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Easter Week unfolds…see for events in the parish including

Good Friday Get TogetherGt Chishill Village Hall, Friday 18 April, 10am-12noon

Songs, crafts, snacks and The Easter Storysee page 15

Emily Oyston of Heydon. Buried Heydon (Holy Trinity) Churchyard.

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* This Service is according to the 1662 Book of Common Prayer

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Service details, diary events and more at www.icknieldwayparish.com

Church Services In April Sunday 6th April * 9.00am Holy Communion Service at Little Chishill

10.40am All Age Service at Chrishall School with crèche and Sunday Clubs

Sunday 13th April – Palm Sunday * 9.00am Holy Communion Service at Heydon 9.30am Great Chishill United Reformed Church with Revd. D Goldie

10.40am Holy Communion Service at Great Chishill with crèche and Sunday Clubs 6.00pm Evensong at Hamlet

Friday 18th April – Good Friday 2.00pm Service for Good Friday at Strethall

Sunday 20th April – Easter Day *T 9.00am Holy Communion Service at Elmdon 10.00am Chrishall @ 10 – Join us for coffee and pastries followed by a short service at 10.40am. No Sunday Clubs.

Sunday 27th April * 9.00am Holy Communion service at Strethall 9.30am Great Chishill United Reformed Church with Revd. D Goldie T 10.40am Holy Communion Service at Elmdon with crèche and Sunday Clubs

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This month we move into the season of

Holy Week and Easter. During Holy

Week we will be thinking about Jesus’

journey to the cross and his innocent

suffering for our sake. When I saw

Mel Gibson’s film The Passion of the

Christ some years ago I was disturbed

by what I think was a too graphic and

prolonged depiction of the events (and

with little explanation as to why it was

all happening). It raises a question for

me: should we focus on Christ’s

sufferings or should we draw a veil

over them?

I’m struck by the New Testament’s economy of words: ‘When they

came to the place called the Skull, there they crucified him, along with

the criminals – one on his right, the other on his left.’ (Luke 23.33) It

couldn’t be said in less words, but then I suppose the first Gospel

readers would have known exactly what was meant – many would have

witnessed a crucifixion with their own eyes.

One of the most influential theologians of the 20th century was the

German scholar Jürgen Moltmann. In his book The Crucified God he

asks ‘What can we say in defence of a God who made a world in which

the gas chambers of Auschwitz can be erected and who does nothing to

stop the slaughter?’ At the time of the Reformation in Europe the big

issue was ‘how are sinners justified before a Holy God?’, but more

often today I find that people are asking ‘how can God justify himself

to us in the face of innocent suffering on a massive scale?’

Moltmann’s defence is that it is indeed God himself who hangs upon

the cross. God in the person of the Son bears excruciating physical

pain and spiritual dereliction. God the Son undergoes human death and

enters the mystery of what lies beyond. In Christ, God enters into and

The Crucified God

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shares in our human predicament

and innocent human suffering.

Moltmann doesn’t want to draw a

veil because God’s suffering is

central to his understanding of who

God really is.

Yet to focus only on the sufferings

would grossly misrepresent what

the Bible has to say. It doesn’t

deny Christ’s sufferings, but neither

does it dwell on them. It takes us

further by proclaiming that he

overcame them for us. The cross

leads us to a quite unexpected and

unimaginable future beyond

suffering. When Jesus spoke to the

penitent thief he did not say ‘Today

I am with you on Calvary’ but

‘Today you will be with me in

paradise.’ (Luke 23.43)

The sufferings of Christ don’t just

bring identification with all human sufferers; they bring the promise of

forgiveness and transformation to those who want it. During Holy Week

we will focus on Christ’s passion and his sufferings won’t be hidden

from our eyes, but we won’t be left to wallow in them because Easter

Day will dawn and the joy of the resurrection will be ours.

Christ’s resurrection heralds the dawn of God’s promised new creation,

ahead of time: it is the guarantee of what is to come. We continue to

live in the shadow of the cross, in the sense of recognising our own

brokenness and need of healing, but Christ now has the victory over sin

and death - and that makes all the difference.

Happy Easter!

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Chrishall First World War

Information - can you help?

John Kay and I are currently

researching the servicemen named

on the Chrishall War Memorial

who lost their lives in the First

World War. The primary purpose

of this being to add some depth to

the character of the people

commemorated here.

