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Parish Magazine - St Anne’S, Syston Parish Magazine - St Anne’s, Syston MAY 2021 40p Photo: Liza Fry, April 2021 1 ST ANNE’S CONTACTS Role Name Telephone, Email & Address 0117 9672724 Vicar The Rev. [email protected] & Acting Jeremy Andrew The Vicarage, Church Avenue, Warmley, Churchwarden BS30 5JJ Hon. The Rev. 0117 9561551 Curate Jillianne Norman 74 Blackhorse Road, Mangotsfield, Lay Minister 0117 9405086 Leslie Willcox & Treasurer 0117 956 5331 Church Bells Mervyn Gibbs 8 Shepherds Close, Staple Hill, BS16 5LE 0117 937 2692 Church Hall Bookings, [email protected] Magazine Editor, Pam Gardner 1 Langton Cottage, Syston, Mangotsfield, PCC Secretary BS16 9LT Safeguarding Officer Deb Denny 0117 957 4443 (Children) Safeguarding Officer Catherine Bendrey 0117 961 0933 (Vunerable Adults) Churchwarden Vacant Church Flowers Vacant Group Committee Rev. Jeremy Andrew (Chair) Roger Newman St Anne’s (Acting Church Warden) Parochial Edgar Webb Catherine Bendrey (Safeguarding) Church Leslie Willcox Deb Denny (Safeguarding) Council (Treasurer) Pam Gardner (Secretary) (PCC) Paul Woolcock Mervyn Gibbs Rev. Jeremy Andrew (Chair) Jessica Maggs Pam Gardner (Secretary) Julie Maggs Fete Committee Carole Grover Pam & Steve Sweet Fiona Hill Jenny Weston 2 IN THIS EDITION Page Page St Anne’s Contacts 2 Church Service Details 10 Benefice Letter 4-5 Weddings 11 C of E / Bristol Diocese News 6-7 Christian Aid Week 11 Syston Snippets 7 Friends of Siston 12-13 Commons Obituary – David Holley 8-9 Adverts 14-21 Marriage Registration 9 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The deadline for articles for the June Parish Magazine is Friday 21st May. email: [email protected] Telephone: 0117 937 2692 Address: 1 Langton Cottage, Syston, Mangotsfield, BS16 9LT E U General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) The PCCs of this Benefice hold password protected information on electoral rolls and in other PCC authorised records which includes names, postal and email addresses and phone numbers. This is held under 'legitimate interest' and we will not release your information to any third party without your permission. Should you wish all or any of the information relating to yourself to be removed from our records please notify your PCC Secretary by post or email. Syston PCC Secretary: Pam Gardner email: [email protected] Telephone: 0117 937 2692 Address: 1 Langton Cottage, Syston, Mangotsfield, BS16 9LT Magazine Printing and Delivery Please note - Parish magazines will not be printed and delivered until the advice from the Church of England changes. Some studies suggest Coronavirus can live on paper and cardboard surfaces for up to 24 hours, and so any paper delivery represents a transmission risk. Local hand-deliveries also mean that delivery volunteers will touch gates and letterboxes and may come into close proximity with those who may be shielding. For these reasons, parishes have been encouraged to look to digital communication and telephone calls to keep in touch. Do please forward this magazine to others that may enjoy it. The magazine is also available online at: https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/11789/news/ 3 BENEFICE LETTER The Funeral of The Duke of Edinburgh I am writing this on Saturday 17th April. As I look up from my computer it is a perfect sunny afternoon with brilliant blue sky. Looking down Church Road in Bitton, to my right I can see the tower of St Mary’s with its flag at half mast reminding us of the sad passing of Prince Philip. When Jill and I settled down after lunch to watch the funeral service from Windsor, I expected to be depressed by a sombre occasion with our Queen and her family denied the opportunity of a proper farewell by the pandemic restrictions. But for me it did not turn out like that at all. The quiet pageantry of the procession and then the peace and space of St George’s Chapel were full of comfort. There was time to think and pray without the distraction of trying to spot famous faces in a packed congregation. The masks, which would have been unbelievable a year ago were soon forgotten and the music led by just four singers carried me a way with its beauty. The words - including the passage from Ecclesiasticus 43 which I did not know at all – were full of deep meaning. And the quiet prayers from the Dean and the Archbishop led me along to the climax where we reflected how the Duke had not only begun a great service to Queen and country but continued it to the end until it was thoroughly finished. Like no other funeral I found that this one was uplifting. How can I say that when time and again our eyes were drawn back to the small figure sitting alone with just a handbag in the seat beside her? My hope and belief is that she felt that all of us – her dear husband looking down from heaven, each member of her family sitting around her and all of us watching on TV around the world – were there supporting her. I expect that rules could have been waived dispensing with masks and allowing someone to sit next to her but that is not the Queen’s way. Throughout lockdown she has shared the rules with us every step of the way. She knows that countless families have had to cope with pandemic restricted funerals over this past year. Just as her mother was glad to share with fellow 4 Londoners the experience of being blitzed, so our Queen shared the experience of a Covid-19 funeral with many others. The funeral which I thought would leave me downcast has in fact encouraged me and I hope you too shared that experience. As we, like our Queen, journey onwards, we can be thankful for those who come alongside to support us and we can be on the lookout for those whom we can support. And, echoing the words of Eternal Father the Duke’s favourite hymn, we can be sure that God is alongside to protect us whereso’er we go. Ken Gibson 5 CHURCH OF ENGLAND & DIOCESE OF BRISTOL NEWS From Lament to Action: Archbishops’ Anti-Racism Taskforce report The Diocese of Bristol welcomes the Archbishops’ Anti-Racism Taskforce’s report and supports call for urgent change. The Archbishops’ Anti-Racism Taskforce has published its report 'From Lament to Action' setting out the actions needed to change the culture of the Church of England. It issues a warning to the archbishops that a failure to act could be a “last straw” for many people of UK Minority Ethnic (UKME) backgrounds with “devastating effects” on the future of the Church. The report sets out 47 specifications for different parts of the Church of England to implement across five priority areas: participation, governance, training, education and young people. The Venerable Neil Warwick, Archdeacon of Bristol, one of the nine members of the taskforce, said: “Today we welcome this report and recognise it as an important moment for the Church and a clear call for urgent action that we must now take.” “It’s been a privilege and an education to be part of the Archbishops’ Anti- Racism Taskforce. I have heard many personal accounts of people being treated badly by the church because of their ethnicity and that’s why I’m committed, with my bishop and my colleagues to make that a thing of the past. This is a watershed moment to make a difference. We must grasp it.” “Bristol was on the world stage as the Colston Statue toppled and the Black Lives Matter movement swept around the globe. The Bishop of Bristol has prioritised the fight against institutional racism and she has made firm commitments on racial justice. We’ve begun the work to address our history and past failings and ensure our churches are places where everyone is welcome, everyone can flourish and where more and more UK minority ethnic people can participate and lead.” The Revd Dr Cathy Okoronkwo, appointed as the Bishop’s Advisor for Racial Justice last July, said: 6 “As a diocese we are at a pivotal moment when we can respond in lament and progress action points in the key areas identified in this report. We cannot continue as we are, we must do things differently if we are ever going to see real change in the culture of our diocese and our Church.” The Dean of Bristol, Canon Dr Mandy Ford, said: “I welcome this report and its call to action wholeheartedly. As a cathedral community, we continue to reflect deeply on past failures, to lament the damaged lives and lost opportunities lost because of racial discrimination, and commit ourselves to act swiftly to repair our relationships with our sisters and brothers of UK minority ethnic heritage. We will be putting all the recommendations relating to the life and governance of the cathedral into practice at the earliest opportunity.” Published 22nd April 2021 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SYSTON SNIPPETS Congratulations to St Mary’s Church, Bitton who have just been awarded a grant of up to £15,700 from the government’s Culture Recovery Fund to help meet the costs of reopening to visitors in a Covid-safe way. The grant will provide a much- needed boost to the church’s maintenance fund, and enable some improvements to safe opening and communications. Nicola Bennetts, of St Mary’s Church, in Bitton, said: “St Mary’s aims to be at the heart of the community in Bitton, as a place of worship and a centre for community events; we also attract visitors from further afield to this historic and ancient church. This grant will help us to reopen this summer and to continue to tell its rich story.” 7 OBITUARY: David Holley It was with great sadness we learnt of the death of David Holley at the beginning of 2021.
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