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  1. Christian Aid week count in church
    • Start date: Fri, May 18th 2012
    • Start time: 18:30
    • End time: 20:30
    • Where: St Mary's church, Great Dunmow, CM6 2AE

Tomorrow

  1. Christian Aid: Cake Stall near The Post Office
    • Start date: Sat, May 19th 2012
    • Start time: 10:00
    • End time: 12:30
  2. Christian Aid week count in church
    • Start date: Sat, May 19th 2012
    • Start time: 18:30
    • End time: 20:30
    • Where: St Mary's church, Great Dunmow, CM6 2AE

Sun, May 20th 2012

  1. Holy Communion - David Ainge
    • Start date: Sun, May 20th 2012
    • Start time: 09:00
    • End time: 10:00
    • Where: St Mary's church, Great Dunmow, CM6 2AE
  2. All Age Service - Jo Hargrave & Helen Wright
    • Start date: Sun, May 20th 2012
    • Start time: 10:30
    • End time: 12:00

    • Please join us for coffee and tea after the service

    • Where: St Mary's church, Great Dunmow, CM6 2AE
  3. Hymn Service at Grove Court
    • Start date: Sun, May 20th 2012
    • Start time: 15:30
    • End time: 16:15
    • Where: Grove Court
  4. Holy Communion & Ministry of Healing - David Ainge
    • Start date: Sun, May 20th 2012
    • Start time: 18:00
    • End time: 19:00
    • Where: St Mary's church, Great Dunmow, CM6 2AE

Mon, May 21st 2012

  1. Week 21 of 2012
    • Start date: Mon, May 21st 2012

Wed, May 23rd 2012

  1. Pram Service
    • Start date: Wed, May 23rd 2012
    • Start time: 10:00
    • End time: 12:00
    • Where: St Mary's Room
  2. Chatterbox
    • Start date: Wed, May 23rd 2012
    • Start time: 15:00
    • End time: 16:30

    • Chatterbox is a new group for people who live on their own to meet together for tea and a chat and to make new friends. We meet at 3pm on the last Wednesday of the month. For more information please contact Rosemary Crowley or Margaret Hodges.

    • Where: Blue Cedars, Beaumont Hill

Sun, May 27th 2012

  1. Pentecost
    • Start date: Sun, May 27th 2012
  2. Holy Communion - Philip Tarris
    • Start date: Sun, May 27th 2012
    • Start time: 09:00
    • End time: 10:00
    • Where: St Mary's church, Great Dunmow, CM6 2AE
  3. Parish Communion - Philip Tarris
    • Start date: Sun, May 27th 2012
    • Start time: 10:30
    • End time: 12:00

    • Please join us for coffee and tea after the service

    • Where: St Mary's church, Great Dunmow, CM6 2AE
  4. Holy Communion @ Redbond Lodge
    • Start date: Sun, May 27th 2012
    • Start time: 16:00
    • End time: 16:45
    • Where: Redbond Lodge
  5. Pentecost Praise - Gerald Crowley
    • Start date: Sun, May 27th 2012
    • Start time: 18:00
    • End time: 19:00
    • Where: St Mary's church, Great Dunmow, CM6 2AE

Mon, May 28th 2012

  1. Week 22 of 2012
    • Start date: Mon, May 28th 2012
  2. Holy Communion at Alan Hasler House
    • Start date: Mon, May 28th 2012
    • Start time: 10:15
    • End time: 11:00

    • Arrangements have been made for the staff from St Mary’s, Great Dunmow to come to provide Services.

    • Where: Alan Hasler House

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Just A Thought

published by Elsie Bouffler on Tue, 01/05/2012 - 00:00

I don’t have a good memory for names and I have found that after a certain time of knowing someone, one moves beyond the point where you can ask them their name yet again, so you have to coexist with them usually knowing yours and you avoiding having to use theirs - or is that just me?

There are all sorts of social rules we can find ourselves falling foul of, for instance that awful scenario when we join something new, then miss a week, then another week then so many that it just becomes too awkward to go back, so we let things go and don’t renew that membership.

