Great Hallingbury Parish News June 2016

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1 Great Hallingbury Parish News June 2016

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3 The Calendar - June th Second Sunday of Trinity 10 am St. Mary s Family Service 12 th Third Sunday of Trinity 8 am St. Mary s Holy Communion am St. Giles Morning Prayer 19 th Fourth Sunday of Trinity 10 am St. Mary s 26 th Fifth Sunday of Trinity Common Worship Holy Communion 10 am St. Giles Family Communion A 1662 Holy Communion Service is held at St. Mary s Church each Wednesday morning at 9.30 a.m. unless otherwise indicated There are FAMILY PACKS available at the back of each church for use during all 10am services. JUNIOR CHURCH is held at St Mary s Church, Little Hallingbury, on the THIRD Sunday of each month.

4 ST. GILES CHURCH - June 2016 Readers and Sidesmen Date Time Reading Reader Sidesman 12th 10 am 1 Kings 21, vv 1-10 & 15-21a Luke 7, vv N. Sylvester M. King 26th 10 am Luke 9, vv Harding Family F. Gregory J. Roberts C. Collins F. Townsend Flowers in Church June 12 June 26 Heather Hays Heather Hays Choir Practice The choirs of St. Giles and St. Mary s meet on Friday evenings at 7.15pm at St. Mary s. For details, contact Mrs. Patricia Larby (tel: ) or Mr. Chris Harding (tel: ). 1st Great Hallingbury Brownies The Brownies meet in the Village Hall each Monday from 5 pm to 6.15 pm during term time. Brown Owl is Mrs. Heather Hays - telephone Please place gifts in the basket at the back of the Church. Information is on the notice boards. This is needed more now than ever so please give generously.

5 St Giles Church will be open for visitors on Wednesday afternoons in summer 2016 from 2 pm to 4 pm commencing on 18th May Please come and join us and have a cup of tea in our beautiful church. Offers of help to act as stewards in the church would be very welcome. Heather Hays Churchwarden

6 Calling all bakers and cake lovers! Have a brew for St Clare St Clare has launched an exciting new community fundraising campaign the Big Brew! We are inviting all our supporters from across West Essex and East Herts to raise a cup of tea with friends, to raise money for St Clare. Sharing a cup of tea and cake with friends is something we all like to do it brings friends, neighbours and communities together for some quality time. What better way to make those cake calories count than by turning your usual meet-ups into a Big Brew for St Clare! All the care St Clare provides is completely free of charge for the families who need us. We are there to support people and their loved ones through one of life s hardest journeys. With limited NHS funding we are tasked with raising more than 2.4million every year to keep our services running. The idea of organising a huge community event or running a marathon or doing a skydive is just too daunting for many. But they want to know how they can help St Clare in other ways. The beauty of the Big Brew is that your event can be as simple or as elaborate as you wish. Whether you raise 20 or 200, every penny counts. Taking turns with your friends to host a Big Brew at different people s houses each month is a great way to socialise for a good cause while eating cake! Or host a Big Brew for St Clare as part of the Queen s 90th birthday celebrations, the perfect opportunity to raise a cup of tea to our Queen whilst raising funds for St Clare, eating guilt-free goodies because you know every penny raised will help your local hospice care for those in need. A Big Brew resource pack is available on the St Clare website or contact St Clare Community Fundraiser, Dani De ath, on or or dani@stclarehospice.org.

