April and May 2016
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CONTENTS
April and May 2016
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Dear Readers
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From our Clergy Rev. Jane Penn’s address
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The changing colours of The Church
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The Pelican
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Why do the dates for Easter change?
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Nature Notes
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Poetry Corner”
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Jesus Sayings
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The 2016 Uganda Supper
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Bringing new hope to the hopeless
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Word Jumble
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The Cake Tin and other and other Recipies
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Details from the Parish Registers
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News from St.Mary’s
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News from St Luke’s
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News from St Paul’s
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Fothcoming Events
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Word Jumble Answer
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One off Events for your Diary
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Regular Dates for your Diary
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Editing team welcome
Dear readers
This issue of the Link comes to you during a time of change, we think
of the changes we have experienced in terms of weather, we have all
observed the strange sight of the brave but confused daffodils
appearing at Christmas and the warm weather in January and since
then the traditional April showers appearing in March. To find out
more about gardening observations take a look at Gloria Sharman’s
new nature article.
In this issue we meet Tanya and Reuben to find out about how life
has changed for them since taking over ownership of the Pelican in
Pamber Heath, we find out why Easter changes on our calendars and
why the colours of the church change. Enjoy trying out the recipe for
lemon mascarpone cupcakes – a real spring treat.
We hope you that you enjoy reading this edition.
The Editing Team
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United Benefice of Tadley with
Pamber Heath and Silchester
Tadley—St. Peter, St. Paul, St. Mary. Pamber Heath—St. Luke
From The Revd Jane Penn:
There is a children’s story by Arnold Lobel called ‘The Great
Blueness and other predicaments’, which begins in a world which is
all grey and what is not grey is black or white in this time of ‘the great
greyness’ this wizard tells us “you can’t tell the sunny days from the
rainy ones”. The wizard goes off to his cellar and is idly making
potions when something happens in his mixing pot, he goes out and
starts painting his house with it. the people are fascinated and want
to know what it is “I call it blue” the wizard replies. Everyone wants
some blue and very soon the whole world is painted blue, well this is
all ‘perfectly fine and glorious’ for a time but soon everyone begins to
feel sad and depressed living in all that blue. So off goes the wizard
to do some more mixing and he comes up with yellow, the people are
very excited and promptly go off and paint everything yellow which is
all ‘perfectly fine and glorious’ for a time but eventually gives
everyone headache, similarly with red which eventually makes
everyone angry. However having made the three primary colours the
wizard is unable to make any new ones but some of his pots of paint
overflow and the colours mix and make an endless variety of colours
which the people use to paint a multicoloured world. Which is
declared ‘perfectly fine and glorious’ and remains so.
A monochrome world soon ceases to delight. As winter gives way to
spring we enjoy the vibrant colours of the spring flowers, the trees
come into leaf and blossom, the colour of the new leaves is quite
different from later in the year. The natural world goes through it’s
seasonal changes and we enjoy each for the changes it brings. In the
winter with it’s cold and long dark nights we yearn for the lengthening
of the days, the warmer weather and the spring flowers. Without the
seasonal changes we’d soon get fed up, there would be no change,
no renewal, no hope for a brighter tomorrow. We may not like winter
but it certainly makes us appreciate spring and summer all the more.
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We need change to help us appreciate what we have and we need
the promise of change and renewal to give us hope for the future. I
sometimes feel that in the church we are in danger of losing touch
with or watering down in some way our major festivals because, quite
naturally, we want all the fun and jolly times, the Christmas presents
and Easter eggs, the exciting anticipation of the Holy Spirit at
Pentecost, but we’re not so keen on putting effort into preparing
spiritually for them.
The church is dressed in different colours for its differing seasons, so
for example purple is the colour for a penitential season, a time for
preparation like Advent and Lent, but we don’t pay too much attention
to either of them these days as this is out of step with the secular
world. Rather than preparing for Christmas during Advent we are
already celebrating it, try inviting people to a Christmas party after
Christmas and see what result you get! I should know, I tried it one
year. By boxing day the celebrations are done and for many people
the decorations are down.
Similarly with Lent, we either ignore it or get so stuck at the cross that
Easter day becomes less than it could or should be and of course
whoever heard of Easter celebrations going on until Pentecost? /
Maybe we could invent Christmas and Easter calendars, with a
window to open each day of the festive seasons, a bit like the Advent
ones but with joyful reminders of what we are celebrating.
The church, like the natural world, has its seasons and all are needed
to bring contrast, light, shade and colour to our spiritual life. I don’t
have any easy answers but I do hope and pray that each one of us
will find meaningful ways to dig a little deeper into our beliefs, a little
deeper into our response to God’s gift to us so that we appreciate
better the seasons and changes that go on throughout the church
year and we are prepared to really celebrate the next big festival at
Pentecost.
JANE PENN
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THE CHANGING COLOURS OF THE
CHURCH
Why do we have different coloured hangings during the year in
our churches?
The altar frontals, priest’s stoles and sometimes other material in the
church change with the different seasons of the year. Unlike our
fashions which have new colours for each year (I think that black and
white are in at the moment – or maybe that was for winter and
summer will see paisley patterns) the church changes its colours
during the year but they repeat year on year.
Why do we do this – it gives us a chance to mark the seasons of the
churches’ year in the same way as we mark Christmas with
decorations, Christmas trees etc.
There are 4 main colours used: white, red, purple, green. These
correspond roughly to the four main sections of the year. White for the
Christmas period, purple for Advent and Lent, Green for the rest of
the year which is known as ordinary time and red for days when we
remember saints who are martyrs and for feasts when we remember
particularly the Holy Spirit and the tongues of flame.
