Grape Vine August 2017

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Bolingbroke Deanery
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AUGUST 2017 ISSUE 494

• Mission Statement

The Diocese of Lincoln is called by God to be
faithful, confident and joyful.

• Vision Statement

To be a healthy, vibrant and sustainable church,
transforming lives in Greater Lincolnshire
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Bishop’s Letter

In place of a bishop’s letter this month, the
Revd David Dadswell, Bishop’s Strategic
Implementation Adviser and a member of
Bishop Christopher’s immediate staff,
introduces himself and his role in the diocese.

Dear Friends

The pea harvest has just started as I write
this. Huge machinery is marching across the
fields with great urgency to gather and freeze the precious crop, so it can
appear fresh and tasty on our tables into the darkest winter months. Harvest
is a strong image for us as Christians. We need to be out in the fields telling
people about Jesus, healing people’s wounds, building lively communities
where God’s kingdom of justice and love transforms lives for the better.

It was a great joy and privilege for me when Bishop Christopher invited me to
join his staff as a fellow worker in the harvest. The role he has asked me to fill
is all about helping the diocese at all levels to deliver on its promises,
particularly through the diocese’s strategy and the learning communities. I’ve
come from 20 years as an organisational consultant and bring insights and
skills about structures, systems, ways of working and culture that enable what
we want to happen to come into reality. So far I’ve been astounded at the
variety of imaginative things going on in the diocese, at the commitment to
making a difference and at the ability of Lincolnshire people to talk for
England! That last feature is great for someone new to this sort of job. I’ve
been getting huge amounts of information and insights into what it’s like being
the Church here – the challenges, the strengths, the history and the
possibilities.

Something I learned as a consultant is that you’re not the person who delivers
the product. I hope that the work I will be doing with you will be useful and
constructive, but it will only make sense if it helps you to be effective as an
ambassador for Christ in your workplace, your community, your circle of
friends, your place of education.

I look forward to meeting more of you friendly folk of greater Lincolnshire, and
I ask for your prayers for the work I and my colleagues are doing to support
your Christian witness.

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READINGS AT T HE EUCHARIST

Principal Service

Sunday 6th August Transfiguration of Our Lord (Gold or White)
First Reading Daniel 7.9-10, 13-14
Psalm/Canticle Psalm 97
Second Reading 2 Peter 1.16-19
Gospel Luke 9.28-36

Sunday 13th August 9th Sunday after Trinity (Green)
Continuous: Related:
First Reading Genesis 237.1-4, 12-28 1 Kings 19.9-18
Psalm/Canticle Psalm 105.1-6,16-22,45b Psalm 85.8-13
[or 105.1-10]
Second Reading Romans 10.5-15
Gospel Matthew 14.22-33

Sunday 20th August 10th Sunday after Trinity (Green)
Continuous: Related:
First Reading Genesis 45.1-15 Isaiah 56.1,6-8
Psalm/Canticle Psalm 133 Psalm 67
Second Reading Romans 11.1-2a,29-32
Gospel Matthew 15.[10-20] 21-28

Sunday 27th 11th Sunday after Trinity (Green)
Continuous: Related:
First Reading Exodus 1.8-2.10 Isaiah 51.1-6
Psalm/Canticle Psalm 124 Psalm 138
Second Reading Romans 12.1-8
Gospel Matthew 16.13-20

The monthly diocesan prayer diary may be downloaded from the website at
http://www.lincoln.anglican.org/faith-discipleship/prayer-diary/
(Printed hard copies are also available upon request - contact Simon Dean on
01522 50 40 50).

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Group Registers:
Funerals:
Spilsby Cluster
Benjamin Hopper 90 years Halton Holegate died 22.05.17
Marion Spence 93 years Spilsby died 29.06.17
Jennifer Jackson 67 years Little Steeping died 30.06.17
Derek John Langley 88 years Hundleby died 04.07.17

Stickney Cluster
Alice Mary Welbourn 93 years Stickney died 06.07.17
Carol Burrell 70 years Stickney died 12.07.17

South Ormsby Group
Rebecca Marie Vines 31 years Tetford died 29.06.17

Baptisms:
Spilsby Cluster
Lewis Richard Atkinson Hundleby 02.07.17
Austin Elliott Tunnard Spilsby 23.07.17

Marden Hill Cluster
Kalian James Hodson Toynton St Peter 09.07.17
Theo Carl Hodson Toynton St Peter 09.07.17
Ruby-Rose Alison Argent Toynton St Peter 09.07.17

Weddings:
Marden Hill Cluster
Ian Peter Pawson
& Roseanne Helen Lenton Toynton St Peter 22.07.17

