The Link Magazine

Dear Reader,
Praying is about being able to spend time with a person -that is, with Almighty God. When the needs of the world are very pressing, then more of us do turn to prayer. We pray for benefits which an omnipotent God might be asked to bestow, such as peace. But an eternal God is around all the rest of the time. In a relationship of love, humanly speaking, it's wide of the mark if we approach people only for what they can give. It's more likely that the relationship will thrive if we appreciate someone for who they are, not for what we might gain.

Since I moved to Willisham, my telephone has undergone two bouts of debilitating crackles. At such times, it's difficult to tell what the other person is saying: worse, though, arte the times when I can't even tell who is on the other end of the line. I'm glad to say that these particular problems have been cured. But I recall a missionary friend who used to work in a remote mountainous region, and her messages on my answermachine in this country retained that flavour: "I'm ringing through to say….."

Prayer is 'getting through'. As one Christian writer used to tell his trainee ministers, "Whenever the insistence is on the point that God answers prayer, we are off the track. The meaning of prayer is that we get hold of God, not of the answer."

A loving God, who let his Son give his life for us, will have a fairly good grasp of whether the remedy we present to him really is the best solution. Rather than attempting to prescribe to God what He might do, it's better to talk with him on a two-way conversation about how we trust Him, and ask "Thy will be done", then listen. That is not as resigned as it might sound, because it involves mapping the whole situation before him, letting him search our hearts by His Spirit, until we glimpse something of his perspective. We may not know exactly what we are asking, but we are almost certain to see things differently.

The reason we pray is so that his values and something of his nature can be formed in us. It may be that until now we have thought of God as a headmaster who approves or mostly disapproves of what we do. We can jettison that view. Our God is a Father who loves his children coming home to talk to him. Keep praying!

Linden Fletcher

Bible Readings and Psalms for our Sunday Worship taken from the Revised Common Lectionary. It is good to be sharing the reading of Scripture with Christians - both Catholic and Protestant - across the world.

2nd March Green
2 Corinthians 4. 3-6 Mark 9. 2-9 Psalm 50. 1-6

9th March Purple
Genesis 9. 8-17 1 Peter 3. 18-22
Mark 1. 9-15 Psalm 25 1-9

16th March Purple
Genesis 17. 1-7, 15, 16 Romans 4. 13-25
Mark 8. 31-38 Psalm 22. 23-31

23rd March Purple
Exodus 20. 1-17 1 Corinthians 1. 18-25
John 2. 13-22 Psalm 19

30th March Purple
Number 21. 4-9 Ephesians 2. 1-10
John 3.14-21 Psalm 107. 1-3, 17-22

Mother's Union
This month the Rev. Linden Fletcher has invited us to the Vicarage in Willisham for our meeting and we are delighted to accept her kind offer and look forward to her talking to us.
Transport will leave the various pick-up points at around 1.45 pm on Wednesday, 12th March.

LENT 2003

Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, March 5th when there will be services at Bramford at 9.15am and at Needham Market at 7.45pm

During Lent there will be study groups running in Bramford on Tuesdays at 7.30pm in the Methodist church, and on Thursdays at 9.45am in the Church Room. Similar study groups will run in the Church Hall Needham Market on Wednesdays at 10.00am and on Thursdays at 8.00pm. These begin in the week of March 10th

More details are on your church notice boards, or are available from Rev. Roger Dedman 01473 741105 and the Rev. Paul Daltry on 01449 720316

More locally there are opportunities to join in candlelit meditative services on

Monday March 17th at 7.45pm in Flowton church vestry
and on

Thursday April 3rd at 7.45pm in Offton church.

These simple, peaceful, candlelit services include prayers, short Bible readings, the singing of repeated chants, and periods of silence for meditation and personal prayer; worshippers can take part in the service or are welcome to just sit and let it 'wash over them'. At the end we play restful music and people leave silently as they are ready.

If you are interested and wish to know more, please speak to Reverend Linden Fletcher, or phone Mary Carter on 658522

LENT 2003

Lent is often a time when we 'give something up' or 'do something extra'. We are not making our UNICEF Jar of Grace appeal this Lent, as with famines predicted for various areas, I think that there will be many appeals for your funds -we intend to concentrate on Christian Aid week in May, this year.

