PUBLIC NOTICES MAY 2017 May 2017 Dear Friends, MONDAY KERBSIDE COLLECTIONS. May dates are Monday 8th and Monday 22nd With the early spring sunshine we have enjoyed in April and everything bursting Please put bins out by 7.00am. The Waste Hotline is 01285 623123. into bloom, we are looking forwards to a new era in our six parishes. Our new team http://www.cotswold.gov.uk/media/1432588/monday-1b.pdf vicar, Scott Watts will be installed at St Peter's, Willersey on 28th June while I will

WILLERSEY PARISH COUNCIL be leaving the parishes on 18th June. These two dates are close together through The Office is situated at the south western corner of the Village Hall and is open for the purely happy coincidence that Scott's appointment coincided with the end of my enquiries and advice on Monday each week from 9.30am-12noon (except Bank term as a curate. That means that there will be no 'gap' between my departure and Holidays). At all times recorded messages can be left on the phone 01386 853635, Scott's arrival. or e-mail [email protected]

WILLERSEY VILLAGE HALL I will be taking up a new post in July, and will be able to tell you more in my final To hire the hall please telephone Lucy Jordan 01386 854886 after 6pm or leave a pastoral letter next month. Scott has written an introductory article for you all this message, or email [email protected] Otherwise telephone month. He and his wife Ros, together with Marigold the basset hound will be Jean Harris 01386 858434. Hall Caretaker – Bill Payne 01386 858368. moving into the Vicarage in Honeybourne in June. I am sure you will give them a warm welcome as you did me when I came to the VACE team ministry nearly three METHODIST COMMUNITY ROOM HIRE – Tel: Penny Ingles 01386 853306. years ago now. How time flies! MOBILE LIBRARY SERVICE For queries telephone 01452 425048 The Mobile Library’s next visit is on Thursday 25th May near the Bell Inn With love and blessings, from 13:50 to 15:50. Celia. Assistant Curate. Vale and Cotswold Edge Team Ministry. www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/media/13396/dates-march-17-june-17.pdf Our contact details are: Don’t forget the MOBILE POST OFFICE visits every Friday outside Revd. Craig Bishop (Team Rector): [email protected] The Bell Inn from 12:45 to 14:45. Tel. 01386 841927 Revd. Celia Woodruff: [email protected] COTSWOLD VOLUNTEERS NORTH Tel. 07807 899119 Anybody who wishes to have transport for hospital and medical appointments Revd. Dana Delap (Vicar of Blockley & Bourton on the Hill) [email protected] should ring the CVN Help Centre: 01608 651115. This telephone is manned from Tel. 01386 700676 09:30-13:30 hrs Monday to Friday. At other times there is an Answerphone. Lay Reader Bridget Wade Tel. 01386 841834 Transport charges are 50p a mile (Minimum charge £3.00)

TRAVEL SERVICES TELEPHONE NUMBERS National Rail Enquiries 08457 48 49 50 or 03457 48 49 50 Hello! National Bus Traveline 0871 2002233 Hedgehog 01386 841466 N. N. Cresswell 01386 48655 I’m grateful to have the opportunity to introduce myself, although I want to do that Johnsons 01564 797000 properly when Ros and I, along with our Basset Hound, Marigold, move into Marchants of Cheltenham 01242 257714 Honeybourne Vicarage and I become your Vicar and part of the Vale and Cotswold Bus timetables for Gloucestershire are at www.easytraveling.org.uk/gcc/ and on Edge Team Ministry. I’m excited and humbled to have been appointed and really the Willersey website at www.willersey.org/transport.htm#bus look forward to being part of the community and of your lives. One of my passions as a priest is to do my utmost to be there for everyone, regardless of your age, gender Contact numbers for Breakdown of Services & Police or anything else – even regardless of whether or not you come to Church, although Electric Power Faults - 0800 328 1111 or 105. Gas Emergency – 0800 111 999 I hope you will! Floodline – 0845 988 1188. Severn Trent. Sewage – 08007 834444 I was born and grew up in Suffolk. After Ros and I married in 1991 we lived in Thames Water - Water Supply – 0800 980 8800 Cambridge and then, in 1996, moved to Brampton in Cambridgeshire where we Police – Telephone 101 . www.gloucestershire.police.uk Emergency 999. have lived ever since.