7 St. Giles Church 100 Club May 2016 The draw took place on 22nd May The winners were: No. 85 Val Mugele 27 No. 48 Pat Larby 14 No. 27 Margaret Sco 7.50 The prize money is 50% of the membership fees taken in February. The remaining 50% will be used to help maintain the fabric of our beau ful and historic village church. If you are interested in joining The 100 Club, it is never too late. Please contact Heather Hays or Philip Hays for further details. Tel:

8 Church Letter - June 2016 It s that time of year again when so many of us are absorbed by Wimbledon, waiting to see if our favourite player wins or loses. For a fortnight our thoughts will be about tennis and strawberries and cream teas. No doubt some of us will have been fortunate enough to watch matches live, turning our head from one side to another as we have kept our eye on the ball, while others will have watched the television with as much attention to how the ball is played, keeping a record of the score. The tennis players themselves will certainly have been keeping their eyes on the ball, trying to make sure that they hit it well and make a winning shot. In life we need to keep our eye on the ball to make sure that we do what we need, in an appropriate manner, to achieve good results. It is very easy to get distracted and miss opportunities or fail to do something properly. I am sure that as a child I read a fable about a man who, out walking one night, was so intent on looking upwards at the stars he fell into a well. He should have kept his eye on where he was going rather than being distracted by something else, no matter how attractive, and of course we are told in the Bible by Jesus that, having set our hand to the plough, we should not look back over our shoulder, the result is always a crooked furrow. It is all about keeping your eye on what is most important and following it through. I wonder if there are times when the church has taken its eye off the ball, becoming distracted by all that is going on around it, perhaps becoming fearful of failure and as a result has taken its eye off the ball lost sight of what it was designed to be and do. We have just celebrated Pentecost, the time when the Holy Spirit breathed new life in the disciples who, without the constant presence of Christ with them, were apt to lose sight of the hope that they had. With the coming of the Holy Spirit they experienced the indwelling of the Spirit of God in their very being and suddenly found that they could do all that they were meant

9 to do, loving one another, healing those who were hurting in body, mind or spirit and above all proclaiming the Good News that God loves us and sent his own son to show us what he is like and how much he wants to be our friend. With this spiritual renewal they discovered that they were able to focus on loving God with all of their being and loving their neighbour as themselves, which is all that we are called to do. And they found themselves telling others their own stories of how they had experienced Christ in their lives. Perhaps we are sometimes too concerned with other things and lose sight of what God has done for us and simply telling others our own stories which is, so often, what will inspire them. We don t need to do anything exceptional, perform magic tricks or present a PowerPoint presentation, it is all about remaining focused and, as a result, letting things happen. Janice From the Registers Baptism Arabella Rose Agnoli 1 May St. Mary s Imogen Alice Linney-Wookey 1 May St. Mary s Funeral Robert Sidney Michael Judd (83 yrs) 29 April St. Giles

10 The Hallingbury Flower Show is a friendly, fun filled event for all the family held at the wonderful Harps Farm by kind permission of Mr and Mrs Tom Streeter. CHILDREN S ENTERTAINMENT HOG ROAST : TEA TENT TUG OF WAR : pimms tent beer tent : GRAND RAFFLE LIVE MUSIC : HARLOW BEEKEEPERS : PHOENIX CARDS : CAROLINE HAYNES folded book art and jewellery : DETHEO PHOTOGRAPHY : QUERCUS GARDEN DESIGN : THE SECRET KITCHEN : FOREVER LIVING products : PERKS PICKLES dog show Harps Farm is located in Great Hallingbury. Postcode CM22 7TL.

11 GREAT HALLINGBURY HISTORY SOCIETY An Eventful Year Battle of Jutland Easter Rising in Dublin Lloyd George new Prime Minister Lord Kitchener died Battle of the Somme Please bring your own mementoes and photographs of a momentous year to accompany a Short Talk by Philip Hays following our AGM Wednesday, 8th June, 2016 Meetings are held in Great Hallingbury Village Hall at 8 pm Entrance Fee Including Refreshments: 2.00 for Members Membership 5 pa 3.00 for Non-members Everyone is welcome, so do join us

12 Great Hallingbury Village Hall SUMMER QUIZ NIGHT Raising funds to improve the Village Hall Saturday, 2nd July, 2016 Great Hallingbury Village Hall 7.30 pm for 8 pm GOOD PRIZES AND RAFFLE 5 per person at the door - tables of 6 or 8 or join another group Reserve from Alex Russell ( ) Bring your own food and drink Have another convivial evening Support the Village Hall

