October 2002 - Parish News
ST ANDREWS CHURCH
Services for October
Holy Communion each Thursday at 10.30
Sun 6th 10.00am11.00am Family ServiceInformal Communion
Sun 13th 10.30am5.30pm 6.30pm Morning Praise Refreshments at
St Mary's Church Deanery Evensong at St Mary' with the Bishop
of St Albans - 125 years St Albans Diocese
Sun 20th 10.30am Holy Communion
Sun 27th 10.30am Morning Praise
WORKING PARTY FOR CHURCHYARD
A working party has been planned for the afternoon of Friday
11th October and all day Saturday 12th October to help tidy
the Churchyard. All welcome--please bring your own garden
tools.
For further details phone Eileen on 721840.
Update on Youth work at St Andrews
After a very full discussion at the meeting on the
8th September, it was decided that the 'Footsteps' group will
now meet on Thursday evenings under the leadership of Liz and
Paddy who will dray in other adults to assist as necessary.
The boys and girls on our present list will be contacted;
anyone else interested please ring Liz - 413108.
'3-16' will continue to meet on a Sunday evening from 6.30 to
7.30p.m. in the Family Room at St Andrew's. A team of leaders
is being drawn together by Sue Taylerson. Children on our
list will be contacted; anyone else interested should contact
Sue - phone 414127. It is hoped that regular meetings will
begin in October (Child Protection applications permitting).
The Youth Communions start again at East Hyde on the second
Sunday in November (10.11.02).
Please pray for the leaders all of whom are already busy and
for the young people, as this process of re-organization
takes place.
ST ANDREWS RAMBLERS
On Sunday 8th September we took three car loads over
to St Albans for a shorter than usual walk, which started at
Kingsbury Mill in St Michaels Street. We went round the
cathedral, then down to the park, which we circumnavigated
before returning to the Mill for yummy waffles, smothered in
fruit and cream. (It's rumoured a few of the men opted for a
pint at the pub!) Contrary to the weather forecast, the sun
shone all afternoon. Next walk is Sunday 13th October. Meet -
St Andrew's at 2.30p.m.
MOTHERS UNION EVENTS
Next meeting as follows:-
October 29th at 8.00p.m.29 Crawley Cl.
"Crosslinks & Jacket Spuds" bring a filling!
WEDDING FOR CLAIRE
A proud moment for our very own Tony Willson and Teresa. Their eldest daughter Clare was married at Castle Coch on Saturday 31st August and then had a special blessing at St Andrew's Church on the 7th September. We wish Clare and Simon every happiness for the future.
HARVEST SUPPER
'Three maids from Slippery End!'
For those who missed the Harvest Supper, it was a lovely
evening. We were treated to a delicious meal of jacket
potato, ham, cheese, rice and pasta salads followed by apple
pie. After the meal Themes and friends entertained everyone
with a play written by Alison Wilson with songs from
musicals.
If I were a wealthy man!
Jezebel (Eileen) chats up Brian!
Finale - Snap ,bang, wallop what a picture!
WOMENS INSTITUTE
The forty
seventh birthday meeting showed how if you are determined,
enjoyment comes whatever the blip. The linedancers booked for
Collingswell VC Memorial Hall couldn't perform as the floor
at the Baptist Church Hall where we now meet is carpeted. Out
came some Bingo cards! The winner in our game could choose
from a selection of chocolates, no millionaires I'm afraid.
Mrs L Bartlett the caller was an entertainment in herself.
Mrs L Caves who celebrated her Diamond wedding on the 18th
September was asked to cut the cake, beautifully made by Mrs
G Sexton with help from her husband. What would we do without
W.I. husbands to help. Thank you boys. The catering over, Mrs
K McIlroy and Mrs R Weber did us proud with the refreshments,
also a little help from their friends. We finished the
evening sitting in a circle and when the music stopped donned
a garment from the sack being passed around. Some of the
effects were so funny and I have the snaps to prove it. I
wonder how much they would pay me not to show them - perhaps
not. The visiting guests from the group gave a vote of thanks
for a splendid evening with much sincerity so everything was
alright on the night.
Forthcoming events:-
Oct. 17th - Downside group meeting
Oct. 19th - Outing - Salgrave Manor
Oct 28th - Autumn Federation Meeting
Dunstable.
Meetings:-
Oct 15th - Pastel Painting
Nov 19th - Pottering at Sotheby's
Dec 17th - Crazy bad whist
We meet 3rd Tuesday in the month 7.30 - 10p.m. at Caddington
Baptist Church Hall
Come and join us. See you there
Patricia Crick
Foil Appeal
Guide dogs for the Blind.
