Charlton St. Peter, Rushall & Upavon
TOGETHER
Church & Village News
St. Mary’s Upavon Church Fete see inside for details
July/August
2021
Useful Numbers
Doctors.... Avon Valley Upavon 630221 Durrington 653378 Cross Plains 652221
Salisbury Hospital 01722 336262 NHS Help Line 111 Police 101
Gas 0800 111999 Electricity 0800 0727282 Environmental Agency 0800 807060 Flood Line 0345 9881188
Plainwatch 01980 674700. [email protected]
Upavon Link 07501004349 Durrington Link 01980 594857
Schools Rushall C of E Primary 01980 630360 Avon Valley College 01980 652467 Pewsey Vale Secondary School 01672 565000
Upavon Village Store & Post Office 01980 630268
WHO TO CONTACT:
Team Rector: Revd. Canon Deborah Larkey (Day off Friday): Tel: 01672 851746 [email protected] The Rectory, Woodborough, Pewsey, SN9 5PH Team Vicars: Revd. Jennifer Totney (Day off Friday) Tel: 01672 562886 [email protected] The Rectory, Pewsey SN9 5DL; Revd. Mark Windsor (Day off Thursday): Tel: 01672 564265 [email protected], The Vicarage, Wilcot, Pewsey, SN9 5NS.
Licensed Lay Minister, Anne Mantle. Rural Dean: Revd. Canon Gerald Osborne, Tel: 01672 563459.
PEWSEY TEAM OFFICE: Bouverie Hall, Pewsey 01672 562221 Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday: 11am to 3pm; Wednesday 12noon to 3pm. EMAIL: [email protected] website: http//www.valeofpewsey.org
CHURCHWARDENS Upavon Dr Bill Coker 01980 630803 Dr Virginia Thorne 630830 Rushall Vacancies
Charlton St Peter Mrs Rosie Cunningham 630321 Mrs Ali Lacey 630385
LAY PASTORAL ASSISTANTS Mr Bill Bracher 630173 Mrs Anne Prince 630008
UPAVON RUSHALL & CHARLTON LINK Link Line 07501 004349
TOGETHER MAGAZINE ADVERTISING AND REVENUE and items of news or notices for the next issue, contact the Together team, Tel: 01980 630023 or email: [email protected] by the 15th of the month, please.
Please contact a member of the clergy to discuss Baptisms, Weddings, Funerals, Confirmation, the Blessing of your home, Service of Prayer and Dedication, Renewal of Wedding Vows. To visit in hospital, and the dying at home or in hospital. The clergy are here to help and serve, with our Lay Pastoral Assistants
HOSPITAL VISITS - If you need a visit in hospital, or know someone who has been taken in who would like a visit, please contact a member of the clergy.
HOME COMMUNIONS - If you know someone who is unable to get to church and wishes to receive Communion, please contact Bill Bracher on 01980 630173 and he will make arrangements for this to happen.
THE CLERGY LETTER
We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time. T. S. Eliot, ‘Little Gidding IV’
In my first letter for this magazine just under 9 years ago in September 2012, I began with some words from the last of T.S. Eliot’s Four Quarters about beginnings and endings. These lines come slightly later in that poem. They strike me as I write this final letter because I began my time here with Leavers’ services in the primary school, and those will be some of the last things I do.
In the end, I will be arriving back where I started - having had all sorts of fascinating and challenging and inspiring explorations with you all along the way. Some of these were physical explorations - walking the length and breadth of the Vale; many were spiritual - delving into poetry, the Bible, and films; some have been breaking new ground like trying to get to grips with zoom!
Looking back, the most valuable gifts I feel I have received during my time here are the new insights and fresh perspectives we have generously shared with each other during those explorations, helping us to see where God is at work in these villages and in our own lives. I think that is part of what Eliot means by knowing the place for the first time. Seeing and recognising God’s presence in our midst- that God was there before us all along.
Perhaps this is a feeling many of us have as we gradually emerge from lockdown. We arrive back at the ‘normal’ patterns and events of our lives,
but now we see them in a new light, after the exploration of loss and community and challenge that has been brought about by the pandemic.
We have an opportunity now to live in the light of that new perspective. To value even more the things we are thankful for; to let the things that aren’t important go; to work to change the things that can be improved. I hope and pray that you will continue your explorations here in the Vale of Pewsey, just as I look forward to exploring new things in Cambridge. I know I will take much of what you have given and shared with me to inspire those training for ministry. I pray that we will always be open to the gift of new perspectives, seeing and knowing God’s presence anew in our midst.
God bless you in all your explorations!
