thank you for family
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Coming events
March
1st - MU, ‘An Attitude to Gratitude’ in the vestry. 7.30pm
2nd - Lent Lunch in the Newark
6th - Mothering Sunday service at 10.0am - joint with Messy
Church
8th - Stations of the Cross 6.30pm
9th - Lent Lunch in the Newark
14th - Stations of the Cross 6.30pm
16th - Lent Lunch in the Newark
20th - Palm Sunday service starts in Bath Gardens at 10.45am
‘Cross of Christ’ 6.0pm
21st - Stations of the Cross 6.30pm
22nd - St Anselm’s Lent concert 5.0pm
24th - Maundy Thursday - Infant School Easter service 2.30pm
Eucharist with Sedar meal followed by vigil until midnight
25th - Good Friday - Children’s Easter workshop 9.0am-11.0am
Passion in the town 12 noon Eucharist 2.0pm
27th - Easter Day - 6.0am vigil, 11.oam Eucharist, 5.0pm Gathering
6.0pm Evensong
Copy date for April Parish Pump Saturday 20th March
Editor: Pat Bryant. Church House. North Church Street. Bakewell 01629 815225
Thank You for Family
at All Saints Church Bakewell
on Mothering Sunday: March 6th
A short interactive service at 10.00
a.m.
Cafe style breakfast from 9.15
All welcomeAll welcomeAll welcome
Parish Pump
march 2016
Dear Friends,
And so we move from Lent into the joyful and hectic time of Easter (much
earlier this year - didn’t we just have Christmas?) With the busyness of
school holidays, chocolate eggs and family gatherings, it can be easy to
forget about Jesus. He is, to coin a popular Christmas phrase, “The Reason
for the Season”.
Easter is a time when Christians around the world celebrate the joy of
Christ Jesus rising from the dead, victorious over sin and the devil. It is a
time also when we begin to see the beauty of Springtime, in this world of
God’s creation.
There are many theories and much speculation about the origins of Easter,
and why it is celebrated at this time of year. For example, did you know
that Easter can occur on any date between March 23rd and April 26th, and
is closely related to the timing of the Spring Equinox? Or that the earliest
known observance of Easter (known then as “Pasch”) occurred between the
second and fourth centuries? These celebrations commemorated both
Jesus’ death and his resurrection at once, whereas these two events have
been split up between Good Friday and Easter Sunday today.
It would seem that Easter as we know it today has become a bizarre ‘mash-
up’ of Christian and non-Christian ideas, which although sometimes at odds
in many ways, manage to marry together to bring a message of new life and
fruitfulness
So, as you maybe celebrate with friends and family, or make pretty
bonnets for the children, or hide chocolate eggs around the house and
garden, or attend church on Easter Day, my prayer is that God shows you
the beauty of His creation in a way that you have not noticed it before.
Christ is Risen! He is Risen indeed, Hallelujah!
Love, prayer and blessings,
Aron
Have you seen the New Church website?
Pub Quiz
Many of you may not be aware that we – the Parish Church – have been put-
ting up a team (and sometimes more than one) in a local pub. On Tuesday
evenings we gather in the Queens Arms at about 8.45 for a splendid convivial
evening, and during which Linda (the landlady) asks us 30 questions. I think
there are usually about six or seven teams taking part all together.
A sample of the questions we get are:
Who was the housekeeper in “Father Ted”?
How many Oscars did Alfred Hitchcock get?
Under which Prime Minister was British Rail privatised?
For which James Bond film was the theme song sung by Matt Monro?
Which is the only MONOPOLY property situated south of the Thames?
Answers to be found later on!
If there are up to about five of us we make up one team – usually calling
ourselves “Last Rights”; if more of us turn up it would be two teams, or even
more if there are enough of us. We very rarely win, but on one recent
occasion, when we had two teams, one won and the other came second! The
prizes are modest and comprise a voucher for up to about £12 worth of free
drinks the following week.
How about joining us? Just turn up if you fancy it – it’s just a bit of fun
Rick
At the end of last year Bakewell church website underwent a facelift and as
well as looking brighter and more up to date is now much more easy to manage
and change. Please have a look, spread the word and if you have any ideas for
further improvements or if you wish to add content about something
you are involved in please send me your suggestion ideally with a
paragraph or two about it and a photo or two. We also now have
the facility to use the homepage to put up news items so please
send those to me as well. My email address
Thanks, Tanya.
Bits and Bobs Holy Island Visit - Due to a number of unforeseen circumstances,
the Holy Island visit has had to be cancelled this year.
The retreat house at Marygate has been very understanding about
This and hopes to see us next year
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100 Club February Draw
First prize Joan Cohen £40.50
Second prize John & Judith Hargreaves £20.25
Third prize Stella Brocklehurst £10.12
Joyce Glencross £10.12
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Open Door - We are not able to open until the Saturday of Easter
weekend, due to the roof repairs
* Pub quiz answers 1 Mrs Doyle 2 None 3 John Major 4 From Russia with Love 5 Old Kent Road
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A friend of mine used to help an undertaker when required. One
frosty morning a lady coming out of the crematorium slipped on the
ice. An onlooker remarked “You’d think they would sprinkle a few
ashes around here wouldn’t you?”
O M Witherby
Receipts this month have been a mere £123 following the Christmas rush. However, the Spring catalogue is now with us with a number of interesting new products. These include White Chocolate Raspberry Ripple Rice Crispy Bars, Cakes and Flapjack, and an even wider range of Divine chocolate. Geobars have had a facelift, not only in appear-ance but also in content, being now less sweet and more fruity. Good to hear is that price increases have been kept to the absolute minimum with even some reductions.