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14 PARISH DIARY - June st Library Van - Bedlars Green 1.35pm pm Woodside Green pm 7 th Olive Branch - Summer Lunch - Latchmore Hall for 1 pm 8th History Society - Memories of an eventful year AGM - Village Hall 8 pm 14 th Friendship Club 15 th Library Van - Bedlars Green 1.35pm pm Woodside Green pm 22 nd WI - Mystery Meeting - Village Hall 7.30 pm 25 th Hallingbury Choir - A Serenade for Summer - Little Hallingbury Village Hall 7.30 pm 29 th Library Van - Bedlars Green 1.35pm pm Woodside Green pm Future Events 2 July Village Hall Committee - Summer Quiz - Village Hall 7.30 for 8 pm 4 July Great Hallingbury Parish Council Meeting - Village Hall at 8pm 5 July Olive Branch - Social Meeting - The Rectory 2.15 pm 24 Hallingbury Flower Show - Harps Farm from noon to 4 July pm Great Hallingbury Carpet Bowls Club The Club meets on Friday evenings in Great Hallingbury Village Hall at 8 pm. New members are always welcome. The Captain and Chairman is Alex Russell - telephone

15 Some Useful Addresses Clergy Revd. Janice Green Priest in Charge The Rectory, Wrights Green Lane, Little Hallingbury, CM22 7RE Tel: Churchwardens Mrs. Heather Hays, 3 Haycroft, Bishop s Stortford CM23 5JL Tel: Flowers in Church Mrs. Heather Hays, 3 Haycroft, Bishop s Stortford CM23 5JL Tel: Friendship Club Secretary Mrs. Val Mugele, Marston Farm, Leapers Lane, Great Hallingbury, CM22 7TR Tel: Church Cleaning Mrs. Heather Hays, 3 Haycroft, Bishop s Stortford CM23 5JL Tel: St. Giles Parish News Editor: Mrs. Beryl Mead, The Chalfonts, Bedlars Green, Great Hallingbury, CM22 7TL Tel: Publisher: Mrs. Christine Coultrup, Pantiles, Bedlars Green, Tel: Great Hallingbury, CM22 7TL cj@coultruponline.com Olive Branch Mrs. Nita Sylvester, Churchfield, Wrights Green Lane, Little Hallingbury CM22 7RE Tel: Great Hallingbury Village Hall Bookings: Mrs. Sarah Cox, 5 The Grove, Great Hallingbury, CM22 7TT Tel: Caretaker and Key Holder: Mrs. Sarah Cox, 5 The Grove, Great Hallingbury, CM22 7TT Tel: Great Hallingbury Parish Council Chairman: Mr. Alan Townsend, 7 The Grove, Great Hallingbury, CM22 7TT Tel: Clerk: Mrs. Freda Townsend, 7 The Grove, Great Hallingbury, CM22 7TT Tel: st Great Hallingbury Brownies Mrs. Heather Hays, 3 Haycroft, Bishop s Stortford CM23 5JL Tel: Great Hallingbury W.I. Secretary: Mrs Judy Simmonds, Parkside Cottage, Woodside Green, Great Hallingbury, CM22 7UQ Tel:

16 Approved Chimney Sweep ALEX GLYNNS NACS no. 95/352 Vacuum, Rods, Brushes, Clean & Efficient 12 Orchard Croft, Harlow, Essex CM20 3BA Tel: BARRINGTONS Coal Merchants Reeves Lane, Roydon Hamlet, Harlow, Essex CM19 5DE Please continue to send your contributions for the magazine to Mrs. Christine Coultrup, Pantiles, Bedlars Green, Great Hallingbury or to before the 20th of month previous to publication Compiled by B Mead Published by C J Coultrup e&oe