27 - 28 Fabric Officer Rock Solid Felsted—Jamie Mackay 01371 820483 Sylvia Taylor 01371 820242 Lt Dunmow—Ted Bryant 01371 820995 YPC Ed and Helen Fenning [email protected] Bell Ringing Tower Captain David Learmonth 01371 820398 Verger Gift Aid Secretary Eddie Kelly 01371 820018 Ian Shaw 01371 820372 See a previous edition of Interface in Magazine Team: full colour at www.felstedchurch.org.uk Editor Robert Stone 01371 821477 [email protected] Sub Editor David Learmonth 01371 820398 Trade Directory Editor 01371 821477 LARGE PRINT EDITION DEADLINE FOR NEXT EDITION Distribution David Woods 01371 821665 AVAILABLE ON REQUEST Noon on Sunday 4th May 2014 TO EDITOR email: [email protected] Cover Photograph: Tomb of Richard Rich, founder of Felsted School, by Ed Itor 3 SERVICES IN MAY From the desk of the Vicar Felsted Little Dunmow Dear Friends calls the shots. His word is unbreakable. Holy Cross Church The Priory Church His law is our obedience. His truth is Spring is not alone in Truth. SATURDAY 4:00 pm Choral Evensong bringing new life.. 3rd May Prayer Book Society Service But we like our old life. We like our old Spring is flourishing all purposes. We are happy to live for Sun 4th May 9:00 am Holy Communion BCP around us. Green ourselves. We’re on our way. And we’re 11:00 am Holy Communion CW 3rd Sunday of Easter shoots and new life doing it our way. much in evidence. 9:00 am Morning Prayer CW Sun 11th May 9:00 am Holy Communion CW Now, if we happen to get a little Jesus on 11:00 am Morning Prayer 4th Sunday Spiritually we should never underestimate the side – a few better habits, a nice of Easter the gift of new life in Christ. We are new church even, that’s good. Whatever helps. 9:00 am Holy Communion BCP Sun 18th May creations. The old has passed away, and 10:30 am Morning Prayer BCP But we aren’t looking for conversion. We 11:00 am Morning Prayer 5th Sunday of Easter aren’t interested in new birth. We’ll be fine th without it. We don’t need another Lord in 9:00 am Morning Prayer BCP Sun 25 May our life. We’re managing in that role just 11:00 am All Age Service 6th Sunday of Easter 4:00 pm Priory Prayers fine. At least that what’s we’ve always believed. SUNDAY FOR YOUNGER PEOPLE: “Little Doves” Crèche for children 0-5 years available from 10:45 am. And come to think of it, it is a belief. Faith Junior Church welcomes all children aged 5-11, and meets each week, except on the in self-reliance, self-direction, self- fourth Sunday of each month. Junior Church takes place during the 11:00 am Service at autonomy, and the inevitability of progress. Felsted. For details contact Rachel Peart. Rock Solid is a group for young people aged 11-14, meeting weekly from 10:30 am at the The good news for brokenhearted sinners Vicarage. Contact Sylvia Taylor for further details 01371 820242. is that God can make you a new person YPC is a group for teenagers aged 14-18. Contact Ed and Helen Fenning for details and give you a new purpose. The bad [email protected] news is that lots of contented, self- sufficient, too-proud-to-ask, too-big-to- the new has come. follow types will miss out on the new life WEEKDAY WORSHIP When you become a Christian you may God offers in Christ. Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, wake up the next morning with the same family, the same job, the same house, the Best Regards, as working for the Lord, not for human masters Colossians 3 v 23 same money, the same looks, but, you are a new person and you have a new Wednesdays at 9:30 am. Holy Communion Service in Holy Cross Church, Felsted. purpose. You no longer live for yourself. Fridays at 9:15 am in the Priory Church, Little Dunmow. Prayers for the community. But let’s be honest, this is why many people do not come to Christ. Home Groups. There are home groups meeting throughout the week. Details are available from Rev. Colin Taylor. Living for another is a tough ask. If we Holy Communion at Home. Please contact Rev. Colin Taylor if you know anyone who want Jesus as Saviour, we’re going to get would like to receive Holy Communion. him as Lord. And if he is Lord, then he 4 5 Ten percent of the church income is given to a range of charities. Each is featured here monthly and on a board at the church. This month it is the turn of :- CMS is an evangelistic community who feel called to serve mission working to see alongside local Christians in other cultures, a world transformed by wherever in the world that may take them. the love of Jesus. Gautam and Sabrina 100 kilometres (that’s 62 miles) in less have developed our own laws with regard CMS believe in every Money, our link than 30 hours – that’s the target. to walking: member of the church mission partners If there is a strong wind or rain, it will The end of May Bank Holiday will see a being involved in the from CMS are be driving directly towards you; small group from Holy Cross take up this mission of Jesus. working in India. When a car is trying to pass you from year’s London2Brighton challenge. Currently 2,500 CMS They have been the front, there is generally another making links with members live in the UK. For the last eight months, the six of us coming the other way: The Intermission They are concerned for have been preparing for this challenge, Whatever you may think, Essex is NOT Industrial Development Association, a mission locally, as well with trips to the gym (occasionally), a flat county. CMS partner organisation based in as in the rest of the training walks on both an individual and Chennai. Gautam will be working with You can find out more about the challenge world. team basis and getting our equipment and IIDA, doing some public relations, at the London2Brighton website at http:// hydration/nutrition sorted. www.london2brightonchallenge.com/ CMS is committed to seeing indigenous fundraising and sponsorship work, CMS missions established globally – including setting up a medical lab, and Apart from pounding the roads of Essex on Who are we? enabling local mission leaders to follow working to make contacts with local an individual basis: The walkers are Colin Taylor, Graham God’s leading. So far this includes CMS businesses to promote their vocational and We have walked the full length of the Kelly, Jon Tredwell, Michael Turner-Jones, Africa, AsiaCMS, and in the coming years, technical training programmes. Flitch Way from Braintree to Tilekiln Ed Kelly and James Mackin. they hope to see a Latin America CMS Green (Bishops Stortford) and back – a Sabrina will be working on the website for mission started.