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p.3 Les Nouvelles: the latest news p.12 Les Associations: Battle of Flowers update The changing p.17 Les Associations: Football

p.16 Les Jeunes: Youth Club

face of our p.24 Feature: Agriculture p.27 Feature: Little Miracles p.28 La Foi: Church news

countryside p.30 Le Calendrier: dates for your diary

Les Nouvelles From Parish Secretary Welcome Liz Cheetham With 2015 almost upon us Just a reminder that dog licences it seems there will be much need to be renewed by 31 positive New Year action to January 2015 - application forms are held at the Parish Hall. look forward to. And in January all of the Rates Annual In this issue Connétable John Refault outlines some Returns will be distributed. Please of his hopes for the future including energy saving complete and return within the 15 days initiatives for Parish properties and creating both a of the date on the notice on the return. skateboard park and a BMX track. He’s also looking The Parish Hall will be closed from 12 noon on 24 December 2014 and re-open Friday 2 January 2015 normal hours (9.00am at the provision of affordable housing for people to 4.00pm). with St Peter connections. John remains as Assistant Finally, the office would like to wish all Parishioners a Merry Minister at Health with responsibility for the General Christmas and a Happy New Year! Hospital and the new hospital project. Deputy Kristina Moore, who has been promoted to The church clock Jersey‘s Home Affairs Minister, tells us there’s a great spirit of co-operation within the new Council of bell will soon be Ministers. ringing St Peter’s Football Club continues to go from strength to strength and next year will be able to boast Scaffolding is once again some of the best ground and clubhouse facilities in the present at the Parish Island thanks to a £120,000-plus refurbishment programme currently underway. Church - this time to repair Parish-based charities and associations are flourishing the external clock bell - we hear about a great visit to France by the Twinning mechanism following the Association; the establishment of a new charity to support the parents of premature newborns; an demise of the internal eventful weekend at the Aero Club and there’s been bell Mary. some excellent outcomes for Parish establishments in After many years of service face and enlarging the hole the newly-introduced food hygiene ratings. a crack appeared in Mary, to extract the bell for repair And well done to the St Peter’s Netball Team who causing the reverberating at a foundry - all very came out on top in the Island-wide inter-parish netball ’dong’ to be replaced by expensive and somewhat competition. a muted ’donk’. risky. As always, Les Clefs welcomes articles from Repairing Mary would It’s hoped that the Parishioners, news of club and association activities and have been very external bell will be any suggestions. If there is anything you would like to expensive as it would working very soon. see in print please contact the editor John Jacques on have involved [email protected] via the post to removing the clock 1 La Petite Piece , St Peter JE3 7AE or by phone on 07797 749440 . Below are the editorial deadlines and final distribution dates for next year’s four editions of Les Clefs. John Jacques Spring Editorial contributions deadline: Friday 6 March Distribution completed by Monday 6 April Summer Editorial contributions deadline: Friday 5 June Distribution completed by Monday 6 July Winter Editorial contributions deadline: Friday 4 September Distribution completed by Monday 5 October Winter Editorial contributions deadline: Friday 13 November Distribution completed by Monday 14 December Copyright 2014/15© Parish of Disclaimer Whilst the Parish of St Peter Newsletter Committee and St. Peters Newsletter Committee contributors to Les Clefs de la Paroisse de St Pierre have provided the The entire content of this publication is protected information contained in it in good faith, they accept no responsibility, financial or by copyright. All rights reserved. No part of this otherwise, for any action taken by any other party as a result of the information so journal may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval provided. Independent and appropriate advice should always be sought on such system, or transmitted in any form or by any matters. The views expressed within this newsletter are those of the authors and means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior written do not necessarily represent the views of the publisher. The Editor accepts no consent of the copyright owner. responsibility for errors or omissions that may occur. St Pierre Winter 2014 page 3 Les Nouvelles

stars - there is no We have a five-star one-star rating - will be provided with community centre guidance and The ladies at the Village Tea Room information to enable them to just can’t stop smiling at the improve, and will be moment, and with very good reason. targeted for more The St Peter’s Youth and Community frequent inspections. Centre has outshone many other Island Eat Safe applies to around 1,000 outlets in Jersey, eateries in the newly-established Island-wide including restaurants, food hygiene awards. takeaways, cafes, sandwich The centre gained a five-star rating - the highest possible - shops, pubs, hotels, and ranks alongside the likes of Michelin starred chef Mark supermarkets and other retail Jordan at the Beach! Many congratulations to the centre’s food outlets. kitchen team of Louise Payne, Bridget Brain and Lisa Potter. Other establishments in the The normally very popular tearoom - especially on a Parish with five-star ratings Friday morning - is seeing an increase in business after include Bethesda Pre School, gaining the five-star rating in the Eat Safe campaign. the Classic Herd butchery, all of Hygiene ratings range from five to zero stars. In making the Co-ops, all of the Airport awards, inspectors from Environmental Health take into snack bars, Marks and Spencer, consideration a range of facts after making unannounced the Mermaid Tavern, Rainbow inspections. They look at: Tots Nursery, Sandybook • How hygienically the food is handled – safe food Hospital, Seawold Guest House, preparation and procedures including preparation, St George’s Canteen, St Peter’s cooking, cooling, re-heating and storage. School and St Peter’s FC. • The condition of the structure of the premises – No food outlet in the Parish cleanliness, repair, layout, lighting, ventilation and other was rated at less than three facilities. stars. You can check out Above : Top marks for cleanliness • How food safety is managed and documented, individual premises on the Below : Bridget Brain (left) and Lisa Potter - including the premises’ history and confidence in States website Eat two of the three-strong kitchen team management to maintain Safe page. Top : While you enjoy some food from the five-star kitchen, and improve standards. your children can enjoy Businesses that fully the newly-refurbished comply with Jersey law playground. obtain a minimum of three stars. If they can show they have put into operation extra best-practice guidance they achieve a higher rating. Those scoring either zero or two Below : The al fresco area is always popular

