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Tel: 01778 344478 Mobile: 07974 939120 For brochure or informal visit please contact Sue Burcham RGN Tel: (01778) 560649 or 560831 PIANO TUITION INCLUSIVE Preparation for CHILDMINDER Associated Board Exams (OFSTED Registered) or just for pleasure Full or Part-time care offered at Tallington All your child care requirements Children and adults catered for met in a safe and friendly home environment. Pamela Westgate 01780 740879 Call Anita on 01780-749373 CLERGY VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVES Rector: Carolyn Kennedy Tel: 01780 481786 Barholm with Stow - Mrs C Baldwin. 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These are the Nuthatch and Treecreeper. They are both birds of woodland, parks, churchyards, The Rectory, Uffington orchards and gardens. Male Nuthatches give their presence away by their spring calls and songs, which include squeaks, Dear All trills, twitters and even the occasional wolf-whistle! Once spotted, they are striking to see with th their grey backs, orange-cream-chestnut underparts and a black band across the eyes, likened to a This year Holy Week falls at the end of March, with Easter on the 27 . Mothering Sunday is on the 6th, with an informal service at Tallington at 10.30am, when we’ll bless bunches of flowers for highwayman’s mask! th They search for insects in and under the bark of trees, and can also feed on nut bags at the bird the children to give out, then Palm Sunday is on the 20 - why not come along for the blessing table, and sometimes hop about on grass looking for insects. They are unique in Britain, as the of the palms and the reading of the Passion story at the services that day. only bird species that can run down as well as up tree trunks, and are constantly busy in the branches and on tree trunks looking for food. Their long beaks are good at prising away bits of There's plenty going on in Holy Week across the group, too, with at least one service every day, bark, and also opening, or hammering at, nuts and seeds – this gave rise to their traditional name so that you can follow the story right the way through the week and walk the way of the cross. of ‘nut-hack’. On Monday and Tuesday evenings there will be communion services at 7.30pm - Monday at Greatford, Tuesday at Uffington - and on Wednesday there will be a communion service at 10am Treecreepers are very difficult to see because of their flecked and striped black, brown and cream at West Deeping. On Thursday evening there will be a commemoration of the Last Supper upper feathers that camouflage them so well against tree trunks. They are small, and when starting in Braceborough village hall and moving on to the church - see the separate notice for busily hunting for insects and spiders under the bark of trees, they look like little mice running details. This is a great opportunity for fellowship as well as a chance to learn about the first up the tree trunks. But when there are no leaves on the trees, they can be seen clinging on close Holy Week, and well worth coming to. to tree trunks and branches, running in a spiral fashion up the trees in short, jerky movements. They have long, downward-curving bills, likened to tweezers or a dentist’s probe, and which are Good Friday is going to follow the same pattern as usual. The church services will take place as very efficient at finding their food. usual, in West Deeping at 11am and Uffington at 2pm, and once again some of us will be walking (on footpaths, not the road) from one church to the other, with a pause in Tallington on the Treecreepers spend most of their time on or in trees, feeding on invertebrates under the bark, way. You can come to just the services, just the walk, or join us for part of the route - check the nesting behind bark flaps, and sleep in hollows in the bark. They particularly love the spongy posters at each church for exact timings, and let's hope that the weather stays fine... There'll thick bark of Wellingtonia conifers in which they hollow out depressions for roosting and resting also be our usual evening service at Barholm at 7pm. If you want to make something, you can come and build an Easter garden at Uffington at 3pm after the service, and enjoy a hot cross in, and which must be particularly warm and sheltered! Donna Radley and Tim Barfield bun. Easter Day will be full of services - not only will there be a communion service in each church, WELLAND MOTHERS’ UNION th as usual, but we're going to start the day with an Easter Vigil and the lighting of the new fire, Monday 4 March. otherwise known as a dawn service. The good news this year is that, as the clocks change on Women's World Day of Prayer 2.00pm at Easter Day, the service is later than usual – not until 6am… That’s when we’ll gather in the dark The Methodist Church, Deeping St James. to read Bible stories by torchlight, as we wait to celebrate the discovery made at break of day, when the women went to the tomb and found that Christ had risen. As a sign of the light of March 21st 2.00pm. the risen Christ coming into the world, we'll light first one and then another six Easter candles, Quiet afternoon with John Batty, St Andrew's Church, West Deeping. and take them on to the parishes for the communion services later in the day. Why not stagger Further info. From Elizabeth Noble 01778 344674 Anne Batty 01780 740151 out of bed and really know you're celebrating Easter - and don't forget to bring bells/jangling keys/anything else that makes a joyful noise, for use during the service. Uffington villagers are starting up a ukulele group at UVH, Please come and join in on Easter Day and during the preparation for it, as we experience the probably on a Tuesday evening. richness of the Christian story and celebrate the new life God gives us in Christ. Yours, Carolyn Kennedy. If you or someone you know are up for this, please get in touch with Vanessa Kimberley 01780 239463 or [email protected] SUPERFAST BROADBAND ARRIVES IN TALLINGTON GREATFORD Church Flowers: none until Easter Day, then Jean Cross Church Cleaning: Sue Barker and Jean Cross Church Services: The services – which everyone is most welcome to attend – are: 13th March: Holy Communion at 9am; 21st March (Monday) Holy Communion at 7pm (a short said service for Holy Week); 27th March, EASTER DAY: Holy Communion at 9am. BT Openreach have finished installing our new green cabinet on Bainton Road (opposite Church Becket Window: The new stained glass window in the church was dedicated in a joyous Lane) and it is up and running. Speeds of up to 58Mbps down and 25Mbps up are available Candlemas Service by the Archdeacon of Boston, the Venerable Dr Justine Allain Chapman, to a depending upon the broadband supplier and your distance from the green cabinet. Everyone in full congregation from across the benefice. After the service Helen Whittaker from The Barley the village should see a significant improvement over the previous speeds of 3Mbps down and Studio gave a talk on how the life of Thomas Becket formed her inspiration for the design and 0.2Mbps up.