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A message from Huw Made with care A while ago I met a chap in his early 30s. While chatting it came out that he has an identical twin brother, and that they still enjoy playing games and confusing their friends (he admitted they should have grown out of this – but with such a big grin I don’t think that will be happening soon). Their biggest challenge is to fool their partners, which they can still do.

One day this chap called round at his brother’s house, at the time when he would have been getting home from work. With his brother’s help he let himself in, and spoke to his sister-in-law for about five minutes without the penny dropping. She was just beginning to look worried, when his 5 year-old nephew ran in, took one look, and announced, “Mum – they’re messing about again!”.

What was it that a young child could pick up on, but a grown woman couldn’t? There must be something there, something hard to pin down but which definitely exists, that makes even identical twins two separate individuals. (The only other person who never confused them was their mother.)

For me this points to the wonder of creation; that every human being is made in the image of God, each different and each precious. The Bible states this over and over again, in many different ways. If God cares even for the sparrows of the air, how much more does he love and cherish each of us? (Matt 10. 29-31)

Sadly, this is something most of us struggle to believe. However well we hide it, most of us have deep self-doubts, often caused by negative comments when we were young. And so much modern advertising is built around the idea that we will only be beautiful, or desirable, or successful if we buy this, wear that, or drive something new.

Recognising the problem is not the same as solving it, and for some people these negative thoughts can cripple them, or even drive them to suicide. When things get as serious as that, professional help is needed – but also the loving and patient support of friends. For myself, the words of the Psalmist often give me something to cling to when times get dark:

“For it was you who formed my inward parts; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.”

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A note from the Editors Here is a thought for us ‘oldies’, who face our own set of worries: we wonder, every evening as we go to bed, how long our amazing but aging inward (and outward) parts will last. Next day, though, we are (usually) reminded by the words of John Keble’s hymn that “New every morning is the Love our wakening and uprising prove; through sleep and darkness safely brought, restored to life and power and thought.” New mercies bring new opportunities for good and new hopes of Heaven, where those antique parts are no longer important. Is not that a fine, positive way to look at life?

From the Parish Registers There were no weddings or marriage blessings in April and May 2017.

Baptisms Welcome to the following children, baptised into God’s church recently:

2nd April Rupert Sigamoney

30th April Noah Green

Funerals etc. A funeral service for the late Mrs J P Charlton was held at Easthampstead Crematorium on Thursday 6th April 2017.

Requiescat in pace

Bits and Pieces Office opening hours (REVISED) Now Monday-Friday 9:30am – 12noon

Contact info Church Office: c/o St Martin’s Church, Church Road, Chavey Down, SL5 8RR Phone: 01344 882933 Website: www.winkfieldandcranbourne.org.uk email: admin@winkfieldandcranbourne.org.uk If you are arranging an event, please contact Alison Burt in the Church Office, so that it can be noted in the Church diary and mentioned on the website. Alison will endeavour to keep track of activities and timings etc. You may view event details on the website given above.

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Prayers are held every week at 9:15am on:

Monday at St Peter's Tuesday at St Martin's

Wednesday at St Mary's Thursday at St Martin's

For further details please contact the church office. All are welcome to attend.

Events, Notices and Dates for your Diaries The deadline for articles etc. for the July/August Parish Mag is 10 June 2017. Collation day is 23 June 2017.

Who’s Who pages in the Winkfield Parish News The 3rd page of our magazine is the parish Who’s Who. Please report any changes or corrections needed as soon as possible to: wparishmag@winkfieldandcranbourne.org.uk

Chavey Down Women’s Institute Our June meeting will take place on Monday 19 June in St Martin’s Church Hall at 7:45 pm. This is an open meeting to which all friends and family are most welcome to come.

Our speaker this month will be John Negus whom many of you will have seen on the television or heard on the radio. He will be speaking on ‘Borders of Distinction’ which promises to be most interesting so have your questions ready.

Thank you to everyone who supported our stall at the MayDay fair.

Our next fund raising event will be our stall at the Ascot Horticultural summer show on Saturday 22 July at LVS School.