Some churches have pink for special occasions and some have gold
which can be used instead of white for special occasions. The priest’s
stole should reflect the colour of the season although I have some
which have a dominant colour but many different coloured patterns on
them, reflecting their country of origin which is Guatemala
The Churches’ lectionary, which gives the readings from the bible to
be used each Sunday, indicate the colour of the altar hangings but it
is not a major problem if we don’t adhere exactly to these suggestions
for they are just that – suggestions!
For those of you who might like a little more detail, I have included the
suggestions from the Church of England rules for liturgical colours.
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White is the colour for the festival periods of the church and so we
have white from Christmas Day until February 2nd, which is the feast
celebrating Jesus presentation in the Temple by Joseph and Mary.
This festival is now regarded as the end of the Christmas period and
so the crib now often remains in place until this feast rather than
being removed as it used to be on Jan 6th. The next big festival is
Easer and so, again, white is used from Easter Sunday until the Eve
of Pentecost and then for Trinity Sunday, and for All Saints' Day, and
for the Festivals of those saints not venerated as martyrs. There are
other days when white is used but these are very specific.
White is used for Marriages, and is suitable for Baptism, Confirmation
and Ordination, though red may be preferred. It may be used in
preference to purple or black for Funerals, and should be used at the
Funeral of a child. Where a church has two sets of white, one may be
kept for great Festivals such as Christmas and Easter and indicated
as 'gold or white'.
Red is used during Holy Week (except at Holy Communion on
Maundy Thursday), on the Feast of Pentecost, and may be used
between All Saints' Day and the First Sunday of Advent (except
where other provision is made) and is used for the Feasts of those
saints venerated as martyrs. It is appropriate for any services which
focus on the gift of the Holy Spirit, and is therefore suitable for
Baptism, Confirmation and Ordination. Coloured hangings are
traditionally removed for Good Friday and Easter Eve, but red is the
colour for the liturgy on Good Friday
Purple is the colour for Advent and from Ash Wednesday until the day
before Palm Sunday. It is recommended for Funerals and for the
Commemoration of the Faithful Departed, although either black or
white may be preferred. A Lent array of unbleached linen is
sometimes used as an alternative to purple, but only from Ash
Wednesday until the day before Palm Sunday. Rose-colour is
sometimes used as an alternative on the Third Sunday of Advent and
the Fourth Sunday of Lent
Green is used from the day after the Presentation until Shrove
Tuesday, and from the day after Pentecost until the eve of All Saints'
Day, except when other provision is made. It may also be used, rather
than red, between All Saints' Day and the First Sunday of Advent.
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THE PELICAN
Cathy Pynn talks with Reuben and Tanya at The Pelican, Pamber
Heath who undertook a career change last year to undertake the
redevelopment of this village pub
From the Pamber Heath Archives, The Pelican Inn (the old name
for the Pelican pub) came into existence sometime between 1839 and
1872. The first record of the Pelican Inn was in 1872 when it
was named and located on the Ordnance Survey map of Pamber
Heath. It is believed to have been a drinking establishment in 1871
but the Census at the time did not name it - only that there was a
publican resident in the village by the name of George Bartlett. It
could even have been in existence earlier since in 1861 there was a
publican resident in the village named James Boman. I have found no
records as to why it was named the Pelican Inn.
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One of the Pamber Heath residents, Freda Englefield, has spent most
of her life in Pamber Heath and the picture above shows the Pelican
in the time of her grandparents and you can just her grandparents see
in the distance behind the Hunt. Freda’s father took over the Pelican
in 1943 and Freda used to serve behind the bar and play the piano
(by ear) to accompany the singing in the pub. She remembers the pub
very much as a village pub with an open fire and it was whilst serving
in the pub that Freda met her future husband. Although the building
itself has changed since those days, having been extended, the bar is
still in the same place as it always was. One of the interesting
coincidences that came out whilst talking with Freda was that her
grandparents used to farm and when they gave up and moved to
Pamber Heath, Donna’s parents took over. Now it is Donna’s son
Reuben and his wife who have taken over the Pelican, again following
in the Englefield footsteps.
On a beautiful but cold Friday I sat in the bar of the Pelican chatting
with Reuben, Donna’s son and Tanya about their new but firmly
established business of running the Pelican Pub in Silchester Road,
Pamber Heath. Prior to running the pub, Reuben was at Wheelgame
and Tanya was a hairdresser, so they are both used to dealing with
the public and meeting the demands that the public can put on service
providers. The new venture started from a chance visit to the Pelican
and a comment by Reuben’s Mum about the Pub looking for a new
landlord. Reuben and Tanya both decided that they would like a
change and so set about organising their move to this new joint
business. They both like a challenge and enjoy hard work and were
blessed in the support of Danny and Liz who ran the Pelican
successfully for many years.
Together with family and friends and a lot of advice and help every
step of the way from Danny and Liz, previous landlords, they took on
a Ground Force type project to get the pub ready for opening within 2
weeks of getting the keys. They needed new carpets, the garden
needed renovating, they needed some new tables and chairs and, of
course, they needed guidance on how to negotiate with suppliers, not
forgetting learning how to run a pub.
On July 3rd 2015, they opened the door of the Pelican and had an
amazing first night. Some pictures on Facebook give you an idea of
the number of people there. People were everywhere and it gave
Tanya and Reuben a real sense of the value which people attached to
the Pelican and the happiness about the new landlords, who were
already known to people from their previous professions.
