Produced for the whole community of Trumpingt on by St Mary & St Michael Parish Chur ch

Who’s Who Vicar: We are currently in Vacancy. Please contact the office in the first instance, or Churchwardens outside office hours. Church Office: The Bakehouse, 1a Grantchester Road, Trumpington CB2 9LH 01223  846096 / admin@trumpi  ngton.church Parish Administrator: Emma Buck Office hours: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, 9am-1pm

Website: https://trumpington.church Facebook.com/TrumpingtonC hurch A Church Near You: https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/2697/ Current services are listed on page 5, A Church Near You (url above), and the church noticeboard. The following email@ addresses end in: trumpington.church Churchwardens: Edmund Brookes 01223 840374 / churchwarden@ Sheila Betts 07889 706625 / warden@ Parish Safeguarding Officer: Sheila Betts 07889 706625 / safeguarding@ Organist:  Geoff Symon 07472 437072 / organist@ Choir Leader: Alan Howard 01223 846096 / choir@ PCC  Secretary: Emma Buck 01223 846096 / admin@ PCC  Treasurer: Edmund Brookes 01223 840374 / treasurer@ Electoral Roll Officer: Emma Buck 012 23 8460 96 / admin@ Bellringers, Tower Secretary: Sharon Timpson / bellringers@ Mothers’ Union: Stella Chandler 012 23 5102 56 / mothersunion@ The Trumpet Editor: Sheila Betts 07889 706625 / trumpet@ Artwork: Spud Creative 01223 655244 / contact@spudcreative.com Copy  submission  and Advertising enquiries: Emma Buck 0122 3 84609 6 / admin@ Distribution: Edmund Brookes 01223 840374 / trumpetdelivery@ Cover: A cold February morning at Hobson’s Park (photo Chris Taylor)

From your Parish Church . . . into 2026 and findin g our next Vi ca r Thanks to great support from the whole Trumpington community there was a happy atmosphere at St Mary and St Michael’s over the Christmas period. Starting with the Christmas Tree Festival we welcomed and thanked the army of volunteers who help us at  a preview reception where Gig-a-Bull also entertained everybody. No one wanted to go home! Over the actual Christmas period, the church was full of joyful singing and celebration as we marked the birth of Jesus, our Messiah. While the time after Christmas is often seen as a quiet period, the church remains in a  celebratory mode right through the 40 days leading to the Feast of Candlemas on 2  February, when Jesus was presented to the Temple in Jerusalem. Shrove Tuesday (Pancake Day!) and Ash Wednesday quickly follow and are as early as 17 and 18 February this year, starting the 40 days of Lent leading to Easter Day on Sunday 5 April. Readers will be pleased to learn that we have already arranged a full set of services through Holy  Week from Palm Sunday to Easter. Thanks to support from visiting priests we are  certainly maintaining our momentum and indeed welcoming new and returning members of our congregation. At Christmas the Archdeacon was happily able to advise us that the process of finding a  new Vicar is progressing well. One key document is the Parish Profile which assists potential applicants in discerning whether they wish to apply for the post. It is available on our website for all to read or scan the QR code here. By the time you read this edition of The Trumpet, Trinity College, as Patrons, will have advertised the position and an interview date has been set. Provided a suitable candidate comes forward (and we know there is already interest) hopefully a new Vicar will be installed in the Summer. In the interim please continue to support and pray for those leading us through this period of Vacancy. We could not achieve what we have and will do without you. Edmund Brookes & Sheila Betts, Churchwardens Christmas at St Mary & St Mich ael The church looked glorious with all the beautifully dressed trees, especially for the candlelit Carol Service on the Sunday evening. A huge THANK YOU to all who took part,  all who supported the festival by visiting and all the volunteers who helped in any  way with the event. The winners of the fiercely fought competition were: adult groups – Trumpington Kids Clothes Hub; children’s groups – 1st Trumpington Cubs; adult Individual – Fair Trade Tree, Barbara Burgess; and family – The Gingerbread Tree, the Gill Family. On Christmas Eve we held our annual Christingle & Crib service, where over £300 was raised for the Childr en’s Society. Midnight Communion was well attended and the church was full for the Family Communion. We thank the flower ladies for creating beautiful displays around the church and our loyal team of Sunday volunteers who ensured the smooth running of our Christmas services.

Pancake Party Tuesday 17 February, 4.30-6.30pm Come and join us in church for pancakes. Put the date in your diary!

Cambridge Half Marathon: Sunday 8 March – Refreshments from 9am As in previous years, the Church will be serving refreshments for spectators in front of the Bakehouse (next to the Church) with donations in aid of the Church’s Reimagining Project. Due to road closures there will only be one service that day – at 8.30am. Anyone coming by car is advised to park in the streets on the eastern side of the High Street. For traffic information and details of road closures visit: https://cambridgehalfmarathon.com/event-weekend/tra ffic-i nformatio n Our Mothers’ Un io n With Christmas and New Year festivities a distant memory we look forward to 2026. It was a difficult end to 2025 for three of our members who have health issues and for another who lost her husband last summer and had her first Christmas without him. Let us offer them our love, comfort and prayers to help them overcome the challenges they have ahead of them. Our next meeting is our AGM on 26 February at 2pm, which will be followed by a cream tea. The programme for this year is still in the process of being organised, but we will meet at 2pm on 26 March at 75 Bishops Road. If you would like to find out about joining the Mothers’ Union please call me on 01223  510256 or email mothersunion@trumpington.church Stella Chandler Easter Lilies As usual, we would like to decorate the church with lilies this Easter (Sunday 5 April). Lilies cost about £4 each. If you would like to donate towards the flowers in memory of a loved one, please place your donation in an envelope and give it to either of the Churchwardens or post it at the Bakehouse before Wednesday 25 March. Please include the name of your loved one with your donation and they will be remembered in church at Easter.

