Church News and Views for the Parishes

of

Badingham Bruisyard Cransford Dennington Rendham & Sweffling

Services for April 2018 Easter Day April 1st

None See Services Below Cransford

9.30am Holy Communion x Ext Bruisyard RW

9.30am Festival Holy Communion Sweffling MP

10.00am CW Holy Communion x Ext Badingham CBS

11.00am BCP Holy Communion Dennington MP

11.00am Holy Communion x Ext Rendham JT

Sunday 8th 9.30am CW Trad. Communion Cransford MP

Easter 1 9.30am Matins Rendham Eld

10.00am BCP Holy Communion Badingham PI

11.00am Family Service /Morning

Prayer

Dennington Eld

Sunday 15th None See services below Dennington

Easter 2 9.30am Holy Communion Sweffling JT

9.30am BCP Holy Communion Bruisyard MP

10.00am Gather Together Badingham Eld

Sunday 22nd None See services below Badingham

Easter 3 9.30am BCP Morning Prayer Cransford

9.30am BCP Holy Communion Rendham MP

11.00am Holy Communion Dennington

Sunday 29th 10.00am Holy Communion Bruisyard MP

Easter 4 Benefice Service

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Cransford News

In the last issue I said I thought 2018 would be an interesting year. Since

then we have had a major gale with trees down over the road, and then a

week of heavy snow and drifting not seen for a decade. However, life goes

on and spring is round the corner. If that loveliest of trees, the cherry, is

wearing white for Eastertide, let us hope it is not snow.

A sadness for us all was the loss of Brenda Roberts, whose funeral took

place on 16th February. Brenda was 82, and much loved by all who knew

her. A pillar of the Chapel and a wonderful mother and grandmother, her

house was always full of callers, cats and children. As a stalwart rider for

the Historic Churches Trust Bike Ride, she raised hundreds of pounds

every year, often visiting up to 40 churches, even in her eightieth year. Our

thoughts are with her family.

This Easter we celebrate Holy Week with the Good Friday Procession of

Witness. We meet at the Christian Fellowship church and walk behind the

Cross to St Peter's at 10.00am. It is a solemn and uplifting occasion when

our churches unite in worship at Eastertide.

Finally, please note in your

diaries the talk by Matthew

Tanton Brown in aid or our

church " Foliage for the flower

garden. " It takes place on 16th

May at 7 pm in the Bruisyard

Village Hall.

Tickets are £ 10

to include wine

and canapes, and

are available

form Caroline

01728 663510 or

Glenda 01728

663732.

Patrick Grieve

Badingham

Back by request, we are holding a

A Beetle Drive Friday 20th April

Badingham Village Hall

7pm - 9pm

Tickets: £7.50 adults

No charge for children under 16 years

From Ann - 638288; Tanya - 638894

A light buffet supper will be served at half time

with a glass of wine or juice

Proceeds for Badingham Church

of which 10% will be donated to Cancer Research

An evening of fun for everyone - do join us if

you can

Gather Together

A service for everyone from nought to a zillion

in Badingham Church

at 10am lasting approximately 30 mins.

followed by coffee / juice and biscuits

Sunday April 15th - Topic 'Animals'

Sunday May 20th - Topic 'Temptations in the Wilderness'

Why not join us at 9.30 am for a light breakfast (no charge)

Everyone is welcome to both.

St Michael’s Church, Rendham

Visitors to our churchyard will notice that the untidy heaps of grass cuttings

have been moved to a new location where they will be out of sight. We will

also be clearing the dead branches etc, when the weather improves. This year

we will again be using the Community Payback teams for the grass cutting

and we are very grateful for their efforts. Our Service of Holy Communion

(by extension) on Easter Day 1 April will be at 11.00 am and will be

conducted by Prof John Tesh. Three weddings have been booked to take

place in the Church this year. The AGM of our PCC will be at 6.00 pm on

Wednesday 11th April in the Church. All are welcome to attend.

