March HEART and SOLE GALLERY Preraring for a new roof at St. Edmund’s Southwold Archdeacon Ian joins Clergy & People past and present at St. Margaret’s Reydon Celebrating the Dedication of Reydon Church with Bishop David and Archdeacon Ian John Cooper (Cooper & Denny Ltd., contractors), Rev Lizzey Gregory Curate, The Right Revd Dr David Thomson (Acting Bishop of St. Edmundsbury & Ipswich), Revd Rich Henderson, Brian Haward (Architect), James Hasall Sec to Diocesan Advisory Committee from Revd Rich Henderson SPRING INTO LENT March often sees winter becoming spring and in this month we continue our journey through Lent. Lent is like - a springtime for our spiritual lives, a time of reflection and renewal as we look forward to the celebration of the Good News of the Passion and Resurrection of Christ. It is not your doing or mine that causes the Spring! That is how the world is made, one season makes way for another. And everything on earth is linked together so that spring "happens" - plants grow; everything gets warmer (hopefully!) as the earth moves closer to the sun, and people cheer up! Something similar is going on in our spiritual lives. But we have a choice - not of whether spring can happen but whether we allow it to change us. God longs to work in us and with us, so let's welcome that transformation firstly by being willing to allow God to work rather than insisting on our own independence and then doing what we can, to be in the right place at the right time, for us to be changed by him so that we grow in faith. The church calendar moves on in Lent. Just as the shops started displaying Christmas merchandise from early summer so too you could buy your Easter eggs before Lent had even started!! We often want to cut out the waiting and jump straight to the main event. But the time of waiting can be such a richly productive one. For many people Lent is associated with giving something up. It is seen as an opportunity, perhaps, for kicking that unwanted habit, for finally going on that long-intended diet, or for denying oneself those unnecessary extra luxuries. All such acts of discipline may have their place, but they give a very one-sided view on this season for, if anything, it should be about taking something on; committing oneself, in the manner of Jesus, to going the extra mile. That doesn't mean taking work on for work's sake, rather, it is about resolving to follow Christ more faithfully, a determination to give him our wholehearted discipleship. It might mean more disciplined devotion, perhaps more practical loving service, maybe more effective witness, or possibly the offering of previously unused gifts. Whatever it is, Lent encourages us to give something back to the one who gave us everything. Consider today what Christ has done for you, then ask what you can do for him, and then use Lent as an opportunity to respond in a way that makes a difference for you. May we seek to grow deeper in our discipleship this Lent. Blessings Rich COMMAND PEST CONTROL Rats, Mice, Rabbits, Moles & Squirrels Flies, Wasps, Ants, Hornets Fleas and Biting Insects Bird control and proofing Flykillers, Fly screens and strip curtains Damp Proofing Woodworm/Death Watch Beetle - 30 year guarantee A friendly service covering the whole of East Anglia TEL: 01502 770007 www.commandpestcontrol.co.uk THE SIGN OF THE FISH CHRISTIAN BOOK SHOP 20a Market Square, Halesworth IP19 8AA. Tel: 01986 875750 You are always welcome to come and have some refreshment Tea, coffee etc. or just browse WE SELL BOOKS, CARDS, GIFTS, CD’S & TRAIDFARE GOODS Open 9.30 a.m. - 4.00 p.m. weekdays 9.30 a.m. - 12.00 noon Saturdays SOUTHWOLD CARPETS CURTAINS & BLINDS LTD Supplied by COLIN WELLS woith 25+ years’ experience CARPETS TILES VINYLS CURTAINS RAILS & POLES BLINDS SAFETY FLOORING LINEN WICKER BASKETS HABERDASHERY Tel: 01502 724948 Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, (Closed Wed), Sat 10am-4pm Unit 1, Southwold Business Centre, St Edmund’s Road, Southwold IP18 6JU Solely Southwold self catering holidays Home from home accommodation in central Southwold personally managed by the owners Our 21st year Telephone: 01502 578383 e-mail: [email protected] web: www.solely-southwold.co.uk Southwold Pharmacy 100 High Street, Southwold IP18 6DP Monday to Saturday 9.00am to 5.30pm Sunday 12.00am to 2.00pm Tel. No. 01502 722370 Reydon Pharmacy 1-2 Shearwater Road, Reydon IP18 6GX Monday to Friday 9.00am to 6.00pm Tel. No. 01502 726088 Free Delivery Service Low prices and good value at both shops. PHARMACY the Heart of our Community SOLE BAY TEAM NEWS Team Services now in centre pages LENT LUNCHES Friends from all the Churches in Southwold & Reydon, will serve Homemade Soup, with bread and cheese, followed by tea and coffee. Lunches will be served every Friday from 20 February until 27 March 12.30pm to 2.00pm in St Edmund's Hall, Cumberland Rd. Just Drop in! No charge - DONATIONS ONLY CHRISTIANS TOGETHER WORSHIPING TOGETHER DURING LENT 6pm on Sunday Evenings. Theme- Wilderness Time 1 March at Southwold United Reformed Church, Fr Roger Spencer - A time of challenge 8 March at St. Margaret's Church, Reydon, Revd. Christine Kennel - A time of dependence 15 March at Southwold Methodist Church, Revd. Simon Pitcher - A time of doubt 22 March at The Sacred Heart Church, Southwold, Revd. Charles Croll - A time of comfort Our Lenten collections & Lunch donations will go to the Southwold Voluntary Help Centre. SOLE BAY ALPHA Christians Together in Southwold & District are hosting an Alpha course this spring/summer. The Alpha Course is a 10 week practical introduction to the Christian faith. It started