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the image of God so perhaps our transformation before God is into
fuller, better, more whole human beings, the people that God made
us to be. And that encompasses our trials and struggles but also our
joys and our fun. Paul’s letter to the Roman church reminds us that
we are to rejoice with those who rejoice and mourn with those who
mourn.
I hope that our churches are places that offer a place where both our
tears and our smiles are welcome, space to grieve and mourn but
also space to laugh and celebrate, people with whom to do this and
the chance to discover God with us, always with us, whatever we find
ourselves going through. Only last month we celebrated Christmas
and that eternal truth of the infant Jesus, Emmanuel, God with us.
God with us, in good times, in times of joy and happiness, but also
God with us in the mess, when life is hard and challenging.
I already mentioned Jesus at the wedding in Cana, perhaps laughing
in celebration and joy with his friends. This story, found in John
chapter 2, is a wonderful tale of the Jesus who is full of life, the Jesus
of abundance and plenty. It describes him transforming water into
wine, taking ordinary water and changing it into the finest wine – lots
of it, several hundred litres! What a man to have at a wedding! Now,
whether you believe that this story is true or not, the writer of the
gospel describes it as a sign, and signs point us to things, or show us
things. This shows a God, seen in Jesus, who is full of grace and
love and generosity and abundance and when he calls us to follow
him, that is the life he calls us in to.
As we begin a new year together, we have no idea what the coming
months will bring. However, the truth of that first Christmas is a truth
for life today that whatever does happen, God will be there, and that
in him there is space for mourning or weeping but also in him is found
joy and fullness of life.
The Revd Rachel Rosborough
The Vicar’s Letter
From time to time, I hear some
very interesting ideas about what
church and the Christian life
should be like. ‘I don’t come to
church to enjoy myself,’ someone
once said to me; ‘I don’t expect to
be comfortable,’ said another and,
lastly, ‘Christians aren’t supposed
to be happy’. Now perhaps these
comments reflect the truth that
living the kind of life that Jesus
called us to has challenges,
Christians are not exempt from hard times and struggles; indeed, a
number of our church family have had to deal with desperately difficult
things in recent weeks, and Jesus certainly models a life of sacrifice
and service which can also be challenging. But perhaps those
comments also reflect a kind of religious understanding that is not a
true reflection of Jesus’ life, or the life he calls us to. He says to his
disciples that he has come that we might have life and have it to the
full, or in abundance.
I remember as a young Christian reading a book of reflections that a
minister had given me and one was entitled ‘Do you ever imagine
Jesus laughing?’ And I never had. It went on to ask us to imagine the
little boy Jesus with his infectious giggles, or the young man Jesus with
his friends, laughing at something, or Jesus at the wedding in Cana
sharing a laugh with his disciples. Now, of course, we do not have
specific records of these events but we do see a Jesus in the gospels
who is totally and completely human and who therefore, would have
laughed as well as cried, sighed, wondered, dreamt, smiled and
frowned.
Christianity is a call to follow in Jesus’ footsteps, to allow God to
transform us that we may become more like him. It is tempting to think
that means more godly and less human but Jesus was fully human,
and right at the beginning of the Bible it says that humans are made in
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items to raise money for refugees and given their own money to buy
items for refugees.
The displaced people in Calais, Dunkirk and the rest of Europe
continue to need help. Despite the lack of media attention and
awareness throughout the UK, in Cambridge, our movement isn't just
continuing, it's growing. It is growing because of our volunteers who
give so much time and energy. We are enormously grateful for
everything they have achieved, and we would love you to join us.
Please visit https://camcrag.org.uk/ for more information.
Tony King
CamCRAG : Charity of the Month
CamCRAG started life in the Summer of
2015 as a Facebook group and began
taking donations to Calais to help the
thousands of people in the ‘Jungle’ camp.