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Aaron, Reuben’s brother is very involved and Leah and Edina, their
two daughters are enjoying the social side. Leah, aged 10, can’t wait
until she is old enough to join the team and is already showing
promise to be an excellent waitress. This is very much a family run
pub with, apart from Reuben’s brother and their two daughters, they
also have a lot of help from Tanya’s sisters with cleaning amongst
other things. Abigail, Reuben’s sister also helped in the early days
with the food and in October 2015 they started serving bar snacks
and then full meals!
The current chefs, Elaine and Craig provide wonderful meals and are
prepared to go the extra mile to ensure that people get what they
want. One customer had an allergy and Elaine talked the customer
about their allergy and checked all the way through preparing the
meal that everything was ok. Members of some local churches can
recommend the food because they have met at the Pelican on the
last Saturday of the month (see events diary) over the past few
months when they have enjoyed wonderful meals.
As I mentioned before, this really is a family run business – Elaine’s
husband has taken on the marketing and a website is being
developed, although you can find out a lot of information on
Facebook. Elaine’s husband organised a leaflet and leaflet drop for
Valentine’s Day which has sparked off customers for that night but
also has introduced a lot of people both inside and outside the village
to the Pelican and what it can provide.
This pub is a really important part of Pamber Heath and provides a
meeting place where young, middle-aged and old can have a drink
and a chat, play darts, dominos, poker or just sit and watch a football
or rugby match on the television.
If you want to find out more you can find them on Facebook, call in or
phone them to book a table on 01189701558. You can be assured of
a warm welcome and excellent food with a wonderful choice of beers
and other drinks. It was great talking to you both, Reuben and Tanya
and thank you for all you are doing for our village in giving us such a
great pub.
CATHY PYNN
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WHY DO THE DATES FOR EASTER
CHANGE?
Easter is an annual festival observed throughout the Christian world. In
the western world the date for Easter shifts every year within the
Gregorian calendar which is the standard international calendar for
civil use. Additionally, the calendar regulates the ceremonial cycle of
the Roman Catholic and Protestant churches. It was decided to keep
Easter on a Sunday, the same Sunday throughout the western world,
and to fix incontrovertibly the date for Easter. Gregorian tables have
been generated to compute the date.
The usual statement, that Easter Day is the first Sunday after the full
moon that occurs next after the vernal equinox, is not a precise
statement of the actual ecclesiastical rules. The full moon involved is
not the astronomical Full Moon but an ecclesiastical moon (determined
from the tables) that keeps, more or less, in step with the astronomical
Moon.
The ecclesiastical rules are:
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Easter falls on the first Sunday following the first ecclesiastical
full moon that occurs on or after the day of the vernal equinox;
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this particular ecclesiastical full moon is the 14th day of a tabular
lunation (new moon); and
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the vernal equinox is fixed as March 21.
The result is that Easter can never occur before March 22 or later than
April 25.
In the Eastern world many Christian churches use tables based on the
older Julian calendar and so Easter in these churches falls on a
different date.
There are a number of Algorithms available on the Internet which can
calculate the date of Easter Sunday for a given calendar year and
some of these have been implemented on Excel spreadsheets.
JOHN PYNN
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In the last issue we introduced poetry corner – see further in to the
magazine for the second instalment form Alan Gingell. In this issue
we bring you another new article from Gloria Sharman of St.Luke’s.
Each issue Gloria will be bringing us her observations of the changes
in nature around the local area and the wider country.
Natures notes
As we know, the weather this winter has been very strange. People in
the north of Britain suffered awful floods before Christmas while we
had a very mild spell so that there were 25 different plants in flower in
our garden on 23rd December. Our Daphne Bholua filled the garden
with its perfume and attracted buff-tailed bumble bees, honey bees
and a red admiral butterfly. Ladybirds also must have thought spring
had arrived. Before the end of January the 'cherry plum' was in flower
in the hedgerows. It differs from blackthorn because it has looser
spikes of larger flowers and appears much earlier and at the same
time as its leaves.
We can enjoy Winter - the trees have beautiful silhouettes and leaf
buds form. There are colourful berries about. Frost sparkles on a
clear sunny morning, snow squeaks and crunches underfoot, sunsets
are beautiful, the robin keeps us company and there is the joy of
finding snowdrops and other winter flowers.
Robin has been tweeting during the winter. I am surprised his mobile
'phone batteries haven't run out! The other birds have now taken to
Twitter and the bluetits have been in and out of their nest box. (Nest
boxes should be in position by February.) Birds also roost in them
during the winter. With the arrival of colder weather, we had more
birds coming to the garden including goldfinches, siskins, long tailed
tits, nuthatches and redpolls.
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I regularly record bird counts in our garden for the British Trust for
Ornithology and this is a good hobby if you enjoy watching them. My
husband and I belong to The Hampshire and Isle of White Wildlife
Trust which manages good nature reserves and organises walks and
talks. Tadley U3A also has a bird and wildlife group. With our
heathland and Pamber forest nearby there is the opportunity to enjoy
the outdoors.
Now we look forward to Spring!
GLORIA SHARMAN
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POETRY CORNER
We are delighted to bring you this poem from Alan Gingell
and would like to publish more in the link
so if you think you have one that might mingle
send it to us to use and we’ll share it to make you think
Send your poetry to [email protected] or pass to a member of the clergy
April Showers
April is here with her sunshine and showers,
But sometimes the rain seems to go on for hours.
Is it a shower, or is it a sprinkle?
Some say it pours, or maybe it tinkles.
Some say it spits, or it could be a spatter,
Whatever it does, it goes pitter‑patter.
Wet and windy, a mix of a mizzle.
And down it comes, in a drench of a drizzle,
Then out comes the sunshine, all of a dazzle,
Drying the land, but not to a frazzle.
