Long Sutton Parish Magazine for July 2007

Long Sutton Parish Magazine

July 2008

St Mary

Our parish church is dedicated to St Mary the Blessed Virgin Mary but this is the month when we remember the St Mary Magdalene. Both these women are complex to understand. The Blessed Virgin was probably around 14 to 16 years old when the archangel Gabriel visited her and announced that she had won favour with God. Mary Magdalene was the first person Our Lord met when he had risen. When she went to the Garden to mourn she had no idea that her mourning would turn to joy. Neither of these women are easy to understand, their holiness is so in advance of us. The bible offers little help with either of them, we catch glimpse of them at certain times of their lives. The insights we catch of the mother of our Lord show us that she was a very strong woman, that she was adored by her son. It was his mother that concerned Christ most when he was in extreme pain and suffering, when he was dying on the cross. There are several passages in the bible we attribute to Mary Magdalene, it may have been her indeed is likely to have been her but we are not sure.

If it was Mary Magdalene who poured pure nard on Christ’s feet and wiped it with her hair we can see that her actions hold out hope to us all. This passage is one which is often used as an example of extreme humility. If you read on you find that when the disciples despise the woman who does this probably Mary Magdalene, Jesus turns on them to defend her actions. He tells them to leave her alone and reminds them that ‘she has done what she could, she has anointed my body beforehand for its burial’. Mark 14:3 onwards.

We are very blessed to have the Blessed Virgin Mary as our patron saint, we have no knowledge of why she was chosen or who by. When we look at the lives of both these women what we see are people who had no thought for themselves, no concern for precedence over others. These two people’s concern was not for themselves or their own glory, their concern was to love Jesus. As we worship Jesus we are very blessed to have a Lord who knows each one of us, who will reach out to defend each one of us from evil. Jesus has no concern for where we are in life, his only concern is the love we have for him.

Your parish priest

Fr Jonathan.

Special Services in JULY

Sunday 6^th July

Trinity 7

8.00am Holy Communion

10.30am Sung Mattins followed by refreshments in the hall.

4.30pm Meditative Service of Holy Communion

All welcome.

Sunday 12^th July

Sea Sunday

When we remember the work of Missions to Seafarers

Tuesday 22^nd July

Feast of St Mary Magdalene

9.30am Holy Communion

Friday 25^th July

Feast of St James

Please keep him in your prayers.

ON THE INTERNET OUR PARISH MAGAZINE

You can always access the parish magazine on line. If you don’t have your own computer you can visit it at Long Sutton Library.

Use our two websites

www.longsuttongchurch.org www.acny.org.uk

For the ‘A church near you’ website put in Long Sutton and our church will be listed with a lot of information

Parish confirmations 2008

Bishop Tim, Bishop of Grantham will be coming to our confirmation service at 10.30 a.m. on 30^th November.

There will be adult and young people’s confirmation groups starting late this summer in July. If you would like to explore and know more about Jesus and the life of the church please see and contact Fr. Jonathan.

MOTHERS’ UNION

Meets Wednesday 9^th July at 2.30pm p.m. in the Church Hall. All welcome.

T. & C. GROUP

This month T. & C. meets on Thursday 17^th July in the Church Hall at 2.00 p.m.

The Tea and Chat Group welcomes anyone who is recently bereaved or who would like an afternoon of good company with tea, cakes and people who understand. Lifts can be arranged. Call Fr. Jonathan on 362033.

MUMS & TODDLERS

“The coffee drop in”

Next meeting is on Thursday 17^th July at 10.00 a.m. in the Church Hall

ALL WELCOME

Long Sutton W.I.

Meets at the Conservative Club on Tuesday 15^th July at 7.30 p.m. New members welcome.

EVENTS FOR THE SOUTH AISLE ROOF APPEAL

Mark Wilkinson Jazz Trio

Jazz evening in St Mary's church, the Trio is back by popular demand,

Tickets £5 including a glass of wine.

