Page 2 - Frittenden Parish Mag - April 2024

From the Rector
Village Contacts

…Waiting…Waiting…More waiting...
CHURCH OFFICIALS AND ORGANISATIONS OTHER VILLAGE ORGANISATIONS
Still waiting…
Rector Rev Pete Deaves 852275 Cricket, Sports & Social Club
rector@frittendenchurch.org.uk Chair Paul Hope 852217
Secretary Mark Handley …What are you like
Churchwardens James Highwood 852715
John Stansfeld 852185 Friends of Frittenden School with waiting?
Chair Laura Bellinger 852250
Reader Tony Staples 852226
Pre-school Manager
Treasurer Christopher Page 852230
Sarah Davies 852100
Home 852130
Deanery Synod James Highwood 852715 That important delivery you’re expecting, or the
trusted tradesperson who has promised to finally fix
Primary School Head of School
Secretary Joanna Beech 852312
Nichola Costello 852250 something vital – when are they going to turn up? Or
Verger Margaret Knight 852322 you’re sat in another queue of traffic, or poised by the
Gardening Society
Director of Music Morwenna Campbell-Smith President Sue Martin 852425 phone waiting for some test results, or losing the will
07703 522102 Chairman Duncan Rouse 852232 in a ‘your call is important to us but we’re currently
Secretary Tricia Palmer 852430 busy dealing with other customers’ telephone queue
Parish Disclosure Officer
Show Secretary Jeremy Beech 852312 (52 minutes the other day)!
James Highwood 852715
Treasurer / Subs Nicky Robinson 852488
Throngs of women and men felt compelled to leave
Parish Safeguarding Coordinators
Historical Society everything behind, and to follow Jesus from place to
Zoe Murton 07812 435798
Chair Phil Betts 852243 place. They had plenty of time to get used to waiting.
James Highwood 852715
Treasurer Bernard Millard 852219 Those sermons when you lost track of time – and
Secretary Tor Millard 893703
Bell Ringers forgot completely about lunch – utterly gripped by how Jesus described God’s glorious
Captain & Secretary Richard Steele 715161
Marquee Hire Mike Cooper 852108 Kingdom where the last shall be first, and the first, last. Those ‘surgeries’ where a
Magazine never-ending stream jostled to get close to this deeply personal healer whose eyes of
Memorial Hall
Editor James Booth-Clibborn 852538 love seemed to see right through you, and make you feel utterly precious, valued, and
Chair Rosalind Riley 852317
frittendenparishmagazine@gmail.com
Hire hall, tables/chairs, etc. whole...
Organisations Emma Griffin 852308
Eileen Bridges 852563
Advertising Nicky Vernon 852537 ...And then of course the unimaginable happened, and that deeply dreadful time when
Jesus had been taken from them. The waiting, wailing, wondering. Hope-starved hours
Art Director Andy Lane 852769 Parish Council
Chairman Tony Staples 852226 stretched into dark and angry days. What about Jesus’ promises to bring in God’s
Open The Book Helen Stansfeld 852185
(For more details of other Local Council contacts, see back page). Kingdom, a new era of peace when God’s love? Jesus has gone, and it feels like their
Sunday Club Joanna Beech 852312 world is over.
Royal British Legion
Chairman Mike Burden 01622 432866 Our Easter celebrations remind us that this agonising wait was cut short... Three days
www.frittendenchurch.org.uk Hon Sec. Howard Lilley 852225 later Jesus bursts from the grave, raised to new resurrection life! Then, over the coming
days, Jesus appears to hundreds of his followers, the wait is over – God’s Kingdom is
Tennis Club arriving... There’s nothing to fear, Jesus reassures them – I have defeated death once and
Chair Nigel Casswell 852772
Childline 0800 1111 Treasurer John Marshall 852345 for all!
We can’t ever completely dodge waiting, but when we’re stuck in a queue, or find
Relate 01892 529927 Women’s Institute
appointments@westmidkent.eclipse.co.uk President Anne Holroyd 893256 ourselves still waiting, think about the hope-filled (and chocolate-filled!) message of
Vice President Valerie Reeves 852201 Easter. Because Jesus lived and died and rose again, you don’t need to wait to find out
Defibrillators Secretary Aneta Godwin 714150 how much God loves you. Just look at his arms, stretched out for you.
These are now available at: the village hall, the pub, Treasurer Jenny Croucher 852468
Larchmere and a mobile unit available for use at Have a blessed and hope-filled Easter
village events.
Pete
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