But just when the clouds have been hung out to dry,
One of them frowns, and another one cries.
Now, was that a spot, or was it a spit?
Was it a drop, or was it a drip?
Was it a splash, or was it a splosh?
Soon everywhere, is all of awash.
Look up, look up, to a colourful rainbow,
It’s a spectacular spectrum, it’s God’s very own show.
But, before we know, April is down,
And May will be wearing her new Spring gown.
© Alan Gingell
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JESUS SAYINGS
4. The Real Foundation
Some of Jesus’ stories are so well known that we no longer hear
them. We think that they have nothing more to say, but just change a
word and see what happens. A foolish man built his house upon the
sand. In the night there came a great earthquake. The earth began to
flow like water, and the house collapsed at once because it had no
foundation. In the morning the foolish man woke to find himself
buried under the ruins. He crawled out into the sunlight and surveyed
the wreckage. The foolish man laughed like a fool. “Easy come, easy
go”, he said, and began to rebuild his house on the very same spot.
The wise man up in the hills dug foundations and built his house
upon a rock. That night the wise man locked up and went to bed
confident in his building. When the earthquake struck, the roots of the
mountains were shaken. The hills tumbled into the valleys and the
house was buried under ten thousand tons of rock. When the
neighbours came to visit they could not find the place where the
house had been, and the wise man was never seen again. That’s not
what we wanted to hear. We want the wise man to be rewarded and
the foolish man punished, but life is not like that. Luke reminds us, “
The sons of this age are wiser than the sons of light among their own
kind.” Jesus means to say that his words will help you only when you
continue to do them.
Greybeard, Lent 2016
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THE 2016 UGANDA SUPPER
The Uganda Supper this year moved from St Luke’s Church to the
new venue of St Paul’s Church Hall, one advantage being an
increase in car parking space. Diners were also able to sit at tables
instead of juggling a plate on their lap after squeezing along a row of
other guests as they tried valiantly to eat their supper and watch the
views from Florida to the French coast.
It was great to see so many brave enough to cope with this change –
a real ecumenical event thanks to the wonderful support of people
from all the Tadley churches, as well as our own Benefice family. We
so appreciate those who invite their friends. Visitors came from
Burghfield Common, Camberley, Selborne, Staines and Yateley some of them faithfully returning for a third or fourth evening with us.
Thanks must be given to those people who pay up without even
being able to come to Supper.
We greatly missed my efficient cooker-minders – Hazel and Sandra but it was easier not having to bring the dishes across Church Road
in the dark. How would we have managed without our amazing team
of helpers? Carol and Kathryn who baked potatoes, Paul who
provided savoury noodles and salads, Kate and Jamie on crowd
control, Andy, Gay, Kathryn, Alison, Megan and Beverley serving
food so charmingly, and Chris running everywhere as instructed.
We know there were in excess of 110 people but due credit must be
given to their repeated efforts to consume all of the six hot suppers.
Bryan did manage to salvage enough left-overs for a few meals as he
knew there was no way there would be cooking at home for at least a
week. However, he was not successful in his attempts to save himself
any pudding. All 17 delicious donated desserts disappeared (apart
from tiny pieces of the same consumed by yours truly some time later
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that night.) The cavalry arrived in the form of Kayla, Alison and Neil
who washed and dried so there was very little left to do after the event
except return all the hostess trolleys, hot trays, large dishes and slow
cooker, tablecloths and even coat hangers to homes all around the
area so their lives could return to normal.
Every penny given will go to Uganda and support the children at the
schools in Kasambya and Gayaza, and the Child Development Centre
at Namugoga. Pastor Aloysious, Pastor Joseph, Director Emma and
all the staff and children send you their love and thanks and prayers.
With our love too, Christine and Bryan Watson
THANK YOU FOR HELPING US RAISE
AN AMAZING
(TOTAL WITH GIFT AID) - £ 2,143.00!!
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BRINGING NEW HOPE TO
THE HOPELESS
A new choir has formed in Tadley. Resurrected from the ashes of
Proclaim a new reformed and re-targeted choir has formed with a
clear mandate to witness to those enclosed in our local prisons.
With members from across the churches of Tadley and Basingstoke,
New Hope does what it says on the tin. Being a new shoot of Proclaim
there is a degree of optimism of new beginnings and new hope for the
future of our choir, and also there is the belief that the Gospel
message we bring to prisoners can, and will, offer new hope for their
future. Members share the vision of bringing people to Christ by being
used in a small way by God in this mission, becoming sowers of the
word trusting God that He will bring a harvest in His time.
New Hope works alongside the prison chaplain to bring a full and
balanced service to accommodate prisoners from all walks of life. We
recognise that although the chaplain is carrying out a Christian church
service, the people that we are singing and witnessing to can have
little, or no, contact with any kind of religion in the past. It's the
chaplain who knows these prisoners and where they are in their
spiritual walk.
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Recognising these prisoners as Jesus would, as human beings who
have made mistakes and need His salvation, enables us to treat them
as equals. Sharing the Holy Communion with them and standing next
to them at the communion rail, makes one reflect that we are all
sinners and need the love of God.
At the end of 2015 we visited Bullingdon prison at Bicester, leaving
Tadley at seven on a Sunday morning to arrive at Bullingdon in time
to be vetted by security and take the service at nine. Recently we
attended Winchester prison to take their Sunday service too.
New Hope is always happy to accept new members.
It is a common misunderstanding that you have to have a brilliant
singing voice to be in a choir. That is not the case, and anyone with a
moderately reasonable singing voice can be acceptable and feel
comfortable within a choir structure. The main criteria with New Hope
is that you follow the Christian faith and you have a heart to reach out
to disadvantaged and marginalised people.