1 16 While the move to the parishes is a big one for us, and we will leave behind WILLERSEY CHURCH OF ENGLAND PRIMARY SCHOOL much that is familiar and many Believe in yourself and others friends, we’re looking forward to making new friends and to living in a part of the country that we know and DIARY love. Apart from working for Lloyds Mon 24th April Return to school – Term 5 Bank for five years, during which time Wed 26th Apr Swimming Gala I met Ros, most of my pre-ordination Fri 26th May Last day of Term 5 working life was as a civil servant in the Ministry of Defence, where I BREAKFAST CLUB worked alongside the Royal Air Force is every Tuesday – Friday from 8am…. just £2.50 per session. Please pay in advance using and US Air Force in human resources and in a parliamentary and ministerial Parentpay. business secretariat. EVESHAM PRIMARY SCHOOLS SWIMMING GALA Apart from two years in Lloyds Bank, Ros’s career was in secondary education. Years 3, 4 and 5 have been invited to take part in Evesham Primary Schools Swimming She taught history and ended her career as an assistant head teacher and director of Gala at Evesham Leisure Centre on Wednesday 26th April. sixth form. These days, as well as working as a part-time receptionist at a local Although we are usually the smallest school taking part, we always make a veterinary hospital, she designs, makes and sells jewellery and has recently big splash at this event and come away with good results. We have a team of four boys qualified as a milliner, having trained in Chipping Campden with Louise Pocock. and four girls taking part this year and we wish them all the best in their races.

I was ordained in Ely Cathedral in 2003 and served as curate in Brampton. In 2007, HEARING & VISION TESTS I became chaplain of Sue Ryder St John’s Hospice and in 2009, I was appointed as Children in Reception will have their hearing and vision tested by our school’s nurse on Lead Chaplain of Hinchingbrooke Hospital in Huntingdon. I’ve played a full part in Thursday 27th April. This will take place in school. the life of the hospital, supporting patients, relatives, visitors, volunteers and 1,650 amazing staff, through some of the hardest things that life can ever throw at us. RED NOSE DAY That’s all been a privilege beyond words and now the sense of privilege continues Thank you to all parents, children, staff and visitors for supporting Comic Relief efforts at as we follow God’s call to come to you. our School. We collected a whopping £110 through the sale of red noses and from donations for our non-uniform day. Ros and I are looking forward to meeting you all and a great opportunity for us to do that is on 28 June at 7pm in St Peter’s Church, Willersey, when Bishop Rachel, SCHOOL DINNERS th the Bishop of Gloucester, will Licence me as your new Vicar. Please come along From 24 April the cost of a school meal will increase to £2.28. The County Council are and share in this very special and joyous occasion, when, together, we begin the next reluctant to increase the price which has remained at £2.20 since 2013 but labour costs phase of our journey with the God who loves each one of us more than we can even have increased with the introduction of the national living wage and there have been begin to imagine. significant increases in the cost of transport and some foods and materials. The quality of the school meals will continue to follow the Food for Life Gold Standard – With our love, Scott & Ros (and Marigold!) fresh, home cooked and