Robert Brand, George Cranwell,

Harry Easter, Enos Green

Charles Heal(e)y, Eustace Hooper,

Herbert Margham, Leonard

Rogers

I am also researching the men and

women listed on the plaque in

Holy Trinity Church Chrishall

who served in the First World

War, as shown in this photograph.

Our research is progressing well

and we have been able to locate

information on many of those

listed, but any further information

anyone can provide would be

greatly appreciated. If there are

relatives of any of those listed

who are still in the village and

have information or photographs

they would be happy to copy and

pass on to us, we would be

especially grateful.

We look forward to sharing our

findings with you in future

editions of the Village Web.

Please contact us by email or

phone if you can help - thank you.

Jean Hards-Nicholls, 837267

John Kay, 838747

[email protected]

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Last “Things” at HeydonContinued from an article about Heydon’s Garden of Remembrance,

published in February, by Peter Hodges

I was a church warden with Peter Hodges when we started to discuss

planning an area for cremated remains. The Diocese had been talking

about the subject at that time and seemed supportive when we broached

the subject of an area devoted to this at Heydon. Peter presented his

thoughts at a DCC meeting to determine that we should go ahead.

From these initial discussions and after much mulling over of ideas, I

continued with the project. The church committee’s thoughts were that we

should have a memorial plaque centred on a wall in the new churchyard

and the area should radiate from this. (Our thanks go to Elaine Gillingham

who helped with drawing up plans at this stage). Having invited various

stonemasons to the site to discuss ideas, we made a decision to place a

large stone in a corner of the churchyard (later to be slate) which would

mark the spot. Concentric circles would radiate from this stone containing

the burial plots. The idea was also to be as practical as possible by giving

us very little maintenance for the future.

I contacted the Archdeacon at that time, Annette Cooper, for her advice.

She kindly included us in her busy schedule; she spent some time

advising us as to what would and would not be acceptable to the

Diocese, before we applied for the faculty. Unfortunately, our ideas of

marking the areas for ashes with small memorial stones in the ground,

which could be mown over, was not to be allowed and so a further

scheme was thought up with the invaluable help of Rollo Barnes and

Hugo, his son, who spent hours marking it out on paper and then finally

on site with the help of Alex Duffus.continued on page 8

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We came to the conclusion that a grid reference scheme was the best idea.

One end of a chain would be centred on the stone and the other end able

to move along a marked memorial rail. By marking the rail and chain in

the right places, we were able to pin point the area in which the remains

were buried. (Come and see it and all will become clear!!)

Eventually, after a year of discussing, planning, choosing our materials

and bringing in quotes, we started with the approved faculty. The

rough area of grass was close mown. One day a crane driver arrived to

deposit a very large block of slate in situ. The slate was lifted over the

wall from the road and the stone masons, Hibbitt & Son, fixed it

securely in place with metal rods into concrete. Green slate chippings

were put round the base. A simple cross had been carved on the

monolith as previously discussed and the area began to take shape. We

now had a focus and someone had to start looking after the area and

keep it tidy and mown throughout the summer.

A local joiner was approached and kiln dried oak was thought to be the

best option for the memorial rail. Designs incorporating a double rail

were discussed on which would be fixed the bronze plaques of the

deceased and eventually this was fixed into place. The plaques will have a

name and date of the person interred and a grid reference so that the exact

place of ashes can be pinpointed. There is at this moment a book in the

church which will have the grid reference number of the deceased and a

page dedicated to personal tributes from relatives. The book will be

displayed in a locked cabinet (kindly donated by Jane Duffus) in church.

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Wooden benches were chosen, carved with the name ‘Heydon Church’

and fixed in place by a local builder. Wild flowers are being sown this

year in front of the memorial rail (donated by Martin and Barbara

Shaw) to add to the snowdrops and miniature daffodils already planted.

Heydon churchyard is a pretty and peaceful place. Our community’s

hope is that the churchyard will give not only rest to those interred, but

also some comfort to those who are left behind.

Mel Chandler

Andy’s prayer during the dedication of the new Garden of

Remembrance at Heydon:

Lord of all creation, we praise you for the beauty of our world and

for this small corner of it. We prayerfully set aside this garden for the

purpose of interring the ashes of our loved ones. May it be a place of

peace and rest.

