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Kingston Parish & Church Magazine July 2015 Village Diary Weekends in July Cambridge Open Studios 11am-6pm Saturday 18th July Church Gift Day 10-12, 2-5pm Orchard Cream Tea 3.30-5.30pm Wheelie bin collection dates Friday 3rd July Black bin Friday 10th July Blue and green bins Friday 17th July Black bin Friday 24th July Blue and green bins Friday 31st July Black bin Editorial The main church fundraiser is happening this month. Once again we are planning to open the tower to give villagers a unique view of the village and surrounding countryside. Intrepid teddies will be able to parachute off the tower so come and make your teddy’s parachute during the day. Secondhand books and cards on sale. The Parish Cream Tea will be held in the Orchard from 3.30pm. All events are free to villagers but donations to the church are welcomed. Hope to see you there! Holiday season is approaching. Let’s see how far the magazine can get this summer! Please take a photo of the magazine in your holiday destination and send it in. Please send emails to me, Mandy Ray, by the 20th of each month. [email protected] Kingston Parish and Church Magazine July 2015 Vicar’s Letter July heralds warmth and blooming gardens for us; long summer evenings, fields swaying with tall crops and possibly the thought of a holiday away from it all for a week or two. Exams are over, schools break up and for many there is a welcome feeling of peace and rest as we touch the mid-point of the year. July has long been a time of celebration and many customs and traditions have grown up around it. Although it is the 7 th month of the year for us, it was the 5 th month in the calendar of the ancient Romans: they called it Quintilius , which means 5 th , but the Roman Senate changed it to Julius (July) in honour of Julius Caesar, who was born on 12 th July. The Anglo-Saxon names for July were Heymonath or Maed , referring to hay-making and the flowering of meadows. We have our own local summer traditions, like our village fetes, but there are many quirky and quaint July customs around the country, for example Swan- upping: this annual census of swans on a 70-mile stretch the River Thames takes place during a 5 day journey up the river in July. The Whitstable Oyster season officially begins on 25 th July, which is St James’ Day. Whitstable Bay on the north Kent coast has long been famous for its oysters. Old Kentish tradition has it that Julius Caesar was attracted to Britain because of Whitstable oysters. On St James’ Day, locals hold an Oyster festival, when fishers and dredgers celebrate with a festival of thanksgiving. Saints’ Days were often the basis for local customs and beliefs. Perhaps the most famous is St Swithun’s Day on 15 th July. The belief is that whatever the weather is on this day will remain for the next 40 days: St Swithun’s Day, if thou dost rain For forty days it will remain. St Swithun’s Day, if thou be fair, For forty days ‘twill rain nae mair. It’s a month closely associated with the family and friends of Jesus. His grandparents, the parents of the Virgin Mary, Anna and Joachim, are commemorated on 26 th July. In addition to James, another of Jesus’s closest friends, Thomas (famous as ‘Doubting Thomas’) is remembered on 3 rd July and the first person that Jesus appeared to after his resurrection, Mary Magdalene, is celebrated on 22 nd July. One of the families which was closest to Jesus, Mary, Martha and Lazarus, is remembered on 29 th July: they frequently offered him hospitality in their home, and when Lazarus died Jesus wept with sorrow. Jesus restored Lazarus to life, four days after his death, as a sign of the new resurrection life Jesus was himself soon to experience. 1 Kingston Parish and Church Magazine July 2015 I hope that July is a time of peace and restoration for you, whether that involves time away with friends and family taking part in special summer events or enjoying summer life in our beautiful villages. Alexandra Church Services for July Sunday 5th June Holy Communion 8.30am Sunday 12 st June Evening Prayer for Archdeaconry 6.00pm Sunday 19 th June Family Service 10.30am NB This month Evening Prayer will be on the second Sunday of the month, the 12 th July, and will be a service for the whole Archdeaconry of Cambridge, with a choir. All are very welcome to come along. Family Service Coffee Rota 19 th July Suzy Stokes Church cleaning 1st Sunday Peter & Suzy Stokes 2nd Sunday Donal & Monica O’Donnell 3rd Sunday Linda Rimmer 4th Sunday Janet Clear 5th Sunday Peter Reynolds Church flowers and brasses 5th July Joan Reynolds 12 th July Linda Rimmer 19 th July Linda Smith 26 th July Lee Steele CHURCH GIFT DAY SATURDAY 18 th July The Gift Day will be take place this year on Saturday 18 th July, 10 -12 noon and 