in the early 90's at Holy Trinity Church Brompton, London and has been a huge success, so much so that that last year it was being run in over 8000 churches in Britain and in over 130 countries worldwide. What is an Alpha Course? It is an opportunity to explore the Christian faith in a relaxed, non-threatening, low key, friendly and fun way. Alpha is a place where no question is too simple or too hostile. Listen, learn, discuss and discover. Ask anything. The course consists of a series of talks (by local church Ministers) looking at topics such as "Who is Jesus?" and "Why and How Do I Pray?" After each talk there are small groups for discussions. Who is Alpha For? Alpha is for people wanting to explore Christianity, new Christians, and those who want to refresh their faith. In summary, Alpha is for anybody! Do think and pray about who you might invite. If you have done Alpha before, bring someone else along or, be part of the team that offers welcome and hospitality. Our local Alpha course starts on Wednesday 22 April 7.15pm at St.Margaret's Church, Reydon (The first evening will include a meal). If you are interested and would like to book a place please add you name to any of the sign-up sheets in local churches from the end of March or contact Revd Rich Henderson 01502 722192 email: [email protected]. PA I N T I N G & D E C O R AT I N G for Quality Service call WA LT E R D O W H A N 01502 724898 Free Estimates TONY BROWN FUNERAL SERVICES Green Burials & Pre-Arranged Funerals available Floral tributes & Memorials supplied 24 hour service Proudly independent family run business All funerals conducted personally By Tony, Martin or Ben Brown The Funeral Parlour, New Cut, Saxmundham, IP17 1EH Sole Bay classified Chiropody CHIROPODIST - HCPC registered 104 Wangford Road, Reydon ANTONIA KYLE MSSCh MBChA Tel:01502 722954 Painting & Decorating MICHAEL HANNANT Painting & Decorating Property Maintenance Tel: 01502 724582 GRAVE CONCERN Full Care and Maintenance for a loved ones Grave. Flowers upon request. Peter and Julie Rye 01502 575601 Help with a drinking problem? Call AA on 01473 212 224 Friendly local meetings every day The Loft - Final Logo - CMYK.jpg Tel: 01728 603108 www.tonybrownfuneralservices.co.uk WANGFORD FARM SHOP and NURSERIES ��������������������� ��������������������������� ������ ����� ��������� ������������������������� ���� ��� �������� Home and local grown fruit, ������������ �������������� vegetables and salads ���� ��������������������������������������� Pet foods, household coal and Calor gas Cut flowers and pot plants Tel. WANGFORD 578246 ����������������������� ������������������������ FOODBANK COLLECTIONS Thank you for the support of all the congregations and communities in Southwold, Reydon and District for your support of East Suffolk Foodbank. A generous amount of 1668.96kg of food has been donated in 2014. During the last year East Suffolk Foodbank fed 3885 people of whom 1042 were children. Philip Riley Charity Manager WOMEN'S WORLD DAY OF PRAYER Our local Women's World Day of Prayer service will be held for the first time, in over 40 years, at St. Margaret's church in Reydon. It is an international and interdenominational service written this year by the Christian women of the Bahamas, and prepared by our local ecumenical team. We welcome men, women and children and are very happy to be able to offer lifts to St. Margaret's from surrounding villages, plus refreshments beforehand. Please put this date, Friday 6th March, 10.30am 2015 in your diaries. It will be a short colourful service in the morning, followed by the usual 30 March ²5 April 2015 Lent lunch in St. Edmunds Hall, Southwold. Please ring Monday Compline Service 7.30pm Sotherton Sue Puddifoot 01502 725496/ Tuesday Taize Service 7.30pm Wangford 07740286553 if you would like to be involved in car sharing Wednesday Morning Prayer 8.45am Reydon Eucharist 10am Walberswick or refreshments. Thank you. Reflective Service REFLECTIVE DAY A Reflective Day on Being Over 50 is being held on Saturday 18th April at the Chapel of St. Felix's School, Reydon. Led by Revd. Elizabeth Baxter and Revd. Joan Lyon. This day will provide a relaxed space to share day-today and spiritual experience of the life we have been given as it is stretched to new dimensions as we mature. Registration with coffee at 9.30am, finishing at 4pm. The cost of the day is £10 with lunch provided. To register please pick up a leaflet at the back of church or contact Jenny Whines on 01502 722293 or email: [email protected] Maundy Thursday Holy Communion Eucharist & Vigil 7.30pm Blythburgh 10am Southwold 7.30pm Reydon Good Friday Ecumenical Service & Walk of Witness 10am One Hour Devotion 12 noon One Hour Devotion 1pm Liturgy of the Cross 2pm One Hour Devotion & Music 2pm One Hour Devotion 2pm Southwold URC Uggeshall Reydon Reydon Southwold Walberswick Easter Saturday Easter Vigil 7.30pm Walberswick Easter Sunday 7.30am 8am 8am 9.30am 9.30am 9.30am 9.30am 11am 11am 11am 6pm Eucharist (BCP) Holy Communion (BCP) Holy Communion (BCP) Parish Eucharist (CW) Parish Eucharist (CW) Family Worship Parish Eucharist (CW) Holy Communion (BCP) Holy Communion (CW) Holy Communion (CW) Evening Prayer (BCP) Reydon Southwold Uggeshall Reydon Sotherton Southwold (Hall) Walberswick Blythburgh Southwold Wangford Uggeshall MARCH AT THE ELECTRIC PICTURE PALACE 6th - HECTOR AND THE SEARCH FOR HAPPINESS 7th - GONE GIRL 12th - NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE BEHIND THE BEAUTIFUL FOREVERS by David Hare 13th - PRIDE 14th - MY OLD LADY 20th - THE 100 FOOT JOURNEY 21st - MR TURNER 26th - NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE A VEW FROM THE BRIDGE by Arthur Miller 27th - THE IMITATION GAME 28th - EFFIE GRAY PARISH NEWS Holy Trinity Church, Blytburgh Church Lane, IP19 9PL BACK IN BUSINESS Blythburgh's popular monthly cafe and mini-market is back after its winter break. It is held on the mornings of the first Friday of the month, so please join us on 27 March from 10.30 to 12.30, for coffee, cake and the chance to buy handcrafted goods. HAPPY COUPLES We look forward to welcoming 12 couples who have chosen Blythburgh Church for their wedding services between April and October. This increase has arisen partly because of major renovations at St. Edmund's, Southwold, but other couples also have a long-standing family connection with Blythburgh. Look out for the swirling confetti across the marshes (biodegradable of course!). MUSICAL NOTES Blythburgh and Wangford Churches are delighted to announce that we have received a donation totalling £9000 from Music in Country Churches as a result of our wonderful musical weekend in Blythburgh last August and the generosity of the participating artists. After the deduction of expenses, this will be split proportionately between the two churches. A big thank you to everybody who took part in the preparations, and those from across the Sole Bay Team who helped with stewarding, or in any other way. It was a mammoth task, and we are particularly grateful to Jenny Allen from Blythburgh, and Sue Ives from Wangford and their teams of helpers. KEEP ON GLOWING Last month Holy Trinity launched a support scheme, asking people to sponsor the popular floodlighting of the church (it costs £100 a month just for the electricity). For £20 per week anyone can choose a specific week to sponsor the lights. To take up this opportunity, please pop into the Blythburgh village shop or the church, and pick up a sponsorship form. TIME OUT The Revd Malcolm Doney, the Associate Priest of Holy Trinity, Blythburgh is taking a nine-month sabbatical from his church duties, from 1 April to 31 December 2015. He will still be around and about in the village, but he will not be available to undertake specific church functions and services. We wish him well, as he takes this break. St. Margaret’s Church, Reydon Wangford Road, IP18 6PB What a wonderful weekend we had at the beginning of February in St. Margaret's Church - sharing with our community and people from beyond the completion of the beautiful re-ordering of our building. Too many thanks and "well dones" are due to list here, but the various - and very varied organists on Friday were brilliant, Sing-a-long a Sound of Music, great fun, didn't go to the Children's Scratch Choir workshop and activities (Gerald and I didn't qualify for this one!!!) but gather it went very well, the superb Wrentham Band and then in the evening, Mike Webb, Joanne Knight and Eliza Stammers provided wonderful St. Barnabas The Common, Godyll Road, Southwold, Suffolk, IP18 6AJ OVER 100 YEARS OF CARING Telephone: 01502 722264 Facsimile: 01502 726045 e-mail: [email protected] We are a small comfortable care home for the elderly situated in an ideal position, close to the high street, overlooking the common and the sea. St Barnabas was founded in 1897 by Mary Shipley as a holiday home for genteel ladies, but is now a registered home for the elderly. We offer a permanent home to those needing help and support from our caring, qualified staff. For those living in their own home we offer day care which includes lunch/refreshments, and/or an assisted bath or shower and more importantly some much needed company and social activity. On occasions we can provide respite care. Please phone for more information, costs and facilities available. 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PAUL GODDARD Telephone 01986 784594 Wangford Road Reydon Southwold Tel: 01502 723603 [email protected] www.therandolph.co.uk PARISH NEWS (...continued) entertainment, North Suffolk Youth Choir on Sunday were excellent and add in the services at 9.30 am and 6 pm on Sunday which were truly inspirational with the whole congregation (large) joining in to the full was uplifting and magnificent. The work of the craftsmen (for that is the only way to describe them) who completed the works provided us with a setting which would be hard to equal. Then there were the flowers, the soup and cake makers, the team work behind the scenes, so much to enjoy! Plus the children's model of the church, I do hope you took time to look at it, a real masterpiece of which they should be proud! So HUGE thank-you's to all involved in the organising and to Rev Rich for his inspired leadership. They worked so hard to achieve this as well as the lead-up and carrying out of the re-ordering. FROM BISHOP DAVID'S BLOG Wow! What a good job Rich Henderson and the people of Reydon Church have made of their reordering. Sanctuary cleared and new seats and altar rail put in. Great new tiled floor. Walls painted, new lighting and sound system, new organ, new vestments. And the church was heaving (and full of smoke!) as we rededicated it all this morning. Jacob's Ladder was our reading, and all the renovations offer a all spiritual leg up for regulars and visitors. But how can we be sure it's for real? Going to make a real difference? The ladder needs securing at both ends. Into the reality of Jesus Christ, his life, his astounding teaching, his death, his resurrection. And into the reality of reaching out into the world around us in all its need. Are we each doing both of those! Now that is a rededication that will make a difference. We, you can change the world! FESTIVAL THANKS