Thursday 10th July 2008 at 7:30 PM

FRIENDS OF ST MARY’S

We have started a ‘Friends of St. Mary’s’ group for people who would like to keep in touch with events and development of the church. Please contact us on 362033 or email stmary.ls@btinternet.com if you would like your name and address added to this list.

Long Sutton Conservative Club

The Conservative Club will be holding open days every Friday and Saturday throughout the whole of July. Non Members will be free to use the club at this time. Please feel free to come in and use the bar where our staff will be happy to serve all members of the public throughout this period. Also, as an addition to this, the club will stay open throughout the afternoon and early evening on Fridays and Saturdays throughout July which will kept going if proved successful.

LONG SUTTON MIGRANT WORKERS

Free English conversation classes Tuesdays and Wednesdays in Friends Room at the Market House 7.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. Please contact Kay Morley for more information. 01406 363738.

BISHOP’S LETTER

The World comes to Canterbury

To spend nearly three weeks in the company of more than 600 Bishops may not be everyone’s idea of a good time. But it is an opportunity not to be missed. Why?
Quite simply, because the Bishops’ gathering for this year’s Lambeth Conference on 16th July will bring with them stories of troubles and triumphs from all parts of our world. We know that the Anglican Church has a global presence and, day by day, we try to remember our fellow-Anglicans around the world in our Cycle of Prayer. But every ten years we have this chance to meet together in order to deepen our fellowship, broaden our horizons and enrich our awareness of how God is at work in places very different from where we live and work and worship. We will do this through daily Worship, Bible Study and task groups concentrating each day on a different challenge facing us, as we seek to further our ministry and mission into the 21st Century.
But I guess the times spent in one-to-one conversations over meal tables and walking around the University of Kent campus will be at least as valuable as the programmed activities. For example, at the last Lambeth Conference I got to know the Bishop of Belize really well. Sylvestre knew first hand about the impact of guerrilla warfare, international drug-dealing and grinding poverty on his land and people. Suddenly what the news media had to tell me about life in these small Central American republics came vividly into focus, and there was the Anglican Church making a difference to the lives of growing numbers of new Christians in the name of the living God. No doubt my experience was replicated over and over again as the Conference progressed, and we all came away challenged and changed by that experience.
So along with Bishops David and Tim, I will be taking with me stories of Church life and witness here in the Diocese of Lincoln, and no doubt we will return with many stories and much food for thought to share with you all. Please pray for the Conference, and especially for Archbishop Rowan as he seeks to guide us into God’s future where we can be ever more aware of His presence, open to His word and obedient to His will. Some have chosen not to attend this time. That will be their loss – and ours. But the Spirit of God will be moving amongst us and who knows where that might lead …?

ARCHDEACON ARTHUR HAWES

After more than 13 years as Archdeacon of Lincoln, Arthur Hawes is retiring and opportunities will be taken during June and July to pay tribute to his ministry amongst us, give thanks for all he has done for us and with us, and pray God’s blessing on him and Melanie as they look to the future.

Arthur came to Lincoln from the Diocese of Norwich after 25 years in parochial ministry and hospital chaplaincy, and his experience gained in these two spheres has served us well. Not only has he been a good friend and mentor to Clergy and Lay Leaders in our Parishes, he has also ensured that the work of Hospital Chaplains has been supported and strengthened across the Diocese. His particular interest and expertise in matters relating to mental health has been recognised locally and nationally, and it is typical of Arthur to have developed a care for what is sometimes seen as the Cinderella sector of the NHS.

He will be missed by a whole host of people for all sorts of reasons, and not least by those of us who have enjoyed his good company and the generous hospitality afforded by Arthur and Melanie to guests at Archdeacon’s House. Of course, he will also leave a gap in the Diocesan Clergy Golf Team which will be difficult to fill!
We thank God for all the good things we have shared with Arthur and Melanie over the years, and may they be blessed with health and happiness for many years to come.

Fr Jonathan’s 20th Anniversary 29th June.

