August - Parish News
ST ANDREWS CHURCH
Services for August
Holy Communion each Thursday at 10.30
4th 10.00 Family Service
11.00 Informal Communion
11th 10.30 Morning Praise
14th & 28th 10.30 Pram Service
18th 10.30 Holy Communion
25th 10.30 Morning Praise
Special Notice
If parishioners need to contact Joy she has now moved into
the Vicarage and can be reached on the old Vicarage
number - 01582424363. Good luck with your move Joy
and Geoff and may you have many happy years at the Vicarage.
Youth work at St Andrew's & East Hyde
Sadly, it has become clear that we will not have a
youth worker next year and are unlikely to do so in the
future, as far as can be for-seen. The P.C.C. at its meeting
on July 15th decided that the next step is to call a meeting
of all interested parties which will be on Sunday 8th
September in the family room at 6.00p.m. The two groups, 3:16
and Footsteps were formed to bring young people into the
Church and nurture them in the Christian Faith. Anyone who
feels God may be calling them to take on or to help with this
task should speak to Joy.
WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENT
I am very happy to announce the following weddings this month
from St Andrew's Church family. We wish them all a long,
happy and healthy life together and pray for sunshine on
their chosen days.
Saturday 10th August
Charlotte Cooper marries Russell at St Andrew's
Wednesday 21st August
Elizabeth Wynn-Powell marries Tim at St Andrew's
Saturday 31st August
Clare Willson marries Simon at Castle Coch in Cardiff and
then on
Saturday 7th September - a blessing at St Andrew's Church.
Learn to make the most of life.
Lose no happy day.
Life will never give you back
chances swept away.
Leave no tender word unsaid.
Love while life shall last.
For the mill can never grind
with water that is past.
E-ROUND NEWS
BUILDING work is underway on a new church for the
Bushmead estate. Luton.
Construction began in June - ten years after the diocese
purchased the land
and a fund-raising project was launched by local Christians.
The church will
serve more than 1,000 new homes in the area. More than 50
churches across
the diocese have supported the appeal. More information: simondust@ntlworld.com
or http://www.bushmeadchurch.org.uk
GRANTS towards running youth clubs and employing youth
workers were among
project grants made by the Verulam House Fund in the past
year. Other grants
- ranging from £5,000 to £250 went to supporting mission in
Hemel Hempstead,
setting up the Luton Council of Faiths, and the running costs
of the
'Wellsprings' spirituality centre in Hockliffe, Beds. More
information about
the Fund from the Trust secretary on 01727 854532 or the
diocesan website
http://www.stalbans.anglican.org
SEEROUND'S August edition features the chance to win 'Songs
of Praise'
presenter Pam Rhodes' latest paperback 'Coming Through' - 13
true stories of
hope and courage; reports of the relic of Saint Alban being
presented to the
Abbey and the Alban Festival weekend; a page of courses and
conferences; the
Petertide ordinations; the story of a Hoddesdon man's journey
of faith and
numerous parish activities and events.
TWENTY parish websites from St Albans diocese have so far
entered
Ecclesiastical Insurance's competition to find the best
parish website in
England, Scotland and Wales. The best will win a £1,000 cash
prize and
runners up £500 and £200.
More information from
http://www.ecclesiastical.co.uk
(Good Luck to Peter King who set up the Slip End Web-site and
is always adding improvements)
Peter Crumpler Communications Officer
Diocese of St. Albans
Tel: 01727 869506; Fax 01727 844469
Mobile 0787 668 1813
http://www.stalbans.anglican.org
pcrumpler@stalbans.anglican.org
LAUGHTER
The young man had been working in a
supermarket, bagging up customers' goods, for five years. One
day the supermarket gets brand new orange juice machines, and
the bag boy is really excited. He asks the manager if he can
work the juice machines. The manager says, "I'm sorry,
but no." The bag boy pleaded to his manager: "But
I've been working here for five years. Why can't I run the
juice machines?" The manager replies: I'm sorry, but
baggers can't be juicers."
FIVE OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL
Five Oaks held their Sports Day on Thursday
4th July. The weather was perfect (which was a relief as the
day before had been quite wet.) Many children ran in the
event and quite a few children from Slip End and the
surrounding area took part in the races. Taylor Gray, Phoebe
Mooney, and Aidan Brown ran, as did Lauren, Aidan Rumball and
Calum Goundry from Woodside. Kew and Helen Delaney from
Pepperstock also took part.
Aidan Brown and Lauren recently participated in a Year 7 and
Year 8 Athletics event against other schools and were good
representatives for Five Oaks. Aidan entered several races,
achieving very good times.
All the children involved in Sports Day tried really hard. It
was nice to see children from Pepperstock, Slip End,
Woodside, Caddington, Dunstable, Houghton Regis, and Luton,
enjoying the event together and showing a good team spirit.
Thank you to Mrs Coleman and all the teachers involved who
made the afternoon such a success.
Just a few pictures of some of the children from Slip End and
the surrounding area, who took part in the Sports Day.
Taylor Gray, Phoebe Mooney, Calum Goundry, Aidan Brown & Kew Delaney.
Lauren Rumball, Calum Goundry and Aidan Rumball
It was a busy day on the Thursday at Five Oaks as there
was also a disco held after school for the Sept Year 5
intake. present Year 5 and Year 6's. And later on that
evening there was a disco for the Year 7 and Year 8's. The
evening went very well, although there were several tired
pupils on the Friday!