2 – 5pm. Please see enclosed flyer. Barring high winds and rain, the church tower will be open (over 12 year-olds only) and there will be a teddy bear parachute jump at 5pm. Books and cards for sale and refreshments available. Combine a visit with the Orchard Cream Tea from 3.30-5.30pm. 2 Kingston Parish and Church Magazine July 2015 Papworth Team Ministry Team Evening Service Sunday 19 th July 2015 6.00 pm at St Andrew’s, Caxton NO SERVICE IN AUGUST RESTARTS:- Sunday 20 th September 2014 6.00 pm at St Michael, Toseland (please note change of venue) Praise, Prayer, Teaching For Information the dates for the rest of the year are: 20 September, 18 October, 15 November. _____________________________________________________________________ Summer at the Museums 2015 www.cam.ac.uk/museums/summer Discover summer adventure and fun on your doorstep 23 July – 2 September 2015 Pack more into your holidays this summer and join museums in Cambridge and beyond for some family fun and adventure. 23 venues across the County will be presenting a jam-packed programme of drop-in and bookable creative activities, events and trails - all part of the annual Summer at the Museums line-up. Whether it’s something to do on a rainy day, a day out close to home, or a bit of hands-on creativity, we have loads of activities and events for you to choose from. From creating miniature masterpieces at the Fitzwilliam Museum, solving detective mysteries at the Farmland Museum or travelling through the ages on the Burwell Museum Time Travel Bus, this year’s Summer at the Museums ‘What’s On’ guide is full of events and activities to keep everyone entertained. You can also keep a record of your visits throughout the summer with our accompanying museum passport. Use it to collect a stamp from every place you go. Free ‘What’s On’ guides and passports will be available from all participating museums or collections from 20 June. Alternatively, order your own from www.cam.ac.uk/museums/summer. 3 Kingston Parish and Church Magazine July 2015 4 Kingston Parish and Church Magazine July 2015 Confirmation Courses – starting September Home If you are interested, or know someone who is, Communion in attending confirmation classes please contact If you are a regular worshipper and become a member of clergy. We hope to hold courses housebound we still want for both adults and young people. Thanks. you to be able to share in the life of your Christian community. If you are The Home Front in Cambridgeshire having difficulty getting to church, but a lift would This summer a broad range of events and activities make that possible please will be taking place across the county to mark the contact the team office 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. on 01954 719718 and we will be able to help. If “The Home Front: Cambridgeshire Commemorates you cannot get out and the End of WWII” is an online programme of would like to receive Holy community events taking place between May and Communion at home September 2015. This programme marks an please let the office know opportunity for Cambridgeshire residents to come and we will arrange for together to remember the wartime effort, the sacrament to be celebrate the peace in 1945 and learn and brought to you on a reminisce about the 'unforgettable forties' era. Get regular basis. This also involved and help to recreate some of the mood applies to those who are and spirit of the summer of 1945 in seriously ill and bed Cambridgeshire in 2015. bound. www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/WW2 'Rendezvous Holiday Week 2015’ Tuesday 18th - Friday 21st August in Papworth. (4 days of activities for the over 65s). If you’d like to book your place now or would like more information, please call Anne on 01480 880672. Everyone Welcome! 5 Kingston Parish and Church Magazine March 2015 17 Kingston Parish and Church Magazine July 2015 Date Title T.E.W Bourn King ston Caxton Longstowe Ju ly 5 Trinity 5 10.30am 8.30am 8.30am HC(1 HC(2) HC(2) 12.15pm Baptism Ju ly 12 Trinity 6 10.30am 6.00pm EP 10.30am 8.30am Worship for All (Archdeaconry) HC(1) HC(2) Ju ly 19 Trinity 7 6pm at 8.30am 10.30am 10.30am Caxton HC(1) FS All-age Service Ju ly 26 Trinity 8 10.30am 10.30am MW HC Aug 2 Trinity 9 10.30am 8.30am HC HC Aug 9 Trinity 10 10.30am MP Aug 16 Trinity 11 8.30am 10.30am HC(1) FS+Baptism Aug 23 Trinity 12 10.30am 10.30am MW MP Aug 30 Tri nity 13 10.30 am Full Team (HC) at Bourn 6.00 pm Evening Prayer (Flower Festival) at Yelling HC Holy Communion MP Morning Prayer MW Morning Worship FS Family Service EP Evening Prayer _________________________________________________________________ A short, prayerful service of Holy Communion is celebrated every Wednesday at midday in Bourn Church Anyone from around the Team or beyond is welcome to attend .