Please leave at 67 Five Oaks
For collection, ring 480107
K Baker
ALEY GREEN METHODIST CHURCH
We, at Aley Green Methodist Church are
getting ready for our Autumn Fayre. It is our biggest
fundraiser for the running of our church, so come along and
give us your support. We have lots of stalls, home made cakes
and preserves, gifts, hand-painted cards, toys, books for all
ages. A fantastic assortment of bric-a-brac games and a
raffle. Teas will be served in the schoolroom. We look
forward to seeing you, on Saturday October 12th from 2.30p.m.
onwards.
Dates for your diary;
Wed Nov 13th - 7.30p.m. Mini Christmas Craft Fayre and coffee
evening Sat Nov 16th 10.30a.m. - 3.30p.m. Our preserve stall
at the Craft Market in Caddington Village Hall.
God be with you all, from all at Aley Green
Ann Meader
DORSET VIEW
I am sure the Editor will be bucked to know
that Parish News is read as far afield as Dorset. Thanks to
Jill Sanders we receive a copy each month and so keep in
touch with developments in Slip End.
The recent re-organisation of the bus routes running through
the village reminds me of the irony that at the very time we
moved to Slip End in 1996 The Shires had decided to withdraw
Route 2' 1. It was ironic because one of the reasons for
moving to Slip End was the good bus services to Luton and
Dunstable - and there at a stroke the principal service had
gone. Sue Hammond led a vigorous protest movement, and after
three months was rewarded by seeing the restoration of Route
231. Other voices had joined with Sue in her campaign but it
was noticeable that most of the other protestors were pretty
much tied to their cars and could not actually be persuaded
to try using the bus service now that it had been restored.
On several occasions when I took the bus into Dunstable 1 was
the only passenger on the return journey as far as
Caddington. It's not really surprising that Arriva The Shires
came to the conclusion that they could not continue to run
virtually empty buses. Sue H tells me that she cannot see the
justification for making a protest at the withdrawal of the
231 this time round and I do hope that local folk will be
able to make good use of the new bus routes that have been
introduced: taking the bus does save the hassle of searching
for somewhere to park the car in town, and it's not too
difficult to time one's shopping so as to be at the return
bus stop at the right time. I still can't get used to the
distinctive blue and yellow buses all being cream and green
now but I have to admit it's a more dignified livery. It was
good to be back in Slip End a few weekends ago. We thought it
would be a nice idea to have lunch at the Half Moon as we so
often had done in past years and on entering the bar we were
given a welcoming hug by the waitress - not many people can
claim that sort of a greeting in a restaurant, but
fortunately Madelene Gains was on duty and it was quite like
old times. I sometimes wonder how much of the Half Moon's
successful business over the past S years can be attributed
to Madeline's friendliness to her customers - mind you. not
many of them actually get a hug !
There had been two particular reasons for wanting to go to
morning service at St Andrews on the Sunday. Slip End folk
arc very good at remembering their old friends and when they
heard that I was seriously ill last year they promised to
pray for me. Their prayers were answered and during the
Spring of this year 1 gradually recovered so that by August 1
was really fit again; so it was natural that I wanted to come
and say thank you to them for their concern and prayers.
Secondly, we knew that a new vicar had been appointed at St
Andrews and it was really good to observe how well Joy
Daniels is leading Sunday worship in a meaningful way and has
been accepted into the village church community. It seemed
just right when Ted Soar turned up on his bicycle; he has had
to spend some time in hospital and was not allowed to use his
bicycle for a number of weeks. So to see him there with his
bike indicated that he is well on the road to recovery - and
1 know how good that can feel!
Grenville Williams
Grenville and Dorothy - photographed at their lovely home
in Dorset a few years ago.
(Grenville was the Treasurer at St Andrews for many years and
Dorothy organized the Sunday School - we all miss them very
much but are so pleased that Grenville is well on the road to
recovery)
It was lovely to hear that the Parish News is read from far a
field and that ex residents of Slip End still keep in touch.
Thank you Grenville for your interesting contribution.
Editor
GARDEN ASSOCIATION
Vegetable Garden
Lift beetroot and
twist off tops. Clear away all dead growth from peas and
beans, complete lifting of potatoes and rest of root crops.
Do some digging and manuring in the vegetable plot, couch
grass and potato haulms etc. should be burned, decaying
matter left lying about breeds disease and harbours pests.
Flowers, shrubs, trees and fruits
Empty tubs and refill with bulbs, winter pansies or
suitable hardy evergreens. Plant out biennials such as
wallflowers and double daises. Lift and replant clumps of
perennials.
Prepare ground where roses are to be planted next month, take
hardwood cuttings of shrubs such as philadephus, weigela,
kerria and deulzia. Prepare planting site for new bushes,
harvest apples and pears. Cut out dead and diseased wood on
plum and damsons.
Lawns
Lay new lawns from turf and seed bare patches. Level bumps
and tidy worn edges.