Thank you to all who supported the Reydon Church Festival weekend and joined in celebrating completion of the reordering. Huge thanks to all who worked so hard in welcoming and serving others over the three days, to all the singers, musicians who performed and all involved in two very special acts of worship. Revd Rich. The ANNUAL PAROCHIAL CHURCH MEETING will take place on Sunday 12 April at 11am. As part of our review of 2014 we will be producing a booklet of annual reports. If you usually write a report for the APCM please send to Sarah Britten by 1st March preferably by email: [email protected]. Reports are to reflect the year ending 31 December 2014. ELECTORAL ROLL The Church electoral roll is the foundation of the whole structure of synodical government in the church. It contains the names and addresses of everyone who can vote at the Annual Parochial Church Meeting. If you would like to be added to the roll please collect an application for enrolment form from Sarah Britten. COFFEE & CONVERSATION Come along to the church room on Wednesday 4 March for a chat, a cuppa and great cakes! All welcome. FEAST ALL-AGE WORSHIP On Sunday 22 March our theme at Feast is 'Journey to the Cross' as we creatively think about the events of Holy Week. Breakfast from 9.15am, Worship from 9.45am. COOPER & DENNY LTD Builders Reydon Business Park, Fountain Way, Reydon, Southwold, Suffolk IP18 6SZ Telephone: 01502 723366 Fax: 01502 724866 Personal attention Estimates Free A wide variety of Fairtrade goods are available at:Holy Trinity, Blythburgh St. Margaret’s, Reydon St. Edmund’s, Southwold Piano Tuition Lucy Buncombe L.R.A.M., A.R.C.M. Are you interested in learning the piano? Do you want to improve your skills? Tuition for all ages and abilities Telephone (01502) 724455 Mobile: 0798 143 8508 FRANK R. PALMER Builder & Property Maintenance Goswold, , 31 Halesworth Road Reydon, Southwold, Suffolk. IP18 6NR PERSONAL MUSIC TUITION VICTOR SCOTT (BA Hons. 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The APCM will be held at Red House Farm Westhall IP19 8NY on the 26th March 2015 at 7.30pm by kind permission of Mrs Pearl Flaxman. St. Lawrence’s Church, South Cove On B1127, NR34 7JD The well-known weather proverb, "March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb" has been in common place since the latter part of the 17th. Century. Already this year, we have experienced a variety of weather conditions. There are a number of significant days in the church's calendar which are celebrated this month. Two Patron saints are remembered; St. David of Wales, a sixthcentury monk and bishop, on Sunday, 1st. March and, on 17th. March, St. Patrick of Ireland c.390 - c.461. Mothering Sunday occurs on the fourth Sunday in Lent, 15th. March. One of the earliest references is from a diary of Richard Symonds, published in 1644. "Every mid-Lent Sunday is a great day in Worcester, when all the children and godchildren meet at the head and chief of the family and have a feast. They call it 'Mothering - Day.' " This is not to be confused with Mother's Day which was first suggested in 1907 by Miss Anna Jarvis, a schoolteacher in Philadelphia. In Britain, the new Mother's Day got tangled up with the existing Mothering Sunday and for sometime the two existed side by side. It is probably true that Mother's Day has gained the upper hand today. There will be a service of Holy Communion at St. Lawrence Church at 3p.m. on Sunday 15th. March, Mothering Sunday, also known as Refreshment Sunday. By some it is referred to as Laetare Sunday, from the anthem 'Laetare' (Rejoice). Flowers may be placed in church and children give bunches of flowers to their mothers. The Rev'd Rich Henderson will be the Celebrant. All are welcome. St. Edmund’s Church, Southwold Bartholomew Green, IP18 6JA ANNUAL PAROCHIAL CHURCH MEETING St. Edmund's, Southwold Friday 24th April in St. Edmund's at 7.30pm in St. Edmund's Hall During January and February scaffolding for the roof restoration work has been gradually sprouting inside the church, filling the space like an intricate metal forest of trunks and branches. The south aisle has been left clear, and once the scaffolding is all in place it will be possible to use St Edmunds in a limited way for services by using the south aisle and Lady Chapel. Whilst the scaffolding has been going up the church congregation has met in both Southwold Methodist Church and in St Edmunds Hall. We are very grateful to March 2015 | CHURCH SERVICES DIARY 1 0800 0800 0800 0930 0930 1100 1100 Second Sunday of Lent Reydon Eucharist (BCP) Southwold Holy Communion (BCP) Uggeshall Holy Communion (BCP) Reydon Parish Eucharist (CW) Southwold Family Service Southwold Morning Prayer (BCP) Walberswick Parish Eucharist (CW) Joined by Blythburgh 1100 Wangford Holy Communion (CW) 1800 Uggeshall Evening Prayer (BCP sung) 1800 URC Southwold Lent Worship 8 0800 0800 0930 0930 1000 1100 1100 1800 1800 1800 15 LECTIONARY Genesis 17.1-7,15,16 Psalm 22.23-31 Romans 4.13-25 Mark 8.31-38 Third Sunday of Lent Reydon Eucharist (BCP) Southwold Holy Communion (BCP) Reydon Parish Eucharist (CW) Sotherton Holy Communion (CW) Southwold All Together (HC) Blythburgh Holy Communion (CW) Joined by Walberswick Wangford Holy Communion (CW) Uggeshall Evening Prayer (BCP sung) Walberswick Choral Evensong Reydon Lent Worship LECTIONARY Exodus 20.1-17 Psalm 19 1 Corinthians 1.18-25 John 2.13-22 11 Matthew 26.14 - 27.66 or Mothering Sunday 0800 Reydon Eucharist (BCP) 0800 Southwold Holy Communion (BCP) 0930 Blythburgh Holy Communion (BCP) 0930 Reydon Family Eucharist 1000 Southwold Mothering Sunday Service 1100 Wangford