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St Pierre Winter 2014 page 5 Les Nouvelles £1,000-plus raised at Parish Hall coffee and cake morning Congratulations to the Parish Hall staff who raised a fantastic £1,097 for the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal at their recent coffee and cake morning. The event was organised by the Parish Hall staff: Liz the Parish Secretary with tremendous input from both Sue and Sarah. Thanks also go to everyone who helped prepared the refreshments, cook the cakes and wash the dishes - and, of course, those who attended! The total raised during what was a hugely popular two-hour event reflected the generous Above: Coffee morning - donations of raffle prizes, bric-a-brac, vegetables, tea and coffee. the Parish Hall was packed Catch up with Sir George on YouTube Slow as you go through St Mary As we covered in the last edition of Les The journey through neighbouring St Mary’s Secure Clefs, the statue of Sir George Carteret has Village will never be quite the same again from now been officially unveiled. He’s keeping January when work on a major programme of Banking an eye on things near the tree outside the road improvements begins aimed at making it Promisee newly renamed Sir George Carteret pub. safer for pedestrians. For anyone who missed the unveiling and would The work is due to start in January and will take five like to know a bit more about Sir George, there’s or six months to complete, depending on the a great ten-minute film on YouTube at the below weather. address. Or just search Sir George Carteret Changes include creation of an off-road footpath Comes Home. It’s well worth a watch. and traffic calming features – particularly outside the www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztvjxaHq6-4 . school. MoneyMooneney fforor prpresentsents The footpath will run along La Verte Rue to Rue Co-op moves to cut cost of seeing the doctor de la Rosiere and one of the biggest changes is by The Co-op has moved into primary healthcare with the aim of the school where the road will be narrowed at the crossing point opposite the school and war bringing down costs for patients. The Society is now operating three without youryour wwallet.allet. memorial. Work there includes a new bus shelter, surgeries - one of them at Grand Marché in St Peter’s Village. seating and planted areas. The standard consultation fee is £30 and Society members will receive free There will also be changes at the road junctions healthcare for children under five, lower prices for children aged five to 18 next to the church and pub and Bethlehem Chapel. Magic.Magic. and there’s the usual 4% dividend on healthcare services. The Co-op decided to move into healthcare after a Jersey Consumer Council investigation showed Islanders were concerned about the cost of visiting their GP - especially parents with young children. Co-op boss Colin Macleod said it had become clear the Society should TThehe NNatWesta s Mobileobile BBankinganking appapp letslets yyouyou getget cashcash use its scale and experience to offer a new, more affordable, medical care service. wwithoutithout youryou debitebit card.card. The Society has bought two established GP practices and now employs four doctors, a practice nurse and eight surgery staff with plans to recruit more health professionals as demand grows. Co-operative Medical Care is EEasy.asy. Fast.Fast. Secure.Secu . owned by Society GGetet CCashash lletsets youyou ttakeake ooutut upup toto £250£250 perper dayday fromfrom anyany RBSRBS GGrouproup cashcash machinemachine members, wwhenhen yyouou hhaveave atat leastleast ££2525 inin youryou accountccount ((includingincluding anyany overdraftoverdraf facility).acility). rather than GP partners, so profits Search:ch: NNatWest offshoree will be shared by members.

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page 8 St Pierre Winter 2014 Black bag warning How about this for a New Year’s resolution? Netball success Become a playing Both St Peter's School and St member of The Band George's Prep School finished off of the Island of Jersey . their respective netball seasons on a The band is now looking for high, walking off with four winners’ new members who can play a trophies of the five up for grabs brass instrument, drum or tuned percussion to a Although never having to play each reasonable standard. This is a other throughout the season, both great opportunity to join a schools managed to win their respective well-established musical organisation, drum corps rehearsals are on Wednesday nights leagues and tournaments. Coaches which brings together people from all (7.30pm – 9pm). Danny Simon and Natacha Morgan- walks of life who have the passion to The band was formed in 1876 under the Pasquali were delighted with their play brass musical instruments. name of La Societe de L'Avenir which later players efforts and are now busily The band is open for all ages, there became L'Union Musicale. Sometime after polishing the silverware! are no subscription fees, and both World War Two the band was renamed to its St Peter's .- Cait Brennan, Katie-Jay instruments and uniforms are supplied present title. It differs from a traditional brass Minier, Jessica Parry, Yasmin Buesnel, totally free. band as it has a corps of drums. Many young Darcy Higo, Kiera Toner, Mikalya Rive, Musical Director Nick Manning said: band members have gone on to serve in Her Rio Hicks. Coach Danny Simon ‘We would love to welcome you into Majesties Forces as musicians. The 40-strong St Georges - Francesca James, the Band. Come and join us in 2015, band is self-funding and charges for its services. Evangeline James, Madelaine Somay, performing concerts and marching For further information, email Musical Sophia Patidar, Honor Daniels, Kaitlyn displays both in Jersey and overseas.’ Director Nick Manning MBE Gilbert, Madeleine Fromage, Rhea The brass rehearsals are held at the [email protected] or visit the Fletcher. Coach Natacha Morgan- band room in Grouville on Monday band’s website at www.islandband.org.je Pasquali nights (7.30pm -9.30pm) and the Anyone for Sea Lettuce Soup? There will be no quick fix to the problem of sea lettuce in St Aubin’s Bay, an expert has warned The annual presence of the bright green algae, which blooms in summer and leaves inches deep deposit along the entire stretch of beach, is bad for business and the environment. The individual leaves look like lettuce and it tends to thrive in moderate levels of nutrient pollution. In areas where there is a bloom of sea lettuce, sunlight is unable to reach submerged vegetation, often killing it. And when sea lettuce dies, bacteria feeding on it use up high amounts of oxygen in the water which can drive away other forms of sea life. Outfall from the Island’s ageing sewage works in Bellozanne Valley pours into the bay and the effects of that are about to be researched. Transport and Technical Services, which has responsibility for keeping beaches clean, and the Environment Department have jointly commissioned water quality experts to prepare a report. The findings could impact on the construction of the new sewage plant. Sea lettuce is a common problem around the world, but exactly what causes it to bloom is not yet fully understood according to visiting expert Dr Kieran Conlan of Cascade Consulting. He says that generally other countries just leave the seaweed on the beach. There was no solution found that could be easily transferred to Jersey, he told beachside businesses. So, is there anything the algae can be used for? Apparently, like lettuce grown on land, it can be used in salads and soups. It can also be used to make ice-cream, other food products, and medicine!

St Pierre Winter 2014 page 9 Les Nouvelles La Vie Paroissiale A big thank you from From the Constable’s Desk Julie Bentley’s mum As I sit down to start writing my piece for this edition A mum who moved from Guernsey to Jersey to look after of Les Clefs, I reflect on the Remembrance concert in her children has now left for a new life in the UK. the Town Church that I have just returned from. Julie Bentley and three of her children moved to the Parish to live with her mother, but after just a year Julie This service caused me to also reflect on our Parish and the suffered a severe stroke. Many people rallied to help and work that I do for it and its residents and then the work that I now her mother - Sue Collis - has written the following do on behalf of our Parish in the States and by extension all Islanders including you, my Parishioners. letter of thanks. I consider all that I do in my role as Connétable, and add Hi, I’m Julie Bentley’s mum. to that all the volunteers of our Parish who do whatever their roles call for, and then I think about the choices that we have I would just like to say a huge thank you for all the kindness and support to act or not as is our wish and the sacrifice that we may feel shown to Julie, throughout her difficult time here in Jersey after her severe that we have made. But no matter how much we, Parish stroke and difficult divorce issues over the last five and half years. Administration, Connétable, Honorary Police, Committee Reluctantly, she has now moved to the UK in an effort to become an members etc. give, we will never give what those that fell in independent mum again with her three young children, as, unfortunately, the the First World War gave - they gave everything including Jersey Housing department was unable to grant housing on grounds of their lives to give us choices, choices to do, or not to do as hardship. our hearts desire. I would especially like to thank Kristina Moore for her endless support As we leave the period of Remembrance and elections and kindness; the Stroke Association, Tracey O’Regan and supporters; behind us, it gives me the opportunity to look forward to the next three and a bit years and what I still need to do in our Doctor M. Rosser and all at Quennevais surgery; all at Headway and Parish. Overdale; Grace’s Trust; the Women’s Refuge; the Lido Wellness Centre, Certainly, my personal workload within the States has Marie Christine and wonderful team there. diminished in that I will no longer be Assistant Minister in I would also like to thank Quennevais School and St Peter’s School, Mr two departments having now stood down from Housing, but Dewhurst, and his superb teachers; Big Maggie’s and all the cyclists who remaining with Health with responsibility for the General were on the London-Paris charity cycle; the Stroke Association cycle ride; Hospital and the new hospital project. Furthermore, to enable all the staff at 4 York St, especially Karen McKay, along with all the lovely me to concentrate on a narrower focus of duties, I have also supportive friends Emma, Dawn, Michelle, Helen, Charlie and Judith and stood down from the Legislation Advisory Panel and other Frank Morgan - our wonderful landlord and landlady - and, of course, her minor roles to concentrate on opportunities that may arise in very close family: her daughter Cara; sisters Karen and Debbie; cousins, our Parish and in the Comité De Connétables. nieces and nephews. What can you expect from your Connétable during the next term of office - more of the same, or something I sincerely thank you all for all the kindness and friendship you have all different? I am acutely aware that in my past two terms, the given. I, along with Julie’s family, feel very sad about her leaving and we Parish has made a significant investment in the provision of will miss her and her children very much. life-long homes, the Church steeple renovation, new Parish Julie is an inspiration to everyone, shed, new Church path, and a number of other minor Yours Sincerely, projects. Sue Collis What will remain the same, will be my commitment to hold Parish Rates at no higher than their current level and yet Age Concern Jersey - Operation Hamper 2014 deliver improvements, maintain current services and our property assets and improve the Parish’s longer term financial It’s that time of year again! For the fourth year running, position. local charity Age Concern Jersey is hosting its ‘Operation With the recent sale of Rue Fondon, I am now able to put Hamper Appeal’. It aims to make sure that no one in need into action my stated intention to install energy saving will go hungry this Christmas. initiatives in Parish properties and a new efficient boiler for our church, both of which promise to deliver a reduction of Age Concern Chairman, Daphne Minihane was overwhelmed about a third in our energy costs and a huge reduction in with the support of the local community in 2013, and hopes that CO2 emissions. the older people can receive the same support this year. I have shared some of my objectives for this term of office The charity is seeking donations - which can be left at the with other Parishioners which include researching the Parish Hall - and offers of help for making deliveries. Please demand for first-time buyers for affordable homes in contact the charity’s Marketing and Events Manager, Aaron perpetuity for families with St Peter connections. Similarly, Labey on 758922, or 07797 836845 or by emailing Aaron on with the recent transfer of the two bungalows, Bylands and [email protected] . If you know of someone in need and Newholme, the airport will now need to re-profile their north would benefit from a hamper please let the charity know. boundary as required by the CAA to continue unhindered Application forms can be obtained from A ge Concern Jersey, airport operations. This will result in the closure of Rue Rose Windsor House, Val Plaisant, JE2 47A: and it is my intention to secure a compensatory land swap in Telephone 0800 735 0345 . exchange for Rue Rose. page 10 St Pierre Winter 2014 La Vie Paroissiale