At this moment in time New Hope is seeking a pianist to accompany
them in their ministry, which is proving to be difficult, so anyone with
the ability to play the piano is encouraged to get in touch so that we
can continue our mission for the foreseeable future.
If you would like to be involved or would like more information please
contact Ian Richards on 07774 988531
or email [email protected].
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WORD JUMBLE ON THE TOPIC OF
1. ANHCGE C _ _ _ _ _
2. TMRINRETEE R _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
3. MOSOVGEHI NU M _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
4. MEH UOSEVO H _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
5. AJHGN COBE J _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
6. OLOCGSHACHE N S _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
7. T OWRKASTR S _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
8. AETRIGEM E _ _ _ _ _ _ _
9. POONTROIM P _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
10. THEAD D _ _ _ _
11. BRHTI B _ _ _ _
12. NLSLSEI I _ _ _ _ _ _
13. EAMRAIRG M _ _ _ _ _ _ _
14. ORERUISTCENR R _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
15. AMBISPT B _ _ _ _ _ _
16. EATRL A _ _ _ _
17. DTJSUA A _ _ _ _ _
18. MAEONEVRU M _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
19. VIRDET D _ _ _ _ _
20. GSONANORIERATI R _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
21. ITASRMNOROTAFN T _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
22. ANMEEECTRPL R _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
23. NUOLOTIVE E _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
24. AAONTPTDAI A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
25. OMOAMSSTPHERI M _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
26. IRNASTLANOT T _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
SEE ANSWERS ON PAGE 45
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THE CAKE TIN
(AND OTHER RECIPES)
LEMON CUPCAKES WITH
CREAMY MASCARPONE TOPPING
MAKES 12 - PREP TIME; 15 MINS - COOKING TIME; 20 MINS
175g self-raising flour
For the topping
100g caster sugar
250ml double cream
175g unsalted butter softened
100g mascarpone
3 medium eggs
1 tsp baking powder
2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
2bsp icing sugar
Icing sugar
Icing sugar flowers to decorate
2 tsp lemon extract
60g lemon curd
Preheat the oven to 190o/c fan 170 o/c or gas mark 5.
Line a 12 hole muffin tray with paper cases. Sift the flour into a large
bowl and add sugar, butter, eggs and baking powder. Beat with a
hand whisk to form a batter, stir in the lemon extract.
Put 1 heaped teaspoon of cake mixture into each paper case. Top
with one teaspoon of lemon curd then add another spoon of cake mix.
Cook for 18-20 mins until risen. Leave to cool on a cooling rack. When
cool cut off the top of the cake.
To make the topping put the cream mascarpone and icing sugar in a
bowl and whisk together until soft peaks form. Place a spoonful of the
mixture on the top of each cake and add flowers to decorate.
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DETAILS FROM THE REGISTERS
Funerals
Betty Chamberlain aged 89 on 25th January
at West Berks Crematorium
Brian Stanley Cleaver aged 79 on 15th January
at St Peters then at Tadley Cemetery
John Erling Ellingsen aged 86 on 29th February
at West Berkshire Crematorium
Valerie Ann Frost aged 76 on 3rd March
at West Berkshire Crematorium
Eric Dennis George Long aged 88 on 17th February
at West Berkshire Crematorium
David Mason Ogden aged 82 on 15th February
at Basingstoke Crematorium
Elsie Letitia Hilda Reeves aged 86 on 9th February
at Basingstoke Crematorium
Greta Steele aged 87 on 8th February
at West Berkshire Crematorium
Bertram Albert Vass, aged 89 on 29th January
at St Pauls then West Berkshire Crematorium
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NEWS FROM OUR CHURCHES
NEWS FROM ST MARY’S
Following our successful START course in January, course participants and others have expressed a desire to continue meeting so we
will be running a 6 week course called Simple Jesus, looking at the life
and teachings of Jesus based on Saint Luke’s Gospel. This will be on
Monday evenings commencing 4th April.
Three groups have completed the first three sessions of the Leading
your Church into Growth course in we are now looking forward to completing the second set of sessions all together at a parish away day.
Our monthly breakfasts continue as popular as ever, in February we
raised £115 for Heather House and in March £170 for Chickens to Africa. The royal breakfast on 21st April will be in aid of ‘Help for Heros
and 20th May is for Christian Aid. The Monday and Wednesday coffee
mornings are now beginning to see signs of growth.
We have continued to go into Burnham Copse school every Monday
morning to tell bible stories through the ‘Open the Book’ scheme, this
venture is supported by CTAT and we have volunteers from four local
churches. A new departure for us was to tell an Open the book story
as part of our worship on Mothering Sunday, this was very well received by adults and children alike.
Looking forward, it’s not too late to buy tickets for our barn dance on
8th April.
Finally just to let you know that we are very much looking forward to
Bishop David of Basingstoke coming to celebrate communion with us
on 8th May.
JANE PENN
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NEWS FROM ST LUKE’S
Quiz Night at St Luke’s on Feb 27th
Terry and Angie Allen organised a very enjoyable quiz evening and
there follows an account from Terry:
We had about 50 people, all of whom spent a really fun evening with
a fair bit of banter thrown in! The winners turned out to be our youth
group YOUFY albeit slightly augmented by Rev Pynn plus friends!
Although entry was free and there were no donations, Anne
Hutchison organised a raffle which raised £73. This will be split
between the church and Crisis. As well as people from St Luke's and
St. Paul's there were folk there from the United Reform Church and
from the Community Church as well as some visitors.