South Ormsby Group
Richard John Stockdale
& Nicola Jayne Garnett Tetford 07.07.17
Benjamin Edward Loyd
& Holly Kristina Turner Tetford 22.07.17

Dates for the diary
August
4th Home Communions
4th Lincoln Chamber Music Concert in St James, 7.30pm. Tickets
available from Tongs.
5th Guild of bellringers at West Keal.
5th Stickford Charity Tombola at the East Kirkby Aviation Centre
5th/6th Great Steeping Flower Festival
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7th Team Worship meeting, 2pm, Spilsby Vicarage
12th Partney Fair
12th Lusby afternoon teas
13th Lusby afternoon teas
15th The Old Rectory Communion
28th Stickney Church bingo at the Youth Hall

September
1st HOP outing to Sheringham
2nd Langton concert
4th Marden Hill Cluster Meeting, 7pm Spilsby Vicarage
5th Stickford PCC
7th Partney Cluster Meeting, 7pm, Skendleby
9th-10th Heritage Weekend – displays in Stickney Village Hall
9th Craft Fair in St Helen’s, Stickford
9th LCT Ride & Stride
10th Confirmations at St James, 10am
11th East Keal PCC, 2pm
11th Stickney PCC
12th Old Bolingbroke PCC meeting, 7.30pm
13th PAMG meeting, 7pm Spilsby Vicarage
15th Silent Craft Day at St James
17th West Keal Open Day, 10am-4pm
19th The Old Rectory Communion
24th New Leake PCC
30th Caistor Male Voice Choir, St James, 7.30pm

HARVEST TIME
September
15th East Kirkby Harvest Festival, 7pm
17th Hareby Harvest Festival, 9.30am
17th Raithby Harvest Festival, 11.15am
17th Hundleby Harvest Festival, 3pm
18th Raithby Harvest Supper & Auction
23rd Skendleby Harvest Supper
24th Langton Harvest Festival, 11.15am
24th Skendleby Harvest Festival, 6pm
24th Stickford Harvest Festival, 6pm
25th Stickford Harvest Supper

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End of Term – Beginning of Term

Schools have just broken up for the long school holidays but in the blink of an
eye they will be back again. Life is like that and I expect it seems like that
even in parts of the world like Armenia where they have a three month school
break! Below you will find some ideas about making sure we are ready for
each day by making sure that prayer and blessing is at the heart of all we do,
for ourselves and for others. They are focused on children in school but
surely it is true for each one of us.

Remember Christian Soul
That today and every day you have
God to glorify.
Jesus to imitate.
Salvation to work out with fear and trembling.
A body to use rightly.
Sins to repent.
Virtues to acquire.
Hell to avoid.
Heaven to gain.
Eternity to hold in mind.
Time to profit by
Neighbours to serve.
The world to enjoy.
Creation to use rightly.
Slights to endure patiently.
Kindnesses to offer willingly.
Justice to strive for.
Temptations to overcome.
Death perhaps to suffer.
In all things, God's love to sustain you.

Schoolbag blessings
If September brings some kind of new beginning for your family, such as a
child starting nursery, school or moving up a class , it can be helpful to know
that God is always with us wherever we go.
The start of a new term is an opportunity to ask for God’s blessing on the
places we will go and the people we will meet.

Here’s a simple way to do this:
• Look in your child’s school bag. Often there is a name tag built in. You can
usually take the paper slip out of the tag.
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• Write on the back of the paper slip a simple prayer for your child, for
example, ‘Dear God, please bless (child’s name) at (nursery/school) this
year’, or similar words.

• Replace the card in its holder, and nobody will know the prayer is there
except you, your child and God.

• If the bag doesn’t already have a tag, you can use a keyring (one of those
with a plastic frame and a paper insert) and attach it to the zip.

Parents: if you take a bag or briefcase to work (or even if you just have a
handbag or sports bag) why not make yourself a blessing label too?
Plan for each day. Starting a new morning regime can be stressful but
planning ahead for the next day is a great way to reduce morning panics and
get the day off to a smooth start.
So the night before, try doing a few things ahead of time. Helping your child
pack their bag and laying out their outfit or school uniform can help. Make
their packed lunch the night before too, if they'll have one.
Saying a simple prayer each night at bedtime can help children relax and
know God will be with them through everything they'll do the next day. Ask
your child if there are any special things happening, whether there is anything
they're excited about. If they have any worries or think there might be
problems to tackle the next day, let them know they can hand their
worries to God, because Jesus promised that everyone who has problems
can come to him, and he'll find a way to lighten the burden.
You might then like to pray with your child about those things, to say thank
you for everything that's going well, and ask for God's help with the
challenges. The following prayer is an example, but simply talking to God like
a friend is often the easiest way to pray!