An enormous thank you to everyone who helped prepare the church and hall for this celebration. It was an extremely happy and well attended service and party afterwards. Thanks to all for your prayers and encouragement, for all the cards, gifts and wishes. Thank you also to Arthur Hawes Archdeacon of Lincoln who joined us and preached.

Fr Jonathan.

The Archdeacon of Lincolns sermon on 20^th Anniversary of Fr Jonathans Priesthood, 29^th June.

Today in the cathedral seven deacons were ordained as priest by the Bishop of Lincoln. In St James’ Louth the Bishop of Grimsby ordained four deacons and on September 28^th the Bishop of Grantham will ordain three deacons. Of the seven deacons, three will be non- stipendiary clergy giving freely of their time as priests in the church of God. These figures are important because they give us clues about the church of the future. In the language of the church this is an ecclesiological issue. Let me concentrate on two important points. The first is that there are more people being ordained now than in the last eight years. One report says this: “More than 560 men and women joined the Church of England’s clergy last year – the highest number since 2000. Among those being ordained as deacons 283 went on to stipendiary ministry – a figure that has risen over the last two years. The feast day of St Peter the Apostle celebrated on 29^th June is traditionally one of the times when the Church of England ordains most of its priests and deacons to serve within the church. Twenty years ago Jonathan was ordained priest in the diocese of St Albans at Petertide and today we celebrate with him a major landmark in his ministry. We also congratulate him and assure him of our prayers and continued support. A 20^th wedding anniversary is marked with china. The only link I can make is that China is the place where the lead from our church is being taken.

The trend away from large numbers of paid clergy ( and when Bishop Edward King was Bishop of Lincoln at the turn of the 20^th Century there were 550 whole time paid parish clergy) means that increasingly the church will be served by volunteers with volunteers for volunteers. In fact, in this archdeaconry we already have one licensed parish priest who is non stipendiary. The simplest way to talk about this is to distinguish between a priest and a Vicar. As some of you know, we have seven clergy who are called House for Duty. This means that they are provided with a house or, if they wish to continue to live in their own house, the rent in lieu and they, in turn, are responsible for al the Sunday services and two days pastoral work a week. When I explained this to one of the seven she became excited and enthusiastic and asked does that mean that I can be a priest and do what I was ordained to do? The answer to the question is most definitely yes. The next question is who will do the vicars jobs of chairing meetings, checking budgets, organising rotas, agreeing memorials in churchyards- the list is endless. Sadly the list of people is not endless but clearly it is about the ministry of lay people. We turn to the second point. Jonathan, your focus is your priesthood; let me then for a moment say a little about being a priest. You have a three fold function, to be a pastor, prophet and priest- the three Ps. Three are those who think that you and I only work one day a week ( I wish). The majority of our week is taken being a pastor, being a good shepherd, caring for the sheep. Even today when priests are engaged in more and more oversight work this continues to be a vital role for the priest because it is the way we translate the prayer of St Theresa. It is the way in which we become the hands, the feet, and the eyes of Jesus. When you were a deacon you exercised this ministry. As a priest you do not stop being a deacon. The priest as a pastor is really the role of a deacon being expressed and taken into the priesthood. There are those of us who return in a very obvious way to the role of deacons when we are appointed archdeacons. It is in chapter 6 of the acts of the apostles that we read about the first deacons being appointed and we are told it was so that they could wait at tables. If then the deacon is a waiter, an archdeacon is a head waiter. The pastoral work involves you in visiting the sick in hospital, in residential homes and in the privacy of a persons own home. You spend time with the anxious and confused, with people who approach you with particular problems, with people who want you to pray for them ( and they assume that your prayers are better than theirs) with

