March 2007 Parish News

Parish News March 2007

The Rector’s Letter

Pause for Though from Parish Priest: Canon Margaret Venables
The Rectory, Barnack, Stamford, Lincolnshire. PE9 3ET

By the time you read this Lent will have already begun. It may be that you have decided upon your Lenten discipline or, more likely, ‘given up’ something for Lent or maybe you are using the Live Life – Live Lent booklets which are all round the parish at present – especially the children’s version as Barnack congregation gave a booklet to each of the children in Barnack School. But I think we sometimes lose sight of what Lent is really about – that is the preparation for the death and resurrection of our Lord - Easter.

The origins of Lent lie in the preparations of people for their baptism at Easter and, strange as it may seem to us today, for the re-admission of those who had been excommunicated, back into the life of the church. So it became a period of discipline and self-denial for all Christian people. It is a season that presses on with our eyes always on the cross, building to the events of Holy Week.

It is not, despite much misunderstanding , for which the hymn ‘Forty days and forty nights’ has much to answer, an historical reconstruction of the Lord’s forty days in the wilderness. Admittedly, we read that story on the first Sunday of Lent, but it is there simply as an illustration of the kind of discipline and self-denial required of the Christian. Lent is about preparation for what comes at its climax. Of course the word discipline is not popular today.

It has been said that: ‘Superficiality is the curse of our age. The doctrine of instant satisfaction is a primary spiritual problem. The desperate need today is not for a greater number of intelligent people or gifted people, but for deep people’. What is really needed is that people should begin to explore more fully the classical disciplines of the spiritual life. These are: The Inward disciplines – Meditation, Prayer, Fasting, Study.

The Outward Disciplines – Simplicity, Solitude, Submission, Service.
The Corporate Disciplines – Confession, Worship, Guidance, Celebration.
These are not called classical merely because they are ancient, though they have been practiced by sincere people over the centuries, but because they are central to the real following of our faith.

We must not think these Disciplines are just for spiritual giants, far from it. God intends them to be for ordinary human beings: people who have jobs, who care for children, who must wash dishes and mow lawns, in fact the disciplines are best exercised in the midst of our normal daily activities. If they are to have a transforming effect, it must be in our relationships with our husband or wife, our brothers and sisters, our friends and neighbours. We should not think, either, that if we begin to practice these things it will be the end of laughter, joy is the keynote of them all. And we should also note that beginners are welcome and we are all beginners, even if we have practiced these disciplines before.

Psalm42:7 reads ‘Deep calls to deep’. Perhaps somewhere in the depths of your life you have heard the call to deeper, fuller living. Perhaps you have become weary of the frothy experiences; every now and then you have caught glimpses, hints of something more than you have known. Inwardly you have longed to launch out into the deep. So this Lent why not take one of the disciplines and begin to practice. You never know where it might lead you, but of one thing I am sure, Easter will be even more glorious than you could ever imagine!

Margaret

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Obituary : Maisie Curtis- 1916-2007
Behind every great man, there is a great woman.
Such was the case for the recently deceased and 70 year resident of Barnack, Maisie Curtis. Her husband Cecil, was a prominent member of the Barnack community during his 88 years, helping to create and develop some of the village societies and clubs, especially the cricket club and horticultural society.
However, without the immense support of his wife, his achievements would not have been possible-from making teas to moral support.
Maisie was born in 1916, in Castor. She schooled in the village, and then took jobs looking after children and being a cook. After meeting her husband to be at a dance in Wansford, she moved to Barnack, and started her own family, with 2 children, Elaine (Ward) and Maurice.
Number 10 Bainton Road gained a reputation for its hospitality, especially in the war years. Evacuee children and Land Army Girls were taken in and accepted as part of an extended family. Post war, it was one of the first houses to have a television, so FA Cup Final day was always a crowded affair, and relied heavily on Maisie’s cooking skills.
Despite being kept busy in the family home, she still had time to have interests of her own, notably being a founder member of the Barnack WI and Darby and Joan clubs. She was also a member of the Mother’s Union and Barnack Methodist Church.
Maisie and Cecil found great pleasure in old time dancing and toured the local area showing off their ballroom skills. Ironically, on their way to a Christmas dance in Stamford in 1977, Maisie slipped and broke her hip. Despite 3 operations, this did not quench her spirit for life, her capacity to entertain, or her love to towards her grandchildren, and latterly great grand children.
During Cecil’s retirement, they enjoyed foreign travel, whist drives, bingo, bowls and most importantly, supporting and enjoying their family
After 67 years of marriage Cecil passed away in 2003. Maisie spent her final years in the Red House Nursing Home Stamford, where she was finally looked after herself, after years of looking after others. S R Ward

