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Amberley Parish Magazine May 2015 60p 1 Sarah Goodwin Chartered Accountant Do you need help completing your Windmill Print & Graphics a trading division of MDL Kelex Ltd tax return? Or with preparing your accounts? Telephone: 01453 873381 Email:[email protected] For a professional and personal service DANEK PIECHOWIAK Lyndy Cary DIAMOND POINT GLASS ENGRAVER Cordon Bleu Cookery Catering for any occasions Calligraphy specialist including Choose from a wide range of gob- Luncheon Parties Dinner Parties lets, vases and bowls . Anything Buffet Parties Cocktail Parties you wish can be engraved for that Weddings Funeral Teas very special present. 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Anne Brooke-Smith - 01453 872586 10 years experience [email protected] 4 Services for May Sunday 3rd May 8 am Holy Communion 10 am Parish Eucharist Wednesday 6th May 8 am Holy Communion Sunday 10th May 8 am Holy Communion 10 am 2nd Sunday Service Wednesday 13th May 8 am Holy Communion Thursday 14th May 8 am Holy Communion (Ascension Day) Friday 15th May 8 am Holy Communion (Matthias the Apostle) Sunday 17th May 8 am Holy Communion (1662) 10 am Parish Eucharist Wednesday 20th May 8 am Holy Communion (Alcuin, deacon, abbot) Sunday 24th Mar 8 am Holy Communion Pentecost 10 am Parish Eucharist (Methodist) Wednesday 27th May 8 am Holy Communion Sunday 31st May 8 am Holy Communion 10 am 5th Sunday Service Julian Group (Silent Prayer) every Friday, 9.00 am - 9.30 am in the Littleworth New Room – Everyone welcome Morning Prayer from ‘celebrating Common Prayer’ every weekday at 8 am. Everyone welcome www.amberleychurch.org.uk Foodbank & Fairtade Once the new Warehouse is established Open Days will be arranged. The Food- The Foodbank Warehouse in Bath Road bank is, as always, immensely grateful for is moving to Brimscombe Industrial Es- your continued support. tate on Saturday, April 25th as we are in need of a larger storage facility. This is We are grateful for the ever rising number due to the much needed increasing dona- of purchases of food and crafts at the tions of food, and an expansion of the Fairtrade Stall, which is so important to Kids Stuff Project which provides much the people involved in the movement. We needed clothing, cots, buggies, beds and are also grateful for the lovely helpers on other child-related requirements. Refer- the day of the stall from the Fairtrade rals to Kids Stuff is rising in line with an monthly rota. ever increasing demand. John and Wendy Fontaine 5 Rector’s Letter Dear friends churches, Claire Wilkins and Alison Wood, recently shared ideas for a Messy It was said at Church Christingle in both parishes. That both Amberley introduces another richness - the amazing A G M a n d lay teams and volunteers, who work tire- Minchinhampton lessly. Sharing ideas and support can only and Box APCM, be good thing! Our Safeguarding and but worth saying Health and Safety policies have been again: there is drawn up across the benefice, saving do- great richness in ing the work twice. And we have men- the partnership of tioned and celebrated our shared socials parishes within and services. All this is very good news. our benefice. Our three churches all make their own unique contribution to We are also stronger as a benefice be- benefice life, and we would be the poorer cause we have a clergy and lay reader without one another. I truly believe that. team who meet regularly, and can plan ideas across the benefice. Our recent wed- It has been very good to see 'real relation- ding preparation course was held for cou- ship' taking place between churches, and ples in both parishes, for instance. This here are just a few examples. Minchin- year we are holding a joint evening Har- hampton and Box PCC voted to accept vest event at Box Village Hall, for a good the Parish Giving Scheme run by the Dio- old-fashioned celebration with hymns, a cese. This, in no small way, was helped by barrel of beer and a Ploughman's! And we Amberley Gift Aid Officer Sarah Good- are about to start a course - Faith Matters: win giving a presentation about how the Foundations of Christianity, for anyone scheme has been introduced and received across our benefice interested in knowing at Amberley. Minchinhampton and Box more about faith, exploring it for the first found themselves able to give a bit of fi- time, or thinking of baptism or confirma- nancial support to Amberley to repair and tion. Details can be found in this maga- make ready the verger's cottage to wel- zine. The Revd Ann Morris is hoping to come Clare Weaver as the new Amberley soon start running a benefice Lectio verger. The treasurers of both parishes Divina Group. recently met together for the first time to discuss as a benefice our giving, and get a It is important we recognise the strength better sense of how together we meet par- of teamwork. The Revd Brian Atkinson ish share in a demanding economic clime. as Associate Priest has a special responsi- bility for Amberley but nevertheless is a In addition, we share resources. The new priest for the whole benefice, and it's al- photocopier at Minchinhampton is availa- ways good to welcome both him and ble to Amberley on an at-cost basis, mak- Revd Sandy Emery, also Associate Priest ing bulk printing easier and cheaper. Am- for the Benefice, at all three churches. Of berley is able to use office and photocopi- course, as Rector and incumbent of the er whenever needed. three churches, it's important I divide my We are also able to share ideas: youth time between them, as I lead the benefice and children's work leaders across our (Continued on page 7) 6 forward. We are blessed with the ministry preaching styles and voices, as we recog- of the Revd Simon Topping (Amberley); nise we do not have one vicar stashed in currently two lay readers - Deborah Cur- one place, and another one in another, ram and Linda Jarvis; four retired priests - but our clergy, lay readers and talented lay Mike Tucker, Brian Andrews, Alison Guy teams work together to bring energy, vi- and John Hunnisett. I have not added up sion and new possibilities through shared the years of experience between us! Revd collegiality and ministry. As we learn to do Brian Andrews has 50 of his own - on that this, we hope our congregations will also note, put Saturday 26 September in your find their own lay ministries encouraged diary, when we will celebrate Brian's 50 and mutually supported through friend- years of ordained ministry, with a special ships across the benefice. That is the vi- service at Amberley Church. sion. We have much work to do, but that is where we need to go. We are still a relatively new benefice, and it's easy to hold onto old habits of thinking May our relationships across our churches Amberley has its own vicar, or Minchin- and our communities only continue to hampton has first claim on the Rector. I grow and deepen. sometimes hear comments which suggest With my very best wishes that thinking, but neither is true any long- er. It is important to recognise the direc- tion we are travelling in - greater fluidity of ministry across the benefice. As we begin to work more closely as a team, congrega- tions will find they benefit with variety of Some dates regarding future benefice events to put in your diary... Trinity Evening Praise & BBQ, Holy Trinity, Minchinhampton, 31 May, 5.30pm. Harvest at Box Village Hall, Sunday 20 September, time tbc - probably 4.30pm. Faith Matters: Foundations of Christianity Course - 7pm, last Thursday of the month, beginning 25th June.