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Mandy's Musings
'A nice mug of Builder's Tea' says my gardener on a Friday afternoon after two hours tackling my garden. He has worked hard and I am glad to give him what he needs for refreshment. Coming from the North (some would say, although Nottingham really is the East Midlands), I can appreciate the worth of a builder's tea. It has a strong, dark colour - strong enough to stand your spoon up in it - and its taste is deep. You certainly know you have had a cup of tea when you have drained the last dregs of a builder's tea. Some people would be revulsed by such a concoction and prefer a much weaker version. We're all different when it comes to the strength of the drinks we like: 'just show the teabag to the water' is the opposite strength and garners equal revulsion from the Builders Tea brigade. I wonder how much our strength of tea indicates something about how we see life and what is fitting for the day and its scenario. Do we need a 'builder's tea' kind of day where we have difficult things to tackle and need depth of character and strength to deal with them? So we have to draw ourselves together and muster courage and strength to tackle the day. Or do we need a calmer, gentler approach where we need to be unassuming, in the background, less obvious but still present, just like our weak tea. Lack of colour does not mean lack of presence. And then of course, there is everything inbetween to describe having a cup of tea: refreshing, soothing, comforting, robust, invigorating, exotic, relaxing ... and so on. What's your favourite way to describe having a cup of tea? Jesus said that he was the bread of life and also that he could quench any thirst: 'He who believes in me shall never thirst'. Jesus can give us the tools for each day that will help us to tackle whatever we face and, although a cup of tea does a pretty good job of alleviating thirst and helping us to gather what we need, the cup that Jesus asks us to drink from gives us an eternal refreshment so that we are always equipped to face the day. Whatever strength of tea you choose to drink, be mindful also, of the cup of life that Jesus gives us which is always overflowing.
Every blessing,
Mandy
A service for Pentecost
St Margaret's Church, Newton
6pm, Sunday 8 June
Please join us for a service of hymns, readings and anthems of reflection and thanksgiving for Pentecost.
The choirs of Harston and Newton are combining for this service and we are rehearsing at 6pm on Sunday evenings. Do come and join us - there’s no auditions!
For further information and copies of the music contact Alastair Oatey.
Icon image copyright Khrystyna Kvyk from Lviv, Ukraine.
Used with the artist's permission.
Friends of St Edmunds
11am Friday 6 June
St Edmund’s Hauxton
Join us in church for our monthly Coffee Morning.
From across the Deanery
Flower Festival
St Mary’s Church, Linton
Friday 6 June 11am - 6pm
Saturday 7 June 10am - 6pm
Sunday 8 June 11.30am - 6pm
Duck Race, Stalls, Refreshments, Linton Quilt, Games,
3pm Sunday Linton Jazz
From across the Deanery
Spirituals, Bonhoeffer and resistance to Nazis
7pm Friday 13 June
St Andrew’s Church, Stapleford
Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a German pastor and theologian who was executed for his resistance to the Nazis. What is not so well known is that he studied for a time in the USA, and developed a love of African American Spirituals. When he returned to Germany he even took some phonographs and scores with him.
Chandi Plummer is an American professor of music in Louisville, Kentucky. She is visiting the UK in June and is coming to Stapleford to perform a lecture recital in St Andrew’s. Her special interest is in just this area, and she will perform a selection of Spirituals and speak about Bonhoeffer’s interest in them, his resistance to the Nazis, and the place of Spirituals in the wider civil rights movement.
The event is free, everyone is welcome, and refreshments will be provided.
Coffee and Chat
7.45pm Thursday 3 July
10 The Limes, Harston
This month's meeting will look at some religious artworks.
Prime Brass Concert
4pm Sunday 13 July, All Saints' Harston
We look forward to welcoming back Prime Brass for a concert of light summer music this July.
Save the date!
Food Hub
Wed & Sat 11.30-1.00pm in Harston Baptist Church email: harstonfoodhub@gmail.com
Harston Community Foodhub has two separate sections that operate in different ways and have different aims.
FOOD BANK
The ‘Food Bank’ provides emergency food support to residents of Harston and the surrounding villages (mainly Hauxton, Foxton, Newton, Haslingfield, Barrington and Shepreth). It is part of a network of food banks that operate in South Cambridgeshire. Bags of non-perishable food are made up using food donated or bought with donations. Support from the food bank is intended to help people through a crisis.
FRESHFOOD LARDER
The ‘Fresh Food Larder’ distributes fruit, vegetables and bread and is part of an initiative that helps to avoid food waste. Donations of surplus stock are picked up from local supermarkets and farm shops by volunteers (often the night before) or brought in by local growers. Whilst much of the food is collected by people visiting the food bank, food from the fresh food larder is available to everyone no matter where they live or the circumstances they are in.
Trumpington Memory Cafe
Every third Wednesday of the month,10am-12 noon at The Pavilion, Paget Road, (opposite Anstey Way), Trumpington, Cambridge, CB2 9JF
Run jointly by Trumpington Parish Church and the Rotary Club.
A place where people with varying forms of memory loss can visit with their carers and support each other and have fun. Call 01223 840268 to book a place and please give your name(s).
Free admission to Ely Cathedral
All electoral roll members are eligible for a free pass to Ely Cathedral. If you would like one, please fill in this form and ask Mandy or a churchwarden to sign it. You can then present the form at the Cathedral to get your pass.