Parish News Treasurer’s Report
In this month’s magazine is the Receipts and Payments Account for the year ended 31st December 2006. The Parish News carries information from many different groups in the villages and thank you to all groups and individuals who have supported the magazine this year. If you didn’t get round to putting a donation in the little brown envelope that comes every year with the March edition, please do this year as we desperately need your support. I have been keeping the books since January 1999 and this is the first time I have ever had to use funds from the deposit account. The magazine has a small amount on deposit but we rely completely upon your donations, without these there will be no magazine.
As can be seen from the Receipts and Payments Account costs have been kept to a minimum. Many thanks to Chadwick Associates for printing our magazine each month.
Enclosed with this issue of the Parish News is a small brown envelope for your donation towards the cost of producing the magazine. (As previously suggested £5 per household would be greatly appreciated and anything above that would be delightful. If every household that the magazine was delivered to contributed £5 we would receive approx £3,500). Please see below for collectors in your village to whom brown envelopes may be returned.
Barnack: Mrs A Longman, The Ridings, Bainton Road or Mr J Ward, Blacksmiths Cottage, Main Street
Bainton: Mr M Bratley, Manor Farm or Mr J Wreford, Vine Cottage, Ashton
Ufford: Dr P Hudson, Windrush, Walcot Road
Or directly to the Treasurer - Mrs H Fancourt, 3 Bainton Gardens, Bainton.
Click HERE to see a copy of the Treasurer's Report

Ufford Art Society: 2007 Art Demonstrations in the Village Hall
Thursday March 1st 9.30am - 12noon, Clifford Knight, Mixed Media.
Thursday June 7th 9.30am - 12 noon, Paul Howard, Watercolour Pencils.
Thursday September 20th 9.30am - 12noon, Charles Evans, Oils.
Ufford Art Society members £2 per session. Non-members welcome - £3 per session.

Ufford Art Classes
Art Classes run every Thursday in Ufford Village Hall from 9.30 - 12.30. New members welcome.

Village Walks
With Spring in the air we would like to encourage you to participate in some Village walks. There will shortly be leaflets on these but it has been suggested that we might like to try them before these become available.
The first one will start from Bainton Church on Sunday 25th March at 1.30pm (the day British Summer Time begins!) and Neil & Josie Murray who are experienced walkers and very knowledgeable about the local countryside will be accompanying us.
Everybody is welcome to come along, particularly children and well behaved dogs! The walk will last about 2½ hours so make sure you bring some refreshments to keep you going!
It is hoped to do a further walk in April, probably one evening. See you there! Zena Coles

Invite For New Members
The Friends Of Barnack Church 200 Club have been helping to conserve the fabric of our church for a great many years now. So, why not consider joining? The 200-club subscription is only £15 per year with great cash prize draws each and every month. To join this wonderful cause and become a Friend of Barnack Church contact John Ward Tel: 01780 740016.