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Off with the head

published by David Ainge on Tue, 01/05/2012 - 00:00

The Most Reverend and Right Honourable Rowan Williams, 104th Archbishop of Canterbury, is stepping down from his lofty Office in the Anglican Church after 10 years in post. In January 2013 he will return to the world of academia and become the Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge. We wish him well, and thank God for his untiring work of seeking to retain unity within the world-wide Anglican Communion.

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Houses, houses, houses

published by David Ainge on Wed, 01/02/2012 - 00:00

Spare a thought for the planners who have the unenviable task of trying to match the insatiable demand for houses, with the limited available resources, and the public’s expectation that the countryside we enjoy will not be destroyed.

Uttlesford District Council has just launched a major Consultation Programme to enable them to share their thinking about future housing policy. We, the members of the public, are invited to be fully involved. Our views are being sought, and our reactions will be listened-to.

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Just A Thought

published by Elsie Bouffler on Wed, 01/02/2012 - 00:00

Not long ago, I went to buy flowers to brighten up the table and, feeling a bit overspent, I chose the discounted bunch of white roses, thinking I had a real bargain. The first day they were on the table they looked perfectly good, but by the next day I began to understand why they were so heavily discounted.

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Just A January Thought

published by Elsie Bouffler on Sun, 01/01/2012 - 00:00

I wonder, after all the planning and all the effort, was Christmas perfect, did we arrive on the day with everything picture perfect, did the meal go perfectly to plan, were all the guests delightful, were we delightful?

Almost certainly things were not perfect, I hope they were happy but I am willing to guarantee that they were not perfect, because we are not still lives in a magazine, we are human with all the flaws and frailties that go along with being human. Yet we try so very hard.

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It’s all go this year

published by David Ainge on Sun, 01/01/2012 - 00:00

2012 has arrived and, no doubt, the usual fanfare of celebration accompanied the change of year.

For lots of people, this year will be significant and extremely busy. Here’s a sample of the special things to come:

• The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee

• The Dunmow Flitch Trials

• 350th Anniversary of The Book of Common Prayer

• The Olympic Games

• The Paralympic Games

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I’m dreaming of a white Christmas.

published by David Ainge on Thu, 01/12/2011 - 00:00

I’m dreaming of a white Christmas. If it happens, it’ll be the third in a row.

Weather forecasters are predicting cold temperatures; icy footpaths; chilling winds and clear starlit skies. They look nice – from behind double-glazed windows - but the predicted drop in temperatures is causing some concern for those whose health is vulnerable or income is very low.

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Just a Christmas Thought. . . On the Nativity

published by Elsie Bouffler on Thu, 01/12/2011 - 00:00

I spent a little time this year looking at nativity scenes by some of the greatest painters in history. Each has taken the scene and imagined how it would look, some have a narrative, other just paint the scene as they imagine it, but all have in common a sense of light in darkness and a portrayal of love.

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Just be Yourself

published by Elsie Bouffler on Tue, 01/11/2011 - 00:00

I am writing this as I return from a visit to the hairdresser, where, having arrived knowing I wanted something done but not quite sure what, I was engulfed in hair magazines all showing how I could improve my look or, and I quote, “borrow a look from the hottest A List celebrity.”

Having flipped through them I settled on one, and the hairdresser did her job well (those who know me know that it would take a great deal more than a haircut to look like the hottest A list celebrity) but my hair did resemble the picture in some ways.

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Church Watch

published by David Ainge on Tue, 01/11/2011 - 00:00

The current outbreak of metal thefts is becoming an epidemic. Copper cable from railway signalling equipment, cast iron drainage covers, telephone cabling, and sheet metal from church roofs – they’re all being targeted. St Mary’s Church has also been visited by the lead fairies and a substantial amount of the roof covering has been stolen.

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Christian News

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Word for Today

  • The Word for Today 17 May 2012 'Do You Love God's Word?'
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