Such a land swap could provide for the installation of skateboard and BMX tracks for our young adults, located The Deputy’s view remotely from homes and car parks. Furthermore, we have managed to secure a lease on a It is a great honour to have been re-elected to small parcel of land alongside the Rectory. This will provide represent you in the States Assembly. an overflow car park to ease the pressure days of church services, weddings and funerals that occur on the same days Listening to the result was both exciting and humbling, but that car boot sales are held which now provide an important there is also a slight feel of trepidation, having received your income stream for our Community Centre. support, the pressure is on now to move forward and In the immediate future, you will know that the Living achieve something useful and beneficial for our community. Legend has now closed for the winter period and the Parish There is a lot to be done! Senior Citizen Christmas Lunch has now moved to our I really would like to thank everyone who turned out to neighbouring parish of St Brelade at the St Brelade’s Bay vote and particularly to those who gave me their support. Hotel and hope that this does not inconvenience you too My campaign team was amazing this year and I am so much. grateful to everyone who helped me. Deliveries happened As we move into the Christmas period, I come back to my in the blink of an eye, cakes were baked and even a opening piece above and may I ask you all to think about fabulous lorry was decorated so that Roger Le Gros and the what we can do for others, the ones that will be alone in Butels could call everyone to the Parish Hall. How blessed I our Parish, possibly opening a packet or tin for their am to have such energetic and enthusiastic supporters. Christmas lunch, those who have lost life-long partners in This year's choice was very much fought on clear political the past year and those that don’t have a home of their own issues and I must also thank Debbie Hardisty for putting up in which to put up a Christmas tree. a good fight. I look forward to working with her in the I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your Parish in the future. tremendous support at the elections and also thank all those Then there was another great honour and that was to be that work for our Parish both remunerated and voluntary, as asked by the Chief Minister to be his Home Affairs Minister. we could not do what we do without you. Finally I wish you As you know I was in scrutiny in the last Assembly, so this is all, including your families, resident in our Parish or not, a a new area for me, but I am very proud to take on this role

happy and healthy Christmas and New Year. and lead the people who work hard every day to make our Island the safe community that it is. I'm now trying to get Connétable out and about in the various departments to meet as many

John Refault people as I can. There is a great spirit of cooperation within the new Council of Ministers, we all share the ambition of working I have shared some“ of my objectives for together to do the best we can for the people of Jersey. this term of office with other Parishioners My work in the Parish will not be neglected, I continue to hold my surgery in the Parish Hall every Monday morning which include researching the demand for and will assist Parishioners who first-time buyers for affordable homes in need my help, as I have perpetuity for families with St Peter always done. “ The run up to Christmas connections. is a busy time for everyone, with much anticipation. I look forward to seeing you at some of the celebrations in the Parish. James, Edward, Gwilym and I would like to take this opportunity to wish you a very happy Christmas and a healthy and prosperous new year.

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Having had a few weeks off to recover to cut hares-tails in preparation for the creative from the busy time leading up to the work, which should begin earlier than in previous years. You are very welcome to come along and Battle parades, both the adults and the join us if would like to get involved and get to juniors were back in action preparing know some of the team, no previous experience the floats for the Fête de Noué. This necessary - we can never have too many helpers! involved giving the floats a fresh coat of Fundraising is ongoing and will include a quiz night paint, adding some seasonal touches in March and a ‘walking scavenger hunt’ in June. and putting on many colourful lights – Chairperson Graham Le Cuirot 07797 726244 there are no flowers involved for this Vice-Chair Angela Taylor 07797 750283 parade! Treasurer Margaret Finch 07797 784699 As usual our Annual General Meeting was held at the beginning of October and the Secretary Pat Pike 07797 788908 new committee elected – our names Karen McGlinchy has agreed to lead the Juniors and contact numbers are listed at the again for 2015 - if you have a child that would like end of this article. to get involved please give her a ring on 07797 The designs for both floats for 2015 961900 for more information. have been chosen – the main float will Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a be very colourful with a carnival feel very happy and healthy New Year 2015 and the juniors with a touch of Pat Pike humour! More details to follow in the Top: next edition! Hares-tail preparation We are currently meeting some is under way for afternoons and every Thursday 2015 evening at 7.00pm at the Parish shed Left: in the port-a-cabin (where it is warm!) The designs for next year are yet to be PITCHER & LE QUESNE LTD revealed (Inc G E Croad) Below: Karen McGlinchy will again be leading the FUNERAL DIRECTORS juniors next year A Jersey Company serving our Island community for over 100 years At a time of bereavement you need care, sensitivity and professionalism.When you call us, quiet words and guidance from our experienced staff are here to help you. SPECIALISTS IN WORLDWIDE REPATRIATION AND PREARRANGED FUNERAL PLANS. Celebrating 70 years of freedom As you know, 9 May next year will be the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Jersey. The Parish is holding a dinner to celebrate this very special occasion which is being organised by St Peter’s Battle of Flowers. It will be held in the evening at the Community Centre. There will be entertainment, including a live band Funeral Director Funeral Director Funeral Director and lots more music from that era. Paul Battrick MBE Andy Errington-Rennell Gareth John Tickets will cost £20 Adult and £12.50 for children of primary school age. Tickets will be on sale soon - if you would like to reserve some in advance this can be done by contacting AVAILABLE 24 HOURS the Parish Hall during office hours 9.00am ‘til 4.00pm - 59 Kensington Place, St Helier. JE2 3PA Tel: 733330 tel 481236 or out of hours, Pat Pike - tel 481557

