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To make sure that everybody gets the opportunity to come to The Big Lunch, area co-ordinators will be visiting every household in Stratford, up as far as Shelley Drive, in the course of the next two weeks. The area co-ordinator will give you a leaflet about the event and see whether you can come and whether you need any transport. Watch out for the posters as well!
If you live outside the following areas but would like to come please call Mel Munt on 01722 503874. The areas and co-ordinators are: Stratford Road from Parsonage Close to Castle Keep - Mel Munt Stratford Road from Castle Keep to the Portway - Terry and Clare Eriera Mill Lane to Avon Farm - David and Chris Mills St Lawrence Close - Brian and Derrin Holmes Shakespeare Road - TBA Castle Keep - John and Elizabeth Waterman Shelley Drive - Jeff and Carole Long Photographic Competition ‘My Stratford’ Under 12 years and 12 and over. Richard Death is collating all the entries by email please to rndeath@hotmail.com If you are happy to send a Family Photograph taken in front of your home for the Stratford Jubilee Archive, this should also be sent to Richard, tagged with your name(s) and address. If you don’t have a digital camera but would still like to participate or you have any other question, contact Arnold Harrison on 327120.
Ascension Day Service at Old Sarum Ascension Day is Thursday 17th May this year and we will be having our usual Holy Communion Service outside in the ruins of the Cathedral at Old Sarum. The service begins at 7.30am. We will be there whatever the weather, so come prepared! As usual we will be joined by members from St Francis, our sister church, for this event. This is a lovely service and will be followed by a simple breakfast at the home of Heather & David Balston, ’Avoncroft’, Mill Lane, Stratford. Rev’d Tessa Mann
The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee
Service of Thanksgiving
Let us pray……
A prayer for our church during the coming year, based on a PCC priority setting discussion in January 2012.
Dear Lord,
May we be a community which is open and welcoming.
The Studio Theatre present: `Third Week in August ` by Peter Gordon and directed by Tim Greathead, 14th.-19th. May Matters become complicated with the arrival of the enthusiastic Tony and his reluctant girl friend. Neville decides that a communal barbecue is what's needed .....then things really start to hot up! Each night at 7.30pm.Tickets £10 and £8 (concs) available from theFish Row, Salisbury. Tel 01722 334956
Services at the Church of The Most Holy Redeemer, Bishopdown Mass Times: Saturday (for Sunday) 6.00pm. Ring 333581 for more information Are you feeling under the weather ? Do you need help? - with transport, shopping, prescriptions collected, library books returned or someone to walk your dog? if you are not well. Maybe you would like someone to visit you, bring Holy Communion to you or keep you company for an hour or two if you are housebound. For help or information on any or all of these, contact John Williams (323549) The Stratford sub Castle Guild Guild Meeting on 11 April Returning to the newly spring-cleaned Reading Room after the March visit to the Law Courts, a slightly smaller audience (32 instead of the more usual 36 - 40) settled back to be inspired, impressed and humbled by the many examples of seriously injured servicemen overcoming their disadvantages, as related by Martin Colclough. Martin had been in the army for 34 years before leaving last year, to take up his position as the head of the Battle Back Phoenix Programme at Help for Heroes. He had also spent 20 years working with athletes with disabilities outside of his service life. Whilst he still coaches able-bodied athletes, he explained that the biggest impact is always seen with children and with the disabled, and this makes working with these groups especially rewarding. The Battle Back Phoenix programme works with service men and women who have been disabled by battle-related incidents and also “normal life” problems such as MS and cancer, and he quoted examples of a man losing both legs through a road traffic accident and a woman who was paralysed from the waist after she “did something stupid whilst drunk, and was very embarrassed about it, so I won’t say more”. In both cases these seriously disabled people were helped to become elite athletes as a result of their recovery programme. His first example particularly stuck in my mind. A Royal Marine lost both legs above the knee in a mine explosion. After medical recovery, he gave up mentally and descended into being an overweight drunk, a slob and a trouble-maker, but was helped to get a grip on himself through the sport programme. Last year he completed the Bolton Iron Man Triathlon - a 2.5 mile swim, immediately followed by a 112 mile cycle (using his hands), immediately followed by a 26 mile run (pushing a supporting pram). He finished in just over 11 hours, in approximately mid-field - beating almost half of the fully able-bodied athletes. Just stop a second and think about that - a man with no legs, completing a long swim, a long cycle ride using his hands and a full marathon in 11 hours or so - I would need 11 days. Tidworth apparently has excellent facilities to train a support disabled athletes in 17 of the 20 events in the Paralympics, so we are especially blessed in this area. Martin gave many more examples of challenging events and supreme athletic prowess (including a female archery contestant who releases the string with her teeth!) After this inspiring talk, a very generous gift bowl meant we were able to send £150 to help support this work at Help for Heroes. Next month’s meeting, on Wed 9th, is the AGM followed by a talk by Terry Ereira on Exam Blunders. Richard Death
Wanted!
- people of all ages (12 upwards) to learn to ring St. Lawrence`s bells. What with holidays and homework it is a problem to find the requisite six ringers every Sunday morning. Please, please, please come along to one of our practices one Monday night, 7.30 - 9.00pm and see what we get up to.
The ringers enjoy some social activities such as outings to other towers, barbecues and skittles evenings as well.
Please, please, please come !
David Todd,
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