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Readings 2 Samuel 5.1-5,9-10; 2 Corinthians 12.2-10; Mark 6.1-13
We remember in our prayers
Today Patna - (North India) The Rt Revd Philip Phembuar Marandih
Those to be deaconed at 10.45am at Derby Cathedral today Val Billings, Keith Cocking, Jane Legh, Jane Lyon, Carollyn McDonald, Jo Morris, Ruth Turner, Dawn Andrea Glen, David Battison
Monday Pelotas - (Brazil) The Rt Revd Renato Raatz
MMA 9 - Calow, Sutton-cum-Duckmanton
Tuesday Pennsylvania - (Province III, USA) The Rt Revd Charles Ellsworth Bennison
Clergy: Michael Champneys
Wednesday
Perth - (Western Australia, Australia) The Most Revd Roger Adrian Herft
Perth - Goldfields Country Region - (Western Australia, Australia) The Rt Revd Tom Wilmot
Perth - Northern Region - (Western Australia, Australia) The Rt Revd Mark Burton
Perth - Southern Region - (Western Australia, Australia) The Rt Revd Kay Goldsworthy
Brimington. Clergy: Malcolm Shaw
Thursday Peru - (South America) The Rt Revd Harold William Godfrey
Bolsover. Clergy: Trevor Hicks
Friday Peshawar - (Pakistan) The Rt Revd Munawar Kenneth Rumalshah
MMA 10 - Ault Hucknall, Scarcliffe
Saturday Peterborough - (Canterbury, England) Vacant
Peterborough - Brixworth - (Canterbury, England) The Rt Revd Francis White
Clergy: Tony Bell
Notices for the week
Today - Trinity 4
8.00a.m. Holy Communion - Church Broughton
9.30a.m. Mattins - Boylestone
10.00a.m. Family Service - Church Broughton
11.00a.m. Holy Communion - Sutton
11.00a.m. Mattins - Trusley
11.15a.m. Holy Communion - Longford
3.00p.m. Evensong - Dalbury
7.00p.m. Evensong - Long Lane
Thursday 7.30p.m. Radbourne PCC
Next Sunday - Trinity 5
8.30a.m. Holy Communion - Long Lane
9.30a.m. Holy Communion - Church Broughton
11.00a.m. Holy Communion - Radbourne
11.00a.m. Mattins - Sutton
11.00a.m. Holy Communion - Trusley
1.00p.m.-5.00p.m. Tea & Cakes in the Garden -in the Gardens of The Mews and Thatched Farm, Radbourne
Admission £2 Refreshments available - Plant Stall
6.00p.m. Holy Communion - DOVERIDGE
This will be Rev Joe Cant’s first celebration of Holy Communion
Advance Notice
Long Lane Fete - Wednesday 12th July
ST JAMES THE LEAST OF ALL
The Rectory
St. James the Least
My dear Nephew Darren
Since your church is a former cinema, I suspect that were the floor to be removed, cigarette ash, sweet wrappings and tickets for the last Charlie Chaplin film would be revealed. Our marble flooring in the chancel was raised last week to try and find the rat that had died on an underfloor heating pipe. It made its presence so un-ignorable last Winter that it gave me the excuse to use incense.
But we have made an exciting discovery: the long lost crypt containing the tombs of the Lords Staveley, who flourished in this area until a little domestic disagreement with Henry II made the family realise that life in Italy might be pleasanter if they wished to retain their heads. The stone from their manor house soon became our lady chapel; an example of re-cycling as a euphemism for theft.
Inevitably, as soon as we had made the discovery, rumours of vast treasure flew round the parish. Long before anyone had descended into it, the treasurer had the fortune earmarked for re-wiring the church, the organist decided it should be spent on enlarging the organ, and Mrs Millington had decided it should keep the flower arrangers in chicken wire until the next millennium-but-one. I confess that even I toyed with the idea of a conservatory with discreet drinks cabinet at the rectory.
Sadly, it was not to be. Our ‘treasure’ consisted of rows of coffins in various stages of decay, enough bat droppings to keep our Verger’s vegetable patch enriched for the coming year and long-lost peppermints dropped by generations of choristers sitting above, as they munched their way through the sermons.
Later that evening, when the workmen had left, I decided to have one last look. Taking a torch, I descended the stone steps, but lost my footing. The now-broken torch went one way and I another. After floundering round in total darkness and unable to find the stairs to get out, I resigned myself to an uncomfortable night in the crypt until daybreak.
In the early hours, I heard steps on the same stairs and in their torchlight, saw it was someone who must have heard the rumours of treasure and decided to liberate some of it. He, too, tripped, fell and lost his torch and in the total darkness I heard him fumbling about at the other end of the crypt among the coffins.
Intending to be helpful, I shouted out that I’d been trying to get out of here myself for a long time and had never made it, so he may as well give up. But do you know, he found his way out in no time.

Your loving uncle,

Eustace
Parish Pump & the Benefice entry in the South Derbyshire Churchman can be found on the internet at:-        http://churchbroughtonchurch.blog.co.uk

Readings 2 Samuel 1.1,17-27; 2 Corinthians 8.7-15; Mark 5.21-43
We remember in our prayers
Today Patna - (North India) The Rt Revd Philip Phembuar Marandih
Bolsover and Staveley - Rural Dean: Trevor Hicks, Lay Chair: June Palmer
Monday Pelotas - (Brazil) The Rt Revd Renato Raatz
MMA 8 - Staveley, Barrow Hill, Hasland, Inkersall and Temple Normanton
Tuesday Pennsylvania - (Province III, USA) The Rt Revd Charles Ellsworth Bennison
Clergy: William Butt, Malcolm Ainscough, Martin Daniels, Brian Hoskins, Derek Booth, Ian Falconer
Wednesday Perth - (Western Australia, Australia) The Most Revd Roger Adrian Herft
Perth - Goldfields Country Region - (Western Australia, Australia) The Rt Revd Tom Wilmot
Perth - Northern Region - (Western Australia, Australia) The Rt Revd Mark Burton
Perth - Southern Region - (Western Australia, Australia) The Rt Revd Kay Goldsworthy
Barrow Hill, Inkersall
Thursday Peru - (South America) The Rt Revd Harold William Godfrey
Clergy: Martin Daniels
Friday Peshawar - (Pakistan) The Rt Revd Munawar Kenneth Rumalshah
Hasland and Temple Normanton
Saturday Peterborough - (Canterbury, England) Vacant
Peterborough - Brixworth - (Canterbury, England) The Rt Revd Francis White
Clergy: Malcolm Ainscough
Those to be priested at 4.00pm today
At Tideswell: Mark Broomhead, Richard England, Rob Heeley, Sally Mason, Andrew Taylor-Cook.
At Ashbourne: Joe Cant, Mike Doyle, Val Hart, Andy Hutchinson, Peter Mallinson, David Railton, Jo Whitehead Notices for the week
Today - Trinity 3
9.30a.m. Holy Communion - Boylestone
9.30a.m. Mattins - Church Broughton
9.30a.m. Holy Communion - Longford
11.00a.m. Holy Communion - Long Lane
11.00a.m. Family Service - Sutton
6.30p.m. Evensong - Radbourne
6.45p.m. Evensong - Trusley
Monday 8.00p.m. Sutton PCC - Village Hall
Wednesday 10.30am Holy Communion - Long Lane
Saturday 1.00p.m. Holy Baptism - Dalbury
4.00p.m. Ordinations - Ashbourne
Next Sunday - Trinity 4
8.00a.m. Holy Communion - Church Broughton
9.30a.m. Mattins - Boylestone
10.00a.m. Family Service - Church Broughton
11.00a.m. Holy Communion - Sutton
11.00a.m. Mattins - Trusley
11.15a.m. Holy Communion - Longford
3.00p.m. Evensong - Dalbury
7.00p.m. Evensong - Long Lane
Advance Notice
Thursday 9th July 7.30p.m. Radbourne PCCSunday Groaner
Take the biscuit
At a children’s party there were just enough biscuits for each child to have three. But young Charles snatched four. “You’re supposed to get only three, Charles,” said his hostess. “You ought to put the fourth one back.”
“I can’t!” protested Charles. “I ate that one first.” .
Parish Pump & the Benefice entry in the South Derbyshire Churchman can be found on the internet at:-        http://churchbroughtonchurch.blog.co.uk

Readings
1 Samuel 17.(1a,4-11,19-23)32-49; 2 Corinthians 6.1-13; Mark 4.35-41
We remember in our prayers
Today Oturkpo - (Province of Jos, Nigeria) The Rt Revd David Bello
Gujarat: Bishop V.M. Malaviya
Monday Owerri - (Province of Owerri, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Dr Cyril Chukwunonyerem Okorocha
Youlgrave, Middleton, Stanton in Peak and Birchover
Tuesday Owo - (Province of Ondo, Nigeria) The Rt Revd James Adedayo Oladunjoye
Clergy: (Vacant)
Wednesday Oxford - (Canterbury, England) The Rt Revd John L Pritchard
Oxford - Buckingham - (Canterbury, England) The Rt Revd Dr. Alan Thomas Lawrence Wilson
Oxford - Dorchester - (Canterbury, England) The Rt Revd Colin William Fletcher
Oxford - Reading - (Canterbury, England) The Rt Revd Stephen Geoffrey Cottrell
Retired Clergy (Bakewell & Eyam): Tom Askey, Peter Bird, Michael Collier, Graham Foster, Michael Gowdey, Laurence Gush, Ian Hawkins, Robert Jones, George May, Ethel Milroy, Brian Pritchard, Clive Thrower, Tim Yates
Thursday Oyo - (Province of Ibadan, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Jacob Fasipe
Chaplaincy among Deaf People - Mark Smith
Friday Panama - (Central America) The Rt Revd Julio Murray
University Chaplaincy - Chris Hodder, Ginny Jordan and colleagues
Saturday Paraguay - (South America) The Rt Revd John Alexander Ellison
Scripture Union - Chair: Ruth Nicholls. Church Lads and Church Girls Brigade - Organiser for the Diocese: Mrs G Smith
Notices for the week
Today - Trinity 2
8.00a.m. Holy Communion - Sutton
9.30a.m. Holy Communion - Church Broughton
10.00a.m. Family Service - Longford
11.00a.m. Holy Communion - Dalbury
12.15p.m.(NB time) Holy Communion - Trusley
7.00p.m. Evensong - Long Lane
Friday
7.00p.m. Line Dance - Elms Farm, Thurvaston Tickets £2
Saturday 1.00p.m. Wedding - Long Lane
Next Sunday - Trinity 3
9.30a.m. Holy Communion - Boylestone
9.30a.m. Mattins - Church Broughton
9.30a.m. Holy Communion - Longford
11.00a.m. Holy Communion - Long Lane
11.00a.m. Family Service - Sutton
6.30p.m. Evensong - Radbourne
6.45p.m. Evensong - Trusley
Sunday Groaner
Wedding report in local newspaper
The bridal veil was fragile net,
the bridal gown was lace.
The bride wore slippers on her feet,
a smile upon her face.
The bride wore gloves of softest silk,
bright garlands graced her hair,
her large bouquet was softest pink...
PS: The groom was also there.
**
You know you are having a senior moment when you enter a revolving door, and then you can’t remember whether you were going out or coming in.
Parish Pump & the Benefice entry in the South Derbyshire Churchman can be found on the internet at:-        http://churchbroughtonchurch.blog.co.uk

Readings 1 Samuel 15.34 - 16.13 or Ezekiel 17.22-24; 2 Corinthians 5.6-17; Mark 4.26-34
We remember in our prayers
Today Ondo - (Province of Ondo, Nigeria) The Rt Revd George L Lasebikan
Eastern Himalaya: Bishop Probal Kanto Dutta
Monday Ontario - (Ontario, Canada) The Rt Revd George Bruce
MMA 7, Eyam, Foolow, Baslow
Tuesday Oregon - (Province VIII, USA) The Rt Revd Johncy Itty
Clergy: Andrew Montgomerie
The Rev'd Carl Edwards to be licensed Priest-in-Charge of Fairfield, and Assistant Curate within the Buxton Team Ministry, with special responsibility for King Sterndale
Wednesday Orlu - (Province of Owerri, Nigeria) The Most Revd Bennett C I Okoro
Curbar and Stoney Middleton, Wardlow, Edensor
Thursday Osaka - (Japan) The Rt Revd Samuel Osamu Ohnishi
Clergy: Christopher Benson, David Garnett
Friday Osun - (Province of Ibadan, Nigeria) The Rt Revd James Afolabi Popoola
Bakewell, Over Haddon, Ashford, Sheldon, Rowsley, Great Longstone
Saturday Ottawa - (Ontario, Canada) The Rt Revd John Holland Chapman
Clergy: Tony Kaunhoven, Paul Hoskins
Notices for the week
Today - Trinity 1
8.30a.,m. Holy Communion - Long Lane
9.30a.m. Holy Communion - Church Broughton
11.00a.m. Holy Communion - Radbourne
11.00a.m. Mattins - Sutton
11.00a.m. Holy Communion - Trusley
5.00p.m. Holy Communion - Boylestone
6.30p.m. Evensong - Longford
No Wednesday Holy Communion
Thursday 7.00p.m. PCC - Boylestone

Next Sunday - Trinity 2
8.00a.m. Holy Communion - Sutton
9.30a.m. Mattins - Boylestone
9.30a.m. Holy Communion - Church Broughton
10.00a.m. Family Service - Longford
11.00a.m. Holy Communion - Dalbury
12.15p.m.(NB time) Holy Communion - Trusley
7.00p.m. Evensong - Long Lane
Radbourne Fete
Thank you to all those who helped or supported Radbourne Fete last Sunday. Despite the weather, we went ahead (in the shelter of the church) and the wonderful total of £869-46 was raised for church funds
Thank you to those who helped or supported Longford Fete and Church Broughton Teddy Parachuting. Thie Parish Pump went to press before the events took place!Sunday Groaner
Where there’s smoke...
One Sunday morning when my son, David, was about five, we were attending a church in our community. It was common for the preacher to invite the children to the front of the church and have a small lesson before beginning the sermon. He would bring in an item they could find around the house and relate it to a teaching from the Bible.
This particular morning, the visual aid for his lesson was a smoke detector. He asked the children if anyone knew what it meant when an alarm sounded from the smoke detector. My son immediately raised his hand: “It means Daddy's cooking dinner." Parish Pump & the Benefice entry in the South Derbyshire Churchman can be found on the internet at:-        http://churchbroughtonchurch.blog.co.uk

Readings 1 Samuel 15.34 - 16.13 or Ezekiel 17.22-24; 2 Corinthians 5.6-17; Mark 4.26-34
We remember in our prayers
Today Ondo - (Province of Ondo, Nigeria) The Rt Revd George L Lasebikan
Eastern Himalaya: Bishop Probal Kanto Dutta
Monday Ontario - (Ontario, Canada) The Rt Revd George Bruce
MMA 7, Eyam, Foolow, Baslow
Tuesday Oregon - (Province VIII, USA) The Rt Revd Johncy Itty
Clergy: Andrew Montgomerie
The Rev'd Carl Edwards to be licensed Priest-in-Charge of Fairfield, and Assistant Curate within the Buxton Team Ministry, with special responsibility for King Sterndale
Wednesday Orlu - (Province of Owerri, Nigeria) The Most Revd Bennett C I Okoro
Curbar and Stoney Middleton, Wardlow, Edensor
Thursday Osaka - (Japan) The Rt Revd Samuel Osamu Ohnishi
Clergy: Christopher Benson, David Garnett
Friday Osun - (Province of Ibadan, Nigeria) The Rt Revd James Afolabi Popoola
Bakewell, Over Haddon, Ashford, Sheldon, Rowsley, Great Longstone
Saturday Ottawa - (Ontario, Canada) The Rt Revd John Holland Chapman
Clergy: Tony Kaunhoven, Paul Hoskins
Notices for the week
Today - Trinity 1
8.30a.,m. Holy Communion - Long Lane
9.30a.m. Holy Communion - Church Broughton
11.00a.m. Holy Communion - Radbourne
11.00a.m. Mattins - Sutton
11.00a.m. Holy Communion - Trusley
5.00p.m. Holy Communion - Boylestone
6.30p.m. Evensong - Longford
No Wednesday Holy Communion
Thursday 7.00p.m. PCC - Boylestone