Sunday 1 February 8.30am  BCP Holy Communion 10am All Age Communion Sunday 8 February 8.30am  BCP Holy Communion 10am Holy Communion with Junior  Church Sunday 15 February 8.30am  BCP Holy Communion 10am Experience & Explor e 6.30pm  BCP Evening Prayer Wednesday 18 February – Ash Wednesday 7.30pm Holy Communion with Ashes Sunday 22 February 8.30am  BCP Holy Communion 10am Holy Communion with Junior  Church

Our 10am Sunday services are in-person and Zoomed; other services are in-person only. You can find the Zoom link here: https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/2697/

Memory Café We held our Remembrance Memorial meeting in November when we sang some rousing wartime songs. Janet read the Remembrance Service and  Antony played the 'Last  Post' and 'Reveille'. Members planted poppies into a sand tray in remembrance of those who served in both world wars. Several members and volunteers shared their own interesting and sometimes very sad family stories with us. Beth from Denny Abbey Museum brought some of their wartime memorabilia including ration books, fire warden helmets and wartime knitting patterns, prompting more memories. There was a lot of chat about the magazines Beth brought which prompted even more memories of parents’ and grandparents’ lives and members reflected on the memorabilia they had brought from home. We concluded the meeting with ‘White Cliffs of Dover’, the Dads’ Army theme tune and our closing song. In December we held our Christmas Party. We sold raffle tickets enjoyed tea, coffee and cakes, and sang a couple of carols. We were then entertained by Flukes. After their first set we played Pass the Parcel. Members then sang and danced along to Flukes’ second set. Father Christmas then handed out presents for members and volunteers and John led us in ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’, after which we drew the raffle – there were so many prizes that everyone had at least one. Janet presented flowers and cards to thank Leila and Mary, longstanding volunteers and bakers, who are stepping down from such an active role at the café. We are hoping that they will pop in from time to time. We sang our closing song and said goodbyes at the end of a lively and very joyous Christmas meeting. At the time of writing we are looking forward to our January meeting when guests will be coming to talk about their work in The Gambia. To book a place, please call Janet on 012 23 8402 68.

Trumpington City: Ingrid Flaubert

ingrid.flaubert@cambridge.gov .uk

Olaf Hauk

olaf.hauk@cambridge.gov. uk Nadya  Lokhmotova nadya.lokhmotova@cambridge.gov.uk

County: David Levien

david.levien@cambridgeshire.g ov.u k

South Trumpi ngton District: Ariel Cahn

cllr.cahna@scambs.gov. uk

Lisa Redrup

cllr.redrup@scambs.gov. uk

Michael Atkins

cllr.atkins@scambs.gov. uk

County: Laurence Damary-Homan Laurence.Damary-Homan@cambridgeshire.gov.uk Peter Fane

Peter.Fane@cambridgeshire. gov.u k

Members of Parliament Trumpingto n:

Daniel   Zeichner   daniel.zeichner.mp@parliament.uk

South Trumpington:

Pippa   Heyling       pippa.heylings.mp@parliament.uk

Royal Britis h Legi on Firstly, I am able to report that the total raised during the 2025 Poppy Appeal was the magnificent sum of £24,298 with a little wreath money and Gift Aid tax recovery to add. This is significantly up on last year’s total and reflects great credit on all those who gave so generously, whether at our table in Waitrose or at one of the static points around including part of the Cambridge Biomedical Campus and Cambridge Rugby Club. I am also indebted to the many volunteers who give freely of their time to help. Every penny raised goes to help those veterans and their families who the Royal British Legion supports. Equally on Remembrance Sunday itself, possibly aided by fine autumnal weather, there was a record number at the War Memorial. We certainly ‘will remember them’. These days our Act of Remembrance is sadly spoilt by the noise of vehicles passing by, oblivious to the special time of day. 2026 will not bring the significant anniversaries we observed in 2025, except possibly the 110th anniversary (from 1 July to 18 November 1916) of the Battle of the Somme, which resulted in such huge casualties. A visit to the famous Lutyens-designed memorial at Thiepval followed by a drive down the Somme valley in Southern Picardy is a very sobering experience. Finally, we welcomed some new volunteers to assist with the Poppy Appeal and I am grateful for their commitment. It is a very rewarding experience, especially when talking with the younger generation. To me it is an important gesture even if they only give a few pence. We always welcome new volunteers so please contact me if you would like to assist. Edmund Brookes, RBL, 01223 840374, edmundbr  ook  es@outloo  k.com