Not yet in the catalogue but a world first for Traidcraft, is fairtrade rice from Myanmar - that country's first ever Fairtrade product. Believe it or not, in the 1990's Burma was the world's largest exporter of rice, but the dictatorship and the international sanctions put a stop to all that. Now, though, as the country transforms itself, exports are picking up and Traidcraft is working in two remote rural communities, supporting the modernisation of a rice mill and providing storage facilities. Watch this space.
Easter will be upon us at the end of this month, so it is time to stock up with the Real Easter Eggs. I have the standard best seller in stock, and will be pleased to order from the wide range illustrated in the new cata-logue.
Peter Bird ([email protected], 01629 813087)
Bargain of the Month for March - Luxury Cookies - 15% off.
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Advanced Notice: M.U.
Monday 9th May MU Coffee Morning . Town Hall, for MU Project 'Wheels Appeal'. When you are 'turning out', we would
be very grateful if you could save good Bric-a - Brac, books, and
suitable Tombola prizes, for our event. Many thanks.
Carol Wicksteed
Bird’s Eye View for March 2016
Michael Hillam, our protection of vulnerable persons co-ordinator, was invited to the PCC in January to answer any questions we had regarding his draft safeguarding policy for children and vulnerable adults. He swore that he had enjoyed spending hours trawling through all the documents on the subject in the public domain. His skill is in cutting through the pious hopes and vague philosophy of many documents, and condensing the practical guidelines to a readable two sides. This will go up on our church website. I do hope that other churches in the diocese will access this, to give them a good start in forming their own policies.
The PCC agreed that work is needed to keep our magnificent organ in good repair, so instructed our organist, Glyn Davies, to look into securing grants for what could be about £21,000. No commitment can be given until the current expenditure on the roof is established.
Rev. Aron has undertaken to show interested people how to set up the new screen and possibly how to use the new camcorder. Our application to invest £3,00 in the Credit Union is in hand. Dot, Brenda and Ben were thanked for the inspiring Tree Festival. Their report was in February PP.
And last but not least, as this is a bird's eye view, the PCC gave its approval to erect some nest boxes to attract swifts to nest in the bell-tower and to keep the process under review. It perhaps helped that the church will not be asked to pay for this. As chance (or a higher power) would have it, Tanya Hoare, who attracted swifts to her house in Cumbria, is talking about this at the meeting of the Bird Study Group (who have agreed to fund our project) on Monday 14th March at 7.30pm at the Friends Meeting House, so do come along and find out more.
Angela Bird
Christmas Tree Festival 2016 This is a VERY early plea for extra help in organising the
next tree festival. As well as the usual stewarding, baking
and helping in Open Door, we should be really grateful for a
group of people to take on some of the following tasks:-
delivery of invitations to take part in the festival to local
businesses
writing advertising pieces for local publications
taking delivery of the trees and placing them in church
assisting exhibitors when they are setting up
the big clean up!
We shall need to start publishing the event in the summer, hence
the early plea for help and it will be necessary for invitations to be
delivered very early in October.
Please give serious thought as to whether you would be able and
prepared to help in this very worthwhile outreach. If so, please
contact either Dot- 814496 / [email protected] or
Ben- 812438 /[email protected]
Your involvement would be greatly appreciated.
* * * Lunch Club
Our Lunch Club members have really missed being able to gather to-
gether during the last two months as they look forward to getting
and to sharing a meal. We will be meeting again on March 29th -
Easter Tuesday and then on the last Tuesday of every month. Our
success in offering hospitality has depended on people offering
lifts, cooking part of the meal or helping to serve out food but we
really need more helpers. The prospect of catering for about 20
people may seem daunting but offers of providing a casserole or a
pudding for 6-8 would also be welcome and all costs are reimbursed.
If you can help either regularly or occasionally please contact Brenda
Jackson. 01629 813143.
Rick Naylor has been presented with a trophy and
certificate as the best photographer in the U3Afoto
group that meets in the choir vestry on the first Friday
of the month.
He won with pictures taken last year and a recent chal-
lenge to take a portrait that showed something of the
character of the person.
The photographs will continue to be shown in the Newark
There are many of church people, including the vicar, his wife Rachel, Deb-
bie, Leraya, John Wickham and church cleaner Mary.
Do have a look and leave a comment on the forms provided
John Hargreaves
(and very many congratulations Rick. Ed.)
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Mothers' Union Notes for March 2016 Alyse provided for all of us a wonderful experience of calm, quiet and creativity as she led our afternoon February meeting 'Fast Forward to Lent'.
Our next meeting: Tuesday 1st Mar 7.30pm. The Vestry. 'An Attitude to Gratitude'. Inspiring stories by our speaker Ruth Adams. The Bible tells us to 'give thanks in everything' but it's not always easy! Come and hear some really inspirational stories and find creative ways of making this 'attitude to gratitude' part of our everyday life.
Ruth is a wife, mum, trainer and coach and loves to help inspire people to see the possibilities. She runs a business and social enterprise, has five chil-dren and enjoys travelling, reading, cycling and has just joined the new Bakewell community choir. She runs the S Yorkshire Adoption UK group.
Everyone is welcome.
Fri 4th 'Women's World Day of Pray' All Saints 7.30pm Sat 5th Bunching Daffs. In the Newark. 10.30am Sun 6th Mothering Sunday Service 10 am. See MU leaflet for gifts & cards. Tues 15th Tots & Teds. 'Hop, Skip and a Jump!' Newark 1.30pm Thurs 17th MU Corporate Communion, All Saints in the Chancel 9.30am (overleaf)
U3A photographic display