Next Sunday - Trinity 2
8.00a.m. Holy Communion - Sutton
9.30a.m. Mattins - Boylestone
9.30a.m. Holy Communion - Church Broughton
10.00a.m. Family Service - Longford
11.00a.m. Holy Communion - Dalbury
12.15p.m.(NB time) Holy Communion - Trusley
7.00p.m. Evensong - Long Lane
Radbourne Fete
Thank you to all those who helped or supported Radbourne Fete last Sunday. Despite the weather, we went ahead (in the shelter of the church) and the wonderful total of £869-46 was raised for church funds
Thank you to those who helped or supported Longford Fete and Church Broughton Teddy Parachuting. Thie Parish Pump went to press before the events took place!Sunday Groaner
Where there’s smoke...
One Sunday morning when my son, David, was about five, we were attending a church in our community. It was common for the preacher to invite the children to the front of the church and have a small lesson before beginning the sermon. He would bring in an item they could find around the house and relate it to a teaching from the Bible.
This particular morning, the visual aid for his lesson was a smoke detector. He asked the children if anyone knew what it meant when an alarm sounded from the smoke detector. My son immediately raised his hand: “It means Daddy's cooking dinner." Parish Pump & the Benefice entry in the South Derbyshire Churchman can be found on the internet at:-        http://churchbroughtonchurch.blog.co.uk

Readings Acts 2.1-21; John 15.26-27; 16.4b-15
Readings at Long Lane1 Kings 8:22-30; 1 Peter 2:1-10
We remember in our prayers
Today Ogbomoso - (Province of Ibadan, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Matthew OsunadeChurch Mission Society - Mid Africa Ministry of CMS 
Monday Ogoni - (Province of Niger Delta, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Solomon Gberegbara
South American Missionary Society - Representative: John Jacklin
The Rev'd Colin Pearson, Curate of All Saints, Mickleover, to become Assistant Curate of Breadsall, and also assist in the Training and Development Team at Derby Church House.
Tuesday Ohio - (Province V, USA) The Rt Revd Mark Hollingsworth
Crosslinks - Representative: Tim Houghton
Wednesday Oji River - (Province of the Niger, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Amos Amankechinelo Madu
Intercontinental Church Society - Representative: Ian Hunter
Thursday Oke-Ogun - (Province of Ibadan, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Solomon Amusan
Leprosy Mission - Area Co-ordinator: Pamela Levens
Friday Oke-Osun - (Province of Ibadan, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Nathaniel FasogbonMission to Seafarers - Regional Contact: R Hearman
Saturday Okigwe North - (Province of Owerri, Nigeria) The Ven Godson Ukanwa
Retired clergy (Ashbourne): Colin Johnson, Bill Rumball, Derek Tinsley, Edmund Urquhart, Kenneth Watson
Notices for the week
Today - Pentecost - Whitsun Day
LONG LANE FLOWER FESTIVAL
11a.m. United Holy Communion - Trusley
7.00p.m. Songs of Praise - Long Lane
Next Sunday - Trinity Sunday
8.00a.m.Holy Communion - Church Broughton
9.30a.m. Mattins - Boylestone
10.00a.m. Family Service - Church Broughton
11.00a.m. Holy Communion - Sutton
11.00a.m. Mattins - Trusley
11.15a.m. Holy Communion - Longford
3.00p.m. Evensong - Dalbury
7.00p.m. Evensong - Long Lane
Radbourne Fete from 2.00p.m. at the Old Rectory
Advance Notice
Teddy Bear Parachuting from Church Broughton Church Tower on Saturday 13th June from 3.00p.m.
Parish Pump & the Benefice entry in the South Derbyshire Churchman can be found on the internet at:-        http://churchbroughtonchurch.blog.co.uk

Readings Acts 1.15-17,21-26; 1 John 5.9-13; John 17.6-19
We remember in our prayers
Today Anglican Communion Sunday
Ashbourne Deanery - Rural Dean (Vacant), Lay Chair: Clive Chipchase 
Monday Northwestern Pennsylvania - (Province III, USA) The Rt Revd Sean Walter Rowe
Fenny Bentley, Thorpe, Alsop en le Dale, Parwich
Tuesday Norwich - (Canterbury, England) The Rt Revd Graham James
Norwich - Lynn - (Canterbury, England) The Rt Revd James Henry Langstaff
Norwich - Thetford - (Canterbury, England) The Rt Revd David John Atkinson
Clergy: (Vacant)
Wednesday Nova Scotia & Prince Edward Island - (Canada, Canada) The Rt Revd Susan Elizabeth Moxley
Nova Scotia & Prince Edward Island - (Canada, Canada) The Rt Revd Ronald Cutler
Hulland, Atlow, Bradley, Hognaston, Kniveton
Thursday Nsukka - (Province of the Niger, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Jonah C Ilonuba
Clergy: Christopher Mitchell Friday  Nyahururu - (Kenya) The Rt Revd Charles Gaikia GaitaBrailsford, Shirley, Osmaston, Edlaston, Yeaveley
Saturday Offa - (Province of Ibadan, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Gabriel Akinbolarin Akinbiyi
Clergy: Paul Taylor, Andy Larkin
Notices for the week
Today - 7th Sunday of Easter
9.30a.m. Holy Communion - Boylestone
9.30a.m. Mattins - Church Broughton
9.30a.m. Holy Communion - Longford
11.00a.m. Holy Communion - Long Lane
11.00a.m. Family Service - Sutton
6.30p.m. Evensong - Radbourne
6.45p.m. Evensong - Trusley
Monday Duck Race - Brook Farm Boylestone from 4.00p.m
Friday to Sunday - Flower Festival celebrating 150 years of Christ Church, Long Lane closing with Songs of Praise at 7.00p.m.
Next Sunday - Pentecost - Whitsun Day
11a.m. United Holy Communion - Trusley
7.00p.m. Songs of Praise - Long Lane
Please let the Rector have your hymn requests as soon as possible.
Advance Notice
Teddy Bear Parachuting from Church Broughton Church Tower on Saturday 13th June from 3.00p.m.
Sunday 7th June - Radbourne Fete from 2.00p.m. at the Old Rectory
Beware the Summer Strawberry Tea
The Rectory
St. James the Least
My dear Nephew Darren
Never, ever feel aggrieved that your summer strawberry tea has to be held in the church hall rather than on a lawn, since there isn’t a single blade of grass to be found in your entire parish. You have no idea of the potential calamities you are avoiding.
Here, during the previous week, the organisers will be desperately asking the opinion of local farmers about the weather. In doing so, they forget that for the farming community, it is always the wrong sort of weather anyway. I once received a heartfelt plea from the staff at Heathrow airport for our ladies to stop calling them at hourly intervals to find out if hurricanes may be imminent.
Naturally, the day will start out warm and sunny and so all the tables will be arranged on the vicarage lawn. By 10am, tablecloths will have been laid. By 10.10am, a brisk breeze will have sprung up and someone will be delegated to retrieve them all from deep within the nettle patch. By 11am, clouds will gather and a decision will be made to transfer everything into the church hall. Once that is completed, just when it is almost too late to change, the sun will re-emerge and there will be a frantic dash to put everything back on the lawn. This ensures that by 2pm when teas start, the ladies will already be in a state of collapse.
Last year, the dowager duchess of Trilby graced us with her presence. As she sat with her entourage, elegantly sipping tea under a giant parasol over the table, the thing – equally elegantly – closed around her, leaving her looking like one of those unfortunate insects trapped by a carnivorous plant. To emerge from its depths looking entirely unflustered was beyond even her social skills.
Fortunately, attention was diverted from her predicament by the wife of one of our farmers. This substantial lady had been sitting in a chair with slightly too thin legs for the damp lawn. The rear two slowly sank into the grass, eventually catapulting the dear lady backwards into the lap of the local mayor. Disentangling red flannelette from mayoral chains took some time, and delicacy.
At least when I have had enough, the lawn can be cleared in minutes by drawing the raffle. The moment the last rubber shower cap and set of Christmas doilies has been awarded, there will be a dash to get home, giving my dog the opportunity to retrieve remnants of cream cakes from the flower beds.
Your loving uncle,
Eustace

Parish Pump & the Benefice entry in the South Derbyshire Churchman can be found on the internet at:-        http://churchbroughtonchurch.blog.co.uk
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Readings Acts 10.44-48; 1 John 5.1-6; John 15.9-17

Reading at Longford & Long Lane Isaiah chapter 28:24 to 29
We remember in our prayers
Today Northern Mexico - (Mexico) The Rt Revd Marcelino Rivera-Delgado
Durgapur: Bishop Probal Kanto Dutta
Monday Northern Michigan - (Province V, USA) Vacant
MMA 5 - Swanwick & Pentrich
Tuesday Northern Philippines - (Philippines) The Rt Revd Brent W
AlawasClergy: Tom Johnson
Wednesday Northern Territory, The - (Queensland, Australia) The Rt Revd Gregory Edwin Thompson
Retired clergy (Alfreton): Peter Boyden, Robert Caney, Ray Taylor, Roy Wilson, Tony Morgan, Bob Paget
Thursday Northern Uganda - (Uganda) The Rt Revd Nelson Onono-Onweng
Ascension: Diocesan Prayer & Spirituality Group - Bishop's Adviser on Spiritual Direction: Glenis Page
Friday Northern Zambia - (Central Africa) The Rt Revd Albert Chama
MMA 30: Ashbourne with Mappleton, with Ashbourne St John; Clifton; Norbury and Snelston
Saturday Northwest Texas - (Province VII, USA) The Rt Revd C Wallis Ohl
Clergy: Geraldine Pond, Mike Doyle
Notices for the week
Today - 6th Sunday of Easter
8.00a.m. Holy Communion - Sutton
9.30a.m. Mattins - Boylestone
9.30a.m. Holy Communion - Church Broughton
9.30a.m. Mattins - Boylestone
10.00a.m. Family Service - Longford
11.00a.m. Holy Communion - Dalbury
11.00a.m. Mattins - Sutton
12noon. Holy Communion - Trusley
7.000p.m. Rogation Service & Walk - Long Lane (Come suitably dressed)
Thursday - Ascension Day
10.30a.m. Holy Communion - Long Lane
Friday 6.00p.m. Sutton Fete - Cricket Field
Next Sunday - 7th Sunday of Easter
9.30a.m. Holy Communion - Boylestone
9.30a.m. Mattins - Church Broughton
9.30a.m. Holy Communion - Longford
11.00a.m. Holy Communion - Long Lane
11.00a.m. Family Service - Sutton
6.30p.m. Evensong - Radbourne
6.45p.m. Evensong - Trusley
Advance Notice
Duck Race - Brook Farm Boylestone on Monday 25th May from 4.00p.m
.Flower Festival celebrating 150 years of Christ Church, Long Lane on Friday 29th May to Sunday 31st May
closing with Songs of Praise at 7.00p.m.
on Sunday 31st May Let the rector have your hymn requests.
Sunday 31st May 11a.m. United Holy Communion - Trusley
Teddy Bear Parachuting from Church Broughton Church Tower on Saturday 13th June from 3.00p.m.
Sunday 7th June - Radbourne Fete from 2.00p.m. at the Old Rectory
Today is Rogation Sunday
Rogation means an asking of God - for blessing on the seed and land for the year ahead. It is appropriate in any emergency, war, plague, drought or foul weather.
The practice began with the Romans, who invoked the help of the gods Terminus and Ambarvalia. In those days a crowd moved in procession around the cornfields, singing and dancing, sacrificing animals, and driving away Winter with sticks. The people wanted to rid the cornfields of evil.
In about 465 Europe was suffering from earthquake, storm and epidemic. So Mamertius, Bishop of Vienne, aware of the popular pagan custom, ordered that prayers should be said in the ruined or neglected fields on the days leading up to Ascension. With his decision, ‘beating the bounds’ began to become a Christian ceremonial.
Rogation-tide arrived in England early in the eighth century, and became a fixed and perennial asking for help of the Christian God. On Rogation-tide, a little party would set out to trace the boundaries of the parish. At the head marched the bishop or the priest, with a minor official bearing a Cross, and after them the people of the parish, with schoolboys and their master trailing along. Most of them held slender wands of willow.
At certain points along the route - at well-known landmarks like a bridge or stile or ancient tree, the Cross halted, the party gathered about the priest, and a litany or rogation was said, imploring God to send seasonable wealth, keep the corn and roots and boughs in good health, and bring them to an ample harvest.
At one point beer and cheese would be waiting for the walkers. In the days when maps were neither common nor accurate, there was much to be said for ‘beating the bounds’ - still very common as late as the reign of Queen Victoria. Certainly parish boundaries rarely came into dispute, for everyone knew them. (Do you know yours today?)
Sunday Groaners
Worth remembering.
A man felt he was overloaded in the ‘trouble shooting department’ of his office, until he found this memo on his desk. “Be thankful for the problems, for if they were less difficult, someone with less ability would have your job.”
Asleep
A young man fell asleep in the Sunday morning service, and began to snore. The preacher stopped and impatiently motioned to the young boy beside the man to wake him up. The boy said: “Wake him up yourself, you put him to sleep.”
Parish Pump & the Benefice entry in the South Derbyshire Churchman can be found on the internet at:-        http://churchbroughtonchurch.blog.co.uk

Readings Acts 10.34-43;  1 Corinthians 15.1-11;  John 20.1-18
We remember in our prayers
Today World Council of Churches
Monday Nevada - (Province VIII, USA) The Rt Revd Dan Edwards
Stapenhill Immanuel, Winshill
Tuesday New Busa - (Province of Ibadan, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Israel Amoo
Clergy: Brian Leathers, Michael Mookerji
Wednesday New Guinea Islands, The - (Papua New Guinea) The Rt Revd Allan Migi
MMA 57 - Stapenhill St Peter, Caldwell
Thursday Bishop of New Hampshire - (Province I, USA) The Rt Revd V. Gene Robinson
Clergy: Michael Andreyev
Friday New Jersey - (Province II, USA) The Rt Revd George E Councell
Retired clergy (Repton): Len Carpenter, Derek Dolman, George Goodall, Len Haynes, Ian Jarvis, Stanley Morris, Colin Thomas, Geoffrey Willett, Ian Winterbottom
Saturday New Westminster - (British Columbia & the Yukon, Canada) The Rt Revd Michael C Ingham
Retired clergy (Wirksworth): Andy Barker, John Colbourn, John Cooper, John Drackley, John Flory, John Marshall, Bob Rhodes, Brian Smith, Peter Vessey, John Williams
Notices for the week
Today - Easter Day
9.30a.m. Holy Communion - Church Broughton
11.00a.m. Holy Communion - Long Lane
11.00a.m. Holy Communion - Radbourne
11.00a.m. Holy Communion - Sutton
11.00a.m. Holy Communion - Trusley
3.00p.m. Holy Communion - Dalbury
6.30p.m. Holy Communion - Boylestone
6.30p.m. Holy Communion - Longford
Wednesday 10.30a.m. Holy Communion - Long Lane
Thursday 12.30p.m. Funeral of Lucy Moss-Blundell - Dalbury
Friday 2,30p.m. Funeral of Denis Leake - Doveridge
Next Sunday - 2nd Sunday of Easter
8.00.m. Holy Communion - Sutton
9.30a.m. Holy Communion - Church Broughton
9.30a.m. Mattins - Boylestone
10.00a.m. Family Service - Longford
11.00a.m. Mattins - Sutton
12noon Holy Communion - Trusley
2.30p.m. Final Service in Sutton Methodist Church
7.00p.m. Evensong - Long Lane
Annual Parochial Church Meetings
Wednesday 22 April 7.30p.m. Radbourne
Tuesday 28 April - 7.30p.m. Church Broughton
Meeting at Dalbury to be fixed
Did you see Long Schoolchildren on BBC East Midlands News?
If you missed it and have access to the internet you can view it at:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7992508.stm
The children are talking about what Easter is about.
Sunday Groaner
A cowboy’s view of Palm Sunday
There was once a cowboy who listened attentively to the story of the first Palm Sunday.  After hearing it, he had only one small response to make to the story.  In his own straight-forward way, the cowboy simply stated, Jesus must have had wonderful hands.  But his words only confused the others around him.  Out of curiousty they asked, What do you mean by that statment?  Well, the  cowboy replied, if Jesus could sit on a colt on which no-one had ever sat, an untried, unbroken animal; if he could soothe it and control it and guide it while people were shrieking hosannas in its ears, waving the branches of palm trees in front of its eyes, and throwing down clothes in front of its feet, Jesus must have had wonderful hands!
The Parish Pump & the Benefice entry in the South Derbyshire Churchman can be found on the internet at:-        http://churchbroughtonchurch.blog.co.uk