We pray for those who visit here that they will find comfort, strength

and hope for the future.

We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ your son, our Lord, who is

the resurrection and the life.

Amen

Letter from Strethall Thanks to all of you who played tennis at Strethall last

year. It was a better season than 2012 and our treasurer

is pleased. So we give thanks for the weather - and to

Andy Murray, perhaps, who inspired us all!

We are looking forward to welcoming you as the season starts up again.

So come and enjoy a game or two in delightful surroundings. The charge

is: adults, £2 per person per hour; students, £1.50 per person per hour.

cheap as chips! Please telephone us to book your time (the number is

always printed at the back of The Web) - and know that all we raise goes

towards the upkeep of our remarkable little church.

And wasn't it great to welcome Rowan Williams at Strethall last

September? Never to be forgotten. Roger Harcourt

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Transition Chepstow is part of a nationwide environmental movement

that is helping communities prepare for a time when we can no longer

rely on cheap oil. Jo Cates talks to Marcus Perrin, the Transition

Chepstow coordinator, to find out more.

It’s the end of a gloriously warm July day and the light is dwindling. I’m

at the Tidenham Landshare, located on the A48 just outside the hamlet of

Stroat. It’s a blooming mass of flowers and vegetables, and Marcus Perrin

is showing me round the site. We then sit down at a picnic-table plonked

in the middle of it all, and with views of the green fields beyond that slope

gently down to the Severn Estuary, it has to be about as idyllic as

interview settings get.

I’ve only recently learned about the work of the Transition movement and

I start by asking Marcus, what does the term mean to him? “Transition is

really about a community response to some of the larger challenges we’re

facing in the 21st century, primarily those characterised by climate change

and resource depletion”. By resource depletion I know he is primarily

referring to oil, as the concept of Peak Oil is one that defines the

Transition movement. In the pamphlet that he gives me Peak Oil is

described as ‘the point in time when the maximum rate of oil extraction is

reached on a global scale.’ The theory goes that ‘if global oil consumption

is not slowed down before the decline phase begins, a world energy crisis

will develop.’ The name of the movement is related to this idea in that we

need to ‘transition’ from the oil-hungry world we live in today to a world

that can function successfully without fossil fuels.

He goes on, “Our lifestyles are really quite fragile in the sense that they

are built on supply chains for food and fuel which stretch thousands of

miles and are vulnerable to shock, whether that’s economic shock or

climate shock. So the idea of reducing our dependency on fossil fuels goes

hand in glove with the idea of building resilient communities.”

The movement was started in 2005 by Rob Hopkins in Totnes, Devon.

Eight years on and there are now over 350 initiatives in the UK and about

a 1000 worldwide. Ranging from gargantuan groups like Transition

Glasgow to small towns like Transition Rhayader in mid-Wales, Transition

initiatives are unlikely to ever fall into the ‘one size fits all’ mould.

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Transition Network

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Transition Chepstow is part of a nationwide environmental movement

that is helping communities prepare for a time when we can no longer

rely on cheap oil. Jo Cates talks to Marcus Perrin, the Transition

Chepstow coordinator, to find out more.

It’s the end of a gloriously warm July day and the light is dwindling. I’m

at the Tidenham Landshare, located on the A48 just outside the hamlet of

Stroat. It’s a blooming mass of flowers and vegetables, and Marcus Perrin

is showing me round the site. We then sit down at a picnic-table plonked

in the middle of it all, and with views of the green fields beyond that slope

gently down to the Severn Estuary, it has to be about as idyllic as

interview settings get.

I’ve only recently learned about the work of the Transition movement and

I start by asking Marcus, what does the term mean to him? “Transition is

really about a community response to some of the larger challenges we’re

facing in the 21st century, primarily those characterised by climate change

and resource depletion”. By resource depletion I know he is primarily

referring to oil, as the concept of Peak Oil is one that defines the

Transition movement. In the pamphlet that he gives me Peak Oil is

described as ‘the point in time when the maximum rate of oil extraction is

reached on a global scale.’ The theory goes that ‘if global oil consumption

is not slowed down before the decline phase begins, a world energy crisis

will develop.’ The name of the movement is related to this idea in that we

need to ‘transition’ from the oil-hungry world we live in today to a world

that can function successfully without fossil fuels.