nutritious. Children in Class 1 will continue to receive school meals for free. Sadly the Toddler Group in the Village Hall is closing down. It was started Please can you make sure your ParentPay account is in credit before your child orders a over 20 years ago and over that time it has been a great place for local meal. We cannot order a meal for a child whose account is in arrears, so please provide a parents and children to come and meet. Thank you to all those who've packed lunch until the account is in credit. supported it over the years. Please call the school by 9am if your child is ill and will not be attending school. Thank 2 you. 15 Willersey Women’s Institute NOTES FROM YOUR PARISH COUNCIL The recent Quiz evening held at Ebrington W.I was enjoyed by MAY 2017 those who attended The theme for the Group Gathering held by Brockley W.I was ' Underwear Through the Ages'. This proved to ANNUAL PARISH MEETING be extremely entertaining. A performance by the ' Brockley Blokes The date of the Annual Parish Meeting is on Thursday 25th May at Choir', and a delicious supper completed a very enjoyable evening. 7.30pm. It will be held in the village hall and the agenda is:- This month our guest presenters, Peter and Margaret Preece gave us an insight into ' 1. Apologies for absence Wildlife Photography ' with interesting ways to create the best images. 2. Minutes of last Meeting held Tuesday 24th May 2016 Jackie Jordan has kindly volunteered to continue the excellent work carried out by Judy 3. Matters arising Munt for the Cobalt Cancer Unit in Cheltenham 4. Chairman’s annual report 5. County and District Councillors Report 6. The accounts for the year ending 31 March 2016 have been duly Our next meeting is to be held on Monday 8th May @ 7.15 pm audited and are available for inspection GUEST SPEAKER, Moira Huntley , a local artist. 7. Reports on Charities a. Miss Nash Fund and b. Rose Cottage Competition: Name that artist - quiz sheet 8. Annual reports of village organisations Hostesses: Ann T, Sandra V, Mary S. Raffle: Shirley C. 9. Presentation of the Maurice Andrews Community Award Table flowers: Jackie J. Birthday Flowers: Alison A. 10. Any other business (prior notice would be appreciated) REMINDER! WI Coffee Morning - 20th May POND The councillors will be holding future work parties that will clear the A £4:00 charge will be made to guests. New members are always welcome. Come remaining weed from the pond. as a visitor if you would like to join us. ← ═ ⃝ ═ → St Peter’s mothering Sunday was well supported with 40 adults and 10 children. Willersey Amateur Horticulture and Craft Show Our theme was “Mothers of the Bible”. Peter Burch took the service, Ashley read a piece about Mothers and Rob read the lesson. “What’s in the Bag” contained The “Willersey Amateur Horticultural and Craft Show” will take place on the names of children in the Bible and the congregation had Monday August Bank Holiday 2017 in the Village Hall along with all the the names of Mothers to match up. We learnt a lot. We had a Mums gallery from usual attractions on the day. Willersey school children. During the service we placed daffodils in a bowl in Anyone wishing to run a stall “on the day” please contact Bill Payne on thanks for all that our mothers have done for us. Peter blessed our posies from 01386 858368 or e-mail [email protected] Tomlins of Evesham and the children gave them out to all the Mums. Tia and Grace took our collection. Once again, just a reminder to everyone that the Photography Section