people who are dying. When you sit with a dying person you may well hold their hand, say very little but pray a great deal. As you know, the last sense we retain I hearing. This is why people are encouraged to talk to an unconscious patient; so and I am sure you do pray aloud with a dying person. As a pastor you give people time and for some of them they have never experienced this before, a person making them the focus of attention, valuing them and treating them with dignity and with kindness. As a pastor you not only meet people at times of crisis and pain like bereavement but also times of joy and celebration when babies are born, couples commit themselves to one another in marriage, when you accompany candidates for confirmation who you have prepared over the months before when people turn to you to rededicate their lives and renew promises . Being a pastor is not optional because this part of our ministry feeds our prayer life and gives meaning to the sacraments. Secondly you were called to be a priest which essentially finds its true focus in the administration of the sacraments. In our tradition Bishops ordain and confirm but we administer the other five sacraments. As well as baptism, marriage and Holy Communion, there is absolution and anointing. These last two are very personal and often private. You will recall those words of Jesus about the sins we loose and the sins we retain. Retaining someone’s sin is an awesome responsibility. In our post modern age consolation, confession and absolution are sought among a range of people from the psychiatrist to the fortune teller. Nevertheless, people do turn to you and people will return to the church. I also said that you are called to be prophet which is really and extension of the teaching ministry. It is by understanding the word of God and praying about it that you are convinced of the truth of God’s will in our own generation when for example you identify a group of people who are being marginalised and rejected and you may well feel a divine urge to speak out: so do speak out. The only way in which the faith will be handed on to the next generation is if it is taught and as well as preached to the converted as we do every Sunday, we need to find ways of teaching others who are not in church.

On life’s stage the priest is in more than one place. A lot of our ministry is on the edges where we find the people to whom Jesus ministered himself. It is here we find the broken and rejected, the desperate and the needy, the unloved and the unlovely. At other times we find ourselves in the centre of the stage, most especially when we celebrate Holy Communion – the Eucharist. Here it is our privilege and our obligation to take the things of this world – bread and wine- and, in placing them on the altar table to continue the story of remembering and to join our hand with those of Jesus as we engage in the consecration of God’s food. Here we join with the angels and archangels and the whole company of heaven to share in the food of eternity.

Jonathan it is a huge responsibility to be a pastor and a prophet and a priest and it is the best thing in the world. We pray quite simply that God will bless you and Jeanne who shares this ministry with you.

Archdeacon of Lincoln.

CHURCH SERVICES IN July 2008

6^th July Trinity 7

8.00am Holy Communion

10.30am Sung Mattins
Sidespeople: 8.00am Walter Rabey 10.30am Ray & Doreen Johnson Reader Shirley Santry Readings Deut 24:10- to end Acts 28:1-16

4.30pm Meditative Communion

Sidespeople: Barbara Conley Reader Bonnie Smith Readings

Zach 9:9-12 Romans 7:15-25a

Gospel: Matthew 11:16-19, 25 to end

Wednesday 9^th July

9.30am Holy Communion

Sunday 13^th July Trinity 9

Sea Sunday

8.00am Holy Communion

10.30am Parish Communion
Sidespeople: 8.00am Ray Lancaster 10.30am Pat Bell, Elizabeth Green Reader Teresa Watts Intercessor Geoff Palmer Readings Isaiah 55:10-13 Romans 8:1-11 Gospel: Matt 13:1-9, 18-23

Wednesday 16^th July

9.30am Holy Communion

Sunday 20^th July Trinity 9

8.00am Holy Communion

10.30am Parish Communion
Sidespeople: 8.00am Daphne Woods 10.30am Tessa Warwick, Dorothy Hill Reader : Thelma Brewington Intercessor Jeanne Sibley
Readings: Wisdom 12:13: 16-19 Romans 8:12 -25

Gospel: Matthew 13:24-43

Wednesday 23^rd July

9.30am Holy Communion

Sunday 27^th July Trinity 10

8.00am Holy Communion

10.30am Parish Communion
Sidespeople: 8.00am Martin Dickinson 10.30am Ray & Doreen Johnson Reader Margery Hannam Intercessor Thelma Brewington Readings 1 Kins 3:5-12 Romans 8:26-39

Gospel: Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52

Wednesday 30 July

9.30am Holy Communion

Sunday 3^rd August Trinity 11

8.00am Holy Communion

10.30am Parish Communion
Sidespeople: 8.00am Walter Rabey 10.30am Pat Bell, Elizabeth Green Reader Jean Pike Intercessor Geoff Palmer Readings Isaiah 55:1-5 Romans 9::1-5 Gospel: Matt 14:13-21.