It soon became a community group
raising money, collecting donations,
funding frontline projects and organising
convoys of volunteers and aid to Calais every 6 weeks. By November
2016 the ‘Jungle’ had been dismantled, but CamCRAG continued, as
a registered charity supporting refugees in Calais, Dunkirk, Paris and
other places in Europe. The convoys, collections, fundraisers and
funding continue today, bringing humanitarian aid to the hundreds of
refugees in Northern France and tens of thousands of refugees
throughout Europe.
Over the past year CamCRAG volunteers have done many different
jobs while on our convoys to Northern France. They’ve sorted
clothes, repaired tents, prepared food, chopped firewood, and
distributed aid directly to refugees. Wherever possible CamCRAG
works closely with local groups such as the Refugee Community
Kitchen and the Refugee Women’s Centre to distribute aid and
information in Calais, Dunkirk and Paris.
CamCRAG contributes to inter-associational fundraisers, including
last winter’s #Boots1000 project to buy 1000 waterproof boots, and
the #Love4Lesvos Campaign to support over 7,000 refugee men,
women and children who are stranded in camps in dire conditions
with minimum provision.
In the Cambridge area, our volunteers have run donation drop off
days, turned blankets into ponchos, spoken at churches, schools and
civic events, led workshops, invented new tent designs, collected
money at concerts, fairs and events, organised fundraising events like
the “Big Cambridge Calais Sleep Out”, hosted film showings, created
databases and websites, distributed flyers and posters and spread
awareness among their friends and family. They have sold their own
SEEK for 2019
This is the opportunity to thank all our
distributors who, month by month, ensure
that over 300 copies of SEEK are
circulated throughout the parish, and
especially to thank Sue Wagner who
coordinates this distribution.
It is a good time too to thank our printers,
Chris and Barbara Wright who are
unfailingly helpful and good humoured and
who turn each issue around for us in a
remarkably short space of time.
February is the month in which we begin to review and reformat our
advertisements. If anyone is interested in advertising in Seek in the
coming year, details can be found on page 7.
The annual subscription for 2019 will remain at £5.00 (10 copies at 50p
and the October issue free).
Please would you give this to the distributors who will ask you for
it when they deliver the February issue. You do not have to do
anything now.
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Charities - 2018
Thank You – Thank You – Thank You
Thank You to Susan Chester for administering the Charity of the
Month so efficiently; after several years, Susan has decided that
she would like to hand over this responsibility and we are looking
for someone else to take on this role. In the meantime, Rachel and I
will take this on.
Thank You to the sponsors who have provided articles for Seek,
put up displays and advertised their chosen charity.
Thank You to you; your generosity is unsurpassed. The Charity of
the Month and Lent lunches have raised £8,792 in 2018 (£8,479 in
2017). The majority of these donations are given under Gift Aid
which adds more than £2,000 to this sum.
I have received a number of letters from the charities we have
supported during the year expressing their grateful thanks for your
generosity.
Many thanks,
Stuart Lingard
You are invited to join us at
St Mark’s next Community Lunch
Sunday 27th January at 12.30 pm
Please sign up in the Narthex if you wish to attend.
Cost £5.00
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Charities of the Month : 2019
Crib Service collection The Children’s Society
Carol Service collection The Bible society
Lent Lunches 2019 Centre 33
Month Charity Sponsor
January CamCRAG
Cambridge Convoy Refuge Action Group)
Tony King
February Humanitarian Open Street Map Team / HOT
Rebecca and Helen Firth
March Cambridge Churches Homeless Project
Kris Smythe
April Carers Trust Cambridgeshire,
Peterborough, Norfolk
Stuart Evans
May Gombe Perrin Hardy and Andrew Watts
June Cambridge Money Advice Centre Shev Roser
July Read Easy Lizzy Jarvis
August ATLEU
Anti Trafficking and Labour Exploitation Unit
Jane Plows
September The Red Balloon Cambridge Derek Cummings
October Gombe Perrin Hardy and Andrew Watts
November ABF, the soldiers’ charity Miles Elliott
December Church Urban Fund Stuart Lingard
Newnham Quilters Banner
Regular users of the Community Centre
have been intrigued by this striking new
banner which is hanging in the large hall.