Loving God, thank you for all my friends, and my teachers/carers.
Thank you that I have the chance to learn new things every day.
Please bless everyone at school/nursery, and please bless me too.
Help me to know that all day long, whether I'm having fun
or whether I'm feeling upset, you're there for me.
Amen

Raithby Village Hall

Tuesday Coffee Morning

1st August 2017 10.30am – 12 noon

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St Jude’s Church, New Leake

COFFEE MORNING

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Tuesday 1 August

10.00am

Come along and have coffee and enjoy talking with friends

Lincolnshire International Chamber Music Festival

Solem String Quartet

Friday 4th August

St James Church

7.30pm

Tickets available from Tongs

St Mary, Hundleby

An enormous thank you to all who helped us raise the magnificent sum of
£1650 at St Mary’s, Hundleby recent Summer Fayre.

Whist Drives

Hundleby Parish Room

3rd Tuesday each month

7.00pm

We are looking for new members. Why not come along and join us.
Cost £2.50 to include tea, coffee and biscuits and raffle.

HALTON HOLEGATE 100 CLUB – JULY WINNERS
Mrs M Odlin Halton Holegate
Mrs B Griffin Little Steeping
Mr L Steltner Little Steeping
Mr D Toulson Spilsby

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Rev’d Fran’s Bit

Make a memory
If your child recently had a first day at school or nursery or playgroup, keep
the photo of them that day as a reminder, and of how special the moment is.
You could take one at the same time each year, and create an album – pick a
background that won’t change, so you can see how they’ve grown!

Summer holidays are upon us and we aim to recharge our batteries with a
little rest and relaxation – but that takes many forms. I do not find it
particularly relaxing simply lying by a pool in the hot Mediterranean sunshine,
but others do. For me, a stroll along a seashore is what works best – and I
will certainly be doing that over the next few weeks. I hope you will be finding
your own rest and relaxation too.
Recharging our batteries is important, not just physically, but spiritually also.
And that is where prayer comes in. Taking some daily time to spend with
God, in whatever form you find helpful, is so essential as we develop our
relationship with Him. The Community of St Hugh recognises this, and an
open invitation is extended to all to join the Community (see the article
below).

At our annual review of our Growth Plan, people in Stickney and New Leake
all agreed that our biggest priority was prayer. The Community of St Hugh,
which launches in September, is an ideal opportunity for a fresh commitment.
Will you join us?

The Community of St Hugh

“If we want to see things changed, it starts with prayer. It starts with a new
spirit of prayer, using all the traditions, ancient and modern. When it comes,
it will be linked to what has gone before, but it will look different – because it
is a new renewal for new times.”
Archbishop Justin Welby

The Community of St Hugh is a community of prayer called to pray in, with
and for the Diocese of Lincoln. As a member of the Community, you will
develop a rule of life based around Worship, Service and Discipleship,
establishing a pattern of prayer which suits your circumstances.
The Community of St Hugh will offer an annual study day for all members,
regular emails with resources for prayer and reflection and the possibility and
encouragement to meet with other members to share in this work of prayer.
Interested?
The Community of St Hugh will be launched as a pilot project (which
Bolingbroke Deanery has been invited to join) on Saturday 30 September,
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10.00am – 12noon at Stow Minster. If you are interested in attending, please
have a word with a member of the clergy so that we can book you in and
arrange transport.

www.stjamesspilsby.co.uk

FAMILY SERVICE

The Family service followed the theme of the weekend Music! Music! Music!
and the service was led by Jane Parker. Reverend Joan Thornett was
attending Reverend Sam Parsons first Eucharist as a priest so Father Peter
preached the sermon. Each member of the congregation was given a
percussion instrument of some description when they came into Church
which caused some excitement and the children quite liked it as well!

John Hobson read the lesson and then instead of a talk Margaret Cook led
the congregation in singing ‘Old McDonald had a band’ and ‘Thank you Lord
for this new day’ with the congregation joining in with the instruments. Smiles
were very broad and some people realised they had more rhythm than they
thought. Father Peter taught the congregation a song “Praise the Lord in the
rhythm of your music” and encouraged everyone to move and sing as he
explained that Saint Augustine considered that singing was like praying twice.

Jane then led the prayers and prayed for previous organists of the Church;
Miss Whittlsey, June Richardson and Frank Riley and for the builder of the
organ, William Hill. An enjoyable times was had by all.

The next Family service will be on August 6th at 10.00 when the theme will be
Walls.

COFFEE MORNINGS

EVERY SATURDAY, 10am – 12 noon

Come and have a chat!

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