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Team Spirit The Magazine of Wirksworth Team Ministry No. 116 September 2021 Team Ministry Team Rector Canon David Truby 01629 822858 Responsibility for Wirksworth with Alderwasley, Bradbourne, Brassington, Middleton & Kirk Ireton Team Vicar Revd Carla Vicêncio Prior 07767 087530 Responsibility for Bonsall, Carsington, Elton and Idridgehay Assisting Priests Canon Keith Orford 01629 55349 Revd Bob Rhodes 01629 823623 Canon Martin Hulbert 01629 825148 Assistant Curates Revd Rod Prince 01629 540475 Revd John Spreadborough 01629 650829 Particular responsibility for Elton Readers Mrs Elizabeth Thomas 01629 823635 Responsibility for Alderwasley Team Spirit is published by Wirksworth Team Ministry. The Team Website is: www.wirksworthteamministry.co.uk The Website has a menu that gives pictures of all 10 churches, their Service Times, and Events, Our People, and Team Publications. Wirksworth Team Office is in The Maltings, St Mary’s Gate, off St John’s Street, Wirksworth, DE4 4DQ Deadline for the December 2021 issue is 1st November Contributions, comments, photos, or suggestions are welcome Contact the Editorial team or the Team Office (see above) Pam [email protected] Jill [email protected] Please ensure photographs which could identify individuals have consent from the individuals concerned or their parents. Contacts around the Team Council Secretary / Team Administrator (Office) Mrs Caroline Prince 01629 824707 (TO in list) Council Treasurer Mrs Anne McLachlan 01629 825658 Alderwasley Wardens Mr Chris Bunting 01629 823292, Mr John Malin 01773 449652 Treasurer Mr John Holt 01773 857612; Secretary Mr John Malin 01773 449652 Team Council: Mr Chris Bunting 01629 823292, Mrs Paula Marchbank (TO) 824707 Bonsall Warden Mrs Jane David 01629 822983 Treasurer Mr David Kirkham 01629 823762; Secretary Mrs Caroline Kirkham 01629 823762 Team Council: Mrs Jane David 01629 822983, Mrs Caroline Kirkham 01629 823762 Bradbourne Wardens Mrs Jean Castledine 01335 390570, Mr Edward Castledine 01335 390570 Treasurer Mrs Jenny Kelly (TO) 01629 824707; Secretary Mrs Jenny Kelly (TO) 01629 824707 Team Council: Mr David Astbury (TO) 01629 824707, Mrs Jean Castledine 01335 390570 Mr Edward Castledine 01335 390570 Brassington Warden Mrs June Baldwin 01629 540818 Treasurer Mrs Jane Smith (TO) 01629 824707; Secretary Mrs Louise Oram 01629 540597 Team Council: Mrs Ann Barry 01629 540599, Mrs June Baldwin 01629 540818 Carsington Warden Mrs Cathy Oldfield 01629 540510 Treasurer Mr Peter Oldfield 01629 540510; Secretary Mrs Frances Haynes 01773 550334 Team Council: Mrs Cathy Oldfield 01629 540510, Mr David Peacock 01629 706250 Elton Warden Mr John Sinclair 01335 370581 Treasurer VACANT (c/o Mr David Kirkham 01629 823762); Secretary Mrs Frances Haynes 01773 550334 Team Council: VACANT (TO 01629 824707) Idridgehay Warden Mr Peter Matthews 01773 550877 Treasurer Mrs Jill Matthews 01773 550877; Secretary Mrs Angela Gratton (TO)01629 824707 Team Council: Mr Peter Matthews 01773 550877, Mrs Amanda Stamp (TO) 01629 824707 Kirk Ireton Wardens Mrs Georgie Geraghty 01335 370610; Mr John Sinclair 01335 370581 Treasurer Mr Martin Tomlinson 01335 370533; Secretary Mr Dick Delves (TO) 01629 824707 Team Council: Mrs Penny Glendinning 01335 370739, Mr John Sinclair 01335 370581 Middleton by Wirksworth Wardens Mrs Brenda Hobson 01629 824600, Mrs Wendy Burton 01773 423778 Treasurer Mrs Glynis Spencer (TO) 01629 824707; Secretary Mrs Jane Warne (TO) 01629 824707 Team Council: Mrs Wendy Burton 01773 423778; Mrs Brenda Hobson 01629 824600 Wirksworth Warden Prof Ian Todd 01629 824949 Secretary Mrs Diana Webber (TO) 01629 824707; Treasurer Mr Humphrey Boam 01629 823585 Team Council: Mrs A Williams 01629 823388, Prof Ian Todd 01629 824949 Editorial In this edition of Team Spirit we pay tribute to the work of Gordon Blount, who until the last issue was the editor of our magazine. Gordon and Gillian have moved away from Wirksworth to be closer to their family, and so we bid them a fond farewell with thanks for Gordon’s involvement with our magazine, and Gillian’s leadership of St Mary’s Mothers’ Union branch. Gordon’s meticulous attention to detail and a fresh approach to the layout of Team Spirit has ensured that it remains popular with our readership even though it has had to go ‘online’ for these last few issues. With Pam and Jill, our editorial team, Gordon has ensured a wide variety of articles which both entertain and challenge. We wish both Gordon and Gillian well in their new home and hope that they soon settle in. This, we hope, will be the last online only issue of Team Spirit as we anticipate a printed version for the December issue. We