3. Welcome Editor: Sue Kenneally 4. St. Andrew’s - Rev’d. Mark Payne The Old Cottage, Brickhouse Road, CO6 2HJ 5. Café Church; Pastoral Care T: 01787 220402 Prayers For The Parishes 6. Luminous Goes Pancakes! E: [email protected] 7. Church Services for February All copy should be sent to Sue. 8. Church Notices; Seekers Design: Jonathan White 9. F.A.C.E.S.; Recycling E: [email protected] 10-11. Gardening 13. Colne Engaine Ladies Advertising: Terry Hawthorn 14. Graveyard Extension 6 High Croft, CO6 2HE. T: 01787 223140 16. Earls Colne Museum E: [email protected] 18. School Hall Hire; Stay and Play All advertising should be sent to Terry. 21. The Flower Girls 22-23. Colne Engaine Festival 25. The Village Hall 27. Youth Club; The Mothers’ Union Our monthly magazine (double issues 3.30 Express in July/Aug and Dec/Jan) is delivered free 31. Women’s Institute of charge to all 400 households in Colne 33. The Essex Lottery Engaine and Countess Cross. 34-35. Parish Council Notices 38. Foodbank Shopping List 1/4 Page 62 x 88mm £10 / £55 pa 39. From the Four Colnes’ Magazine 1/2 Page 128 x 88mm £17 / £80 pa 41. Poppy Book Club Full Page 128 x 188mm £20 or £110 pa 43. Correspondence - Robin Greatorex Cheques payable to Colne Engaine PCC. 45. Readers, please remember to mention 46. Ladies Group Forthcoming Events this magazine if you answer any of the 47. Senior Citizens Lunch advertisements. 50. Whist Drives We welcome advertising in our magazine, 21. Correspondence - Margaret Hill 52. Walking Groups the income from which helps to cover 51. Earls Colne Library production costs. This does not imply any 54. Useful Numbers; Advertisers Index endorsement or approval of the products 55. On the Buses and services mentioned in the advertising. 56. Defibrillator Operators This magazine is produced for the villagers 57. Like The Stars In The Sky of Colne Engaine by St Andrew's Parish 59. Village Diary Church. FOR THE MARCH 2020 ISSUE PLEASE PROVIDE TH SUBMISSIONS BY 4 FEBRUARY 2020 Please provide Editorial in Word and Advertising as .jpg file 2 / www.colne-engaine.org.uk After a fabulous and busy Christmas and New Year, it was back to earth with a bump come the first week of January, all the boys in the house back to work or school, I could finally catch upon the mundane – the washing, restocking the food cupboards that had taken a battering over the previous few weeks, changing the beds, de-sparkling the house. Back to football clubs, swimming clubs, being a general taxi driver. And oh how I love the normality of it all. I’m not a great lover of New Years’ Resolutions, but this year I thought I would take part. So my resolution is to say the phrase ‘willy-nilly’ a whole lot more, if anything, it makes people smile a little when I use it and I’ve caught a couple of my friends using it in the odd place without realising it. This week my husband sent some old prints he had acquired off to a framers to be cleaned and re-framed, we had never opened up the back of these prints by local-ish (he was born in Colchester and resided for a part of his life in Chelmsford) artist C H Baskett before, and was quite surprised at what was discovered. Upon opening one of the etchings, there was discovered a 90 year old Christian Science Monitor newspaper from Boston USA. It made for fascinating reading, with articles as we would see today about what to wear in an office, about the weather (mostly rain), talk about the oil fields of Irak (yup, spelt like that!) and so on (I wanted to go through it with a red marker and correct all the Americanisms and odd-spelt words.). My favourite entries were ‘Warring on Medical Quackery’ (more for the title than the content), a section written in German (no idea what it is about, but talk about inclusion) and an advert from First National Stores suggested foods for Summer Menus, which included Red Cap Ammonia (not sure when that should be eaten…) Sealect Milk (direct from seacows perhaps?), Libby’s Corned Beef and Lard! I am now thinking of slipping a couple of copies of the Village Magazine under the floorboards of the next room we renovate for prosperity and for someone to have a giggle over in 100 years’ time. The magazine as always is packed full, and as this is the year of the Village Festival, keep a look out for all the events that are coming up (see pg. 22 and 23 to start with). Get practising