Various events have been organised for the children near the
end of term.
Year 5 - horse-riding.
Year 6 - a trip to the zoo.
Year 7 - recently went to Stratford upon Avon and had a boat
trip.
Year 8 - Chessington.
Two teachers will be leaving Five Oaks at the end of this
term. Ms Mullin, Head of Year 5 will be leaving to take up a
post at a school in Linslade and Mr Fowler will be retiring.
They will be missed at Five Oaks and are wished all the best.
L. Haynes.
ST ANDREWS RAMBLERS
If you fancy a nice Sunday afternoon stroll
after your Sunday dinner why not go along for a lovely
Country walk every month with the Ramblers.
They are meeting at 2.30 outside St Andrews Church on the
following dates for a three to four mile walk, and would be
pleased to make newcomers most welcome.
11th August
8th September
13th October
10th November
MOTHERS UNION EVENTS
Summer programme as follows:-
August 28th at 10.30a.m.
Meet at the Church for a Local Day Out with picnic, games and
fancy hat competition.
September 29th at St Andrew's Church
Deanery evening - more details to follow.
ST ANDREW'S MOTHERS UNION
On June 29th members of the Mothers Union and
friends went along to a celebration at Knebworth House. The
Mothers Union was formed in 1876 and the occasion was
'Celebrate 125 + 1'. Because of the Foot and Mouth crisis
last year the event was postponed until this year. The Bishop
of Hertford performed the Opening Ceremony and then everyone
decided what they would like to do next. There were a variety
of stalls and games, displays and workshops. Also available
were craft demonstrations, face painting for the children and
a Nature Trail. One of the highlights of the day was a flower
festival in St Mary's Church in the grounds of the House,
which had some beautiful flower arrangements on display and
was well worth a visit. You could also walk around the
gardens and enjoy your picnic in the grounds. In the
afternoon everyone joined together for Celebration Praise and
a big thank you was given to the organisers and all their
helpers. We finished the afternoon with some communal
singing. All in all, a lovely day in lovely surroundings.
Sue (Editor) and friends
What excitement at The Snail Race!
And they're off!
Picking up some bargains
Enjoying the 'Celebration Praise'
And friend came along too!
The Mothers Union trio
Knebworth House and grounds
Photo from the Walled Garden
Fountain inside the Walled Garden
Flower display - inside a house
Flower arrangement for Music
Beautiful archway of flowers
OPEN GARDENS 2002
This event was a great success with well over
£570 being raised. Cheques totalling £350 have been sent to
Keech Cottage Children's Hospice and one for £220 to The
Gardeners' Royal Benevolent Society.
Although the weather running up to the event had been
anything but kind, on the day it was brilliant and this
certainly helped with the overall success. More than 100
people were thought to be out on the streets of Slip End and
Woodside visiting the eleven 'Open Gardens'. Besides the
pleasure of looking at the gardens themselves Pimms,
Bar-B-Que lunches, Cream Teas and produce of various kinds
were all on offer and those in charge had a busy time.
It was a great pleasure to see so many people obviously
enjoying themselves and taking a real interest in a very
local activity. Many were extremely knowledgeable about
plants and gardening generally, and several requests have
already been made for a repeat next year!
If you would be interested in opening your garden or have any
comments to make about this years event please contact me,
Val Church, on 458443 or at The Old Bakery, 2 Summer Street,
Slip End.
I have to say a personal thank you to all who took part, and
especially to David Kingston without whose hard work, flair
for advertising and artistic design this event may never have
got off the ground. Also to Anil Mittal at Slip End Post
Office for allowing us to put our programmes there, and for
being so helpful and enthusiastic throughout.
HANGING BASKETS COMPETITION
2002
There were nine entries for this competition
which was judged by Joy Daniels, the new Priest-in-Charge at
St Andrews', and her husband Geoff. They had some difficulty
in making their final decision, as the standard overall was
very high. However, the result were:
First to John Carrington of 82 Markyate Road, for a beautiful
basket with some magnificent begonias and a lot of colour.
Runner Up prize to Rex Horton of 26 Ross Way for a really
stunning one-colour basket of petunias.
All the baskets were different, all very pretty and several
with a topical jubilee theme.
Many thanks to all who took part and we hope you enjoyed
participating and the certificates specially designed and
produced by David Kingston to mark the occasion.
Val Church
I think a big thank you should also
go to Val who had the idea in the first place and encouraged
people to open their gardens. It was a lovely day, helped by
the glorious weather and if you didn't manage to get around
there are some photos on the next few pages to give you an
idea of what you missed - shame they can't be in colour but
if you are able, log on to the Slip End web-site to get the
true effect once our Web-Master has imported the pages after
his holiday.
Sue Cowell, Editor
Cameron, Simon & Andrew admire the rock pool fountain at
Janet & Alan's in Claydown Way.
Their best garden was Woodside Road.
Sue & Steve's garden in Crawley Close with some most
unusual plants.
Little Francine finds a nice shady spot to rest her little
legs!
The organizer Val in her garden, - perhaps she is thinking of
what
to do next year!!
John Carrington of Markyate Road receives his first prize
from Reverend Joy Daniel
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