Judy Challis, who coordinates the Newnham
Quilters’ group, tells us about it.
2018 marks the centenary of womens'
suffrage - not for all women but it was a start.
Newnham College houses the beautiful
Cambridge Alumnae banner which was
made around 1908. It can be seen in its
cabinet in the College - just ask at the new
porters' lodge.
This September Newnham Quilters, based in St Mark's Community
Centre, set out to make a modern example of a suffrage banner. Using
a background of blue/green velvet we made irises (for Newnham
College) in the suffragette colours of purple, white and green and
applied them, along with a suitable slogan, STILL SEWING, STILL
VOTING, to reflect our debt to the Cambridge Alumnae and all that
they fought for on our behalf.
Special thanks to Anne Thomson of Newnham College and Carolyn
Ferguson for all their help.
Judy Challis
The Church Urban Fund
Over £900 was raised for the Church Urban
Fund in our December Charity of the Month
collection. Many thanks to all those who
donated so generously.
Stuart Lingard
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Friday Talks in the Community Centre
During the Spring Term the Community Centre is putting on a series
of Talks by local people on a variety of topics. They will be held on
alternate weeks from Friday 25th January with the first speaker
being Jeremy Whitton Spriggs. All the talks will start at 10.00 am and
finish by 11.30 am after refreshments. Full programme details will be
available in early January.
Full details will be on posters on church and centre notice boards
and around the village early in the New Year. No need to book - just
turn up and pay £3.00 on the day.
Derek Cummings
I AM sayings: The True Shepherd After the Quiet Day at Little Gidding in October at which the
participants considered the “I am” sayings found in St John’s Gospel,
Anne Howie suggested we should contact Hannelore Hägele and ask
if we might reproduce some her commentary on the True Shepherd
and The Door. Hannelore kindly furnished us with a wealth of
material and we only have space to include a little of it.
When speaking about the True Shepherd one must also say
something about his sheep: “shepherd and sheep” conjures up a
particular image or images. And that takes us straight to the heart of
the matter of these I AM sayings - for Jesus used a pictorial
language. The Jews of his days were familiar with the imageries He
used but did not necessarily understand the meaning behind such
sayings. These are mixed metaphors, of sorts, and need unravelling.
Although the sayings I am the True Shepherd and I am the Door
seem at one level straight-forward, what however needs to be
brought into focus right from the start are the sheep, especially the
little Lamb. A shepherd without his flock is not much of a shepherd.
And it is the shepherd who is in charge over the sheep…
… Now what about the sheep? Is it not all about them too in John’s
Gospel, first half of Chapter 10? Yes - and Jesus having identified
Himself with them. For this we need to go back to the beginning of
the gospel.
In John 1:29, we read that John the Baptist sees Jesus and exclaims,
"Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world."
Jesus the Christ is the "agent and servant of God”. And here we
delve further into symbolism for The Lamb symbolises purity and
innocence, gentleness, as well as submission.
What does the lamb represent in the Bible? Right throughout Old
Testament times a lamb was offered sacrificially. Even its blood had
deep-rooted meaning. Just think of the story of the Israelites leaving
Egypt in haste. (Exodus 11-12 The Passover Meal: they were to
sprinkle the blood of the lamb, their last meal, on the doorposts and
lintel of their dwellings).
In Christianity, the lamb represents Christ as both suffering and
triumphant; it is typically a sacrificial animal, but also, when depicted
with the lion (as in the modern fiction Narnia), the pair can indicate a
state of paradise. Furthermore, the lamb symbolises sweetness,
forgiveness and meekness.
