Summer baptisms in Great Gidding

There were two Baptisms in St Michael’s Church in July, welcoming two young people into the Christian community in Great Gidding.

Firstly on Sunday 8th July, the baptism of Alice Helen Nunns took place. Mum and Dad, Charlotte and Michael Nunns, moved into Ludington Road last August. The godparents were Laura and Chris Tate of Molesworth.

The baptism of Alice Helen Nunns at Great Gidding

A fortnight later on Sunday 22nd July, the baptism offered the opportunity of welcoming back someone who had grown up in the village. Nicolas Tebbutt, (son of Vivian & Bill Tebutt of Main Street) and his partner Mel, brought daughter Amelie Una to St Michael’s Church to be christened.

The baptism of Amelie Una Tebutt in St Michael's Church, Great Gidding

The Reverend Mary Jepp officiated on both occasions.

Church Services August and September 2012

August

Sunday 5th 11am Holy Communion
Tuesday 7th 8am Matins
Friday 10th 12 noon Holy Communion [Little Gidding Church]
Tuesday 14th 8am Matins
Sunday 19th 6pm Evensong
Tuesday 21st 8am Holy Communion
Sunday 26th 11am Family Service
Tuesday 28th 8am Matins

September

Sunday 2nd 11am Holy Communion
Tuesday 4th 8am Matins
Tuesday 11th 8am Matins
Friday 14th 12 noon Holy Communion [Little Gidding Church]
Sunday 16th 11am Harvest Festival Service
Tuesday 18th 8am Holy Communion
Sunday 23rd 11am Family Service
Tuesday 25th 8am Matins
Sunday 30th 6pm Evensong [Little Gidding Church]

Harvest Festival

Harvest Festival

Whilst still a fair way off, please put Sunday 16th September in your diary as that’s the date we shall celebrate the traditional Harvest Festival Thanksgiving.

This year it will be slightly different for two reasons. Firstly the service will take place in the morning at St Michael’s Church starting at 11am. Then after the service we adjourn across the road to Crown Cottage (by kind invitation of Sue Shepherd) for a ‘bring and share’ lunch.

Please watch out for more details.

Date: 2012-09-16
Location: St Michael’s Church and Crown Cottage, Main Street, Great Gidding

The Great Gidding Close Up Quiz – The Answers

The Great Gidding Close Up Quiz - The Answers

Welcome to The Great Gidding Close up Quiz.

If you lived in the village at the time of the Golden Jubilee celebration in 2002 you will recall that we offered a paper based quiz that asked you to identify close up photographs of certain locations around the Parish of Great Gidding. This is an updated version to accommodate the computer and smart phone generation. You may be able to guess some locations from the comfort of your seat in front of the computer but a walk round the village will nail the difficult locations and keep your eyes open when travelling out towards the parish boundaries. All the photographs are taken from public areas. Google Street View may help in some cases.

How to enter – Identify where or what the photograph is, either by house number or descriptive location. The closer the better. When you have identified as many locations as you can fill in the comments box at the foot of this page using a 1,2,3 order and send it in.

The quiz will run until 1pm on Saturday the 23rd June. The winner will be announced at the Mid Summer Picnic on the following day. A wider view photograph will also be posted with location text after this date.

A modest prize will be awarded to the most accurate entry.

Good luck

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Jubilee Wood Midsummer Picnic

Jubilee Wood Midsummer Picnic

Sunday June 24th started off in much the same vein as nearly all the previous days of the month, wet. The forecast was positive so the message went out that the picnic was on.

No sooner had electronic mail delivered the good news, the heavens opened and it chucked it down. Luckily by picnic time the sun had decided to shine. So the annual trudge to the Jubilee Wood with food and seating paid off. A grand gathering of villagers sitting in the sunshine getting trench foot but enjoying the conversation and the snail racing. Next year 2013 will be the 10th year of planting the Jubilee Wood so a special picnic is called for so I propose a 1pm start on Sunday June 23rd. The long term weather forecast is positive although it might rain.

St Michael’s Services for July 2012

St Michael's Services for July 2012

Services for July 2012 at St Michael’s Church, Great Gidding:

Sunday 1st July 11am Holy Communion

Tuesday 3rd July 8am Matins

Tuesday 10th July 8am Matins

Friday 13th July 12 noon Holy Communion (Little Gidding Church)

Sunday 15th July 6pm Evensong

Tuesday 17th July 8am Holy Communion

Sunday 22nd July 11am Family Service

Tuesday 24th July 8am Matins

Sunday 29th July 6pm Evensong [Little Gidding Church]

Rural broadband meeting

Rural broadband meeting

Presentation by BT about rural broadband

An open invitation to Parishioners to attend a presentation by BT concerning the issues of rural broadband supply to Great Gidding. The meeting is set for Friday22nd June starting at 7pm at the Village Hall.

If you have a question to ask but cant make the meeting please forward it to giddingspc1@btinternet.com

A wet Sunday in the Jubilee Wood

A wet Sunday in the Jubilee Wood

Celebrating the Diamond Jubilee with a special tree planting ceremony

It seemed a good idea at the time, a coffee morning in the Jubilee Wood with a special tree to be planted in recognition of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebration. Oh how it rained, the ground waterlogged, the long grass sopping wet but we are made of stern stuff in the Giddings and we didn’t let a major weather event dampen our fortitude (42mm of rain over Saturday night and all day Sunday)

To help us celebrate, our special guest Mr Neil McKittrick,  a deputy Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire planted  a tree, a Cratageus  Prunifolia. This is an attractive Hawthorn that has good autumn colours and long lasting red berries that the birds will enjoy. The tree will remind all those who attended  of the atrocious conditions and the absurdity of drinking coffee in the temporary visitor centre.

Special thanks.

A special thank you to Tony and Pat Scott for the suggestion of the tree and the link to our special guest. We know that Tony is not enjoying the best of health at the moment so we we wish him well for the future.

Thanks to all who supported the event and Rachel for coping with the coffee duties in trying conditions.

 

 

 

Wassail

Wassail

On the evening of January the 9 th we will be exercising our pagan past with a Wassail

This is an event that has been introduced over the past few years more to reconnect with our rural history and heritage.  The format for the evening has changed slightly. The very wet ground in the Jubilee Wood has meant that we will gather at the Village Hall from 7 pm for a Wassail Celebration at 7.30 pm.

Following on with entertainments of the Gidding kind.  Please bring apple based drinks – or anything you fancy really and nibbles.

Waes-hael !