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Fenny Drayton Parish News July 2014 HOUSE CALDECOTE VILLAGE HALL Small well maintained Hall for Hire with MAINTENANCE seating for up to 50 people SUITABLE FOR PARTIES, MEETINGS OR Plastering SIMILAR GATHERINGS Tiling KITCHEN/TOILETS/PARKING Plumbing Situated on Weddington Lane opposite Painting turn for Caldecote Village Decorating Contact Miss M. Hughes 024 7639 4328 P.M.R. Motor Repairs References on request Burbage Walk, Powell Way First Class Job Guaranteed Nuneaton, Warwickshire CV11 5AE Pensioner Friendly Services Telephone 024 7632 9176 Fax 024 7632 9665 Contact Mario on: 07849 315649 Servicing and Repairs 01827 701515 to All Makes of Vehicles www.handymario.co.uk MOT Testing MKS Decor CJR Improvements Ltd Building and Maintenance All Aspects of building and property maintenance work undertaken For a Free Quotation Contact Lee Pendleton 07473 993176 2 Editor’s Notes Welcome again to Fenny Drayton Parish News. This month we have a beautiful watercolour painted by Pauline Walsh – reproduced in colour as an apology from our printers for a glitch in a couple of the adverts in the last issue. May I also apologise to those advertisers (Trotters the Butchers & Lovely Cakes) for this inconvenience – you will find their adverts at the back of this issue, double their normal size as further recompense! I would encourage you to support those business that advertise here – not only do they support the Parish News (covering half our costs) but they are all local businesses that care about their reputations and so (hopefully!) can be relied upon to do a good job at a fair price. In the centre of this issue, there is a cautionary tale of one less scrupulous business… Neil Sherry – [email protected] - 713848 To advertise and to subscribe, please contact: Pauline Walsh - [email protected] – 715466 CAN YOU HELP? THIS IS URGENT! VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED TO MOW & STRIM THE CHURCHYARD We are currently having to pay for this to be done commercially RIDE-ON MOWER & STRIMMER AVAILABLE TO USE PLEASE CONTACT: JULIA COLLIS on 01827 713881 W. Smith & Sons (Nuneaton) Ltd Dr I Hussain Avenue Road (BDS 1996 L’pool) Nuneaton CV11 4JT Camphill Dental Practice 024 7638 2124 206 Camphill Road Nuneaton CV10 0JL Funeral Directors 024 7639 4571 and Monumental Masons 24-hour Free Emergency Service FUNERAL PREPAYMENT PLANS 07771 788722 3 Fenny Drayton Church Services 6 July Holy Communion 9.00am 13 July Benefice Service, Stoke Golding 10.30am 20 July All Age Service 10.30am 27 July Morning Worship 9.00am Church Readings 6 July Zechariah 9, v9-12 Audrey Smith Romans 7, v15-25a Joan Holder 20 July Matthew 13, v24-30, 36-43 Maureen Bonner 27 July 1 Kings 3, v5-12 Janet Agar Romans 8, v26-39 Alan Wood Other Services in the Benefice Higham on the Hill 6 July Holy Communion 10.30am 13 July Benefice Service, Stoke Golding 10.30am 20 July Evening Service 6.30pm 27 July Ecumenical Service – Methodist Church 10.30am Witherley 6 July All Age Service 10.30am 13 July Benefice Service, Stoke Golding 10.30am 20 July Evening service 6.30pm 27 July Holy Communion 10.30am Stoke Golding 6 July All Age Service 10.30am 13 July Benefice Service, Stoke Golding 10.30am 20 July Holy Communion 10.30am 27 July Morning Worship 10.30am Dadlington 6 July BCP Morning Prayer 9.00am 13 July Benefice Service, Stoke Golding 10.30am 20 July BCP Holy Communion 9.00am 27 July BCP Holy Communion 9.00am Household Hints Stop celery from wilting by wrapping it in foil, when putting in the refrigerator, and it’ll keep for weeks. Iceberg or little gem lettuce lasts much longer wrapped in foil and stored in the refrigerator. 4 Church Matters from the Parishes of: Fenny Drayton, Witherley, Higham-on-the-Hill, Stoke Golding & Dadlington RECTOR: Rev’d Linda Blay (01455) 213988, [email protected] This summer marks the beginning of four years of national and international commemorations marking the centenary of the First World War. The First World War claimed the lives of over 16 million people and had an impact on the lives of everyone in every town and village in our country. One hundred years later, we are all connected to the First World War, either through our own family history, or because of the way it changed the history of our communities. Few communities were untouched by tragedy in the war, and every one of our churches played a vital role during those dark years to offer spiritual support and commemorate the lives of fallen loved ones. So many men volunteered to join enthusiastically, full of hope, and full of patriotism, full of