From the Registers

Funerals and interments

28^th May Tony Nicols

4^th June Dorothy Howells

7^th June Gladys Walton

16^th June Jim Higgins

18^th June Pamela Wallis

20^th June Mary Feast

YOUR HELP IS NEEDED

We are hopefully going to organise a team of willing people to help clean the church on a monthly basis

( the 4^th Saturday in the month 9am to 12 noon refreshments will be available). Anyone who cares about our beautiful church is welcome.

Do come along and join in the fellowship of work in our church. If you can help in anyway – may be just an hour, please contact

Daphne Woods 01406 362954.

HOLBEACH POLICE STATION

I am writing to tell you about the possibility of opening up a youth centre in Long Sutton. We are looking for volunteers to help run the youth centre which wouldn’t be every week but every other week on a Friday evening for about 2 hours.

This initiative is to help the youths have somewhere to go and enjoy the activities offered to them. The age range would be 11 to 16 years of age.

I would be grateful if you could please contact myself on 07944776795 or PC Griggs on 07900137749.

PCSO Fylippa Bennett 2129

ALMSHOUSE VACANCY

A residence situated at 3a Gedney Road, Long Sutton will shortly become available for rent.

Applications are invited from Spinsters in Need who are resident in Long Sutton or surrounding district.

For details apply to:

The Clerk Mr. K. Savage, Lenton Lodge,

94 Wignals Gate, Holbeach, Spalding, LINCS PE2 7HR

ST Mary’s Medieval Wall paintings.

Work has been completed to preserve the medieval wall painting that remains on the south side of St. Mary’s. The date of the decoration is unknown but it is thought to be 13th –14th century. The decoration had become blackened through a combination of age, the presence of a coke burning stove (since removed), water infiltrating from the roof, runs of cement and mastic (disfiguring the surface of the decoration) which was used to repair the damage to the roof.

The colours of the decoration had originally a white background with the motifs in green and red. These colours were still visible in the 1950’s when the blackening occurred. Traces of colour are still discernable and show the green to be either Green Verditer or Verdigris (copper greens). The red being an iron oxide or red lead. Chemical testing would confirm the precise pigments used. The work as carried out by Susan Lee, a conservator and restorer of painted surfaces, who is based in Lincoln had the delicate task of removing all the accumulated soot, corrosive deposits and superficial damage. The painting was stabilised and consolidated to preserve it from future deterioration. A final reversible coating was applied to the decoration to protect it from future environmental conditions. The work to retain and preserve such a fragile decoration is seen as exciting and very necessary to enable people now and in the future to enjoy and appreciate such an unusual patterning.

Su Lee ( Restorer)

LUTTON

Lutton Churchwardens: Philip and Cynthia Causer ………………… Tel: 365947

Services

Sunday 6^th July 11.00am Morning Prayer

Sunday 13^th July 9.15am Holy Communion Canon Stanley Beckett at Dawesmere

Sunday 20^th July 11.00am Holy Communion Canon Stanley Beckett

Sunday 27^th July 10am Service of Extended Communion

Sunday 3^rd August 9.15am Morning Prayer Mrs Michaela Dean

From the Registers

Service of Thanksgiving for: James Michael Bowd (1942 – 2008) on Monday 2nd June 2008.

Deepest sympathy is extended to the family and friends of James on their sad loss.

May the souls of the faithful departed rest in everlasting peace and light.

