NEWSLETTER
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Mandy's Musings
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For one reason and another, we have four dogs in our house this week. It's a combination of my daughter's work and our own two dogs, one of which is poorly with wobbly hind legs due to a spinal issue - recoverable, we hope. Plus the two 'extra' dogs are much bigger than our two little ones so it makes for an interesting household of needs, wants and spaces. Add a feisty 17 year old cat into the mix and everybody has to be on high alert! We have had to carefully manage and orchestrate things so that the dogs feel comfortable with each other and can 'pack up' successfully. This doggy term which I have acquired is all about dogs being able to form a pack with each other so they can be united and live successfully together. Dogs are pack animals and work this way in social situations: how they walk, feed and sleep together - each one slotting into their roles and 'nominating' a Pack Leader - usually the grown up handler. And if there is a top of the pack, there must also be a bottom of the pack and often in the dog world the animals accept their role and position in the pack and are happy with it. In human society, that is much less so and I wouldn't want to suggest that we all have hierarchical roles but there is something in the dog world that is about being happy with your lot. Dogs are content when they have love, attention and all their basic needs are met. As human beings we don't need much more really. God loves us unconditionally and is always telling us in many different ways to come to Him, rely on Him and He will give us what we need. So, we can have the encouragement and support of being in 'God's Pack' (yes, cheesy I now!) where we are loved, content and happy.
Every blessing,
Mandy
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Ride and Stride
Saturday 12 September​
Ride and Stride is the original mass fund raising event linked to the Cambridgeshire Historic Churches Trust and has a history dating back some 40 years. Ride and Stride traditionally involves people being sponsored to walk or cycle to as many churches as possible in one day.
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Anyone interested in taking part or greeting visitors please contact Sarah Coe for more info.
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Come and Sing Choral Evensong
6pm, Saturday 19 September, Harston
Rehearsal from 2.30pm.
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Following the success of recent years' 'Come and Sing' Evensongs at Harston, this joyful service will offer a chance to join in singing choral favourites such as Parry's 'I was glad' and Stanford's Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in C, directed by Luke Fitzgerald, Director of Music at Pembroke College in Cambridge.
Coffee and Chat
7.45pm, Thursday 24 September
10 The Limes, Harston
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Join us for a discussion about Harvest.
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Prime Brass Concert
3-4pm Sunday 4 October, Harston
Cambridge-based brass ensemble Prime Brass is coming to Harston. They are a dectet comprised of four trumpets, four trombones, horn and tuba. The ensemble also expands for a few concerts each year to perform repertoire for symphonic forces or larger, playing regularly in Ely Cathedral and King's College Chapel, often in programmes which include the organ.
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Come and enjoy an afternoon with others, full of wonderful and uplifting music from the theatre.
Tickets are £12 each (children free), including tea and cake after the concert.
Children's Church Choir
Sundays at 4pm
147 High Street, Harston
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Join us to sing and have fun on Sunday afternoons, including a drink and snack.
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Come along to make friends, have fun learning songs and playing musical games.
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Children of all ages are welcome, from babies to teens. Children under 5 to be accompanied by an adult.
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For more information please contact Rebecca:
Food Hub
Wed & Sat 11.30-12.30pm in Harston Baptist Church email: harstonfoodhub@gmail.com
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Harston Community Food Hub has two separate sections that operate in different ways and have different aims.
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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.
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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.
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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.