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THE LANTERN
~JULY 2021~
NEWS OF THE PARISH OF ST ANDREW’S BREDFIELD
Cutoff for AUGUST issue: Inside this issue:
15th JULY 2021 From our Ministry 2
Please submit entries to Team
Diary Dates 3
Alison Cannard News from 4
lantern.bredfield@gmail.com Bredfield
01473 737707
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FROM OUR MINISTRY TEAM
Troubles should not have the last word….
‘O Joy that seekest me through pain,
I cannot close my heart to thee;
I trace the rainbow through the rain,
And feel the promise is not vain.
That morn shall tearless be.’ George Matheson (1882)
The writer of this hymn knew troubles all his life. George grew up in
Glasgow. Born with partial sight, the eldest of eight children, George
knew poverty, ill health and all the troubles that come with deteriorating
sight. By the age of twenty George went blind and the girl he was to
marry called off the engagement. George never married.
We remember George as a brilliant student, as a Church of Scotland
minister and as a hymn writer. The person we possibly forget is his
devoted sister who was at his side for thirty years. She learnt Latin,
Greek and Hebrew to support George in his studies, kept house for him
and encouraged him.
George wrote the hymn ‘Love that will not let me go’ in about five
minutes when he learnt that his sister was leaving his household to get
married. This sweet/bitter passing of the ways when George was forty
years old suggests that troubles can come at any stage in life.
Few of us pass through life without loss, failure, illness and some
sadness. Many of us are grateful to a sister, partner, friends, children
and others who comfort us and share some of our disappointments. For
some, trouble, pressure and worries are not occasional or trivial. Loss
may become overwhelming. We may need medical, emotional, financial
or spiritual support at these. How can we help in times of loss and
disappointment?
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For me, friendship, a listening ear, quiet company and long walks may
be the help we need to keep hope, faith and love alive in times of
trouble. I am wary of giving advice, but like George I know we need to
keep trusting, keep hoping and keep worshiping at times when the
darkness closes in.
In times of trouble there can be hope:
‘You will restore my life again, from the depths of the earth you will
bring me up.
You will increase my honour and comfort me again.’ Psalm71:20.21.
Rev Bill Herbert.
DIARY DATES
Church services are still being held outside in the churchyard with
limited numbers. This is being constantly reviewed by the PCC in line
with Church of England guidelines, but for now please continue to
book your place in advance by contacting Paul and Alison Cannard on
01473 737707 or at lantern.bredfield@gmail.com. We regret that we
are still unable to open up the Church for private prayer.
BREDFIELD PRAYER CIRCLE
Mindful of the current situation, please be aware that we do have a
Bredfield Prayer Circle. This is a group of Parishioners united in prayer
for the needs of our community. The Prayer Circle operates in
confidence. It does not discuss your requests but simply includes your
needs with their private prayer. Please give just a first name and
enough details to make your request meaningful to those who will be
praying with you.
If you are in need of prayer, or praying yourself, and would like the
prayer of others please contact Anne Ackerley 01394 384805 or Alison
Cannard 01473 737707.
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SAVE THE DATE!
The 2021 Suffolk Historic Churches Trust Ride and Stride will take
place on Saturday 11th September, Covid restrictions permitting.
NEWS FROM BREDFIELD
HOT AIR BALLOON DAY
The display window for June was based on Hot Air Balloon Day 5th
June- as usual it did not quite go as imagined and due to the logistics of
supporting the display versions of Hot Air Balloons they lost their
customary rounded top, but with quick thinking I added some Dr Who
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figures into the passenger baskets hoping to bring a slight surreal
fantasy angle to the theme. And because there are many more
camping this year, I threw in a Tipi and VW Campervan just to capture
that element of outdoor fun!
Please note: the Hot Air Balloon technical and historical information
comes courtesy of `Unboxing the Bizarre’ website:
The first hot air balloon was launched by Pilatre De Rozier in 1783. It
stayed aloft for 15 minutes with a sheep, duck and rooster as
passengers.
The 1st manned flight came 2 months later when brothers Joseph and
Etieine Montgolfier flew for 20 minutes.
Later Rozier used a combination of hot air and hydrogen as he tried to
cross the English Channel in a balloon. The balloon blew up killing
Rozier and ending the experiment.
Frenchman Jean Pierre Blanchard and American John Jefferies were the
first to fly successfully across the English Channel in 1785.
And in 1932 Auguste Piccard reached the stratosphere flying in a hot
air balloon.
How does a Hot Air Balloon work?
The principal behind the hot air balloon is simple enough, air is heated
by propane tanks in the basket, causing the air to expand in the
envelope (the balloon) making it ascend.
To make it descend a parachute valve on the top of the balloon, which
is attached to a cord in the basket, is opened allowing the air to escape.
To pilot the balloon is a little more complicated. Air travels in different
directions in the atmosphere, you will need to know what level these
air drafts are located at to get the balloon to travel in a particular
direction.
Speaking of which, awhile back I watched a documentary/reality show
about swapping holidays between richer and poorer households of
Britain. The poorer people were treated to a Hot Air Balloon ride in
Portugal as part of their swap abroad – however the Balloon lost its air
current and had to land earlier than expected… in Spain! The people
were unsure if that was legal, having crossed the Countries borders
without a Passport? And while they were stranded in the growing heat
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of the morning awaiting the recovery vehicle to find them, some local
farmers seeing their plight brought them chilled drinks! I doubt they
would have been so convivial had it been a helicopter making an
unscheduled landing and scaring their livestock, rather than a quiet
graceful Hot Air Balloon.