LUTTON FLOWER FESTIVAL

Barbeque Saturday 26 July – 6.30 pm tickets £5.00 (bring your own drinks)

Decorated Church on the theme “Chapter & Verse” - Friday 22 to Monday 25 August

Flower Festival Songs of Praise Sunday 24 August
Mothers’ Union

Members have recently attended the Fund-raising Afternoon at Holbeach Mothers' Union and the Strawberry Tea at Long Sutton Branch. In May at Lutton St. Nicholas Mothers' Union, Mrs. Jeanne Sibley gave a most enjoyable and interesting talk about Cornwall, the Land of Saints and finished by sharing some very tasty Cornish biscuits. In June, Mrs. Coe demonstrated the Art of Icing a cake, which she had earlier made. We watched in awe, and paid close attention to the intricacies involved, and after admiring Mrs. Coe's handiwork, we raffled the cake, which was won by Mrs. June Stanton, whose birthday fell on the following Saturday.

At the time of writing, we are looking forward to our Strawberry Tea on Tuesday, July 1st at 2pm in the Village Hall. On August 12th, we shall have our Coffee Morning and Notices in the
Hall at 11am, and all are welcome to join us at our meetings.

Little Nics

Continues to meet at 10.30 am in Lutton Village Hall each Wednesday, and all Mums and Toddlers and Babies are most welcome. At the end of June and in July, the children will be starting to help make the animals for Noah's Ark at the Flower Festival, and the Sunday School children will be contributing to the Ark. A big thank-you goes to Kathy and Jeremy for all their hard work and enthusiasm, which rubs off on the children. Bernice also works very hard with the older children, and we are always delighted to see them at our Church Services.

Bible Study

Our next study, with a short time of prayer will be on Tuesday 15 July at 16 Puddingpoke Lane at 7.30pm. We will have a break in August while we prepare for the Flower Festival.

Friendship Club

On the3rd June Lutton Friendship Club went on their first outing of the year to Barnsdale Gardens and Rutland Water. Despite the rain, which fell nearly all day, members remarked on the beauty of the gardens. The boat trip on Rutland Water was also enjoyed. Then it was homeward bound, with one more stop for fish and chips.

At the time of writing we are looking forward to our next outing, which is to Great Yarmouth on the 1st July. Also our Summer Fete on the 28th June, 10am-2pm, at St Mary’s Church Hall, Long Sutton.

Lutton St Nicholas Primary School

There is plenty for the children to enjoy this month with lots of trips and visits. Year 5’s are going to the Peele school for 4 F’s go large, which is a fun day involving fitness, food and French. Classes 1 & 3 will be attending a concert at Gedney Church End School performed by the London Mozart Players. Class 1 from both Lutton and Gedney schools will be going to the Butterfly Park, Class 4 are visiting a local farm and Year 6 children are off to Kingswood for the day. Year 6 children are at present doing Bikewise on a Friday afternoon, learning how to safely ride their bikes out on the road. New intake children will be coming into school for three afternoons in July, ready for starting school in September.

GEDNEY DROVE END AND DAWSMERE

Churchwardens

Mr Michael Bills 01406 550343

Mrs Linda Cousins 01406 550528

CHRIST CHURCH, DAWSMERE ROTA for JULY 2008 is as follows;

Sunday 6^th July 9.15am Morning Prayer & 3pm Tuesday School Songs of Praise Mrs M Dean

Sunday 13^th July 9.15am Holy Communion

Canon Stanley Beckett

Sunday 20^th July at Lutton

Sunday 27^th July 10am Service of Extended Communion

Sunday 3^rd August 9.15am Morning Prayer Mrs Michaela Dean

CHRIST CHURCH

The Tuesday School Family Fete is on Sunday, 6^th July in the Church grounds, inside if it is wet. The event will commence at 11am and will include a cake stall, tombola, lucky dip, hoopla, competitions, face painting, nail art and refreshments. The Tuesday School Songs of Praise is at 3pm, when the children will perform a programme in drama and song. Afterwards, the small flower arrangements from the Church will be auctioned and the raffle drawn. Any gifts of cakes, refreshments and prizes would be much appreciated. Please support this event and especially the children who are giving the proceeds towards the upkeep of the church.

