February

Wednesday 8th February is Ash Wednesday, and this year it is about as early as it can get giving us Easter Day on March 27th. According to my list, the earliest we can have Easter is March 23^rd in 2008 and the latest we can have Easter is on April 25^th but we need to wait until 2038 for that! The reason is in the season. Easter was originally an agricultural celebration and its date was (and still is) determined by the phase of the moon. As far as I remember, Easter is celebrated on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the 21st of March. Easter is about new beginnings and to prepare ourselves for Easter we go through the 40 days of Lent and we ask God to help us make a new beginning by thinking about how we sometimes get things wrong in our lives. It is never too late to turn over a new leaf and start afresh. The special prayer for Ash Wednesday puts it like this:

Yours Geoffrey

For services this month click on February Services

You are welcome to join with any of the following:
Every 2^nd Monday of the month 7.30pm Prayer Group, Hollesley
Every Wednesday at 7.30pm at Hollesley + Midday at Sutton
Every 4^th Friday Communion at Mary Warner Homes 2pm
Every 1^st Thursday Evensong at Glebe House, Hollesley 3pm
Every 3^rd Thursday Holy Communion at Glebe House 10.30am

Congratulations to the Revd Pauline Stentiford who has succeeded Robert Clifton as our new Rural Dean. She was commissioned at Melton Church on 16^thJanuary. We wish Robert and Sian Clifton well in his retirement as the Wilford Team Rector.

We collected £476.00 a fantastic amount. Thank you to all who joined us to sing and to those who gave so generously. Money was divided between our Church and St Elizabeths Hospice, Ipswich. Unfortunately, some evenings there were very few singers and I feel that, unless we can guarantee a minimum of six, we may not be able to sing the same number of evenings next Christmas therefore not covering as much of the village. Joan Butcher

A peal of bells will be rung at 2pm on February 6th at All Saints' Church, Hollesley in celebration of Don Prices 75th birthday and 60 years membership of the College Youths Bellringing Society. Fred Stentiford

FOR REGULAR ACTIVITIES - Click on February 2004

WELCOME CLUB: 1^st and 3^rd Tuesdays, Hollesley Village Hall 2pm.
Hollesley Youth & Sports Association: 4^th Wednesday, see group members for information

Hollesley Church PCC would like to thank everyone who recycles their paper into the bin on the Shepherd and Dog car park. This provides valuable income for Hollesley Church.

BOYTON COFFEE MORNING
Saturday 5th February
10.30am at Boyton Village Hall
In aid of Boyton Church Restoration Fund - Isobel Lilley

Thank you everyone who bought a ticket. £40 was sent to Crisis - a well-known charity helping homeless people to re-build their lives. The lucky winner of the hamper this year was Lucy Butler. Congratulations Lucy. Diana & Tony Barnard

A musical comedy - The Great Western - Coming in March to Hollesley Village Hall.
Details in March Contact
A Talk about Ballet and His Life with Ballet by Sir Peter Wright - 7.30pm Saturday 19^th March at Woodbridge School, proceeds to Boyton Church Restoration Fund
An Evening of Melody by the Gilbert and Sullivan Singers - Saturday May 14^th, Hollesley Village Hall.
Coffee and Chat - 1^st and 15^th February 2.30pm Hollesley Church.

FOR PARISH INFORMATION CLICK ON: February 2003

Riddle of the month: The most called-upon prerequisite of a friend is an accessible ear. (Maya Angelou)
Riddle of the month: Q. Why couldn't the church tower keep a secret? A. Because the bell always tolled!