are in the process of looking for a permanent editor and more people to join the editorial team - ideally from the parishes - who will help us to move forward. In the meantime, I am grateful to Caroline, one of our Team Administrators, for taking on the task of preparing this issue for you to enjoy. If you would like to explore the possibility of taking on the job as editor or to join Jill and Pam in gathering items and articles, then do let us know. It’s a rewarding and interesting task which helps to facilitate our life together as a team of churches, and as such is a ministry of its own. With my thanks for your continuing support of Team Spirit. Canon David Truby, Team Rector A Note to Team Spirit My daughter Jane, who lives and worships in Leek, sent me a link to the national online weekly service which was from the Wirksworth Team this week. Despite my often inadequate technical skills I managed to find it. I am so glad I did. I really enjoyed it; it had just the right amount of everything. There were quite a number of familiar faces, lovely music and singing, a good clear message, some super views of our beautiful countryside and a peep into one or two churches I have never been in and must now visit. Also a special bonus - Signing. Having a small knowledge of BSL I found the beautiful signing very emotional and was able to pick up one or two new signs. When it was over I felt I needed to know where St Martin’s voices came from. So I looked for my copy of ‘Team Spirit’ to discover the names of all of our churches but I couldn’t find it. I spent some time looking in piles and under cushions, but with no luck, maybe I hadn’t paid my subs or perhaps thrown it away by mistake? I would ring someone up later. I looked for St Martin’s Singers online with no success (no wonder, I had got the name wrong.) Slightly frustrated I got on with my day. Then this morning at 6.30am, it came to me in a flash! I never actually had a copy of ‘Team Spirit’ - I would find it online! And sure enough I did. I got myself a drink and spent half an hour more, in bed reading it; quite a good way to start the day. So it’s ‘Thank you Wirksworth Team - a lovely service’, and I also think my confidence in sorting things out online has improved slightly. I have discovered the names of all the churches in the Team, and when I put the right name in the computer I will no doubt discover where and who St Martin’s Voices are! Liz Ormond Pastoral Letter ‘Improvise, adapt and overcome’ This is a phrase which I picked up when working as a padre with the Army Cadet Force. I was ‘volunteered’ for the role by my boss when working at Derby Cathedral, and subsequently spent sixteen happy years visiting the various detachments around the county and, more importantly, providing pastoral support to both youngsters and supervising adults on the annual camp each August. I had done a little work with our local air cadets when I was the Rector of Brimington in Chesterfield. There I just turned up in civvies. With the army it was a different matter, and I found myself being commissioned with the rank of Captain, put in uniform and taught how to march in step - something I never quite mastered - and to salute those who offered me that courtesy in the course of a day. Being a padre gave me an insight into the military mind as well as providing a unique opportunity to share Jesus with the hundreds of young people that I would meet with, both at their local detachment and on camp. I made some good friends, one of whom gave me that little phrase used at the start of this article. It is a phrase which has stood me in good stead during this last year and a half as we have had to think through our response to the many and frequent changes that Covid 19 has thrown at us. What I like about the phrase is the positive attitude that it conveys. It suggests determination in the face of adversity, and a flexibility that isn’t anchored to the old ways of doing things, while at the same time carrying all that is best about our tradition into the future. Its goal is to overcome the challenges that we face, learning from experience, and applying the lessons learnt to the next hurdle. For the moment it seems that we are free from the restrictions that have dominated life. The vaccination programme has been a success, though at the time of writing the numbers of infections is increasing, and though lockdown has been lifted, the threat of further restrictions is ever present. A good example of how we improvised, adapted and overcame was the use of zoom to facilitate our worship. I can take no credit for it! My colleague, Carla, suggested we should start a zoom service early in the first lockdown.