Janey Bethune-Williams 883854

St Mary’s Organ-pipe Sponsorship appeal We are deeply grateful to the generous donors who have taken the sponsorship of pipes since 19/4/17 to just over 35%. Do look at the Friends of St Mary’s Winkfield website www.fosmw.com. You can also see more about the campaign by looking at the campaign ad on page 19.

Chavey Down Association outing This year the CDA outing is to Brighton on Thursday 15 June 2017. We will leave Scotts Mews, Priory Road at 9am, arriving in Brighton in time for lunch. The day is yours to do as you please.

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On the way we have a coffee stop, and on the way home we stop at a pub for refreshments, and for a catch up on the day. We arrive back at Chavey Down at around 8pm.

Fares are : C.D.A. members: Free Bingo members £8.00 Others £15.00 If you would like to book seats please ring Tina on 883815.

Popel’s Cottages Almshouse Vacancy A first floor flat at Popel’s Cottages, Church Road (next to Popel’s Hall) has become available following redecorating and refurbishment, including new carpet and a walk-in-shower.

The flats are managed by the Winkfield Parochial Charities to provide accommodation for single women in need, approaching retirement age or older, with limited financial means whose personal circumstances mean they would benefit from the assistance of our charity (see note below).

If you know someone in Winkfield who would be interested in the property, please contact Michael Zerilli (Chairman of Trustees) by phone on 07522 306988 or e-mail at winkfieldparochialcharities@outlook.com for more information.

Note. The trustees are mindful of Equality Legislation; however, the stated purpose of the charities is that the accommodation is to be provided for women of the Parish.

Spotlights Musical Theatre Group: ‘My Fair Lady’ The casting has now been announced for all the lead principals and production team members in the SMTG’s production of My Fair Lady scheduled for the summer. The show is very much a local effort with local choreographers Janet Wing and Pam Grigg helping the company trip the light fantastic, in front of sets designed and built by local artists Genine Rainsborough and Liz Kelly.

Onstage the show will feature an Eliza Doolittle from Sunningdale (Emma Pritchard), an Alfred Doolittle from Maidenhead (Peter Kidson), a Colonel Pickering from Virginia Water (John Beckitt) and a Professor Henry Higgins from Chavey Down (John Woodward-Roberts). Plus a chorus, singing its heart out, drawn from both sides of he A30. All presided over by Serena Kay who, this year, is both stage and music director: It’s going to be a great piece of community theatre!

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My Fair Lady will be performed at Papplewick School from Thursday13 July to Saturday 15 July. Performances will be at 7:30pm and there will also be a matinee at 2:30pm on the Saturday. Tickets cost £16 for adults and £11 for children under 16 and can be bought on line at www.ticketsource.co.uk/spotlightsmusicaltheatregroup They can also be bought from any SMTG member or by telephone, from the Group's box office on 0333 666 3366. A transaction charge of £1.50 will be made for all telephone box office bookings.

Spotlights ad.

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Chat and Craft, Scrabble and Bridge The first game of Bridge was played in April and thoroughly enjoyed by all! If you are interested in joining, regardless of your skill level, do phone Jane.

Thursday afternoons at St Peter's Church is becoming a special time for people who just want some time to do their favourite thing. So far we have Scrabble, Crafts and Bridge, more activities are welcome. If you have an idea, do let Jane Lister know by phoning 0798 408 7820.

IMPORTANT NOTE!!! St Peter’s Church will be a Polling Station on 8 June, so Chat & Craft, Scrabble and Bridge will not be running. It will run on the other weeks during June.

Winkfield Parish News deliverers urgently needed We urgently require volunteers to deliver the parish magazine in the following areas:

Brock Hill Beswick Gardens, (at the back of Lily Hill Road) Whitton Road, Martins Heron Crossgates, Martins Heron

Larger rounds can easily be split.

Please call Wendy French on 01344 883528

News from around the Parish Celebration of Father Paul’s Golden Jubilee of Priesthood On Saturday 6 May, Father Paul McLaren Cook, the priest warden at Ascot Priory celebrated the 50th anniversary of his ordination into the priesthood with a very special solemn Mass in the Priory church.

