June Magazine

Edvin Loach • Tedstone Delamere • Tedstone Wafre Upper Sapey • Whitbourne • Wolferlow Tofh GereaPtera WrhisitbhourMne agazin50e p July 2009 Page 2 The Parish Magazine Parish contacts The Rector Revd. David Howell Parochial Church Council (PCC) The Rectory, Whitbourne Secretary Mr Stuart Beare WR6 5RP 01886 821285 01885 482570 Treasurer Assistant Priest Revd. Doiran Williams Mr Angus Stormonth-Darling Howberry, Whitbourne 01886 821918 WR6 5RZ 01886 821189 Electoral Roll Mr John Bland Officer 01886 853661 Churchwardens: Mrs Sheila Gibbs Councillors Mr John Allan 01885 483491 Edvin Loach 01886 821450 Mr Robert Darby Mrs Yvonne Evans 01885 482284 01886 821811 Churchwardens: Mrs Kathleen Harris Sir Nicholas Harington Tedstone 01885 483681 01886 821819 Delamere Mr Albert Jones 01886 853564 Mr Jerry Cummins 01886 821485 Churchwardens: Mr I Evans-Fisher Upper Sapey Mrs C Evans-Fisher Mrs Celia MacKenzie 01886 853441 01885 483492 Deanery Synod Churchwardens: Mrs Myrtle Kneen Mr John Allan Representatives Whitbourne 01886 821707 Mrs Brenda Allan Mrs Sylvia Bland 01886 853661 Mrs Myrtle Kneen Organist Mrs Sheila Jones 01885 488625 Mr Stuart Beare Tofh Gere aPtera Wrhisitbhou rMne agazine Editorial Mrs Rachel Evans Advertising Mr John Bland 01886 821364 (billing) 01886 853661 [email protected] [email protected] Distribution Mr Andrew Kneen Advertising Mr Francis Evans 01886 821707 (copy) 07850 718112 [email protected] [email protected] Contributions, letters, drawings and digital photographs for the magazine are all very welcome. These may be left at Little Tedney, Whitbourne Village Shop or e-mailed to [email protected] . Contributions should be accompanied by a name and full address. Anonymity will be considered on request, but not provided automatically. Please note that the views expressed by contributors to the Parish Magazine are their own and do not represent the position of the PCC or any other body. The last day for submissions is the 10th of the month. Advertisements are charged at £16 per full A4 page per month. Please see Page 15 for details. Please note that the advertising facility is intended for local service providers, retailers and clubs. Advertisements should comply with the ethos of the Parish Magazine. The Parish Magazine is available in Church at Edvin Loach, Tedstone Delamere, Upper Sapey and Whitbourne, also at Whitbourne Village Shop. The magazine is priced at 50p or £5.00 for an annu - al subscription, collected at the beginning of the year. To subscribe, please call Mr Andrew Kneen. For local information and photographs plus the latest offers from buy.at/Whitbourne, please visit www.whitbourne.org.uk Cover photograph courtesy of Mr Paul Dewey, taken on a sunny June day down Tedney lane of Greater Whitbourne Page 3 From the Rector At the end of this month the school children will start the long summer holiday. In Whitbourne, the school had its Ofsted inspec - tion, always a busy and stressful time. I would like to thank the school staff and the gover - Has anyone noticed . nors for all their hard work and the pastoral care they put into the school. Having a church ... any recent change in the quality of school is one of the great strengths of this Parish. Although I must confess that I was not mains water? the best pupil when I was at school. I could not wait for the summer holidays to come. I ask because a resident of the village (who wishes his identity to remain The busyness of life, it seems to me, is one of confidential so as to protect the the things which can so often get in the way of source of his information) tells me any contemplative time that we, as Christians, that Welsh Water have reduced the really should be practising. It is all too true frequency of inspections at the that many of us can let God get drowned out Whitbourne pumping station. He has by the noise of the world that He created and asked me to write to the company do this to the extent that often we stop trying about this, but before I do it would be to make space for the quiet in which to hear His voice. useful to know whether there have in fact been any lapses of quality. The I am aware that 2009 has been a very busy most frequent contamination is from time for many people in the congregation who fine red clay suspended in the water, give so generously of their time and talents although excess chlorine can also be a when it comes to planning and executing the problem. funding campaign that has been happening. I am aware that all of us, both corporately as a If any readers have