Concert at Pamber Green Memorial Hall on Feb 27th
This was an excellent concert at which Maggie (one of our
congregation) and John Branston’s son William performed with
Noteworthy, a quartet which includes soprano, alto, tenor and bass
with a mixture of light operetta, opera and music from shows.
Everyone who went had an amazing evening and were only sad that
there were no recordings made. They can be contacted on
07834708237 or www.Noteworthysingers.co.uk for concerts, parties,
weddings etc. William’s repertoire also includes Welsh songs as he is
bi-lingual. Something for everyone!
Coffee Mornings at St Luke’s Thursdays 10:30 – 12:00pm
These continue to be very happy occasions with between 30 and 50
people coming to enjoy homemade cakes, scones and savouries. Rita
Ridout has been awarded a Tadley Good Citizen's award for her
years of running the Coffee Morning. It is a richly deserved
recognition.
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Lent Study Groups
We have 4 led by St Luke’s although including members of other
churches. We have been using the material “Leading your Church into
Growth” which provides a DVD and notes and questions for each of 3
sessions. These have provided some stimulating conversations about
the nature of ministry and growth and what we might do.
Prayer Partners - whilst getting older is not without its challenges, we
have also recognised the stressful lives our young families lead
particularly in the workplace with redundancies, long working hours
and high pressure being common factors in causing stress and all that
can accompany that. In an effort to support our families, we have
asked some of the older members of our congregation paired up with
younger families to give the families support – one Senior Citizen to a
family.
Illness seems to be hitting some members of our congregation and
we are missing seeing some of them on Sundays but they are
remembered in our Sunday and Wednesday morning services. Both
of these services give us a chance to pray for each other and the
Wednesday service also gives us an opportunity to pray with people
from other churches in the Benefice.
YOUFY is now meeting on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month. In
March we had a talk by Lilly-Mai Latson on her wonderful collection of
dolls and then games organised by William and Jess Hunter. These
youngsters are innovative and interesting so if you are interested in
joining the group please contact Sue Butterworth on
[email protected]
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Bible Kids had a very enjoyable workshop on March 5th Preparing for
Mother’s Day when we had about 15 children cooking Microwave
Brownies and making posies with flowers and greenery gathered from
our gardens. The next day we had a wonderful service where we
gave out posies to every member of the congregation and still had
some to spare for neighbours and friends particularly any who might
have been alone on that special day.
Pub gatherings – at the Pelican Silchester Road –Mar 26th and April
25th between 12:00 and 2:00.
You will have read more about the Pelican in an article in the
magazine. We have a gathering at the Pelican every month on the
last Saturday of the month to which everyone is invited – sorry to say
you have to pay for your own food and drink! We can only provide
great company!
Any
further
information
or
help,
please
[email protected] or [email protected]
We would love to hear from you
CATHY PYNN
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NEWS FROM ST PAUL’S
February and March were by no means quiet months at St Paul's. Our
Feb Messy Church fell on Valentine's Day, so we thought about love
(not very original, I know); but 96 people joined us and we posted
some great photos on our website (www.stpaulstadley.org.uk ) - why
not visit it?
Lent started on 9th February, but we decided to have our Pancake
Party on 16th February being half term with many away we had a
small gathering and lots of fun.
Sadly we had to conduct quite a few funerals in these months,
including large services at St Paul's for Bert Vass and Val Frost, who
had both played a large part in the life of St Paul's in years gone by.
We send our condolences to their families and our gratitude to God
for their work.
Our usual 4 home groups, have grown to 5 for Lent, with some 50
people looking at a course on growing our church, both in numbers, in
spiritual depth and in service of our community. Each group will feed
back their thoughts, helping us to discern better where God wants us
to go in the future. It's never too late to join a home group, some meet
during the day. For some group members, their home group is their
church, and we see them less often on Sundays, which is ok with us.
Coffee while u wait, the pop up cafe run by Kayla for parents
collecting their children from Tadley School has been drawing in the
crowds in these cold days. Everything is provided free, and any
donations go to the school PTA. So far £500 has been raised.
Looking ahead, Sunday 3rd April is the 50th Anniversary of the
consecration of St Paul's church. We will mark that day with a special
service at 10am at St Paul's. Do join us, if you can. We have planned
our community celebrations for Saturday 23rd July, so that we can
make use of the Green, and hopefully better weather! We thank the
TADS who are putting together information about the early years of St
Paul's and St Saviour's church (which preceded it). See their appeal
for any photos or other items, later in this magazine.
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Who let the dads out? This is a new activity afternoon for dads and
their children coming to St Paul's, beginning Saturday 23rd April. We
want to help dads have quality time with their kids, and get to know
them better ourselves. In the longer term, we would like to be able to
offer this activity to dads who can only have supervised access to
their children, and dads who don't live with their children and need
somewhere to take them.
RICHARD HARLOW
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Give your relationship an ‘MOT’: Join
Thousands of Couples who do the Marriage Course Every Year. Starts 23rd April
We will be running The Marriage Course again for 7 weeks from Saturday 23rd April until Saturday 11th June 2016 (excluding 28th May) at
the Immanuel Centre, Tadley United Reformed Church, Malthouse
Lane, Tadley, Hants, RG26 3NY, 7.15pm for 7.30pm meal.
This is a great opportunity for couples to relax, have fun and give
their marriage an ‘MOT’.
The Marriage Course is for any couple who wants to invest in their
relationship, whether you’ve been together for one or sixty-one
years, whether you feel you have a strong relationship or are struggling and whether you are married or living together.
