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THE COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER BURLEY GATE . FELTON . MORETON JEFFRIES . MUCH COWARNE . OCLE PYCHARD . STOKE LACY . ULLINGSWICK Christmas Greetings NOVEMBER - DECEMBER 2020 Letter from the Editor A lot of reporting about the current Covid pandemic, especially while cases are on the than many and see fewer cases, one of the reasons for this is the lower population, so Enter the humble telephone! There are so many different ways of communicating these days, by email, text, social media, as well as old fashioned letters, that it’s easy to picking up the phone is quite easy really! based on these things, and may not be of world-shattering importance, but the “oh in our garden, to install a little shelter in the hedge and put out food and water every infra red camera, although sometimes compromised by the appearance of a cat or a mouse! Has anyone else out there got a hedgehog around? Another shared experience has been with Phil Evans, through his article “I’ve blown a at least 10 years, produced bread with a large crater in the middle and more alarmingly base, and have resolved the problem by buying just a new baking pan, since the machine I hope that our Newsletter has kept open some channels of communication, but don’t forget that communication is a two-way process, so we need everyone to do their bit! I know someone not a million miles away who will have a little smile about “communication”, because I do tend to go on about it! So now let me use it to sincerely wish everyone some Christmas “comfort and joy”, and let’s hope that 2021 creates Judy Debenham 2 Macmillan Cake in the Garden 3 St Luke’s Church Ullingswick St Luke’s Church, Ullingswick Services and forthcoming events November 2020 to January 2021 Service Reader Lesson Nov 1st - 10.00am - Morning prayer Angela Gardiner Revelation 7.9-end Nov 15th - 08.30am - Holy Communion Janet Stevens 1 Thessalonians 5.1-11 Dec 6th - 10.00am - Morning Prayer Helen Allaway 2 Peter 3.8-15a No routine Communion Service - Dec 20th 3.00pm - Carol Service Dec 24th - 9.00pm - Christmas Mass Sue Wright Hebrews 1.1-4 Jan 3rd - 10.00am - Morning Prayer Diana Kelly Ephesians 3.1-12 The above services may be subject to change to respect prevailing Government Covid regulations. We ask that all visitors conform to Government guidelines regarding the Covid 19 pandemic, for your protection and that of others. The Church has been specially cleaned and selected items removed in order to help ensure your protection. Details regarding church services and events can also be found at www.achurchnearyou.com/ullingswick-st-luke and on parish and Church noticeboards. My apologies to Ullingswick parishioners for omitting the services in the September-October issue. (Editor) Church services during COVID Just like everyone everywhere, working out how to meet our needs while keeping people safe during this pandemic has taken lots of energy, and we have to keep working at it as circumstances change. Each church is di!erent, but in the Bredenbury Bene"ce which includes Ullingswick we have found ways to make sure people can sit at 2m from each other. We have closed o! every other pew, or marked individual places to sit. As a result the congregation is scattered through the church rather than all sitting at the back (or just near the heating)! Movement during the service is one person at a time, and everyone except the leader or reader wears a mask. This works "ne for weekly services although slightly di!erent to normal, but larger services are more di#cult. Government direction means 30 at a funeral, but only 15 at a wedding, and a mere handful at a Christening. In this way, separate families do not have to mingle, but it does mean that gatherings are perhaps more sedate than they could be. As a result, Carol Services will prove di#cult in most of our churches - especially as congregational singing is not allowed at present. There will be music one way or another, but no great Carol-fest or community singing possibility. However, I have opted to make plans where possible, although it is very likely that some plans will be changed at short notice. So, at Ullingswick on December 20th we plan a service at 3pm, so children can get home to tea One important di!erence to normal will be that we must know who will be coming, so that we can arrange seating safely. Names and contact details must be taken as well, which will be held for three weeks, in line with requirements. Or - listen to The Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols (from King’s College Cambridge), at the same time on Radio 4! Elizabeth Sidwell 4 5 Greetings to all BOOK BOX users As this will be the last Community Newsletter before the New Year I should like to thank all the users and donors of the Book Box for their support. We have now been in existence since March – just before the "rst lockdown - and it is pleasing that it seems to be ful"lling a need, not just local but from further a"eld. We now have su#cient books for readers to take enough to satisfy their needs. Since starting, over 400 "ction paperbacks have been donated and these are changed every month, with the other categories added to stock usually as they are donated. The books taken out of circulation are given to Much Cowarne church for their future fund raising book sales, local Charity shops and, when it re-opens I hope to change the stock of sale books in the Bromyard Local History Centre. Unfortunately the storage space in my garage is limited! As we are coming up to the winter period the condition of the stock will be carefully monitored. In case of dampness, de-humidi"ers have been placed on the top of the shelves but in extreme weather it may be necessary to remove the stock to avoid damage. If this happens, please accept advance apologies for a cessation in service. In the meantime we hope that you are all able to "nd suitable reading matter to help in isolation over the coming months. With all best wishes for the Festive Season. Barry Lawrence The Bromyard Food Bank & Money Advice Centre A very BIG thank you to everyone in Stoke Lacy who contributed to this years’ Harvest Festival donations. The Bromyard Food Bank & Money Advice Centre provides emergency food parcels to anyone who is referred to them or self refers who are struggling to feed their families and pets. We send out both fresh and long-life items alongside seasonal recipe cards. We also have a team of specialist money coaches who can help with managing debt and helping clients "nding hope for the future, therefore reducing the dependency on the food bank Please contact us if you or anyone you know needs our support: Allyson Reeves - 07942 672077 www.bromyardfoodbank.co.uk Gallery 4 5 A unique Herefordshire landscape in Ullingswick, which was sacred to its Anglo Saxon inhabitants and has remained unchanged for a thousand years, could become the site of a large, modern mansion if Herefordshire planners give the go ahead. And the impact will be felt beyond the county as the mansion will overlook the long distance walking and riding trail, the Three Rivers Ride, which the mansion driveway will bisect. A perry mill and seating area will be built beside the trail and all the new construction will take place in open countryside. The application is to build the Flow House just below a mile long, wooded ridge overlooking the ancient track to Bromyard, now a bridleway and part of the Three Rivers Ride. Planning rules normally ban development in the open countryside but exceptions can be made for an outstanding house which will enhance the landscape and the locality. The applicants have assured the Council that the house will be outstanding and that they plan not only to embellish the landscape but to introduce many ecological improvements and bene"ts. I think everyone in the parish should take a look at this site and then tell the planners what they think, whether they are for or against. It’s a very beautiful landscape there, especially in autumn. You can look up to the changing colours of the woodlands on the ridge above and it makes your heart sing. It’s hard to imagine any house - even the most beautiful house in the world - enhancing it. This landscape is very special to Ullingswick, an Anglo Saxon name. ‘Ullings’ means the settlement of Ulla’s people, indicating the village was founded by Ulla and his kin. ‘Wick’ means a specialist farm or production area. The village church nestles in the Ice Age valley created thousands of years ago by shifting glaciers which carved out the sheltering ridge to the north. The Flow House would be just below the woods at one end of this mile long wooded Ice Age ridge which leads to the historic Hundred Bank at the other end where Anglo Saxon Herefordians would hold assemblies in the open air. Landscape was hugely important in Anglo Saxon culture and religion. Gatherings for administrative assemblies and religious rituals were habitually held in the open air. The church of St Luke’s lies below the ridge and, according to recent historical research into Anglo Saxons and Christianity, it is highly probable it was built by the local Anglo Saxon thane, or aristocrat.