Readings Jeremiah 31.31-34; Hebrews 5.5-10;  John 12.20-33
 
Notices for the week
Sunday 29 March - Lent 5 - Passion Sunday
10.30a.m. United Holy Communion - Dalbury
Please note this will be the only service in the benefice on this day
Tuesday
8.00p.m. Annual Parochial Church Meeting - Trusley
Wednesday
United Lenten StudyEvery Wednesday in Lent in the Vicarage at 7.30p.m. commencing 4th March.“Faith, Hope and Love” - a York Course
Thursday
9.20a.m. “Good Friday” Procession from Church Broughton School to Church
7.00p.m. Concert by the United Benefice Choir & Long Lane School - Long Lane
Friday
9.05a.m. School Service - Longford
Next Sunday - Palm Sunday
8.00a.m. Holy Communion - Church Broughton
9.30a.m. Mattins - Boylestone
10.00a.m. Family Service - Church Broughton
11.00a.m. Holy Communion - Sutton
11.00a.m. Mattins - Trusley
11.15a.m. Holy Communion - Longford
3.00p.m. Evensong - Dalbury
7.00p.m. Evensong - Long Lane
Annual Parochial Church Meetings
Wednesday 22 April 7.30p.m. Radbourne
Tuesday 28 April - 7.30p.m. Church Broughton
Meeting at Dalbury to be fixed

The Gardeners' Hymn
All things bright and beautiful,
All creatures great and small,
All things wise and wonderful,
The Lord God made them all.

But what we never mention, though gardeners know it's true,
Is when He made the goodies, He made the baddies too.
All things spray and swattable,
Disasters great and small,
All things paraquatable,
The Lord God made them all.

The green fly on the roses, the maggots in the peas,
Manure that fills our noses, He also gave us these.
All things spray and swattable, etc.

The fungus on the goose-gogs,the club root on the greens,
The slugs that eat the lettuce and chew the aubergines.
All things spray and swattable, etc.

The drought that kills the fuchsiasthe frost that nips the buds,
The rain that drowns the seedlings,the blight that hits the spuds.
All things spray and swattable, etc.

The midges and mosquitoes, the nettles and the weeds,
The pigeons in the green stuff, the sparrows on the seeds.
All things spray and swattable, etc.

The fly that gets the carrots, the wasp that eats the plums,
How black the gardener's outlook, though green may be his thumbs.
All things spray and swattable, etc.

But still we gardeners labour midst vegetables and flowers,
And pray what hits our neighbours' will somehow bypass ours.
All things spray and swattable, etc.
© Barbara Robinson
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Prayer

If a prayer can move a mountain
If a prayer can stop a war,
If a prayer can foster love and peace
............Where hatred ruled before,
If a prayer can conquer hunger
If a prayer has power to heal,
If a prayer can mend division
............Why are we so slow to kneel?
Offering prayers up to our maker,
Throughout each brand new day
To change things for the better,
............In every kind of way.
            Colin Hammacott

The Parish Pump & the Benefice entry in the South Derbyshire Churchman can be found on the internet at:-
http://churchbroughtonchurch.blog.co.uk

Readings Exodus 2.1-10; Numbers 21.4-9; 2 Corinthians 1.3-7; Luke 2.33-35; John 3.14-21
We remember in our prayers
Sunday 22nd March Mumbai - (North India) The Rt Revd Prakash Dinkar Patole
Chandigarh: Archbishop Joel V. Mal
Monday Mumias - (Kenya) The Rt Revd Beneas Salalah Okumu
Alvaston
Tuesday  Mundri - (Sudan) The Rt Revd Bismark Monday
Clergy: Christopher Frith
Wednesday  Muyinga - (Burundi) The Rt Revd Eraste Bigirimana
Chellaston
Thursday  Mytikyina - (Myanmar) The Rt Revd David Than Lwin
Assistant Bishop of Mytikyina - (Myanmar) The Rt Revd Wagyit Kamdi
Clergy: Peter Swales, Rowland Worrall (associate priest emeritus)
Friday  Nagpur - (North India) The Rt Revd Paul Dupare
Single Parish MMA: Boulton
Saturday    Nairobi - (Kenya) The Rt Revd Peter Njoka
Clergy: Tim Wright
Notices for the week
Sunday 22nd March  - Lent 4 - Mothering Sunday
9.30a.m. Family Service - Boylestone
9.30a.m. Holy Communion - Longford
Church Broughton unite with Sutton for Family Service
11.00a.m. Holy Communion - Long Lane
11.00a.m. Family Service - Sutton
6.45p.m. Evensong - Trusley
Monday
.00p.m. Annual Parochial Church Meeting - Longford
7.30p.m. Annual Parochial Church Meeting - Sutton
Wednesday
United Lenten Study Every Wednesday in Lent in the Vicarage at 7.30p.m. commencing 4th March.“Faith, Hope and Love” - a York Course
Thursday
7.30p.m. Quiz - Boylestone
Saturday
Barn Dance in Dalbury Lees Village Hall in aid of St Andrew’s, Radbourne
Tickets £7-50 - ring 01332 824742
Next Sunday - Lent 5
10.30a.m. United Holy Communion - Dalbury
Please note this will be the only service in the benefice on this day
Annual Parochial Church Meetings
Tuesday 31 March 8.00p.m. TrusleyWednesday 22 April 7.30p.m. Radbourne
Tuesday 28 April - 7.30p.m. Church Broughton
Meeting at Dalbury to be fixed
Sunday Groaner
Wise Thoughts?
Hlade's Law: If you have a difficult task, give it to a lazy person. They will find an easier way to do it.
There are three ways to get something done:
1. Do it yourself.
2. Hire someone to do it for you.
3. Forbid your children to do it.
A budget is just a method of worrying before you spend money, as well as afterward.

"Whoever said you can't buy happiness forgot about puppies." Gene Hill

If the grass is greener on the other side of the fence, you can bet the water bill is higher.

The Parish Pump & the Benefice entry in the South Derbyshire Churchman can be found on the internet at:-
http://churchbroughtonchurch.blog.co.uk

Readings Exodus 20.1-17; 1 Corinthians 1.18-25; John 2.13-22
We remember in our prayers
Sunday 15th March Mount Kilimanjaro - (Tanzania) The Rt Revd Simon Elilekia MakundiChandigarh: Archbishop Joel V. Mal
Monday Mpumalanga - (South Africa) The Rt Revd Leslie WalkerAlvaston
Tuesday Mpwapwa - (Tanzania) The Rt Revd Jacob Erasto ChimeledyaClergy: Christopher Frith
Wednesday Mthatha (formerly St John's) - (South Africa) The Rt Revd Dr Sitembele Tobela MzamaneChellaston
Thursday Muhabura - (Uganda) Vacant    Clergy: Peter Swales, Rowland Worrall (associate priest emeritus)
Friday Mukono - (Uganda) The Rt Revd Elia Paul Luzinda Kizito
Single Parish MMA: Boulton
Saturday    Multan - (Pakistan) Vacant
Clergy: Tim Wright
Notices for the week
Sunday 15 March - Lent 38.00a.m. Holy Communion - Sutton
9.30a.m. Mattins - Boylestone
9.30a.m. Holy Communion - Church Broughton
10.00a.m. “Toy” Family Service - Longford
11.00a.m. Holy Communion Dalbury
11.00a.m. Mattins - Sutton
12noon Holy Communion - Trusley
2.30p.m. Evensong - Long Lane
Monday 7.30p.m. Annual Parochial Church Meeting - Boylestone
Tuesday 8.00p.m. Children’s Day Planning
Wednesday
NO Holy Communion at Long Lane
12.30p.m. Lenten Lunch - Laurel Farm Burnaston (Ring 01332-514314 to book)Proceeds in aid of Dalbury Church (every Wednesday in Lent)
United Lenten Study
Every Wednesday in Lent in the Vicarage at 7.30p.m. commencing 4th March.“Faith, Hope and Love” - a York Course
Saturday
10.30a.m. Coffee Morning - The Old Forge, Long Lane in aid of Flower Festival
Next Sunday 22nd March - Lent 4 - Mothering Sunday
9.30a.m. Family Service - Boylestone9.30a.m. Holy Communion - Longford
Church Broughton unite with Sutton for Family Service
11.00a.m. Holy Communion - Long Lane
11.00a.m. Family Service - Sutton
6.45p.m. Evensong - Trusley
Annual Parochial Church Meetings
Monday 23 March 2.00p.m. Longford
    7.30p.m. Sutton
Tuesday 31 March 8.00p.m. Trusley
Wednesday 22 April 7.30p.m. Radbourne
Tuesday 28 April - 7.30p.m. Church Broughton
Meeting at Dalbury to be fixed
Advance Notice
Barn Dance Saturday 28th March
In Dalbury Lees Village Hall in aid of St Andrew’s, Radbourne
Tickets £7-50 - ring 01332 824742
Sunday 29th March
10.30a.m. United Holy Communion - DalburyPlease note this will be the only service in the benefice on this day
Sunday Groaner
When you mix children and religion...
You get some unexpected gems. The following are extracts from religious exam papers...
In the first book of the Bible, Guinesses, God got tired of creating the world so he took the Sabbath off.
Adam and Eve were created from an apple tree. Noah's wife was Joan of Ark because Noah built an ark. The animals came on in pears.
The Jews are a proud people and throughout history they've had trouble with unsympathetic genitals.
Moses led the Jews to the Red Sea where they made unleavened bread which is bread without any ingredients.
The Seventh Commandment is: Thou shalt not admit adultery.
Moses died before he ever reached Canada.
Solomon, one of David's sons, had 300 wives and 700 porcupines.
Jesus enunciated the golden rule, which says do unto others before they do one to you. He also explained a man doth not live by sweat alone.
It was a miracle when Jesus rose from the dead and managed to get the tombstone off the entrance.
The people who followed the Lord were called the twelve decibels.
St Paul cavorted to Christianity down the Damascus Road. There he preached holy acrimony, which is another name for marriage.
Toy
A young mother was looking over a toy for her small child. "Isn't this awfully complicated for him?" she said to the salesman.
"That madam, is an educational toy, designed to prepare a child for life in today's world. It is very expensive, half of it the government wants sent to them, and any way your son puts it together is wrong."
The Parish Pump & the Benefice entry in the South Derbyshire Churchman can be found on the internet at:-
http://churchbroughtonchurch.blog.co.uk

Reading Genesis 17.1-7,15-16; Romans 4.13-25; Mark 8.31-38
We remember in our prayers
Today    Montreal - (Canada, Canada) The Rt Revd Barry B Clarke
Melbourne Deanery: Rural Dean: Tony Luke; Lay Chair: Evadne Robbins  
Monday   Moosonee - (Ontario, Canada) The Most Revd Caleb James Lawrence
MMA 54a - Elvaston, Aston-on-Trent, Weston on Trent, Shardlow, Barrow-upon-Trent, Twyford, Swarkestone
Tuesday    Moray, Ross & Caithness - (Scotland) The Rt Revd Mark Strange
Clergy: Tony Luke, Joanna Ingram. Retired clergy: Michael Rogers, John Lear
Wednesday    Morogoro - (Tanzania) The Rt Revd Dudley Mageni
MMA 54b - Melbourne, Smisby, Stanton-by-Bridge, Ticknall
Thursday    Mount Kenya Central - (Kenya) The Rt Revd Isaac Nganga
Suffragan Bishop of Mount Kenya Central - (Kenya) The Rt Revd Allen Macharia Waithaka
Clergy: John Davies, David Railton; Associate Clergy: Alan Flintham, David Thomas
The Rev’d Terry Williams to be licensed at Codnor as Priest-in-Charge of Codnor and Discipleship Development Coordinator in MMA 46
Friday    Mount Kenya South - (Kenya) The Rt Revd Timothy Ranje
MMA 55 – Church @ Derby South. Allenton and Shelton Lock, and Derby St Andrew with St Osmund (Wilmorton)
Saturday   Mount Kenya West - (Kenya) The Rt Revd Joseph M Kagunda
Clergy: Donald Macdonald, Valerie Hart
Notices for the week
Today - Lent 2
8.30a.m. Holy Communion - Long Lane
9.30a.m. Holy Communion - Church Broughton
11.00a.m. Holy Communion - Radbourne
11.00a.m. Mattins - Sutton
11.00a.m. Holy Communion - Trusley
3.00p.m. Evensong - Longford
5.00p.m. Holy Communion - Boylestone
Tuesday
7.30p.m. Annual Parochial Church Meeting - Long Lane
Wednesday
12.30p.m. Lenten Lunch - Laurel Farm Burnaston (Ring 01332-514314 to book)Proceeds in aid of Dalbury Church (every Wednesday in Lent)
United Lenten StudyEvery Wednesday in Lent in the Vicarage at 7.30p.m. commencing 4th March.“Faith, Hope and Love” - a York Course
Next Sunday - Lent 3
8.00a.m. Holy Communion - Sutton
9.30a.m. Mattins - Boylestone
9.30a.m. Holy Communion - Church Broughton
10.00a.m. “Toy” Family Service - Longford
11.00a.m. Holy Communion Dalbury
11.00a.m. Mattins - Sutton
12noon Holy Communion - Trusley
2.30p.m. Evensong - Long Lane
Annual Parochial Church Meetings
Monday 23 March 2.00p.m. Longford
    7.30p.m. Sutton Tuesday 31 March 8.00p.m. Trusley
Tuesday 28 April - 7.30p.m. Church Broughton
Meetings at Radbourne and Dalbury to be fixed
Advance Notice
Barn Dance Saturday 28th March
In Dalbury Lees Village Hall in aid of St Andrew’s, Radbourne
Tickets £7-50 - ring 01332 824742
Sunday Groaner
It adds up
The debt expert was helping a worried householder. "Let's begin with how you spend your present income."
"Well, about 30 per cent is for the mortgage, 10 per cent on household bills, 20 per cent on food and clothes, 20 per cent on our children's education, 10 per cent on holidays, 20 percent on credit card payments.... "
"But that adds up to 110 per cent...."
"Yes, that's right. So what do we do?"
Egg
Farmer: "Isn't it wonderful how the little chicks get out of their shells?"
Visitor from city: "Indeed. But what gets me is how they get in there, in the first place."
The Parish Pump & the Benefice entry in the South Derbyshire Churchman can be found on the internet at:-
http://churchbroughtonchurch.blog.co.uk

SEE ALSO PART ONE

BOYLESTONE St. John the Baptist
Annual Parochial Church Meeting
Monday 16^th March at 7.00p.m. in the Village Hall
Ladies' Group
holds its dinner at the Castle Hotel, Hatton on Tuesday, 3^rd March at 7.30p.m..
Big Breakfast
on Saturday 7^th March in aid of Cancer Research
Quiz on Thursday 26^th March at 7.30p.m. in the Village Hall. £2-50 per head
Duck Race on Monday May 25^th at 4.00p.m.
From the Parish Registers
Baptised on 22^nd February
Joseph Douglas Hemmings

CHURCH BROUGHTON, St. Michael & All Angels
Thank you to the Boylestone Singers for leading the Carol Service.
Sunday Sizzle – Sunday 1^st March
The Family Service at 10.00a.m. on 1st March will be followed by a fun family fry-up in the Chapel Schoolroom. All welcome to share bacon, eggs and more. Suggested donation £1 per head to cover costs. Finish around 12.30p.m.
Annual Parochial Church Meeting
Tuesday April 28^th at 7.30p.m. in the Vicarage
Teddy Parachuting
Saturday 13^th June

Mothering Sunday - 22^nd March 2009

At 11.00a.m. there will be a United Service for Mothering Sunday at St Michael's, Sutton-on-the-Hill Please note that on this day there will be no service in Church Broughton

DALBURY All Saints
Services: March 1^st 3.00p.m. Evensong; 15^th 11a.m. Holy Communion; 29^th 10.30a.m. United Holy Communion

Lenten Lunches

By invitation of Mr & Mrs R Goodall there will be a lunch on each Wednesday in Lent commencing Wednesday 25^th February there will be a lunch at Laurel Farm, Burnaston (the home of Mr & Mrs R. Goodall) in aid of Church Funds. Tickets £10 available from Mrs M Tipping (01283-732360),

Mrs A Frederick (01332-824478) or Mrs J Goodall (01332-514314).
United Service – Sunday 29^th March
On Sunday 29^th March there will be a United Service of Holy Communion in All Saints', Dalbury for all parishes of the benefice together with our Methodist Friends. The preacher will be Rev John Adams,

Methodist Minister.

