F M The old red phone box outside the Church 4th Sundays: A short traditional Holy Commun- Hall makes a great library, and I know that lots ion service without hymns at 8.30 will be fol- of you use it, but for these three monkeys it lowed (from October) by a Parish breakfast in made an even better hide and seek haunt! Now the Church Hall. You can also come to the I wonder whose really cute grandchildren they breakfast without the church bit! See page 5. might be....? 5th Sundays: The Three Churches which share a Vicar (Silsoe, Pulloxhill and Flitton) will often Instead of telling you about a particular church come together for a joint service in one of the service this time round, I want to bring to your churches. This is usually at 10am. attention that we have changed the times of our services - this is something of an experiment, Special Services: Just to mix it up a bit, for and is in response to what you told us in your certain services, like Harvest, Remembrance questionnaire replies last year, when you Day, Easter or Christmas, the pattern will be asked for more informal services and more different... Just when you thought you had it varied times. So now you have a choice! straight, eh? 1st Sundays; Family Service will start at 10.30 The full list till Christmas is on page 3 as usual, with activities for younger children and refresh- and details of the service for the week will ments for all, then continue at 11 with a short always be up on the notice board outside the informal service. church. 2nd Sundays; Holy Communion with Choir will Enjoy this issue,and here’s hoping the summer be at 9.30, and will feature a slightly different lasts for all the great events coming up! order of service, a lot more easy to follow and just as suitable whether you choose to take communion or just join in the service. 3rd Sundays: Matins will be at 11 as usual. Village website? It’s at; http://flittongreenfield.bedsparishes.gov.uk Church website; www.3churches.co.uk Contact Clare at [email protected] From Your Parish Council ... Keep up to date with what’s going on in Flitton, Greenfield and Wardhedges Councillor/Co-opted members vacancies Ever thought of becoming a parish councillor or at least being co-opted onto one of the committees in which you may have an interest with a view to possibly standing next time there is an election in 2015? It is an ideal opportunity for you to make your voice heard as to how the village should be run. There should be 10 councillors but at present there are only 8 although they are supplemented by some co-opted members. There are only 6 full P.C. meetings each year which is not too onerous. If anybody is interested in an informal discussion prior to committing themselves please contact either Nick Thompson (Chair) on 01525 860421 or Debbie Lawson (Clerk) on 01525 860377. New cycle track Most of you will have seen and hopefully walked or cycled along the new track leading from the back of the Woodlands Estate to the top of the playing fields. It is intended shortly to fit 2 new bicycle racks in the top corner of the rec so that children from Woodlands can leave their bicycles safely without cycling on the rec which is of course strictly forbidden. It is hoped when funds allow to extend this cycle track to the top of Sand Road Flitton. Un- fortunately the track has already been abused with motorised vehicles being used for joy- riding. Please note that motorised vehicles of any kind are strictly forbidden on this track. Help needed tracing relations of deceased persons Following a recent safety inspection of grave headstones, the Cemetery Sub Committee is looking to locate any relatives of Horace Smith or George and Clara Sargeant who were buried in the 1970’s. From local knowledge it is thought that they moved from London and lived together in a bungalow which has since been demolished, near the Village Hall. If anyone knows how to contact their relatives please email the Clerk to the Parish Council on [email protected] or call Deborah Lawson on 01525 860377. New notice-board It is hoped that in the not too distant future a new notice-board will be erected in Green- field opposite Cornerways Garage and where it used to be situated. However the cost is exorbitant and the P.C. are wondering if anyone would be interested in utilising their wood- working skills and making one for the parish. Obviously the cost of all materials would be reimbursed. Anybody interested please contact Debbie Lawson (Clerk) Allotment vacancies There are vacant plots at both