subjects for 2017 are :- 1) The Garden Shed Thank you to our lovely friends and neighbours for making us 2) Trees in Winter feel such a part of the wonderful Willersey community for 3) A Stone Wall twenty-six years. Your support to our family during that time 4) Sporting Action and especially during recent months has been very much So get those cameras clicking to capture the above, and enter your appreciated. We are sorry not to have seen you all before we masterpieces on the day. ------moved but we look forward to staying in touch. SCARECROW COMPETITION Our very good wishes to everyone. The Show will be running a “Scarecrow Competition” again Jane and Chris Gooding. this year with details to follow in a later edition of the Magazine. 14 3 Rural Cinema: May WILLERSEY CHURCHES TOGETHER

"The Light Between Oceans" is a heart-breaking drama about fate, love, moral First, we have pleasure in announcing that Willersey Methodist Church is now dilemmas and the lengths to which one couple will go to see their dreams realized. In completely weather proof! The decorating is done and the church worship area the years following World War I, Tom Sherbourne, a young veteran still numb from looks beautiful. Please do come and see it – we’re open on Friday mornings and, his years in combat, takes a job as lighthouse keeper on Janus Rock, a remote island of course, Sundays. Thank you to everyone who has contributed to this. off the coast of Western Australia. As the island's sole inhabitant, he finds comfort in the monotony of the chores and the solitude of his surroundings. When he meets the The Churches have had a busy month – as usual for Lent and Easter! Our Lent daughter of the school's headmaster, Isabel Graysmark, in the local town of Partageuse Discussions went well, led by Canon Anthony Harvey and Revd Dr Israel on the mainland, Tom is immediately captivated by her beauty, wit and passion and Selvanayagam. We covered all sorts of topics, and the discussions were very lively they are soon married and living on the island. As their love flourishes, he begins to all based on the Sermon on the Mount. feel again, their happiness marred only by their inability to start a family, so when a Lent Lunches raised nearly £400 to go to Christian Aid, and the variety of soups rowboat with a dead man and infant girl mysteriously washes ashore, Isabel believes was excellent, I don’t think we had one repeat! their prayers may have finally been answered. As a man of principle, Tom is torn between reporting the lost child and pleasing the woman he loves, and against his better Our Good Friday Procession and Services in both churches went very well and our judgment he agrees to let Isabel raise the child as their own, making a choice with final gathering on Saw Pit Green was, we felt, a good ‘celebration’ of Good devastating consequences. Friday. Our thanks go to the weather, which was cold, but dry; and to Penny Burch for the Hot Cross Buns! The film will be shown in Weston-sub-Edge Village Hall on Thursday 25th May. Easter Day started with about a dozen people walking down the hill in the Doors will open at 7.30 p.m. and the film begins at 8.00 p.m. Tickets are £4.00 at the sunshine to have breakfast together in the Community Room, then we walked door. For more information contact Chris Rossington on 01386 849316 or find details down to St Peter’s for a rousing Easter Day Service led by Canon Harvey. on the village website, www.westonsubedge.com. Our next United Service is on 30th April at the Methodist Church 10.30 am and The Village Bar will be open from 4.00 p.m. for a pre-cinema supper. For more details then 14th May is Christian Aid weekend and the service for this will be at St contact [email protected]. Peter’s at 9.30 am. We commence our Croquet in the garden of the Methodist Church again on 3rd Youth Club May from 2.30 until 4.30. At a cost of £2 it is good value for an afternoon of fun Weston sub-Edge Youth Club meets in Weston-sub-Edge Village Hall on the first and tea. Come and join us! and third Thursdays of each month during term time between 7.00 and 9.00 p.m. Subscriptions are £1.00 per meeting and drinks and sweets are on sale. For more Our Friday Coffee, Chat & Craft mornings are continuing and we would welcome information, contact Chris Rossington on 01386 849316 or Sue on 07555 649056. anyone who would like to come and join the efforts to knit, crochet and embroider quilts, jumpers and hats, for the various needs of the people in our world. Or anyone who wants to come and sit a while.