Mothering Sunday Service 1100 Walberswick Mothering Sunday Service 1500 South Cove Holy Communion (BCP) 1800 Uggeshall Holy Communion (BCP) 1800 Methodist Southwold Lent Worship LECTIONARY Exodus 2.1-10 or 1 Samuel 1.20-28 Psalm 34.11-20 or Psalm 127.1-4 2 Corinthians 1.3-7 or Colossians 3.12-17 Luke 2.33-35 or John 19.25-27 22 Fifth Sunday of Lent 0800 Reydon Eucharist (BCP) 22 Fifth Sunday of Holy LentCommunion (BCP) 0800 Southwold 0800 0915 0800 0930 0915 0930 0930 1000 0930 1100 1000 1600 1100 1800 1600 1800 1800 1800 LECTIONARY Jeremiah 31.31-34 Psalm 51.1-13 or Eucharist (BCP) Feast All-Age Worship LECTIONARY Psalm 119.9-16 Jeremiah 31.31-34 Holy Communion (BCP) Hebrews 5.5-10 Psalm 51.1-13 or Feast All-Age Worship Holy Communion (CW) Psalm 119.9-16 Holy Communion (BCP) All Together Morning Worship Hebrews 5.5-10 Reydon Southwold Blythburgh Reydon Walberswick Blythburgh Southwold Walberswick Holy Communion (CW) Wangford Southwold All Together Morning Worship Reydon Choral Evensong Wangford Holy Communion (CW) Uggeshall Evening Prayer (BCP) Reydon Choral Lent Evensong Sacred Heart, Southwold Worship Uggeshall Evening Prayer (BCP) Sacred Heart, Southwold Lent Worship Palm Sunday LECTIONARY Liturgy of the Palms: 0800 Reydon Eucharist (BCP) Mark 11.1-11 or 22 Palm Sunday 0800 Southwold Holy Communion (BCP) LECTIONARY John 12.12-16 Liturgy of the Palms: 0800 Eucharist (BCP) (BCP) 0930 Reydon Blythburgh Holy Communion Psalm 118.1-2, 19-24* Mark 11.1-11 or 0800 Holy Communion 0930 Southwold Reydon Parish Eucharist (BCP) John 12.12-16 0930 Blythburgh Holy Communion (BCP) Walberswick (CW) Psalm 118.1-2, 19-24* 0930 Parish Eucharist (CW) 1000 Reydon Southwold Holy Communion 0930 Holy Communion (CW) 1100 Walberswick Wangford 1000 Holy Communion (CW) 1800 Southwold Uggeshall Evening Prayer (BCP) 1100 Wangford Holy Communion (CW) 1800 Uggeshall Evening Prayer (BCP) REGULAR MIDWEEK SERVICES Festival Days and Seasons may result in change St Margaret's, Reydon Tuesdays 1830SERVICES Eucharist REGULAR MIDWEEK Festival Days and Seasons may result in change Third Tuesday – Healing Eucharist with Laying-On of Hands and Anointing St Margaret's, Reydon Wednesdays 0845 Morning Prayer Tuesdays 1830 Eucharist St Edmund’s, Southwold Third Tuesday1000 – Healing Eucharist with Laying-On of Hands and Anointing Thursdays Eucharist (BCP) Wednesdays 0845 Morning Prayer Second Thursday – Healing Eucharist with Anointing (CW – said) St Edmund’s, FridaysSouthwold 1600 Evening Prayer Thursdays 1000 Eucharist (BCP) St Andrew’s, Walberswick Second Thursday – Healing Eucharist with Anointing (CW – said) Tuesdays 1700 Evening Prayer Fridays 1600 Evening Prayer Wednesdays 1000 Eucharist (BCP) St Andrew’s, Walberswick First Wednesday – Healing Eucharist (CW – said) Tuesdays 1700 Evening Prayer St Peter and St Paul’s, Wangford Wednesdays 1000 Eucharist (BCP) Last Wednesday of month 1200 Eucharist (CW –said) First Wednesday – Healing Eucharist (CW – said) Holy Trinity, Blythburgh Wednesdays 1700 Service of Night Prayer (Compline) St Peter and St Paul’s, Wangford Last Wednesday of month 1200 Eucharist (CW –said) Holy Trinity, Blythburgh Wednesdays 1700 Service of Night Prayer (Compline) All aspects of tree work Precision Felling Delicate Dismantling Pruning and Reshaping Remove Dead, Dying or Dangerous Limbs Hedge Cutting Stump Grinding Fully Insured NPTC Qualified For Free Quotations and Advice Call 07810116753 PARISH NEWS (...continued) everyone at Southwold Methodist Church for their warm welcome and kind hospitality during what is quite a challenging time for everyone at St Edmunds. During 2015 some of the big services that traditionally take place in St Edmunds will not be able to do so. The first of these is the ecumenical service on Good Friday, which this year will take place in Southwold United Reformed Church on Southwold High Street at 10.00. Hopefully by the time you read this the long awaited restoration of the weather vane will be completed, and that this will once again adorn the tower. On 22nd and 23rd January an exhibition was held in Buckenham Galleries in order to present the plans for providing new facilities in the west end of St Edmunds. Over 160 people attended on the two days and we received a good number of comment cards that were positive and encouraging about the things we hope to do. It is intended that in due course the exhibition display boards will be placed in St Edmund's for visitors to see. THE CHILDREN'S SOCIETY The grand total from the annual collection box count in November was £392.76, an increase on 2013. These funds go towards the Society's work and projects; supporting vulnerable children and young people, such as runaways and young carers. If anyone would like to start saving their small change for The Children's Society, please telephone Kate Assmann 01502 722 600 for a collecting box. St. Mary’s Church, Uggeshall Wangford Road, NR34 8BD ANNUAL PAROCHIAL CHURCH MEETINGSt Mary's, Uggeshall Tuesday 21 April at 2pm In the School Hall, Uggeshall UGGESHALL SCHOOL HALL Uggeshall School Hall is becoming a buzz of regular activity - coffee mornings, fish and chip lunch, gardening club - and many other ideas are flowing in. The hall is available for private and community events for residents and the wider community. If you have an idea, first of all check your date with Elaine Watts ([email protected]). She will give you a booking form, the Terms of Use and a list of what is available for you to use (i.e. number of plates, teapots, tables etc). The church will be responsible for the upkeep of the hall and the provision of catering items (e.g. cups, plates, teapots, cutlery