However, I have been interested by the material provided by 'Veg 4 Lent' and I print just an excerpt from their material below. It provides food for thought. I know that we have several committed vegetarians amongst our congregations and I am sure that if you ask around you will find that they have many imaginative recipes for interesting meals without meat.
Maybe one meat-free day a week could be your contribution to start with? If you wish to know more then please contact the group via their website-www.veg4lent.org

"Compassion for Animals.
No age has ever inflicted upon animals such massive punishments with such complete disregard, ………….
When a quarter million birds are stuffed into a single shed, unable even to flap their wings, when more than a million pigs inhabit a single farm, never once stepping into the light of day, when every year tens of millions of creatures go to their death without knowing the least measure of human kindness, it is time to question old assumptions, to ask what are we doing and what spirit drives us on." Extract from "Dominion. The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals, and the call to Mercy" by Matthew Scully.

Millions of vegetarians throughout the ages have proved that we can survive to a ripe old age without eating meat.
90% of protein, 99% of carbohydrate and 100% of dietary fibre is wasted by cycling grain through livestock. 20 vegetarians can be fed on the same amount of land needed to feed 1 person consuming a meat based diet.

Feeding the hungry and saving the starving.
As Christians we should be prepared to sacrifice our desire for meat to save the weak and vulnerable in this world. 38,000 children starve to death every day and 20 million people starve every year. 100 million people could be adequately fed if Americans alone, reduced their intake of meat by just 10%.

Protecting the Environment.
God wants us to be good Stewards, made in His image we are to rule and care reflecting His love and compassion, to be in other words, God's ambassadors. So as Christians, our care for all that God has made is fundamental to our faith, like our compassion for the weak and vulnerable, it is a Christian imperative.

To demonstrate our love for God.
God intends.....our care of creation to reflect our love for the creator. Revd John Stott.
When we place the care of creation before our worldly desire for meat, we demonstrate our love for all of God's creation and help to establish God's peaceable kingdom here on earth; to put into practice the prayer we say every Sunday, "your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven"

WHAT WOULD JESUS DO?"

Food for thought?
Mary Carter

Altar flowers and church Cleaning rota

Somersham
March 2nd Mrs Newman
Cleaning Team C

Flowton
March 2nd Mrs Carter
No Flowers during Lent
Cleaning Dr. J. and Mrs Goodess

Offton
March 2nd Mrs Janet Dickson
Cleaning Mrs Chapman

Willisham
March 2nd Mrs Cage
No flowers during Lent

During Lent we do not actually throw the flowers out if they still look good-just move them to the side windows and do not replace them until Easter when we try to make a really good display to celebrate the festival.

Many thanks to flower arrangers, donors, and church cleaners for all their hard work.

Somersham Church
Notes

The answers to the Christmas Quiz can be found in the magazine. The winner was Sarah Long from Ashbocking, as she was the only entrant who had all 50 answers correct. There were several near misses with 49. Many thanks to everyone who bought a quiz sheet, sent an entry in and especially to those who helped to sell them. We sold 141, so £141 goes to Church Funds.

There is a Trivia Quiz in the village hall on Friday 28th March - see advert for more details.

The Flower Festival & Open Gardens Weekend 2003 will take place over the weekend of 5th and 6th July 2003, with a Cheese and Wine evening on the Friday. If you would be prepared to open your garden, or run a stall, game or refreshments in it, please let Pat Woolhouse know (831080). We will also want helpers to decorate the Church - the theme is going to be "Bible stories"-please contact Christine Jarrold.

We hope to have some entertainment at the Cheese & Wine evening too - any volunteers?? We plan to have the church open from 10 till 6pm, the gardens open from 2 till 6 pm, and also to serve lunches. The weekend will finish with a Songs of Praise at 7.30pm in the church. If you can help in any way to make this event a big success, please get in touch!

There are 2 meetings to which anyone interested in helping would be very welcome:
Tuesday 1st April at 7.30 in the church, and
Monday 28th April at 7.30 in the pavilion.
If anyone who isn't already on the Church Electoral Roll would like to have their names included please contact Pat Woolhouse (831080) for an application form.