expectation, led to believe that the war would in all probability be over by Christmas - Christmas 1914. In fact the war lasted four years, and very many of those who volunteered never came back. A whole generation was in effect wiped out. The world became a very different place. Not only did virtually every family in a village like ours lose someone in the war, but many people also lost their ability to trust others. Jesus was born into a world wracked by war and oppression, but came to tell us of the love of God who wants to give us peace. Jesus, himself, was the victim of violence, and suffered a long and painful death in the struggle for peace. St Michael & All Angels Church Management Committee (PCC) Janet Agar 01827 716035 Gina Hawthorne 01827 716159 Alan Baxter 02476 383438 Susan Kosniowski 01827 714628 Maureen Bonner 01827 715768 Michelle Nelson 01827 722182 Julia Collis 01827 713881 Audrey Smith 01827 717034 John Frisby 01827 715826 Pamela Wills 01827 720929 5 The way to peace for us, as we honour all who have suffered and given their lives for our nation in the war, is a way based on love, starting in the home, in the workplace, in the supermarket, over the garden fence. So as we give thanks for those who fell in war, we remember the words of St Paul: ‘Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you. Ephesians 4.32 The Prayer of St Francis Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is doubt, faith; Where there is darkness, light; Where there is despair, hope; And where there is sadness, joy. Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek To be consoled as to console; To be understood as to understand; To be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive; It is in pardoning that we are pardoned; And it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Wishing you God’s blessings, Linda Community Coffee Mornings Should you wish to join us, we meet in the kitchen area of the Church from 10:30am-12:30. ALL ARE MOST WELCOME The dates for July are: Thursdays 10th and 24th 6 THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROUS DONATIONS TO CHRSTIAN AID Thank you to all who collected and everyone who donated during Christian Aid week. The total raised in the village was £370.21. This was more than last year and your generosity is greatly appreciated. Oi, All you bikers in Fenny! Local Babysitting/Dog Walking: There must be a few of you dotted about, and it’s the time Available after school, at of year to get your leathers on weekends and school holidays. and get out. (You might want to bring your waterproofs Five years’ experience working along just in case though). with 5-8 year olds, CRB checked If you fancy a ride out, perhaps Please contact Emma on to an evening cafe/location or 07888786786 for further a Saturday or Sunday to the details. coast the give me a call. Wayne - 07802 338781 ADVANCE NOTICE – PLEASE MAKE A NOTE FLOWER FESTIVAL IN CHURCH 27TH and 28TH SEPTEMBER 2014 The theme will be SAINTS Help will be needed making cakes and manning the tea stall and the door. Prizes for the raffle are also needed. Anyone willing to do a flower arrangement will be welcomed with open arms. There will be a meeting on Tuesday, 5th August 2014 at 7.30 p.m. in the church for everyone interested. Please contact Yvonne Morson on 01827 716924 or Julia Collis on 01827 713881 if you are willing to be involved in any way especially if you cannot come to the meeting. 7 Fenn Lanes Men’s Group May’s meeting was a splendid evening:- Jim Norden gave a talk about trumpets through the ages. Conches, cow horns, all manner of early brass instruments - you name it, Jim had examples, and played most of them. He also told lots of stories of his career; including playing at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford and playing for the Queen, William and Kate in Leicester Cathedral. Jim and Judy played lots of favourites, old and new, making for a really good evening. Like Parliament, we now have our long summer recess. Our next series of meetings will commence on September 16th Book Early for the In a famous assessment of the BENEFICE OUTING TO CAMBRIDGE name, the French Enlightenment Saturday, 6th September writer Voltaire remarked Coach fare £12.50 sardonically: "This agglomeration Pick up points will be arranged at which was called and which still each village calls itself the Holy Roman Contact Jan Harding 01827 717999 Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire." Friday With Friends Now established in our social calendars, this truly is an 'everyone welcome' event, not geared to specific age groups.