July/August 1990             Issue 33

CHURCH NEWS

There will be no meeting point in July or August. We will aim to restart on Friday 14th September, 12.30pm.


Flower Festival & Fete

Thanks to all who worked, attended, gave and spent, making both of these events enjoyable and successful.


Children's Choir

This is planned for 10.00am the first Sunday of the month, and is open to all. Those interested please contact Linda Hackett, xxx Henley Road, for rehearsal time.


Sponsored Cycle Ride

The annual ride for Oxfordshire Historic Churches Preservation Trust takes place on Saturday 8th September. Sandford has promised to enter a team (and claim a share in the proceeds). Churches are open from l0am to 6pm and you work out your own route and mode of transport (walk, cycle, car etc.) and get yourself sponsors. It is architecturally very interesting and satisfying, and free advice is available on routes, high spots etc. If you would like an entry form please contact Mrs Harris (24 Henley Road) or Mr Jones (Cabora Bassa, Church Road) or the Vicar (Lower Farm, or tel 748848 for delivery).


Friends of Sandford Fun Run

"Young men and maidens, old people and children - join the fun run". By the end of this century nearly every village in England will have its own fun run. The first Sandford occurence of the event is Saturday 14th July 1990. Start 3pm in field outside the village hall. The mute will be announced later and will be picturesque and about 3 miles. Entry registration £1, but children free. Please indicate your willingness to run or walk it - or to be a steward.


A Special Occasion

Sunday 10th June marked a very special occasion here in Sandford. Two of Church Roads loveliest people, Tom and Lillian Bennett, celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary. Tom and Lillian met nearly 70 years ago in an Oxford ballroom and Tom has been sweeping Lillian off her feet ever since!

A Recent Festival

"What should we do?" they asked him. "Share," he said. "If you've got two of anything, share with people that have none. If you've got food do the same." Many haven't got the necessities. We who have should find ways of sharing. That sounds common-sense as well as common decency. The less fair society is, the more repression it will need to keep the lid on. There will always be inequalities this side if heaven, as people have different skills and choose to use them differently. But blatant unfairness, wastefulness and greed, are as corrupting for the rich as they are embittering for the less well off.

Among those who came to John's baptism were professional people. "What should we do?" they ask. "Honesty," says John. "God is a God of Truth, so you too must be truthful and honest." Why not accept declining moral standards, if we can get away with it? Because says John, it's wrong. Remember the eighth commandment? Thou shalt not steal.

Soldiers came to baptism, including the police. "No bullying," said John. "No violence, no false accusations or fabricated evidence." That's the ninth commandment, and that also follows from God being a God of Truth, requiring us to be truthful.

John then criticized the public and personal morality of the ruling classes, and gave serious offence. One way of seeing what he has to say to each of us is by asking which of his lines annoys us most. Is it when he tells me to share, or to pay my taxes honestly, or not to be violent in the name of the law and order, or to tidy up my act in other areas? Live better, he said, and he got carted of to prison. But the story had a happy ending. From his prison cell he heard what his successor Jesus was up to. People were being liberated in all sorts of ways. So John went to his violent death knowing that the power of evil was defeated, even though it would still take his life. God's justice was overcoming all the rotten aspects of an unfair world. And if you can see that vision of God's future, you can throw in your lot with it, and help it to come about. The strength to do it will be given to those who turn about to face the source of all goodness, justice and truth.

(extract from Festival sermon)

PAUSE FOR THOUGHT

A question asked by all of us at some time or other. What we want and what God knows that we need are two different things. He answers our prayer but in a different way - His way.

Isaiah 55:9

YES, THE HEAVENS ARE AS HIGH ABOVE THE EARTH AS MY WAYS
ARE ABOVE YOUR WAYS, MY THOUGHTS ABOVE YOUR THOUGHTS.

Linda Parrott

PRIZE CROSSWORD WIN £15.00

Answers to xx Church Road by the 10th August please.
Note: the prize is now a worthy £15.00

Summer Barbecue Food

350g/12oz lean lamb, minced
350g/12oz rump steak, minced
350g/12oz lean pork, minced
1 large onion, peeled and grated
salt, freshly ground black pepper
3 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed
3 tablespoons Dijon mustard
1 1/2 tablespoons coriander seeds, crushed
9 tablespoons finely chopped fresh mint
6 tablespoons poppy seeds
9 tablespoons sesame seeds, toasted

1. Put each of the minced meats into a separate bowl and add some grated onion, salt and black pepper to each.

2. To the lamb add the garlic cloves, to the beef add the mustard, and to the pork add the coriander seeds. Mix the meat in each bowl, thoroughly working in the seasonings, then divide each mixture into 8 balls.

3. Put the mint, poppy and sesame seeds on to 3 different plates and roll the lamb balls in the mint, the beef in the poppy seeds and the pork in the sesame seeds, making sure each ball is evenly covered, and pressing in the coatings well.

4. Thread each type of meatball on to different thin skewers, pressing them on well

5. Cook on the greased grill of a preheated barbecue, putting the pork on first as it needs 10-12 mins, then the lamb which needs 8-10 mins and lastly the beef which only needs 6-8 minutes. Turn the skewers several times during cooking, then serve very hot with a variety of dips.


And to wash it down...

Champagne-Strawberry cup.

175ml/6fl oz Fraise de bois liqueur or Strawberry liqueur, chilled

1. Pour the Fraise de bois into a large jug, gradually add the champagne stirring all the time. Stir very gently to avoid losing the fizz.

2. Put a strawberry at the bottom of each glass and top up with the drink, pouring quickly. Drink immediately.

CHEMISTS' ROTA SERVICE

July/August
Closest to Sandford area only
The following Chemist will be open for dispensing from 5.30pm - 6.30pm Mondays to Fridays and 12 noon - 1pm Sundays and Public Holidays.

Week commencing

July 1st	W H Green (Chemists) Ltd, 8 Rose Hill Parade
July 8th	M J Proctor, 252 Cowley Road, Oxford
July 15th	M J Proctor, 158 Oxford Road, Cowley
July 22nd	P L Jenner, 236/8 Cowley Road, Oxford
July 29th	Kingswood Chemists, 103/5 Pound Way, Cowley Centre
August 5th	Emerald Pharmacy, 34 Cowley Road, Littlemore
August 12th	W H Green (Chemists) Ltd, 8 Rose Hill Parade
August 19th	M J Proctor, 252 Cowley Road, Oxford
Bank Holiday,
August 26/27th	Emerald Pharmacy, 34 Cowley Road, Littlemore
August 28th	M J Proctor, 158 Oxford Road, Cowley
September 2nd	P L Jenner, 236/8 Cowley Road, Oxford

BE A GOOD NEIGHBOUR... If your neighbours are on holiday please keep an eye open on their home to prevent the nasty shock of a break-in on their return. They would do the same for you.

Any articles for submission should be with the Editor at xx Church Road by the 10th of August for inclusion in Septembers edition

The Link magazine is published monthly by the
Link Committee and is edited by
Richard Jackson, xx Church Road.

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