Answers to Christmas Quiz 2002

High-class thoroughfare - Quality Street
Moneymaking royalty - Mint Imperial
Dark occult - Black Magic
Mother's local - Mars Bar
Clever folk - Smarties
Various black items - Liquorice Allsorts
Sport for princes - Polo
Frankie Vaughan wanted it - Moonlights
Good children get these - Treets
Feline equipment - Kit Kat
Good for the hips? - Roses
Assorted girls - Dolly Mixtures
Dairy holder - Milk Tray
Arrange marriage partners - Matchmakers
Edible fasteners - Buttons
Wobbly infants - Jelly Babies / Tots
Talk quietly - Wispa
Big bus - Double Decker
Gem orchard - Opal Fruits
Spin around - Twirl
Capital granite - Edinburgh Rock
Lorry driver's snack - Yorkie
100% Au - All Gold
Istanbul harem - Turkish Delight
Up out there - Milky Way
Even more up out there - Galaxy
Big cat's pub - Lion Bar
Noisy insect - Humbug
One who wanders - Drifter
Musical bards - Minstrels
It's a party! - Celebrations
To be eaten al fresco? - Picnic
Easily blown - Fuse
Locals from George Cross island - Maltesers
Reward - Bounty
Ten cent tavern - Dime Bar

Drink for the toothless? - Wine Gums
Lost them? - Marbles
Sweet tooth cleaner - Candy Floss
Pub pins - Skittles
About new students - Refreshers
Cereal sweetener - Barley Sugar
Goes in front of a plane - Aero
Wintry precipitation - Snowflake
Shy fungi? - Coconut Mushrooms
Dirty sailors - Black Jacks
Tiny precious stones - Midget Gems
9,10,11 - After Eights
Subject - Topic
Mull over this one - Chewits

Somersham Football Club

Not much has happened during January, mainly due to the bad weather.

The 1st Team has only played one match, when they beat Stag Tavern of Stowmarket 3-0 away. The way things are going we're hoping to finish the season in mid-table.

The reserves have played two matches, losing both. We were beaten 6-0 at home by St, Clements Reserves on 18th January and the following Saturday lost 3-1 away against Tacket Street BBOB. We are now second from bottom of the league, but are still hopeful that we can avoid relegation.

At the time of writing there are no matches scheduled for March, but there will no doubt be several re-arranged matches, when kick-off will be at 2.30pm.

Full details will appear elsewhere in the Link, but just to let you know that on Saturday 29th March we are holding another Race Night in the Village Hall, starting at 7.30pm. There will be a bar!! If our previous Race Nights are anything to go by, it should be a very enjoyable evening. Hope to see you there.
Dennis Mumby

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SOMERSHAM AND DISTRICT
GARDENING CLUB

Meetings in Somersham Village Hall

7.15pm on March 10th is the AGM, - followed by a talk by Jim Blythe on fuchsias.
7.30pm on April 14th Karen Kenny will talk on - The Magic Mysteries of Herbs

Somersham Carpet Bowls Club

Nearing the end of the Winter League our position in the table shows a not so good season. The consistency of the team will have to be worked on during the coming season if we are to get a higher position in the League.

We have some new members who joined us during last year, but we are still looking for a few more to help bolster the team numbers. Could you be one of those people who might help our club to a higher position? If you feel you could, give Bell or Keith a ring on 01473 831157 and come and see what we do and enjoy a very pleasant evening.

Results to end of January 2003 Winter League

Time marches on and by the time you read this hopefully the snow will be forgotten and many of you will be out in the garden clearing up after the winter. I am not a gardening expert but one thing I do know is that you cannot garden without the tools to do so. Every year thefts of garden equipment are reported to police and in almost every case the items stolen are not identifiable as they have not been marked by the owner. It does not take much to put you postcode on tools -painted, scratched, engraved or with permanent markers. It may deter a thief and will ensure that they can easily be identified if found by the police. The contents of your shed are worth looking after so you may also like to consider the purchase of a simple shed alarm, available from DIY stores or through Mid Suffolk Crime Prevention Panel. (Ask your Neighbourhood Watch co-ordinator or phone Stowmarket Police Station)

It has been a low crime month in terms of numbers, but one incident is worthy of note: an attempted burglary took place in Offton on January 17th where the occupants of a red Transit type van called at an isolated cottage and tried to persuade the owners to part with money for repairs neither requested nor carried out. Thanks to the presence of mind of the elderly householders they were sent away empty-handed. It would appear the same vehicle was in Somersham earlier the same day, with people calling at houses and offering repair work.

Don't take the word of an unknown caller that your property needs repair. Always take advice from someone you know and trust. The Mid Suffolk District Council's Safe and Secure Scheme may be able to help with upgrading security. They also operate a Caretaker Scheme to assist with minor repairs. (both schemes for owner
occupiers) Call MSDC on 01449 727110 for more details.
If you want to have a burglar alarm installed, get advice from your insurers and have at least three companies to offer you estimates.

