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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