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27635_St Georges School_Little Dragons_Les Clefs Magazine_Advert.indd 1 19/11/2014 12:07 Les associations We are the champions! St Aubin and St Peter’s Many congratulations to the St Peter’s Parish netball team for Women’s Institute winning this year’s inter-parish netball tournament. It has been During July the St Aubin and St Peter’s WI helped to running since 1999 and was last won by St Peter in 2003. organise a cookery competition at the Western Parish Fête for victoria sandwiches and jars of jam and also included a children’s competition of decorated biscuits. In August members enjoyed an informative tour at Durell, some having afternoon tea before and the others enjoying a Thai takeaway meal afterwards. A lovely time was had by all those who were able to attend. In September Jean Le Maistre took us through the decades with the use of slides, and around the various charities he has The Sheila Le Var Parish Tournament, to give it its official title, stipulates been involved with. At the beginning of October members that players must live in the parish they represent. were treated to a demonstration by Sue from the Chocolate In the team were Victoria Elliott, Becky Elliott, Teresa Ward, Suzanne Bar on her award-winning fudge. Follain, Taryn Queree, Stephanie Le Ruez and player manager Ann-Marie We look forward to meeting anyone who would like to join Pereira. us on the first Friday of every month at St. Peter’s Parish Hall at After picking up the trophy, Ann-Marie said: ‘We were all very proud 7.30pm. If you would like to get involved with a friendly group to represent our Parish and win this trophy. We do not all play for the of ladies please come along and see what we get up to. By same netball teams, so this was the first time we had ever played joining the WI you can expand your horizons, learn new skills together as a team, which made the success even more sweeter, as we or revive old ones, take part in community events, hear a worked so well together once we had found our positions that worked. variety of speakers, make new friends and have fun! We were all so happy to win it for our Parish.’ Do come and join us. Anyone interested can contact Above: St Peter champs: The winning team with Sheila Le Var Brenda Smith on 487812 .

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St Peter’s Football Club is making a big investment to improve player facilities.

Work is underway on a £120,000-plus project to refurbish and extend the dressing rooms, install new showers, create a medical/physio room, build a laundry, provide better facilities for match officials and make extra space for storage of club equipment. Once complete, St Peter’s - always a go-ahead club - will be able to boast having one of the best The work is due to be completed by early in the clubhouse facilities in local soccer. new year and is part of an all-round infrastructure The success of the club in attracting hundreds improvement which will allow the club to continue of players across its youth, senior and women’s to host prestigious Island events like the upcoming Above left: sides has been putting pressure on the clubhouse Island Games’ soccer competition and other The new shower and drying rooms are going up on the north of the clubhouse facilities - or a lack of them. With no laundry high-profile matches like the recent FA County Youth Above: room, kit has to be taken to a laundry in St Club which saw Jersey take on Kent at St Peter. The existing changing rooms are making Helier, sometimes twice a week. Having their This latest development is building on the success way for high-standard, own in-house facility will be far more convenient. of previous investments at the club which remains more spacious facilities The new dressing rooms and showering areas the only ground outside of Springfield to host will be more spacious and up-to-date which will Muratti finals and other inter-island club be welcomed by all of the players using them. championships. Below: And just as the work began there was some great Club president Tommy Du Feu is excited And with expanding club activities, so the about the latest development need for storage grows - another problem the news for the club which holds many functions in the at St Peter’s project will solve. bar/dining area, including the very popular The much-used clubhouse has to remain match-day banquets. Diners there can rest assured operational while the building project is that food hygiene is at the highest standard possible underway - something of a logistical nightmare - the club has received a five-star rating in the food which will see portacabins used as temporary hygiene awards. changing rooms. It had been hoped to start the What an Be Smart this work earlier, but finalising planning requirements honour for the MMOREORE had taken longer than anticipated. volunteer GREATGR DEALS The bill for the project is being paid in a catering staff. In IINN STSTORE!ORE! Christmas. number of ways - mostly through a Football the back of the net! Topop up by just £20 and get a Association club improvement grant and the 3G Smartphone frfrom only £49, raising of interest-free bonds to be repaid 9 £99 annually over a ten-year period. In another £4 oror a 4G Smartphone fromfrom only £99.£99. initiative there will also be a special area in the AAsksk in storestore for details entrance hall where brick-style donor plaques can oorr online at www.sure.comwww.sure.com be placed. After that it’s down to the usual round of fund-raising efforts. ‘Every £1 we spend, we have got to raise,’ Below: The plans says club president Tommy du Feu. ‘We are very grateful for the £49 goodwill of Huawei Y550 sponsors and Huawei Y330 donations. So far Samsung Galaxy Youngoung 2 there has been a £99 very appreciative response for what NNokiaokia Lumia 635 we have set out to achieve here,’ said Tommy.

WhileWhile stock last. SpeciﬁedSpeciﬁed handsets only availableavailable at above pricespriceess if you top up £20£20.. St Pierre Winter 2014 page 17 Les Jeunes Students make history at Grand Marché St Peter A chance unearthing of a time capsule has led to great To create the excitement at St Peter’s Primary School. book, students visited the Grand The capsule had been filled by students who were at the school 20-years-ago Marché store at St and was dug up during renovations at Grand Marché St Peter in September. Peter and all choose Present day Year 5 and 6 students were able to examine what their one product that predecessors had thought important at the end of the 20th century. they would like to For one of them, the capsule contents were of particular interest. Leah buy to feature in a Buckley, a current Year 5 pupil, was quick to spot a pencil sketch of her mum, photograph. They Dionne, on the front cover of a book! also included Other items included building plans, newspapers, photographs, bank descriptions of their ideas of the best and the worst things about shopping and notes, and an architect’s tie. listed ten items they would grab in a trolley dash. The Co-operative Society set the students the challenge of coming up with Year 5 teacher Janet Willis said the capsule challenge had been great fun. ‘The some new artefacts that will tell future residents of St Peter something about children were quick to respond to the opportunity to fill the new time capsule with their Parish and the Island in 2013, to be reburied with the original contents all sorts of interesting objects, mostly relating to the recent 150th birthday of our of the capsule on the store site. school. ‘The St Peter’s community had a big involvement in putting the original ‘They enjoyed reading the original book written by previous pupils, therefore time capsule contents together and we thought it would be a great thought it would be a great idea to put together something similar for future opportunity to get the school involved again and let them leave their mark for generations. The result is “The Happy Shopper”. We hope it will bring a smile to the future generations to uncover,’ said Jim Plumley, Channel Islands faces of those who chance upon it in the future. Creating it certainly gave us great Co-operative Chief Commercial Officer. fun!’ said Janet. The new artefacts selected include ‘Superman’ stamps featuring Jersey Early last month the students were present to witness the reburial of the actor Henry Cavill; a school tea-towel designed by the pupils; a 150th capsule at the store and were awarded a £50 voucher from the Co-operative birthday school enamel badge; a photograph of products from the store; a Society to spend on ingredients for their Victorian-themed Christmas meal. newspaper report; a Parish magazine; a first-release bottle of Royal Vodka Above: (Left) Jim Plumley, Channel Islands Co-operative Chief Commercial Officer, (right) Janet from La Mare Vineyard and a new book created by the students titled ‘The Willis St Peters Primary School Year 5 teacher and St Peters Primary School Year 5 pupils with the Happy Shopper’. artefacts they selected to be buried in the time capsule