come across such church and individually, need to make the issues in the last two to three months, time necessary to find where God is speaking I would be grateful for an account of to us - and to make the space in which to hear what happened and whether the mat - Him with the still small voice in which He speaks. ter was brought to Welsh Water’s attention. It would be very easy to think that because we are a very busy church with so much going on, Many thanks in advance, that everything is OK in the spiritual garden - but in the noise and confusion of this world, it Francis Evans is imperative that we all, in doing the work of [email protected] the Lord do not forget to wait upon, to listen and to act upon what we hear from the Lord of the work. David Howell Rector The Parish of Greater Whitbourne Page 4 The Parish Magazine Parish News Dig out those plants! and local primary schools. There Refreshments include hot food, will be a barbecue and other cakes and cream teas, and enter - It’s only a week or so now until refreshments. Tickets costing £5 tainment ranges from a display the fete. Please don ‘t forget to for adults, £3 for children and of vintage tractors and military keep back a few plants for the £10 for a family, are available vehicles, alpacas and llamas, the plant stall. All contributions are from the college reception. Jump for Joy dance display team, welcome; flowers and bands. Please bring plants to the church - DK yard from Saturday morning Entrance costs £1 per adult (11th July) onwards and we’ll which includes entry into a raf - round them up.We hope to be in Sapey Fun Day fle. Children are admitted free. the usual spot, on the left under a tree. With Alice in Wonderland as a Friendship Club central theme, Sapey3y Fun Day Thank you in advance. and Crazy Dog Show promises to This month Brenda Allan came to offer something for everyone on talk to us about her latest trip to Elaine Brown Saturday July 25th. Tanzania, bringing us up to date on achievements and future Whitbourne WI The event will be held at Kelsey, aims. we had tea and biscuits and Tedstone Wafre, on the a chat. Our June meeting was the garden Bromyard-Stourport road, at meeting which we spent at Sheila 1pm. All proceeds will be split Next month on July 1st, we meet Dodd’s garden. We were lucky equally between the Air at 10.45am in the car park and with the weather which, although Ambulance, Acorns Children’s have a ride out to St Peter’s a little overcast, managed to stay Hospice & the Neuroblastoma Garden Centre for our tea and fine. Sheila took us around the Children’s Cancer Society. cake. Lifts will be available. garden, accompanied by her dog, and pointed out all the work that Anyone interested in giving a LG she had put in over the time they hand or wishing to donate a had owned it. prize or to just get rid of your bric a brac, please contact Dave Recipes galore! There were some beautiful trees Parsons on 01886 853646, email and plants, some clever colour [email protected] or Ever stuck for a different cake to combinations of clematis and Lynne Samuels on 07549 181700. make or some new biscuits to roses mingling and climbing give to guests? Whitbourne CE shrubs. There were also some If you have a skill, hobby, craft primary school’s new recipe interesting sculptures dotted you would like to share with oth - book is full of tried and tested around and, looking through the ers or if you wish to promote recipes guaranteed to please trees, stunning vistas. your business this could be a both adults ands children alike good opportunity to have a small and is illustrated by the children. A few ladies walked around the display stand. Or just come along lake and all gathered for our tea and enjoy yourself - why not Priced £3.50 for the school or and cake and a little business in bring a picnic and just enjoy the £3.85 from the shop (the extra is Sheila’s lounge. We all enjoyed beautiful garden. VAT which the shop must the evening and Heather thanked charge), the book is great value - Sheila for having us. There will be an Alice in if you ever wanted to know what Wonderland fancy dress compe - camel cakes were, this is where Our next meeting is on July 14th, tition, Crazy Dog Show with 21 you’ll find out! when we shall have a talk by the different classes and good prizes Road Safety Officer and the com - for each class, many games, petition is to design a road safe - including crazy golf, learn to play ty sign. croquet, skittles, and wellie LG wanging.

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