Friends of Barnack Church
The “Friends” have come of age this year, and to mark the occasion will hold a wine and cheese evening on Monday, March 19th, at 7.00pm in the Wilfrid Wood Hall. All Friends are cordially invited. You will receive a more formal invitation with the Journal which is due to appear shortly.
As you will know much of our regular fund raising comes from the 200 club. This has been ably administered for very many years by Martin Goodwin. However Martin has now decided to retire. We will mark his retirement more appropriately at a later date, but in the meantime we thank him most sincerely for all his hard work. Should you have any queries concerning the 200 club please contact either John Ward (740016) or Elizabeth Young (740347).
Winners for December
142 Anne Addison £50.00
5 Keith Duff £20.00
68 Helen Morrice £50.00
76 Mrs. Dick £10.00
118 Anthony Howells £50.00
8 Mrs. Pope £5.00
Winners for January
96 Peggy Sindall £20.00
71 Amanda Holland £10.0
39 Patrick Knights £5.00

Ufford Ladies
On Tuesday 23rd January, Judith Campbell nee Alston, gave Ufford Ladies a wonderful insight into her professional life as a photographer and film maker. We were privileged to share with Judy, one of her journeys to a little known Kingdom of Bhutan; slides and films were a delight to watch. We wish to thank Judy and Andy for a superb evening.
On March 27th, it will be the Annual General Meeting and we hope to have a speaker from the St John’s Ambulance Service in Stamford. This has been our charity for 2006-7. We start at 7.45 at Ufford Village Hall.

Put pen to paper...
Attention budding writers! If you want to make money from your writing, or simply want to learn more about writing for pleasure, you’ll want to book a place on the new creative writing course that’s coming soon to a village hall near you!
Run by two professional journalists, the one-day course will cover all aspects of writing, including fiction and non-fiction, how to present your work and how to get published - afternoon tea’s included too!
An informative, fun day, which will teach you the basics of creative writing, while giving you the opportunity to share your ideas with like-minded new friends. For more information, or to register your interest, please call 07771 631154 or 01780 749049. Early booking is recommended as places are limited.

Barnack Methodist Chapel
On Saturday, 20 January, we had a visit from the Barn Hill Junior choir who performed, ‘The grumpy sheep.’ Their ages ranged from 7-13 years and they were very well-trained and entertaining. They particularly enjoyed the refreshments afterwards! This was part of our monthly Circuit Praise. We are one of nine churches making up the Stamford and Rutland circuit and Circuit Praise takes place in each one in turn on the 20 of the month.
The next evening on 21 January, about 45 people came together for an ecumenical service in the chapel during the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Fortunately, the roof stayed intact whilst the 7 brass and wind players accompanied truly rousing singing. Representatives of the Anglican, Baptist, Roman Catholic and Methodist churches took part including Rev Malcolm Peach, Canon Margaret Venables and Graham Dunn. Refreshments rounded off a joyous evening. Wow! What a weekend!!
The next ecumenical service will take place on Mothering Sunday in the school hall. Come and swell our numbers!
Our first Coffee Morning of the year raised £180.64 thanks to all your support and the March Coffee Morning and Cake Stall will take place on Saturday, 3 March from 10 am until 11 am and we look forward to seeing you.

The Children’s Society
This year our final total from the house boxes was £505.65, just about £20 less than last year. On behalf of all the children helped by the Society may I say a big “thank you” to everyone who holds a box and contributes in this way.
The Children’s Society is a leading national charity, driven by the belief that every child deserves a good childhood. They provide vital help and understanding for those forgotten children who face the greatest danger, discrimination or disadvantage in their daily lives, children who are unable to find the support they need anywhere else.
Much of their work is with children who have run away from home due to abuse, bullying or neglect and who may be living in danger on the streets, also the Society works with young children who, for whatever reason, act as carers to parents who may be sick, or addicted to alcohol or drugs, and up and down the country initiatives have been set up where young carers can get help and support.
The Children’s Society also is promoting an advocacy service so that disabled children can have their voices heard when decisions are made that affect them, both now and in the future.
I do have a few house boxes available if anyone would like to have one to save loose change for this extremely worthwhile cause. Please either see me in church or ring me on 740387 if you would like one. June Graham, Hon. Local Secretary