The snow may have gone but it gave rise to incidents of children throwing snowballs at cars and cyclists in several areas, and also at dwellings. It may seem a bit of fun but it could easily cause a driver to swerve and lose control on the icy road, dangerous both to car occupants and snowball throwers alike. If your children are out enjoying themselves, please make sure they do it safely and in a manner which is not going to cause danger or nuisance to others.

If you have any information about any crime or incident mentioned in this article, please contact me 01284 77341 (voicemail) or 01473 613500
Thank you.
Kevin Shields, Community Police Officer

Somersham W.I.

Suffolk Punch Horses
All are welcome to hear Chris Miller at the Somersham Village Hall on 3rd
March, at 7:30pm. £1.00 Admission to non members including men -
tea/coffee will be served.

Somersham W.I. is part of a Nationwide Organization which is devoted to
improving the qualify of people's lives within the community.

Gillian Wilson (01473 658782)

SOMERSHAM PARISH COUNCIL
Parish Clerk Vacancy
Somersham Parish Council has a vacancy for a Parish Clerk.

You will be a person who is organised and able to undertake administrative functions on behalf of the Council. This will mainly involve the taking of meeting minutes, communicating with local service providers and dealing with correspondence. Use of a computer would be an advantage.

The right person will be able to undertake the work in their spare time; the hours are flexible although you will probably develop a routine of a few hours each week.
This is a salaried position although your decision to undertake the role will be more influenced by a desire to contribute to the work of local government and community development. Inevitably, you will learn much about principles and practice of local democracy and play your part in getting things done for the benefit of local residents.

If you would like to know more information, or would like to apply for the post please contact:
Terry Fordham, Chairman to Somersham Parish Council
Tel No: 01473 831529

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Broadband for Somersham

A lot of people will have heard the word Broadband mentioned all over the place, on the television, on the internet and by people you speak with, but do you know what Broadband is?
This is a quick article to let you know what Broadband is and some of the benefits Broadband will bring you.

What is Broadband?

The technical definition is: A high bandwidth connection to a network which is always-on and available for a flat rate
Which means unlike current dial-up internet connections, when you need to wait for dialing and pay for the connection per minute, or monthly for a limited amount of time, you will be connected to the internet all of the time for a flat fee per month. So there will be no more engaged tones or waiting to connect to the internet.

The Benefits of Broadband
· Always-on access
· No Dial-up waiting
· Fast download rates, allowing you to download or view videos and audio files, as well as other files, without a long delay. Access to e-mails will also be faster
· Faster access to community facilities on the internet, such as the community websites, and other public services
· For local businesses the faster access and download speeds will increase efficiency and productivity on the Internet, and allow high quality, fast video conferencing all across the world
These are just some of the benefits, there are many more depending on your Internet needs.

Currently Somersham, and all other villages on the Claydon Telephone Exchange are unable to use Broadband, as there is not enough interest in the area. This needs to be changed, Broadband is a very important technology which will help the area to progress through the 21st Century.

To enable us to obtain Broadband everyone needs to register an interest, this does not commit you to using Broadband once it is installed.

The following site is provided by the East of England Development Agency (EEDA), who are pushing for Broadband for the whole of the Eastern Region, not just the towns.
www.demandbroadband.com
You will also need to register on BT's website. Registration on this site will let BT know the number of people interested in Broadband.
www.bt.com/broadband

They currently have a trigger point of 300 registrations before they will do anything, we have a long way to go yet, but the more people who register, the quicker we get to the target.

The "Somersham Link and Learn Network" has been set up, with members from the School, local businesses, the Parish Council and the general public to look into Broadband options, including the EEDA DemandBroadband.com "Connection Communities" competition. If you would like to know more about this group please contact the Clerk to the Council in the first instance.

All information contained in this article is also available on the Parish Council's website, including links to the DemandBroadband.com and BT.com website.

Please help us to obtain Broadband for Somersham and the surrounding area, by giving your support.

Forthcoming Meetings
The next Parish Council meeting is to be held on Wednesday 5th March 2003 in the Pavilion at 7.30pm. All members of the Parish our welcome.

Our Annual Parish and Parish Council Meetings have now been moved to Somersham Primary School, to allow us to make a presentation about the village and Parish Council websites, please come along to find out how the sites are going and to add you comments on what should be included.