From the Parish Registers
Buried on 20^th February
Mary Elizabeth Georgina Slack aged 81 years

LONG LANE, Christchurch
This is a very special year for Christchurch, Long Lane as we celebrate the 150^th anniversary of the consecration of the church. There will be various events through the year to mark this:- the first one will be a Flower Festival on 29^th - 31^st May.
Saturday, 21^st March: Coffee Morning at The Old Forge, Long Lane from 10a.m. In aid of flowers for the Flower Festival
Concert by the United Benefice Choir and Long Lane School on Thursday 2^nd April
From the Parish Registers
Funeral on 16^th February at Markeaton Crematorium
Shirley Beryl Miles aged 83 years

LONGFORD, St Chad
Annual Parochial Church Meeting on Monday 23^rd March at 2.00p.m. in the Pump House
Sunday 15^th March
The Family Service at 10.00a.m. will be a “Toy Service”. You are invited to give, [instead of “giving up”], an unwanted, “grown out of”, or unused, toy at our toy service for Lent. All toys, crayons, pencils, books and games will be very welcome.
During the service, children will be asked to bring their donated toys to the Altar. All toys will be given to “Schools for Gambia”, a local charity which regularly ships toys, games books. pencils, paper and bicycles, [for those children who walk many miles to school], to schools in the Gambia, built by the charity.
From the Parish Registers
Buried on 27^th January
Harold Millward aged 97 years

RADBOURNE, St. Andrew
Services: March 8^th 11a.m. Holy Communion; 22^nd 3.00p.m. Evensong
Barn Dance: Saturday 28^th March in Dalbury Lees Village Hall in aid of St Andrew's, Radbourne
Ticket £7-50 – ring 01332-824742
Baptised on 25^th January
Isobel Emily Cygan

SUTTON-ON-THE-HILL, St. Michael
Annual Parochial Church Meeting & meeting to plan the Fete will be held on Monday 23^rd March at 7.30p.m. in the Village Hall

Mothering Sunday - 22nd

At 11.00a.m. there will be a United Service for Mothering Sunday at St Michael's, Sutton-on-the-Hill

Please note that on this day there will be no service in Church Broughton
Sidesmen: March 1^st Mr P. Savage; 8^th Mrs M Warner 15^th Mrs M Bosworth;
22^nd Mrs T Chamberlain
Church Cleaning: Mrs B Hall & Mrs I Bailey

Church Flowers: No flowers during Lent

From the Parish Registers
Buried on 31^st January
Brian Goodall aged 58 years

TRUSLEY, ALL SAINTS

Services: March 1st 11am Mattins; 8th 11am Holy Communion; 15th 12 noon Holy Communion;

22nd 6.45p.m. Evensong

Sidesmen: March 1st Mr R Innes-Smith; 8th Mr D Coke Steel; 15th Canon MAB Mallender;

22nd Mrs A Spall

Annual Parish Meeting This will take place on Tuesday 31st March at 8pm in Trusley Old Hall

Electoral Roll The roll which was prepared last year will be revised on 16th March.

Anyone not already on the roll whowishes to be included should apply on or before that date.

Forms are available from Canon Mallender

Brian Goodall Our sympathies go to Brian's family and especially to his brother Robin

who for so many years was our churchwarden . Brian's funeral and burial took place at

Sutton-on-the-Hill

Forthcoming events
Flower Festival on 29^th - 31^st May at Christ Church, Long Lane
Duck Race on Monday May 25^th at 4.00p.m. at Brook Farm, Boylestone
Teddy Parachuting Saturday 13^th June at St Michael's, Church Broughton

BOYLESTONE, CHURCH BROUGHTON, DALBURY, LONGFORD, LONG LANE, RADBOURNE, SUTTON-ON-THE-HILL & TRUSLEY

Rector: Rev. Michael Bishop, The Vicarage, Chapel Lane, Church Broughton, Derby, DE65 5BB.
Tel. 01283-585296. Email:- rector@longford8.org.uk Mobile 07918175860
Blog Site: http://churchbroughtonchurch.blog.co.uk/

During this month and next we shall be following the course of Lent and then of Holy Week and Easter – a time when we are called to get down to the very basis of our faith and what difference it is to make in our lives. It is a chance for us to look at our own lives and ask how far what we do reflects what we say we believe. It is all too easy for the two to become detached. One of the things that we are to work for is the reconciliation of God and all mankind and the reconciliation man and man. That can sound a wonderful thing – and of course it is. However, how far do we put it into practice? It is not just a general principle, it is to be applied individually as well. We would all do well to ask how far we are ready to be reconciled with those from whom for whatever reason we may have become estranged. Are we ready to be reconciled with those from whom we have become estranged by some perceived insult or unkindness or other thing? We are called to be ready to forgive and be reconciled to one another. I am frequently forced to stop and examine myself when I find myself saying in the Lord's Prayer “Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us”. That, if you really think about it is a dangerous prayer to pray – it is asking God “Please forgive me in the same way that I forgive others.” If I, in my heart, do not forgive someone else for a perceived offence or hold a grudge for that thing they said or did, then in praying in the Lord's Prayer, I am saying effectively “If I don't forgive, then please don't forgive me” Dare I hold a grudge? Dare I do anything that allows disunity in the family, friends, or other group (even the human race!) of which I am a member? Surely I should, rather accept perceived injustice or sleight, in order to further the unity and reconciliation which is God's will for every one of us. We are all called of God to promote peace and love amongst all people.
My prayer this Lent – and I hope yours too – is “Let there be peace on earth – and let it begin with me”

May the reconciling love of God be in all our hearts and lives today and always

Michael Bishop
(Rector)

United Lenten Study Group
Our Lenten Study this year will be held in the Vicarage on Wednesday evenings at 7.30p.m. The course , entitled “Faith, Hope and Love” and is based on 1 Corinthians 13.
All are invited to come and join in.

Mothering Sunday - 22^nd March 2009

At 11.00a.m. there will be a United Service for Mothering Sunday at St Michael's, Sutton-on-the-Hill Please note that on this day there will be no service in Church Broughton

Holy Communion will be celebrated on Wednesdays 4^th & 18^th March at 10.30a.m. at Long Lane.

Morning Prayer at 7.30a.m. is normally said daily in church as follows:
Monday Sutton;Tuesday Church Broughton; Wednesday Longford; Thursday Trusley;
Friday Boylestone; Saturday Long Lane.

Evening Prayer at 6.30p.m. is normally said daily in church as follows:
Monday Radbourne; Tuesday Boylestone; Wednesday Long Lane; Thursday Sutton; Friday Dalbury; Saturday Longford

CONFIRMATION
It is hoped that Confirmation classes will begin soon for a confirmation to be arranged in the new year. In preparation for this, those who would like to consider preparing should let the rector know. When names have been gathered arrangements for the classes will be made.

MAIN SUNDAY READINGS FOR March 2009

01/03/09 First Sunday of Lent

Genesis 9.8-17; 1 Peter 3.18-22; Mark 1.9-15

08/03/09 Second Sunday of Lent
Genesis 17.1-7,15-16; Romans 4.13-25; Mark 8.31-38

15/03/09 Third Sunday of Lent
Exodus 20.1-17; 1 Corinthians 1:18-25; John 2:13-22

22/03/09 Fourth Sunday of Lent
Numbers 21.4-9; Ephesians 2.1-10; John 3.14-21

or Mothering Sunday
Exodus 2.1-10; 1 Samuel 1.20-28; 2 Corinthians 1.3-7; Luke 2.33-35

29/03/09 Fifth Sunday of Lent

Jeremiah 31.31-34; Hebrews 5.5-10; John 12.20-33

FOR PARISH ENTRIES SEE PART TWO

Readings Genesis 9.8-17; 1 Peter 3.18-22; Mark 1.9-15

We remember in our prayers
Today
Missionary Area of Macau - (Hong Kong) The Revd Simon Fan
Bhopal: Bishop Laxman L. Maida
Monday
Bhopal: Bishop Laxman L. Maida Monday  Mississippi - (Province IV, USA) The Rt Revd Duncan Montgomery GrayHilton, Marston on Dove, Hatton
Tuesday   
Missouri - (Province V, USA) The Rt Revd George Wayne Smith
(Hilton, Marston-on-Dove) Clergy: Andy Murphie, Sarah Matson de Laurier (Hatton) Clergy: Lee Martin
Wednesday   
Mityana - (Uganda) The Rt Revd Dunstan Bukenya
HMP Sudbury; HMP Foston Hall. Chaplains: Fiona Ballentyne, Helen Thake
Thursday  
Mombasa - (Kenya) The Rt Revd Julius Robert Katio Kalu
Emergency services; emergency planning officer: Alan Winfield Friday   Monmouth - (Wales) The Rt Revd Dominic Edward Walker
Friday
Provincial Assistant Bishop - (Wales) The Rt Revd David Thomas
Morley Retreat & Conference House: Warden: Jeff Witts. Pray for the staff who are being made redundant when the House closes next month.
Peak Centre at Champion House: Warden: Adrian Murray-Leslie
Saturday   Montana - (Province VI, USA) The Rt Revd Charles Franklin Brookhart
Retired clergy (Melbourne): Peter Harding, Rowland Worrall, Sandra Chantry, Michael Grantham, Bob Honner, Nigel Pearson, Sister Betty Swinscoe
Notices for the week
Today - Lent 1
8.00a.m. Holy Communion - Church Broughton
9.30a.m. Mattins - Boylestone10.00a.m. Family Service - Church Broughton - followed by
Sunday Sizzle - a fun family fry-up in the chapel schoolroom. All welcome to share bacon, eggs and more. Suggested donation £1 to cover costs. Finishes around 12.30p.m.
11.00a.m. Holy Communion - Sutton
11.00a.m. Mattins - Trusley
11.15a.m. Holy Communion - Longford
3.00p.m. Evensong - Dalbury
7.00p.m. Evensong - Long Lane
Tuesday
7.30p.m. Fundraising Planning Church Broughton - Julian Shirley'
Wednesday
10.30a.m. Holy Communion - Long Lane12.30p.m. Lenten Lunch - Laurel Farm Burnaston (Ring 01332-514314 to book)Proceeds in aid of Dalbury Church (every Wednesday in Lent)
Next Sunday - Lent 1
8.30a.m. Holy Communion - Long Lane
9.30a.m. Holy Communion - Church Broughton
11.00a.m. Holy Communion - Radbourne
11.00a.m. Mattins - Sutton
11.00a.m. Holy Communion - Trusley
3.00p.m. Evensong - Longford
5.00p.m. Holy Communion - Boylestone
United Lenten Study
Every Wednesday in Lent in the Vicarage at 7.30p.m. commencing 4th March.“Faith, Hope and Love” - a York Course ALL WELCOME
Annual Parochial Church Meetings
Tuesday 10 March - 7.30p.m. Long Lane
Monday 23 March 2.00p.m. Longford;  7.30p.m. Sutton
Tuesday 31 March 8.00p.m. Trusley
Tuesday 28 April - 7.30p.m. Church Broughton
Meetings at Radbourne and Dalbury to be fixed
Advance Notice
Barn Dance Saturday 28th March
In Dalbury Lees Village Hall in aid of St Andrew’s, Radbourne
Tickets £7-50 - ring 01332 824742
Sunday Groaner
Church Magazine Bloomers
The Parish Pump has its share of bloomers -
you know what they meant, but what they said was.. These church magazine bloomers are (allegedly!) all true from other church magazines
The choir seems to have been a fertile source:* At the evening service tonight, the sermon topic will be 'What Is Hell?' Come early and listen to our choir practice.
* Eight new choir robes are currently needed due to the addition of several new members and to the deterioration of some older ones.
* The senior choir invites any member of the congregation who enjoys sinning to see the organist after the service.
* Next Thursday there will be tryouts for the choir. They need all the help they can get.
* The Rector will preach his farewell message, after which the choir will sing: Break Forth Into Joy.
* This evening at 7 pm there will be hymn-singing in the park across from the church. Bring a blanket and come prepared to sin.
* A true one from this parish you may remember - the Rector sent a note to the organist listing some hymns requested for a service of Songs of Praise, ending with the words “No doubt there will be more to come.” A number of people searched hard in their hymn books and complained “We can’t find that last hymn - can you produce the words and music, Michael?
A senior moment
I made a list.
I checked it twice.
I left it at home.
Tell me, dad .....
"Dad," said the son, "what is a financial genius?"
"A financial genius," said his harassed father, "is a man who can earn money faster than his family can spend it."
The Parish Pump & the Benefice entry in the South Derbyshire Churchman can be found on the internet at:-
http://churchbroughtonchurch.blog.co.uk

Readings 2 Kings 2.1-12;  2 Corinthians 4.3-6; Mark 9.2-9
We remember in our prayers
Sunday 22 February   Melbourne - (Victoria, Australia) The Most Revd Philip Leslie Freier
Melbourne - Eastern Region - (Victoria, Australia) The Rt Revd Stephen John Hale
Melbourne - Northern Region - (Victoria, Australia) The Rt Revd Philip James Huggins
Melbourne - Southern Region - (Victoria, Australia) The Rt Revd Dr John Warwick Wilson
Melbourne - Western Region - (Victoria, Australia) The Rt Revd Paul WhiteLongford Deanery - Rural Dean: Andy Murphie, Lay Chair: Gordon Thornhill
Monday  Meru - (Kenya) The Rt Revd Charles Ndiga Mwendwa
MMA 52 - Doveridge, Sudbury, Somersal Herbert, Scropton, Cubley, Alkmonton, Marston Montgomery
Tuesday    The Most Revd Carlos Touche-Porter Presiding Bishop of La Iglesia Anglicana de Mexico & Bishop of Mexico
Clergy: John Vickerstaff, Peter Jones
Wednesday   Prayer for the People of ZimbabweHarare - (Central Africa) The Rt Revd Sebastian BakareChristian Aid: Co-ordinator Lucy Waldron
Thursday  Michigan - (Province V, USA) The Rt Revd Wendell Nathaniel Gibbs
Milwaukee - (Province V, USA) The Rt Revd Steven A Miller
Boylestone, Church Broughton, Dalbury, Longford, Long Lane, Radbourne, Sutton-on-the-Hill, Trusley
Friday  Minna - (Province of Abuja, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Daniel Abu YisaClergy: Michael Bishop
Saturday  Minnesota - (Province VI, USA) The Rt Revd James Louis JelinekRetired clergy (Longford): David Rymer, John Starkey

