August Sandon 2016 Parish 40p Magazine Contents August Services P2 Village Contacts P3 Terry’s Letter P4 Tea on the Green P6 Teddy Bears’ Picnic P7 The Ulysses Contract P8 Ladies’ Breakfast P9 Churchyard Comp P10 Southend Choir P12 Summer Fete P13 Bible Bite P14 Registers P15 South Sudan P16 Bradwell Adventure P18 A Million Gifts P19 About Grand Parents P19 Church Fabric News P20 Post Brexit P22 August's Recipe P26 Our Page P27 Contacts Back Page August Church Services St. Andrew's, Sandon Sandon Parish Contacts Tuesday 2 nd 9:30 am Holy Communion Howe Green URC followed by Tea and Chat Rev Mark Meatcher [email protected] Pam Knott 471691 Thursday 4 th 8:30 am CCG Morning Prayer at Danbury Essex County Councillor Sunday 7 th Trinity 11 Ian Grundy 01277 840737 10:00 am Sung Eucharist Chelmsford City Councillors 3:00 pm Tea on the Green Richard Ambor 222874 4:00 pm Songs of Praise on the Green Bob Shepherd [email protected] 223709 Tuesday 9 th 9:30 am Holy Communion Ian Wright [email protected] 226289 Sandon Parish Council followed by Tea and Chat Ron Bullus [email protected] 473633 Thursday 11 th 8:30 am CCG Morning Prayer at Sandon Cedric Calmeyer [email protected] 478900 th Sunday 14 Trinity 12 Martin Cross Vice-Chair [email protected] 478910 8:00 am Holy Communion Rosemary Hoare [email protected] 473974 10:00 am Morning Prayer Dee Hyatt Chair [email protected] 697015 Tuesday 16 th 9:30 am Holy Communion Clerk [email protected] 477111 Richard Mbonye [email protected] 476800 followed by Tea and Chat Sandon Village Hall Thursday 18 th 8:30 am CCG Morning Prayer Julie Fisher Chair 475976 at Little Baddow Evelyn Ellis Vice-Chair 222682 Sunday 21 st Trinity 13 Ray Kerslake Bookings 472386 10:00 am Sung Eucharist Uniformed Organisations’ Leaders Tuesday 23 rd 9:30 am Holy Communion Jean Blake Group Scout 603155 Susan Little Brownies 01621 840525 followed by Tea and Chat Jane Ronaldson Girl Guides 07939 047987 Thursday 25 th 8:30 am CCG Morning Prayer Janet Bernardes Beavers 476830 at East Hanningfield Steve Eatly Cubs 07957 802898 Sunday 28 th Trinity 14 Aimee Agombar Scouts 07549 206055 10:00 am Sung Eucharist Women's Institute Tuesday 30 th 9:30 am Holy Communion Dorothy Gray 223609 Sandon Sports Club followed by Tea and Chat Graham Lucas 283730 Page 2 August 2016 Sandon Parish Magazine Sandon Parish Magazine August 2016 Page 3 Terry’s Busy Letter prove that you are a valuable our 3 rd time of holding this event Do you feel busy? Too busy? Is member of the work force and each year the numbers there too much to do? It is a causes stress. Keeping up with increase. There will be Tea and common complaint and people modern day expectations of cake at 3 pm and at 4 pm the also say to me, Oh you must be individuals and families can take Chelmsford Salvation Army will so busy. So firstly I had to think away our free time, so that we play in our Songs of Praise. about what I meant by being cannot 'just be'. This is why Make sure you bring something busy and I set a target of not August is a good time to take a to sit on for the afternoon. being busy 75% of the time. It holiday, taking time out of the Finally, as many enjoy a break, wasn’t, I hasten to add, that I busyness of life and just allow let’s not forget those who cannot intended to sit around doing our minds and emotions time to have a holiday because of poor nothing. What I wanted was to renew. For some, this will mean health, poverty or an inability to deal with how I am about what retreating from the world, going take time off work as well as I’m doing. I wanted to be present to a place where the pace of life those who live in areas of who are less fortunate; those in the moment, not to be rushing is slower and peaceful. For conflict, where survival, freedom who live in developing countries, about, but taking my time, having some, it can be going on a and the hope of a safer, peaceful in countries where there is very time for people. It has been a retreat or finding a quiet place life are their priority. little stability or where there is real challenge. What I find when where there is peace and quiet drought and famine. Teach us to I do this type of thing is that I to enable us to ‘be’ and to hear A prayer for this Summer be mindful of those who are become more aware of how I am the voice of our Lord speaking to We pray for all those going on weary with the relentless falling short. The other thing is to us. Others find being active, on holiday this Summer and thank