The Link Magazine
Linking the villages of - Somersham, Willisham, Offton and Flowton - Suffolk
The Link Magazine
Linking the villages of - Somersham, Willisham, Offton and Flowton - Suffolk
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May 2002 Christian Aid Week May 12th-18th 2002 Christian Aid works to provide hope, health and the chance of a decent life to the world's poorest communities, whatever their religion. Gift envelopes are available in the local churches during early May. If you a tax payer, your gift may be Gift Aided to increase it by 28% recovered from the taxman. You may, alternatively, call 08080 006 006 (24 hours) to donate using your credit card, or give online at www.christianaidweek.org An example of what
your money may help to provide is that £3 will buy two fruit trees
for a family in Ghana, helping them to secure an income. Christian Aid is also campaigning, with others, to change the rules of international trade and to make tackling poverty their main aim. Supporting Christian Aid is a way of developing connections between our faith and all that it happening in the developing world. Working through local organisations, "partners" in these countries, Christian Aid enables poor people, who often have little power or voice in their area, to help themselves. Please do your part to work towards a fairer world. "Thy kingdom come, on earth as it is in heaven." I am writing this
letter as the children have just got on the bus to start a new term at
school. Mary Carter, Reader. May 5th White May 12th White May 19th Red May 26th White
Saturday
May 11th in
Somersham Village Hall
In aid of Club Funds Open
from 12 noon to receive any items which will be gratefully received Flowton PCC wish to gratefully acknowledge the receipt of a cheque for £6000 from the Historic Churches Preservation Trust towards the repairs done recently, in particular to the windows and the East window stonework. The Historic Churches Trust was set up a s charity in 1953 to assist in the repair of churches and chapels of all denominations in England and Wales by awarding grants and interest-free loans to parishes which apply to it for help. It receives nearly 1000 applications a year and awards around £1,000,000 to about 300 churches each year. It is itself dependent on donations and would love to make bigger grants. If you are interested in the work of the Trust and would like to help in its unending task, contact the Secretary at HCPT, FREEPOST, Fulham Palace, London SW6 6BR and become a "Friend" of the Trust, and thus play your part in helping to save our wonderful heritage of parish churches. Flowton PCC would also like to acknowledge with gratitude the receipt of £3500 from the Suffolk Historic Churches Trust towards the recent repairs. Suffolk Historic Churches Trust is another charity helping churches and chapels-this time just in Suffolk, and it is also dependent on voluntary contributions. You may remember that each September some of our youngsters (and their parents) get on their bikes and cycle around the county on a sponsored cycle ride and this is just one way in which funds are raised for the SHCT. Details of the fund are available at the back of Flowton church. Our
repaired windows will be rededicated by the Rev. Linden Fletcher at the
Songs of Praise service on June 30th at 6.30pm & OPEN GARDENS Friday 28, Saturday 29 & Sunday 30 June Discover
the hidden gardens of Flowton! An evening of music, stories, country cuisine & fun. Concert
& buffet supper in our beautiful country church. Tickets:
£5 SATURDAY 29 JUNE Flowers & exhibition in church, open gardens, lunch, cream teas, games for grown-ups & children, plant, cake & jam stalls, raffle. All available to following programme: 12noon-6.00pm
Church & gardens & activities open Entry: £3 for adults (to include prize draw programme) Activities extra. Children free. Contact: Mary Carter (01473 658522) 6.30pm
'Songs of Praise' in Flowton church COME & JOIN THE FUN! HELP
US TO RAISE MONEY FOR TWO GOOD CAUSES Somersham Baptist Church An Evening with
Derek Jefferson Then a celebrity gets
religious, and for a brief moment we may concede that there might be something
in all this Jesus stuff after all. Sunday Worship:
Junior Church 10.45am Every Sunday for School Years 1-6. Ladies Meetings Children and Young
People (Held during term time) Annual Parish Meeting There will be a short talk at the beginning of the meeting about the work of the Suffolk Accident Rescue Service, which the Council supports. It should be interesting. Vacancy for a Councillor Pip Sands. Clerk to
the Council Somersham Carpet
Bowls Club Results
for February / March 2002
If
anyone out there is interested in joining us on one of our Club Nights
to see how it is done, or would like further information please ring Bell
or Keith on 01473 831157 CHURCH
SERVICES in our 8 linked parishes May
5th Sixth Sunday of Easter
Thursday May 9th Ascension Day
May 12th Seventh Sunday of Easter
May 19th Pentecost
May 26th Trinity Sunday
June 2nd Trinity 1
Somersham
Parish Council Other ideas from the questionnaires were a DRAMA GROUP, ART GROUP, CHILDRENS BADMINTON AND TENNIS, and CHILDRENS BOOK CLUB. Volunteers are needed to make these, and any other activity happen. Often it just takes one person to take the initiative and others soon step forward to support. The parish council would be pleased to consider requests for financial help to get the activity started, perhaps for leader training or equipment costs. If we are unable to help in full we can give advice on how to seek funding through grants. If anyone is interested please contact me, details at the end of the article. Directory of Clubs and Societies Another idea coming from our Community Action Plan is to create a directory of all the clubs and societies in Somersham. There are probably more than we think. The purpose would be to provide each household with a copy for reference, display on notice boards and also to give to people moving into our village. If you run a club
or society or are a local contact for a national organisation and would
like an entry in the directory, please provide the following details to
the parish clerk : We would also like
to create an on-line version of this list, if you do not wish to appear
on this list please let us know when you send in your details. Many thanks to all who helped organise and supported the Spring Fair in April. Details of profit will be in next month's Link. We are hoping to hold a Summer Garden Party / Fete on Saturday 13th July, but have as yet to finalise the venue. More details in next month's Link. Looking further ahead, what about joining us for a Harvest Supper on Friday 20th September? We hope that friends from the other seven parishes of the benefice as well as Somersham will be able to come, so put the date in your diaries now. More details to follow.
