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July Sandon 2014 Parish 40p Magazine Contents July Services P2 Who’s Who P3 Terry’s letter P4 Sandon Village Walk P6 St Peter’s Chapel P8 Quiet Day Report P10 Forthcoming Events P12 Essex Police Dogs P14 Registers P16 Toddler Rocks P17 Prayer and Healing P20 Christian Aid Thanks P23 Joan Kennedy P24 Jane Beavan P25 God Held Me P26 Sailing with the Bishop P27 Open Gardens Report P28 Plot to Pot P30 Our Page P31 Church Contacts Back July Church Services St. Andrew's, Sandon Sandon Parish Contacts Howe Green URC st Tuesday 1 Revd Jon Sermon Minister 601662 9:30 am Said Holy Communion Essex County Councillor rd Thursday 3 Ian Grundy 01277 840737 8:30 am Chelmer Crouch Morning Prayer St Andrews Sandon Chelmsford City Councillors Sunday 6th Trinity 3 Chris Kingsley [email protected] 223744 10:00 am Sung Eucharist Bob Shepherd [email protected] 223709 Tuesday 8th Ian Wright [email protected] 226289 9:30 am Said Holy Communion Sandon Parish Councillors th Wednesday 9 Ron Bullus Chair [email protected] 473633 9:30 am Celtic Morning Prayer Cedric Calmeyer [email protected] 478900 th Thursday 10 Darren Chaplin [email protected] 478325 8:30 am Chelmer Crouch Morning Prayer All Saints East Hanningfield Martin Cross Vice-Chair [email protected] 478275 th Dee Hyatt [email protected] 478203 Sunday 13 Trinity 4 8:00 am Said Holy Communion David Pearson [email protected] 471589 10:00 am Family Service Ron Robbin-Coker [email protected] 476808 Tuesday 15th Sue Dobson Clerk [email protected] 227734 9:30 am Said Holy Communion Sandon Village Hall th Thursday 17 Julie Fisher Chair 475976 8:30 am Chelmer Crouch Morning Prayer St Andrews Boreham Evelyn Ellis Vice-Chair 222682 Nick Bobeldijk Treasurer 471756 Sunday 20th Trinity 5 Ray Kerslake Bookings 472386 10:00 am Sung Eucharist Tuesday 22nd St Andrew's Youth Fellowship 9:30 am Said Holy Communion Evelyn Ellis 222682 Wednesday 23rd Uniformed Organisations 9:30 am Celtic Morning Prayer Susan Little Brownies 01621 840525 Thursday 24th Jane Ronaldson Girl Guides 07939 047987 8:30 am Chelmer Crouch Morning Prayer Holy Trinity SWF Janet Bernardes Beavers 476830 Jean Blake Cubs 603155 Sunday 27th Trinity 6 Neville Paul Scouts 474891 10:00 am Sung Eucharist th Women's Institute Tuesday 29 9:30 am Said Holy Communion Dorothy Gray 223609 Thursday 31st Sandon Sports Club 8:30 am Chelmer Crouch Morning Prayer St John’s Danbury Graham Lucas 283730 Page 2 July 2014 Sandon Parish Magazine Sandon Parish Magazine July 2014 Page 3 Terry’s Letter getting our priorities in the are for the really important things correct order by the following - your faith, your spouse, your It was on Friday 12th July 2013 story. family, your health - things that, if that I became your Parish Priest. everything else was lost and only How the time has flown as we A teacher stood before his class they remained, then your life have shared all the events with some items in front of him. would still be full enough. The together. There are some very He picked up a large empty jar pebbles are the other things that important services and events and began to fill it with some matter, like your job, your home which are coming up over the rocks. He asked the class if the and the daily necessities. The summer. On Saturday 12th July, jar was full. They all agreed that sand is everything else.’ my first anniversary, there is the it was. Church Fête between 1 pm and ‘If you put the sand into the jar 4 pm. As last year most of the Next, the teacher picked up a first’, he said, ‘there will be no Fête will be held in the Paddock box of small pebbles and poured room for the important things— of the Old Rectory thanks to them into the jar. He shook the the pebbles and rocks. The John Willsmer. I do hope you will jar lightly. The pebbles, of same goes for your life. If you be able to attend and bring your course, rolled into the open spend all your time and energy friends and relations. Dates for areas between the rocks. He on the small things, you will your diaries are Sunday 3rd then asked the students again if never have room for those which August when we are holding Tea the jar was full. They agreed it are important. Pay good on the Green at 3 pm followed was. attention to the rocks, that are by Songs of Praise with the critical for well -being. Take time Salvation Army. The next day we Then the teacher picked up a for God and let your faith grow. commemorate the beginning