He goes on, “Our lifestyles are really quite fragile in the sense that they

are built on supply chains for food and fuel which stretch thousands of

miles and are vulnerable to shock, whether that’s economic shock or

climate shock. So the idea of reducing our dependency on fossil fuels goes

hand in glove with the idea of building resilient communities.”

The movement was started in 2005 by Rob Hopkins in Totnes, Devon.

Eight years on and there are now over 350 initiatives in the UK and about

a 1000 worldwide. Ranging from gargantuan groups like Transition

Glasgow to small towns like Transition Rhayader in mid-Wales, Transition

initiatives are unlikely to ever fall into the ‘one size fits all’ mould.

10

Transition Network

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Transition Chepstow was formed in 2008 and is made up of a number of

different groups. Marcus tells me, “The most active groups are food,

transport and energy. We are also active in areas such as wildlife, reuse

and recycling, and litter action.” In contrast to environmental groups such

as Friends of the Earth who are known to be good at campaigning,

Transition initiatives focus on community-based projects.

And we are sitting in the midst of one of them: The Tidenham Landshare.

The area is mainly individual allotments but there is also a community

area where people who don’t have the expertise or time to put into an

allotment of their own can work with others.

They have also helped plant over 150 fruit trees in clusters around the

town – apple, pear and cherry trees. Lovely big wooden planters full of

herbs and vegetables can also be found throughout the town centre and,

like the fruit trees, the idea is that locals simply help themselves.

And an annual food event now firmly in the Transition Chepstow calendar

is Apple Day - a day-long celebration of everything apple related. With

around 1000 people attending Apple Day each year it’s probably one of

the events that Transition Chepstow is best known for in the town.

As well as the many food projects, the Transport group has produced a

walking and cycling map which shows all the traffic-free paths in

Chepstow. Marcus gives me a copy of the first edition which has just been

published. When I look at it, I’m staggered at how little I feel I know the

town. There are so many footpaths on it that I had no idea existed.

I’m aware it’s getting late and Marcus is probably itching to get away,

though he is far too polite to show it. I just want to ask him about how he

sees the future for Transition Chepstow. He is in-touch it seems with the

challenges that lie ahead. “Things have to deepen if we are going to make

the shift - we need to get more people involved. The right things are

already happening in pockets, we just need more of it.”

And when he puts it like that, making the Transition to a fossil fuel free

way of life doesn’t seem like quite such an outlandish idea after all.

Within any initiative there are often a number of different groups, like

food, transport and energy. They are also often active in areas such as

wildlife, litter action, and reuse and recycling. In contrast to

environmental groups however such as Friends of the Earth and

Greenpeace, who are known to be good at campaigning, Transition

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Thought for the Day...

I am standing on a pavement in heavy rain, waiting to cross the street,

when a car rushes past with a black man at the wheel, driving straight

through a puddle and giving me a good soaking. If I shake my fist at

him and shout: “You stupid nigger!”

I am quite likely to end up in police custody charged with racial abuse,

breach of the peace and doubtless other offences I don’t even know about.

If on the other hand I angrily scream: “Jesus Christ! You stupid idiot!”

I will receive sympathetic smiles and nods of agreement from anyone

who saw what happened.

I am not suggesting that either remark was remotely helpful, but the

kind of thing I have described happens all the time. I exaggerate

slightly, though; the word “nigger” is taboo today. The use of the

name of the Creator of everything as an expletive, however, is so

routine as to be unremarkable. On television, from East Enders to chat

shows, it is almost obligatory.

If this all sounds sanctimonious, I apologise. I don’t have anything to be

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Christians, should we be trying to do something about the cock-eyed sense

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It would be really interesting to know what other people think. Why

not put your views on paper or email and send them in to the Web?

The Editor might even publish them and give us some real food for

thought. John Holford

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NotesThank you

The committee would like to thank

Andrea Hamblin for her superb

management of the advertising for

The Village Web.

The Web is delivered free to every

home in the parish and is entirely

funded by advertising.

Thanks also to our advertisers,

many of whom have been featured

in the Web for several years.

Thanks to all of you.

Quiz Night

There will be a quiz night, in aid of

Heydon Church Funds, on

Saturday 5 April at The Pheasant

in Great Chishill.

Tickets are £10, which includes a

supper of sausage and chips.

Contact Mel Chandler on 838289.