SOMERSHAM FOOTBALL CLUB At last, some success for the first team. On 9th March they got their first point of the season with a 0-0 draw away to St. Clement and followed this with a 2-2 draw away to Murray Rangers. Then on 23rd March they got their first win of the season with a 4-1 success at Elmswell. This in no way took them off the bottom of the league, but at least it makes the season's record a little better reading. Saturday 6th April brought the team down to earth with a 1-3 home defeat to Wickham Market. The reserves are still fighting for their Division 5 survival and a 2-3 home defeat to fellow strugglers Saxmundham on 9th March, a 2-1 defeat at Woodbridge the following Saturday and 2-3 reversal at home to Bacton Reserves didn't help their cause one little bit. Then on 30th March they achieved a remarkable result when they beat a nine man Kirton White Horse 21-0 at home. OK it was only against 9 men, but you've still got to go out there and do the business. I've been involved with the club since the mid-50s and can confirm that this is the highest score in the club's history and a certain young gentleman, who shall remain anonymous, scored a personal club record of 9 goals. I reckon both of these club records will stand for a very long time to come. On Saturday 30th March we held our second race night in the Village Hall and, like our previous one, it was a great success. An exciting evening's racing was enjoyed by 90 'punters' and we raised £600 for club funds. We would like to thank everyone who made it such a good night: our sponsors; horse owners - especially those who 'bought' in the auction; those who organised the event; and of course, everyone who came and made it such a good evening. Thank you all very much. Dennis Mumby
Kabul Orphanage, Afghanistan
These children are living in conditions of extreme poverty in a country that has been torn apart by warring factions for many years. They have nothing. We are asking you to donate children's clothing, shoes, toys and play equipment. Any bulky or large items can be collected. Military transport has been organised so we would appreciate items within the next two weeks please. If you have anything you can give please could you bring it to the Garage in Somersham, or to Rohais at Forge View (next door) and we will pass it on to the main collecting point. Thank you. Offton Church News Coming Events:- The Bellringers will
be ringing a special quarter peal Weekend 15th / 16th June Open Gardens and "Flowers and Family Window" in Church. Music in church on Sunday afternoon and Songs of Praise on Sunday at 7pm. More details next month!
Somersham Primary School The children in Class Four are all now full time children and this term we plan to investigate growing, both themselves, plants and animals along with starting to get ready for Key Stage One, which will happen in September. The Foundation children (Class Four) are not involved in the National Curriculum but do have their own guidelines to follow. This is carefully laid out so that by the time we reach the end of the summer term they should be ready to move on to the next stage in their education, which includes the Literacy and Numeracy hours, the same as the rest of the school. (As clear as mud now, yes!) Years One and Two have been sewing in their Design and Technology lesson. First they had to design their own hand puppet, cut out the paper pattern, then the material, then get sewing. They achieved some wonderful results, especially when you think that they are only 5, 6 and 7 ears old. These children have been working very hard with their literacy and numeracy and are really doing well. Years Three and Four have had a trip to Ipswich Museum to coincide with their history lessons and have also been working hard on extending their literacy and numeracy skills. Year Five have been having fun weighing Mrs Kenny's potatoes!(O.K. so lots of other things also, but this is one thing that sticks in our minds.) Year Six have been studying had for their S.A.T.s which come up next month, their relaxation has been making a model village and fun fair with lighting and moving parts (that's science and D.T.!) 
Hello, - Unfortunately the bogus callers are still operating in our area. On March 19th the offenders targeted two pensioner homes, one in Great Blakenham and the other in Stowmarket, in the space of an hour. They were prevented entry at Great Blakenham as the pensioner did not believe them. The suspect is described as white, tall, slim build around 18 years old, dark hair and smartly dressed. A short time later 3 men claiming to be from the Water Board called at an address in Stowmarket. While one of the men kept the occupants distracted his accomplices made a search of the upstairs room. The three men who all spoke with an Irish accent are described as white, one aged 18 years old around 5ft 3ins tall, the other two aged between 20 and 40 years-one was wearing a grey jumper. Please be on your guard and do not let any unknown callers into your home without checking first that they are genuine. If in doubt, keep them out and dial 999. During the month of March, in the village of Somersham, an elderly resident's back gate was smashed and also damage caused to a parked car. These two incidents of damage were possibly caused by children. Please ensure that you know where your children are at all times and if anyone knows who is responsible for this damage, please contact me. Thank you to all the children and teachers at Somersham Primary School for inviting me to attend in March. School dinners have definitely improved since I was at school. I'm sorry for all the noise we made with the police car sirens. During June and July I will be taking the older children at both Ringshall and Somersham School for the cycling course again. This will be the third year we have run this and it has proved valuable. Please encourage your children to join the class if they are old enough. I mentioned in last months newsletter that our churches are being broken into. I'm pleased to let you know that the offender has now been arrested in relation to these crimes - so thank you to all of you for keeping an eye on your local church. You have probably read in the local paper that a company from Nigeria is sending faxes and emails to companies in Suffolk, claiming that if you send them a small amount of money they will send you a large cheque in return. Please do not send any money to these companies and forward any letters or e-mails to me. Unfortunately a few people have been sending this company money and of course have not received anything in return Please give me a ring if I can assist with any school holiday summer clubs or if you want Police attendance at any village summer fetes. Thank you to you all for your help. Keep
safe.
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