of box of sand and poured it into Show love to others. Play with the First World War. There will be the jar, and again he shook the your children or, if you have an exhibition of WW1 artefacts in jar lightly. The sand filled up all none, support a school or youth church, with an opportunity to the small spaces. He then asked club. Take time to look after your light a candle and pray for World once more if the jar was full. The health. There will always be time Peace. There will be a special students responded with a ‘Yes!’ for other, less important, things. service at 10 pm in Church with Set your priorities. The rest is music, poems and prayers which Finally, the teacher produced a just sand.’ will end at 11 pm, the time 100 bottle of red wine from under the years ago that day when war table and proceeded to pour its A student inquired what the wine was declared. contents into the jar - effectively represented. The teacher smiled. filling the empty space between ‘I'm glad you asked. It just goes It is important that as a nation we the sand. The students laughed! to show you that no matter how remember the past and try to full your life may seem, some learn lessons for our lives. I am ‘Now’, said the teacher, ‘This jar good wine will add colour — it reminded of the importance of represents your life. The rocks stands for joy!’ Terry Page 4 July 2014 Sandon Parish Magazine Sandon Parish Magazine July 2014 Page 5 Sandon Village Walk The peacefulness of this ancient ales and tasty snacks. A sociable st Saturday 31 May well-spring of prayer combined time was had by all (including Butts Green Saturday morning arrived full of with the breath-taking views doggies). sunshine and promise, greeting prepared us for the short a broad spectrum of descent to ‘The Cricketers’ in Setting off again down Sporhams Garden Centre adventurers, gathered outside of anticipation of sampling their fine Lane offered an opportunity for St. Andrews Church. Walkers those young enough at heart to & Café ranged from retired with well- cool their feet in the ford, peruse Mayes Lane worn boots, weary workers some country fair at the side of CM2 7RW ready for revitalisation, tough the road, before tackling some of Gifts - Plants - Food teenagers willingly parted from i- the fairly grown in footpaths Open 9:30 am till 5:00 pm phones and blueberries (secateurs next year please!) (whatever…?), to an intrepid before finally returning along the Tel: 01245 223524 bunch of youngsters aged 2½ to beauty of the lakes at the far end for reservations 12 up for a challenge. of Sandon. A big well done and many thanks to those who And so with much chat and an organised what was, yet again, a Congratulations to David Farrar age considerate pace (well done popular community event with all for being the first to correctly Dave) we headed off for new proceeds towards Little Havens complete the crossword in May’s frontiers, soon to find ourselves Hospice and St Andrews Church edition. He wins £10. Terry upon narrow trails through fresh fund. Steve Minney green cornfields, meandering back and forth over the River Chelmer upon single file bridges and enjoying the sight of picturesque narrow boats bobbing at moorings alongside the locks. The poplar trees of Graces Walk, gentle swaying sentinels, offered some welcome shade preparing us for the ascent among ancient oak and beech of Danbury woods to arrive flushed, but still breathing, at the summit of St Johns church. Page 6 July 2014 Sandon Parish Magazine Sandon Parish Magazine July 2014 Page 7 Summer Sunday Evening Services St Peter's Chapel, Bradwell-on-Sea During July and August, the evening services at Peter's Chapel, the place where the land meets the sea and the sky comes close; a place where the distance between heaven and earth is tissue thin. July 6th Revd Caroline Brown Artist 13th Canon John Howden Filmmaker: 'Lights, Camera, GOD!' 20th Sandra Pollerman Storytelling through the Icon 27th Venerable Mina Smallman The drama of the gospel August 3rd Trevor and Revd Pam Thorne The cross and the cosmos 10th Suzy Edmunson 'Gossiping the Gospel: Creative Preaching Through a Puppet.' th 17 Camerata Choral Evensong My son is under a doctor's care 24th Revd Brigid & Laurie Main Music & Healing and should not take PE today. 31st Revd Jonathan Evens Visual Art Please execute him. Tree 7. Tabitha 6. Titus 5. Tarsus 4. Theophilus Theophilus 3. Tiberius 2. 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