Wickham Bishops Parish Magazine June 2018
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Wickham Bishops Parish Magazine June 2018 Produced by St Bartholomew’s Church www.churchinwickhambishops.org.uk 2 Church Services for June At St Bartholomew’s and St Nicholas SUNDAY 3 Trinity 1 8.00 am Holy Communion 10.30 am Parish Communion 4.00 pm Messy Church 6.30 pm Choral Evensong WEDNESDAY 6 10.00 am Holy Communion SUNDAY 10 Trinity 2 8.00 am Holy Communion 10.30 am No Service - Open Gardens WEDNESDAY 13 10.00 am Holy Communion SUNDAY 17 Trinity 3 9.00 am Eucharist at St Nicholas, Lt Braxted 10.30 am All Age Morning Praise in Hall WEDNESDAY 20 10.00 am Holy Communion at Braxted Place Chapel SUNDAY 24 Trinity 4 8.00 am Holy Communion (1662) 10.30 am Parish Communion WEDNESDAY 27 10.00 am Holy Communion 3 Parish Register Baptisms Harper Priest May 20th Marriages None Funerals Peter Chapman May 9th Frances Wilkinson May 17th Parish Contacts Revd Hilary The Rectory, 1 Church Road, 01621 892867 Le Sève Wickham Bishops CM8 3LA Hilary’s day off Priest in Charge [email protected] is Friday. Revd Derek Clark The Leas Farm 01245 380619 Wickham Bishops Road Priest / Curate Hatfield Peverel 01245 380627 CM3 2JL (with answer phone) Barry Cousins 3 Harvey Road 01621 891355 Great Totham CM9 8QA Churchwarden [email protected] Graham Wingrove 8 Arbour Lane 07398 025442 Wickham Bishops Churchwarden CM8 3NS Peter Bates 10 Church Green 01621-893173 Wickham Bishops Magazine Editor [email protected] Kath Adkins [email protected] 01621-891143 Church Hall Bookings 4 Letter from Reverend Hilary ‘Here is the church. Here is the steeple. Open the doors and see all the people’ Are you a keen gardener? Curious to see behind the clematis covered walls and manicured hedges? Wickham Bishops Open Gardens 2018 gives you a glimpse into quintessential England. In opening their gates and inviting the public to view - a selection of eleven beautiful private gardens are generously helping to raise funds for the historic local landmark, the church of St Bartholomew’s. And what a landmark! The 40m. shingled steeple is visible from the A12 and from the River Blackwater. Designed by Ewan Christian and built in 1850 it is an architectural attempt to reach skyward ‘towards heaven and the divine’. Not too far away in the village, at the ancient (now closed) church of St Peter’s, a new stained glass window picks up this heavenly theme showing angels ascending and descending whilst Jacob dreams*. The Bible story concludes with an amazing blessing from God for Jacob and his descendants. On waking he exclaims ‘Surely the Lord is in this place … How awesome is this place!’ and turns his stone pillow into an altar before setting off. As I write, Dave the stonemason is painstakingly repointing and resetting stones that make up St. Bartholomew’s steeple tower. Ice and heat cause the stones to split and flake and over time pieces fall off. Generations in this village have provided the funds to maintain the building here as an open space for seekers, questioning sceptics, people of committed faith and none. In coming to the Open Gardens (and the ‘Anything Goes’ concert) you are taking a part in this living heritage and keep the church open for public use. May we all have a lot of fun on what promises to be a great day and keep the use for which these stones have been laid alive! *(Genesis 28:10-17) A photograph of the stained glass window is on the inside back cover. 5 Women’s Christian Fellowship ... At our April meeting the advertised speaker had to cancel due to serious illness but we were very fortunate to rebook at very short notice, Brian and Carole Willis who gave a very interesting and thought provoking talk on WaterAid. This talk had previously been planned for February but that had been postponed due to the snow that had arrived that week. Water Aid is a wonderful organisation that began in 1981 which helps to provide clean, accessible water to remote areas in thirty seven countries mainly in Africa. We were told that 60 children die every hour through a lack of fresh drinking water. The women in their villages spent most of the day collecting dirty sewage contaminated water on their heads in containers weighing 20 kilos. What a choice for families who had no other water supply. Brian and Carole showed a short film entitled ' Imagine a world without Water' which was very moving, and, indeed very hard to imagine! Money raised by Water Aid is given directly to the communities where they are taught how to manage and maintain