For all their endearing qualities, sheep are often talked about in an
uncomplimentary way. Unlike the sly fox, a sheep although cute, is
also said to be dumb, sheepish (often that is us too) or behaving in an
unworldly way. Hence Sheep need shepherding. Anybody who has
ever taken a group of children, or even adults, to places will have
experienced what responsibility it is to bring his or her charges safely
back home. Having gone to the British Museum by underground with a
class of 12 year-old children I know how challenging that can be.
Because The Lamb is so central to the Christian
message, artists have made it their subject in
numerous well-known works of art, especially in
paintings. Look at Francisco de Zurbarán’s Agnus Dei
(1639, Museo de la Real Academia de Bellas Artes de
San Fernando, Madrid ©). I am always greatly moved when seeing
the panel of a tied-up lamb on an altar - a little lamb, so helpless and
meek.
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Look out for copies of James Cadbury’s little booklet
which can be found in the Community Centre.
At the suggestion of Joy, his wife, we have put
together all the articles he has written for Seek over
the last 12 years.
They are reproduced exactly as they were originally
written. The only addition has been a little
supplementary artwork. Some of the illustrations, including that of
the heron on the cover, have been contributed by James himself.
James has been a naturalist for virtually all his life. He has kept a
detailed natural history diary, with frequent illustrations, from the
age of ten. He worked for the RSPB for nearly 50 years and is an
expert on bird song and calls.
And then, there is the
magnificent altar-piece by
the van Eyck brothers who
painted it for the cathedral
St Bravo, in Ghent. The
central panel, known as
the Adoration of the Mystic
Lamb gives us the most
triumphal vision of the
Lamb having shed His blood and yet living on in glory. The central
figure - the Agnus Dei as it is known (Lamb of God) - has become
made known more widely as a postage stamp. What a splendid way
of evangelising the world. Although, many
people and unbelievers may have asked
themselves: “What is the meaning of a
bleeding lamb, still appearing alive and in
Glory?”
Well, that’s a good starting point for a
discussion world-over.
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Paradise Island, there is a Heronry and in the winter, huge flocks
of Rooks and Jackdaws.
For many residents, a walk through Paradise is a daily pleasure - it
is heavily used by pedestrians, fishermen, dog walkers and
joggers. Recently, to bring all these people together, we formed
the FRIENDS OF PARADISE, to celebrate the reserve and help
with its preservation and management. So far, we have planted
snowdrops, had meetings about hedgehogs and recycling and
formed work parties, giving Vic Smith (the City’s ecology officer)
some hands-on help. If you would like to become a member of
Friends of Paradise, join a work party (or simply report a problem),
please contact Pam Gatrell (chairman) [email protected]
or Olwen Williams (secretary) [email protected], so that you get
information about forthcoming events.
Olwen Williams
Please join us, to celebrate and preserve this special place!
Friends of Paradise
Newnham residents will all know the Nature
Reserve called Paradise! It lies alongside the river,
between Lammas Land Car Park and the bottom of
Owlstone Rd and forms part of the green corridor
which stretches along the river Cam between the
city centre and the open countryside of the
Grantchester Meadows. Although quite small, it hosts a variety of
habitats. There is an area of wet woodland, with tall trees and dense
scrub and then a sizeable pond area with open grassland. A winding
pathway follows the line of the Cam along its western bank, the river
forming the boundary to the Conservation Area, while at the back of
the reserve, a boardwalk allows a circular walk.
This Local Nature Reserve is managed by Cambridge City Council
and it provides excellent habitats for a variety of plants, mosses and
liverworts, fungi, invertebrates, reptiles, birds and mammals. Trees
within the reserve include Willow, Alder, Ash, Horse Chestnut and
Hawthorn. Among the notable species is the plant Butterbur, which
was first recorded here over 400 years ago and whose huge leaves
were used in the past by the Paradise House dairy for wrapping
butter. Also here are rare Musk Beetles, a large long-horn beetle
which favours wet woodland tree species such as Willows to lay its
eggs. In spring, Mayflies (Ephemera vulgata) are abundant and
provide food for fish, birds and bats. Mammals recorded include
Muntjac deer, Common Shrew, Pygmy Shrew and Harvest Mouse.
