NEWSLETTER
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Mandy's Musings
As our Harvest season draws to a close across the HHN Benefice, it has been lovely to visit our villages and schools and to see such generosity towards those who have less and are in need. I am also grateful to all our young mathematicians in school and church who helped me divide up the biscuits so that everyone had something rather than nothing 🙂. It was a simple task, but it offered a small picture of what generosity can look like: noticing what we have, sharing it fairly and making sure that no one is forgotten. Jesus says, “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” To be poor in spirit is to recognise that we need God and one another. St Francis understood this deeply: when friends asked whether he was in love, he is said to have replied, “Yes—with Lady Poverty,” and then stripped himself of his belongings. His dramatic example challenges us to hold lightly to what we have, so that we may give with joy and draw closer to God. So perhaps our Harvest question is not simply, “How much do I have?” but, “How might what I have become a blessing to someone else?” This week, may we notice one thing we can share—our food, our time, our attention or our resources—and offer it freely, so that everyone may have something rather than nothing.
Every blessing,
Mandy
Online Bible study home group
There has been interest in starting something like this so we are launching a study group to start on Wednesday 21st October at 8pm. It will run fortnightly on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month. To begin with, we will look at the first letter of John. Please contact Mandy or the Benefice Office to register your interest and to get the link.
Coffee and Chat
7.45pm, Thursday 29 October
10 The Limes, Harston
Discussion of some poems by RS Thomas
Christmas Choir
You are invited to join us for this year's Christmas choir. We will be singing traditional congregational carols and some four part harmony choir carols. Sight reading is not necessary and there are no auditions.
We will be singing at the following services: (You can join for any of them - you don't need to commit to them all.)
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Sunday 13 Dec 4pm at Hauxton, 6pm at Whittlesford
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Sunday 20 Dec 4pm at Newton
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Monday 21 Dec 6.30pm, Carols by candlelight at Harston
Rehearsals are from Sunday 1st November at 6pm in Newton church.
Contact Alastair Oatey to find out more and sign up.
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.