Bainton & Ashton Buttercross Club
Our AGM in February saw the start of our 2007 programme. Details will be published each month and can also be seen on the village Notice Board. Our Chairman and Secretary both wished to stand down and these posts were filled as follows:-
Chairman - Ro Yates; Secretary - Jane Joy
Treasurer - Sheila Bratley; Mary Birkbeck, Marjory Coups and Linda Green stepped down from the Committee after giving great service to the Club. Janette Abbott-Donnelly was elected onto the Committee and we welcome her. Thanks to all who have supported the Club over the last year.
Richard Hardy then spoke to us about his amazing trip to China in aid of Cancer Research UK. His mission was to complete the Great Wall of China Challenge and raise money for the charity (over £7,500!) and his slides showed the beautiful, mountainous landscape along which the Great Wall stretches. One section of the trip involved climbing over 1000 well worn steps - so it’s not surprising Richard spent a year in preparation for the trip, increasing his fitness for the strenuous walk and organising the many fundraising events which resulted in the fantastic total. Thanks to him for his enthusiastic talk. There are many other ‘Challenges’ organised by the charity, so anyone interested should speak to Richard.
On March 7th Nicki Hayworth will be telling us about the healing properties of Aloe Vera and bringing along some samples to try. This unique plant can be taken internally or used externally for a variety of conditions (it’s safe enough to use on your pets!) Do come along and join us at 7-45pm at Bainton Reading Room - you will be most welcome. MG

Barnack W.I. January
Members were welcomed to the first meeting of the New Year by President Sheila Berrill, with, as always, an amusing anecdote. Our speaker for the evening was Nicola Smith who gave an interesting, and for many an enlightening talk, with demonstration, on the subject of “Pilates”. It will have encouraged us all to consider getting into trim after any Christmas excesses! The monthly raffle was won by Sandra Jones. We were very pleased to welcome two new members!
February. This was a very special evening for us as we welcomed Judi Campbell, daughter of our much loved late member, Terry Alston. Judi gave us an enthralling account of visiting the remote Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan together with David Lascelles of Harewood, and of how monks came to Harewood to build a shrine or “stupa” in the Himalayan garden there. Her talk was illustrated by still pictures and three short films, and was at times poignant and at times very amusing, as when the monks’ need for rice emptied the local Sainsbury’s store! The raffle was won by Pat Schmidt. There is still time to join this year, so if you are interested do come along to the next meeting on March 13th at 7.30pm in the Wilfrid Wood Hall, when we shall learn about the Jubilee Sailing Trust from Ann Thomas. Elizabeth Young. Secretary.

Barnack Bowls Club
The winners of the January draw were:
No 56 June Woollard £25
No 34 Gordon Pateman £15
No 44 Pat Barton £10
The Good News Van Coffee Morning
There will be a coffee morning this month on Tuesday March 20th. It will be at Pam and Mike Mills’ house once more from 10.30 until 12noon. They live at 17 Bishops Walk, Barnack, and I know that they will look forward to seeing everyone there. A good selection of books, videos and tapes will be available, if you wish to borrow them. However, you will be most welcome just to come for a coffee and a chat with friends old and new. I look forward to seeing you there.

Ufford Park Cricket Club
The Annual General Meeting will be held at the White Hart on Monday, 5 March 2007, at 7.30 pm. New Members welcome.

Singing the high notes at the Valentine’s Supper
Barnack Village hall was filled to capacity as everyone enjoyed an evening of delicious food, wine and song. The diners were entertained by Stamford Concert Party led by Doreen Walsh. The hall rang to the sound of love songs from the Shows. The younger ones present were amazed how many people knew all the words. This was a very successful evening and our thanks go to everyone who worked so hard to create such a delightful evening. Our special thanks are extended to Kathleen and Eileen who dealt with the mountains of dirty dishes. To everyone who attended, our grateful thanks, £880 was raised for the Parish Church. These popular themed suppers have been held every year since 1995, so if you have never been, do come next year.

Coffee Morning in Barnack Church
Our monthly coffee mornings are becoming quite popular. The next one is on Saturday, March 17th. from 10.30am until 12 noon. Do come along and join us for a coffee and a chat, Everyone is very welcome.