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Below down : The Jersey group and hosts The floor show Dining out circus style! By Bryan de Gruchy Preparing dinner When members of the St Peter’s Twinning Association were invited out for a meal in Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouet things were not quite as expected. You will always be assured a new experience with the St Peter Twinning Association and this year’s visit to their twin town of Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët was no exception. Our two-day visit in April coincided with the circus being in town. This though was no ordinary circus, it was ‘Le Repas - Cabaret just ask anyone who was there and Cirque sous Chapiteau’. The group from see their reaction. It is typical of the Jersey spent an evening with their friends memories that we have created and hosts at a unique circus that not only over the last ten years. involves preparing your own dinner, but also In September a group from being part of the entertainment. Sat at long Saint-Hilaire visited Jersey for a tables the audience busily chopped daytrip. We couldn't begin to vegetables and whipped up cream for the compete with the circus - though in waiting chefs, while overhead trapeze artists the past they have been wowed by performed and musicians played live music. the Battle of Flowers and Air Later some of the tables, along with those Display. This time though it was the rather more sedate sat at them, became part of the floorshow. National Trust property at 16 New Street that was the After a great three-course meal - all that focus. Our visitors were truly captivated and were also was left was the washing up - a task that eager to sample the traditional local specialties on offer has never been as much fun as it was here. in the house kitchen. Put your skates on this winter! This was a spectacular Their reaction to this magnificent house with its rich Skate sizes ld 7 evening to which history exceeded our expectations. Lunch followed with from chi words can’t plenty of time to catch up with friends over good food to adult 15 Ice skating at Fort Regent possibly do and wine. There was still time to see more of St Helier - justice, the markets and historic buildings were of particular appeal as Below : Finishing touches to desert Tickets can be purchased from the ticket chalet in the Piazza, were the department stores. A relatively short trip this time but Bottom : Acrobat Fort Regent from 10 am on Tuesday 2nd December. we are told, a thoroughly enjoyable day out. So, as 2015 approaches the Association is preparing to celebrate its tenth anniversary. Next time you are passing the Parish Hall take a moment to look at the Twinning Stone that marked the Association’s inauguration in 2005. A similar one stands outside the Town Hall in Saint-Hilaire. Plans are in hand to hold a celebratory reception and lunch, details 5th December - 11th January of which will be available in the new year. Why not become a member and help to us ensure the future success of the iceskatejersey | www.iceskatejersey.co.uk Association and create many more long lasting memories Closed Christmas Day. Open Boxing Day and New Year’s Day afternoon from 1.30pm. and friendships. There is absolutely no need to be able to speak French or to be able to accommodate anyone. As well as the ever-popular trips away we also hold FAMILY PRIZE YOUNG SKATERS’ PRIZES social events locally, such as walks and afternoon WIN WIN WIN tea and lunches. Call Claire on 485158 or A family, ONE on ONE, private 12 WINNERS will each receive a book of four Ice Skate François on 481034. Main image : coaching session with the Ice Skate Jersey tickets. Picturesque Saint-Hilaire To Enter: Just email your answers to Jersey Professional Coach, Nicky [email protected] and Mack-Rose.* 12 RUNNERS UP will win a private group coaching session with remember to include your name, the Ice Skate Jersey Professional Coach Nicky Mack-Rose.* *Four people maximum, all must be address, age and contact details. over 5 years of age, ﬂexible booking *12 winners will be selected to make two coaching groups times available. of six. All must be over 5 years and under 16 years of age, Competition closes 19th December. date of coaching sessions to be agreed, no alternatives can Your details may be used to contact How many litres of water were be oered. you in connection with the competition used to create the ice rink? only and we will NOT use them for What are the Ice Skate Jersey Live DJ marketing purposes. sessions called? St Pierre Winter 2014 page 19 LYONS ESTATES-St Peter-DEC_Layout 1 28/11/2014 10:43 Page 1

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After the most wonderful summer in recent memory, the signs of a change in the weather started to make themselves known by the weekend before Helping Wings Day at the Aero Club on Saturday 4 October. The charity allows disadvantaged children and the disabled of all ages to share the exhilaration and fulfilment of flying.

Of course, the weather had to break some time and hangar were the regular stars of Helping gardeners were looking forward to welcome rain - who Wings Day, Jersey Airport's Fire Fighting could blame them. But the Helping Wings team just and Rescue Service with one of their fire wanted that good weather to last another week. It trucks which the children were able to get wasn't to be. An active cold front was set to move in in, climb on, wear uniforms, and do from the north west, bringing rain and wind to Jersey everything young children dream of doing sometime early on the Saturday. At one stage it looked ! In addition, Jersey Aero Club member as though it might clear through early morning, to David Brown brought his nearly leave fresh if blustery conditions behind and, maybe, completed home-built bi-plane and the chance of some flying but…again, it wasn't to be. actually let the children ‘help’ him build it! Undaunted and using previous experience of bad Thanks to a good weather forecast for the following day and weather, Helping Wings Day went ahead. There was the amazing flexibility of our pilots, many of the flights were plenty of entertainment for the children with drawing re-scheduled and successfully flown on the Sunday. The competitions organised by art teacher, Ann Morgan, remaining flights were also re-booked for suitable dates so that, Chicano's ever popular magic show, and a great display very soon, all the children will have enjoyed their around the by PC Duncan Grey and his dog Evie and PC Richie Vine Island flight. and his dog Achilles of the States of Jersey Police Dog Running an event without its main component is bound to be Handling Team. a challenge but it's a challenge the Helping Wings team is well up Even though there was no flying, the children were to. Of course, they were supported by the many helpers and able to look over the aircraft in the hangar. Also in the organisations who assist in making this such a special day. Our very grateful thanks, of course, to Collas Crill - our main sponsor.

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page 22 St Pierre Winter 2014 Les Jeunes Having fun on the Youth Club news Youth Club bus Our specially equipped bus is in operation every Bye Carmel, Hi Tino! Four new young workers Wednesday at St Peter’s Arsenal from 3.30 to At the end of August 2014 In September the Youth Club recruited four 5.30pm. On Thursdays it’s at Clos des Charmes we sadly saw the departure new young workers to begin the Jersey from 3.30 to 5.30pm and it’s in the same of Carmel Butel – Senior Youth Service ‘Young Workers’ training location on Fridays between 7.00 and 9.00pm. Youth Worker - who programme 2014/2015. All young workers The bus is for young people in school Year 7 worked within are required to work towards an accredited and above and there is no charge. the Community Volunteering qualification. They The bus is equipped with seating, stereo, organisation must complete six units over a seven-month television, a DVD player and some consul for a number training period and achieve 30 hours of games, such as Play Station 3 and Wii. It of years. face-to-face youth work. provides an opportunity to make contact within Carmel will be Three young workers, (2013/2014) Enya the local community Please feel free to pop in deeply missed Satchwell, Katie Wilkinson, and Honor Butel, and ask the youth workers about what we within the have recently received their qualifications. have on offer. Should you require any more Youth Club My sincere thanks for all the support young information, please contact the senior youth and within the community, but we wish workers provide within the youth club. worker on 483014. her success within her new role at the Below : Pictured left to right are Enya Satchwell, Top : The Youth Club Bus Youth Arts Centre. Katie Wilkinson, and Honor Bute l In September the Youth Service Youth hustings appointed Tino Perestrelo to continue A small group participated within a mini Youth supporting the club. Tino, who has been hustings ahead of the general election. Both with the youth service for 14 years, has candidates standing for Deputy were there, previously worked within St Peters Youth providing young Parishioners with an Club during his Youth Worker training. opportunity to highlight any concerns about Top : Tino Perestrelo issues affecting young people both locally and Above : Carmel Butel (centre) always involved Island-wide. Fashion Show There’s lots on offer at the Youth Club Written by Katie Wilkinson We have snacks, a coffee bar, a games room, free satellite A highlight of the year was TV, a sports hall, pool tables, table tennis, a the Fashion Show. It was a garden/allotment, a kitchen, educational games, a music really fun, exciting event that most of the Youth Club room, trips away, arts and crafts, information and advice, took part in. We got clothes a chance to make new friends. There’s something for donated from a range of everyone! different shops such as Miss Monday Seniors Club Selfridge, Laneez, Freedom, School Year 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13 Esprit, Co-op Total Sport, 7.30 – 9.30pm 50p JSSK, Little Joes and Style Wednesday Inters Club Council. Jersey Hospice Care also allowed us to spend £10 each on clothes to create our Above : School Year 7, 8 & 9 6.30 – 8.30pm 50p own outfit to wear, we really appreciate this. It was a great turn The Fashion show was Friday Junior Club out and everyone really enjoyed either performing or watching. a great success School Year 5, 6 & 7 7.30 – 9.30pm £1.50