A choir of the Priory Voices, with singers from other churches in the diocese, sang Mozart’s Coronation Mass during the service, which started at noon. The choir was accompanied by a thirteen-piece orchestra led by Linda Andersson Hannah from Holy Trinity, Ascot and Nicola Garty from the Church of the Holy Family in Addlestone, that included some other local musicians. It was directed by Paul Jackson, with All Saints Church Ascot organist Mervyn Williams playing the organ for the wonderful selection of hymns which Fr Paul had chosen. The soloists were from Opera Piccolina whose annual Christmas Concert in the Priory Church, by kind permission of Fr Paul, has become a highly popular annual event.

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The full congregation at the service was a tribute to Fr Paul’s popularity, and they were treated to an amusing and fulsome tribute from an old colleague and friend, Fr David Chislett who shared many years in ministry with Fr Paul in Australia.

A superb picnic lunch in the garden afterwards completed a joyous celebration. As befits such a golden occasion, the sun shone and Fr Paul’s delight was summarised by him “The occasion was beyond my wildest dreams.”

St Mary’s Women’s Guild The Guild thanked Mrs Potter and her flower arranging colleagues for the beautiful floral decorations in the Church for Easter. The arrangements were magnificent.

Mrs Underwood thanked Guild members for their support at her afternoon tea. All proceeds were for St Mary’s church.

The speaker was the Rev. Huw Mordecai who talk was entitled “the Brontës”

Huw opened his fascinating and informative talk by saying this was the story of family life in which Charlotte was the third of 6 children. Her father, a clergyman, was an Irishman of poor peasant stock. The Brontës were quite an obscure family who struggled for money. Patrick Brontë won a scholarship to Cambridge and was ordained. Appointed as a Vicar, he travelled to Yorkshire where he met a young woman from Cornwall. His wife, Maria, was a sickly lady who died aged 38 when Charlotte was just 5 years of age. The father did what he could to manage in difficult times.

They had just one son – Branwell who was educated at home by his father. The two eldest daughters went away to a boarding school, but sadly they died in 1825 aged just 11 and 10 of TB, as a result of insanitary condition in the school. Nonetheless, it was decided that Charlotte and her two younger sisters would attend a Clergy Daughters’ School in Lancashire. (Lowood, the fictional institution in Jane Eyre, is based on this school). For girls of their social standing they had very limited options – marry well (but they would not have been regarded as much of a catch) or become a teacher or governess.

When Charlotte wrote Jane Eyre she drew on autobiographical experience as both a pupil and a teacher. Emily and Anne (author of Agnes Grey) also described the life of a governess in their writing. All three of the girls were quite shy and dreamt of setting up their own school at home.

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In 1842 Charlotte (the most outgoing) and Emily went to Brussels and taught at a boarding school where they stayed for a year, returning to Haworth because their Aunt (Mother’s sister who helped raise them) was ill and subsequently died. Charlotte went back to Belgium, but her time there was mixed. Her last book, Villette, drew very much on her own experience. Lucy Snow falls in love with the cousin of the school’s owner. Charlotte actually fell for the husband – a charismatic character.

On her return Charlotte discovered that her sisters wrote rather good poetry and persuaded them to submit their work for publication under pseudonyms – rather obscure men’s names – Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell. Good reviews were received but they sold only 2 copies in 1846.

Charlotte, aged 30, wrote her first novel ‘The Professor’, which was rejected 6 times and was finally published after her death. In October 1847, Jane Eyre was deemed a great success, and since then it has never been out of print. In December ‘Wuthering Heights’ and ‘Agnes Grey’ received acclaim.

In September 1848, whilst Charlotte was working on a second novel and Anne on the Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Branwell died –the prime cause was bronchitis, but he was also a heavy drinker and he took drugs – opium. In December 1848 Emily died of TB and in May 1849 Anne succumbed to the same disease.

Charlotte had two more novels published. She received 4 marriage proposals and in June 1854 she married her father’s curate, Arthur Nicholls (much against Mr. Brontë’s wishes). On the morning of the wedding he refused to go to Church with her. In March 1885 she and her unborn child died. Father outlived all his children.