Darby & Joan Club
Meetings resumed at the Acres when Mrs Nora Price-Dyer entertained with readings of Poetry she had written. Mrs D Green won the Competition for a ‘Valentine Memento’, Mrs Hudson second and Mrs Porter third. Members enjoyed tea and cakes provided by the Committee.

Women Connect
Women Connect will meet at the home of Mary Hanna, 21, Church Lane, Bainton on March 15th.

BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
IRVING-BELL
To James and Abigail
the precious gift of
a son
Charles Monroe
“Charlie”
on Jan 26th 2007.
A welcome cousin for
Milly, James & Jonathan.

Parish Council Reports and Notices

Barnack Annual Parish Assembly -12th March 2007
The Annual Parish Assembly will be held in the Wilfrid Wood Hall, on March 12th at 7pm. Tea and biscuits will be served from 6.30pm. Barnack, together with all the surrounding villages, will be introducing information plaques in the near future. The parish council will take this opportunity to discuss with residents the information to be included and the siting of this plaque. This will be followed by reports from the chairman and all the clubs and societies in the parish. Everyone is welcome to attend this event to hear about what has been happening in Barnack and Pilsgate during the last year. Newcomers to the villages are especially welcome.

Barnack Parish Council Report February
Barnack Parish Council meeting took place on Monday February 12th when six councillors, the clerk and four members of the public were present.
The chairman reported that the soak away near to Pond House needed emptying and that there had been no reply from the Community Association regarding the Car Park signs. Work had begun on replacing the water main in Stamford Road. She was delighted to report that the ward councillors had each been awarded £10000 again by Peterborough City Council for their wards. Amongst correspondence received were letters asking the council to support the Sustainable Communities Bill, a draft copy of the new Code of Conduct for consultation and a reply from the DTI to the council’s letter concerning the closure of the Post Offices.
The Guest Speaker was Chris Gardiner from Natural England .He spoke about the management of the Hills and Holes during the last year. Hopefully, Natural England will purchase two more dog waste bins for the entrance to the site. A ragwort pull is to be arranged for May or June.
Two planning applications had been received. One for a side extension at Cayman House, Stamford Road and another for the erection of two dwellings on Orchard Road, both in Barnack. It was agreed to reprint the Barnack Walk’s Leaflet providing that it is viable and the proposed new village information plaque was discussed. Our MP’s address is to be placed on the notice boards.
Please note that next month’s meeting will be held on March 5th at 7.30pm. and the Annual Parish Assembly on March 12th at 7pm. The Assembly is a meeting of the parish (not a council meeting) and all residents are welcome to hear about what has been happening in their parish during the last year.
The full minutes of the meeting are displayed on the notice boards around the village and on the website www.barnackparishcouncil.org.
Contact details for Barnack Parish Council: Please see below

Taken from a recent email to E- Cops members, from PC McCallum.
Dear E-Cop Members
Just a quick e-mail to let you know that I have been out and about in some
of my villages with the speed detection gun. Many of the motorists I catch
driving in excess of the speed limit are residents from that village or the
surrounding area!
Please can I remind everyone that we have speed limits for the safety of all drivers using the roads and also for the pedestrians that walk around our villages back and forth to schools or shops etc.
The penalty for excess speed is £60 and 3 points on your driving licence.
I hope that this e-mail might bring it to your attention to keep to the speed limits rather than me having to issue a speeding ticket to do the trick. It is your village lets keep it safe for all those who travel through it. Thank you
Norm McCallum Pc1213 Rural Neighbourhood Policing Team Constable
If anyone would like to sign up to e-cops, they can have a free subscription sign up by visiting http:/wwwcambs.police.uk/signup/ecops/