St Pierre Winter 2014 page 23 Les Jeunes Feature Refurbishments at The changing face St George’s School of our countryside

Despite opening its doors to St Brelade’s College and By John Jacques the Jersey Society of Artists over the summer, there has Our countryside is changing at a pace few could been a busy programme of refurbishment at have predicted just a few years ago, and new St George‘s School. agricultural figures show some surprising trends. The school was established in 1929 and moved to La Jersey has developed an appetite for goat meat, milk and Hague Manor in the 70s. In cheese and one owner is expanding his herd to meet that 2011 the school bought demand. It’s predicted that goats could become a bigger the freehold of the manor part of the rural picture in the years ahead. and immediately began Another newcomer is beef cattle following changes in drawing up ambitious plans the law which allowed the import of Aberdeen Angus bull for the future. semen in 2008 to inseminate the native Jersey cow. The Recent refurbishments include the addition of retractable first crossbred animals were slaughtered in 2010 at awnings so that the Little Dragons Nursery children can now enjoy 24-months-old and numbers have been increasing - up their playground in all weather. The nursery sits within the manor’s from 121 in 2009 to 363 last year. It’s thought the local walled garden which includes climbing frames, play equipment market may now be saturated, although it will be and an allotment. New doorways have been created to allow interesting to see if the great barbecue summer of 2014 reception children to join their nursery friends for playtime. has changed that. Did you try the Aberdeen Angus beef Pupils in Form VI have gained greater independence following burgers on sale at the Co-op? They’re excellent. their relocation to the former stable block which has been The much-loved Jersey cow, once a common sight in converted into well-appointed classrooms. hundreds of picture postcard small-holdings across the A newly installed WiFi system gives internet access across the Island, is now under the husbandry of just a few farmers - school and other developments include an upgrade of the School’s a trend likely to continue in the quest telephone network and the creation of offices, including one for for efficiency. Last newly appointed Deputy Headmaster, Cormac Timothy. year there were Headmaster, Colin Moore said the recent work was the start of 12 great things. ‘We regard ourselves as custodians of La Hague Manor for future generations; however, our primary responsibility is to ensure it meets the needs for education in the 21st century.’ Left : New awning at nursery means more outdoor play Top : Young pupils at play Below : Pupils enjoyed a special talk in November about World War One

Pupils learn about World War One Mr John Livingstone and friends visited the school for a very special assembly in November. They talked to the children about the horrors of the First World War and the special significance of the poppy. A particularly poignant moment was the lowering of the standards as Mr Derek Upton played the Last Post. page 24 St Pierre Winter 2014 commercial dairy herds holding fewer than 100 cows And cheap imported pork has had a big impact on what was (average herd size 49) - a total of 593 cows or 20% of the a thriving sector in the rural economy just seven years ago. Island herd. The other 80% (2,324 cows) were in the hands Since 2007 the number of pigs held on local farms has fallen by of just a dozen farmers with the average herd size standing half to around 400 currently. There are now only 45 breeding at 194. The largest recorded milking herd in Jersey holds sows in Jersey. approximately 285 milking animals. While pig-keeping is in decline, the number of sheep grazing Although the number of milking cows has remained fairly in the Island is continuing to rise - up 10% last year to a total static in the last five years, milk yields are up by almost 7% of 1,135. from 4,303 litres per cow in 2012 to 4,585 litres per cow in Overall, the latest farm statistics show that the backdrop to 2013. And the volume of milk going to the dairy is rising. For the entire rural economy is the Jersey Royal. The amount of the year ending last March the total was 13,374,000 litres - land consumed by the industry is so big, that others find it hard up by 761,000 litres on the year before. The gross sales value to get a look in because of the high land rentals now of milk sold to the dairy rose 6% to £12.7 million. The dairy demanded. It makes the rearing of livestock and the growing of is now exporting products like ice cream to Hong Kong, India other crops less profitable to the point where it makes no sense and Japan. More overseas export markets are opening up at all. While the Jersey Royal rules the roost, the figures indicate which should mean better profitability for the dwindling that the Island’s farms will become less diverse with Islanders number of commercial herds. On the downside land rentals increasingly reliant on imported food. and feed prices are rising. Finally, anyone hoping to rope in a donkey for the upcoming Manor Farm in St Peter remains as an independent nativity celebrations may be disappointed. Last year donkey organic dairy farm, processing milk and milk products direct numbers dropped to a low of just 22 animals. for sale at their farm shop. Main image : A fine autumn has produced plenty of winter feed There’s a lot more clucking going on in our fields with the Below : The Classic Herd is an independent organic dairy farm number of laying hens up by a third to 25,800. A change in bottom row from left to right : Milk yields are improving European Union rules on the size of battery hen cages led to A laying hen! a shortage of imported eggs - a shortage which has now Aberdeen Angus beef herd is expanding been filled by local producers. Not many local geese are reared The number of farmyard favourites like chickens, ducks, Local flocks of chickens turkeys and geese reared for meat is very small because local are on the increase farmers can’t compete on the price of imported meat. We munched our way through half a million imported chickens last year.

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3 page 26 St Pierre Winter 2014 FLeeas tEuvreenements Little Miracles in need of a hug

For parents, the birth of a child is an intensely special moment. While most will proudly leave hospital within days complete with newborn, for some mums and dads it’s the start of an anxious and often scary time. Babies that are born prematurely, or with complications, will often remain in hospital, cared for by the Special Care Baby Unit, or SCBU. Little Miracles is a recently established local charity that aims to provide support for those parents. Les Clefs found out more from its chairperson, St Peter Parishioner Cirsty de Gruchy-Wilson .