Fishing along this stretch of river is popular and may sometimes
produce enormous Pike, as well as a variety of other fish.
Six species of Bat have been recorded here: Daubenton’s, Noctule,
Brown Long-eared, Serotine and both Common and Soprano
Pipistrelle Bats. Birds include Sparrowhawk, Tawny Owl, Mistle
Thrush, Tits, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Nuthatch,
Treecreeper, Wren and Sedge Warblers. Siskins are also seen
regularly on Alder in the winter. Whitethroat has been recorded as
nesting in the tall herb/rank grassland next to the car park. On nearby
Newnham Croft School’s Eco Group
Each month the children of Newnham Croft’s Eco group
send us an item for Seek. This is their contribution for
January.
Each year the RSPB organises a Big Garden Watch which encourages people across the country to look out for various species of birds they see in their garden.
This year it’s from the 26th - 28th January. Data are submitted via the website and get used to look at trends across the country and publicise their results. You can find out more from the website - https://www.rspb.org.uk/get-involved/activities/birdwatch/
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God more real for our community.
Charity Lunches in Lent for Centre 33
A local Mental Health Charity for Young People
Last year we supported the Alzheimer's Society and had a terrific
response from you in Newnham.
This year in Lent we are focussing on the
younger generation and are supporting a
local mental health charity working with
young people throughout Cambridgeshire
and Peterborough. Centre 33, based at 33
Clarendon Street (hence its name), near Parker's Piece, was founded
in 1981 and so has 37 years of experience in running a free and
confidential service, which offers information and counselling
through drop-in centres in many secondary schools, working with
young people who are experiencing problems in, for example,
depression, personal relationships, family break-downs, peer
pressure or bullying. Whilst aimed primarily at young people from 13
to 25, it also has a Young Carers Group, which offers support to
carers as young as 8.
I am very grateful to those who have already agreed to
host one of the lunches to be held on the six
Wednesdays in Lent, starting on Ash Wednesday,
which falls on 6th March this year. Full details of dates
and venues will follow in the February issue of Seek.
Tina Wilson
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Around and About
We have received news of two of our former Children’s workers.
It is good to hear that Clare Coates will be ordained on Sunday
30th June 2019 at 10.30 am at Ely Cathedral. She will then
serve her curacy at St Andrew's, Stapleford. We wish Clare,
Stephen and the rest of the family all the best as they look
ahead to this new chapter in their lives. Clare would be delighted
if people from St Mark's were able to be at her ordination, more
details in due course.
We said goodbye to Jannette, Jonathan and Julian Platter in
December. They are moving out to Shelford and will no longer
be worshipping at St Mark’s. We are really sorry to see them
leave us but wish them well in their lives ahead.
One Saturday in late November some of us found cake being
served outside the Co-op. Newnham Croft School were
celebrating. They wanted to thank those Co-op members who
had nominated NET (Newnham Education Trust) as their local
cause. This meant that 1% of their shopping had been donated
to NET by the Co-op and over the year this had totalled a
magnificent £2800!
The Co-op is mentioned again in the school’s
early December newsletter. Year 6 pupil
Isabel writes, “On Friday 30th November,
Year 6 prepared and performed a World War
II themed ‘Civic Restaurant’ for their parents.
It was a three course meal and included a
visit from the black market and bands playing
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WI News
We decided that for the December meeting, with
Christmas approaching, we would like to see a DVD of
Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights. We
entered into Joanna’s journey in the north of Norway,
with beautiful scenery and rides on a sleigh drawn by
husky dogs. She enjoyed visiting local people with their
amazing herds of reindeer, a source of great pride to
them, and learning about their culture. The ice hotel was
magical and we learned that weddings take place there before the
snow and ice melts. In the end Joanna has her wish and sees a
spectacular display of the Northern Lights. It was a wonderful DVD.
