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December 2014, January 2015 Link Stansted Mountfitchet Village Magazine Cover photo: We have no record of who submitted this. If you took this lovely photo, please contact the Editor so that we can include an accreditation next month. www.stanstedlink.org.uk The Link is produced by Stansted Mountfitchet Magazine Community Interest Company Editor: and supported by local churches, businesses and the Parish Council. Each edition is Yvonne Ayres 01279 814706 also available online at www.stanstedlink.org.uk. [email protected] Advertising: EDITORIAL Mike and Marion Dyer 01279 814059 Yes it’s that time of year again; but before the pre-Christmas panic-stricken [email protected] rush to get everything prepared sets in, consider helping those struggling just Or check on website for prices to survive. It could be as easy as giving a little time, money or suitable items for the Distribution Queries: children’s Shoe Box Appeal on page 9, or donating clothing, toiletries or bedding to David Horton the Whitechapel Mission for the homeless (page 11). Offering to help with the cur- 01279 813680 rent refugee crisis is more of a commitment but a worthwhile one, see page 20. On [email protected] the other hand there are some individuals who like to help themselves - to other people’s possessions! Properties in nearby villages including Newport have recently Treasurer: been burgled and as the festive season approaches we all need to be extra vigilant Alan Wheeler and security conscious – unfortunately burglars don’t stop just because it’s 01279 813745 [email protected] Christmas. Bonfires and fireworks can be hazardous and scary to some including most pets, so enjoy 5th November (or the 7th at Elms Farm) but please be careful and Directors: considerate. Malcolm Lloyd (Chairman) Susan Bone Catherine Dean CONTENTS Sarah Ludlow-Elston Dick Pollard Church News 2-4 The Hundred Parishes Society 25 The Link AGM 4 Rhodes Theatre 25 Printers: Stansted GP Surgery 4 Saffron Hall November Highlights 25 CZ Design and Print Village Events 5 Ugley WI 27 01279 657769 Magna Carta Quiz Answers 7 Beekeeping 27 Magna Carta 7 Birchanger Nursery 27 Bishop's Stortford & District Henham Christmas Market 27 CIRCULATION: Footpaths Association 9 Stansted Business Forum 29 The Link is delivered free to Operation Christmas Child 9 over 3000 homes and Friends of St James the Great, Stansted Messy Church 9 businesses in Stansted Thorley 29 Stop Stansted Expansion 11 Mountfitchet. Further copies Gardening Tips 29 Whitechapel Mission 11 may be purchased for £1 Worst Christmas Present Ever? 29 Stansted Evening WI 11 each or £11.00 for the year, Stansted Mountfitchet U3A 31 plus postage. Birchanger Wood 13 Rita Morson's Book 31 Stansted Hall & Elsenham Citizens Advice Bureau 31 Cricket Club 13 music@stansted 33 CONTRIBUTIONS: Farnham Primary School 13 St Clare Hospice 33 by email (preferred), up to Stansted is Well Read 13 Local History Society 33 300 words in a Word Barkers! 14 Nature Notes 35 document, please, to: Saffron Walden Choral Society 14 Did You Know? 35 [email protected] West Uttlesford Guiding District 14 Inner Wheel Club 35 by noon on 11th November Investigators 15 Family Behind the Name - for the December/January Huw Johnson Club 15 Gilbey Crescent 37 issue Mountfitchet Garden Club 15 Stansted Mountfitchet Windmill 37 or by hand to: Rainbow Pre-School 17 Forest Hall School 37 7 Blythwood Gardens, Stansted Football Club 17 Stansted Tennis Club 39 Stansted CM24 8HG Stansted Cricket Club 17 Memory Teaser - The Answer 39 by noon on 8th November Stansted Bowling Club 17 Christmas is Still Coming! 39 for the December/January Stansted Network 19-22 Index to Advertisers 40 issue Directory of Local Clubs 23 DISCLAIMER Opinions in The Link reflect those of the authors and contributors. Publication (on paper or electronically) of articles, advertisements or product/services information does not constitute endorsement by The Link nor is any culpability accepted for work undertaken by advertisers. Stansted Network is compiled by Stansted Mountfitchet Parish Council. 