The Marriage Course is based around a romantic table for two, giving you the space to relax and chat over a candlelit meal, dessert
and coffee, with background music. You’ll be given the time to talk
on your own as a couple.
Through private discussions as a couple around specific topics, you
will discover new things about each other and grow in your understanding of each other. There is a small cost of £50 per couple for
the full 7 evenings to help support some of the costs of meals and
course materials (please speak to us if this is a problem).
For more details or to reserve a place contact:
Mark & Julie Ward Tel: 0118 970 1125 [email protected]
Paul & Janet Gross Tel: 0118 970 0809 [email protected]
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Paul’s Church, Tadley
50th
Anniversary
The rector, the Revd Kendedicating the new bell
John Stacey. It was cast from
removed from Basingstoke
and weighs 254kg. It is the
in the tower and is rung
mornings before the
St Paul’s Church was consecrated by the Bishop
of Winchester on 2 April 1966 and will be celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.
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Paul’s Church, Tadley
50th
Anniversary
Tadley and District History Society (TADS) is researching the
history of St Paul’s and its predecessor St Saviour’s and will
be presenting a display at this year’s anniversary fete on
Saturday 23 July 2016
TADS is looking for photographs and memorabilia relating to
the two churches. If you have any such items we would be
pleased to receive them.
 label each item (if possible) with your name and
phone number;
 place them all together in an envelope marked with
your name and phone number; • place them in the
box under the table at the rear of St Paul’s Church.
All items will be returned as soon as possible.
TADS contact details: Carol Stevens
(email: tadshistory.com; tel: 0118 970 1578)
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We know that many of you contribute to the local foodbank – do you
know they have their own newsletter? Here are some updates from
this and a chance to follow the link to it for future news.
Emergency food for local people in crisis
It's incredible that since our opening in Oct 2012 you have helped us
feed 8,167 people + a few cats & dogs!
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Total food distributed since opening = 89 tons
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Average weight of food distributed monthly = 2.5 tons
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Average number of clients fed monthly = 235
We have partnered with 78 local agency teams who assess clients
for crisis and issue Foodbank Vouchers. Currently 59% of our clients are single, 16% are single parents and 13% are families and
we thank you for your ongoing support - we couldn't do it without
you! As well as food donations our latest shopping list is on our website - we really need and value your financial support. We are totally self-funded and have to find over £1,000 per month to continue
and hope you can support some of the events listed below.
We are also challenged by the lack of storage space, particularly at
harvest, and are looking for additional space - if you can help us,
please contact us by email.
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Charity Golf Day
To help raise funds for Foodbank we are holding our first golf day at
Sandford Springs Golf Club on Friday 6th May. It will be played over
18 holes with 2 scores to count in a 4 player AmAm team format,
with the first tee off at 12 noon. There will be prizes for the team
competition as well as for individual prowess!
Entry cost is £50 per player, or £25 for members of Sandford
Springs and for anyone just coming to the evening meal. We welcome entries from teams of 4 but if you cannot make up a team,
don’t worry as we will place you into a team with others.
If you would like to support Foodbank and enjoy a day in the fresh
air, download the invitation letter and then fill in the entry form.
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PLEASE DO NOT WASH YOUR CAR !! WHY NOT
WAIT FOR……..
Saturday April 16th between 10am
and 12noon St Paul’s Church Hall,
The Green
On this day we will be holding the
Christian Aid / Church Missionary
Society Car Wash and a Bags to School
Collection
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Bring along any unwanted clothing
Have your car washed by our skilled team
Enjoy a bacon buttie (or similar tasty treat)
Browse the Cake Table
Or just put your feet up for a while!
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For any questions about the carwash morning please call Bryan or
Christine Watson on 0118 970 0415
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What can you put in your bags to school
donation?
Men’s, Ladies and Children’s clothing, Paired shoes (tied together or
elastic band around), Handbags, Hats,Bags, Scarves and ties,
Jewellery, Lingerie, Belts, Soft toys.
Sorry we cannot accept :
Duvets, bedding, blankets and household linen, Pillows and
cushions, Carpets, rugs and mats (including bath, shower and toilet
mats), Curtains, Towels, Soiled, painted, ripped or wet clothing,
School uniforms, Corporate clothing and workwear, Textile off cuts,
yarns or threaded material.
For any questions about the bag collection please contact
Terry or Angie Allen on 0118 970 1219
If you have any items that cannot be given to the but that could be
sold to raise money for chairty please contact Christine Watson as
help is at hand !!
We shall be operating the Rotations Charity Shop from
July 21st to August 11th to raise money for the schools we
visit in Uganda. All items considered - so please keep this
in mind during your spring cleaning
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SILCHESTER PARISH CHURCH - PRESENTS
MUSIC FOR A SPRING EVENING
WITH OOH MAMA LADIES’ CHOIR
(BASINGSTOKE)
AND
SOLOISTS VINCENT LINDSEY-CLARK
(CLASSICAL GUITAR)
AND
HANNAH COSGRAVE (FLUTE)
SATURDAY, 9 APRIL 2016 AT 7.30P.M.
Tickets £10 (to include glass of wine or soft drink)
Children of school age FREE
From Ralph Atton 0118 970 0825 or
Richard Fletcher 0118 970 0633
Proceeds to MS Reading and Church Fabric Fund
Ooh Mama will join 400 voices from Basingstoke’s finest
Choirs in the Festival of Choirs to be held 10 July 2016
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BARN DANCE
Date - Friday 8th April
Time – 8pm – 11pm
Caller – Ted Morse
Live music provided by
Lisa and Graham (accordion and violin)
Cost - £10 including buffet/children under 12 - £5
Where – St Marys Church, Bishopswood Road,
Tadley, Hants RG26 3HQ
Tickets and further info from: –
Jenny Tuck - 0118 981 6435;
Sally Wood - 0118 981 2538;
Marilyn Lewis - 01256 882537
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TADLEY YOUTH DRAMA
presents
Noah, Yes Noah!