etc). Elaine has an inventory and will also give you a copy of the Terms of Use. Then it's up to you! We do not have a team of helpers to publicise and set up for events. There is expertise around if you need help and we can all do our bit in sharing that. Publicity posters can be put up on the noticeboards at the church gate and on the road outside the School Hall. Tony Watts ([email protected]) is keeping an email list of those who would like to receive regular updates about what is going on so please send him an email asking to be included. QH KITCHENS & BEDROOMS VOLUNTARY HELP CENTRE Unit 20, Reydon Business Park Serving Southwold, Reydon & district WIDE RANGE OF FINISHES FOR EVERY BUDGET Stella Peskett Millennium Hall, Mights Road, Southwold, Suffolk IP18 6BE For FREE brochure or quote Southwold 723550 Email: [email protected] Web site: www.southwoldvhc.com www.qhkitchens.co.uk Registered Charity No.: 298046 MUMFORDS Telephone: (01502) 724549 Hardware of Southwold Transport - Shopping - Befriending, etc. CAN WE HELP YOU? CAN YOU HELP US? 66 High Street Southwold Tel: 01502 723116 Opening Times: THE LEADING STORE FOR: Mon. & Thurs 9.00am-12noon & 1.00pm-3.00pm Tues/Wed/Fri 9.00am-12noon HARDWARE PAINTS OUTDOOR WEAR 24 hour answerphone responded to daily KITCHENWARE GARDEN SUPPLIES Rosedale STUART BROWN Heart & Sole 62x92_Layout 1 21/01/2014 16:29 Page FUNERAL HOME BEREAVEMENT Providing the SUPPORT GROUP very best care. ▪ ▪ ▪ ADVICE ON We have FUNERAL GRANTS established our reputation by providing an exceptional service at an Arcadia House affordable 19 Market Place Halesworth cost. 01986 875588 A family business – we believe it makes a difference FENCING & GATES Free Estimates Tel: 01502 517567 07778 491504 Email: [email protected] STONEMASONS Individually designed memorials by skilled local craftsmen at fair prices Cleaning and Renovation service ANatural lasting tribute Stone paving in andstone tiles Granite and Marble worksurfaces supplied to your Serving local families since 1842 requirements Bungay Chaucer 01986 892359 PleaseSt.call or send for brochures Diss Vinces Rd. 01379 652211 Est. 1835 North WalshamPERFITTS Midland Rd. 01692 403235 12, Chaucer Street, Bungay Tel 01986 892359 ZZZKOSHUÀWWFRXN Vinces Road, Diss, Norfolk Tel 01379 652211 PARISH NEWS (...continued) The use of the hall is free to residents up until November this year for private and community events. Thereafter hiring costs will be £6 per hour with an all day hire fee of £30. St. Andrew’s Church, Walberswick The Street, IP18 6UZ ANNUAL PAROCHIAL CHURCH MEETING St Andrew's, Walberswick Sunday 19th April at 12.15 In Church At St. Andrew's we're reaping unexpected benefits from the new church rules on eligibility for weddings. A second couple, who do not fulfil the existing conditions enabling them to hold their wedding here, has now agreed to worship with us on a regular basis for 6 months in order to meet the requirement Simon set down. It seems to be a win/win situation, since we will have the pleasure of their company. The first was from Essex, this couple are from outer London. I am waiting for a really dramatic distance next! Joanna Saunders St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, Wangford Church Street, NR34 8RR ANNUAL PAROCHIAL CHURCH MEETING St Peter & St Paul, Wangford with Henham Thursday 23 April at 7pm In Wangford Community Centre An appeal to all shoppers Drink up for Lent Please support WaterAid along with the congregation of Wangford Church. Visit Wangford Village Store where you can take a free bottle of lovely, clean water, drink it mindfully and then fill the bottle with your coins. Make this a family project to show your children the importance of having clean water to keep us all healthy. Give 5p for every tap you have in your house and garden. Give 10p every time you have a shower or bath. Give 10p every time you boil the kettle. Give 20p for every time you replace a glass of juice, wine or beer with a drink of water. Or think up your own ways of giving to help others who do not have the luxury of clean water. This appeal will support specific projects to provide water wells in Ethiopia. Bring your filled bottles to the Mothering Sunday service in the church on Sunday 15 March at 11am or hand them into the village up until Easter Day. OTHER LOCAL CHURCHES CATHOLIC CHURCH OF THE SACRED HEART, SOUTHWOLD The Common, Southwold, IP18 6AH Parish Priest: Fr Roger Spencer 723207 Regular Masses (times occasionally vary) at Sacred Heart Church , Southwold 11.00am 9.00am Sunday Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 10.00am Saturday 6.00pm Saturday (until October) Vigil Mass for Sunday at St. Edmund’s Church , Halesworth 9.00am 10.00am Sunday Friday Your local TV Aerial specialist Solo Care Friendly Family Run Business Free Quotations & Surveys Digital Aerials From £45 Installation & Repair 10% discount with this advert Southwold and surrounding Areas www.southwoldaerials.co.uk 01502 390929 !! !! !! d ! ! Covering all aspects of tree surgery and hedge cutting! ! Fully insured and NPTC qualified! Call now for a competitive, free, no obligation quote! www.jbtreeservicessuffolk.co.uk! 01728 648557 or 07909 876957 OTHER LOCAL CHURCHES (...continued) UNITED REFORMED CHURCH, S’WOLD Minister: Revd Charles Croll 01728 684052 Sunday Worship 10.30am. Holy Communion on the first Sunday. Activites for young children are available - either in church, or under supervision in the adjoining church hall. Please speak to one of the Welcome Team on arrival at church. SOUTHWOLD METHODIST CHURCH BOOKS 'N BRIC-A-BRAC SALE AT SIBTON The Friends of St