Huw’s closing question was why the Brontës’ work is still read and enjoyed. Agnes Grey is a minor book, but it is an honest account. At the time of its publication it evoked ensuing outrage, because, Anne, like her sisters was speaking uncomfortable truth. Jane Eyre is a profound moral tome and tells the truth about internal struggles - being honest when it really matters. Wuthering Heights is Emily’s dark work that needs unpicking. Like Jane Austen the Brontës sowed the seeds of feminism.

There was discussion at the end of the talk and then Huw closed the meeting with a prayer.

Lesley Philpot, President

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SERVICES ACROSS THE PARISH St Mary’s – June services June Day Time Service

3 Saturday 1pm Holy Matrimony

4 Pentecost 9:30am Family Praise 11am Holy Communion (BCP) 12:45 Holy Baptisms

11 Trinity Sunday 8am Holy Communion (BCP) 9:30am Messy Church 11am Family Matins

18 1st Sunday after Trinity 9:30am Family Praise 11am Holy Communion (BCP)

25 2nd Sunday after Trinity

8am Holy Communion (BCP)

9:30am

No 9:30am service in church today. Please join the 10:30am Benefice service at St Peter’s

There is no 11am service in St Mary’s today. Please join the 10:30am Benefice service at St Peter’s.

St Martin’s, Chavey Down – June services June Day Time Service

4 Pentecost 9:30am Family/ All Age

11 Trinity Sunday 9:30am Holy Communion

18 1st Sunday after Trinity 9:30am Morning Prayer

1pm Holy Baptism

25 2nd Sunday after Trinity

There is no 9:30am service in St Martin’s today. Please join the 10:30am Benefice service at St Peter’s.

1pm Holy Baptism

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St Peter’s, Cranbourne – June services June Day Time Service

4 Pentecost 8am Holy Communion (BCP) 11am SPATS – Family All Together

10 Saturday 12 noon Holy Matrimony

11 Trinity Sunday 11am Holy Communion 12:45pm Holy Baptisms

18 1st Sunday after Trinity 8am Holy Communion (BCP) 11am Morning Prayer

25 2nd Sunday after Trinity 10:30am Holy Communion and Benefice Patronal Service

Winkfield Row Methodist Church – June 2017 How to find the Winkfield Row Methodist Church: We are located in Winkfield Row opposite Lambrook School: Winkfield Row, Bracknell RG42 6NE. Telephone: 01344 411417 Morning worship 10:30am (unless stated). All are welcome!

June 2017 services 4 June 10:30am: Doreen Murgatroyd. 11 June 10:30am: Irene Robinson. 18 June 10:30am: Maggie Garton. 25 June 10:30am.: Revd Roy Smith - Holy Communion 5pm: Revd Nick Thompson - Church Anniversary.

Flowers & Cleaning Rotas

St Mary’s – June 2017 Dates Flowers Notes 2 and 9 June Doreen Potter 16 and 23 June Penny Cardwell 30 June Esther Bond and Doreen Potter

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St Martin’s – June 2017 Dates Flowers Cleaning Notes 4 June Mrs Zerilli/Mrs Randall Mrs Luff 11 June Mrs Zerilli/Mrs Randall Mrs Luff 18 June Mrs Timbrell/Mrs Phillips Mrs Crane 25 June Mrs Timbrell/Mrs Phillips Mrs Crane

More flower arrangers needed for St Martin’s Two more flower arrangers needed: can you help, please? Ruth Timbrell

What’s on in June 2017 Special Events (also see Regular events on page 11) Day June Event Time/place

Sat 3 Holy Matrimony – Richards & Wootton

1pm at St Mary’s

Thur 8 POLLING DAY!! Chat & Craft, Scrabble and Bridge will not take place as St Peter’s Church is a Polling Station on this day.

Sat 10

Warfield Village Fete, on the Warfield Memorial Ground, opposite the Plough and Harrow pub. 12noon-4pm:

Holy Matrimony – Bateman & Birchmore

12noon at St Peter’s

Thur 15 Chavey Down Association Outing to Brighton (see page 3)

NB. All content in these lists may be subject to change without notice.