Andrew Mayhew
Clerk to the Council
Address: 21 Morgan Court, Claydon, IPSWICH, IP6 0AN
Tel No: 01473 834035
E-mail: clerk@somersham.suffolk.gov.uk
Web Site: www.somersham.suffolk.gov.uk

Unwanted cards?

If you don't know what to do with your old Birthday, Anniversary - Get Well cards etc. please spare me a thought. I re-cycle and re-use them to raise funds, mainly for the Ipswich St Raphael Club in Highfield Road, Ipswich. The Club is for people with physical disabilities of all ages. If you would like your cards to go to a new home and bring pleasure to others please either:
a.. Drop them off at The Glebes, Hall Lane, Somersham,
b.. Bring them to the Gardening Club
c.. or give me a ring on Ipswich 831422

Thank you so much
Angie Osborn

FLOWTON NEWS

Flowton church cleaning rota

The heartfelt thanks of the PCC and congregation of St. Mary's is due once again to everyone who has kept our church spick and span throughout another year. I do apologise for the delay in expressing appreciation - this notice should have appeared in last month's magazine at least - but, as you will know I am sure, I had other things on my mind over Christmas!
As no-one has contacted me to the contrary, I trust that I can safely assume you are all willing to continue to clean in the same month again this year. The only change that I know is that Diana and I are combining to take January/February together.
Again thank you all and happy cleaning in 2003.

Margaret Laflin

The National Children's Home collection in Flowton in January raised £71.52; thank you for your generous support.

Sue Hitchcock

The next Flowton Miscellany Evening will take place on

Saturday July 26th at 7.00pm.

Alan Munson is co-ordinating the event and would love to hear from anybody who would like to take part in the evening: 01473 657067

Details about tickets will appear in the April magazine, but please do book the date in your diary. Cheese and Wine feature as the refreshments our catering team are providing.
We have 2 Annual Meetings coming up-both of which are open to the residents of Flowton:

Sunday March 16th , following shortened Evening Prayer at 6.30pm, the Annual Parochial Church Council Meeting will be held in the Vestry. At this meeting the parishioners are invited to elect Churchwardens for the coming year.

Wednesday April 30th at 7.30pm, the Annual parish meeting will be held in the Church Vestry.

We hope you will be able to attend these meetings.

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Offton Church News

The Annual Parochial Church Meeting will be held on Wednesday March 19th at 7.00 pm in Offton Church.

The purpose of these meetings is to elect our church wardens and the members of the Parochial Church Council. The meeting is open to everyone.

If you would like to be involved in the running of St Mary's Church in Offton by serving on the PCC please contact Anne Chapman. (01473 658235).
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Correction: The date given last month for Silke's event should have read Sat. 12 April. Many apologies for my error. Lucy Vignoles

Willisham Church Notes

Church Annual Meeting
Wednesday 26th March at 7.00pm in Willisham Church. During these meetings the Churchwardens and PCC are elected. Anyone on the electoral roll is entitled to vote, so please come and support your local church.

Evening Walk
Saturday, May 24th. Contact John Minns on 01473 658352 for full details.

Coffee Morning
Saturday 31st May from 10.00am at 9 North Acres

Church Fete
Saturday 19th July at Crow Hall. A planning meeting will be held in April -details in next month's Link

Somersham Primary School

We think that last time we wrote to you the dreaded OFSTED inspectors ha been. Well, we have had the report and it states that

SOMERSHAM SCHOOL IS A GOOD SCHOOL.

That's it - we are going to report no more this month! (well, if we don't blow our trumpet, no one else will)
P.S. Did you see us on the television? BBC and Anglia both came to visit; Fame at Last!!)

Don't forget-keep the empty ink-jet cartridges and mobiles phones coming in. They raise a nice amount of money for us, which we are hoping to use to fund some equipment for the new playground.
Also, if it is a token - bring it into school - we will sort and send them but keep them coming. THANKS

F.O.S.S.

Hope everyone enjoyed themselves at the Valentine Disco. If it was a success we shall be looking to hold other discos in the future -after all, why should it be only the school children who have all the fun!

Our part of funding the new school playground is now complete. The next phase will be a garden/play area for the very young children of the school. This will need a large amount of money to do it correctly, so we are asking once again, for all the villages to support us as wonderfully as they have done in the past.