Notices for the week
We remember in our prayersSunday 22 February - Next before Lent
9.30a.m. Family Service & Holy Baptism - Boylestone
9.30a.m. Mattins - Church Broughton
9.30a.m. Holy Communion - Longford
11.00a.m. Holy Communion - Long Lane
11.00a.m. Family Service - Sutton
3.00p.m. Evensong - Radbourne
6.45p.m. Evensong - Trusley
Tuesday
8.00p.m. Children’s Day Planning - Royal Oak Cottage, CB
Ash Wednesday10.30a.m. Holy Communion - Long Lane
12.30p.m. Lent Lunch - Laurel Farm, Burnaston Proceeds in aid of Dalbury Church (every Wednesday in Lent)
7.30p.m. Holy Communion - Church Broughton
Next Sunday - Lent 1
8.00a.m. Holy Communion - Church Broughton
9.30a.m. Mattins - Boylestone10.00a.m. Family Service - Church Broughton - followed by
Sunday Sizzle - a fun family fry-up in the chapel schoolroom. All welcome to share bacon, eggs and more. Suggested donation £1 to cover costs. Finishes around 12.30p.m.
11.00a.m. Holy Communion - Sutton
11.00a.m. Mattins - Trusley
11.15a.m. Holy Communion - Longford
3.00p.m. Evensong - Dalbury
7.00p.m. Evensong - Long Lane
United Lenten Study
Every Wednesday in Lent in the Vicarage at 7.30p.m. commencing 4th March.“Faith, Hope and Love” - a York Course
ALL WELCOME
Annual Parochial Church Meetings
Tuesday 10 March - 7.30p.m. Long Lane
Monday 23 March 2.00p.m. Longford
    7.30p.m. Sutton
Tuesday 31 March 8.00p.m. TrusleyTuesday 28 April - 7.30p.m. Church Broughton
Meetings at Radbourne and Dalbury to be fixed
Advance Notice
Barn Dance Saturday 28th March
In Dalbury Lees Village Hall in aid of St Andrew’s, Radbourne
Tickets £7-50 - ring 01332 824742
Sunday Groaner
Rice
A man who had been dating a girl for a number of years took her out to a Chinese restaurant. As they studied the menu he asked: “How would you like your rice, fried or boiled?” She looked at him sadly. “Thrown.”With Lent coming, we consider prayer...
Kneel before you leap. – George Allen
Too many people pray like little boys who knock at doors, then run away. - anon
Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven. – H W Beecher
The Parish Pump & the Benefice entry in the South Derbyshire Churchman can be found on the internet at:-
http://churchbroughtonchurch.blog.co.uk

Readings Proverbs 8.1,22-31; Colossians 1.15-20; John 1.1-14
We remember in our prayers
Sunday 15th February   
Matlosane (formerly Klerksdorp) - (South Africa) The Rt Revd Stephen Molopi Diseko
Barrackpore: Bishop Brojen Malakar
Monday
The Most Revd Gerald James (Ian) Ernest Archbishop, Province of the Indian Ocean & Bishop of Mauritius
Heanor, Langley Mill
Tuesday  
Mbaise - (Province of Owerri, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Bright Joseph Egemasi Ogu
Clergy: Dan Pattimore, Kristy Pattimore; (Langley Mill) Methodist Minister: Diane
Wednesday 
Mbale - (Uganda) The Rt Revd Samwiri Namakhetsa Khaemba Wabulakha
Marlpool and Aldercar
Thursday 
Mbeere - (Kenya) The Rt Revd Moses Masamba Nthuka
Clergy: Karen Padle
Friday 
Meath & Kildare - (Dublin, Ireland) The Most Revd Dr Richard Lionel Clarke
Loscoe, Morley, Smalley
Saturday 
Medak - (South India) The Rt Revd Badda Peter Sugandha
Clergy: Mike Alexander, Eleanor Berry
Notices for the week
Sunday 15th February - Second Sunday before Lent
8.00a.m. Holy Communion - Sutton
9.30a.m. Mattins - Boylestone
9.30a.m. Holy Communion - Church Broughton
10.00a.m. Family Service - Longford
11.00a.m. Holy Communion - Dalbury
1100a.m. Holy Communion - Trusley
2.30p.m. Evensong - Long Lane
Friday
9.00a.m. Longford School in church for part of a Science day
12.30p.m. Funeral of Betty Slack - Dalbury
Next Sunday - Next before Lent
9.30a.m. Family Service * Holy Baptism - Boylestone
9.30a.m. Mattins - Church Broughton
9.30a.m. Holy Communion - Longford
11.00a.m. Holy Communion - Long Lane
11.00a.m. Family Service - Sutton
3.00p.m. Evensong - Radbourne
6.45p.m. Evensong - Trusley
Advance Notice
Sunday Sizzle The Family Serviceon 1st March at Church Broughton at 10a.m. will be followed by a fun family fry-up in the chapel schoolroom. All welcome to share bacon, eggs and more. Suggested donation £1 to cover costs. Finishes around 12.30p.m.
Please note the wind concert mentioned in the magazine scheduled  for  14th March has been postponed to a date to be fixed.
Barn Dance Saturday 28th March
In Dalbury Lees Village Hall in aid of St Andrew’s, Radbourne
Tickets £7-50 - ring 01332 824742 or
Sunday Groaner
I lent my brother £20 last week. Turns out I'm now the UK's fifth  biggest lender.
Cadburys is to launch a chocolate bar you don't have to pay for until next year. It will be called the Credit Crunchie.

Marks and Spencers are to merge with Poundstretchers. The new stores will be called Stretch Marks.

 Poundland is to restructure for the recession and will be called '50p Land'.

 Northern Rock is to be rebranded Northern Pebble Bank Managers are to concentrate on the Big Issues. They'll all be out on the street selling them next week.

 The Isle of Dogs bank collapsed today. The retrievers have been called in.

 The Origami Bank has folded, and 5,000 staff got the chop at the Karate Bank.

 What do you call five hedge fund managers at the bottom of the ocean?
 A good start.

 How do you define optimism?
 A banker who irons five shirts on a Sunday.
Quote Unquote With the economy in mind:
Adversity makes a man wise, not rich. - anon
Everyone lives by selling something. - anon
There are but two ways of paying a debt; increase of industry in raising income, or increase of thrift in laying out. – Carlyle
It is a bad plan that admits of no modification. – Publius Syrus
And many strokes, though with a little axe, hew down and fell the hardest-timbered oak. – Shakespeare
The market is a place set apart where men may deceive each other. – Greek proverb
None are so near falling as those who are most confident in their own standing.
– W Burkitt
Wealth may be an excellent thing, for it means power, leisure, and liberty.
– J R Lowell
Rich people should not reserve their benevolence for purposes after they are dead, for those who give not of their property till they die show that they would not then if they could keep it any longer. – Bishop Hall
We have seen better days. - Shakespeare
The Parish Pump & the Benefice entry in the South Derbyshire Churchman can be found on the internet at:-
http://churchbroughtonchurch.blog.co.uk

Readings Malachi 3.1-5; Hebrews 2.14-18; Luke 2.22-40

We remember in our prayers
Sunday 1 February 
Manicaland - (Central Africa) Vacant
Andaman and Nicobar: Bishop Christopher Paul 
Monday
Mara - (Tanzania) The Rt Revd Hilkiah Omindo Deya
Hadfield, Charlesworth, Gamesley
Tuesday
Marathwada - (North India)
Clergy: Garrie Griffiths, Alan Price, Carol Price, John Rosedale, Roderick Allard, Rob Heeley
Wednesday
Maridi - (Sudan) The Rt Revd Justin Badi Arama
MMA 27 – Whitfield  
Thursday
Maryland - (Province III, USA) The Rt Revd Eugene Taylor Sutton
Suffragan Bishop of Maryland - (Province III, USA) The Rt Revd John Leslie Rabb
Clergy: Colin Cooper, Terry Clark, Richard England
Friday
Masasi - (Tanzania) The Rt Revd Patrick Mwachiko
Retired clergy (Glossop): Michael Booth, Harry Callaghan, Maurice Handford, Brian Harris, Kay & Malcolm Johnston, Mike Royle, Fred Whitehead
Saturday
Maseno North - (Kenya) The Rt Revd Simon Mutingole Oketch
Retired clergy (Heanor): Leslie Hill, Jim Leverton, Cliff Warner  

Notices for the week
Today - Presentation of Christ in the Temple
8.00a.m. Holy Communion - Church Broughton
9.30a.m. Mattins - Boylestone
10.00a.m. Holy Communion - Church Broughton
11.00a.m.  Holy Communion - Sutton
11.00a.m. Mattins - Trusley
11.15a.m. Holy Communion - Longforf
3.00p.m. Evensong - Dalbury
7.00p.m. Evensong - Long Lane
Monday
8.00p.m. Sutton PCC Meeting
Wednesday
10.30a.m. Holy Communion - Long Lane
Saturday
10.30a.m. Big Breakfast - Boylestone
(in aid of Boylestone Methodist Church)
Next Sunday - 3rd Sunday before Lent
8.30a.m. Holy Communion - Long Lane
9.30a.m. Holy Communion - Church Broughton
11.00a.m. Holy Communion - Radbourne
1100a.m. Holy Communion - Trusley
3.00p.m. Evensong - Longford
5.00p.m. Holy Communion - Boylestone
Advance Notice
Sunday Sizzle The Family Service at Church Broughtonat 10a.m. will be followed by a fun family fry-up in the chapel schoolroom. All welcome to share bacon, eggs and more. Suggested donation £1 to cover costs. Finishes around 12.30p.m.
Please note the wind concert mentioned in the magazine scheduled  for  14th March has been postponed to a date to be fixed.
On how to manage the boiler at church
                               The Rectory
                   James the Least of All
My dear Nephew Darren
     I confess to being rather disappointed that little Miss Asquith retired from stoking the church boiler last month. She was ideally suited to the job; being only five feet, two inches tall, she didn't have to stoop too much to get into the five foot high cellar.
    That she had done the job for the past 50 years seemed another good reason for her continuing.     But no, just because she turned 94 at the end of last month and was finding it difficult to negotiate the cellar steps on her two sticks, she decided to throw in the towel. And her rash decision placed us in a dilemma.
    The boiler has been lit every Wednesday, so that the church becomes almost bearable by Sunday morning. It therefore means that it has had to be stoked three times a day for four days - not too onerous a duty I would have thought, especially as it gives an ample three days afterwards for recovery. Admittedly, the fact that a complete change of clothing is necessary after each visit is a slight handicap, but no one could be persuaded. Such is the level of Christian commitment these days.
     And so we have become very modern and now have a gas boiler. No longer used, the cellar was instantly invaded and occupied by the flower arrangers and is now full of chipped vases no one can bring themselves to throw away and lengths of string and chicken wire that seem indispensable to their art.
     There was an attempted second invasion by the Scouts looking for somewhere to store their tents, but they were repulsed by volleys of Oasis from the female occupying forces. They initially also took hostages, until the police convinced them it was not an entirely good idea.
     We now have a system with frost detectors, thermostats and so many options on the time clock that it renders the system incomprehensible. Apparently a simple on/off switch was an option the plumbers were unaware of. I also miss that deep rumble beneath our feet during Mattins, sounding like the Queen Mary coming into port, letting us know that the ancient boiler was attempting to get the water lukewarm.
     Naturally, there have been teething troubles; for several weeks, the church was admirably heated on Tuesday mornings and Friday afternoons when it was unused, but arctic on Sundays. On another occasion, the frost stat took over, but would then not let go, keeping the building heated for 14 days continuously. We shall probably need a loan from the International Monetary Fund to pay the bill.
     And so twenty-first century technology is beginning to make a not altogether welcome appearance at St. James'. Miss Asquith has a lot to answer for.
    Your loving uncle,
    Eustace
The Parish Pump & the Benefice entry in the South Derbyshire Churchman can be found on the internet at:-
http://churchbroughtonchurch.blog.co.uk

Forthcoming events

Flower Festival on 29th - 31st May at Christ Church, Long Lane
Duck Race on Monday May 25th at 4.00p.m. At Brook Farm, Boylestone
Teddy Parachuting Saturday 13th June at St Michael's, Church Broughton

BOYLESTONE, CHURCH BROUGHTON, DALBURY, LONGFORD, LONG LANE, RADBOURNE, SUTTON-ON-THE-HILL & TRUSLEY
Rector: Rev. Michael Bishop, The Vicarage, Chapel Lane, Church Broughton, Derby, DE65 5BB.
Tel. 01283-585296. Email:- rector@longford8.org.uk Mobile 07918175860
Blog Site: http://churchbroughtonchurch.blog.co.uk/

The first signs of spring were to be seen even in the early days of January this year when in Church Broughton churchyard the snowdrops began to bloom and there were even some primroses flowering in sheltered spots. We will be looking this month to lengthening days and we hope some signs of spring weather. Traditionally 14th February (St Valentine's day) is said to be when the birds choose their mates. That day is always special to me because it was the day on which I was confirmed as a member of the church (Can it really be 49 years ago?!)
As we look to signs of new growth, it is the time for us to see how we are growing ? in faith and hope. Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, the season in which we are called to examine their lives and look to how we can grow in our Christian lives falls this month. Look out for details of our Lenten meetings. Think how you plan to use Lent this year. Whether we are new in our faith or growing old in it, still there is time for us to learn more and to put our faith into practice. All of us need to stop and think how is God calling us to serve him in this year which he has given us. We must pray that He will help us to follow where He leads.
A happy Lent and spring growing time to you.

Michael Bishop
(Rector)

Holy Communion will be celebrated on Wednesdays 4th & 18th February and on Ash Wednesday (25th February) at 10.30a.m. at Long Lane.
Morning Prayer at 7.30a.m. is normally said daily in church as follows:
Monday Sutton;Tuesday Church Broughton; Wednesday Longford; Thursday Trusley;
Friday Boylestone; Saturday Long Lane.
Evening Prayer at 6.30p.m. is normally said daily in church as follows:
Monday Radbourne; Tuesday Boylestone; Wednesday Long Lane; Thursday Sutton; Friday Dalbury; Saturday Longford
CONFIRMATION
It is hoped that Confirmation classes will begin soon for a confirmation to be arranged in the new year. In preparation for this, those who would like to consider preparing should let the rector know. When names have been gathered arrangements for the classes will be made.
MAIN SUNDAY READINGS FOR FEBRUARY 2009
01/02/09 Presentation of Christ in the Temple
Malachi 3.1-5; Hebrews 2.14-18; Luke 2.22-40
08/02/09 Third Sunday before Lent
Isaiah 40.21-31; 1 Corinthians 9.16-23; Mark 1.29-39
15/02/09 Second Sunday before Lent
Proverbs 8.1,22-31; Colossians 1.15-20; John 1.1-14
22/02/09 Sunday next before Lent
2 Kings 2.1-12; 2 Corinthians 4.3-6; Mark 9.2-9

BOYLESTONE St. John the Baptist
Ladies' Group
meets in the Village Hall on Tuesday, 3rd February at 7.30p.m.. The speaker is Gillian Patten
Bingo
in the Village Hall at 7.30p.m. On Fridays January 30th, February 13th and February 27th.
Big Breakfast
on Saturday, 7th February in aid of the Chapel
on Saturday 7th March in aid of Cancer Research
Duck Race on Monday May 25th at 4.00p.m.
Police Choir Concert
This was a great success and much appreciated. A otal of £463 was raised for church funds. Thank you to the choir and to all who came or helped in any way.
Christmas Raffle
This raised £430. We are very grateful to all those who sold tickets and those who bought them.
Carol Service
The church was packed for this service. Our special thanks to the Boylestone Singers. The collection, which amounted to £263 has been donated to the Church of England Children's Society.
New Year Lunch
A wonderful time was had by all and a total of £828 was raised for church funds. Again many thanks to all the helpers and to those who came.
Flowers & Cleaning
February 1st & 8th Mrs E Parker & Mrs P. Upson; 15th & 22nd Mrs V Oborn & Mrs M Hall
Sidesmen
February 8th Mrs M Tomkinson; 8th Mrs M Wilson; 15th Mr J Oakley; 22nd Mrs D. Bayley

CHURCH BROUGHTON, St. Michael & All Angels
Thank you to the Boylestone Singers for leading the Carol Service.
Sunday Sizzle  Sunday 1st March
The Family Service at 10.00a.m. on 1st March will be followed by a fun family fry-up in the Chapel Schoolroom. All welcome to share bacon, eggs and more. Suggested donation £1 per head to cover costs. Finish around 12.30p.m.
Wind Concert on Saturday 14th March at St Michael's, Church Broughton. No ticket required donations invited ? these will be shared between Kid's Aid Tanzania and Church Funds.
Annual Parochial Church Meeting
Tuesday April 28th at 7.30p.m. in the Vicarage
Teddy Parachuting
Saturday 13th June
From the Parish Registers
Married 20th December Benjamin William George Hughes & Helen Jayne Taylor

DALBURY All Saints
Services: February 1st 3.00p.m. Evensong; 15th 11a.m. Holy Communion
Lenten Lunches
By invitation of Mr & Mrs R Goodall there will be a lunch on each Wednesday in Lent commencing Wednesday 25th February there will be a lunch at Laurel Farm, Burnaston (the home of Mr & Mrs R. Goodall) in aid of Church Funds. Tickets £10 available from Mrs M Tipping (01283-732360), Mrs A Frederick (01332-824478) or Mrs J Goodall (01332-514314).

