NEWSLETTER
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Mandy's Musings
This week we have welcomed Dame Evelyn Glennie to All Saints church, Harston as part of our 'In Conversation' series so this week I cannot help but reflect on the word 'Listen'. During the evening we were treated to a fascinating demonstration of how the whole body is involved with communication and how listening is so much more than the physical act of hearing the spoken word. Have you ever noticed how much we mirror the expressions and gestures of the person we are in conversation with? If they are smiley, we are smiley, if they move their body one way, we tend to mirror that. It is said that once two people start to move in sync with each other, then they are really connecting - and if it is a romantic attraction, then listen out for the wedding bells! Seriously, Evelyn Glennie's Foundation has a mission which is to 'teach the world to listen' and boy, do we need that more than ever these days? Jesus was also one who was very much in tune with his surroundings and the ways in which people communicate. Often it was not the spoken word that was important but the way the person approached him and how they acted around him that spoke more powerfully. In this week's gospel reading we have the story of the woman who touched Jesus' cloak and was immediately healed of her disease. Jesus knew what she had done and she hadn't spoken a word. When he turned round and saw her there was a deep connection and she went away a changed person. When we take time to notice and listen, to the natural sounds of the world and to each other, we will hear things that are hopeful and life giving - birds singing, babies crying, feet walking, seawaves crashing - all sounds of life and hope. Take time to look, feel... and listen.
Discover the Evelyn Glennie Foundation: Inspiring Listening
Every blessing,
Mandy
Coffee and Chat
7.45pm, Thursday 25 June
10 The Limes, Harston
Join us for a discussion of 'Clear' by Carys Davies
Children's Church Choir
Sundays at 4pm
147 High Street, Harston
Join us to sing and have fun on Sunday afternoons, including a drink and snack.
Come along to make friends, have fun learning songs and playing musical games.
Children of all ages are welcome, from babies to teens. Children under 5 to be accompanied by an adult.
For more information please contact Rebecca:
Food Hub
Wed & Sat 11.30-12.30pm in Harston Baptist Church email: harstonfoodhub@gmail.com
Harston Community Food Hub 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.