As an outdoor leisure business they will be making good money out of
putting people in a basket and whisking them up into the sky in this
current restrictive climate, I am sure. You do not have to go abroad of
course, there are Hot Air Balloon places across Britain too and quite a
few big Hot Air Balloon events that take place annually including some
specific racing weekends- from the Isle of Wight to Bristol to Scotland
and it seems to be quite a festival affair with camping sites available!
If you are tempted, though, remember the best time for flights are an
hour before Sunrise and a couple of hours before Sunset; when the air
currents are most stable. Being essentially a big balloon they need
good stable weather to fly safely too - so it is not for those without an
adventurous spirit in Britain!
Here is to a more weather stable June 2021!
Lindsay
100 Club Winners
1st Prize No. 19 P. Daniels
2nd Prize No. 85 L. Hailes
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Could you help us raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support by offering to
lead the organising team for the Deben Macmillan Challenge 2022?
We are a group of individuals involved in various community organisations
and clubs in the area, who inspired by the support that the charity provides to
people living with cancer wanted to make a difference to some of the 1 in 2
people who will be affected by cancer in their lifetime.
In 2018 the idea of the Deben Macmillan challenge, where participants of all
ages could get involved in a range of activities on, in or around the Deben
gaining personal sponsorship to support the charity in doing so, was
conceived. This included walking, cycling, running, paddle boarding, rowing,
horse-riding, sailing and swimming
In August 2019 the inaugural Deben Macmillan Challenge raised an incredible
£29,405, which during the last year will have helped so many people receive
practical, emotional, and financial support from the charity during an
incredibly difficult time.
Knowing the difference that this has made, some of the previous team would
like to embark on organising the DMC 2022 with plans to make it bigger and
better. However, to do this we need someone with enthusiasm, creative
ideas and leadership skills to act as lead for the organising team. We would
also welcome an additional person to help with good social media knowledge.
If you are interested in giving your time to help in this way please contact
Adrian Smith - adrianpdf@btinternet.com or Anne Henderson -
henny@dircon.co.uk for more details.
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SCARECROWS
Bredfield has been hosting many stars of the silver screen in recent
weeks – all in aid of the Riverside Cinema. Here are just a few of the
fantastic creations:
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Sales of stamps have soared during lockdown, perhaps leading to nostalgia
for more traditional means of communicating with loved ones:
Night Mail by W H Auden
This is the night mail crossing the Border,
Bringing the cheque and the postal order,
Letters for the rich, letters for the poor,
The shop at the corner, the girl next door.
Pulling up Beattock, a steady climb:
The gradient's against her, but she's on time.
Past cotton-grass and moorland boulder
Shovelling white steam over her shoulder,
Snorting noisily as she passes
Silent miles of wind-bent grasses.
Birds turn their heads as she approaches,
Stare from bushes at her blank-faced coaches.
Sheep-dogs cannot turn her course;
They slumber on with paws across.
In the farm she passes no one wakes,
But a jug in a bedroom gently shakes.
Dawn freshens, Her climb is done.
Down towards Glasgow she descends,
Towards the steam tugs yelping down a glade of cranes
Towards the fields of apparatus, the furnaces
Set on the dark plain like gigantic chessmen.
All Scotland waits for her:
In dark glens, beside pale-green lochs
Men long for news.
Letters of thanks, letters from banks,
10Letters of joy from girl and boy,
Receipted bills and invitations
To inspect new stock or to visit relations,
And applications for situations,
And timid lovers' declarations,
And gossip, gossip from all the nations,
News circumstantial, news financial,
Letters with holiday snaps to enlarge in,
Letters with faces scrawled on the margin,
Letters from uncles, cousins, and aunts,
Letters to Scotland from the South of France,
Letters of condolence to Highlands and Lowlands
Written on paper of every hue,
The pink, the violet, the white and the blue,
The chatty, the catty, the boring, the adoring,
The cold and official and the heart's outpouring,
Clever, stupid, short and long,
The typed and the printed and the spelt all wrong.
Thousands are still asleep,
Dreaming of terrifying monsters
Or of friendly tea beside the band in Cranston's or Crawford's:
Asleep in working Glasgow, asleep in well-set Edinburgh,
Asleep in granite Aberdeen,
They continue their dreams,
But shall wake soon and hope for letters,
And none will hear the postman's knock
Without a quickening of the heart,
For who can bear to feel himself forgotten?
This poem was written for a documentary film ‘Night Mail’ by John Grierson
for the GPO. The music was composed by Benjamin Britten.
(Suggested by Anne Henderson)
11July/August Services at St. Andrew’s
Sunday 4th July No service at St Andrew’s -
Sunday 11th July Holy Communion 9.15am
Rev Bill Herbert
Sunday 18th July No service at St Andrew’s -
Sunday 25th July Morning Prayer 9.15am
Roger Ackerley
Sunday 1st August Holy Communion 9.15am
Rev Bill Herbert
Sunday 8th August No service at St Andrew’s -
Sunday 15th August Morning Prayer 9.15am
Roger Ackerley
Sunday 22nd August No service at St Andrew’s -
Sunday 29th August No service at St Andrew’s -
To book your place, please contact Paul and Alison Cannard on
01473 737707 or at lantern.bredfield@gmail.com.
RECTOR:
REV’D. CLIVE HOWARD
CHURCHWARDEN: Vacant.
To contact the Rector and for all
enquiries regarding St Andrew’s,
contact St John’s church office
on:
info@stjohnswoodbridge.org.uk
Or 01394 383162
www.stjohnswoodbridge.org.uk
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