Ufford Parish Council
PCC grant to Ward Councillors
At a meeting with David Over on February 6th attended by representatives of parish councils in Barnack Ward, it was confirmed that £5,000 was being allocated to the John Clare Country group of councillors for the circular walks leaflets and the boards giving information about village and other local attractions. The other £5,000 has been spent on the 7.5 tonne lorry ban on the B1443. It appears that, for some reason, this will require the removal of the weight limit restrictions on the other roads in the Ward. It could in fact lead to an increase in the number of lorries using Marholm Road and all the north-south link roads such as King Street, Heath Road and Bainton Road. It will be up to all residents to monitor this and up to the police to enforce the weight limit on the B1443.
Drains
Residents may have seen the daily operations involving a tanker lorry at a manhole in Walcot Road, Ufford, and in Southorpe for over a week in mid-January. UPC has been advised that a faulty pump was responsible and this has now been repaired. Following the problems with drains in Main Street Ufford, we were assured some time ago that Southorpe sewage would not be pumped through Ufford. This may, or may not, be so. Please keep UPC informed if there are any problems.
Budget review
The quarterly review was carried out. No transfer of funds was proposed. The asset register and risk assessment were discussed. It was agreed that assets should be checked quarterly not monthly.

PARISH COUNCIL CONTACT DETAILS:

Contact details for Barnack Parish Council:
Chairman: Mrs.J.Woollard, The Old Mill House, Stamford Road, Barnack. Tel: 01780 740276.
Clerk: Mrs J.Banks, 21 Orchard Road, Barnack.Tel:01780 740047
Councillors: Mrs.S.Berrill, 2 Owen Close, Barnack. Tel:01780 740482
Mr. H.Brassey, Close House, Jack Hawes Lane, Barnack. Tel:01780 740733.
Dr.I.Burrows, Cedar House, Main Street, Barnack. Tel:01780 740697.
Mrs.D.Dolby, Milroy, Main Street, Barnack.Tel:01780 740615.
Mr D. Roxburgh, Steeple Cottage Main Street, Barnack.Tel:740571.
Mr.B.Palmer, Nethercott, Stamford Road, Barnack.Tel:01780 740988.
City Councillor: Cllr. David Over, 55 Sapperton, Werrington, Peterborough. PE4 5BS Tel:01733 755939
Member of Parliament: Mr Shailesh Vara MP House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA

Bainton & Ashton Parish Council:
Your local councillors are:
Chris Agnew (Chairman) Tel. 740007
Sheila Dalton Tel.. 740019
Judith Morrice Tel. 740865
Andy Totten Tel. 740381
Zena Coles (Ashton) Tel. 740550

A noteworthy anniversary
“The past needs to be understood in order to challenge
and change the present.”

March 2007 marks the 200th anniversary of the Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade. It was a landmark in our domestic history and opened the way for the international trade in human beings to be identified as the scandal it really was.

There will be symbolic marches in London and elsewhere, special services and public events around the weekend of 24 and 25 March. Each of these will give the opportunity to understand the past a little more fully.

After a special Set all Free Service at the New Testament Church of God in College Street, Northampton, it is hoped that many people will gather for a unique performance at St Giles, sponsored by English Heritage and featuring young people from several of our secondary schools, including Unity College, Northampton Academy and Northampton School for Girls.*

Here young people will lead the way and make us think about the ways people are enslaved even today. They will follow a time-honoured tradition of remembering the past in order that we might live more responsibly in the present. It is, of course, at the heart of our Christian faith to remember, so that we might live transformed lives today. Jesus’ words, “do this in remembrance of me”, ring in our ears and move our hearts to live distinctively and with the deepest respect for our fellow human beings.

The opening quotation above comes from a pack of material produced by Churches Together in England. It calls us to remember, reflect and respond. In so doing we can be part of a movement to make a better world. Further information is available from www.setallfree.net or can be obtained from our Social Responsibility Adviser, David Wiseman at Bouverie Court (01604 887046).