As is the way with many new charities, a personal What goes into the experience motivated Cirsty de Gruchy-Wilson to set up memory boxes was Little Miracles. In 2011, Cirsty’s son Harry spent eight decided through personal weeks in the SCBU at St Helier’s General Hospital, experience of SCBU, having been born eight weeks prematurely. While Harry liaising with SCBU staff may have gotten over his time in the unit and is now a and through conducting boisterous three and half-year-old, for his parents it has research amongst SCBU remained an unforgettable experience. parents. The contents ‘We knew that Harry was going to be born early,’ include a special baby Cirsty explained, ‘because of medical problems that comforter which can be showed up on a scan. But nothing could have prepared used in incubators, baby us for the weeks that followed his birth. Having a baby clothes, toiletries for mum, in special care leads to a rollercoaster of experiences sweets, a laundry bag, and emotions – not what most new parents are pillow case, pen, eye mask expecting. One thing that really helped us through that and ear plugs. time was the support provided by both the hospital Since setting up Little staff and our family and friends. Realising that not Miracles in April 2014, the everyone who goes through this can count on that charity has had a very same support from family and friends, however, led to positive response and the setting up of Little Miracles.’ received good feedback from those who have received the boxes. There has also been Babies that arrive prematurely need special attention significant feedback from SCBU staff who regularly report that Little Miracles is making a to help them through their first days, weeks and even difference in the lives of families whose child is admitted to SCBU. months of life. The role of SCBU is to provide that Each memory box costs around £40 to produce, and the charity is looking for both attention, ensuring newborns receive the best possible corporate and individual donations to continue providing their important support, as care. The goal of Little Miracles is to provide parents of Cirsty explained. those babies with practical help wherever possible. ‘We want to carry on helping parents going through the SCBU experience. It does not ‘Since April 2014, we have provided every family take a huge amount of money to make a real difference. I am sure that whether you have that has a baby admitted to SCBU with a memory box direct experience of a baby that needed special care or not, most parents would filled with gifts,’ Cirsty elaborated. ‘We are helping in understand the value of someone “giving them a hug” at such a stressful time in their situations where a baby can arrive with serious medical lives.’ complications and our boxes are a way of 'giving a hug' Readers able to help or wanting to find out more can contact Little Miracles on by providing practical and emotional support to anxious 07797 768062, email [email protected], visit parents.’ www.littlemiraclesjersey.co.uk or go to the charity’s Facebook page. Left : A ‘memory box’ filled with gifts Left : Cirsty de Gruchy-Wilson at one of the many fundraising events About Cirsty Cirsty lives in St Peter and was brought up in the Parish. She is the daughter of David de Gruchy, formerly of St Peter’s Motor Works. She attended St Peter’s Primary School and grew up at the garage until the family moved to St Brelade when the Co-op bought the garage. Cirsty always wanted to return to St Peter and with her husband bought a property in Ville du Bocage in 2011 - one week before their son was born eight weeks early! St Pierre Winter 2014 page 27 La Foi

Letter from St St Peter’s Church Diary Peter’s Church Sat 6 to Sun 14 Dec 10th Annual Christmas Tree Festiv al (entry free with donations) - 9.00am to 7.00pm Dear Parishioners, Sat 6 Dec Christmas Concert with the ‘ Usual Suspects ’ In the paraphrased words of brass band and Les Conteurs choir - 7.30pm Victor Meldrew ‘I couldn’t believe Mon 8 Dec St Peter’s School Carol Service in church - 6.30pm it!’ The other day my wife and I were watching the final episode Thu 11 Dec St George’s School Carol Service in church - 6.00pm of Downton Abbey. Being on ITV Sun 14 Dec Christingle Carol Service in church - 5.00pm you have the adverts to endure, what I couldn’t believe was that Wed 24 Dec Crib Service in churc h - 5.00pm virtually every advert was for Midnight Mass - 11.30pm Christmas – and this was nearly Christmas Day Said Eucharist - 8.00am two months before Christmas Day. Family Eucharist - 10.30am

In so many ways, how sad – no, not that Wed 31 Dec New Year Eucharist - 10.00am I was watching Downton Abbey and not Sun 11 Jan Plough Sunday service - 10.30am that I was shouting at the adverts. No, how sad that we are confronted with Christmas so early. Understandably the adverts were all aimed at trying to get us to part with our hard earned money. They were completely commercial and secular. One advert did have the subject of love at its heart – the love of a boy for his pet toy. However, this really still missed the point of Christmas itself. It is the celebration of the Son of God, the birth of Jesus Christ, the Messiah. Of course love is at the heart of the real Christmas – it is God’s love that was so great that he gave his only son to all of us – a real and totally unselfish present. Our giving of presents is a simple expression of love for someone close or special, recognising the love that God has for each and every one of us in our lives. Of course grumpy old men, like me, will always get cross with the adverts! Actually some of them are very funny. On the other hand, however we celebrate Christmas this year, don’t forget the real story. The love of God for us. As someone once said, ‘Let’s not forget to put Christ back in Christmas’. May I wish you, your family and all those that you love, a very blessed Christmas and Happy New Year.

God bless , Martin Poolton page 28 St Pierre Winter 2014 Bethesda Methodist Church Val de La Mare Come to the Noisy Nativity We are very much looking forward to the Christmas Season at Bethesda Family! The Sunday Make and Bake kids are having a ball practising their ‘Noisy Nativity’ play every Sunday morning. There will be no Families @ 4 in December due to the Christmas services, but it will continue on the third Sunday of each month in the new year. everyone to start the Christmas celebrations with the story of Christmas kicks off on Sunday 21 December at 10:30am Christmas and we are sure there will lots of excited young (and with an all-age service, during which the kids will perform older) ones! There will be a fun, celebration service on Christmas their ‘Noisy Nativity ’ for the first time. There is also a morning at 10.00am at Bethesda. Kids are welcome to bring a gift Candlelit Carol Service at 6:30pm at Bethesda, which is to show. always a beautiful occasion. Finally, we wish everyone a very wonderful and peaceful At 3.00pm on Christmas Eve , there will be the final Christmas and we offer an open invitation to you all to join us at performance of ‘Noisy Nativity’ (20 mins) followed by any of the times above and to celebrate Christmas with us! mince pies. We hope this will be such a special occasion for www.bethesda.org.je.

Philadelphie Messy Centre Messy Church and Messy Community dates and themes for Jan - Mar 2015 All sheep-shape at the Messy Church! Tues 6 Jan Messy Church 3.30 – 5.30 theme: Messy Family Graham, Josh, Ethan and the very large Messy flock of which they are part, would like to thank Tues 20 Jan Messy Community 2.00 – 4.30 theme: Messy Family everyone who made, hosted and followed the Tues 3 Feb Messy Church 3.30 – 5.30 theme: Messy Jobs Messy Sheep Trail around St Peter (with the occasional break through Parish boundaries!). Tues 17 Feb Messy Community 2.00 – 4.30 theme: Messy Jobs What a delight it has been to explore the Tues 3 March Messy Church 3.30 – 5.30 theme: Christmas story together in this way. We do hope Messy Gethsemane you have enjoyed it too and that you will be able Tues 17 March Messy Community 2.00 – 4.30 theme: to join the Messy Church and Messy Community Messy Gethsemane family at Philadelphie Messy Centre on Tuesday 16 December from 3.30 - 4.30pm for the final the Messy Church Community offers. With craft, round up of sheep as we celebrate the Nativity and worship and a shared meal central to both, share together a delicious Messy afternoon tea. numbers continue to increase and friendships grow. As with many of the projects that Messy Church Building on the embark on the knitting will not end at Christmas as well-attended and much originally planned because the Knit and Natter group enjoyed Quiet Days held in who ‘temporarily’ formed to knit sheep have had such 2014 two more are planned fun they have decided to continue to meet on the last for next year with the first Saturday of each month. To allow their knitting needles being held on Saturday 28 to cool down it has been decided to take a month off, March 2015 10.30am – so the next clicking and clacking that will be heard 3.30pm. coming from The Messy Centre will be on Saturday 31 Lent lunch will also be January 2015 from 3.00 – 5.00pm. Please do come offered for one session at the Messy Centre on Wednesday 18 along and join this very informal gathering, it would be March. Once again there will be an eat-in or take-away option lovely to see you with whatever you are working on or, which enables the wider community around us to participate. if knitting isn’t your thing, just come along for a chat As other events unfold we will aim to inform everyone of what is and a cuppa. planned but in the meantime please do get in touch with Rev There will, of course, be many other opportunities in Christine Legge on 491877, or myself (Katie) on 482364 if you 2015 to experience the warm welcome that the Messy would like any further information, want to arrange transport to the Centre offers to all. Centre, would appreciate a visit, or simply need a chat. We are just Messy Church, now in its sixth year of sharing the a phone call away and would love to hear from you. Gospel message in an exciting family-friendly way, Finally, on behalf of all the Messy Team, may I wish you and all continues to meet on the first Tuesday of the month whom you love, a happy and joy-filled Christmas and New Year. from 3.30 – 5.30pm. On the third Tuesday of the month from 2.00 – 4.30pm the pace slows down to meet the God Bless needs of those who prefer the more leisurely pace that