Chrishall Village Hall

Management Committee AGM

Whether you just want to keep up

to date with the latest news for the

village hall, or are looking for

volunteering opportunities in your

community, please do come and

join us on Monday 7 April 2014

at 8pm

Good Friday Get Together

Celebrate the Easter Weekend with

a get together on Good Friday

morning in Great Chishill village

Hall 10-12 midday. Crafts, songs,

snacks and the Easter Message. For

all children under 11 with their

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Skatathon!

Please sponsor Mike Carroll as he

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April Fools Quiz Night

Please put the date in your diary, get

your team together and join us for

another fun evening on Friday 25

April at Chrishall Village Hall

contact Dominic Reilly 838774

Plant sale

On Sunday 27 April, 2.30-5.00pm,

at Holy Trinity Church, Littlebury;

sale of plants and second-hand

books with teas and cakes - in aid of

Holy Trinity Church

Contact: Janice Rust - 521312

2014 Annual Parochial Church

Meeting

The APCM will be held on

Monday 28 April at Chrishall

Methodist Church. Everyone is

welcome to attend and anyone on

the electoral roll can vote. Please

join us for coffee before the meeting

commences at 8pm.

Jumble Sale

To be held on Saturday 26 April

from 2-4pm in Littlebury Village

Hall.

In aid of Strethall Church and The

Terrance Higgins Trust.

Any donations of bric-a-brac or

jumble to Liz Stott, Ash House,

Catmere End 01799 521217 or

Kathy Woodhouse at Cuckoo Hill,

Catmere End 01799 526864.

Christian Aid Lunch

The United Reform Church in Gt

Chishill are holding a Soup Lunch,

in their refurbished school room, on

Friday 16 May between 12.00 and

14.00 hours.

More details in the May issue.

Contact Rosemary Livings 838708

Save the date

Back by popular demand on 21

June…Bands in the Barn is reborn

in a marquee! The evening will

feature Mind the Gap and Charlotte

Reavey. Proceeds to Chrishall

PreSchool. Contact: Pippa 07967

157283 or Suzanne 07812 170844

Colchester Chamber Choir return

to Chrishall!

The amazing Colchester Chamber

Choir will be performing in

Chrishall on Sunday 22 June,

under the direction of former

Royal Opera House Principal

Baritone, Michael Roderick Earle.

The 35 strong choir sing entirely

a capella and absolutely stunned

the audience at their last visit with

their wide-ranging programme of

much-loved and accessible music.

Put the date in your diary now;

further details from Neil Marshall

([email protected] or 01763

838122)

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Music For a Summer Evening

Including The Military Wives choir,

at Debden Church, on

Saturday 7 June at 7.30pm.

Tickets £10 in advance

or £12 on the door from

Tony Vernon, Monks Farm,

Debden Green, Saffron Walden,

CB11 3LX 01371 830801 or

[email protected]

(Cheques payable to Debden

Parochial Church Council)

Life Changing

Ventures life changing holidays

for 8-18s

• Make lifelong friends

• Serious fun and space to chill

• Explore the bible and discover

Jesus

• Great for groups and individuals

Find full details and apply online at

www.ventures.org.uk

Or call 0300 123 0780 (Opt 2) to

order a brochure

Marathon Effort-update

Thanks to some very generous

contributions from far and wide,

the Autistica team of 25 valiant

souls raised over £41,000 in the

Cambridge half marathon in

March. We expect to exceed our

target of £50,000 when all is said

and done. The event took place in

the nicest weather we have had this

year - though the hot conditions did

take a number of us by surprise!

Everyone got round in very

respectable times, the fastest in just

under 1.5 hours. But the real race

was to raise awareness for autism

and the medical research that is so

badly needed into this life-long and

often debilitating condition. All the

runners are immensely proud to

have been able to contribute to the

cause and I would particularly like

to thank everyone in the Icknield

Way parish for their outstanding

generosity.

Edward Chandler

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War MemoriesOne hundred years on, we are all connected to the First

World War, either through our own family history, the

heritage of our local communities or because of its long-

term impact on society and the world we live in today.

We would like to mark the centenary of WW1 by gathering as many

memories of life in both World Wars from local people as possible. If you

would like us to record your memories please do make contact with one of

the Web Committee listed on the last page.