1 THOUGHT FOR THE MONTH At this point in the calendar our thoughts traditionally turn to Harvest Festival - giving thanks to God for His provision during the year. Throughout North America, Thanksgiving (November in the USA and October in Canada) has become a more formalised holiday but the idea of celebrating or giving thanks for what we have remains a constant theme. Often in life we become so fixated with what we don’t have and what we want, that we forget to take time to appreciate the many good things that are already ours. I was recently reminded of the following statement: If you have food in your fridge, clothes on your back, a roof over your head and a place to sleep you are richer than 75% of the world. If you have money in the bank, your wallet, and some spare change you are among the top 8% of the world’s wealthy. If you woke up this morning with more health than illness you are more blessed than the million people who will not survive this week. If you can attend any meeting you want—political, religious, social … then you are luckier than three billion people in the world. If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the agony of imprisonment or torture, or the horrible pangs of starva- tion you are luckier than 500 million people alive and suffering today. If you can read this message you are more fortunate than three billion people in the world who cannot read at all. In the New Living Translation of the Bible, 1 Timothy 6:17 says: ‘Teach those who are rich in this world not to be proud and not to trust in their money, which is so unreliable. Their trust should be in God, who richly gives us all we need for our enjoyment.’ Let us remember this year to be thankful for what we have. Howard Page Stansted Family Church ROMAN CATHOLIC St Therese of Lisieux High Lane, Stansted CM24 8LQ www.sttheresastansted.org Priest Father John Garrett Minister Rev'd Roy Fowler Office Tel: 816889 Tel: 814809 Email: [email protected] [email protected] Masses Saturday 6.00pm Lettings Marion and Mike Dyer Sunday 10.00am Tel: 814059 Holy Days of Obligation 8.00am and 7.30pm [email protected] Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri 9.30am Preachers for November Confessions 1st 10.30am The Worship Team - New Directions Saturday 10.00am 8th 10.50am Remembrance Service at St John’s and by appointment th 15 10.30am Maureen Kendall Baptisms By appointment 22nd 10.30am Rev’d Roy Fowler - Communion 29th 10.30am Mike Render Messy Church THE RELIGIOUS We were very pleased to be part of Stansted’s first Messy Church which was so successful (see article on page 9). SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) Quaker Meeting House, 71 Chapel Hill The Place on the Hill – every Wed and Fri 9.30am-12.30pm Stansted CM24 8AE Our free Wednesday and Friday drop-in, with Art for All on Clerk Jane Mitchell the first Friday, and storytime on the third Friday of each Tel: 503024 month. Free refreshments and internet, good company, space for the children to run around, plus a quiet area with Email: [email protected] comfy seating. Come and join us – all ages are welcome. For more information or if you need transport to get to The Lettings Richenda Whitehead Place, please contact us. Tel: 07773 603618 Email: [email protected] Marion and Mike Dyer Meeting Sunday, 10.30am Tel: 814059 Email: [email protected] Light Group 10.30am-11.15am Saturday 14th November 2 www.stanstedfamilychurch.com Contact: Howard and Ros Page All enquiries The Church Office, St John’s Hall, Tel: 810813 St John’s Road, Stansted CM24 8JP Email: [email protected] Tel: 815243 Office hours: Mon 9.00am-12 noon Mon, Our Christian beliefs are conventional, we are just doing Wed, Fri church differently. Email: [email protected] This month’s @27 meeting (contemporary worship and a Website: www.stanstedstjohns.btik.com th Bible-based talk with discussion) will be on Wednesday 18 Rector Rev’d Paul Wilkin November at 7.30pm. For topic and venue, please contact us Tel: 812203 using the details above. We were delighted with the enthusi- Email: [email protected] astic response to Stansted’s first Messy Church (see page 9) Director of Anne Brooks and look forward to the next one on Sunday 6th December. Music Email: [email protected] For information about activities and events, including Frequently Asked Questions, see our website. Church Hall Simon Wilson Bookings Tel or text: 07582 856689 Email: [email protected] St John’s Diary Sunday www.stanstedchurches.com 8.00am Said Holy Communion Food Bank 9.30am Choral Eucharist (1st, 3rd and 4th Sundays) A huge thank you to everyone who donated food at various 9.30am Family Communion (2nd Sunday) Harvest Festivals for the benefit of Stansted Food Bank. The Monday-Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday stocks are now looking very healthy and will be used to pro- 8.30am Morning Prayer vide food parcels for those in serious need in the village. Tuesday There are services of Francine Cope 9.00am St John's Tots Holy Communion on the Carol Singing Wednesday first Tuesdays and This year’s village carol singing is on Tuesday 22nd and 9.00am Morning Prayer Wednesdays of the Wednesday 23rd December (venues to be confirmed) at 10.00am Holy Communion month in Norman Court, Hargrave House and 6.30pm – we are hoping that the earlier start time will Monday-Thursday and Saturday Broome End Nursing encourage more people, particularly children, to join us.
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