the pump and equipment and the women can now earn some money to support their families instead of the daily task of water carrying. In June we will be having an outing to lunch at the Rivenhall Hotel, if any member wishes to go but has not booked their place please contact Dorothy Kerr 892102 or any committee member. Denise Yelland Fun, crafts, food, Experiments DOES SCIENCE “ANIMALS” Sunday 3rd June 4 to 6 pm For All The Family - St Bartholomew’s Church 6 St Bartholomew’s, Wickham Bishops Presents: St Bart’s Big Sing Saturday July 21st at 5pm Hymns and poems to calm, uplift and inspire Tell us your favourite hymn, or poem and why you chose it There will be a box in the church from Sunday July 1st to Sunday July 15th for you to post your requests. A collection will be taken to support Farleigh Hospice Come and enjoy a good sing, we look forward to seeing you! Join us for refreshments afterwards St. Bartholomew, Church Road Wickham Bishops, CM8 3LA For further information contact: Sue Handscombe 01621 742057 7 Drop-in For Tea and Cake On the second and fourth Monday afternoons. We meet from 2.30pm to 4pm ST BARTHOLOMEW’S CHURCH HALL Transport is available - please ask Sue We look forward to seeing you - Sue (892032) Wickham Bishops “Over 60’s” Club ... Due to problems with transport, our numbers were somewhat depleted last month, however those members who were able to join us enjoyed the welcome return of Brian Carline. His talk was entitled "Days of Dolly Blue and Izal". Not only did the dolly blue bags make the washing white, it was a cure for getting rid of hornet stings as Brian and his mate found to their cost! Suffice to say for the next few days they had the whitest shirts on their street. Homemade remedies were always popular; it was expensive to see a doctor, so mustard vests were used for weak chests, and also came in handy to rub in to your ham or paste sandwich!!!! Duck fat was used for mumps, olive oil and cotton wool for ear-ache, boiled onion juice for colds and rhubarb juice to gargle with to soothe sore throats. One thing I'd never come across was the fact that so many children in the north of the country had to get their supply of vitamin D by standing in front of a sun lamp for ten minutes (back and front), although Brian made everything sound amusing, life was hard, but they all came through! He also spoke of things that don't happen anymore--- penny for the guy, bob-a-job week (for obvious reasons) to name but two. It was a thoroughly entertaining afternoon, it ended as always with refreshments and the raffle. Kaye 8 BEACON HILL SPORTS The Arts Society ASSOCIATION Blackwater presents JAZZ at Wickham Bishops Village Hall Thursday 7th June 2018 9th June 2018 The Age of Jazz! Art Deco – Fashion and Style Richard Leach’s Sally Hoban PhD Seven Stars of Jazz The AGM will precede this lecture Bring your own refreshments. at 10.00 a.m. Seating is at tables and reserved. Visitors welcome - all enquiries to Start time 7.30pm. Jennifer Allen 01621 891589 Contact Meetings are normally held at the Gordon 01621 891717 Wickham Bishops Village Hall at 11 am to book your seat Visit our website www.blackwaterdfas.org.uk Wickham Bishops Men's Badminton Club WICKHAM BISHOPS ART GROUP We are looking for new members to join us. We are a social badminton club We meet on Wednesdays and play at Wickham Bishops from 2 pm - 4 pm at Village Hall on Tuesday evenings St. Bartholomew’s Church Hall and at 8pm and welcome new players are a friendly, of all standards. informal group with varying abilities. Please contact First few weeks are free and yearly subs are £60. Jenny on 01621 891246 Just turn up on the night or or Rita on 01621 891130. email Bill on [email protected] for more information. We look forward to meeting you. 9 Wickham Bishops Flower Club ... Our yearly summer Open Evening is on Tuesday 26th June in Great Totham Village Hall when we welcome Lisa Morgan as our demonstrator for the evening with her theme 'Summer Time'. We will be preceding Lisa's demonstration with a quiche and salad supper and dessert accompanied with juice, wine or alternative drinks can, of course, be brought with you for the evening. Tickets are £13 for members and £15 for guests and are available from Mrs. Jenny Barclay on 01621 891164. We look forward to welcoming you to Great Totham Village Hall. 7pm for 7.30pm. Christine Walker Wickham Bishops Women’s Institute ... This month we had a delightful lady named Susan Burns who came to talk to us about "Knitting with wire" - absolutely fascinating.