3.27pm, Friday 3rd September 2010
Grantchester

Church of St. Andrew & St. Mary, Grantchester

Grantchester Church
 Grantchester Church





About the church

St Andrew and St Mary is the parish church of Grantchester. We are part of Cambridge South Deanery, in the Diocese of Ely.

Among our regular worshipers, we have Christians from almost all the main-stream denominations, from Quakers to Roman Catholics. We consider this to be source of strength, not least because our many visitors and tourists can feel more at home in such an eclectic assembly.

Parish Priest

The Reverend Dr Stuart Mews was licensed on 16th July 2007 as house for duty Priest in Grantchester.

Click here for his letter "Pipes and Harps".

Church Building

The oldest part of the church - the chancel - dates from the 14th century, the nave and tower are 15th century, whilst the south aisle was added in the 1870s. The font is believed to be Norman, and the 17th century pulpit probably came from the chapel of Corpus Christi College.

Church of St. Andrew & St. Mary, Grantchester
 Church of St. Andrew & St. Mary, Grantchester


Church News

The Church Village Fete

will be held on September 11th  in the Manor Field (behind the Village Hall) from 2.30pm.

Tin Can Alley, Pennies in the bucket,

Beat the Goalie, Bat the Rat and not forgetting….

 the classic Pot the Marbles

This year there will be an extra marble game  one for the adults and one for the children.

Produce and plant stall, tea and cakes, and a books and toy stall  plus lots more. There will be two competitions: a miniature garden  and a potato head fancy dress competition. Prizes for the winners.

Tower Repairs – Stage 3

It had been planned that this year we would carry out Stage 3, the final stage of the tower repair scheme started some 5 years ago. Stages 1 and 2, now completed, included repair to the external walls of the tower to ground level. Stage 3 involved the lowering of the external ground level around the base of the tower and the installation of a drain to take ground water away from the walls to alleviate the damp conditions in the vestry walls and floor, the internal floor level being approximately 1 metre below the external ground level. However the architect, engineers and English Heritage, having investigated the conditions below ground level by digging trial holes, have advised that deep excavations would be required to carry out the work and extensive structural work would be needed below ground, all of which would be very costly in the light of the benefits to be obtained from it. In view of the fact that this is not essential work to preserve the structure of the tower and that its aim is to reduce relatively superficial damage, the PCC have decided that the money would be better spent over the years on remedial work as has been done in the past.

Peter Hall

Communal Centre Communion

Communion will take place in the Communal Centre on Wednesday 8 September at 1000 hours. Tea and coffee will be served afterwards.


Pattern of Services

The following is the general pattern of Sunday services. For full details, see the diary for the month.

8.00 Holy Communion (Book of Common Prayer)
10.30 Parish Communion (1st, 3rd and 5th Sundays) (Common Worship)
  Family Communion (2nd Sunday) (Common Worship)
  Matins (4th Sunday) (Book of Common Prayer)
18.30 Evensong (Book of Common Prayer)

On the 4th Sunday, "Godly Play", a Sunday school for children under twelve, takes place in the Reading Room.


Church Services

10.30am

Readers

Lessons

Sidesmen

5 Sept.Parish Comm.

Pat Hall

Jeremiah 18. 1-11;

Luke 14. 25-33

Pat Hall

Peter Hall

12 Family Communion

 

Margaret Barwise, Mary Shaw and children

 

19 Parish Comm.

Clare Graffy

1 Timothy 2. 1-7;

Luke 16. 1-13

Clare Graffy

Jonathan Graffy

26 Matins

Margaret Marrs

Simon Thomas

Nehemiah 2. 1-8; Luke 16. 19-31;

Psalm 91. 1-6, 14-16

Margaret Marrs

Simon Thomas

3 October Parish Comm.

Francis Burkitt

2 Timothy 1. 1-14;

Luke 17. 5-10

Francis Burkitt

Ann Larner :

6.30 pm

Evensong

 

Until further notice Evensong will be held only on first Sunday of each month

 

5 September

Christine Jennings

Piers Recordon

Psalm 123; Revelation 8. 1-15;

John 5. 30-47

Christine Jennings

3 October

Hazel Offord

David Jennings

Psalm 141; Isaiah 49. 13-23;

Luke 12. 1-12

Hazel Offord


Church and Churchyard Rotas

Date

Flowers

Brasses

Memorial

Doorkeeper

5 September

Vicky Smith

Liz Neville

Mrs Buxton

Richard Pilsworth

12

Ann Larner

Liz Neville

Mrs Buxton

R. Pilsworth

19

Ann Larner

Liz Neville

Mrs King

R. Pilsworth

26

Pat Hall

Liz Neville

Mrs King

R. Pilsworth

3 October

Pat Hall

Hazel Offord

Mrs Larner

Hazel/Peter Arnold

10

 

Hazel Offord

Mrs Larner

H & PArnold


September/October 2010 Diary of Events

(This is copied from the parish magazine, and contains village activities as well as church activities)


Date

Time

 

Place/Details

3rd September Friday

0700

Green collection

 

5 Sunday

1030

1830

Parish Communion

Evensong

 

9 Thursday

 

2000

Mothers Union tea

WIG meeting

Byron Lodge

Communal Room

10 Friday

0700

Black bins

 

11 Saturday

1430

Church Village Fete

Manor Field

12 Sunday

0800

1030

Holy Communion

Family Communion

 

16 Weds

1540

Mobile Library

Stulpfield Road

17 Friday

0700

Green collection

 

18 Saturday

1400

Jumble Sale

Communal Centre

19 Sunday

1030

Parish Communion

 

20 Monday

2015

Parish Council meeting

Reading Room

24 Friday

0700

1200

Black bins

Magbind

 

26 Sunday

0800

1000

1030

Holy Communion

Grantchester Tennis Tournament

Matins

 

Finish at 1600 at North End House

28 Tuesday

1800

Cubs restart

Barton School

1 October Friday

0700

Green collection

 

2 Saturday

1400

Churchyard Working Party

First Churchyard

3 Sunday

1030

1830

Parish Communion

Evensong

 

7 Thursday

1500

Over 60s Games Afternoon

Village Hall

8 Friday

0700

Black bins

 

16 Saturday

1400

Jumble Sale for Cubs and Scouts

Haslingfield Village Hall

18 Monday

2015

Parish Council meeting

Reading Room

20 Weds

1540

Mobile Library

Stulpfield Road