Peter's are holding a spring Books 'n Bric-a-Brac Sale at Sibton church on Saturday 28th March from 10.30am until noon. There will also be clothes and toys, and admission is free. Refreshments will be available. Parking will be on the Glebe Meadow the Yoxford side of the church. For details and to donate items please telephone Rosie on 01728 660369 or Diana on 01728 660236. Saturday 21st March 2015 from 10.30am to 4.15pm: the Southwold branch of the W.E.A. is holding a one day course 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier .....? An Introduction to Family History' tutored by Rosemary Steer in the Methodist Church Hall, East Green, Southwold. The fee for the course including buffet lunch is £22.50. The fee for those who would prefer to provide their own lunch is £15. Tea and coffee will be provided for all. All are welcome. Further details and application forms can be obtained from Shirley Burnett on 01502 725489 or Mary Rowan-Robinson on 01502 725223. Minister: Rev Christine Kennell TrinityLowestoft, Corton, Southwold 8 Corton Road, Lowestoft, NR32 4PL email [email protected] Sunday Services: March 1 10.30am Rev Val Burgess Holy Communion 8 10.30am Worship at URC Southwold 15 10.30am Conducted by the Worship Group 6.00pm United Service Rev Simon Pitcher 22 10.30am Rev Robin Searles 29 10.30 am Rev Christine Kennell Please send us your pictures of Sole Bay events (always keep a camera in your pocket!) Email them (if possible in 300dpi) to:[email protected] Charles and Alice Bunbury are so grateful to so many friends who have helped and supported them in many different ways since early December. "Praise be; £1000 was raised by selling Christmas cards and Reydon Knitters knitted a blanket, 50 school hats and scarves. Everything has now arrived at Amasango School. Grateful THANKS to all who contributed." Alison Evans PRAISE and THANKSGIVING for the marvellous and enjoyable 3 days of various activities to celebrate and dedicate the re-ordering of St. Margaret's Reydon. Many congratulations to everyone involved. There is so much more one can add....not to mention the feast of cakes !!! Special thanks go to you, Rich, Sarah and Pat for all their hard work in planning and delivering the Festival. Email [email protected] with your messages of Thanks and Praise (circa 25 words) by the 10th of the month. Inclusion is at our discretion and vagaries of space. This photo is of a confirmation at St Edmunds, probably in the 1930s. Do you know which year it was? Do you recognise anyone in this photo and can you tell us a little about their lives? We would be interested to hear from you either by contacting the team office on 01502 724 115 or emailing us at [email protected] The Southwold Dementia Support Group is held on the second Wednesday of every month from 2pm 3:30pm. The next group is on 11th March 2015. The group provides a safe and supportive environment for people with dementia and their carers. You can share your personal experiences of dementia with others who understand, as much as possible, what you are going through. You can also use the meetings as an opportunity to relax, to take part in group activities, to talk about other things and to have a break from the routine of daily life. Refreshments are provided. For more information regarding the venue and any other questions regarding the support group, please contact Jonny Hawes on 01502 514712 or email [email protected] SHOPPING HABITS CHANGE How often do you shop for food? These days, chances are that you are buying 'little and often', popping into your mini-supermarket several times a week, and buying only what you need for the next couple of days. It is a thrifty way of living; the trend has helped to reduce food wastage by as much as a fifth, compared with seven years ago. According to a survey by Waitrose, one in four of us is visiting a 'convenience' store at least once a day. Perhaps it gives a whole new insight into 'Give us today our daily bread...' (Luke 11:3) Heart and Sole TUESDAY MARCH 10TH: Southwold is published by Decorative and Fine Arts Society, 2pm, St the Sole Bay Team Ministry, Edmund's Hall, Southwold: On Either Side of No Eight Church of England parishes Man's Land: British and German Artists of the 1914 in NE Suffolk. - 1918 War by Clare Ford-Wille [email protected] LENT WORDSEARCH Lent lasts for 40 days. Sundays in Lent are 'oases'; as Sunday is never a day of fasting, but a weekly celebration of the resurrection of Jesus. Christians have used Lent as their '40 days in the wilderness', when they set aside the indulgences of life and instead look inward, seeking spiritual renewal and growth. Lent looks towards the Cross and the Empty Tomb, with the assurance of redemption and new life in Christ. The daffodils in our gardens are golden trumpets to proclaim the wonderful message of Easter! The English word for Lent is not at all religious; it is an abbreviation of the Old English word 'lencten', or 'lengthen'. At last winter is over, and the days are getting longer... Lent Forty Days Sundays Fasting Weekly Celebration Resurrection Jesus Wilderness Indulgences Inward Spiritual Renewal Growth Cross Empty Tomb Redemption Daffodils Lencten • Books • Brochures • Business Cards • Community Newspapers • Compliment slips • Funeral Service sheets • Greeting Cards • Headed Stationery • Ink Pads & Stamps • Invoices • Labels • Menus • Posters & Leaflets • Restaurant Pads • Spiral Binding • Wedding Stationery • & much more ... Southwold Press Ltd. PRINTERS We stock a wide range of Card, Paper & Envelopes to sell direct to businesses and the general public. We also publish two