with your artistic skills during the Doodle evenings down the pub (see pg. 19), learn to do some flower arranging with the new village Flower Club, see pg. 21, then win all the rosettes at the festival with your new found skills. Until next month. Sue Editor We are coming to the time of year where we see hopeful signs of Spring and yet we know that Winter could still have a sting in its tail. And we may be feeling that about the future too. Perhaps we are frightened as we look into the future of this year, we may be trying to look forward positively and yet not sure if there might be bad news around the corner. How do we approach life with all its uncertainties? We could take a lead from Celtic Christianity which closely followed the rhythms and seasons of natural life especially the seasonal year. Just as we know that following the harshness of Winter there follows the new life of Spring, or even the daily reminder that as one day ends and the darkest night draws in, it will be followed by a new dawn and a new day. So much imagery in the Bible draws on these natural cycles of life which remind us that there is the promise of new life and that God is the author and sustainer of all life. What we see here is merely a foreshadow of the eternal life that God has in store for us. I find the words of the English mystic, Julian of Norwich, to be a real source of reassurance, ‘God loved us before he made us; and his love has never diminished and never shall’ and ‘all shall be well, all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well.’ So, let us look forward with confidence that God never leaves us but accompanies us through all of our life’s journey (whether we are aware of God or not). And let this inspire us to encourage and support each other whatever the year may hold. If you are finding things hard at the moment and you would welcome a conversation with me or one of our Pastoral Care Team please give me a call on 220347 or email [email protected] Blessings, Mark 4 / www.colne-engaine.org.uk Would you or a friend like a visit from St Andrew’s Church, Earls Colne a member of our pastoral care team? Just give one of them a ring. Sunday 16th February 2020 Ann Norris: 222015 It’s Church, but not as we know it! Beryl Amy: 223486 Service starts 6.30pm. All Welcome! Terry Hawthorn: 223140 Prayers For The Parishes — every Thursday Date Time Venue 6th February 9.00 - 9.30am 12 Brook Street, Colne Engaine 13th February 9.00 - 9.30am 7 Tapestry Court, Earls Colne 20th February 9.00 - 9.30am 12 Brook Street, Colne Engaine 27th February 9.00 - 9.30am 7 Tapestry Court, Earls Colne Luminous Goes Pancakes! Tuesday 25th February 2020 3.30pm St. Andrew’s Church, Earls Colne Free Pancakes! Crafts ● Games Fun for all ages ● All Welcome 6 / www.colne-engaine.org.uk Date Time Church Service Readings Season 10am EC Morning Worship 10am CE Morning Worship Ephesians Presentation of 2nd 1.11 – end Christ in the Holy Communion 10.30am WC Luke 6. 20 - 31 Temple (CW) 6.30pm LM Benefice Evensong 10am EC Morning Worship 1 Cor 2:1-12 9th Third before Lent – All Age Matt 5:13-20 10am CE 10am CE Matins Gen 1:1–2:3 CE Holy Communion Rom 8:18-25 Second before 16th 10am EC (CW) Lent Matt 6:25-34 10.30am WC Morning Worship 10am EC Morning Worship 2 Peter 1:16-21 Sunday next 23rd Matt 17:1-9 before Lent 10am CE Holy Communion Saint Andrew’s Churches EC - Church Hill, Earls Colne CO6 2RG. / CE - Church Street, Colne Engaine CO6 2EY. WC - Boley Road, White Colne CO6 2QB. / HA - Parsonage Street, Halstead CO9 2LD. LM - Church Road, Lt. Maplestead, CO9 2RG. / GT - Gestingthorpe, CO9 3AX. Services CW = Common Worship / BCP = Book of Common Prayer Contact Us Rev. Mark Payne has been licensed to the Colnes in a service that took place at Earls Colne on the evening of 5th November 2019. For Baptisms, Weddings and Funerals: Please contact The Reverend Mark Payne on 01787 220347 or [email protected] For all other matters: Please contact the churchwardens of the church in question: Earls Colne Colne Engaine Mr. Ray Wood - 01787 224140 Mr. Terry Hawthorn - 01787 223140 Ms. Helen Sherfield - 01787 222526 Mr. Desmond Shine - 01787 223378 White Colne Mr. Christopher Chamberlain - 01787 222200 Midweek Communion Services in the Colnes Tuesdays 9.30am The pattern of services in the Colnes will be St Andrew’s Earls Colne subject to change.