the allotments on Flitton Hill and at Joe’s Close Greenfield. Contact Gareth Ellis on 0780 9873124 or [email protected] (Flitton Hill) or Kathy Wright on 01525 714724 or [email protected] (Joes Close) Cows An incident occurred some weeks ago when two ladies were charged at by cows in the field at the back of Mill Lane. Although cows are normally extremely placid it appears that on this occasion this was far from the case. The Parish Council would therefore like to re- mind walkers about advice from the National Farmers Union and Ramblers Association when walking in a field of grazing livestock. See Page 7 for this advice ‘Flit ‘n’ More’ is published and distributed by the Parochial Church Council of St John the Baptist, Flitton. The Editor is Angela Ayres, Sunnyside Cottage, Cobbett Lane, Flitton MK45 5DX, 01525 860723, [email protected] Please note that views expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the Editor or Parochial Church Council. ADVERTISE YOUR EVENT/ORGANISATION IN FLIT’N’MORE... THAT’S WHAT IT’S THERE FOR! The next issue will be out in Dec 2013 for events up until February. Please contact Angela if you have something to publicise or Simon on 861727 if you would like to advertise. Free for voluntary groups, very good rates for businesses. Services for Autumn 2013 at St John the Baptist, Flitton There’s a new pattern to the times of our services - see Page 1 for an explanation Sun 1st Sept 10.30am FAMILY SERVICE Activities for small children and refreshments 11am for everyone at 10.30, followed by a short informal service at 11 Sun 8th Sept 9.30am. Sung Communion NEW EARLIER TIME Sun 15th Sept 11am. Matins Sun 22nd Sept 8.30am. Holy Communion from the Book of Common Prayer No hymns, a short traditional service Sun 29th Sept 11am. HARVEST FESTIVAL a Family Service - see page 4! Mon 30th Sept 7.30pm. Harvest Supper in the Church Hall. See page 4! Sun 6th Oct 10.30am FAMILY SERVICE Activities for small children and refreshments 11am for everyone at 10.30, followed by a short informal service at 11 Sun 13th Oct 9.30am Sung Communion Sun 20th Oct 11am Matins Sun 27th Oct 8.30am Holy Communion - a short service, no hymns - followed by PARISH BREAKFAST at 9.15 in the Church Hall. - see page 5 Sun 3th Nov 10.30am FAMILY SERVICE for All Saints Day 11am Sun 10th Nov 9.30am REMEMBRANCE DAY SERVICE This year different timing for this important day. At 9.30 there will be a short ceremony with the 9.45am British Legion at the war memorial in the churchyard. We remem- ber the sacrifices of others and our troops currently serving in Af- ghanistan. Then at 9.45 we move inside for our Holy Communion Service. The names of parishioners who gave their lives in two World Wars are read out, before the silence at 11 am. Sun 17th Nov 11am Matins Sun 24th Nov 8.30am Holy Communion - a short service , no hymns - followed by PARISH BREAKFAST at 9.15 in the Church Hall- see page 5 Sun 1st Dec 10am Three Churches Service: Holy Communion for Advent Sunday at Silsoe - no service at Flitton Sun 8th Dec 4.30pm CHRISTINGLE - a magical children’s service Sun 15th Dec 6.30pm. CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT Sun 22nd Dec 10.30am BLESSING OF THE CRIB - a short service for the very young and all the family. Tues 24th Dec 9.30pm FIRST COMMUNION OF CHRISTMAS Wed 25th Dec 9am Christmas Day Service at Pulloxhill No service at Flitton (There will be more details of the Christmas Services in the December issue) Over the last couple of year’s our harvest festival and harvest supper have been quite literally a moveable feast, and just to confuse you it’s actually a different date to the one given in the last issue! Our popular Harvest Supper and Auction of Don’t be shy, bring along some splendid Produce takes place in the Church Hall on produce to our Harvest festival on Sun Monday 30th Sept at 7.30 pm. The festivi- 29th Sept from 10am and help us make ties include a delicious hot main course the church look fab. This year, the dry (courtesy of the White Hart) plus pudding, goods are going to our local Food Bank, and once again our Auctioneers are David (see below) but fruit, flowers, greenery, Stoppard and his Harvest Elf, John Smith. vegetables, jams and pickles, cakes and Who could wish for more! yummy things will all go to our charity Tickets are £10 from auction, so give us your greens! Sarah Burrows on 717129 We had a great spectacular and very mov- A big thank you to everyone who support- ing service for Armed Forces Day, including ed our first food bank collection.