WANTED Regular help needed (with own mower) to cut two smallish Penny Ingles 853306 lawns in Collin Close, Willersey. Please telephone: 01386 858453 Welcome to Willersey Booklet Anyone who has moved into the village over the past few months and has not received a booklet please contact the Parish Council Office on 01386 Munch Bunch 853635 and they will arrange for you to receive one, or call in to the office The next lunch will be in the Methodist Community Room on when open on Monday mornings between 9.30am-12noon. The booklet th Wednesday 17 May at 12.30. gives details of the many services in Willersey and surrounding area as well Please contact David on 853400 if you are unable to attend. as a brief history of Willersey by Maurice Andrews 4 13 Friday April 7th was world health day LOCAL WALKS WITH THE COTSWOLDS VOLUNTARY WARDENS Let’s Talk Depression is the leading cause of disability worldwide and is May 2017 becoming more common. Depression, anxiety and stress are also the leading cause of sickness absence in the UK, with 70 million working days Woods, Wolds and Warblers – th lost each year. The World Health Organisation chose depression as the Thursday 4 May - Moderate topic for World Health Day on April 7, in recognition of the growing A lovely spring walk through woods and over the LOGO hills looking and listening for warblers and other birds. The route takes us up situation, the need to speak more openly and as a way of highlighting the through Spoonley and West woods before descending via the Breakheart support available. Plantation. Bring a packed lunch. 5.5 hours: 10 miles. Start: 10:00 am Winchcombe Back Lane car park £1.00/day. OS Map ref SP 024 In Gloucestershire, Let’s Talk is a free NHS service for anyone aged 18 285. and above to seek support and advice. Evidence shows that if you seek Celebrating Women of the North Cotswolds – Saturday 6th May - Moderate support early, you can recover more effectively and more quickly, and This walk continues the series of walks about Women in the Cotswolds avoid further problems developing. Let’s Talk provides a range of considering the lives of Mary Anderson, American actress and hostess, and Janet options, from advice over the telephone and educational courses to self- Ashbee, writer, thinker and wife of CR Ashbee. Lunch will be in Broadway where help guides and face-to-face Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. there is a range of eateries or bring a picnic lunch. 6 hours: 11 miles. Start: 10:00 am Chipping Campden, Market Hall in the High Street, parking along You can find out more by visiting www.talk2gether.nhs.uk or ringing 0800 High Street. OS Map ref SP 151 391. 073 2200. If you would like any leaflets or posters to display in your local Celebrating Cotswold Women: Katherine Parr & Emma Dent – Wednesday area, please let us know. 10th May - Moderate A walk using mainly the Windrush and the Wardens Ways with good views of Kind regards, Kate Sudeley Castle whose famous inhabitants include Katherine Parr and Emma Dent. Kate Nelmes Head of Communications Bring a packed lunch. 5.5 hours: 10 miles. 2gether NHS Foundation Trust Start: 10:00am Winchcombe Back Lane car park £1.00/day. OS Map ref SP 024 Tel: 01452 894022 Mobile: 07810 850413 285. PLEASE use appropriate footwear as some walks may be steep and muddy in places. EASY - Length may vary but terrain is mainly flat (level); MODERATE - includes some hills and rough ground. STRENUOUS – may be rough underfoot Pampered Pooch of Willersey SPRING and ascents and descents may be steep. We welcome guide and hearing dogs - sorry, others not allowed. The morning air is fresh and clean Walks are free although we do invite donations to help fund our conservation and The hedges & trees are turning green improvement work. The Wardens run a full programme of guided walks throughout This Cotswold Village is a treasure the Cotswolds. For more information see www.escapetothecotswolds.org.uk or Going out on my walks is nearly a pleasure. Tel: 01451 862000, also for any changes to arrangements such as due to extreme weather. I stretch my legs, walk & run a bit My servant follows, I sometimes hear him swear & spit Christian Aid Week May 14-20 Unfortunately he can't smell or see like us Dogs Christian Aid has been promoting the idea of an ecumenical 'Big Brekkie’ before Usually puts his foot in dog Poo & Muddy Bogs. the United Christian Aid Service, which is at 9.30am on May 14th at St Peter’s Church. I am going to offer breakfast on that morning in Mendelssohn Cottage I can understand my man’s frustration (two doors from the Methodist Church) tin aid of starving populations overseas. It Too many dirty humans around our Location will start at 8am and necessarily end at 9.15am to give time to go to church When us dogs poo no matter where we have been afterwards. There will be a warm welcome and a good (but not excessively ‘big’) The humans should pick it up & pop it in the bin. breakfast for all, particularly if those who think of coming would kindly let me know in advance. Anthony Harvey, 859260. Training School Report SHOULD TRY HARDER 12 5 I’ve a friend in Broadway who is running a group for people who are touched by Dementia. This is the article he wrote for our village magazine:- Mrs Judy Munt July 1933 to February 2017 Living with Memory Loss In the UK today, one in fourteen people over 65 years old lives with some sort of The families of Mike, Janne and Fiona wish memory loss. to thank all those who have written to us It improves the feeling of wellbeing for anyone living with memory loss, and their companions too, if they can get out of the house and enjoy a friendly afternoon of with their sympathies and condolences on activities with other people. losing Judy – it has been greatly appreciated. ‘Today’s our Day’ is a dementia friendly group held every Thursday afternoon from 2pm until 4pm at the URC Hall, 77 High Street, Broadway We did not realise just how many people had turned to Judy for WR12 7AL. help, guidance and sympathy. No wonder she was so respected for Organised by friendly volunteers people can enjoy tea, coffee, biscuits and a chat. what she has done and achieved. Games and activities are provided if people would like to do them. Companions can choose to join in with their partner, or spend some time in a separate room We now live in her shadow. enjoying the company of other carers and volunteers. Information is also available about other support that they could draw on. Just drop in if you would like to see what it’s like. Or if you would like to find out

more contact Mark on 07949 296 738. Transport can also be provided.