Our main fundraiser is of course the Summer Fair. There is no way in heaven that we can manage last year's spectacle of the helicopter but we have come up with the idea of having AN OLD FASHIONED " PRODUCE / FLOWER / CRAFT SHOW", (the gardeners that are out there, the date is June 28th, so get planting; although we realise there may not be that many veg which will be ready by then!) Much more detail and classes in the next issue of the Link so don't forget to look out for them.

We are holding a "Beetle Drive" in the school hall on Thursday 20th March, 6pm -7.30pm Admission £1.00 per adult / 50p per child, so do come along and have some fun. (It is mainly for the children but everyone is invited.)

If anyone would like to join our merry band please phone Jenny King or Heather at the school. It's not all hard work; we do have a good laugh at the same time.

Somersham Cycle Speedway Club

Somersham can be proud of their showing in the British Indoor Championships at Manchester, following their best ever performance in the competition.
Richard Williamson and Andrew Mittell were in great form but the Stars just missed out on a final place following a last heat decider. The qualifier result was Wednesfield 54, Somersham 52, Sheffield 30, Sandwell 22. With indoor racing popular within the club a second team was also entered to give everyone a ride. It was a tough round though: Bury 47, Leicester 45, Horspath 45, Somersham 20.

In the Under-19 event we were unfortunately drawn in the harder of 2 semi-finals, in fact harder than the final itself! This was an exciting event where Horspath overtook us in the closing stages: Great Blakenham 51, Horspath 48, Somersham 42, Hethersett 17.

There was little news arising from the club's AGM, where all officials were happy to carry on. Gary Brown is chairman and treasurer, Steve Copping secretary, Pete Williamson team manager, and Peter Mittell track manager. Luke Hodgkinson was voted rider of the year, but failed to turn up.

The Stars will again compete in a plethora of competitions in 2003, although we really need more riders to ensure a full squad in all events. Therefore we will be holding free practice sessions during March, where cyclists of any age or ability can come and have a go. The sessions will normally be on Sunday mornings but contact us to confirm times. Bikes will be available for loan but riders should bring helmet and gloves if possible.

you can contact us via (01473) 831474, e-mail ovalking@yahoo.com or take a look at the
new Somersham Cycle Speedway website:
www.btinternet.com/~SomershamCSC

Somersham Baptist Church

At the present time, whatever our personal opinions about how to react to the Iraq crisis, two groups of people deserve our support, the ordinary people of Iraq and our own servicemen and women. Neither group elected to face this confrontation but find themselves in danger.

The Iraqi people have had little chance of changing the regime that has pursued the policies that threaten the stability of the region. They deserve that every effort be made for their protection and the provision of food, water, sanitation, power and medicine.

Our armed forces find themselves in the Gulf because of duty. Duty is a dirty word in our present society. Duty is keeping a commitment. The person of integrity 'who keeps his oaths even when it hurts' (Psalm Ch 15:4) is treated as a fool today, but possesses one characteristic of those who are the guests of the LORD.

Our prayers are for their safe return, for courage and wisdom. As their families at home suffer, let us be aware of anyone who has loved ones in active service and serve them with kindness and prayer.

Special meeting
11.30am Sunday 23rd March, United Service with the Parish Church at the Baptist Chapel.

Regular meetings

Junior Church for School Years 1-6.

Ladies Meetings
Women's Fellowship 2.30pm Friday 14th March.
Friends and Neighbours, 7.45pm Monday 17th March.

Children and Young People (Held during term time)
Yr. 1-6, Wednesday Club 6.30pm.
Yr. 9 on, 14+ Friday 8.00pm, (at present we are full, but we are keeping a record of those who wish to join.)

Christianity Explained; Six sessions, which deal with Jesus, Salvation and becoming a Christian, to find out more contact Mark.
Somersham Baptist Church, Chapel Lane,
Somersham, IP8 4QE

Contacts;
Pastor Mark Newcombe 01473 831940 e-mail mark.newcombe@btinternet.com
Colin Low 01473 464833 or Edwin Mayhew on 01473 658100. Web site www.somersham.com

Somersham Baptist Church, Chapel Lane, Somersham, IP8 4QE

CHURCH SERVICES in our 8 linked parishes
If you have any doubts about this listing please contact the churchwardens.

March 2nd Sunday next before Lent

Wednesday March 5th Ash Wednesday

March 9th First Sunday of Lent

March 16th Second Sunday of Lent

Monday March 17th

March 23rd Third Sunday of Lent

March 30th Mothering Sunday

Thursday April 3rd

Sunday April 6th Fifth Sunday of Lent - probable services