Revd. Jennifer Totney
FROM THE REGISTERS
Funerals: May they rest in Peace
Kathleen Murphy Funeral on 9th June at West Wilts Crematorium Thelma Giddings Funeral on 10th June at St John the Baptist, Pewsey Frank Harris Funeral Prayers at DMSF Chapel
Wedding James Haynes & Kala Weeks Married on 29th May at St John Baptist, Pewsey George Hutchinson & Elizabeth Phillips Married on 12th June at St Mary Magdalene, Woodborough
Churches Services at Upavon, Rushall and Charlton St Peter
4 July St Mary’s, Upavon, 9.30am Parish Communion
11 July St Matthew’s, Rushall, 11am Holy Communion BCP St Peter’s, Charlton St Peter, 6pm Evening Prayer
18 July St Mary’s, Upavon, 8am Holy Communion BCP St Matthew’s, Rushall, 11.00am Morning Prayer
25 July St Peter’s, Charlton St Peter, 6pm Parish Communion
1 August St Mary’s, Upavon, 9.30am Informal Worship
8 August St Matthew’s, Rushall, 11am Holy Communion BCP
15 August St Mary’s, Upavon, 8am Holy Communion BCP
22 August St Matthew’s, Rushall, 11am Morning Prayer St Peter’s, Charlton St Peter, 6pm Parish Communion
29 August Team Service 11am please see the website for the venue http//www.valeofpewsey.org
CHURCH OPENING TIMES
St Peter’s Church, Charlton St Peter St Peter's is open for personal reflection and prayer every Tuesday 2pm-4pm and Saturday 10am-2pm. There is clear guidance given at the church so it can be used as safely as possible
St Mary’s Church, Upavon St Mary’s is open daily from 0900-1600 hrs for personal prayer and reflection when the Church will be unsupervised; visitors are requested to follow the guidance notices on church doors and inside the church. All are also asked to record their contact details in the sheets provided in case of subsequent need by NHS Test and Trace. Please use hand sanitiser on entering and leaving and wear a face covering whilst in the building.
St Matthew’s Church, Rushall St Matthew’s is open from 1000-1200 hrs on Sundays and Wednesdays for individual prayer and reflection. Individuals are asked to comply with signage, wear a face covering whilst in the building and use the provided hand sanitiser.
WILTSHIRE LIBRARIES
Mobile Library Service
Dates and times of all mobile library stops are available online via the website https://libraries.wiltshire.gov.uk and from printed timetables available from the mobile library. We look forward to seeing all of our customers when we next visit you. Rushall 10.10 - 10.30am outside the school: 9 July, 16 Aug., 13 Sept., 11 Oct., 8 Nov. Upavon 10.00 – 10.20am The Nursery, Watson Close: 5 July, 2 Aug., 30 Aug., 27 Sept., 25 Oct.
Upavon Village Hall Open Day
Saturday 3rd July 2021 10.00am – 12 noon
An opportunity to come and see what your local village hall has to offer and meet with some of the clubs whose classes use these fantastic facilities
Tea & coffee, cakes & biscuits will be served
Please follow the current government Covid guidelines
Upavon SUMMER FETE AND FUN DOG SHOW
12.30-3.00 Pm Saturday 4 September ST MARY’S CHURCH
Barbeque & bar, tea, coffee and cakes, children’s games, raffle, tombola, photographic competition and craft stalls Rubber duck race on the river at 3.00pm
Contact: 07791198852 Upavon Church Fete
Photographic Competition 4th September 2021
Don’t be shy, do enter. Help us to make a really exciting show and raise money for our church
There are 3 categories for entries: Nature: covers such subjects as plants, animals and landscapes. Art and Architecture: includes buildings, sculpture, machines, anything man-made. People: includes portraits, groups and street scenes. 6 simple rules: 1. Please enter up to 3 photographs in each category. 2. The photographs have to have been taken by you and not entered in our competition before. 3. The maximum size for any photograph is A5 (150x210mm). 4. The photographs should not be in frames as we will be pinning or sticking them onto display boards. Please don’t write your details on the back either 5. The entry cost per photograph is £1. 6. Please return all photographs with an entry form (below) and your payment to Joanna Goulson at 7 Devizes Rd, Upavon ([email protected] tel. 01980 630622) by midday on Wednesday 1st September.
Please leave your photographs on display until the fete finishes at 3pm and then collect them. Thank you.
Upavon Church Fete Photographic Competition 4th Sept. 2021
Entry Form
Name
Address
Phone No./Email
Number of photographs Nature ………………………… entered
Art & Architecture ……………
People ……………………………………
Signed Paid £
Coffee Mornings in St Mary’s Church, Upavon
Saturday 31 July 10am to 12 noon
Coffee will be served in the church then you are welcome to sit in groups of six in the church, or outside in the churchyard, unless the present Covid restrictions are relaxed.
We hope to serve cakes if allowed. Please come and meet up with old friends. We have missed you.
The prevalent Covid precautions apply
UPAVON PARISH COUNCIL
Parish Council information may be seen on the Parish Council website: www.upavonpc.co.uk, .
St Timothy Foundation
Summer Garden Party at Fairacre, North Newnton 24th July 2021 2.30pm - 4.30pm
SAVE THE DATE
CHARLTON ST PETER 100 CLUB
(Licensed by Wiltshire Council for the Vale of Pewsey Team of Churches.)
Our May 100 Club Draw took place after our service on 23rd May. Congratulations to the lucky winners:- £100 C. Golding (Charlton) No. 71 £50 J. Dixon (Charlton) No. 6 £50 R. Cunningham (Charlton) No. 1 £25 A. Lacey (Charlton) No. 15 £25 S. Winter (Rushall) No. 83 Our June 100 Club Draw winners will be drawn after our service on 27th June at 6pm and published in the next edition of the magazine.
We still have a few numbers available, so if you are interested in purchasing number for £5 a month, please contact Ali Lacey 630385.
ENFORD GARDENING CLUB
GARDEN VISIT
RIVER COTTAGE, FITTLETON
By kind invitation of Elisabeth Young
PLANT BRING & BUY SALE Thursday 8th July 2021 7.00 for 7.15 pm
Everyone Welcome!
Further details from Fanny Middleton 01980 671645
email: [email protected]
THERE WILL BE NO MEETING IN AUGUST