A re-creational musical by
Richard Cowling
in Tadley Common Methodist Church,
Newchurch Road, at 7:30 pm on Saturday 7th
May, Friday 13th and Saturday 14th May.
Tickets £6 (£4 concessions) available after
Easter
from Helping Hands In Tadley shop,
Franklin Avenue,
and through churches.
Look out for the poster with more details.
www.tadleyyouthdrama.org.uk
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Breakfasts at St Mary’s Church
from 07:30am – 10:00am
On Friday 22 April and Friday 20 May
Come for as long as you can to enjoy good
food and a friendly chat. Activities for children.
No charge but donations to a charity are
welcomed.
The profits in
April will be going to Help for Heroes
and
May will be going to Christian Aid
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ONE-OFF EVENTS FOR YOUR DIARY
The United Benefice of Tadley with Pamber Heath and Silchester
Special Events
at St. Mary’s, St. Luke’s, St. Paul’s, St. Peter’s Churches
For the months of April and May 2016
April 2016
Friday 8th
19:30 – 22:30
Barn Dance – St. Marys
Saturday 16th
10:00 – 12:00 Car Washing, bags2school at St. Pauls
11:00 – 12:00 Parish Prayer Walk - St Mary's
Sunday 17th
11:30
St. Mary’s Tadley APCM
Wednesday 20th
19:30 – 21:00 St. Paul’s APCM
Friday 22nd
07:30 – 10:00 Breakfast with Queen’s Birthday and St. George
Theme – St. Mary’s Charity Help for Heros
Saturday 23rd
15:00 – 17:00 Who let the dads out – St. Paul’s
Saturday 30th
10:00 – 12:00 St. Luke’s Church Spring Clean
10:00 – 12:00 St. Peter’s Church Spring Clean
12:00 – 14:00 Pub gathering at the Pelican
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May 2016
Saturday 7th
10:00 – 12:00 St. Paul’s Mini Market
Friday 20th
07:30 – 10:00
Breakfast at St. Mary’s Charity Christian Aid
Saturday 21st
11:00 – 12:00 Parish Prayer Walk - St Mary's
14:00 – 16:00 Who let the dads out – St. Paul’s
Saturday 28th
12:00 – 14:00 Pub gathering at the Pelican
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REGULAR DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Regular Events at St. Mary’s, St. Luke’s, St. Paul’s, St. Peter’s
Please see each Churches weekly notices for changes to these
programmed Events
Sunday Services
1st Sunday of Month
08:00
Communion at St. Paul’s
10:00
Holy Communion at St. Paul’s
10:00
All age Worship at St. Mary’s, Tadley
11:00
Morning Prayer with Bible Kids at St. Luke’s
18:00
Evening Worship at St. Peter’s
nd
2 Sunday of Month
09:30
Messy Church at St. Paul’s
10:00
Holy Communion with Sunday school at St.
Mary’s, Tadley
11:00
Holy Communion at St. Luke’s
18:00
Evening Worship at St. Peter’s
3rd Sunday of Month
08:00
Communion at St. Paul’s
09:30
Holy Communion at St. Paul’s
10:00
Holy Communion with Sunday school at St.
Mary’s, Tadley
11:00
All age Worship at St. Luke’s
18:00
Evening Worship at St. Peter’s
4th Sunday of Month
09:30
Morning Worship at St. Paul’s
10:00
Holy Communion with Sunday school at St.
Mary’s, Tadley
11:00 Holy Communion at St. Luke’s
18:00
Evening Worship at St. Peter’s
5th Sunday of Month
08:00
Communion at St. Paul’s
Varies
Benefice Service. See special events, this service
moves around our Churches.
17:00
Songs of Praise with Tea and Cakes at St. Luke’s
18:00
Evening Worship at St. Peter’s
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Weekday Events and Services
Monday
08:30 – 10:30
14:30 – 15:30
Tuesday
14:30 – 15:30
18:30 – 19:30
19:00 - 20:00
19:00 - 20:00
Wednesday
08:30 – 11:30
10:00 – 10:30
10:00 – 10:30
14:30 – 15:30
Thursday
10:30 – 12:00
Friday
10:00 – 12:00
Monday Café – St. Mary’s (Term
Time)
Coffee while U wait – St. Paul’s
Coffee while U wait – St. Paul’s
YOUFY at St. Luke’s (2nd and 4th
Tuesdays)
Parish Prayers in St. Mary’s, Vicarage
(1st Tuesday of Month)
Parish Prayers in St. Paul’s or Old
Meeting URC
Coffee Morning St. Mary’s, Tadley
Midweek Communion Service at St.
Mary’s
Holy Communion Service at St.
Luke’s
Afternoon tea at St. Paul’s Church
Hall
Drop in for Coffee at St. Luke’s
Parent and Toddler Group at St.
Luke’s – (Term Time)
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New activity afternoons for Dads and their kids
starts Saturday April 23rd
St Paul's Church Hall, The Green,
Tadley, RG26 3PB
From 3pm - 5pm
Crafts, games, food and fun in a safe environment
All welcome. No charge.
For more information contact: Richard Harlow
0118 981 4860
[email protected]
Who let the dads out is a community activity of St
Paul's Church of England, The Green, Tadley. It is
open to all, regardless of belief, or any other protected characteristic.
www.stpaulstadley.org.uk
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