Regular events Day Event

Mondays not including Bank Holidays

Ascot Bridge Club – Chavey Down, Ascot. For more information please call David Calcutt on 886412, or visit the web site www.ascotbridge.org.uk

Pilates with Amanda Mann at St Martin’s Church from 9:30-10:30am & 10:45-11:45am. Visit the website: www.amandamann.uk.com or email info@amandamann.uk.com or call Amanda on 07767 816499

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Day Event Ballet With Victoria Lyons at St Peters Hall. For more information call 638538.

Ascot Yoga 7:45-9pm at Carnation hall. Visit www.AscotFitness.co.uk for more info or contact Flo Young on 07711077038 email Flo@AscotFitness.co.uk

Fun Adult Jive Classes at King Edwards Hall, SL5 8PD. Contact Debra on 07748 391776 or email john@jive-cats.co.uk

2nd Monday of the month

Whist Drive at 7:30pm in the White Hart, Church Road, SL4 4SE

Tuesdays Short Mat Bowls at Carnation Hall at 7pm. For more information please ring 882137 and 301158

1st Tuesday of the month

St Mary’s Women’s Guild meeting at 2:30pm, now always at St Mary’s church.

Wednesdays

EXTEND – fun, fitness & movement classes for the over-60s. 10:30-11:30am at St Martin’s Church Hall, SL5 8RR. Please contact Elizabeth Wright AISTID tel: 883078 or email: lizziewright25@hotmail.com

Zumba gold class at St Peter’s church hall 7-8pm

Chavey Down Association Bingo Club at St Martin’s Hall (fortnightly) at 8pm contact Monica or David on 884348.

The NOMADS Table Tennis Club at Carnation Hall, For more information contact Mike on 773939.

Pilates classes at Carnation Hall: Contact Rebecca on 0774 860 3145, email: pilatesascot@btinternet.com or visit www.pilatesascot.co.uk.

Soft Furnishing/Dressmaking Courses on Wednesdays. Day and evening courses. Places available. Please contact Sally Beer on tel no: 01344 882528 for further details, the venue schedule and timings.

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Day Event

2nd Wednesday of the month

Ascot Horticultural Society meets at 7:45pm in King Edward’s Hall, North Ascot (unless otherwise stated). All welcome. Admission: members £1.00 and visitors £2.50. Details on www.ascothorticulturalsociety.org.uk or call Peter Cleare on 01344 622086.

Thursdays

Chat & Craft – and now including Scrabble & Bridge. Between 2 and 4pm at St Peters Church. Entry £1.

BUT NOT ON THURSDAY 8 JUNE – POLLING DAY!

Open to all. Finish that project, enjoy a good game, or just come for a cuppa and chat. For more information please contact Jane Lister on 0798 408 7820

The Carnation Badminton Club plays on Thursdays at Carnation Hall, 8-10pm. New members welcome.

CLUBBERCISE Dance Fitness class at Carnation Hall 7-8pm, For more info, please see www.Ascot Fitness.co.uk or contact Flo Young on 07711077038 or Flo@AscotFitness.co.uk

Yoga at St Peter’s Church from 9:30-10:45 am. Contact Lucy on 07769 252250, or email lucyvicjackson@gmail.com

Events, Notices and Dates for your diaries (continued)

News from around the parish Friends of St Mary's Winkfield (FOSMW) The “Why do we still have an organ?” event, to initiate pipe sponsorship for the St Mary’s organ renovation, was a great success. Jonathan Holl, President of the Berkshire Organists Association, gave a fascinating talk about the workings of the organ and the remedial work necessary to restore the instrument. Anthony Hodson then explained how the pipe sponsorship would work. During the short reception Sponsorship forms were handed out, and more than £1,500 was taken that evening. Pipe sponsorship donations have now reached £2,500 - one third of the total project target.

Particularly popular have been dedications to children and grandchildren, and In Memoriam dedications for lost loved ones. Recognition of donations

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is up on the new pipe-sponsorship webpage, which looks a bit like a colourful computer game (page 19 is an indication).

To see it, look at www.fosmw.com and press the red Organ pipe Sponsorship button on the left, to go straight to the sponsorship web page.

