Panser News Pampisford’s Community Newsle6er April 2019 Number 368 Inside this issue: Our Village Diary, Church News, WI Report, Parish Council, Binney Estate note, Cambridge Science Festival Review, Ol’ Ron’s Ramblings, Granta Medical Practice, Village Hall Matters, Christian Aid Week.
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Church News ThehistoryofthewordEasterisdisputed,butmighthavederivedfromaspringPmeAnglo-SaxonferPlitygoddesscalledEastre,whosesymbolismin-cludedthehare,themoonandeggs1.Otherssayitderivesfromtheword'east','dawn'2orfromtheNorsewordforthespringseason3.Inthenorthernhemisphere,thespringequinoxoccursonthe21stofMarchwhenthelengthofthedayincreasesunPlitisequalwiththelengthofthenight4.Thesun,growinginpower,finallyovertakesdarkness,andthissolarrebirthiscelebratedinmostancientpaganreligions,whereagriculturallifedependedonthegrowthofspring.TheothersymbolofancientsolarsupersPPonwasthemoon;
The early ChrisPans were concerned by the Pagan solar fesPval beingEasterthoughthedatessPllrelatedtotheequinox,butJewishcustomswereadaptedandthedatethatEasterwastobecelebratedwascalcu-latedbythePmingsofthemoon.IniPalsoluPonsinthefirstfewcentur-iesoforganizedChrisPancelebraPonwerechaoPcandunpredictablesPllincluding CelPc Roman catholic Pagan and Jewish customs. They werealsocalculatedona13monthlunarcalendarTheCouncilofNiceainthefourthcenturytriedtoresolvethisbyse]ngauniformdate forEaster,but, this caused tremendous arguments. Local customswere defendedangrilyagainstanya_empttoharmonizethemwithothercommuniPes.TheWesternandEasternChrisPanchurchesconPnuetocelebrateEasterondifferentdates,oaen,ondifferentmonths.
ThesynodofWhitbyin664witnessedoneofthemostfamousreligiousandculturalclashesoftheearlyMiddleAges.TherewasconflictgrowingbetweenNorthandsouth,Canterbury,RomeorthodoxCeltsandregionalKings and Bishops around the celebraPon of Easter. The Main playerswere Bede and King Oswui and the Roman tradiPonwon the day andweresetinplaceforcentury’stocome.
As the history of Easter is bound up in somany factors, tradiPons andcustoms,soisourownmeePngwiththerisenChrist.ThesymbolismandsignificanceoftheRisonLord,isthatofanewcovenantforall.Acoven-antof loveboundbyhisdeathandresurrecPon.ACovenantofforgive-nessofnewlifeandnewhopeoflighttodarkness.OnEasterEvevigils,alit PaschalCandle isbrought intoadark church illuminaPng the churchwithitslight.Averypowerfulsymbolindeed
The Annual Parochial Parish Council MeePng will be on Thursday 25thAprilat7pminchurch.ThisisanopenmeePngandeverybodyisinvitedespeciallythoseontheElectoralrole
Pampisford Parish Council Date of last Parish Council Meeting: 14th March Date of next Parish Council Meeting: 11th April 7.15pm in the Village Hall Clerk, Belinda Westwood: [email protected] 07941 088 544. Full minutes and reports are avail-able on the village website: http://www.pampis-
Pampisford W. I Report for March 2019 ‘AnUnexpectedJourney’KateArmstrongourspeakeronMonday18thMarchgaveaninteresPngaccountofhermothersbook,whichhadbeenformedfromthediarieshermotherkeptwhilelivingindifferentcountrieswhenherhusbandworkedfortheColonialService,remoteareasofAfricawithfewmodconsandinsomeposPngs,wildanimalsandnotsofriendlylocals!Thefamilywrotethebooktogether,grandmother,motheranddaughterwithmanyphotostoaidthegrandmothertoregalethestories.
Village Hall Matters IwouldliketosaycongratulaPonstoamemberoftheW.Iwhoreportedawaterleakintheirtoilets.Itdoeshelpifproblemsarereportedassoonaspossiblesothattheycanbedealtswialy.Telephone833635.
Christian Aid Week 2019 OnceagainwehopethatthepeopleofPampisfordwillhelpustoraisemoneyforChrisPanAidwhoprovidesforthosesomuchworseoffthananyofusare.Pleasehelppeopleinrealneedindirecircumstances.Dohelpustogetbeyondthe£300thatseemstobeourlimitsofar.ThemoneywillbuysomanyusefulthingsforwholecommuniPes.ChrisPanAidhasdecadesofexperienceinknow-inghowbesttoprovidethoseinneedforthelongterm.
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