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Dennington

Plant Sale

Saturday 28th April 2018 –

9.30 am -2.30 pm

The Plant Sale will be on Saturday 28th April and as ever there will be an

amazing collection of plants for sale. There will also be refreshments with

delicious cakes and goodies and, weather permitting, there will be trips to

the top of the tower. This is always a good village get-together so do come

along if you can. If you have any plants or cakes that you can donate they

would be very much appreciated – please contact Celia Reeve on 01728

638391 or bring them on the morning.

Our Easter Day Service on 1st April will be BCP Holy Communion at

11.00 am

Philip de Whalley. 1923- 2017

Philip was born in Croydon in 1923 as

a twin to Graham and after wartime

service in the Royal Navy in Destroyers

and then MTBs, he trained as a science

teacher arriving at Framlingham

College in 1956. He became

Housemaster of Garrett and Head of

Science.

In 1969 he married June. Theirs has been an inspirational marriage and

while this piece is about Philip, June and he worked closely together on the

many tasks that they shared. A real team.

They moved to Bell House in Owls Green, Dennington in 1977 with a 7

year old Simon. Worshipping at Dennington Church, Philip and June were

delighted to be involved in village life. Both joined the PCC with Philip

becoming Treasurer and, on Maurice Steward's sudden death in 1979, he

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was elected Churchwarden. This was the commencement of 22 years of

commitment until passing the baton on to Lisbeth Jensen in 2001. During

these years, Philip worked with 5 Priests and kept things going in 3 inter-

regnums with the creation of a new benefice under Andrew Turner and

some major Church repairs in 1982, along with the every day work as

Churchwarden. The green bicycle would be seen pedalling in from Owls

Green to put up the flag (85 tower steps) for Saints’ days, and while initially

helped by Hubert Taylor as verger, after his death Philip, often helped by

June, would prepare the Church for services. His handyman skills were put

to constant use: repairing the hanging Pyx, making a wooden altar cross,

reading lectern, sand table repairs and many other small but important

touches.

Philip lived a truly Christian life - by example - in his kindness,

thoughtfulness for others, patience and support. So many people have

benefited from knowing him. He helped the youth club and from David

Kittermaster's retirement in 1980 until Bill Blakely took over in 1998 he

was clerk to the Dennington charity, becoming Trustee as well until 2008.

Under his guidance and with his attention to detail, the charity sold the old

village hall land, reinvesting in the new hall, he persuaded the charity

commission to continue to allow the practice of Christmas grants which he

helped to arrange and with Jill Heffer made sure that those in need in the

village were cared for.

After moving to Framlingham, Philip and June continued to worship at

Dennington and it was lovely to have them with Simon and Christina and

the grandchildren at Church.

We have been privileged to have had such a special person in our village

and this was acknowledged by the wonderful attendance at his funeral,

where by his special request, the old village bier was brought out of

retirement to bear his coffin. It is so typical of Philip to have wanted this - a

touch of humour but also fondness for tradition and for the treasures that he

had cared for. There is so much that I have not mentioned but we will all

have our special memories of Philip to treasure.

Bruisyard

It is with great sadness we report that Reg Murray died earlier this month .

Reg and Pam were great supporters of St Peters and a few years ago Reg

was our treasurer .The funeral is on Monday 19th March at 12 noon at St.

Peter's Bruisyard . Our thoughts and prayers go to Pam and family.

Our AGM will be held on Monday 9th April at 6pm in the church . All those

in Bruisyard are welcome .

Spring has nearly sprung after such a long winter .

Happy Easter to everyone in the Benefice .

Rupert and Sally

Sweffling Brief Reports

Following the Pancakes and Coffee morning on February 17th, we were

able to add £305 to Jonathan Tesh’s Virgin money giving sponsorship page

in aid of the British Heart Foundation. Jonathan successfully completed the

London Big Half Marathon on March 4th and, in total, raised over £1000 for

his chosen charity.

The Lent Soup Lunch on March 17th was well supported, despite the snow

and freezing wind. There was a wide choice of delicious homemade soups,

plenty to suit everyone’s palate and the lunch raised £277 for the hospital

we support in The Gambia. This will be added to the £286 raised from the

“First Thursday” suppers at Sweffling White Horse and the money will be

sent directly to the doctor in charge of the hospital to be used to buy

mosquito nets and anti-malarial drugs.