There are still many pipes still available for sponsorship – so please do look at this website information on how to select a pipe for sponsorship, or pickup a leaflet in the church or speak to one of the Committee members. Or email to info@fosmw.com.

Pipe sponsorship starts at only £3 for the smallest organ-pipes – a pleasing gift for a young person!! It’s not too late – the project will last all year.

Lesley Philpot Chairman

More news from around the parish St Mary’s bell ringers A very busy month for both hand and tower bell ringers!

The draw took place for “name the lamb” and was delivered in time for Easter – she was called Anna. Many thanks to all who took part in this and helped me to raise funds for my Ride the Night, Women v Cancer charity.

We rang the hand bells during the 9:30am service, playing “Jesus Christ is Risen Today” during Communion, and again after the service which we thoroughly enjoyed and hope the congregation did too.

The hand bells were invited to entertain the Scout Leaders in Bracknell, so we went along and played a few easy pieces for them, then let them have a go at ringing themselves. After that we did ‘Ring & Sing’ so that the less mobile could join in as well. They managed ‘Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star’ extremely well and appeared to enjoy it.

To finish off we played our chimes to the same pieces of music to demonstrate an instrument that many of them would not have seen or heard before.

A thoroughly enjoyable evening for us and they sent a very nice thank you email, so they must have enjoyed it too.

We rang for the 5th Sunday service, as usual, and are extremely grateful to Anthony for assisting us when somebody dropped out at the last minute. The A and A sharp that he rang were pivotal to the piece, so many thanks Anthony. We did surprise him at the end of the service by ringing “Happy

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Birthday” on our bells for his 80th birthday. Ed: Thanks – and, yes, what a rare and wonderful surprise it was! Thank you all!! We were asked by a bride getting married at St Michael’s Sunninghill if we would ring our hand bells as they left the church following the wedding ceremony. (The bell tower there is out of action.) We – and she - were extremely lucky with the weather – the sun shone brightly and the bells were very pretty.

This Saturday is the South East Region Bell Orchestra performance at Redhill – worth looking out for next year: it is always a terrific concert.

The tower bells have also been busy ringing for all the usual Church services and the tower has had its annual Spring clean.

We participated in the annual Lorna Newton striking competition against Wraysbury and were very happy to win and therefore progress to the next round. – watch this space for updates on our progress!!

As always you are welcome to come along and give the bells a go – Mondays for the tower (call Tony) and Wednesdays for hand bells (call me).

Jill Glennerster 01344-884071

St Mary's Choirs (Adult and Junior) The choirs have now returned to the regular Thursday rehearsals after the Easter break, and we welcomed two new members from the 9:30am service to the rehearsal this evening (11 May). The Junior choir will perform at the Family Matins services during May, June and July and will sing with the adult choir on third Sundays during these months. In addition to the regular Sunday service members will be singing at a wedding in June, the Confirmation Service on Sunday 9 July and the service for the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation at the end of July. This will be another service devised by John Kimbell, one of our extra singers and a Master at Lambrook. We hope members of both St Martin’s and St Peter’s choirs will join for the Confirmation service.

If you are interested in joining the choirs for the regular services or the special services please do contact me.

Lesley Philpot

Winkfield Row MayDay Fair A brief downpour soon after the stallholders had set up didn't dampen anyone's spirits, and despite menacing clouds lingering throughout the afternoon, it fortunately remained dry.

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Cranbourne Primary School Maypole Dancers performed three dances, to live accordion music and a packed crowd! The school having learnt the dances for a school event, head teacher Mrs Huckle was delighted that the children had the opportunity to perform them again at the fair, where they were joined by their folk-dancing teachers Mr and Mrs Smith.

BBQs provided by Old Windsor Scout Group's and Joel's Place, plus cakes and refreshments from Cranbourne Primary Schools PTA, ensured that nobody went hungry. There were over 40 stalls including Winkfield and Bullbrook Brownies, 4th Ascot Brownies, 1st Winkfield Guides and 2nd Ascot Guides, plus South East Berks Gang Show, who each had stalls with games, tombolas, books and toys to keep the children amused. Old-timers like Winkfield Row Methodist Church, Ascot Horticultural and Cat's Protection were there, plus Warfield Riding for the Disabled and Ascot Day Centre (who the fair has supported in the past). Newcomers included Binfield Badger Group, Hartland Fudge and Shhh Jewellery.

