| Rev'd Linda Munt writes:
At the moment I’m looking forward to my holiday. It is
lovely to be away isn’t it! All of us know how beneficial getting away from
it all can be in refreshing us and giving us renewed strength.
One of my favorite spots that I found
on my holiday last year was a little Turkish bar by the side of a swimming
pool. It was one of the few places where I could just sit and be comfortable
and pass the time away.
Above the bar was a poster, which
became my thinking point for my holiday. It was advertising a tropical fruit
cocktail called ‘Jammin’ and it showed a man leaning against a palm tree by
the side of the water, sipping his drink, relaxed and comfortable. The whole
scene was reflected in the water by the side of him. The words above the
scene were “Jammin - take time to reflect".
That poster became an important part
of my holiday; it caused me to take time to sit back and think about the
situations, experiences and things that had happened, of the very busy year
I’d had.
I discovered however, that reflection
wasn’t always as easy as it appeared on the poster. Taking time to
reflect brought up all sorts of feelings and thoughts that I had previously
chosen to either ignore or bury down either because I didn't have time to
think about them or because I hoped they’d go away or because I found them
too painful to face up to.
As I forced myself to face my fear
however, I realised that the answer was in the pain - that I had been
running away from the answer by refusing to face the pain. By the end of the
week something had happened, I realised that I had somehow befriended my
fear, that it was no longer a fear. It had in fact become a source of
strength to me.
Again and again the bible tells us
'fear not’ - do not be afraid. God can turn the wrongs we have done or have
had done to us - or the fears that we face into the very means of our
salvation.
We need to take time to reflect. There
are two ways that can help us. One good way is to reveal our fears to
someone we can trust - who will listen and accept us.
The other is to be open with God in
prayer. As we try, often he helps us to see our weaknesses and ourselves
more clearly. We also discover that he loves and accepts us deeply just as
we are, and as we begin to trust him which is the inevitable consequence -
our fears seem to melt away or somehow become that source of strength.
Enjoy your holidays but take time to
reflect. It could bring new life for the coming year.
Linda Munt
PUBLIC MEETING
12th July at 7.30 pm in Bramham Village Hall
To launch the preparation of the Parish Plan.
This is your chance to have a say in the future of your
village - SO COME ALONG
Grass Cutting
The volunteer army of grass cutters in the churchyard is
growing nearly as fast as the grass. Thank you all so much for working so
hard to keeping the churchyard looking neat and tidy. The wild flower area
will be cut later in the summer.
Grave Plots
A copy has been made of the Grave Register and we have
discovered that there are many unmarked plots. If you have any information
about any of the unmarked graves we would be pleased to hear from you.
During the year we do have requests from relatives about family graves and
so often we cannot locate the correct grave for them.
Large Print books in Church
We are ordering a few large print hymn books and books of
Common Worship for members of the congregation with poor eye-sight.
Children’s Fun Day
Helpers are required at the Family Fun Day in Bramham
Park on Sunday 18th July - 12.30 pm to 4.30 pm. Bramham Church is running a
Cake Stall. Peggy Kitchen has agreed to run this stall and she will be
pleased to receive any contributions. Please contact her if you can help
with baking or manning the stall. (Tel: 843378).
Walton Church are having a Bric-a-Brac stall. A Barbecue
is going on all afternoon. There will be a Treasure Hunt around the Park,
Police Dog demonstration and many other attractions.
See separate notice on page 11.
Bramham Park gardens are open to everyone buying a ticket
for the Fun Day (included in the price of the ticket). Admission price is £1
per head for adults and 50p for children under 16. Under 5’s free on the
day. However tickets bought in advance are £2 per car with four people.
These can be obtained from Anne Palmer, or from church.
We welcome any offers of help for this event. If you will
be on holiday and would like to support the event, please send us a prize
for the Tombola, a cake for the Cake Stall or a cash donation will be well
received
Please come along to support the event and have an
enjoyable day in Bramham Park.
Anne Palmer & Peggy Kitchen
THE YORKSHIRE COUNTRYWOMEN’S ASSOCIATION
The speaker at our May meeting was Mrs M Urquart who
spoke on the “Elixir of Life”, otherwise our favourite beverage, TEA!
After giving an entertaining history of tea, Mrs Urquhart
encouraged members to purchase a wide range of items she had brought, in aid
of her other interest, The Guide Dog for the Blind Charity, her fee also
going to the same good cause.
Our next meeting on Wednesday 21st July is the Summer
Social, to be held at Mrs Barton’s home, The Crag, Bramham at 7.00 pm.
Jean Dale
NEWS FROM BRAMHAM SCHOOL
Another very busy and successful year in school has only
a few more weeks to run before we have a summer break.
I hope our children will continue through the holidays
with the wealth of physical activity they have been involved in at school.
We have introduced many sports over and above the PE that
we have during the normal curriculum. At the moment we have athletics,
football, netball, rugby and gym running after school or at lunch time.
After many years of thinking about it we now have a
School Council set up and ready to help improve the lives of all pupils at
school. Their first job will be to decide how to spend the profits raised at
the Healthy Tuck Shop which is run by pupils every break time. We have
bought outdoor seating and games with the money raised in the past so it
will be interesting to see what else they would like.
Our Summer Fair will be taking place on Saturday July
10th and all are very
welcome to come along. We will have on offer a warm sunny
day, refreshments, BBQ , Bramham Dance Group, Cream Teas, a Balloon Race,
Games and other activities and throughout the afternoon a select group from
York Light Orchestra will entertain us with a varied programme of music.
The churches in the local area have contributed to
Wednesday morning assemblies throughout the year and we thank them for their
time and enthusiasm.
Bob Shelton
BRAMHAM VILLAGE HALL NEWS
The observant members of the village will have noticed
planning applications around the Village Hall. These were submitted on
behalf of the Trustees to provide the additional space needed to carry out
the refurbishment of the toilets and the addition of a disabled toilet -
hopefully with baby changing facilities.
The extension is not huge, it just extends the supper
room entrance area to square off with the main hall and the supper room. The
resultant space will become new toilets removing the separate supper room
entrance.
A copy of the draft plan will be displayed in the hall in
due course for anyone interested.
The Village Hall’s allocation from last year’s Bramham
Park Festival has been partly used on the feasibility study and the planning
application. The balance will hopefully go towards an electrical survey and
electrical work needed for new lighting in the hall.
The downside to the planning application is that the
first estimate we received for the building and fitting work was for £48,000
just for the toilet refurbishment. At the current rate of fund raising it
will take us over 3 years to reach this total.
On a brighter note the last fund raising event,
Boccigalupe and the Badboys all the way from New Jersey USA, was another
superb success, all thanks to Keith Robinson. Over £1000 profits was raised
on the bar for the restoration fund – and we ran out of lager!!. The band
has expressed a wish to return to Bramham Village Hall in November when they
next tour the UK.
The winning numbers for the village hall draw are
94(£25), 21, 99, 106, 115, 118, 122, 154, 157, 168, 178 (all £5).
Christine Suddaby
on behalf of the Village Hall Committee
BRAMHAM GUIDES
We are reaching the end of another great year with the
Guides. Thank you to all who have supported us this year.
We are going to Norwich to a Water Activity Camp in
August where the girls will try out kayaking, canoeing, raft building and
many other activities.
We will be sleeping in our new tents purchased with the
money received from the Community Fund and we are hoping the good weather
will still be with us.
If anyone over 10 is interested in joining us in
September, please contact me over the summer. (Tel: 843197).
The Rangers also extend a welcome to any girls over the
age of 14 who would like to join.
Fiona
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