JUNE CHURCH & VILLAGE NEWS I have worked in this sort of thing before and it’s wonderful to see how much it helps people who are worried about themselves and going out. I Copy for the June 2017 News must be received by Wednesday 17th May remember seeing two gentlemen suddenly finding that, given the unless otherwise notified. Please send in any items of interest or notice opportunity, they could pain watercolours of daffodils! Their faces were a of forthcoming events. picture! If not this month then could you put it in next month? Email them to [email protected], drop them into Willersey Stores or phone 858628. Newsletter creation will start early in the The nearest other ‘dementia group’ is in Evesham. morning of Thursday 18th May. The Church and Village News is now published on the Internet about one week after the paper edition is delivered. You can find it at. www.willersey.org/churchandvillagenews.htm Do you have some knowledge of sending emails and using Microsoft Word? Comments on the Newsletter are always welcomed. Please email them to The Church and Village News is looking for an additional editor to [email protected] or leave them at the Village Stores. stand in occasionally during holidays and unavoidable For later updates to the Church and Village News do look on our commitments. If you have some time, and enthusiasm for this then do email [email protected] or telephone Bill at 01386 Willersey Cotswolds Facebook page or www.willersey.org . 858628. Come and have a chat if you are interested. You will be doing something useful for the village and will have contact with The JULY and AUGUST CHURCH & VILLAGE NEWS many different Willersey people and organisations. Thank you. This will be a combined edition. Published in July.

6 11 WILLERSEY WEDNESDAY CLUB. FOUR fruit trees were donated by a parish council to Cotswold Tree Wardens. 29th March. 38 members came to hear Dr. Sue Ablett talk on “The Waterways of Russia” As part of an effort to encourage nature conservation, Willersey Parish Sue began by reminiscing on her student trip to Russia in the 1970's when Councillor Nigel Foxall met with Mike Hartnell from the Cotswold Tree Russia was part of the USSR under communism. As well as a potted Wardens to deliver the trees. The scheme, organised by the tree warden history of Russia before and after the revolution, there were stories of group, is called 'I Dig Trees 2016: Free Trees for Community Groups' and selling their Levis (much coveted by the young Russians) for copious is enabled by OVO Energy and TCV, to educate people about the benefits amounts of Vodka, and avoiding the toilets!!. of planting trees Everyone enjoyed the cruise along the Volga from Moscow to The trees are Morello cherry, James Grieve apple, Conference pear and a St. Petersburg, taking in the wonderful and distinctive architecture, dating Bramley apple. Willersey Parish Council also thanked Henry Jabelman for back to the time of Peter The Great. Many of the Churches have been his contribution of planting trees and working in the orchard. restored after being partly destroyed during the Communist regime but statues of Lenin remain everywhere as a stark reminder. Sue is an excellent The trees will be planted in the Orchard owned by the Parish Council that is speaker and has many talks. We hope she will visit the Wednesday Club kept as a nature reserve and used by St Peter’s School for their Forest again. School projects and also by a local bee keeper. 12th April was Members Day. Easter Bonnets were the main theme and there were some fabulous creations. Members certainly went to town Chris Gooding, Willersey’s tree warden will oversee the planting of the decorating their hats. There was a competition and the outright winner was trees and monitor their progress. expertly decorated with Easter Chicks, coloured eggs, flowers and even a little bird in a nest. Congratulations to our new member Elaine. There followed a “Sweet quiz” and poetry readings. Hi, A very lovely social afternoon, followed by our usual scrumptious th afternoon tea. My name is Justine Steventon from Ley Orchard. Starting on 6 May each On 26th April. Richard Kendrick will take us behind the scenes with a T.V. weekend for 5 weeks I am attempting to walk the Cotswold Way from Bath and Film Caterer. to Chipping Campden - a total of 102 miles for Juvenile Diabetes Research 10th May. Paddy O'Brien will talk on Moths and Butterflies. Foundation. This is a charity that is involved in research to cure, prevent 24th May. Cathy Jones. Talk. Khaki and Camisoles and treat type 1 diabetes, an auto-immune condition which attacks the pancreas and affects children as well as adults. It means doing multiple blood test and injections each day to control blood glucose levels and is a Churchyard Mowing 2017 lifelong condition with no cure. I am type 1 and was diagnosed 5 years We are very grateful for all the people that have so willingly agreed to continue to mow the ago. churchyard this year. We do need one new volunteer please – please phone Judith on 852785 if you can help. The full rota is on the Willersey website I would be grateful if you could please support me www.willersey.org/stpeter.htm#mow (scroll down) and if the dates are not convenient, at: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Justine-Steventon2 or if you please can you make your own arrangements to swap. The rota for May/June is as follows: prefer fresh air then join me on one of my walks. My last walk is a short 30/04/2017 13/05/2017 Peter Bond one of 5 miles from Broadway to Chipping Campden on 3rd June, starting at 14/05/2017 27/05/2017 Stephen & Nigel Foxall 28/05/2017 10/06/2017 Stephen Jordan & Bill Payne 2pm from Broadway URC Church on the High Street. Children and dogs 11/06/2017 24/06/2017 Rob McNeill-Wilson are welcome. 25/06/2017 08/07/2017 Leslie Jordan & Paul Tolley. Thanks Justine. Thank you. 10 7 . SERVICES at ST. PETER’S CHURCH for May 2017 METHODIST CHURCH SERVICES for May 2017