LONG LANE, Christchurch
This is a very special year for Christchurch, Long Lane as we celebrate the 150th anniversary of the consecration of the church. There will be various events through the year to mark this:- the first one will be a Flower Festival on 29th - 31st May.

LONGFORD, St Chad
Women's Institute 10th Feb  a talk by Angela Sergeant ?Being a farmer?s wife?.  Meeting at The Hollies, Rodsley 2.15 pm.
Cleaning Rota
7th Feb.  Mrs Foot & Mrs Charles; 21st Feb. ? Mr & Mrs Hislop
 Sidespersons 1st Feb ? Mrs Foot, 8th Feb. ? Mrs Goodall, 15th Feb ? Mrs Hales,
22nd Feb  Mr Buckley
Readers
1st Feb  Katie Edwards & Mrs Foot, 8th Feb ? Mr Jackson & Mr Berryman, 15th Feb ? Longford School representative, 22nd Feb ? Mr Hales
From the Parish Registers
Buried on 18th December John Large aged 79 years

RADBOURNE, St. Andrew
Services: February 8th 11a.m. Holy Communion; 22nd 3.00p.m. Evensong
Thank you to all those who helped to make our Christmas Services so special

SUTTON-ON-THE-HILL, St. Michael
Thank you to those who supported the Carol Singing. A total of £204 was raised for NSPCC Childline.
PCC Meeting on Monday 2nd February at 8.00p.m. in the Village Hall
Sidesmen: February 1st Mrs E Cartwright; 8th Mrs S Hartley; 15th ;Miss A Owen
22nd Mr R Rowlands
Church Cleaning: Mrs R Frazer
Church Flowers: 1st Mrs K. Belfield; 8th Mrs M Bosworth; 15th Mrs E Cartwright;
22nd Mrs P Fitzpatrick

TRUSLEY, ALL SAINTS
Services February 1st 11am Mattins; 8thth 11am Holy Communion; 15th 12noon Holy Communion; 22nd 6.45p.m. Evensong
Sidesmen: February 1st Mr N D B Stubbs; 8th Mrs A Spall; 15th Canon M A B Mallender;
22nd Mr A G Spall
Altar Flowers February 1st Mrs M Lake; 15th Mrs M A B Mallender
The Christmas Carol Service led by the Derby Choristers was very well attended. Our thanks are due to those who provided the refreshments and who read the lessons for making it such a memorable occasion and certainly enjoyed by the choir and David Johnson their organist.
Joe Cant, the Deanery Curate will be officiating in our church for the first time at Mattins on 1st February and it is hoped that there will be a good congregation to welcome him.

Readings Jeremiah 1.4-10; Acts 9.1-22; Matthew 19.27-30

We remember in our prayers
Sunday 25th January 
Maine - (Province I, USA) The Rt Revd Stephen Taylor Lane
Glossop Deanery – Rural Dean: Garrie Griffiths, Lay Chair: Peter Collard
Monday   
Makamba - (Burundi) The Rt Revd Martin Blaise Nyaboho
MMA 24 - New Mills
Tuesday  
Makurdi - (Province of Abuja, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Nathan Nyitar Inyom
Clergy: John Baines
Wednesday  
Malaita - (Melanesia) The Rt Revd Samuel Sahu
Assistant Bishop of Malaita - (Melanesia) The Revd Alfred Hou
MMA 25 - Hayfield, Chinley, Buxworth
Thursday  
Malakal - (Sudan) The Rt Revd Hilary Garang
Clergy: Hilary Edgerton, Simon Cocksedge
Friday   
Manchester - (York, England) The Rt Revd Nigel McCulloch
Manchester - Bolton - (York, England) The Revd Christopher Paul Edmondson
Manchester - Hulme - (York, England) The Rt Revd Stephen Richard Lowe
Manchester - Middleton - (York, England) The Rt Revd Mark Davies
MMA 26 - Glossop, Dinting Vale
Saturday 
Mandalay - (Myanmar) The Rt Revd Saw Noel Nay Lin
Assistant Bishop of Mandalay - (Myanmar) The Rt Revd Aung Khin Thein
Clergy: Alan Price, Carol Price, Rod Allard

Notices for the week
Today - Sunday 25th January - Conversion of St Paul
9.30a.m. Holy Communion - Boylestone9.30a.m. Mattins - Church Broughton9.30a.m. Holy Communion - Longford
11.00a.m. Holy Communion - Long Lane
11.00a.m. Family Service - Sutton3.00p.m. Evensong & Holy Baptism - Radbourne6.45p.m. Evensong - Trusley
Tuesday
11.00a.m. Funeral of Harold Millward - Longford
Saturday
11.00a.m. Funeral of Brian Goodall - Sutton
Next Sunday - 1st February
Presentation of Christ in the Temple
8.00a.m. Holy Communion - Church Broughton
9.30a.m. Mattins - Boylestone
10.00a.m. Holy Communion - Church Broughton
11.00a.m.  Holy Communion - Sutton
11.00a.m. Mattins - Trusley
11.15a.m. Holy Communion - Longforf
3.00p.m. Evensong - Dalbury
7.00p.m. Evensong - Long Lane

Quotes for January
It is better to lose anything than to lose time; we can recover lost money, but time is irrecoverable. - Chrysostom
The probable reason some people get lost in thought is because it is unfamiliar territory to them.
One must live in the way one thinks, or end up thinking the way one has lived.
Too often a man handles life as he does bad weather. He whiles away the time as he waits for it to stop.
God promises the Christian heaven after death, not before it.
The trouble with stretching the truth is that people are apt to see through it.
Living without faith is like driving in a fog.
Humility is not thinking meanly of oneself, but rather it means not thinking of oneself at all.
True happiness is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.
When we have nothing left but God, then we become aware that God is enough.
God is pleased with gratitude; he gets so little of it.
If your enemies throw rocks, build a monument.
Kindness is a witness that offends no one.
Live your life in such a way that when your feet hit the floor in the morning, Satan shudders and says, "Oh no....she's/he's awake!!"
For every tax problem there is a solution which is straightforward, uncomplicated and wrong.
The Parish Pump & the Benefice entry in the South Derbyshire Churchman can be found on the internet at:-
http://churchbroughtonchurch.blog.co.uk

Readings
1 Samuel 3.1-20; Revelation 5.1-10; John 1.43-51

We remember in our prayers
Today 
Lweru - (Tanzania) The Rt Revd Jackton Yeremiah Lugumira
Amritsar – Bishop P.K. Samantaroy
Monday   
Machakos - (Kenya) The Rt Revd Joseph Mutie Kanuku
Pastoral Committee – Chair: Humphrey Southern, Secretary: Jim Blackwell
Tuesday  
Madhya Kerala - (South India) The Rt Revd Thomas Samuel
Advisory Committee for the Care of Churches – Chair: Raymond Ross, Secretary: Virginia Davis
Wednesday  
Madi & West Nile - (Uganda) The Rt Revd Enock Lee Drati
Council for Developing Discipleship & Ministry – Chair: David Edwards, Officers: Michael Mitton, Andie Brown, Nick Watson
Thursday  
Madurai-Ramnad - (South India) The Rt Revd A Christopher Asir
Council for Social Responsibility - Chair: William Bryant, Officers: Stella Collishaw, Joy Bates, Richard Jordan, Rita Brierley (secretary)
Friday  
Mahajanga - (Indian Ocean) The Rt Revd Jean-Claude Andrianjafimanana
Council for Mission and Unity – Chair: Michael Knight, Officer: Lakshmi Jeffreys
Saturday
Maiduguri - (Province of Jos, Nigeria) The Most Revd Emmanuel Kana Mani 
Industrial Mission – Chair: Christopher Harrison, Senior Industrial Chaplain: Ian Gooding Notices for the week
Today - Epiphany 2
8.00a.m. Holy Communion - Sutton
9.30a.m. Mattins - Boylestone
9.30a.m. Holy Communion - Church Broughton
10.00a.m. Family Service - Longford
11.00a.m. Holy Communion - Dalbury
11.00a.m. Mattins - Sutton
12noon Holy Communion - Trusley
2.30p.m. Evensong - Long Lane
Monday
7.30p.m. MMA Council - Vicarage
Wednesday
1.0.30a.m. Holy Communion - Long Lane
7.30p.m. PCC Meeting - Long Lane
Next Sunday -  Conversion of St Paul
9.30a.m. Holy Communion - Boylestone
9.30a.m. Mattins - Church Broughton
9.30a.m. Holy Communion - Longford
11.00a.m. Holy Communion - Long Lane
11.00a.m. Family Service - Sutton
3.00p.m. Evensong & Holy Baptism
6.45p.m. Evensong - Trusley
Sunday Groaner
A woman walked into the kitchen to find her husband stalking around with a folded newspaper. “What are you doing?' she asked.
“Hunting flies,” he muttered.
“Oh! Kill any?”
'Yes, three males and two females,” he replied.
Intrigued, the woman asked: 'How can you tell them apart?'
Her husband responded: “Easy. Three were on my tin of beer, and two were on the phone.”
Quote
It is better to lose anything than to lose time; we can recover lost money, but time is irrecoverable. - Chrysostom
The probable reason some people get lost in thought is because it is unfamiliar territory to them.
The Parish Pump & the Benefice entry in the South Derbyshire Churchman can be found on the internet at:-
http://churchbroughtonchurch.blog.co.uk

Readings Genesis 1.1-5; Acts 19.1-7; Mark 1.4-11

We remember in our prayers
Today 
Los Angeles - (Province VIII, USA) The Rt Revd Joseph Jon Bruno
Suffragan Bishop of Los Angeles - (Province VIII, USA) The Rt Revd Chester L Talton
Agra – Bishop S.R. Cutting
Monday  
Louisiana - (Province IV, USA) The Rt Revd Charles Edward Jenkins
The Bishops' and Archdeacons' Offices
Tuesday  
Luapula - (Central Africa) The Rt Revd Robert Mumbi
Diocesan Synod: Bob Carey, Barrie Green, Bill Bryant
Wednesday 
Lucknow - (North India) The Rt Revd Anil R Stephen
Diocesan Synod: Bob Carey, Barrie Green, Bill Bryant Chancellor and Registrar: John Bullimore, Nadine Waldron
Thursday 
Lui - (Sudan) The Rt Revd Bullen A Dolli
Chancellor and Registrar: John Bullimore, Nadine Waldron
Friday 
Lusak
Bishop's Council
Saturday
Luwero - (Uganda) The Rt Revd Evans Mukasa Kisekka
Board of Finance – Chair: Brian Dollamore, Deputy Chair: John Saville; Treasurer: Richard Powell Notices for the week
Today - Baptism of Jesus
8.30a.m. Holy Communion - Long Lane
9.30a.m. Holy Communion - Church Broughton
11.00a.m. Holy Communion - Radbourne
11.00a.m. Holy Communion - Trusley
3.00p.m. Evensong - Longford
5.00p.m. Holy Communion - Church Broughton
Wednesday
7.30p.m. PCC - Church Broughton
Next Sunday - Epiphany 2
8.00a.m. Holy Communion - Sutton
9.30a.m. Mattins - Boylestone
9.30a.m. Holy Communion - Church Broughton
10.00a.m. Family Service - Longford
11.00a.m. Holy Communion - Dalbury
11.00a.m. Mattins - Sutton
12noon Holy Communion - Trusley
2.30p.m. Evensong - Long Lane
Advance Notice
Monday 19th January
7.30p.m. MMA Council - Vicarage
Wednesday 21st January
7.30p.m. PCC Meeting - Long Lane

The Baptism of Jesus
(Mt 3:13-17; Mk1:9-11; Lk3:21-22; Jn1:31-34)
He came to John
In the Jordan
That day,
Jesus,
Man that he was,
Purer than the water that washed him.
In his Baptism
Man before God,
God before man.
He came to Jesus
In the Jordan
That day
Spirit,
God that he is,
Affirming son-ship,
In a love
That asks painful questions
And answers with an empty tomb.
                                              by Daphne Kitching
Sunday Groaner
Do you know what would have happened if it had been three Wise Women instead
of three Wise Men?
They would have asked directions, arrived on time, helped deliver the baby,
cleaned the stable, made a casserole, and brought practical gifts.

Did you hear about the thief who stole a calendar and got twelve months?

Men who have pierced ears are better prepared for marriage. They've experienced pain and bought jewelry.

In this year of remembering Darwen: If evolution is true, why do mothers still only have one pair of hands?
Morning Tea
A vicar in a small country church was looking forward to an important visit from his bishop, which would involve the
bishop staying overnight at the vicarage after the service. His young son became very excited, as he had never
spoken to a bishop before.
The vicar decided that his young son should be allowed to knock the bishop’s door in the morning, and bring him in
his morning tea. His father gave him instructions: “First, knock on the door of the bishop’s room and then say loud
and clear: "It's the boy, my Lord, it's time to get up."
The young son was very excited and rehearsed his lines, repeating them over and over. Finally the bishop came and spent the night. Next morning day came and the young lad went to the door and knocked. He cried loudly: "It's the Lord, my boy, and your time is up!"

Buried Treasure
It’s tough today on clergy women or men,
Their job is hard to do,
Because they have great difficulty,
Pleasing you and you and you.

They can be most charming,
A most amiable ‘chappess’ or ‘chappy’,
But if they sing hymns evangelical,
Then they are labelled ‘Happy Clappy.’

If they try new forms of sermon,
They are moving much too fast,
And if they stick to old tradition,
Well, they are wedded to the past.

If they labour on about a point,
Then the sermon is too long,
But if they keep it short and sweet,
Some will say that that is wrong.

If they dare to change the style of prayers,
Or even to miss out the Creed,
It’s string them up and flog them,
For committing such a deed.

Yes pity our clergymen and women,
Their lives are devoid of fun,
Because they are always criticised,
For the ‘things’ that they have done.

So wouldn’t it be nice one Sunday,
If every Mary, Sid and Bob,
Said to the poor old Vicar,
“Hey, you’re doing a smashing job!”

For going to church on a Sunday,
Should for clergy be a pleasure,
If it wasn’t for those who look for their faults,
As if they were buried treasure.