struggle to keep alive; for those notice why I and other people holiday or at home, swimming, you for the refreshment which who can never look forward to a can get quite addicted to being climbing, running or just walking holidays give us, the excitement, good meal and a comfortable busy, and I think part of it is we helps them to be renewed and the freedom from routine and bed, and those who barely have feel more important and needed refreshed. Children love the new experiences and the necessities of life, much less when we are busy. summer holidays, being with opportunities. We pray for those its extras. Amen. family, spending time with So it’s about not being busy. grandparents, playing in the park Taking a deep breath and and garden. We have enjoyed noticing what’s going on around some lovely summertime me, opening the window and weather recently. Now the smelling the air. It is also talking schools have broken up, some to God about it and asking for families will be enjoying holidays God’s help. If God can’t help with either in England or further peace in our own hearts, what is afield. August is the time when the use of God and prayer? we can all take a break. As far as There is much written about how Church events are concerned we stressful life is today. Having to have Tea on the Green on work long hours and having to Sunday 7 th August. This will be Page 4 August 2016 Sandon Parish Magazine Sandon Parish Magazine August 2016 Page 5 th Did you miss it last year? Sunday 7 August Teddy Bears’ Picnic The teddies were then secured Tea on the Green 3pm–5pm to the rope with a harness and … clip ready for If so, make sure you don’t miss it this year! Over 150 people came last descent! Eager faces waited year. We look forward to seeing more this year! their arrival at the other end of At 3 pm you will be served a free cup of tea or coffee and homemade the rope! cake . WHEEEEEEEEEE!!…………… At 4 pm we will be joined by Chelmsford Salvation Army Band Safe landings every time! Phew! for a ‘Songs of Praise’. Then we did it all over again… Do join us and make sure you bring something to sit on. and again, and again! We also played ball games in the churchyard in the glorious Oh what fun we had! Once again sunshine, had sparkly glitter abseiling the teddies from the tattoos from Emma Read and church tower was brilliant fun enjoyed a delicious afternoon and had our little ones running to tea… with cake, of course. and fro with joy! Well done to all those brave So how does it work? Firstly we bears and miscellaneous fluffy invited all our little ones to a bedtime buddies and thank you special treat for their bears (and to the lovely families for bringing miscellaneous other fluffy them along. bedtime buddies) as we Alison Read concluded that, as they do a lot and The Teddy Team of hard work through the year keeping us company and helping us to sleep, they deserved a The Claydon Clinic Flowers by Mary treat themselves! So we got some very brave • Beautiful Floral designs people to secure the rope to the Physiotherapy • For home, office, weddings, top of the church tower and then Sports Injury Rehabilitation anniversaries, birthdays etc. secured the other end to the tree Acupuncture • Big or small occasions in the churchyard. The bucket • Traditional to contemporary www.theclaydonclinic.com designs then got lowered down from the Tel/fax 01245 401255 • Affordable prices tower and the children popped • Free local delivery their very brave buddies inside. Email. [email protected] 01245 477926 Time to say ‘Bon Voyage’ and Old Southend Rd, 07929 840631 the bucket was pulled up to the Howe Green CM2 7TB [email protected] top! EEK! Brave bears! Page 6 August 2016 Sandon Parish Magazine Sandon Parish Magazine August 2016 Page 7 The Ulysses Contract this would be to sign up with and The result was that Ulysses also compete with friends at successfully steered his boat My attention recently turned to Weightwatchers, to have an past the Sirens and so brought how we all have different regions agreement with another smoker his men safely home! in our brains competing against that one will not crack first (with each other! For example we agreed heavy penalties), to So in all of the above listed might decide to do something agree with a long term friend to examples we could structure sensible in the long term such as go to the gym every Wednesday things in the present so that our ‘losing weight’, ‘giving up say! future selves cannot misbehave.