N.B. Holy Communion using the Book of Common Prayer (BCP) service is Sunday Worship All at 10:30am unless otherwise stated. celebrated every Wednesday at 11am. Do come along and join us for the service and/or coffee and a chat at 11.30-12.00 noon. 7th Deacon Don Pritchard Sidesman, Readers Lesson and Coffee rota for May 2017 14th Christian Aid Service at St Peters Date Sidesman Reader Lessons Coffee 21st Own Arrangement May John John Acts 2. 42-47 & Adine Keatley & 28th Revd. Brian Mason 7th Busbridge Busbridge 1 Peter 2.19–25. Sandra Spensley 14th David Kelley David Acts 7. 55 – Sylvia Schambri Coffee is served every Friday in the Methodist Community Room Christian Aid Kelley end & 1 & Liz Webb between 10.00 and 11.30am. We also have a sale of a selection of Peter2.2 -10 fair trade goods. 21st Bill Jabelman Family Service Annie & Bill Payne 28th David Kelley David Acts 1. 6–14 & Sylvia Schembri Sunday after Kelley 1Peter 4.12–14 & Penny Burch Broadway Embroidery Group AscensionDay & 1Peter5.6–11. Our April meeting involved members continuing with their own sewing projects. 7th May Easter 4 9.30 am BCP Holy Communion Several had the cushion project from the previous month. The colour schemes 14th May Easter 5 9.30 am CW Eucharist varied considerably and it will be interesting to see them all finished. Hopefully st they will be on view at the Village Craft Show on Bank Holiday Monday. 21 May Easter 6 11.00 am Family Service th 25th May Ascension Day 7.30 pm Benefice Eucharist at Weston sub Edge Our May meeting will be held on Thursday 4 May at the Methodist Hall in 28th May Easter 7 9.30 am CW Eucharist Broadway 10:00am to 1:00pm. Project for May – a folded book. Julie, a member 4th June Pentecost/ Whit Sunday 9.30 am BCP Holy Communion of the group will be showing us how achieve this fascinating technique. No BCP Holy Communion CW Eucharist scissors, no needles or pins!!! A hard backed book is the chief requirement. Rose will be sending a list of materials to all members. All services start at 9:30am except the Family Service at 11:00am Please check for changes on the weekly sheet. For any information regarding the embroidery group please ring Penny Ingles – 01386 853306 or Gillian Beale – 01386 852958 Do come and see what we are doing during one of our Broadway meetings. Week Ending St Peter’s Church Cleaning Refreshments served about 11:00am.

May 6th & 13th Julia and Colin Burrows May 20th & 27th Gill O’Donoghue The subject at St Peter’s April family service was St George, and with Week Ending St Peter’s Brass Cleaning facts about the Patron Saints connected to our Churches in the Benefice. May 6th & 13th May Jelfs and Jackie Jordan Hopefully we learnt a few facts about these. The service was taken by the May 20th & 27th Pat and Sally Heming Diocesan Families officer, Rev. Jo Wetherall. Her talk was based on the Thank you once again to all the volunteers helping to keep our church clean battle of David and Goliath. Thank you to Tia and Poppy for all their help and inviting for our many visitors. The cleaning cupboard is in the vestry. throughout the service, Pat for leading us in prayer and the Fast Team for A key is in the Bell Inn or from Mrs Gillian Beale 01386 852958 serving our refreshments.

Thank you to the spring cleaners who helped to dust, polish and wash various st parts of our Church. There were 12 busy bees and after all the work we enjoyed a Our next Family service at 11am on 21 May will be a Pet Service. Do lunch of soup, cheese and fruit. Watch out for the autumn session if you would like join us with any pets. We would love to see you. to join us. 8 9