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December If you would like to help or contribute, 6-14 10th annual Christmas Tree Festival in Parish Church Events please contact J ohn Jacques on [email protected]. (entry free, donations welcome) Regular events 6 Christmas Concert with the ‘Usual Suspects’ brass band and St Peter’s Indoor Market every Wednesday and Saturday, Western Rifle Club, Les Conteurs choir - Parish Church, 7.30pm contact Mrs Falls 743915, or Pam de Gruchy on 481170. 8 St Peter’s School Carol Service , Parish Church, 6.30pm Community Centre Car Boot sale every Sunday 10.00am-2.00pm. Call Kath 11 St George’s School Carol Service , Parish Church, 6.00pm after 1.00pm on 483011 to reserve a pitch. 13 St Peter FC v Jersey Scottish (H), Premiership 2.00pm Meet your Deputy: Every Monday, Parish Office 10.30am to 12 noon Jersey RFC v Carmarthen Quins (A), B&I Cup 2.00pm 14 Christingle Carol Service , Parish Church, 5.00pm (term time) 16 Nativity celebration and afternoon tea , Social and Community groups Messy Church, 3.30pm At the Parish Hall 20 Jersey RFC v Yorkshire Carnegie (H), Championship, 2.30pm Senior Citizen’s Club second Thursday of the month at 2.00pm 21 All-age service and ‘ Noisy Nativity ’ Bethesda, 10.30am (Jan Egre 498100) Candlelit Carol Service , Bethesda, 6.30pm Social Club Whist first Thursday of the month at 8.00pm 24 Parish Hall closes at noon until 2 January Noisy Nativity and mince pies , Bethesda, 3.00pm (Rozelle Huelin: 481936) Crib Service , Parish Church, 5.00pm WI meet on the first Friday of every month 8.00pm (Brenda Smith: 487812) Midnight Mass , Parish Church, 11.30pm L’Hermitage Village Hall 25 Said Eucharist , Parish Church, 8.00am L’Hermitage WI first Thursday of the month at 2.30pm Celebration service , Bethesda, 10.00am (Heather Blanchet 484656) Family Eucharist , Parish Church, 10.30am At the Community Centre 31 New Year Eucharist , Parish Church, 10.00am Knit and Natter , Messy Centre, 3.00pm St Peter’s Badminton Club every Tuesday 7.30 to 10.00pm. Younger players (12yrs and over) can play until 9.00pm St Peter’s Community Centre January Friendly Club of St Peter every Wednesday 2.00pm-4.30pm (Jean Vibert 2 Parish Hall re-opens 481485) 3 Jersey RFC v Cornish Pirate (A), Championship, 3.00pm 6 Messy Church 3.30pm – 5.30pm, theme: Messy Family At Maison le Marquand 10 St Peter FC v JTC Jersey Wanderers (H), Premiership, 2.00pm Social time second Monday of the month 2.00pm to 4:30pm Jersey RFC v Bristol (H), Championship, 3.00pm (Jean Vibert 481485) 17 St Peter FC v St Brelade (A), Premiership, 2.00pm Western Miniature Rifle Club Jersey RFC v Doncaster (A), Championship 2.30pm 20 Messy Community , 2.00 – 4.30, theme: Messy Family Every Tuesday from 7.30pm onwards (all equipment provided) 12 and over - 24 St Peter FC v St Clement (H), Premiership, 2.00pm contact Mo Le Mottee 726329 31 St Peter FC v St Lawrence (H), Premiership, 2.00pm St Peter's Community Support Team Jersey RFC v Nottingham (H), Championship, 3.00pm Contact Parish Hall staff on 481236 for further information Dog licences must be renewed by this day St Peter Petanque Club February Every Friday at 2.00pm on Village Green -Contact Brian Elliot 07797 731067 3 Messy Church , 3.30pm – 5.30pm, theme: Messy Jobs 7 Jersey RFC v Rotherham (A), Championship, 2.00pm Little Bears Playgroup at St Peter’s Parish Church, 0-3 years, Monday 11 Plough Sunday service , Parish Church, 10.30am mornings 9.30 - 11.30. Contact Kelly Gage 07797 756971 or email 14 St Peter FC v St Ouen (H), Premiership, 2.00pm [email protected] Jersey RFC v Bedford Blues (H), Championship 3.00pm Jersey Mobile Library , Thursdays 9.30am - 10.30am, St Peter’s car park and 17 Messy Community , 2.00pm – 4.30pm, theme: Messy Jobs 3.15pm - 4.45pm at Goose Green car park. 21 Jersey RFC v Plymouth Albion (A), Championship, 3.00pm Twinning Association : 28 St Peter FC v St Pauls (A), Premiership, 2.30pm Tel 485158 / email [email protected] / March visit www.stpeterstwinningassociation.blogspot.com 3 Messy Church , 3.30pm – 5.30pm, theme: Messy Gethsemane 7 St Peter FC v Trinity (A), Premiership, 2.30pm Useful Information Jersey RFC v London Scottish (H), Championship, 3.00pm Senior Procureur :Mrs Julia Quenault 17 Messy Community , 2.00pm – 4.30pm, theme: Procureur: Nigel Le Quesne Messy Gethsemane Parish Secretary: Mrs Elizabeth Cheetham Tel : 481236 Fax : 483225 18 Lent lunch , Messy Centre Police Administrator (Honorary): Mrs Sarah Le Maistre 21 St Peter FC v Rozel Rovers (H), Premiership, 2.30pm Tel : 481236 Fax : 483225 Jersey RFC v Worcester (H), Championship 3.00pm Rates Officer / Electoral : Miss Sue Rondel Tel : 481236 Fax : 483225 28 St Peter’s Battle of Flowers Association quiz night Chef de Police : Richard Vibert in the Parish Hall Quiet Day , Messy Church, 10.30am – 3.30pm Centeniers : Martin Zimmer , Sean Creavy , John Jackson 29 Jersey RFC v Yorkshire Carnegie (A), Championship, 2.30pm Vingteniers : Raymond Sargent (des Augerez), John Cabot (Coin Varin), Robin Mallett (De St Nicholas), Jose Caires (Du Douet), Hiren Patel (Grand) Published by Parish of St Peter Comité des chemins (Roads Committee): Newsletter Committee in association with MediaMasters . 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