The evening ended with a glass of wine and cake.
Members are reminded that the New Year Bring and Share Supper
will be on the 4th January and that friends will be welcome.
Pat Caesar
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Prayers for the New Year
Learning to Walk by J. Bradley Wigger
O God of steadfast love,
trusting you, we devote our hearts to learning
and our lives to walking.
Teach us truth, that we may walk with courage.
Teach us mercy, that we may walk with humility.
Teach us forgiveness, that we may walk with compassion.
Teach us grace, that we may walk with strength.
Teach us wonder, that we may walk with praise.
Teach us goodness, that we may walk with those in need.
O God of steadfast love,
Learning from you, may we walk well.
Amen.
A prayer for the New Year
God, thank you for a new year. Thank you for the year that has passed
and all that was good. May everyone in our family be willing to start
again with a clean slate. We know that you are always ready to forgive
us. Help us to be willing to forgive ourselves and to forgive one another.
As we begin a new year, remind us of our truest values and our deepest
desires. Help us to put aside anxiety about the future and the past, so
that we might live in peace with you now, one day at a time. Amen
A prayer for Epiphany and remembering the visit of the Magi
Creator of the heavens,
who led the Magi by a star
to worship the Christ-child:
guide and sustain us,
that we may find our journey’s end
in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
An Irish Blessing
May the road rise up to meet you.
May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face;
the rains fall soft upon your fields and until we meet again,
may God hold you in the palm of His hand. Amen
Chosen by Rachel and Sam Rosborough
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situated in St Neots
01480 474112 07836 717950 [email protected]
Regular Groups
Home Group with Bible Study : Alternate Mondays 10.30 am to 12 noon
Contact Sue Wagner
Bible Study at 3 Kings Road : Tuesdays at 7.30 pm
Contact Andrew and Angela Watts
Prayer Group at 10 Stukeley Close : Thursdays from 6.00 pm to 6.30 pm
Just turn up, or for more information, or to ask for prayer, contact Anne Howie
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St Mark’s Choir meets on the 1st, 3rd and 5th (when applicable) Fridays of
the month from 6.00 pm to 7.15 pm in the Community Centre in term time.
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Services at St Mark’s Church, Newnham
Services in January
Sundays
8.00 am
Holy Communion (1662)
10.00 am
6th January Parish Communion and Junior Church
13th January Parish Communion and Junior Church
20th January Parish Communion and Junior Church
27th January All Age Communion
There is a parent and child area in the Narthex for those with very young children at all the 10.00 am services. Refreshments follow the service and everyone is most welcome.
Evening Services
13th January at 8.00 pm Breathing Space
27th January at 6.30 pm Informal Service
On other Sundays, parishioners are invited to join the congregation at Trumpington Parish Church for BCP Evensong at 6.30 pm.
Regular Tuesday Services
Weekly: Holy Communion (1662) at 11.00 am followed by coffee
Monthly: Messy Church from 3.30 pm to 5.45 pm. Join us for
activities and worship for the whole family on
Tuesday 22nd January.
In addition to Messy Church, St Mark’s has a wide range of children’s
activities during term time, including Toddles, our toddler group, each
Monday and Thursday, Bumps to Babies on a Thursday morning and also
Friday Storytime every Friday.
Dates for your Diary
Wednesday 9th January at 12.30 pm Ploughman’s Lunch in the
Community Centre
Saturday 19th January at 7.30 pm St Mark’s New Year Revels p 11
Tuesday 22nd January at 3.30 pm Messy Church
Friday 25th January at 10.00 am Friday Talk in the Community Centre p 6
Sunday 27th January at 12.30 pm Community Lunch p 4
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Contributions are invited and are always welcomed. Please send them by Sunday 13th January to Jane Plows (01223 350120) at [email protected] or give them to any member of the committee.