THE TUESDAY SCHOOL

The children are looking forward to taking part in a service at Lutton Marsh Methodist Chapel on Sunday, 20^th July at 2.30pm at the kind invitation of the Reverend Alan Barker. This will be followed by a Teddy Bears’ Picnic and all the children and adults, too, are welcome to bring a teddy.

MOTHERS’ UNION

Members have been invited to a Social Afternoon and Strawberry Tea on Tuesday, 1^st July at Lutton village hall by the Lutton branch and they will also be attending the Triennial Festival at Lincoln Cathedral on Saturday, 5^th July. Thank you to Long Sutton M.U. for hosting a Strawberry Tea for local branches on 11^th June, which was much enjoyed by those that were able to attend.

THE FRIENDSHIP CLUB

Members meet at the village hall at 2pm on the second and fourth Wednesday in the month for a social afternoon of bingo, whist and dominoes.

The club is open to adults of any age and new members are welcome.

Everyone in the community is invited to the Friendship Club Summer Tea Party with entertainment by Trudie, on Wednesday, 9^th July at 2pm at the village hall. Raffle prizes will be appreciated.

THE WELCOME CLUB

Mr T Fisher was unable to give his talk on the History of Naval Traditions. Instead, members enjoyed a social evening of bingo and a quiz. The competition for ‘Something Naval’ was won by Teresa Andrews, Rose Brown and Jasmine Coe. Next month, members will be joining with Lutton Marsh Ladies Group for a trip to the theatre at Cromer.

THE MONTHLY BINGO

This takes place on the first Wednesday in the month at the village hall. Doors open at 6.45pm with eyes down at 7.30pm. Good company and good prizes.

THE OLD VICARAGE Care Home, Dawsmere

Is hosting an Open Day and Summer Fayre on Saturday, 19^th July. Everyone is welcome. On Sunday, 15^th June, members of staff and friends with three residents in wheelchairs went to Boston and took part in the sponsored ‘Race for Life’ event. Congratulations to all who took part to help Breast Cancer Support.

Condolences are sent to the family of the late Mrs Cynthia Scales whose funeral took place recently at Christ Church, Dawsmere.

+ May the souls of the faithful departed remain in everlasting light and peace.+

Our thoughts and prayers are for those in our community that are bereaved and sad and all those that are unwell, in hospital, or in our care homes, and all the people who care for them.

Prayer diary for July

Tues 1^st For our parish ministry team

Weds 2^nd For the T. & C. Group and the recently bereaved

Thurs 3rd Feast of St. Thomas - for all who doubt their Christian faith

Fri 4^th For Fr. Paul North - Administrator of the Shrine at Walsingham

Sat 5^th For those recently ordained as priest and deacon

Sun 6^th For the people and government of Zimbabwe

Mon 7^th For Rosemary Goddard as she becomes parish priest of Gedney, Fleet Holbeach Hurn and St. Marks

Tues 8th For those working through financial difficulties

Weds 9^th For the development of the Deanery Medieval Mystery plays for 2009

Thurs 10th For the Archdeacon of Lincoln

Fri 11th For the sick

Sat 12th For all who work from our local Health Centres

Sun 13^th SEA SUNDAY

Mon 14th For St Mary’s church

Tues 15^th For the Bishops on the Lambeth conferences

Weds 16^th For teachers

Thurs 17th For the PCC

Fri 18th For Students

Sat 19^th For Nicholas Sneath and Victoria Twite and for their marriage

Sun 20th For the Crowhurst Anglican Centre of Healing

Mon 21st For those getting confirmed

Tues 22nd Feast of St. Mary Magdalene -

Weds 23rd For youth clubs

Thurs 24th For the homeless

Fri 25th St. James’ Day.

Sat 26th For families with young children

Sun 27th For Fishermen

Mon 28^th For the elderly

Tues 29t For those who live on their own

Weds 30th Those who speak out against social injustice

Thurs 31^st St. Ignatius - for people on retreat