As a non-profit making event, surplus proceeds are given to a local charity; and this year InnerSense was chosen. They offer multisensory theatre workshops to around 100 people with disabilities every week. Their trustee, Annabel Hill, officially opened the fair at 1pm. We will be giving them £1250.

The May Day Fair Committee members are looking for people to join them to help with booking stallholders, marketing and organising the raffle. If you would like to volunteer to help, or you would like to support InnerSense, please contact mayday@winkfieldrowfair.org or call 07713 348913.

Wendy French

Ruth Timbrell writes: MayDay Fair - once again another great day, thanks to the organisers, the Committee and all the volunteers.

I have been trying to work out how many years this has been arranged. It was first started by the Rev. Bob Wharton and held in a field at Row Farm Winkfield. Linda Frost 'née Bowyer is not sure whether the event was held

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for one year, or perhaps two, before moving to Locks Ride Playing fields when Mr. and Mrs. Norgate took over arranging the event.

My earliest photograph is 1994 at Locks Ride; but if the event ran for two year at Row Farm then the event must be approaching 25 years. Perhaps someone in the Parish has a record and can clarify? Do let me know.

Ruth Timbrell

Thoughts of all sorts Church bells on the Wind Editor: Nigel Beeton recently lost his father. ‘He died quite suddenly in early March, but, praise God, he was 84, fit and healthy, completely independent until a few days before he died. Nevertheless, I was feeling terribly sad as I washed the car one Saturday morning. It was dirty after a significant number of trips back and forth to Banbury, where he lived, and he always used to pull my leg if my car was dirty. As I wept gently while I worked, I heard the bells of St Edmundsbury Cathedral on the wind as they celebrated a wedding. I live a mile and a half away from the Cathedral, but the wind was blowing from that direction. They cannot possibly realise how much good they did that morning! They blessed far more people than just the wedding party. So this poem is dedicated to all those tremendous people along the length and breadth of Britain who give up their time to keep church bells ringing in praise of God. Thank you!

It matters not how sad you feel If eyes, with tears, are dimmed; Your heart will lift to hear the peal Of church bells on the wind.

Was e’er a sound that had the pow’r To touch one feeling grim – To bring relief in gloomy hour Like church bells on the wind?

I love that sound upon the breeze With joy my soul is twinned! And I give thanks upon my knees For church bells on the wind.

By Nigel Beeton

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Trinity Trinity Sunday is on 11 June. Here the Ven John Barton considers the Trinity … If I say the doctrine of the Trinity is a work in progress, I may incur the wrath of theologians who, with their forbears, have laboured, studied and debated it for centuries. Nevertheless, even now the family of Orthodox churches differ from Catholic and Protestant churches in the way they define the relationship of the Holy Spirit to the Father and the Son. Is “proceeding” the best word or not?

We have to admit that human words can never adequately describe the Creator of the Cosmos, who is God-with-us in the Person of Jesus, and the ever-present Holy Spirit, making God known to us, stirring up our individual gifts and prompting us to behave as children of God.

But we must do the best we can with the words we have, to portray the ways which we, collectively and personally, encounter God. To make sure that our definitions remain orthodox, we have the classic Creeds to help us. They were produced when heresies threatened to misrepresent Christian experience, often by denying the divinity of Christ and so undermining the good news of our salvation. It may be a surprise to learn that the first known heresy was actually the opposite. It claimed that Jesus was some kind of apparition and only seemed to be human. With this in mind, the writer of the First Letter of John in the New Testament insisted:

“That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched—this we proclaim concerning the Word of life. The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us. We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.”

Although this applies uniformly to every Christian, our distinctive God-given personalities are nurtured within God’s community. We are not clones. Our ways of worship (‘Spikes’, ‘Prots’ and ‘Happy-Clappy’) may vary and our personal faith will change and grow throughout our lives. But, as St Paul writes, “in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work”. One God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The Holy Trinity.