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5th Deadline for copy for the May Web

contact alison: [email protected] or 837303

7th Open Door from 12pm at Chrishall Methodist Hall-

everyone welcome-do come along for a delicious lunch!

1st, 22nd Community Lunches at 12.30pm, Chrishall School.

& 29th Please book by Friday on 838592

9th & 23rd Church Mice at Chrishall Methodist Hall at 10.30am

contact Hazel 838703 or Sally 263231

Tuesdays in Term Time Gt Chishill Youth Group

Contact Fred Smith 838513

Thursdays Gt Chishill Chimps 10-11.45am

contact Emily 07900 243491/ Islay 07977 076573

Fridays Youth drop in - 7.30-9pm Chrishall Methodist Church.

Contact Erica 837272

April Dates for regular events

Pinboard

Atera car roof-box, with fittings and lock.

Wooden toy garage and toy workbench (suit age 3-6).

Small exercise trampoline.

Large plastic paddling pool/sandpit - shaped like a boat.

Wooden climbing frame with slide (suit age 3-8).

Goal post and net (suit age 6-10).

Contact Helen Abrahams 838235 with a reasonable offer,

[email protected]

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The Parish takes no responsibility for the views of contributors or the

standard of services provided by advertisers

Kairos (Youth Group) Youth Drop In Centre Every Friday 7.30pm-9pm, Methodist Church

Youth Group Every Friday 6pm-7.30pm, Methodist Church

Andy and Hazel Colebrooke 838703 Clubs For Children: Every Sunday 10.40am Service Viv Rogers 837185 Church Mice 2nd + 4th Wednesday, 10.45am Hazel Colebrooke 838703 Chrishall School Head Teacher: Tracey Bratley 838592 Prayer Groups: Monday Prayers weekly 9.10am, please see bulletin or call 837272

Bible Study Groups: Monday Afternoon Rectory Group 2pm,Gt Chishill Andy Colebrooke 838703 Barnabas Group Wednesday 10.30am, Duddenhoe End Carolyn Hughes 838326 Wednesday Afternoon Bible Study 1.15pm,Gt Chishill Eileen Murrell 838909 Firm Foundations Thursday 8pm,Wenden Lofts Alison Wilkinson 837303 Thursday Evening Fellowship, Thursday 8pm, Gt Chishill Andy Colebrooke 838703 Contacts In Our Villages: Chrishall - Marcus West 838294 Elmdon – Robert Smith 838497 Gt Chishill – Judy Saunders 838571 Hamlet – Kate Chambers 838754 Heydon - Barbara Shaw 838190 Lt Chishill - Peter Lyster 838238 Strethall - Liz Stott 01799 521217 Methodist Hall Bookings: Erica Debnam 837272

United Reformed Church Gt Chishill: Michael Livings 838708

Bell Ringing: For all towers please contact the church office 837272

Tennis At Strethall: Roger Harcourt 01799 525596 Village Web Contacts: Alison Wilkinson 837303 [email protected] Advertising - Andrea Hamblin 838465 [email protected] Marcus West 838294 Peter Hodges 01462 893546 Mel Chandler 838289

www.icknieldwayparish.com

Published by the Parish of The Icknield Way Villages on behalf of the nine churches in our community

Our Churches

Anglican Church Rector: Revd Andy Colebrooke (free day: Tuesday) 1 Hall Lane, Great Chishill, Royston Herts SG8 8SG Tel: 838703 Email: [email protected] Parish Manager: Erica Debnam Office open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 9am to 1pm Church Office, Crawley End, Chrishall, Royston, Herts SG8 8QL Tel: 837272 Email: [email protected] Parish Church Wardens: Jon Wayper Tel: 01799 732045 Email: [email protected] Liz Stott Tel: 01799 521217 Email:[email protected] Methodist Church Contact - Minister: Revd David Keeble 4 Nightingale Mews, Saffron Walden, Essex CB10 2BQ Tel: 01799 522037 Email: [email protected] United Reformed Church Great Chishill – Minister: Revd Duncan Goldie The Manse, Meeting Lane, Melbourn, Royston, Herts SG8 6AN Tel: 260747 Email: [email protected] If you would like further information about other denominations, please contact the church office on 837272. All telephone codes are 01763 unless stated otherwise.

Delivered free by the churches to each home in Heydon, Chrishall,

Great Chishill, Little Chishill, Elmdon with Wenden Lofts, and Strethall

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