community newspapers The Southwold Gazette and The Aldeburgh Gazette. Tel: 01502 723361 email: [email protected] www.southwoldpress.co.uk OPEN: 9am-1pm, 2-5pm, Monday - Friday Unit 3a, Global Court, Reydon Business Park HYMN: The story behind ... Dear Lord and Father of mankind Dear Lord and Father of mankind, forgive our foolish ways! Reclothe us in our rightful mind; in purer lives thy service find, in deeper reverence, praise. In simple trust like theirs who heard beside the Syrian sea the gracious calling of the Lord, let us, like them, without a word, rise up and follow thee. ...Drop thy still dews of quietness, till all our strivings cease; take from our souls the strain and stress, and let our ordered lives confess the beauty of thy peace. This is the nation's second favourite hymn, according to a poll taken by the BBC Songs of Praise programme in 2013. But it did not originate in the UK, nor did it begin life as a hymn. It began in the USA, as part of a poem about a drug-induced religious frenzy. John Greenleaf Whittier had been born in Haverhill, Massachusetts in 1807. His family were part of a pious Quaker community, and so the young John had grown up in an atmosphere of reverence, of waiting upon God in prayerful silence. Whittier wanted to be a poet, but his father directed him to journalism instead, in order to be sure his son could earn a living. Obediently, Whittier took up his pen and began to write for the papers. He was soon engaged in the fight against slavery, which he called the 'national crime'. He was frequently abused and criticized for his stand, and found his solace in turning to his first love, poetry. In 1872 he wrote a 17 verse 'hymn-poem' called 'The Brewing of Soma'. It was an attempt to depict the futile ways in which mankind tries to engage with God. The story line is of priests of the Vedic religion (close to Hinduism) brewing soma, a sacred ritual drink with hallucinogenic properties. The priests are hoping that Soma will give them an experience of the divine, but instead they simply get drunk. This failure is then compared to some Christians' use of "music, incense, vigils drear, And trance, to bring the skies more near, Or lift men up to heaven!" But all their effort is in vain. It is mere intoxicated folly. And so the poem runs for 11 verses. Then, in verse 12, the whole scene changes, and we are not using props any longer, but simply looking into the loving face of the God of the Bible. We come to Him in penitence, and are met with grace and love. We encounter Jesus, and follow Him in obedience. The result is peace, stillness, and eternal life. The poem became the hymn in 1884, when Garrett Horder took the poem's final five verses and made them the hymn we love today. Here in the UK we sing it to the tune 'Repton', by C Hubert H Parry. (From the Parish Pump) TEAM CHURCHES’ PARISH DIRECTORY Holy Trinity Church, Blythburgh Church Lane IP19 9LP Churchwardens – Jenny Allen (478314); PCC Secretary – Roselyn Crane (478648); PCC Treasurer – Jenny Allen (478314); Church Bookings – Jenny Allen (478314); Organist – Patsy Murray (722022); Tower Correspondent – Peggy Meredith (478580) Church of St. Margaret, Reydon Wangford Road IP18 6PB Churchwardens – Peter Britten (724617), John Reaney (726125) Churchwarden Emeritus – Raymond Harvey (722141) PCC Secretary – Sarah Britten (724617); PCC Treasurer – Neil Holloway (723706 ) Organist – Ruth Chapman (722639); Tower Captain – Michelle Williams (723829) Church of St. Andrew, Sotherton East of village signed on A145 NR34 8ES Churchwardens – Gerard Walker (01986 874248), Stephen Flaxman (01986 873123) PCC Secretary – Karen Flaxman (01986 873123); PCC Treasurer – Jane Walker (01986 874248); Organist – Sue Taylor (578408) Church of St. Lawrence, South Cove On B1127 NR34 7JD Churchwardens – Alison Evans (675610), Richard Wood (722861) PCC Secretary – Richard Wood (722861); PCC Treasurer – Alison Evans (675610) Church of St. Edmund, Southwold Bartholomew Green IP18 6JA Churchwardens – Joan Goldsmith (722422/725726 ), Jane Ackroyd (724951) PCC Secretary – Ruth Clarke (01502 725116); PCC Treasurer – Michael Carter (724900) Director of Music – Victor Scott (723775); Tower Captain – Julia Johnson (723781) Church of St. Mary, Uggeshall Wangford Road NR34 8BD Churchwardens – Giles Crisp (578251), Colin Hill (578206); PCC Secretary – Stella King (578771); PCC Treasurer – Giles Crisp (578251); Organist – Sue Taylor (578408) Church of St. Andrew, Walberswick The Street IP18 6UZ Churchwarden – Chrissie Reeves (723351); PCC Secretary – Julia Josephs (722828); PCC Treasurer – Kevin Murphy; Organist – Julia Josephs (722828) Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Wangford Church Street NR34 8RR Churchwardens – Sidi Scott (578711), Valerie Beckett (578987); PCC Treasurer – Lorraine Davison (578645); Organist – Sue Taylor (578408) HEART & SOLE PARISH CORRESPONDENTS Emails can be addressed to the relevant village name plus @solebaymagazine.org.uk eg [email protected] Where telephone numbers have no area code, please precede with (01502) Holy Trinity Blythburgh Malcolm & Meryl Doney 07812 566520 / 07976 574703 St. Margaret’s Reydon Sue Cole 725307 St. Andrew’s Sotherton Karen Flaxman 01986 873123 St. Lawrence’s South Cove Alison Evans 675610 St. Edmund’s Southwold Lin Le Versha 722111 St. Mary’s Uggeshall Colin Hill 578206 St. Andrew’s Walberswick Joanna Saunders 722413 St. Peter & St. Paul’s Wangford Peter White 578636 Marina Turvill Smith Lay Chair Heart and Sole is published by the Sole Bay Team Ministry, 8 C of E parishes in NE Suffolk. 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