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Suffolk Historic Churches Bike Ride 2005
Earl Soham - Rota for Altar & Roll of Honour Flowers & Brasses
St Mary’s Ashfield - Flower & Cleaning Rota
Sixty Years On - painting exhibition
Hearing Care Centre Charity Golf Day
For events see also Services and Events. There are a number of events in the coming months not listed on this page, so do look in Services and Events.
Interregnum
Our Benefice is in Interregnum from 17th July.
When a vicar leaves a parish (or a Benefice), the parish enters an interregnum. During that time, when there is no vicar, the responsibility for the welfare of the parish falls to the Rural Dean (the Rev'd Graham Owen, the Rector of Framlingham), together with the Churchwardens. It is their responsibility to ensure that services are covered, and baptisms, weddings and funerals are looked after. All three of our parishes entered into interregnum when Clare left on July 17th.
Prior to leaving Clare arranged cover for the vast majority of our communion services between now and June 2006. Other services, such as Morning and Evening Prayer, will continue to be led by lay people, Churchwardens and Elders and Wendy our Reader, as will our Family Services. There may be one or two minor adjustments to our established pattern of worship, so check here.
It is not known how long the interregnum will last, nor what will be the outcome of the discussion process which has been re-opened to consider how best to organise our parishes and ensure priestly care in this part of Suffolk. The PCCs will be in regular contact with the Rural Dean, and no re-organisation can take place without full consultation with all the parishes involved.
Please support your Church during this time, and those who will be leading worship and taking pastoral care of our people. The Churchwardens will always be your first point of contact for any need or enquiry.
Contact details for Church Wardens & Elders can be found here.
From: Clare, Mark and Tom
A very big Thank you !!!!
For your extraordinary generosity and kind words shown to us all as we left these parishes. We were all very touched and moved and will miss you all. Grundisburgh is not a million miles away and once BT has got us a line we will be delighted to see you or talk with you (01473 735183)
ICE
Following the disaster in London…
East Anglian Ambulance Service have launched a national “In case of Emergency (ICE)” campaign with the support of Falklands war hero Simon Weston. The idea is that you store the word “I C E” in your mobile phone address book, and against it enter the number of the person you would want to be contacted “In Case of Emergency”. In an emergency situation ambulance and hospital staff will then be able to quickly find out who your next of kin are and be able to contact them. It’s so simple that everyone can do it. Please do. Please will you also email this to everybody in your address book, it won’t take too many “forwards” before everybody will know about this. It really could save your life, or put a loved one’s mind at rest. For more than one contact name ICE1, ICE2, ICE3 etc.
More information can be found on: http://www.eastanglianambulance.com/content/news/newsdetail.asp?newsID=646104183
Message from the East Anglian Ambulance NHS Trust
Christian Aid Week
Following the collection this year I am delighted to tell you that we raised just under £1000 for Christian Aid (excluding Gift Aid). I would like to thank all those who gave so generously and those who did all the foot work is delivering and collecting envelopes.
Alison Bowman
Invitation to View Evenings
Robert Grimsey is pleased to announce that the following amounts were raised at the above events:-
- Cretingham raised £182.00
- Ashfield- cum-Thorpe raised £299.11
- Earl Soham raised £245.71.
- The above totals are inclusive of ‘Gift Aid’
Editor’s note: I am sure all of us would like to thank Robert for all his hard work and his wonderful garden.
Photographs
For anybody wishing to purchase any of the aerial shots of the Churches or any of the photos in the album presented to Clare please contact Simon Garrett 01728 685489 or simon.garrett@iee.org.
Earl Soham Fete 
Saturday 6th August 2005 - 2:00 p.m. on the Village Green
This is the major fund raising event for our lovely old (and expensive) church of St. Mary’s. Do come along and bring your relatives and friends, at this great annual occasion for the whole parish.
1st August – Monday Evening - (after 5pm in Earl Soham)
We will round collecting any contributions you may wish to make to our stalls (bottles, preservatives, unwanted gifts, books, toys, etc in fact anything would be very much appreciated). If you are out please leave your contribution on your doorstep marked “FETE”.