Now the next time you slag off your vicar,
Just suppose you force him/her to go?
The next one could be a COMPLETE disaster,
....so best stick with the ‘devil’ you know!
            Colin Hammacott

The Parish Pump & the Benefice entry in the South Derbyshire Churchman can be found on the internet at:-
http://churchbroughtonchurch.blog.co.uk

BOYLESTONE, CHURCH BROUGHTON, DALBURY, LONGFORD, LONG LANE, RADBOURNE, SUTTON-ON-THE-HILL & TRUSLEY

Rector: Rev. Michael Bishop, The Vicarage, Chapel Lane, Church Broughton, Derby, DE65 5BB.
Tel. 01283-585296. Email:- rector@longford8.org.uk Mobile 07918175860
Blog Site: http://churchbroughtonchurch.blog.co.uk/

I find myself once again in the position of wishing you all a Happy New Year when as I write Christmas has not yet arrived. I can already express thanks for the wonderful services we have had so far and give thanks in advance for more Christmas Services in advance. Special thanks to all those who will have helped by officiating at these services over Christmas and throughout the past year. Without the help of various clergy and readers who so readily give their support it woul not be possible to have our range of services. Thank you also to all those who have contributed in various ways to the life of the church in these parishes over the past year. Your contributions are much appreciated.

So now we look forward to the new year. 2009 will be a very special one for the parish of Christ Church, Long Lane as we celebrate the 150^th anniversary of the consecration of the church. Various celebrations will be taking place, culminating with a special service on Sunday 22^nd November when the Bishop of Derby will be coming to join us as we celebrate the Feast of Christ the King, our Patronal Festival. The actual anniversary is on Thursday 8^th October.

Looking to the more immediate future, we will have the opportunity of welcoming Rev Joe Cant, the Deanery Curate who will be spending much of his time in the next couple of months working within our benefice. We look forward to having him amongst us.

In conclusion, may I offer my prayers and goo wishes to you all as we look forward to exploring together what God has for us in 2009. Whatever the year brings, we can face it with confidence because of the promise of Jesus “I am with you always – even to the end of the world.”

A very happy new year to you,

Michael Bishop
(Rector)

Holy Communion will be celebrated on Wednesdays 7^th & 21^st January at 10.30a.m. at Long Lane.

Morning Prayer at 7.30a.m. is normally said daily in church as follows:
Monday Sutton;Tuesday Church Broughton; Wednesday Longford; Thursday Trusley;
Friday Boylestone; Saturday Long Lane.

Evening Prayer at 6.30p.m. is normally said daily in church as follows:
Monday Radbourne; Tuesday Boylestone; Wednesday Long Lane; Thursday Sutton; Friday Dalbury; Saturday Longford

CONFIRMATION
It is hoped that Confirmation classes will begin soon for a confirmation to be arranged in the new year. In preparation for this, those who would like to consider preparing should let the rector know. When names have been gathered arrangements for the classes will be made.

MAIN SUNDAY READINGS FOR JANUARY 2009

04/01/09 Kept as Epiphany

Isaiah 60.1-6; Ephesians 3.1-12; Matthew 2.1-12

11/01/09 Baptism of Christ

Genesis 1.1-5; Acts 19.1-7; Mark 1.4-11

18/01/09 Second Sunday of Epiphany

1 Samuel 3.1-10(11-20); Revelation 5.1-10; John 1.43-51

25/01/09 Conversion of Paul

Jeremiah 1.4-10; Acts 9.1-22; Matthew 19.27-30

BOYLESTONE St. John the Baptist
Ladies Group There will be no meeting in January
Bingo on Friday 16^th January at 7.30p.m. in the Village Hall.
Flowers & Cleaning: January 4^th & 11^th Mrs A. Cantrill & Mrs R Pelly
18^th & 25^th Mrs M Tomkinson
Sidesmen: January 4^th Mrs E Parker; 11^th Mr R. Pelly; 18^th Mrs V. Oborn; 25^th Mrs R. Pelly
New Year Lunch Sunday 4^th January in the Village Hall
From the Parish Registers
Baptised on 7^th December
Henry Thomas Hotchkiss

CHURCH BROUGHTON, St. Michael & All Angels
Thank you to those who helped or supported the success of the Christingle Fair. A total of £617.92 was raise for church funds.
Thank you also to those who made the concert by the Derventio Choir a very enjoyable evening.
Thank you (in advance) to the Boylestone Singers for leading the Carol Service.
From the Parish Registers
Funeral on 17^th December Frank Renshaw aged 86 years

DALBURY All Saints
Services: January 4^th – United Service at Boylestone; 18^th 11a.m. Holy Communion
Thank you to all those who helped to make the Christmas Carol Service such a success. Thank you

especially to the United Benefice Choir for their part and also to Rev Eric Dixon for officiating.

LONG LANE, Christchurch
Congratulations and thank you to the children of Long Lane School for their Nativity Play in church.
This year increasing pupil numbers meant that there were two performances and the church was well-filled
for both.
At the time of going to press the Carol Service and Christmas Service are still in the future. Our thanks in
advance to choir and officiants.

LONGFORD, St Chad
Thank you to all who worked so hard to make the Carol Service a wonderful occasion. The church was well-filled and beautifully decorated. The Children of Longford School read the lessons and sang wonderfully. The United Benefice Choir gave a wonderful lead to the occasion. And thank you to all who prepared an serve the refreshments.
Women's Institute
13^th January – Game of Bingo and a glass of wine.  Meeting at The Hollies, Rodsley 2.15 pm.
Cleaning Rota
10^th January – Mary & Mike Lenderyou, 24^th January – Joanne Roworth
Sidespersons
 4^th January – Tony Buckley, 11^th January – Peter Berryman, 18^th January – John Brown, 25^th January – Joan Charles.
Readers
4^th January -  Dave & Bernie Hales, 11^th January – Mike & Mary Lenderyou, 18^th January – representative from Longford School, 25^th January – Lynne Nolan
Carol Service
Many thanks to everyone who helped to decorate the church for our Carol Service on 14^th December.  Again, this was a most enjoyable occasion and it was good to see some new faces joining in our celebrations.

From the Parish Registers
Baptised on 7^th December
Ciara Joanne Fleming
Buried
on 11^th December Gladys Hilda Hammersley aged 87 years
on 18^th December John Large aged 79 years

RADBOURNE, St. Andrew
Services: January 11^th 11a.m. Holy Communion; 25^th 3.00p.m. Evensong
Carol Service The church was packed for the carol service. Our warmest thanks to all who contributed

to a wonderful service and who provided the refreshments. Our special thanks are, of course due to the

Derby Choristers for once again leaing the service and to Dr David Wells our organist.

SUTTON-ON-THE-HILL, St. Michael

Christian Aid Congo Appeal

Thank you to all who contribute to the retiring collections for the Congo Appeal. A total of £373-38 was

raised.
PCC Meeting on Monday 2^nd February at 8.00p.m. in the Village Hall
Sidesmen: January 4^th United Service at Boylestone; 11^th Mr R. Bosworth; 18^th Mr M Bale;
25^th Mr R Bassett
Church Cleaning: Mrs M. Warner & Mrs K Belfield
Church Flowers: January 4^th Mrs G. Timmons; 11^th Mrs I Bailey; 18^th & 25^th Mrs A. Bassett

TRUSLEY - All Saints

Services

January 11th 11am Holy Communion; 18th 12noon Holy Communion; 25th Evensong

Sidesmen

January 11th Mr S.J.Winfield; 18th Canon M A B Mallender; 25th Mr R Innes-Smith

Altar Flowers

January 11th Mrs P J Halford

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU!
Welcome to Rev Joe Cany and his daugher Aelfthryth who are joining us for a Sunday service for the first time. Joe, the Deanery Curate will be working amongst us for the next couple of months
Readings
Isaiah 60.1-6; Ephesians 3.1-12; Matthew 2.1-12
We remember in our prayers
Sunday 4th January
Lincoln - Bishop John Charles Saxbee
Lincoln - Grantham - Bishop Timothy William Ellis
Lincoln - Grimsby - Bishop David Douglas James Rossdale
Church of North India Partnership – Chair: Christopher Harrison Monday 5th January  Litoral Ecuador - Bishop Alfredo Morante
The Dean of Derby, Jeff Cuttell
Tuesday 6th January 
Liverpool - Bishop James Stuart Jones
Liverpool - Warrington - Bishop David Wilfred Michael Jennings
Anglican Communion
Wednesday 7th January
The Most Revd Dr. Barry Cennydd Morgan Archbishop of Wales & Bishop of Llandaff
Llandaff - Bishop David Yeoman
The Archdeacon of Chesterfield: David Garnett
Thursday 8th January
Lokoja - (Nigeria) Bishop Emmanuel Sokowamju Egbunu
The Archdeacon of Derby: Christopher Cunliffe
Friday 9th January
London - Bishop & Rt Hon Richard John Carew Chartres
London - Edmonton - Bishop Peter William Wheatley
London - Fulham - Bishop John Charles Broadhurst
London - Kensington - Bishop Michael Colclough
London - Stepney - Bishop Stephen Oliver
London - Willesden - Bishop Peter Allan Broadbent
Honorary Assistant Bishops: Robert Beak, Jack Nicholls
Saturday 10th January
Long Island - (USA) Bishop Orris `Ja' G Walker
Suffragan Bishop of Long Island - (USA) Bishop Rodney Rae Michel
The Provincial Episcopal Visitor: Andrew Burnham Notices for the week
Monday 4th January
7.30p.m. Children’s Worskshop Planning
Wednesday 6th January
10.30a.m. Holy Communion - Long Lane
Next Sunday 11th January - (Baptism of Jesus)
8.30a.m. Holy Communion - Long Lane
9.30a.m. Holy Communion - Church Broughton
11.00a.m. Holy Communion - Radbourne
11.00a.m. Holy Communion - Trusley
3.00p.m. Evensong - Longford
5.00p.m. Holy Communion - Church Broughton
Sunday Groaner
Sermon
A boy was watching his father, a minister, write a sermon. "How do you know what to say?" he asked.
"Why, God tells me," replied his father contentedly.
"Oh, then why do you keep crossing things out?"
On the art of ringing in the New Year
The Rectory
St. James the Least of All
My dear Nephew Darren
    I am afraid you must concede that church bells are not to everyone's taste. The idea of switching on your recorded bells - no matter how digitally enhanced - at midnight in order to welcome in the New Year may have seemed inspired at the time, but considering that most of your inner city parish is Moslem, that you are surrounded on one side by a hospital and another by a care home for the elderly, it is not too surprising that the joyful sound was not well received.
    If you really felt threatened by being confronted at the church door by irate nurses at one minute past midnight as you wished them all a Happy New Year, just think of your degree of discomfort were we still to have matrons. Never mind, curates are supposed to make mistakes; the only pity is that you seem to be so well endowed with them.
    But to be fair, we too had a small misjudgement on New Year's Eve. Our bell-ringers - who practise the art of campanology, not on operating electronic equipment - have always been something of a trial. They ring with great enthusiasm for half an hour before services each week, but then as we are singing the first hymn, can be seen emerging from the church tower, putting on hats and coats while volubly discussing who made the error in the middle of that morning's grandsire triples.
    By the time we reach the prayers, they have reached the porch and can be heard discussing the inadequacies of Miss Timmin's hat. When we come to the Bible reading and they can be heard criticising the rector's sermons, I send the verger out to tell them to go home.
    But New Year's Eve is the high point of their year, as they ring out the old and ring in the new. They meet in the bell tower at 11pm to have a glass of champagne and then have a period of ringing before further refreshment becomes necessary. By midnight, their enthusiasm somewhat exceeds their accuracy and the village hears the New Year being joyfully welcomed by a set of eight bells being rung in an entirely random order.
     This year, I drifted off to sleep with their sound in my ear, to be woken three hours later to hear one bell being mournfully tolled. Since it persisted, I felt obliged to go and find out why - to discover Colonel Bradshaw alone in the bell tower. When the party ended and the ringers trooped out, the Colonel returned to retrieve his hat. The others, ignorant of his absence, then locked the church and went home to their beds. That lone bell was his way of announcing his predicament.
      At least I was able to reassure him that his six hour vigil in the church partially made up for his absence from Mattins for the previous twelve months.
Your loving uncle,
Eustace

The Parish Pump & the Benefice entry in the South Derbyshire Churchman can be found on the internet at:-
http://churchbroughtonchurch.blog.co.uk

HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO YOU!

Reading
Isaiah 61.10-62.3; Galatians 4.4-7; Luke 2.15-21
We remember in our prayers
Sunday 28 December
Lebombo - (South Africa) The Rt Revd Dinis Salomao Sengulane
Funeral directors
Monday 29 December
Leicester - The Rt Revd Timothy John Stevens
The Cathedral – Dean: Jeff Cuttell; Canons Residentiary: Andie Brown, Elaine Jones
Tuesday 30 December
Lesotho - (South Africa) Vacant
The Cathedral Senior Lay Staff
Wednesday 31 December
Lexington - (Province IV, USA) The Rt Revd Stacy Fred Sauls
Royal School of Church Music: Area Chairman: The Ven. Ian Gatford. Secretary: Claire Pegg. Training Officer & Award Secretary: Peter Gould.
The Revd Stewart Rayner, Rector of Etwall and Eggington, to retire
Thursday 1 January
Liberia - (West Africa) The Rt Revd Jonathan Bau-Bau Bonaparte Hart
The Archbishop of Canterbury: Rowan Williams
Friday 2 January
Lichfield - The Rt Revd Jonathan Michael Gledhill
Lichfield - Shrewsbury - The Rt Revd Alan Gregory Clayton Smith
Lichfield - Stafford - The Rt Revd Alfred Gordon Mursell
Lichfield - Wolverhampton - The Rt Revd Clive Gregory
The Bishop of Derby: Alastair Redfern
Saturday 3 January
Limerick & Killaloe - (Dublin, Ireland) The Rt Revd Trevor Williams
The Bishop of Repton: Humphrey Southern
Notices for the week
Next Sunday 4 January - (kept as Epiphany)
10.30a.m. United Holy Communion -Boylestone
followed by New Year’s lunch.
Tickets from Mrs Betty Parker
Quiet and Still
The snow came drifting gently down
When all was quiet and still,
The village clock chimed out the hour
This season of goodwill.
And in the distance music notes -
Many voices singing,
Sacred hymns and Christmas carols
Church bells started ringing
The presents tied and gaily wrapped
Are placed beneath the tree,
Which has been dressed in tinselled best
For this festivity.
Tomorrow will be Christmas Day
Excitement, noise and cheer,
And friends and family will come
To a happy atmosphere.
But for tonight I’m lost in thought
Just gazing at the snow,
Thinking of another Christmas
Of many years ago,
A young girl and her new born Son
A stable had to share,
With sheep and shepherds, ox and ass
And angels everywhere.
Kathleen Gillum

Moonless Darkness
Moonless darkness stands between.
Past, the Past, no more be seen!
But the Bethlehem-star may lead me
To the sight of him who freed me
From the self that I have been.
Make me pure, Lord: thou art holy;
Make me meek, Lord: thou were lowly;
Now beginning, and always:
Now begin, on Christmas day.
Gerard Manley Hopkins
**
A prayer from Papyri - Helper of Men
This prayer, found during an archaeological excavation, is very early, probably between second and fourth century.
Helper of men who turn to you,
Light of men in the dark,
Creator of all that grows from seed,
Promoter of all spiritual growth,
Have mercy, Lord, on me.
And make me a temple fit for you.
Do not look too closely at my sins,
For if you are quick to notice my faults
I shall not dare to appear before you.
In your great mercy,
In your boundless love,
Wash away my sins
By the hands of Jesus Christ,
Your only child, the chief healer of souls.
Sunday Groaner
New bank
Mother decided that ten-year old Cathy should get something ‘practical’ for Christmas. “Suppose we open a savings account for you?” she suggested. Cathy was delighted. “It’s your account, darling,” mother said as they arrived at the bank, “so you fill in the application.” Cathy was doing fine until she came to the space for ‘Name of your former bank.’ After a slight hesitation, she put down ‘Piggy’.
What are angels like?
Try asking school children that question, and you’ll get some imaginative replies!
Like these….
I only know the names of two angels. Hark and Harold. - Gregory, 5
Everybody's got it all wrong. Angels don't wear halos anymore. I forget why, but scientists are working on
it. Olive, 9
It's not easy to become an angel! First, you die. Then you go to heaven, then there's still the flight training
to go through. And then you got to agree to wear those angel clothes.
Matthew, 9
Angels work for God and watch over kids when God has to do something else.
Max, 7
My guardian angel helps me with maths, but he's not much good for science.
Henry, 8
Angels don't eat, but they drink milk from holy cows. Jack, 6
Angels talk all the way while they're flying you up to heaven. The basic message is where you went wrong
before you got dead. Daniel, 9
When an angel gets mad, he takes a deep breath
The Parish Pump & the Benefice entry in the South Derbyshire Churchman can be found on the internet at:-
http://churchbroughtonchurch.blog.co.uk

HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO YOU!
Readings Isaiah 9.2-7 or Isaiah 62.6-12 or Isaiah 52.7-10Titus 2.11-14 or Titus 3.4-7 or Hebrews 1.1-4(5-12)
Luke 2.1-14(15-20) or Luke 2.(1-7)8-20 or John 1.1-14
Gifts you can give all year long – not just for Christmas!
The gift of praise: Give people appropriate mention, even in front of others, of their qualities or jobs or deeds well done. Praise God for who He is and all He gives you.
The gift of consideration: Care for other people’s feelings. This means seeing the other’s viewpoint, having the humility to say, ‘You’re right and I’m wrong’. Ask God for wisdom to see things from his standpoint.
The gift of gratitude: Never forget to say ‘thank you’ and never fail to mean it. Count your blessings from God.
The gift of attention: When the other person speaks, listen attentively. Seek to know God’s will and listen for his messages.
The gift of inspiration: Plant seeds of courage and action in the heart of another. Help other people to reach a little higher. Ask God for a vision that will inspire and motivate your life.
The gift of presence: Be there for people in good times and bad, just as the Lord is for you. YOU can the best gift of all to someone! Jesus is the best gift God could have given us.
Notices for the week
Christmas Eve
5.00p.m. Crib Service-Church Broughton
10.00p.m. Holy Communion - Radbourne
10.00p.m. Holy Communion - Sutton
11.30p.m. Holy Communion
    - Church Broughton
11.30p.m. Holy Communion - Long Lane
Christmas Day
9.45a.m. Holy Communion - Boylestone
10.15a.m. Holy Communion - Dalbury
11.00a.m. Holy Communion - Trusley
Next Sunday - (after Christmas)
10.30a.m. United Holy Communion - Longford
Advance Notice
Sunday 4th January
10.30a.m. United Holy Communion -Boylestone
followed by New Year’s lunch.
Tickets from Mrs Betty Parker
Christmas Groaner
Christmas Carols
One night Freda went carol singing. She knocked on the door of a house and began to sing. A man with a violin in his hand came to the door. Within half a minute tears were streaming down his face! Freda went on singing for half an hour, every carol she knew - and some she didn't. As last she stopped. The man had continued to weep gently throughout her performance. “I understand,” she said softly. “You are remembering your happy childhood Christmas days. You're a sentimentalist!”
“No, not exactly,” he replied in a choked sort of voice. “I'm a musician!”
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Reading 2 Samuel 7.1-11,16; Romans 16.25-27; Luke 1.26-38
NOTICES FOR THE WEEK
Sunday 21 December - Advent 4
8.00a.m. Holy Communion - Sutton
9.30a.m. Mattins - Boylestone
9.30a.m. Holy Communion - Church Broughton
10.00a.m. Family Service - Longford
11.00a.m. Holy Communion - Dalbury
12noon Holy Communion - Trusley
6.30p.m. Carol Service - Sutton
7.00p.m. Carol Service with United Benefice Choir - Long Lane
Monday 22 December
6.30p.m. Carolling around Church Broughton
7.30p.m. Carol Service - Trusley
Wednesday - Christmas Eve
5.00p.m. Crib Service - Church Broughton
10.00p.m. Holy Communion - Radbourne
10.00p.m. Holy Communion - Sutton
11.30p.m. Holy Communion - Church Broughton
11.30p.m. Holy Communion - Long Lane
Thursday - Christmas Day
9.45a.m. Holy Communion - Boylestone
10.15a.m. Holy Communion - Dalbury
11.00a.m. Holy Communion - Trusley
Next Sunday 28th December - Christmas 1
10.30a.m. United Holy Communion - Longford
Sunday 4th January
10.30a.m. United Holy Communion - Boylestone
Followed by New Year Lunch (book with Mrs E. Parker
Father Christmas or Jesus?
Author unknown
*Father Christmas lives at the North Pole... JESUS is everywhere.
*Father Christmas rides in a sleigh... JESUS rides on the wind and walks on the
water.
*Father Christmas comes but once a year.... JESUS is an ever present help.
*Father Christmas fills your stockings with goodies... JESUS supplies all your
needs.
*Father Christmas comes down your chimney uninvited... JESUS stands at your
door and knocks, and then enters your heart.
*You have to wait in line to see Father Christmas... JESUS is as close as the
mention of his name.
*Father Christmas lets you sit on his lap... JESUS lets you rest in his arms.
*Father Christmas doesn't know your name, all he can say is "Hi little boy or
girl, what's your name?"... JESUS knew our name before we did. Not
only does he know our name, he knows our address too. He knows
our history and future and he even knows how many hairs are on our
heads.
*Father Christmas has a belly like a bowl full of jelly... JESUS has a heart full
of love.
*All Father Christmas can offer is HO HO HO... JESUS offers health, help and hope.
*Father Christmas says "You better not cry"... JESUS says "Cast all your
cares on me, for I care for you."
*Father Christmas's little helpers make toys... JESUS makes new life, mends
wounded hearts, repairs broken homes and builds mansions.
*Father Christmas may make you chuckle but.... JESUS gives you joy that is
your strength.
*While Father Christmas puts gifts under your tree... JESUS became our gift
and died on the tree.
Sunday Groaner
Angel tidings
The little boy was to be an angel in the Christmas play and his one line was: “Behold, I bring you good tidings.” He asked what tidings were and his mother explained that the word meant news. On the night of the play, the youngster had stage fright and, after a long silence, blurted out: “Hey, have I got news for you!”
Reflecting on the hours of family time ahead of many of us....
"Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your chips without making them give you any of theirs." Chrissy - age 6
"Love is what makes you smile when you're tired." Terri - age 4
"Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK." Danny - age 7
"Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more. My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss." Emily - age 8
Reflecting on the hours of family time ahead of many of us....
"Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your chips without making them give you any of theirs." Chrissy - age 6
"Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen." Bobby - age 7
The Parish Pump and the Benefice entry to the South Derbyshire Churchman can now be found on the internet at: http://churchbroughtonchurch.blog.co.uk/

Readings Isaiah 61.1-4,8-11; 1 Thessalonians 5.16-24; John 1.6-8,19-28

WE REMEMBER IN OUR PRAYERS
Sunday 
Kumi - (Uganda) The Rt Revd Thomas Edison Irigei
Church Lads and Church Girls Brigade
Monday  
Kurunagala - (Ceylon) The Rt Revd Kumara Illangasinghe
MMA 36 - Derby St Barnabas
Tuesday  
The Rt Revd Paul Sishir Sarkar Moderator, Church of Bangladesh & Bishop of Kushtia
Clergy: (Vacancy)
Wednesday
Kwara - (Province of Ibadan, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Segun Adeyemi
Derby St Paul, St Peter
Thursday   
Kyoto - (Japan) The Rt Revd Stephen Takashi Kochi
Clergy: Michael Mitton, Gillian White, Anita Matthews
Friday 
Kyushu - (Japan) The Rt Revd Gabriel Shoji Igarashi
MMA 37 - Derby St Anne, St John, St Francis
Saturday  
Lafia - (Province of Abuja, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Miller Kangdim Maza
Clergy: John Phillips. Reader: Sister Lilias CHN. Please pray for John Phillips who is undergoing an operation.

NOTICES FOR THE WEEK
Sunday 14th December - Advent 3
8.30a.m. Holy Communion - Long Lane
9.30a.m. Holy Communion - Church Broughton
11.00a.m. Mattins - Sutton
There will be a retiring collection at Sutton today in aid of the Congo Relief Appeal
11.00a.m. Holy Communion - Trusley
3.00p.m. Carol Service with United Benefice Choir - Dalbury
3.00p.m. Carol Service with Derby Choristers - Radbourne
5.00p.m. Holy Communion - Boylestone
6.30p.m. Carol Service with United Benefice Choir - Longford
Tuesday
7.30p.m. Carol Service - Church Broughton
Wednesday
9.15a.m. (approx) School Carol Service - Church Broughton
1.30p.m. Funeral of Frank Renshaw - Church Broughton
Thursday
2.30p.m. School Carol Service - Longford
Friday
7.00p.m. Caroling around Sutton village - meet at the Village Hall
7.30p.m. Carol Service - Boylestone
Saturday
2.00p.m. Wedding - Church Broughton
Next Sunday - Advent 4
8.00a.m. Holy Communion - Sutton
9.30a.m. Mattins - Boylestone
9.30a.m. Holy Communion - Church Broughton
10.00a.m. Family Service - Longford
NB NO 11am service in Sutton
11.00a.m. Holy Communion - Dalbury
12noon Holy Communion - Trusley
6.30p.m. Carol Service with United Benefice Choir - Sutton
7.00p.m. Carol Service with United Benefice Choir - Long Lane
Sunday Groaner
St James the Least of All
On the best ways for a vicar to disrupt Christmas
The Rectory
St. James the Least of All
My dear Nephew Darren
I am sorry I was not alive during that wonderful four year period when Oliver Cromwell abolished
Christmas; no Christmas parties, no carol services, no cards to send and no frantic last-minute shopping. That
man was a hero.
Planning for Christmas at St. James’ normally starts on 2nd January. By Easter, the flowers for church have been colour co-ordinated, the seating plans and table decorations for the Christmas party have been allocated (with nominated reserves in case someone should inconveniently die in the intervening 8 months). Long before Summer is over, the tree lights have been tested, music for the 9 Lessons and Carols Service has been chosen and the service sheets printed. Way before the dark nights set in, car parking attendants will have been found, those who are to light all the candles will have been rehearsed to perfection and the brass lectern has had its annual polish.
We do not do spontaneity at St. James the Least. If ever there was a service when time for something
unexpected was allowed, its place would be announced in the order of service, how long it would happen would have been decided by a committee and who was to be spontaneous would have been allocated on a rota.
The one person none of these well-meaning, efficient, committed organisers can control is the Rector. You could call it a staff perk.
Carols will (accidentally, of course) be announced in the wrong order; if verse 3 was to be omitted, I announce it will be verse 4. This keeps the organist on his toes while the choir hovers on the point of a collective nervous breakdown. At the Christmas supper, my introductory welcome speech and extensive grace make those in the kitchen wonder if the vegetables being boiled should better be served as thick soup.
I offer the helpful suggestion that the tree, having been installed and decorated in the chancel, may perhaps look better in the sanctuary and I turn all the heating off throughout the season, explaining that it will help the flowers to last. All Services will start five minutes early (was my watch rather fast?) so I can look disapprovingly at those still coming in while we are singing the first carol and making it clear that I think they had spent too long in the pub next door.
And so we all reach Christmas morning, with 12 months of planning having gone yet again slightly awry, with parishioners exhausted and I exhilarated at the chaos that has been created with such ease. Mr Cromwell, your spirit lives on.
Your loving uncle,
Eustace

Even in those days
A Sunday school teacher asked her class why Joseph and Mary took Jesus with them to Jerusalem. A small child replied: ‘They couldn’t get a baby sitter.’
The Parish Pump and the Benefice entry to the South Derbyshire Churchman can now be found on the internet at: http://churchbroughtonchurch.blog.co.uk/

Readings Isaiah 40.1-11;  2 Peter 3.8-15a; Mark 1.1-8

WE REMEMBER IN OUR PRAYERS
Sunday 7th December  Kolhapur - (North India) The Rt Revd Bathuel Ramchandra Tiwade
Hospitals – Derbyshire. The Rev’d Alan Price, Minister in Charge of Charlesworth and Gamesley, to be priested
Monday  Kondoa - (Tanzania) The Rt Revd Yohana Zakaria Mkavu
MMA 33 – Spondon
Tuesday  Kootenay - (British Columbia & the Yukon, Canada) The Rt Revd John Elswood Privett
Clergy: Julian Hollywell, Pat Gower, Jeremy Burslem
Wednesday Krishna-Godavari - (South India) The Rt Revd Dr. G Dyvasirvadam
MMA 34 - Chaddesden St Mary
Thursday  Kubwa - (Province of Abuja, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Simon Bala
Clergy: Wayne Stillwell
Friday Kuching - (South East Asia) The Rt Revd Bolly Anak Lapok
MMA 35 - Derby St Alkmund and St Werburgh
Saturday  Kumasi - (West Africa) The Rt Revd Daniel Yinka Sarfo
Clergy: John White. Minister on Placement: Jean Burgess
NOTICES FOR THE WEEK
Sunday 7th December
8.00a.m. Holy Communion - Church Broughton
9.30a.m. Mattins - Boylestone
10.00a.m. Christingle - Church Broughton
11.00a.m. Holy Communion - Sutton
11.00a.m. Mattins - Trusley
11.15a.m. Holy Communion & Holy Baptism - Longford
1.00p.m. Holy Baptism - Boylestone
3.00p.m. Evensong - Dalbury
7.00p.m. Evensong - Long Lane
Tuesday
2.30p.m. & 6.30p.m. School Nativity Play - Long Lane
Thursday
12noon Funeral of Gladys Hilda Hammersley - Longford
Saturday
10.30a.m. Decoration of Longford Church
4.00p.m. District Bellringers at Longford
5.00p.m. District Bellringers’ Carol Service - Longford
Next Sunday - Advent 3 - 14th December
8.30a.m. Holy Communion - Long Lane
9.30a.m. Holy Communion - Church Broughton
11.00a.m. Mattins - Sutton
11.00a.m. Holy Communion - Trusley
3.00p.m. Carol Service with United Benefice Choir - Dalbury
3.00p.m. Carol Service with Derby Chorsters - Radbourne
5.00p.m. Holy Communion - Boylestone
6.30p.m. Carol Service with United Benefice Choir - Longford
Sunday Groaner
Let Sleeping Dogs Lie
An old, tired-looking dog wandered into my garden one day. I could tell from his collar and well-fed tummy that he had a home and was well taken care of. Calmly, he came over to me, and then followed me into my house. Slowly he walked down the hall, into the sitting room, curled up on the hearthrug, and fell asleep.
An hour or so later he went to the door, and I let him out. The next day he was back, greeted me in my garden, walked by me into the house, and again slept for an hour or so in the sitting room.
This daily visit with a nap continued off and on for several weeks. Curious, I finally pinned a note to his collar: "I would like to find out who the owner of this wonderful sweet dog is, and ask if you are aware that almost every afternoon your dog comes to my house for a nap."
The next day he arrived for his nap, with a different note pinned to his collar: "He lives in a home with six children, two under the age of three - he's trying to catch up on his sleep.
Can I come with him tomorrow?"
What are angels like?
Try asking school children that question, and you’ll get some imaginative replies!
Like these….
I only know the names of two angels. Hark and Harold. - Gregory, 5
Everybody's got it all wrong. Angels don't wear halos anymore. I forget why, but scientists are working on
it. Olive, 9
The Parish Pump and the Benefice entry to the South Derbyshire Churchman can now be found on the internet at: http://churchbroughtonchurch.blog.co.uk/