Churches challenged to provide nurture courses
The Mission-shaped year of the Diocesan Strategy got off to a flying start in January with a day conference on Christian nurture led by Rt Revd John Finney. Given that thousands of people are known to come to faith through such nurture courses, he described it as “lazy and pastorally negligent” that only a third of churches offer them as a regular part of their programme.
Over ninety people came to hear John Finney’s talk which also looked at how to run, lead and sustain such courses. He pointed out that they are of benefit to existing church members and those on the fringe, as well as people exploring Christianity for the first time.
The high level of interest generated by the nurture day was a characteristic of other mission training events early in the year. Seventy-five people attended a day on Mission-shaped worship in Peterborough in January. The Re-shaping Buildings for Mission conference in February, led by liturgical design expert and Dean of Philadelphia, Richard Giles, had to move to a larger venue because of number who wanted to come.
For more information about any of the issues raised above, contact Tim Sledge, on 01604 887043.

Learn how to explain your faith during Lent
The book recommended by Bishop Ian for Lent is How to Explain your Faith by John Pritchard (the new Bishop of Oxford). It can be read individually, or in a group as a starting point for discussion.
If you have ever been put on the spot and expected to answer difficult questions about your faith, or if you are struggling with faith and want to re-connect with some of the big questions, then this could be the book for you.
It is designed to help people to talk more confidently with friends about the hope that keeps them going and tackles the issue of why we believe what we believe.
“It’s the best book on this subject I have seen for many a year”, says Tim Sledge, Diocesan Mission Enabler. “The arguments are robust and generous. It is never preachy but always engaging and, like Jesus, uses stories, illustrations and quotes from a variety of sources.”
It is published by SPCK ISBN: 0281057087, and is available from bookshops, priced £7.99.

Churches invited to help Make our Mark byjoining
walk of witness
The Church of England invites people from across the country to join the Archbishops of Canterbury and York for an historic event to mark the Bicentenary of the Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade.
The Walk of Witness through parts of London will culminate in a large-scale act of worship. The event is organised by the Church's Committee for Minority Ethnic Anglican Concerns (CMEAC).
For details visit www.makingourmark.org.uk or telephone 0870 321 2005.

Cathedral book is launched
Very Revd Michael Bunker, former Dean of the Cathedral, was in Peterborough recently to launch the book Peterborough Cathedral 2001-2006 - from devastation to restoration. It is an illustrated account of the process of restoring the Cathedral after the fire in 2001. It is available from the Cathedral Bookshop on 01733 555098, price £20. Proceeds go to the Cathedral.

March Events

Sat 3, Storytelling workshop, 10am-4pm, Northampton St Giles Church Centre. Led by Bob Hartman, children’s author and story teller. Tel: 01604 230360.
Wed 7 Lyra Vocal Ensemble from St Petersburg, Russia. 7.30pm at St Mary the Virgin Finedon. Tel: 01604 881182.
Thurs 8 Christian Aid evening with Joyce Eribu. 7.30pm at St Mary’s Church, Peterborough. Service followed by talk. Tel: 01733 345755.
Mon 19, Vanity Fair – The flesh the world and the devil. Peterborough Diocesan Evangelical Fellowship. Speaker: Revd Dr Gerald Bray. 7.45pm at Overstone Parish Church.
Thursday 22 , Women Bishops: a development in Catholic theology. Speaker: Ven Christine Allsopp, Archdeacon of Northampton. 7.30pm at St Mark's Wellingborough. Organised by Affirming Catholicism. Tel: 01733 553372.
Sun 25, Set all free commemoration 200th anniversary of the Act to abolish the slave trade in the British colonies. Service 5pm at the New Testament Church of God, College Street then performance 7pm at St Giles, Northampton (not at Unity College as previously announced). Tel: 01604 887046.
Sun 25, Come & Sing Faure’s Requiem. Rehearsal 3.00pm. Performance 6.00pm at St Mary the Virgin, Higham Ferrers. Conductor Christopher Gower. £5 per singer (retiring collection for concert). Proceeds to St Mary’s. Tel: 01933 319001.
Sat 31, Stainer’s Crucifixion, 7.30pm at St Mary’s Church, Ketton. Tom Bates-Baritone, Russell Grant-Tenor, The Cantus Choir.Tickets £5. Tel: 01780 721005 or at the door.