FRIENDSHIP CLUB
Although overcast, the morning was pleasantly
warm, so aboard the coach we set off to pick up our
Caddington friends, and then proceeded over the Downs, past
Whipsnade Zoo, to Wendover, then past the P.M. Country abode
Chequers, then on to Aylesbury, Leighton Buzzard, towards
Bedford to an unknown destination - Willington Danish Camp,
evidently frequented in the past by Vikings who evidently
traversed the Great Ouse from the Wash to establish a camp
for boat repairs and to feed themselves which we did much to
our pleasure, before returning home in the mid-evening .
Quite a pleasant day.
1ST & 2ND WOODSIDE
BROWNIES
We
shall be holding an Autumn Bazaar/Table Top Sale plus Outside
Car Boot weather permitting at the Village Hall on Saturday
November 9th from 10.00a.m. - 3.00 p.m. For a stall ring
Gillian on 723109.
Craft Fairs
The next one will be on Sunday December 1st at the Village
Hall - remember these are organized to raise money to help
the Brownies, the Friendship Club and S.E.A.D.A. towards
their outings and anything they may need, so if you belong to
any of these organizations why don't you pop along to the
next one, even if you only buy a cup of tea and raffle
tickets, (but I am sure the stall holders would like you to
buy something) so please try and spare a thought for those
who give up their time to help others. We try to keep the
Brownie Motto - Think of others before yourself.
Gillian Plummer, Brown Owl
E-ROUND NEWS
NEW BISHOP OF BEDFORD
Downing Street has announced this morning that the new Bishop
of Bedford is to be The Venerable Richard Inwood, currently
Archdeacon of Halifax, West Yorkshire.
Richard Inwood, who is 56, will have oversight of 150
parishes in Luton and Bedfordshire, under the direction of
the Bishop of St Albans. He succeeds the Rt Revd John
Richardson, who retired in July after more than eight years
as Bishop. Married with three grown-up daughters, Richard
Inwood has been ordained for28 years. He served in Sheffield,
London, Bath and Yeovil, before becoming Archdeacon of
Halifax in 1995. Before ordination, Richard spent a year
teaching in north-west Uganda and worked as a research and
development chemist with ICI in Manchester for nearly two
years. He read Chemistry at University College, Oxford, and
later, Theology at Nottingham University.
Speaking of his new role, he said: "It's a challenging
and exciting prospect and a great responsibility. It's a
great privilege too, and I'm really looking forward to
getting to know the parishes of the diocese and of Luton
and Bedfordshire in particular.
NEW ARCHDEACON.
Canon Helen Cunliffe, currently Residentiary Canon
of
Southwark Cathedral, has been appointed Archdeacon of St
Albans. She takes
up the post later this year. Helen Cunliffe will have
oversight of parishes
in the Aldenham, Berkhamsted, Hemel Hempstead, Hitchin,
Rickmansworth, St
Albans, Watford and Wheathampstead deaneries, working to the
Bishop of
Hertford, the Rt Revd Christopher Foster, and the Bishop of
St Albans, the
Rt Revd Christopher Herbert.
Helen Cunliffe was born in Derbyshire, and educated at
Homelands School,
Derby, and St Hilda's College, Oxford. She was ordained
Deaconess in
1983, Deacon in 1987, and priest in 1994, and has worked
during those years
as a curate in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, as deaconess on the
staff of the
University Church, Oxford, and as Chaplain of Nuffield
College, Oxford. She
was made deacon-in-charge of St Paul's Church, Clapham, in
1996 and then
became its first woman vicar. She is now a Residentiary Canon
of Southwark,
where her work involves being parish priest to the local
community and to
the congregation. She is also the Diocesan Adviser for Women
in Ministry.
More information on
http://www.stalbans.anglican.org
STUDYING SOAP.
More than 360 Clergy and other Christian ministers
from across St Albans diocese watched 'EastEnders' during the
Bishops' Day Conference on September 4th. They looked at the
popular TV soap opera as part of a study day on
'Communicating the Christian Faith in the 21st Century.' John
Yorke, BBC TV's new Head of Drama Series and former Executive
Producer of 'EastEnders' used clips from the series to
illustrate his talk on 'Religious, Spiritual and Moral
Themes' in the soaps.
SLEEP OUT.
Brave volunteers are being sought to sleep out in
the grounds of St Albans Abbey on Friday December 6th. They
will be raising cash for Open Door, the city's centre for
single homeless people. The Sleep Out, organised by the
diocese's Board for Church and Society, has become an
important event in the city's calendar in the past seven
years and has raised more than £50,000 for homeless people.
This year, the Sleep Out has been expanded to include an
education day to raise awareness of homelessness. The day,
being held at the Abbey Theatre, St Albans, on Thursday
December 5th, will include an information fair run by local
groups working with homeless people, performances by
'Cardboard Citizens' - the UK's only homeless people's
professional theatre company - and a 'Question Time' for
young people.
For information or to volunteer, contact Open Door on 01727
844181.
from Peter Crumpler Communications Officer Diocese of St.
Albans,
Tel: 01727 869506; Fax 01727 844469
http://www.stalbans.anglican.org
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