Can you bake?
I am in charge of the cake stall again this year and would appreciate donations of cakes and savouries. This stall plays an important part in the fundraising, having regularly contributed over £200 to the overall total raised. As usual offerings, large or small, can be either left at my house earlier in the week or delivered direct to the village green on the day. To those of you who are newcomers to the village, this is one of the major fundraising events for St. Mary's Church. If I've not managed to meet you beforehand, please come and make yourself known on Saturday 6th August.
Jo Rothery
24th Suffolk Churches Cycle Ride
Saturday 10th September
Why not have fun, keep fit and at the same time help your local church? Raise money for your own church or chapel and for the Suffolk Historic Churches Trust (proceeds divided equally with the Trust paying the expenses) by cycling or walking - choosing your own route - to as many churches and chapels as you wish.
Entry forms available from local co-ordinators, including
Robert Grimsey, Corner View, Ashfield (01728 685 203)
Val Brumfitt, Fairacre, Brandeston Rd, Earl Soham. Tel: 685408
Ashfield Ladies Group
16th Aug |
Meal |
The Crown at Great Glemham |
20th Sept |
Suffolk Witches |
Pip Wright |
For further information contact Susan Hansen on 01728 685738.
Earl Soham - Rota for Altar & Roll of Honour Flowers & Brasses
Aug |
Mrs D Dale |
685608 |
Mrs S Edmundson |
685221 |
September |
Mrs M Simpson |
685301 |
Mrs A Wybar |
685472 |
If you are unable to do your flowers, please contact Margaret Buckland on 685329.
Earl Soham WI
The Earl Soham WI, which meets every fourth Thursday in the village hall at 7.30, enjoyed a talk last month on conchology, or the study of shells. Daphne Howlett described her hobby of 30 years, during which time she has collected over 9,000 specimens from all over the world in a wide variety of colours, shapes and sizes.
As well as the main monthly meeting, there are clubs for bridge, books, scrabble, sewing and croquet. New members are most welcome, and women who have recently moved into the area have said how much the WI has helped them to meet people and make friends.
Further information may be obtained from the Hon Sec, Debbie Sharman on 01728 724544.
St Mary’s Ashfield - Flower & Cleaning Rota
July |
Doreen Baxter |
685617 |
August |
Susan Hansen |
685738 |
September |
Margaret & John Garrard |
685038 |
If you are unable to do your month please contact another person on the list to arrange a swap.
Rotary Club of High Suffolk
The Rotary year begins in July. At the handing over meeting our retiring President, Carol Garrett, said that during her year in office some notable events had taken place. It was Rotary’s centenary year and the 10th anniversary of the club’s foundation. It was also the year of the tsunami. The Club had responded positively. During the year fund raising had allowed donations to be made to a number of charities including Macmillan Cancer Relief (£500), Sargeant Cancer Care (£500). In response to the tsunami disaster, the Club raised nearly £2500. A sum of £1,000 was donated to the Rotary Aquabox scheme, which provides clean drinking water. A further £1,500 was given to Shelter Box, another Rotary run charity, providing a dry shelter, water, a warm bed, light and heat, tools and cooking aids all in a box. These are all essential, and practical, emergency supplies in a disaster area.
As one of the Club’s Rotary centenary projects, we bought two craftsman made Mendlesham chairs from Finewood of Rendham. By selling raffle tickets far and wide, including several local craft fairs, over £3,000 was raised. This will again be donated to Aquabox and Shelter Box. The immediate effect of the tsunami may be alleviated but with an average of twelve disasters a year replenishing supplies of these items is an ongoing problem. Carol was delighted to have the opportunity of presenting one of the chairs to, Richard Burton of Aylesham, the winner of the raffle drawn at our Charter Night (the anniversary of our official inauguration).
We are not only a fund raising organisation. Rotary’s motto is ‘Service Above Self’. To this end, we have been involved in a Number of community projects, such as the Hoppitt’s Wood regeneration in Debenham, the Stroke Awareness day and the Fun run in Framlingham. As a Club we value young people. We promoted one young man to join a Rotary Exchange Group to Peru; an experience that, he said, added to his personal development. We have also help to sponsor other young people on their gap year travels.