Future events

Easter Weekend, Memorial Lily Festival.

Come to Sweffling and enjoy the beauty and the scent of the lilies, given in

memory of loved ones. Read the illuminated memorial scroll.

Festival Holy Communion service on Easter Sunday 9.30 a.m.

Church open Sunday until 4.00 p.m. Monday 10.00 a.m. - 4.00 p.m.

Free admission, refreshments available. Contact 01728 663518 for further

details.

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Saturday May 5th 7.30 p.m. in Sweffling Church

Concert given by “Five in a Bar” a cappella music group

Tickets £7.00 adults, £3.50 children, to include interval refreshments.

Proceeds in aid of Church funds.

Our services will be as usual i.e.

April 1st Easter Sunday Holy Communion 9.30 a.m. MP

April 15th Morning Prayer 9.30 a.m. JMT

Benefice Service at Bruisyard April 29th Holy Communion 10.00 a.m. MP

May 6th Holy Communion 9.30 a.m. MP

May 20th Morning Prayer 9.30 a.m. JMT

Peterborough Cathedral

This year’s Benefice Pilgrimage is to Peterborough Cathedral on Thursday

August 23rd. The coach will leave from Sweffling at 8.00 a.m. Cost £30 per

person to include a tour of the cathedral. Additional tours of the roof and

tower will be available at additional cost. If you would like to book a seat on

the coach, please contact Sheila Tesh (01728 663518). Money with booking

please.

Can you help us?

Have you recently finished studying, moved or retired? Would you like

to have fun, meet new people and “make a difference?” Do something

amazing – help us to give girls in our community more opportunities for

fun, friendship, challenge and adventure.

We need additional adult volunteers to help run our meetings in

Framlingham. We already have a small, dedicated and enthusiastic band

of leaders but more help would enable us to accommodate the high

numbers of girls that want to join our Rainbow, Brownie and Guide units

and enable us to offer a wider range of activities. If you can’t help

regularly at meetings could you help with admin or accounts or visit to

share a skill or hobby? No experience required, just enthusiasm and a

willingness to get stuck in. Would you have time to help or know

someone who can? Although only women may be leaders, both men and

women can be unit helpers and occasional helpers.

Our most urgent need is for help with Rainbows (aged 5-7) who meet

early on a Thursday evening and Brownies (aged 7-10) who meet early on

a Monday evening. However we also have groups of Brownies meeting

early on a Tuesday evening and Guides (aged 10-14) meeting later on

Monday or Tuesday evenings who would also welcome more helpers.

Do get in touch by emailing Claire on guidinginfram@btinternet.com or

ringing 01728 724372

Claire .Norman

Framlingham Guides

Our vacancy is now advertised

nationwide. The closing date for

applicants is the 27th April. Interviews

on 16th & 17th May.

Village support for our Churches is vital

if we are to attract a suitable candidate to

our Benefice. If we could get increased

support within the Benefice, then we may

be able to afford a full time priest; this

would open the position up to more

potential candidates.

You are welcome at any of our services

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Services for May 2018 Sunday 6th 8.00am Holy Communion Dennington

9.30am BCP Morning Prayer Bruisyard Eld

9.30am BCP Holy Communion Sweffling MP

10.00am CW Holy Communion Badingham DP

Thursday TBA 10th

Ascension Day

Sunday 13th 9.30am CW Trad. Communion Cransford MP

9.30am Morning Prayer Rendham Eld

10.00am BCP Communion Badingham PI

11.00am Family Service /Morning

Prayer

Dennington Eld

Whitsunday 20th None See services below Dennington

Pentecost 9.30am Morning Prayer Sweffling Eld

9.30am BCP Holy Communion Bruisyard MP

10.00am Gather Together Badingham Eld

Sunday 27th None See services below Badingham

9.30am BCP Morning Prayer Cransford Eld

9.30am BCP Holy Communion Rendham MP

11.00am Holy Communion Dennington

Sunday 3rd June 8.00am Holy Communion Dennington 9.30am BCP Morning Prayer Bruisyard Eld

9.30am BCP Holy Communion Sweffling MP

10.00am CW Holy Communion Badingham RR

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