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friends of St Mary’s Winkfield website

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Children’s Corner St RICHARD of CHICHESTER St Richard of Chichester, who lived from 1197 to 1253, is patron saint of the English county of Sussex.

In 1244 Richard was elected Bishop of Chichester but King Henry III wanted someone else as bishop and he ordered that no one should feed or house Richard. So Richard lived with a friend who was a parish priest and visited his entire diocese on foot for two years until the king relented.

Richard is widely remembered today for the prayer he is supposed to have said as he was dying. The prayer was adapted for the song ‘Day by Day’ in the musical Godspell and it is in this form that most people know it today:

Day by day, Dear Lord, of thee three things I pray: To see thee more clearly, Love thee more dearly, Follow thee more nearly, Day by Day.

SOUNDS STRANGE There are still quite a few people called Richard today but some saints’ names sound very strange to our modern ears - how many of these names are saint’s names and how many of them are something else all together? Answers at the bottom of the page.

1. Wenceslas 2. Mesrop 3. Blaise 4. Porphyry 5. Waudru 6. Methodius 7. Attracta 8. Sebbi 9. Fiacre 10. Budoc

What do you call a man with a map on his head?

Miles. What do you call a woman with a tortoise on her head? Shelley.

What do you call a man checking your homework?

Mark. What do you call a Vicar on a moped? Rev.

Answer: all of them are saints listed in the Penguin Dictionary of Saints – honestly.

CONTENTS A message from Huw ..................................................... 1

Made with care .............................................................. 1 A note from the Editors ................................................. 2

From the Parish Registers .............................................. 2 Baptisms ........................................................................ 2 Funerals etc. .................................................................. 2

Bits and Pieces ................................................................ 2 Office opening hours (Friday closed): ......................... 2 Contact info ................................................................... 2

Events, Notices and Dates for your Diaries ................... 3 Who’s Who pages in the Winkfield Parish News ........ 3 Chavey Down Women’s Institute ................................. 3 St Mary’s Organ-pipe Sponsorship appeal .................. 3 Chavey Down Association outing ................................ 3 Popel’s Cottages Almshouse Vacancy ......................... 4 Spotlights Musical Theatre Group: ‘My Fair Lady’ ...... 4 Spotlights ad. ............................................................ 5 Chat and Craft, Scrabble and Bridge ........................... 6 Winkfield Parish News deliverers urgently needed ... 6

News from around the Parish ........................................ 6 Celebration of Father Paul’s Golden Jubilee of Priesthood ..................................................................... 6 St Mary’s Women’s Guild ............................................. 7

SERVICES ACROSS THE PARISH .................................. 9 St Mary’s – June services ............................................... 9 St Martin’s, Chavey Down – June services ................... 9 St Peter’s, Cranbourne – June services ...................... 10

Winkfield Row Methodist Church – June 2017 ............ 10 June 2017 services ....................................................... 10

Flowers & Cleaning Rotas ............................................ 10 St Mary’s – June 2017 ................................................... 10 St Martin’s – June 2017 ................................................. 11 More flower arrangers needed for St Martin’s ........... 11

What’s on in June 2017 ................................................. 11 Special Events (also see Regular events on page 11) 11 Regular events ............................................................. 11 Events, Notices and Dates for your diaries (continued) ...................................................................................... 13

News from around the parish....................................... 13 Friends of St Mary's Winkfield (FOSMW) ................... 13

More news from around the parish ............................. 14 St Mary’s bell ringers .................................................. 14 St Mary's Choirs (Adult and Junior) ............................. 15 Winkfield Row MayDay Fair ....................................... 15

Ruth Timbrell writes: ................................................. 16 Thoughts of all sorts ...................................................... 17

Church bells on the Wind ........................................... 17 Trinity ........................................................................... 18 friends of St Mary’s Winkfield website ....................... 19

Children’s Corner ........................................................ 20 St RICHARD of CHICHESTER ...................................... 20 SOUNDS STRANGE ..................................................... 20 CONTENTS .................................................................. 21