Carol thanked all the officers and members of the Club for their hard work, commitment and good humour throughout a busy year. Above all, she thanked those in the local, and wider, community who had contributed so generously at our fund raising events. Without that support, nothing could have been achieved.
Incoming President, Brian Hull, of Occold, congratulated Carol on the success of her year in office. Although it would be a hard act to follow, he would endeavour to maintain the impetus and good standing of the Club in the locality. He knew he had the whole-hearted support of the members. His preferred charity for the coming year was the British Heart Foundation. The next big occasion would be our attendance at the Eye Show where we planned to hold a balloon race.
Brian said we would look forward to hearing from anyone who would like to join an organisation dedicated to helping others but having fun at the same time.
For further information phone: 01379 854 895
Sixty Years On
Prisoner of War’s Paintings go on Show at Brandeston Art Exhibition
A remarkable collection of 24 paintings completed in a German prisoner-of-war camp is to go on show for the first time six decades later at the August bank holiday art exhibition held annually at Brandeston Hall near Framlingham.
Cyril Harrington, now aged 92 and living at Melton, was a captain in the Lancashire Fusiliers when he was captured in Belgium in 1940.
“As prisoners-of-war we had to be paid under the Geneva Convention and I used my pay to obtain paints; this was allowed as I was an artist”, he says. His German captors would buy the materials for him on visits to Munich.
The watercolours to go on show were produced at a number of prison camps, the first of them not far from Hitler’s ‘Eagle’s Nest’ near the town of Kitzbuhel. Others are of the surrounding countryside in Bavaria, Westphalia and other parts of Germany. Only a minority are of events within the camps.
The Brandeston exhibition, at which Mr Harrington’s pictures will e an additional attraction, has been a Suffolk’s bank holiday draw for over a quarter of a century. It is organised by the Earl Soham and District Royal British Legion. Proceeds go to help local ex-service personnel.
The branch Chairman, Commander Norman Woodcock, says: “It seems marvellously appropriate, as we this year celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of the ending of the war, to be able to mount this additional exhibition to remind us of the resolution and courage of those who were wartime prisoners”.
The main exhibition has become a showcase for East Anglian artists. Each year over a hundred artists are invited to exhibit and over 500 pictures are on show and for sale in the Brandeston Hall school assembly room.
After the August 26th Private View the exhibition will subsequently be open to the public from 10.00 am until 6.00 p.m. on August 27th and 28th and until 5.00 p.m. on Bank Holiday Monday the 29th. Parking is free and admission £1 with no charge for children.
The Hearing Care Centre Charity Golf Day
Wednesday 7th September at Ufford Park Hotel Golf & Leisure Complex
We are writing to tell you about our wonderful golfing competition, raising money in aid of Hearing Dogs for Deaf People. Our goal is to provide a local person with hearing problems the support of a hearing dog.
The Hearing Care Centre has booked The Ufford Park Hotel, Golf and Leisure Complex golf course, together with the use of their luxurious function rooms and superb dining facilities for our Charity Golf Competition on Wednesday 7th September 2005.
The cost of the day as detailed below will be £75 per head, which represents marvellous value for money.
8.30 am |
Registration and breakfast of coffee and bacon baps. |
10.00 am |
9 Holes of Golf from the 1st & 10th tees |
12.30 pm |
Hot lunch |
1.20 pm |
9 Holes of Golf from the 1st & 10th tees |
5.15pm |
Prize presentations accompanied by high tea. |
In addition to the above there will be 18 Hole Putting, Nearest the Pin and Longest Drive Marker.
Competitions running throughout the day and balls to practice in Ufford Park’s new 32 bay State of the Art Driving Range.
May we invite you to come along for what is certain to be a splendid day at Ufford Park. Please register your entry on the form and send it together with a cheque for £75 per player, made payable to Hearing Dogs for Deaf People. Your support will assist us in our ambition to provide a local person with a hearing dog. Forms from Rosemary Macro, the Hearing Care Centre on Freephone 0800 0962637.